The Book of the World: A Contemporary Scripture (Contents)
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The Book of the World is a contemporary secular scripture that I edited and published on behalf of its anonymous author. The book calls us out of complacency, urging us to keep on with the great work of making our soul—which is, at the same time, the great work of making the world. I first published it as a paperback, so please make allowances for the formatting here. It is best viewed on a large device.
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Introduction & Note to the Unknown Author
What We Need Is Here
Earth Is Our Only Home
I Do Not Know Its Name
What Is Truth?
The Whole World Is Kin
All Things Change
We Must Stay Close to the Ground
We Are the Caretakers of This Planet
We Belong to the Universe
We Become Who We Are
The Only Journey Is the One Within
Dare Your Yes
Begin by Descending
Right Here Is Paradise
Today Is the Seed Time
This Moment Is Your Life
Fear in a Handful of Dust
Courage Is a Muscle
The Thornbush Must Catch Fire
In the Darkest Time
All Go
Have Your Blooming
Gratitude, No Matter What Happens
A Full Heart Has Room for Everything
A Banquet of Consequences
You Are What You Say
Have a Vision
Go Through the Door
We Will Have Our Revolution
Love and Compassion Are Necessities
We Are Citizens of the World
Our Neighbor's Face
Faults Are Thick Where Love Is Thin
Who Is the Enemy?
Subvert Anger with Forgiveness
Forgive Your Own Mistakes
No One Is Born Hating
Prejudice Sees What It Pleases
Until Difference Makes No Difference
Violence Is Not the Way
Terrorism Is Not the Way
War Is Terrorism, Magnified
It Is Possible to Live in Peace
The Weapon of Nonviolence
The Disease of Apathy and Indifference
The Way of Giving
Each Child a Morning Star
Where Is Everybody?
We Must Practice Freedom
Simplify, Simplify
Everything Is a Gift
The Human Body Is Sacred
The Soul Is Here for Its Own Joy
Joy Is the Little Bird We All Want to Catch
Send in the Clowns
Play Is the Exultation of the Possible
Love Is Work Made Visible
We Cannot Survive Without Wisdom
Patience, the Companion of Wisdom
Hope Is the Thing with Feathers
Life Is an Angle of Vision
The End of the World
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