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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction  ——————————————————- 1

Part One: THE HUMAN CONDITION

1. The Living Body —————————————15
   1. Descartes’ Dream
   2. Completing the Copernican Revolution
   3. The Prophets  ——————————————- 31
      1. Nietzsche the Prophet
      2. The Legacy of Merleau-Ponty
      3. The Body Is the Mind
      4. The Freudian Unconscious
      5. Individuation  ——————————————- 53
         1. First Impressions of Myself in the World
         2. Scientific Analogies of Creation
         3. Transcendence and Dynamism  ———————- 65
            1. Big Mind, Little Mind, Beginner’s Mind
            2. Alternating Current: Change Is Constant
            3. The Sun Within: Implosion at Our Core
            4. Am I God?  ——————————————— 73

Part Two: APPROACHES TO THE WORLD, OURSELVES,
AND THIS STUDY

1. How we See the World and Ourselves ————- 79
   1. Three Perspectives
   2. I-Feeling and Boundaries 1
   3. Methods of Study ————————————   85
      1. Phenomenology
      2. Methodology 1
      3. Interviews with Three Me’s
      4. Thinking, Learning, Remembering —————  100
         1. Thinking
         2. Learning
         3. Remembering

Part Three: THE DEEP STRUCTURES OF EXPERIENCE

1. The Big Historical Picture ————————– 119
2. Depth Communication  —————————– 125
   1. The Subjects
   2. The Language of the Unconscious
   3. Interpersonal Depth Communication
   4. The Necessity of Separation

10.  Chaos and Ego ————————————— 133

1. Chaotic Faith
2. The Ego as a Strange Attractor
3. I-Feelings and Boundaries 2

11.  Theses ————————————————- 149

Part Four: HEARTSCAPES

12.  Heart Knowing ————————————— 159

1. The Heart
2. Empathy
3. Visions, Hallucinations, and Dreams
4. Methodology 2

13.  Language ———————————————- 181

1. Perception and Language
2. Creativity and Language
3. The Reality of Language

14.  Time and Space ————————————– 193

1. Time
2. Space

15.  The Imaginal Realm ——————————–  203

1. The Creations of Imagination
2. Objective Reality
3. Religious Myths

16.  Death ————————————————– 221

Summary ————————————————– 225

Bibliography ———————————————- 229

Index ——————————————————- 233