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Table of Contents: Soul of Economies

Foreword by F. Hilary Conroy and France H. Conroy i

Preface iii

1 THE CRISES THAT CAME TO DINNER 1

I. Whose economy is it anyway?

II. Looking for big maps

III. Making big maps: Billiard-ball vs. whole-seeking methods

IV. Why buy the whole-seeking approach?

2 WHO’S DRIVING THE CHARIOT? 27

I. Is greed good?

II. Rethinking economies: How do they really work?

3 PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHIES: WHAT’S INVOLVED? 73

I. Assumptions

II. Strategies

III. Responses

IV. Goals

V. The four as a learning system

VI. How the four work in economies

4 WHAT’S FORWARD AND WHAT’S NOT? 87

I. What spiritual evolution isn’t

II. How spiritual evolution works

5 THE UPS AND DOWNS OF EVOLUTION 123

I. Descending and ascending

II. Revelation: Maps for evolving maps

6 THE DAYS OF CREATION: ASSUMPTIONS THAT MAKE US CREATIVE 137

I. What gets creativity going?

II. The spectrum of assumptions

7 THE COMMANDMENTS: STRATEGIES THAT LIBERATE 185

I. Freedom expands with evolution

II. The offense: Going forward spiritually

III. The defense: Watching our tails

8 THE BEATITUDES: RESPONSES THAT EMPOWER 237

I. What’s in our power and what isn’t?

II. Choosing spiritual growth empowers

9 THE LORD’S PRAYER: THE PURPOSE TO EVOLVE 273

I. What’s the purpose of purposes?

II. Prayer: Expanding our contexts and goals

In Closing 313

Appendix 1: Rethinking Economies—Resources 317

Appendix 2: Surveys of the World’s Religions 329

Appendix 3: Interpreting Symbols and Revelations 333

Notes 339

Acknowledgments 351

Index 355