Hidemaru. Deguchi

Contents

Foreword
I In search of meaning
1 The heart in search of happiness
Love and wisdom
Act
The virtue of experience
Doing one's best
2 An inquiry into the causes of our affliction
Affliction and resentments
A warm heart
Emotion and reason
3 The upward way
What is life?
To know yourself
Step-by-step
Taking a general view of the situation
II To Live
1 Wisdom in the conduct of life
Being spontaineous and wholly involved
Examining the self
As you wish
Failure and progress
2 The perfecting of oneself
All depends on the mind
Force of practice
Judging others
3 Marriage, love, and family
4 Educational ideals
By spontaneous reaction
Human growth
True learning
III The inner and outer worlds
1 That which we call God
2 Invisible reality
3 The principle of duality
4 The true nature of the heart
Workings of the mind
The illumined soul
Conflict between spirit and body
IV Stepping stones to eternity
1 The way to truth
The nature of this world
Truth, beauty, love and goodness
2 Faith, and prayer
3 The eternal world
Eternal life
Life and universe
4 True religion
Postscript
About the author
Translator's note… (mere)