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This book series is for those who are serious about upgrading their perspective and remaking the world. Same topic as original book, but with more text and workbook space for journaling. Topics: integrity and universal principles, maintaining one’s individuality, integrating one’s self into the whole, connecting sexually to reconcile self and other; individual action, group action, and persevering by finding daily enchantment at home. This is the most complete version of the Heartwood Path.
Topics include: the Overture the Heartwood Path, the Pierce Principle, learning through both joy and sorrow, the philosophy behind Native American Seven Directions ceremonies, the importance of laughter, the revelation of oneness, the veils of illusion, the Great Work! of saving the Earth by perfecting people (and vice versa), who the Heartwood Path is for, the pursuit of personal and planetary improvement, transcendence, expected personal changes, the problem that is corrected by following the Heartwood Path, origins of the Heartwood Path, the uniqueness of the Heartwood Path, religion, avoidance of failed pilgrimages, preparations needed for following the Heartwood Path, the Heartwood Path vision, the three lands traversed by the Heartwood Path, the Heartwood Path’s three cardinal prescriptions (1. Prepare Yourself for Love, 2. Share Love With Another, 3. Put Love to Good Use), universal principles and the origin and structure of integrity, anchoring one’s own individual character through self-examination, strengthening one’s own universal aspect through Nature kinship and environmental protection, reconciling one’s individual and universal aspects through private, intimate, and loving flights of rapture, activating the individual will to seek justice through personal motivation, increasing the effectiveness of the collective will to seek justice through team building, persevering in the effort to seek justice through the charm of everyday life and, in the process, learning how enchantment itself needs to be a vital component of a new world view, reaching higher stages of personal development, the Four-leaf Model of Integrity, expanding one’s capacity for Truth, Goodness, and Beauty, the great work of one’s life, transformative practices, the Heartwood Path’s New Alchemy of Transmutation, the Heartwood Path vision (People united in the praise of God, in their effort to perfect themselves and others, in their love for each other, and in the protection of God’s creation), appropriate language, the differences between nature and Nature/cosmos and Kosmos/Soul and Spirit, Chakras, the Seven Heartwood Path Cardinal Prescriptions (1. Understand what it takes to have integrity. 2. Develop your own individual character through personal growth. 3. Realize your universal character through Nature kinship and environmental protection 4. Reconcile your individual and universal aspects through private flights of rapture. 5. Become motivated to act by developing your individual Will. 6. Seek justice effectively by participating in the collective Will of a team. 7. Persevere by finding enchantment with everyday life.), intimacy and “ultimacy,” the benefits of forgiveness, adding to the critical mass of love, building integrity by meditating on oneness, working towards oneness, the value of meditation, facing fears and regrets, the three opposing cosmic forces (1. the pull to be singular against the pull to be plural, 2. the pull to be a formed physical thing (knowable through staring) against the pull to be formless (perceived in others through sharing), and 3. the pull to dissolve against the pull to add organizational depth (evolve), the universe’s creative advance into novelty, holarchy and the Great Chain of Being, the Sacred Compound Self, testing the validity of claims, the seven Hermetic Principles (1. All is Mind, 2. As above, so below, 3) All is in vibration, 4. Everything is non-dual, 5. Everything flows, 6. Everything happens according to law, and 7. Everything has its masculine and feminine principles:” being the change one seeks for the world, a vision for the Compound Self, moral vs. moralistic, mercy, tough ethics, kindness, the dark side of life, working with resentments, demands, and appreciations, one’s deepest self, bringing light to despair and sorrow, realistic changes through relaxation, affirmation, and visualization, caring for humanity as a way to care for the Earth, compassion through mindfulness, the Heartwood Path’s Three Graces (1. Spirit, 2. Nature, and 3. Sex), the seven basic urges such as the zeal to repeal and the urge to merge, avoiding pitfalls of spiritual paths, simplifying one’s life, seeking good health, wellbeing, the yogic ethics of love (five having to do with consciously choosing positive thoughts, words, and behavior—Kindness, Honesty, Responsibility, Unity and Simplicity, and five that help us maintain a supportive environment for personal growth and change—Clarity, Acceptance, Sacrifice, Understanding and Spirituality), the appropriate eye for seeing, blind conformity, the power or Eros and Thanatos, non-duality, levels of depth, balancing ascent towards Spirit and descent towards physical manifestation, balancing individuality and universality, the power of myth, self-focusing activists known as eartHearts, a creation myth for eartHearts, the pleasure of Creation as a blessing, the four pillars of pleasure (1. excitement, 2. challenge, 3. authenticity, 4. and courage), enlightenment, using sex to overcome an over-reliance on the intellect, the value of rituals, how joy leads to justice, the value of being childlike, the value of boldness and immediacy, seeking justice, developing patience, humility and confidentiality, becoming an eartHeart, inner world structures, bringing about the Ecozoic era, using your imagination, how an individual can change the whole, deferring old unworkable habits, connecting with the individual self, the stages of inner creativity, creativity-producing behaviors, the stages of cognitive