Everything is useful : turning obstacles into opportunities on the road to enlightenment /: turning obstacles into opportunities on the road to enlightenment. ([2023])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Turning obstacles into opportunities on the road to enlightenment
• Further Information: Note: Garth J. Hallett.
• Authors: Hallett, Garth, 1960-
• Contents: Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Obstacles and Order -- Why We are Here -- The Most Profound Religious Statement of All -- Obstacles in General -- The Spiritual Treasures of the Past -- The First Principle -- Faith, Trust, and the Principle of Flow -- Ego -- Id, Superego, and Soul -- Moving Forward -- The Principle of the Vacuum -- The Principle of Balance -- The Pivotal Role of Meditation -- Courage -- Experience -- The Realities of Change and Suffering -- The Gardener -- Independence -- Change, Independence, and "The Powers That Be" -- The Three Dark Doors Sex and Spirituality -- Self-confidence and Independence -- Worry -- The Principle of "Positivity" -- The Nature and Plan of Evil -- The Principle of the One -- The Principle of Notable Victories in Partial Gains -- The Nemesis -- Michelangelo's Guide to Life -- Mindfulness -- Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Inquiry -- The Power of Not-Doing -- Rashness -- Anger -- Poverty and Wealth Consciousness -- Procrastination -- Despair -- The Most Dangerous Words in the English Language -- Everyone is Selfish -- Gratitude -- The Right Goal -- The Way is Not Complicated -- Right Speech -- Memory Know When the Time to Go-and to Let Go-Has Come -- Self-Confidence Must Come from the Self -- The Easter Egg Hunt that Never Grows Old -- To Go Unmurmuring -- Be Here Now -- Work -- The Principle of the Staircase -- Develop Your Talents Outwardly -- Completeness -- Concepts and Reality -- Substance and Form in the Mind -- Seeking Substance from Illusion -- Life is Composed of Both Light and Shade -- The Obstacle of False Renunciation -- A Seeming Contradiction -- Reasons to be Happy -- Revisiting the Past to Rekindle a Sense of Love -- Virtual Realty -- The Need for a Guru The Tao of Metaphysics -- The Role of Thought -- Fear of the End -- Resentment -- Forgiveness -- The Wanderer -- Perspective on Persistent Obstacles -- Perspective in General -- Karma and Reincarnation -- Normality -- Faith and Action -- Life is an Opportunity -- Meditation and Manifestation -- Karma and the New Thought -- Desire -- A Clear Benefit -- Using the Effect to Produce the Cause -- Better than a Koan -- Sincerity -- Simplicity -- Taking the Bad with the Good -- Written Goals -- When Fear is Positive -- Could It Be That Simple After All? -- Victimization Egotism vs. the Glory of the Realm -- The Obstacle of Moral Superiority -- Two Types of People -- Compassion -- What Success Is and What It Is Not -- The Conclusion of Our Journey -- How it Concludes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Hamilton Books, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 311 pages)
• Subjects: 204/.4; Spirituality; Conduct of life; Philosophy; Conduct of life; Philosophy; Spirituality; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780761873914; 0761873910
• Related ISBNs: 9780761873907
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 16, 2023).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.