Welcome.
Renewal is based on a journal that was mostly written between April and July of 2002 (chapter 70, the postscript, was written in January of 2003). As with most journals, the thoughts and feelings expressed in this work tend to come back in certain chapters–marking the rhythm and process, if not progress, of learning and integrating feelings, thoughts, and events. Basically, this story is about rediscovering the ability to renew our essential humanity as we create and journey through experience and interpretation.
I share this process in the hope it will remind us we have the ability to recognize that our experiences do not have to encumber or enslave awareness, but that our health and well-being occur when we use awareness to set our experiences free.
Renewal is available in paperback directly through the publisher, AuthorHouse (AuthorHouse.com), for $16.00 plus S&H. The book is also available through Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, etc., for approximately $19.00 plus S&H. However, I will continue to leave Renewal on the website where it can be read for free.
Thank you,
Travis Gibbs
Table of Contents:
|
Preface |
|
Introduction |
| One- |
Chasing Our Tails |
| Two- |
Critical Periods |
| Three- |
Polishing Both Sides Of The Coin |
| Four- |
Stories With Sharp Teeth |
| Five- |
Closing Down Is A Hard Way To Open Up |
| Six- |
Choice Eventually Limits Choice |
| Seven- |
Asking For Support |
| Eight- |
Love As Promises, Bargaining, Sales, And Consumption |
| Nine- |
We’re Learning What? |
| Ten – |
Be Aware; Education At Work |
| Eleven- |
It Is Difficult To See That One Cannot See |
| Twelve- |
Not Having A Choice May Actually Be The Beginning Of Freedom |
| Thirteen- |
The Hamster Wheel Of Our Existence |
| Fourteen- |
We Are Both The Gatekeeper And The Internee |
| Fifteen- |
One Does Zen To Not Do Zen |
| Sixteen- |
We Don’t Make Truth Or Love |
| Seventeen- |
False Positives Keep Us Bound, False Negatives Keep Us Busy |
| Eighteen- |
Awareness Comes Along With Irony |
| Nineteen- |
Perhaps Freud Missed A Defense Mechanism |
| Twenty- |
Being A Fool With Dignity |
| Twenty one- |
The Journey From Insanity Is Likely To Seem Insane |
| Twenty Two- |
Our Guidance Doesn’t Fail Us, Our Fear Does |
| Twenty Three- |
We Actually Do What Works For Us |
| Twenty Four- |
Resetting The Compass |
| Twenty Five- |
Transforming Affliction Into Vision |
| Twenty Six- |
It Is Not So Easy Feeling Good |
| Twenty Seven- |
Learning Takes A Lot Of Rest |
| Twenty Eight- |
Being Top Dog Is Not Absolute |
| Twenty Nine- |
Dancing With Prediction And Control |
| Thirty – |
Sometimes It’s Easier To Sleep |
| Thirty One- |
No One Lives Or Dies In Vain |
| Thirty Two- |
Nurturing Day |
| Thirty Three- |
The Last Page In The Book Of Wisdom Is A Mirror |
| Thirty Four- |
Sometimes Not Believing In Ourselves Is A Good Thing |
| Thirty Five- |
Why Carry A Cross Silently? |
| Thirty Six- |
Fewer Obligations, More Nurturing |
| Thirty Seven- |
Getting An Honor Is Getting Humble |
| Thirty Eight- |
What Goes Up May Come Down |
| Thirty Nine- |
Riding A Barrel Over The Falls |
| Forty – |
It’s Hard To Hold Another’s Heart If You Don’t Know Your Own |
| Forty One- |
It’s A Two-Million-Year-Old Nervous System |
| Forty Two- |
Confusing Our Mission |
| Forty Three- |
It Takes A Space To Create |
| Forty Four- |
The Problem With Cycles |
| Forty Five- |
No One Part Of Us Should Run The Show, But No Part Should Be Left Out |
| Forty Six- |
Just Another Visitor To The Galactic Bar |
| Forty Seven- |
It Is Not The Shedding Of Blood That Brings Us Together Or Preserves our Freedom, It is Forgiveness And Humility |
| Forty Eight- |
Line Of Sight Versus Instrument Flight |
| Forty Nine- |
Drama, Hormones, Or The Stars? |
| Fifty – |
The Guard Dogs Got Old |
| Fifty One- |
Our Job Is To Not Make Love Work So Hard |
| Fifty Two- |
The Strength And Fragility Of Hope |
| Fifty Three- |
With Great Humility And Great Dignity, Wholeness Has Its Way |
| Fifty Four- |
Volitional Evolution Revisited |
| Fifty Five- |
The Best Answers Arise In The Space Between Thought And Deed |
| Fifty Six- |
The Template-less Template |
| Fifty Seven- |
Uncertainty Has A Certain Kind Of Ring To It |
| Fifty Eight- |
May Honest Feelings Bring Great Peace |
| Fifty Nine – |
The Mutable Immutables |
| Sixty – |
Sometimes There May Be Learning After All |
| Sixty One- |
We Are Wealthy Beyond Our Wildest Dreams When It Comes To Finding Things To Laugh About |
| Sixty Two- |
Allowing Energy To Freely Move |
| Sixty Three- |
The Paradox Is Complete, Creation Continues |
| Sixty Four- |
Be Careful What You Give Life To, It Can Develop A Life Of Its Own |
| Sixty Five- |
Allowing Love Instead Of Hurt |
| Sixty Six- |
Imprint Turned Prophecy |
| Sixty Seven- |
OBEs, IBEs, And Human Experience |
| Sixty Eight- |
Sacrifice Is Not The Issue, Temperance Is |
| Sixty Nine- |
Timeless Beings In Temporal Bodies |
| Seventy – |
Postscript: “First The Gesture, Then The Grace” (Sarah Ban Breathnach) |
| References |
The Non-Ordinary Reference Pages |
