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  spiritual dozen of, 40–57

  Bethe, Hans, 37

  Bhagavad Gita, 15, 17, 31, 191, 240

  bitterness, 54, 71–72

  Blake, William, 37–38, 133

  Bock, Hal, 281–82

  body:

  capabilities of, 47, 66, 82, 197, 227–28, 260–64, 268, 280–86

  creating miracles of, 280–99

  manifesting real magic in, 267–74

  overcoming weaknesses of, 271–72, 286–89

  perception of, 24–26, 179–80

  spiritual self vs., 33–38, 66, 103–107, 116–20, 130, 142–43, 167, 181, 233, 296, 303–304, 324–25

  body (continued)

  study of, 264–67, 290–91

  thankfulness for, 70–71, 271

  see also health; sports

  brain, 34, 37, 125

  Braun, Wernher von, xii

  breast feeding, 171

  Bridge Across Forever, The (Bach), 152

  Bristol, Claude, 204

  Broughton, James, 21

  Buddha, 72

  Buddhism, 38–39, 54

  Busey, Gary, 242

  business, 107

  flow of, x, 191–93

  relationships in, 134, 143–44, 154, 158

  service in, 190

  see also work

  Cancer Conqueror, The (Anderson), 277

  Carver, George Washington, 140

  Cather, Willa, 12–13

  children, 11–12, 16, 19, 52, 62, 78–80

  relationships with, 99–100, 134, 136, 145–46, 149, 155, 169, 171–72

  choice, xi, 104, 107

  addiction vs., 28

  power of, 12, 55–56, 91–92, 167

  of roles, 112 216–17, 220–21, 223–24

  spiritual, 104, 167

  Chopra, Deepak, 234–36, 261, 278–79, 294

  Christianity, 38–39, 54–55, 241

  circle of truth, 126–27

  Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, vi

  communism, 307–308

  compassion, 21, 47, 139–40

  competition, 17, 43, 47, 62, 184–86, 195, 283

  conception, 11, 12, 36, 224

  conflicts, 64–65, 71–72, 136–37, 143–44, 165, 167–68, 169

  Cofuncianism, 38–39

  consciousness, xi, 37, 81, 121, 151

  prosperity vs. scarcity, 173–87, 197–98, 202, 204, 207–10, 310

  radiating of, 317–20

  spiritual, 30, 203

  see also awareness

  Coram, Robert, 195

  Creating Health (Chopra), 278, 279

  creativity, 36, 196–97

  Crum, Thomas, 170

  Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, 191–93

  Dalai Lama, 128, 319

  danger, 84–85

  death, 24, 34–35, 37, 40, 45, 88, 179, 224, 239–45

  bodily, 179, 242–44, 260

  change of form vs., 59–60

  connecting with, 59–60, 258

  fear of, 239–40, 243

  rebirth and, 244–45

  deception, 104–105, 110, 117

  depression, 223, 233, 237

  Deshimaru, Taisen, 123

  Diamond, Harvey, 261

  Diamond, Marilyn, 261

  disbelief, suspension of, 74–81, 201, 203–204, 219, 263, 290

  divorce, 148, 202, 288

  DNA, 219, 234–35

  Donne, John, 45

  Dosessy, Larry, 34–35

  dispelling of, 158–59, 161–62, 246, 267, 293–94

  dreams, 29, 46, 59–60, 152, 197, 304

  drugs, 18, 51, 108–109, 164, 202, 286–89

  Dyer, Marcie, 76–79, 84, 100, 111, 148, 152, 168–69, 198–99, 275, 294

  Dyer, Marilyn, 243

  Dyer, Saje Eykis, 78–79

  Dyer, Serena, 91

  Dyer, Sir Edward, 199–200

  Dyer, Sommer, 205

  Dyer, Stephanie, 78–79

  Dyer, Tracy, 84

  Easwaran, Eknath, 240–41

  ecstasy, 195–96, 238, 305

  education, 47, 184–85

  logic vs. intuition in, 85–86

  trust vs. fear in, 89–92

