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        • Imagination And World Dreams
    • Egos >
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        • Individuation
      • Egos2 >
        • The Attractive Natural Being Impression
      • Egos3 >
        • Animal Totems
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        • Ways Of Knowing
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        • Defense Mechanisms
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        • Object Relations
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        • Frameworks
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        • Safe Places
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        • Social Psych
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        • Inner Speech
      • Egos11 >
        • Added Vitality
      • Egos12 >
        • Self Importance
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        • Exchange
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        • Heady
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        • Trail Blazer
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        • Contentment
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        • Inventiveness Bands
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        • Imagination Prompts
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        • Bridge To Oneness
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        • Many Minds
      • Egos21 >
        • Perpetual Education
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        • Perpetual Nature
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        • Sense-ational Fun
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        • Clutch Mystery
      • Egos25 >
        • Complete Mind
      • Egos26 >
        • Financial Triumph
      • Egos27 >
        • Ideal You Ahead
      • Egos28 >
        • Cosmic Consciousness
      • Egos29 >
        • Cove Of The Spirit
      • Egos30 >
        • Spiritual Acclimation
      • Egos31 >
        • The Beanstalk And The Tree
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        • Branch One
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        • Branch Two
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        • Branch Four
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        • Branch Five
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        • Branch Six
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        • Branch Seven
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        • Position Of The Psyche
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        • Soul Initiation
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        • World's Soul
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        • Talk Of The World
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        • The Spheres
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        • Up And Around
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        • Roll
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        • Pull
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        • Sole And Melded
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        • Evoking
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        • Familiarity
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        • Active Breathing
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        • Practice Mindfulness
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        • Mental Tonic
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        • Sound's Helpful
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        • Tuneful
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        • Samadhi
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        • Elation
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        • Pleasures Vs. Gratifications
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        • Awesome Goodness
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        • Romantic Relationships
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        • Suggestions
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        • Acts And Traits
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        • Enduring Trumps Temporary
      • Egos63 >
        • Vital Aim
      • Egos64 >
        • Exemplary Compassion (Part One)
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        • Exemplary Compassion (Part Two)
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        • Exemplary Compassion (Part Three)
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        • Exemplary Compassion (Part Four)
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        • Scrutinize
      • Egos69 >
        • One's Shoes (Part One)
      • Egos70 >
        • One's Shoes (Part Two)
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        • One's Shoes (Part Three)
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        • Self-occupied
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        • Big Shot
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        • Expanding Benevolence
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        • Concealed
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        • Proof
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        • Bounds
      • Egos78 >
        • Real You
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        • Personal Space
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        • Discernment
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        • Mining For Gold
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        • Highest View
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        • Coverage
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        • From Me To Us All
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        • Dream Council
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        • Wisdom
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        • Crucible
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        • Share
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        • Horizons
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Heartwood Path Course Two:
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Egos​


