Contents
The first part of the book has 21 chapters:
- Introduction
- What are we seeking?
- Individual and Society
- Self-Knowledge
- Action and Idea
- Belief
- Effort
- Contradiction
- What is the Self?
- Fear
- Simplicity
- Awareness
- Desire
- Relationship and Isolation
- The Thinker and the Thought
- Can Thinking solve our problems?
- The Function of the Mind
- Self-Deception
- Self-centered Activity
- Time and Transformation
- Power and Realization
The second part of the book has questions and answers from his talks.
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