  Einstein, Albert, 38, 153, 318–19

  Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 25, 114

  energy, 14, 70, 77, 99, 153

  active vs. inert, 93

  mental, 28, 42, 51

  enlightenment, 152

  definitions of, 13, 71

  outcome and, 7–8, 9, 187–88, 270

  purpose and, 8–9, 15

  reverence for life and, 70–71

  suffering and, 6–7, 9, 187–88, 270

  three paths toward, 6–9

  Essence of Self-Realization, The (Yogananda), 305

  eternity, 9–10, 11, 73

  ethics, 46–48, 56, 68, 314

  evil, 51–52, 57

  exercise, 94, 103, 117, 128, 257, 261, 271, 291

  Eykis, 81, 215, 314

  fantasies, 82, 92, 133–34

  fatigue, 98, 99

  fear, 146, 202, 237–38, 277, 306

  of death, 239–40, 243

  impotence caused by, 92

  trust vs., 89–92, 155, 209, 293–94

  feelings, 29, 32, 61, 84–86, 137, 236–39

  fighting, 98

  of evil, 51–52, 57

  weakening result of, 51–52, 92

  Fillmore, Rickert, 198

  Fit for Life (Diamond and Diamond), 261

  flow, 191–97, 201, 202, 264, 283

  in business, x, 191–93

  five principles of, 193–97

  Flow (Csikszentmihalyi), 191–93, 194

  forgiveness, 54–55, 57, 71–72, 104, 142–43, 166

  For the Love of God, 47, 128–29

  Francis of Assisi, Saint, 3, 41

  Frankl, Victor, 8

  freedom, 36, 111–12

  Frost, Robert, 86, 146

  fulfillment, 28, 72, 92, 191

  in relationships, 149–50, 158, 165–66

  Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma), 15

  Gibran, Kahlil, 210–11

  Gide, André, 17

  Gifts from Eykis (Dyer), 197

  giving, 63, 93, 104, 109, 139–40, 141–42, 188–91, 209–11

  getting vs., 14, 17, 43, 47, 115, 154, 191

  Gliedman, John, 36–37

  goals, ix–x, 5, 8, 183

  awareness of intention and, 92–94

  spiritual, 193

  God, 12, 73

  belief in, 34, 35–36, 38–41, 153

  contact with, 49–51, 57, 84–86, 121, 125–26, 128–29, 191, 240–41

  definitions of, 35–36

  love and, 39, 47

  seeing humanity in, 44, 128, 142

  synchronizing with work of, 14–15, 34, 112, 118, 211, 254, 323

  God Who Would Be Known, The (Herrman), 35

  God Will Work with You, Not for You (Rushell), 244–45

  Going Within (MacLaine), 75–76

  Golden Gavel Award, 90

  golden rule, 44, 140, 144

  Goldman, Burt, 124

  Goldsmith, Joel, 162–63

  grief, 109

  guidance, 41, 42, 55, 56, 59–62, 76

  of heroes and models, 61–62

  making contact with, 49–51, 59–61, 73, 81–82, 84–86, 88–89, 120

  openness to, 22–23

  see also meditation; teachers

  habits, 49, 105

  change of, 98, 104, 116–18, 232–34, 251–52

  cultivating of, 69, 291–92

  letting go of, 26–27, 138

  negative vs. positive, 70, 138, 267

  self-defeating, 26–27, 232, 295

  happiness, 106, 202, 231, 233, 325

  relationships and, 150–51, 158, 166

  harmony, 13–17, 42–43, 52, 64, 95, 104, 258, 285, 303–304, 318

  hatred, 51–52, 54, 64–65, 71–72, 92, 139, 140, 306

  Healers on Healing (Kübler-Ross), 265–67

  healing, 78, 79, 94

 
self-, 100, 127–28, 265–67, 274–80, 286–89

  health, 24, 260–99

  aging and, 38, 60, 100, 158, 234–36

  creating miracle of, 280–99

  emotional, 236–39

  illness and disease vs., x, 28, 127–28, 219–20, 237–38, 260, 263–64, 268, 269–70, 274–80, 294–96