Connecting With The Individual Self​

​​Don Pierce

​Links To Each Waypoint

Waypoint 2.1
Individuation: Hold Firm To Your Uniqueness
Waypoint 2.2
The Attractive Natural Being Impression: Keep Your Focus On The Inseparable Combination Of Natural Beings And Your Impressions Of Them
Waypoint 2.3
Animal Totems: Pay Attention To Your Animal Spirit Guides
Waypoint 2.4
Ways Of Knowing: Ride The Green Wave
Waypoint 2.5
Defense Mechanisms: Learn How You Unconsciously Split Off Your Awareness Of Environmental Problems
Waypoint 2.6
Object Relations: Construct Your Sense Of Self From Your Interactions With Others
Waypoint 2.7
Frameworks: Remedy Inner World Causes Of Outer World Troubles
Waypoint 2.8
Safe Places: Establish Holding Environments
Waypoint 2.9
Social Psych.: Learn How Outer World Persons And Inner World Psychic Personalities Affect Your Actions
Waypoint 2.10
Inner Speech: Lower Your Affect On The Environment By Tracking Your Intentions
Waypoint 2.11
Added Vitality: Raise Your Energy Level
Waypoint 2.12
Self Importance: Keep Your Ego In Check
Waypoint 2.13
Exchange: Give Out To The World What You Seek To Attract To Yourself
Waypoint 2.14
Heady: Overcome The Preoccupation With The Intellect 
Waypoint 2.15
Trail Blazer: Chart A Path To Individuality And Oneness
Waypoint 2.16
Contentment: Find Your Deep Satisfaction
Waypoint 2.17
Inventiveness Bands: Go Through The Stages Of Inner Creativity
Waypoint 2.18
Imagination Prompts: Employ Creativity-producing Behaviors
Waypoint 2.19
Bridge To Oneness: Merge Mentally With The External World
Waypoint 2.20
Many Minds: Use The Heartwood Path Principles Of Personal Development To Develop Your Multiple Intelligences
Waypoint 2.21
Perpetual Education: Cultivate Insatiable Curiosity And Continuous, Lifelong Learning
Waypoint 2.22
Perpetual Nature: Test Knowledge Through Experience, Persistence, And Willingness To Learn From Mistakes
Waypoint 2.23
Sensational Fun: Refine Your Senses As A Means To Enliven Experience
Waypoint 2.24
Clutch Mystery: Be Willing To Embrace The Unknown, Ambiguity, Paradox, And Uncertainty
Waypoint 2.25
Complete Mind: Develop Whole Brain Thinking
Waypoint 2.26
Financial Triumph: Determine Your Most Likely Avenue To Financial Success
Waypoint 2.27
Ideal You Ahead: Get To Know Your Future Core Self
Waypoint 2.28
Cosmic Consciousness: Move Through The Transcendent Stages Of The Mind
Waypoint 2.29
Cove of the Spirit: Connect With One’s Own Soul
Waypoint 2.30
Spiritual Acclimation: Seek Attunement
Waypoint 2.31
The Beanstalk And The Tree: Climb Your Way To Spiritual Maturity
Waypoint 2.32
Branch One: Solidify Yourself On The First Branch Of The Beanstalk Of Spiritual Development
Waypoint 2.33
Branch Two: Climb To The Second Branch On The Beanstalk Of Spiritual Development
Waypoint 2.34
Branch Three: Climb To The Third Branch On The Beanstalk Of Spiritual Development
Waypoint 2.35
Branch Four: Climb To The Fourth Branch On The Beanstalk Of Spiritual Development
Waypoint 2.36
Branch Five: Climb To The Fifth Branch On The Beanstalk Of Spiritual Development
Waypoint 2.37
Branch Six: Climb To The Sixth Branch On The Beanstalk Of Spiritual Development
Waypoint 2.38
Branch Seven: Climb To The Seventh Branch On The Beanstalk Of Spiritual Development
Waypoint 2.39
Position Of The Psyche: Live In Your Soul Place And Function According To Your Soul Purpose
Waypoint 2.40
Soul Initiation: Make Your Ego An Agent Of Your Soul
Waypoint 2.41
World’s Soul: Achieve Knowledge Of The Totemic Self
Waypoint 2.42
Talk Of The World: Be The Universe’s Means Of Self-expression
Waypoint 2.43
The Spheres: Experience The Upper World, The Middle World, And The Under World
Waypoint 2.44
Up And Around: Move Up The “Beanstalk” And Around The “Wheel”
Waypoint 2.45
Roll: Go With The Flow
Waypoint 2.46
Pull: Use The “Draw Law”
Waypoint 2.47
Sole And Melded: Learn To Be And Learn To Become
Waypoint 2.48
Evoking: Visualize
