Foreword by Michael Atkinson ix
Preface xix
Acknowledgments xxi

PART ONE: What Is Meditative Inquiry?
1. The Wonder of Presence 3
2. What Is the Meditation Practice at Springwater? 5
3. Meditative Questioning 11
4. A Few Tips for Sitting 15
5. Effort and Energy 19
6. The Authority of a Spiritual Teacher 26
7. Can This Work Be Transmitted? 32

PART TWO: Me and You and the World
8. What Is the Me? 43
9. Personality 51
10. Touching Fear 59
11. Anger 64
12. Guilt and Responsibility 69
13. The Trace of Attachment 76
14. What Is My Innermost Core? 79
15. What Is It That Dies? 84

PART THREE: Relationship
16. Can There Be Personal Freedom in a Committed Relationship? 93
17. Judging Others 99
18. The Importance of Communicating 103
19. Sexual Energy 111
20. World Peace 115

PART FOUR: Conditioning and Wholeness
21. Is There Your Truth and My Truth, or Just One Truth? 123
22. The Two Aspects of Meditative Inquiry 126
23. Consciousness, Attention, and Awareness 132
24. Is Presence Available Everywhere? 140
25. Stillness and Openness 144
26. Is Awareness Enough? 147
27. Enlightenment 152
28. Tracking the Two Bodies 158
29. Listening to It All 167