Table of Contents
Preface to the Third Edition ix
Introduction to the Second Edition xiii
A Note to the Reader 3
1 A Few Embraces, a Few Dreams 5
2 Beyond Physics 19
3 Condemned to Meaning 39
4 A Question of Balance 55
5 A Universe Within 77
6 Bodymind Dropped! 92
7 "My Life Had Twisted Suddenly" 105
8 Who Am I? 123
9 Narcissus, or the Self-Contraction 139
10 A Time to Heal 157
11 Psychotherapy and Spirituality 174
12 In a Different Voice 201
13 Estrella 223
14 What Kind of Help Really Helps? 242
15 The New Age 253
16 But Listen to Those Birds Sing! 271
17 "Spring Is Now My Favorite Season" 290
18 But Not a Dead One! 311
19 Passionate Equanimity 333
20 A Support Person 353
21 Grace and Grit 372
22 For a Radiant Star 392
Selected Readings 409