development, multiple intelligences, life-long learning, testing knowledge, enlivening experience through refinement of the senses, embracing the unknown, ambiguity, paradox, and uncertainty, whole brain thinking, cultivating the development of Grace, ambidexterity, fitness and poise, remaining healthy through the recognition of interconnectedness, working towards personal fulfillment, developmental assets, financial success, learning from your Future Core Self, connecting with your Soul through attunement, the stages of spiritual development, discovering proper actions, visualizing, knowing your self, knowing one’s temperament, active-breathing, mindfulness, meditating on the vital force within, examining your own power, effective relaxation, practicing non-judgmental thinking, listing your talents, solving problems through inner work, practicing yoga, reducing stress, reviewing your uniqueness, assessing your needs, the need to pay more attention to what you hear, music as a critical tool in one’s development, the contemplative state of Samadhi, doing a life inventory, making a life line, abundant, authentic, and abiding happiness, enhancing pleasures, picking your strengths to increase your virtue, practicing to make yourself perfect, building a meaningful life on a foundation of morality, developing boundaries and avoiding enmeshment, the False Self and the Authentic Self, age regression, the worldview of an eartHeart, preserving both depth and span, the
Cauldron of Awareness, emptying yourself of old, unworkable notions, connecting with the best in yourself, helping yourself and others become benignly present, how thinking and having detract from being, weakening the grip of the inner world “Grieving Ghost known as “the Shadow,” becoming “perfect in one,” discovering the more-than-individual Self, becoming perfect, the peace of Heaven on Earth, the awareness of being, awakened doing through acceptance, delight, and fervor, looking for signs of ecological destruction, systems thinking, perceiving more truth through a broader perspective, learning from horses and other domesticated animals, establishing an intimate rapport with the world, one’s lines of intelligence, remembering one’s connection to the whole, remembering beauty, identifying with others, finding Blessed Grace in Wildness, remembering one’s Resplendent Wholeness, reducing our dependence on stored sunlight, fighting the lure of the dominant culture, focusing on the person first (then the planet), the Cosmic Christ, the development of eyesight and insight, the significance of peace pipes, crystals, sweat lodge ceremonies, Black Elk’s vision, Sun dance rituals, making relatives, and give-away ceremonies, using totems, building and using medicine wheels, creating your own goals and agenda, bringing back meaning to celebrations, bio-regionalism, studying Nature to find unity, preserving the Commons, working to find meaning, living in harmony with Nature through environmental education, establishing “Childlife Preserves,” recognizing the growing inner world divide between people and Nature, creating a local Youth Earth Service Corps, developing a place-based education program, developing a sense of place, experiential education techniques, education programs without walls, blocked bonding with Nature, your perception, vision quests, aligning one’s self with Nature by perceiving ecological conditions through six practices (1. Learning to attend. 2. Perceiving the relations. 3. Adding context and processes to one’s perceptions of material objects. 4. Maintaining flexibility of perception. 5. Perceiving depth. And 6. Using the imagination.), mindlessness, egolessness, and timelessness, applying the healing power of Nature, developing one’s ecological consciousness, the sense of place, creating a personal property list and a community network map, fighting individual and collective stress, conducting a personal/global care self-assessment, connecting with one’s Omphalos, personal power center, interpreting the mythic presence of one’s local place, the cause of support for environmental protection, developing one’s eco-political identity, eco-feminism, the transcendence of the environmental movement, tough ethical deliberations, using the yogic ethics of love to protect the environment, the distinction between Agape, Eros, and Philia, making industry Earth-friendly, using collaboration to fight discord and conflict resolution on controversy, controlling human population levels, the value of relations and community over affluence, the improvement of technology, ways to secure sustainability, evoking the authentic whole, connecting sexually to reconcile self with other, solo preparations for love, attracting love into your life, awakening sexual energy, storing life force energy, enhancing sexual energy, transmuting sexual energy from lust to love, applying transmuted erotic yearnings to one’s whole life, including one’s efforts to bring forth justice, loving your way to a better world, Tantra, celibacy, at-one-ment, using the breath to open the heart, relaxation, massaging your self, preparing yourself and your home for love, preparing sacred space for lovemaking, transforming lust into love and spiritual elevation, building lust and passion, Chi, Ching, and Shen, knowing your subtle body, knowing and bolstering your Chakras as a way to make sex extremely pleasurable and transformative, asanas, pranayamas, mantras, yantras, mudras, bandhas, and maithuna, finding a mate, hope, doubt, and passion, intentional dialogue, listening to others accurately (mirroring), accepting the content of the messages of others (validating), finding the feelings of others (empathizing), turning arguments into constructive processes, safe sex, the holiness of sex, bathing, projecting your interest non-verbally, sharing mutual desire, feeding your partner, massage, touching the heart through the use of ceremony, communicating about awakening arousal, guided imagery, controlling life force energy, delaying the female orgasm, delaying the male