Pt. 1. Uncharted territory. A path of discovery : the lucky dark
The heart of meditation : language and silence
Overcoming the porcupine effect : moving past fear into tenderness
The wooden puppet and iron man : selfless compassion, radical optimism
At home in the infinite : dwelling in the boundless abodes
You are already dying : realizing impermanence, selflessness, and freedom.
Pt. 2. Giving no fear. Fiction that hinder and heal : facing truth and finding meaning
The two arrows : I am in pain and I am not suffering
Giving no fear : transforming poison into medicine
Take care of your life, take care of the world : seeing my own limits with compassion
The jeweled net : communities of care
Wounded healers : the shadow side of caregiving.
Pt. 3. Making a whole cloth. Doorways to truth : from fear to liberation
Embracing the road : how we remember, assess, express, and find meaning
Between life, between people : how we forgive, reconcile, express gratitude, and love
The great matter : there is no one right way
The broken pine branch : deaths of acceptance and liberation
Gratitude for the vessel : care of the body after death
River of loss : the plunge of sorrow.
Afterword : being one with dying.