  intelligence and, 278, 292–93

  health (continued)

  insent and, 94, 100, 102–103

  mental, 224

  physical limitations and, 260–64, 268–70, 280–86

  responsibility for, 268, 294, 297

  see also addictions; exercise; nutrition

  heroes, 61

  Herrman, Robert, 35

  Hesse, Hermann, 259, 299

  Hinduism, 15

  Hofstadter, Douglas, 79–80

  Holly, Buddy, 242

  Holt, John, 184–85

  hostility, 53–55, 57, 64–65, 109, 143, 148, 154

  Houdini, Harry, 3

  How Children Fail (Holt), 184–85

  How to Better Your Life with Mind Control (Goldman), 124

  Huxley, Aldous, 216, 323

  illusion, 3, 108, 230

  imagination, 32, 37, 38, 197

  immortality, 240–45

  immune system, 227, 279

  Infinite Way, The (Goldsmith), 162–63

  infinity, 53

  inner world, 32, 38

  freedom from limitations in, 4, 26, 58, 81–84

  getting in touch with, 58–59, 66

  material world vs., xi, 13, 14, 15–16, 32–33, 36–37, 40–43

  see also self

  inspiration, 95, 105

  intelligence, 216, 228–31, 253–54, 255–56, 278–79, 292, 324

  universal, 10, 24, 26, 41, 84, 94–95, 112

  intention:

  awareness of, 92–94

  definition of, 92

  desire vs., 92–94, 163, 208

  health and, 94, 100, 102–103

  reality created by, 92–94, 99–103, 130, 294

  relationships and, 92, 93, 163–65

  taking charge of, 94, 252–53

  intuition:

  acting upon, 84–86, 172

  cognitive knowledge vs. 85–86, 225

  of danger, 84–85

  miracle mind-set and, 84–86, 129

  senses vs., xiii, 29–30, 33, 45, 49–51, 56, 57–58

  trust in, 50–51, 69–70, 84–86, 154, 159–60, 206–207, 248–50, 292

  Iron Curtain, 307

  Islam, 38–39, 54

  Jackson, Michael, 319–20

  James, William, 320

  jealousy, 186–87, 195, 237

  Jesus Christ, 23, 54, 241

  John of the Cross, Saint, 109, 323

  Jordan, Michael, 226, 227

  journals, 57–58

  joy, 14–17, 49, 72, 105, 133, 237

  Judaism, 38–39, 54

  judgment, 44, 62, 92, 137, 142, 143, 184, 186, 226–27, 305

  reserving of, 74–80, 111, 129, 137, 140, 157, 169, 290

  Kafka, Franz, 122

  Kapleau, Philip, 123

  Khan, Hazrat Inayat, 73

  kindness, 54, 316

  knowing, ix–x, xii–xiii, 22–23

  action based on, ix–x

  dispelling of misperceptions and, xii–xiii, 58, 217–22

  divine guidance and, 41, 42, 59, 208–209, 292–93

  doubt and fear vs., 89–92, 152, 228, 293–94

  secret of nothingness and, 86–89, 129

  spiritual, 32, 34–35, 130

  see also intuition

  Krishnamurti, J., 141, 155

  Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth, 243, 265–67

  Lao-tzu, 87, 130, 153, 285

  Law, Jim, 281–82

  laziness, 99, 233

  Learned Optimism (Seligman), 224–25, 227

  Lee, Luane, 242

  life:

  beginning of, 36, 224

  cause/effect interpretation of, 45–46, 56, 66

  finding models and heroes in, 61

  microscopic, 29, 37, 65–66

  moment of conception in, 11, 12, 36, 224

  purpose in, 26, 52, 62, 73, 108–109, 138, 248, 270–71

  relatedness of events in, 10–12, 19–20, 43–45

  revelation of mission in, 12–13, 138

  reverence and awe for, 53, 57, 70–71, 171, 222, 293

  taking inventory of, 110

  thought and, 24–25

  Light of Consciousness, The (Mann), 121

  Lincoln, Abraham, 73

  Living Time (Nicoll), 32

  logic, 31, 36, 45, 46, 85, 273–74

  defiance of, 4, 29, 33

  Long Beach Press, 242

  Longhi, Bob, 76–77

  Longhi, Gail, 76, 114

  love, xi, 12, 93, 104, 105, 242

  acting on, 44, 105, 139–40, 144–45

  extending of, 21, 63, 64, 71, 109, 115, 134–36, 141–45, 158, 164, 165, 167, 171–72, 297, 298, 317–20