orgasm, ejaculation control, coitus reservatus, the whole body as an erogenous zone, the Inner Round River (better known as the microcosmic orbit), awakening sexual energy through complete breathing, rejuvenating your sexual capacity, increasing your arousal period, focusing on divine purpose during lovemaking, bringing the power of visualization to lovemaking, how energy follows consciousness, orgasm meditations, circulating primordial energy through your body, becoming mentally absorbed in the present through reservatus mentis, how thought creates form, Nature attunement meditation, removing psychic debris, using sexual energy to extend yourself to the Kosmos, the Valley Orgasm, seeking spiritual communion through mystical sexuality, rekindling your inner fire, the Inner Round River Orgasm, the transmutation of sexual energy, concentrating sexual energy beyond the genitals, the Super Orgasm, daily sexual bonding, using lovemaking to forge justice, viewing your sexual relationship in context with the rest of your life, mystical sex, reconciling masculine and feminine characteristics, understanding gender differences, allowing sex to be a means to give love to all sentient beings, transforming the culture of domination and control into a culture of affiliation and caring, reconciling relationship difficulties, being with a chosen one in the timeless present to transform self and Will, reviewing your progress along your path to self discovery, handling “the Shadow,” gifts found during your period of discovery, using your intentions at home, listening to silence to discover God’s truth in nature, the usefulness of mythology, attending to Temenos, knowing the board of directors that control your own Realm of Interiority, awareness of Exteriority, finding your Greater Self, paying attention to God, his Creation, and the self-organizing intelligence of Nature, paying attention, considering your possessions, seeking “cosmic wisdom” and understand the “pattern that connects,” valuing leisure, practicing “awe-robics,” rooting out the love of money, affirmations about money, seeking guidance by paying attention to the voice within, tempering the Fall with Creation Spirituality, differences between Fall/redemption theology and Creation spirituality, reasons to be guided by Creation spirituality, overcoming restlessness at home, embracing emptiness, giving birth to creativity, getting unblocked by adequacy, using the keys to unlock the doors of perception, throwing out doubt, sustaining the viewer, stopping inner dialogue, facing death, finding the key to happiness and joy, refining your higher life purpose everyday, becoming a true inhabitant of home, adding spirit to your home, considering the blessings of your home, living a magical life, making nearby Nature a real element in daily life, recalling highpoints outdoors, developing a global perspective, becoming a Magus, collecting and arrange natural items and using them as devotional aids, getting the most out of physical activity, assessing your respiratory efficiency, finding the edge of your comfort range, focusing on the path rather than the outcome, discovering your internal signal for the need to rest, healing yourself, engaging in practices that celebrate daily life, living in a healing house, the importance of playing, celebrating, especially on his holy days, balancing busyness and stillness, understanding ethics for use at home, heeding the Heartwood Path’s central ethical point, (preserving the health of the whole great nest of holarchy and do not give preferential treatment to any one level), dismemberment and transfiguration, using dismemberment, transfiguration, intonation/drumming, and gratefulness as elements of your everyday practice of perseverance, listening to the wisdom of the oppressed, walking in the shoes of others, the enchantment of serving others, using appropriate technologies, laying siege to heaven, all day, everyday, practicing splitting the mind between Heaven and the world by using a Rosary, managing your anger, feeling one with the Earth, studying local geography, writing a story about a time when you were awed, soothed or humbled by Nature, acting with others at home, creating and sustaining a loving family, making work a sacred partnership with the creator, finding time in the landscape, staying in the present, letting go and let be, being with one’s true self, taking in the charm of youth: how parenting births wholeness, how parenthood creates and then destroys the illusion that the parent is God, preparing and eating good food with others at home, mindful eating, finding enchantment in food, tending a garden with family and friends, participating in politics locally, engaging in Heartwood Path intimacy, spending time with pets, especially horses, attending to friends with hospitality and forgiveness, attending or holding your own animal blessing, preserving the preservers, using the self-serving curative capacity of benevolence, finding a model and then engage in community-building, being in relationship, curing estrangement through long and constant exposure, using the four-step process for solving problems (1. understanding the problem, 2. developing a vision statement, 3. carrying out the plan, and 4. looking back), engaging in social action, working to end the suffering of others, taking in suffering, giving out love, arriving as a prophet, arriving in justice, making yours an inclusive community, pounding on the universal drum, seeking the help of a professional life coach, using sacred designs known as yantras, how life presents a spectrum of paradoxes and, step by step, their resolution, the metaphysics of evolution, becoming an operator of the grand elevator of the Greater Self, how Self, culture, and Nature are indivisible, building the hardware for the operating system of the Greater Self, finding delight at home everyday, converting good ideas into governing ideas, becoming an infectious agent of radical change, and anchoring yourself in the present.
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