Table of Contents
Introduction Carina Stone xi
Part 1 The World Comes to You: Notes on Practice 1
1 The World Comes to You 3
2 As Is 5
3 People You Haven't Met 7
4 Something You Already Do Every Day 8
5 Today Is Today 11
6 Mindfulness 12
7 Noticing 14
8 Just Blink 16
9 Embrace This 18
10 Friendliness 20
11 Practice Dying 22
12 Tricks to Avoid Sleeping 24
13 Maps/No Maps 25
14 To Remember 27
15 Mindfulness Includes Rushing 30
16 Running Away 32
17 Unrehearsing 33
18 Fluid Ground 35
19 Muddy Water 36
20 Right Now 38
21 Unexpected Altars 40
22 "Be Yourself" 42
23 Waves and Water 44
Part 2 Flux of Flowers: Notes on Love 47
24 Love 1 49
25 Flux of Flowers 50
26 Curiosity 1 51
27 Falling in Love with Your Life 53
28 Love 2 54
29 Love 3 57
30 Lovers + Enemies 59
31 Small Experiments 61
32 Love 4 62
33 Feelings vs. Emotions 64
34 Difficulty 66
35 Love ∞ 67
Part 3 It Becomes a Fountain: Notes on Social Action 69
36 Response Ability 1 72
37 Not Chasing Things 73
38 Exquisite Consequences 75
39 Enter Your Life 77
40 Jerry 79
41 Revolution 81
42 Resistance 83
43 Response Ability 2 84
44 Happiness 86
45 Five-Minute Practice 88
46 Loving Action 89
47 Curiosity 2 92
48 Hope without Optimism 95
49 It Just Shows Up 98
50 Hacking 99
51 It Becomes a Fountain 101
Afterword Carina Stone 105