  God and, 39, 47

  of neighbor, 44, 140, 144

  power of, 39, 42–43, 52, 92

  relationships and, 141–45, 148–50, 157, 158, 164–65, 166, 171–72

  religious message of, 39

  self-, 139

  sexual, 134, 135, 141–42, 192

  unconditional, 13, 169

  luck, xiii, 19, 82, 151

  MacLaine, Shirley, 75, 76

  Magic of Believing, The (Bristol), 204–205

  Magic of Conflict, The (Crum), 170–71

  manic depression, 225

  Mann, Richard D., 121

  mantras, 48, 125, 284

  marathons, 280

  Mark, Gospel of, 173, 174, 208

  marriage, 162–65

  martial arts, 12

  Maslow, Abraham, 164, 279

  material world:

  dominance and control of, 40–43

  inner world vs., xi, 13, 14, 15–16, 32–33, 36–37, 40–43

  nothingness and, 86–89

  Maui News, 281–82

  Mead, Margaret, 303

  meditation, 10, 48–49, 56, 96, 120–29, 146, 199, 284

  benefits of, 121–24, 127–29, 292–93

  daily practice of, 68–69, 113–14, 120–21, 130, 169–70, 194, 298

  definition of, 121

  getting to purpose through, 12, 18, 21

  miracle mind-set and, 120–129

  signs and answers in, 79, 113–14, 120–21, 126–27, 152

  suggestions for, 120–29, 169–70, 214, 258, 298

  Mencken, H. L., 33

  Metaphysical Meditations (Yogananda), 106

  Mill, John Stuart, 185

  Miller, Henry, 6

  mind, 34, 42, 68, 69, 129

  alpha state of, 124–25, 276, 284

  creating real-magic zone in, 81, 122, 129, 291

  emptying of, 68, 121, 128

  energy of, 28, 42, 51

  equilibrium of, xi

  exercises of, 10–12, 57–72, 110–11

  focus of, 193–94, 204–205

  infinite capacity of, 223

  prosperity and, 197–208

  relationships and, 135–41, 150–54, 168–72

  see also brain; meditation; miracle mind-set; thought; visualization

  miracle mind-set, xii, 73–130

  intuition and, 84–86, 129

  keys to creation of, 74–125, 129–30

  meditation and, 120–29

  relationships and, 156–72

  surrender and, 94–98, 130, 184

  miracles, 19–20, 46

  allowing vs. willing of, 114

  believing in, ix, 22–30, 55–56, 57, 74, 83

  creating of, ix–x, xii, 13, 16–17, 21, 27, 30, 32, 38, 55–56, 72, 94, 231, 320–25

  healing, 78, 79

  health and, 280–99

  investigation and research into, 80–81

  of Jesus Christ, 23

  love and, 12–13

  miracles (continued)
/>   manifesting of, 22–23, 40, 55–56, 57, 74, 79, 203, 304

  mind-set for, 73–130

  technological, 25–26, 37

  transcendent view of, 3–30

  Miracles (Wilde), 28

  money, 24, 96, 101, 108–109, 173, 180, 195, 201–203, 206–207, 211–13, 318

  Montaigne, Michel de, 13

  Moody, Raymond, 243

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 226, 227

  music, 77, 87, 226, 227

  “My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is” (Dyer), 199–200

  mystics, 37–38

  Native Americans, 320–23

  Nature of Personal Reality, The (Roberts), 228

  Nazis, 8

  near death experiences, 242–43

  New Testament, 17, 173, 174, 208