Chapter 02

02.45 – Possessor, possess thyself!

02.07 – Those who overestimate their intelligence underutilize their potential

02.24 – Enlightenment raises us from the fear of death to the death of fear

02.40 – Things may belong, but for how long?

02.45 – Be flexible, but not fickle

02.58 – To minimize weariness, maximize wariness

02.14 – Tolerance fosters not impotence but perseverance

02.15 – If we let all that happens matter, then we don’t let all that matters happen

02.68 – Beware of the heart attack that makes us morally unconscious

02.63 – Let the road from the eyes to the heart not bypass or bulldoze the head

02.07 – Are we strong enough to admit that we are not strong enough?

02.08 – Losing our way to find our way

02.64 – Are we mistaking the lifeline to be a handcuff?

02.14 – Imprisoned by circumstances, liberated by consciousness

02.13 – Do we recognize that we haven’t recognized ourselves?

02.30 – Break the wall that blocks the path from the past to the future

02.08 – When we find ourselves in trouble, do we also find ourselves?

02.15 – Are we rejecting the eternal because the temporary has rejected us?

02.27 – Watching TV while a cobra comes to bite?

02.11 – Learning begins with unlearning

02.38 – A package in which the best and the worst aren’t bound together

02.22 – Have we become the slaves of our clothes?

02.67 – Detect the storm of temptation when it is still a blip

02.44 – Are riches cutting us off from the richness of life?

02.06 – Our problems introduce us to ourselves

02.69 – Might we be running in the right direction on the wrong train?

02.58 – Are we trying to move up while looking down?

02.62-63 – Are we sending our intelligence on a vacation?

02.11 – Are we using religion as a cloak instead of as an armor?

02.56 – When neither the summits nor the valleys matter…

02.52 – Untrue ways of being true to oneself

02.19 – Are we giving death more than its due quota?

02.41 – A business that is more serious than business

02.44 – Are my attachments holding me or am I holding my attachments?

02.16 – Are we eternalizing the present?

02.58 – Training ourselves to avoid mental potholes

02.68 – Are we using technology or are we being used by technology?

02.38 – The world is a station, not a destination

02.61 – Blunt the desire for enjoyment with engagement

2.63 – The mad mind’s dietary priority: Never eat anything first except the head

02.69 – Might we be hitting the bull’s eye of the wrong target?

02.66 – Are we getting the happiness sequence right?

02.03 – What we do reflects on what we do

02.48 – Put the world out of the equation

02.61 – Are we winning the misery championship with our eyes?

02.44: Endless nibbling at the tastes of this world dulls our taste for Krishna

02.28 – Did nothing in life prepare you for life?

02.62-63: A tiny crack, a mighty crash

02.41: The first thing, the main thing, the only thing

02.16: Checked, but never checkmated

02.69: Is the social mirror making a fool out of us?

02.67: The morning is for mooring our heart to Krishna.

02.40: Today’s medals will be tomorrow’s baubles.

02.44: Allowing temptations in the consciousness is like allowing dust in the carburetor

02.59: Is our self-mastery determination’s feat or devotion’s fruit?

02.15: When life doesn’t make sense…

02.62-63: What we hold mentally holds us mentally

02.58: Titillating the senses ends in all pain, no gain

02.69: “Who am I?”or “What is my?”

02.62-63: Are we the Cheerleaders of Our Mind?

02.69: Are we shrinking our options for happiness?

02.11-2.30: A dramatic and majestic expansion of our conception of life

02.16: Be Intense, not Tense

02.44: Chemical highs cheat us of spiritual highs

02.68: Catch the eye, catch the I

02.23: Can’t set things right? See things right

02.60: The way to say “No” is to say “Yes”

02.44: When spiritual life seems dry and tasteless….

02.42-43: When materialism dons a religious costume

02.29: Life’s amazing secret

02.16: Rooted in the unchanging, branching into the changing

02.44: Attachments steal our freedom of thought

02.64: Am I free to choose my definition of enjoyment?

02.17: Is that me?

02.16: Value change, but don’t change values

02.11: Beyond lamentation to love

02.70: Ever Flowing, Never Flooding – The Dynamics of Inner Peace

02.07: Let’s stop serving God as advisors

02.66-67: Ending our history of dissatisfaction

02.14-16: Concerned but not disturbed by change

02.42-43: Are we mixing up our means and our ends?

02.62-63: Whatever catches our attention catches us