Waypoint 2.49
Familiarity: Know Yourself
Waypoint 2.50
Active Breathing: Understand The Value Of Active Conscious Breathing
Waypoint 2.51
Practice Mindfulness: Be Here, Now
Waypoint 2.52
Mental Tonic: Reduce Stress
Waypoint 2.53
Sound’s Helpful: Pay More Attention To What You Hear
Waypoint 2.54
Tuneful: Regard Music As A Critically Important Tool
Waypoint 2.55
Samadhi: Enter Into A Profound State Of Contemplation
Waypoint 2.56
Elation: Seek Triple A Happiness: Abundant, Authentic, And Abiding
Waypoint 2.57
Pleasures Vs. Gratifications: Enhance Your Pleasures But Dwell In Your Gratifications
Waypoint 2.58
Awesome Goodness: Identify And Use Your Own Individual Strengths And Enter Into A Relationship
Waypoint 2.59
Romantic Relationships: Develop A Loving Relationship And Secure Your Happiness
Waypoint 2.60
Suggestions: Use Five Proven Ways To Improve Yourself
Waypoint 2.61
Acts And Traits: Find Happiness Through Acts Of Kindness
Waypoint 2.62
Enduring Trumps Temporary: Find Triple A Happiness In Your Enduring Traits Rather Than In Your Temporary States
Waypoint 2.63
Vital Aim: Understand And Do Something About The High Level Of Concern One Feels About The Future Of The World
Waypoint 2.64
Exemplary Compassion (Part One): Practice To Make Yourself Impeccable (Complete)
Waypoint 2.65
Exemplary Compasssion (Part Two): Anchor A Meaningful Life On The Roots Of Morality
Waypoint 2.66
Exemplary Compassion (Part Three): Develop A Trunk Of Determined Contemplation
Waypoint 2.67
Exemplary Compassion (Part 4): On Top Of The Trunk Of Determined Contemplation, Which Develops From The Roots Of Morality, Learn From The Branches Of Understanding
Waypoint 2.68
Scrutinize: Follow But Keep Your Eyes Open
Waypoint 2.69
One’s Shoes (Part One): Cultivate Empathy By Understanding Causes And Conditions
Waypoint 2.70
One’s Shoes (Part Two): Cultivate Empathy By Focusing On Impermanence
Waypoint 2.71
One’s Shoes (Part Three): Cultivate Empathy By Focusing On Developing A Broad Sense Of Responsibility
Waypoint 2.72
Self-occupied: Stifle Self-cherishing
Waypoint 2.73
Big Shot: Meditate About Your Chosen Leader
Waypoint 2.74
Expanding Benevolence: Develop Altruism In Stages
Waypoint 2.75
Concealed: Dabble In The Dark
Waypoint 2.76
Proof: Appropriately Test The Validity Of Claims
Waypoint 2.77
Bounds: Develop Healthy Individual Boundaries, Avoid Unhealthy Enmeshment In Relationships, And Let Go Of Unhelpful Boundaries
Waypoint 2.78
Real You: Nurture The Authentic Self
Waypoint 2.79
Personal Space: Pay Attention To The Space Around Oneself And Others
Waypoint 2.80
Discernment: Distinguish Narcissism From Self-care
Waypoint 2.81
Mining For Gold: Give Blessings To Others
Waypoint 2.82
Highest View: Adopt The Worldview Of An EartHeart
Waypoint 2.83
Coverage: Preserve And Appreciate Both Depth And Span
Waypoint 2.84
From “Me” To “Us All”: Despite The Risks, Transcend From Individual Consciousness To Collective Super Consciousness
Waypoint 2.85
Dream Council: Make A Complete Transpersonal Definition Of Your Self
Waypoint 2.86
Wisdom: Reduce Judgments, Trivial Notions, And Group Think
Waypoint 2.87
Crucible: Enter The Cauldron Of Awareness
Waypoint 2.88
Share: Connect With The Very Best Of Oneself And Help Others Do The Same
Waypoint 2.89
Unstuck Pleasure: Express Gratitude
Waypoint 2.90
Unlinked: Loosen Your Attachment To Pain Or Pleasure
Waypoint 2.91
Untamed And Tidy: Keep Your Mind Wild And Uncluttered
Waypoint 2.92
Ought To: Remain Steady
Waypoint 2.93
Stoneface: Be Like A Boulder
Waypoint 2.94
Horizons: Move From A “Me Only” Perspective To An “All Sentient Beings” Perspective 
Waypoint 2.95
Sacred Hoop: Build And Use A Medicine Wheel
Waypoint 2.96
Splendid Expectations: Move To Make A Magnificent Future
Waypoint 2.97
Acknowledgement: Show Gratitude
Waypoint 2.98
Unfolding: Learn What It Takes To Get People To Do The Right Thing Environmentally
 
Read This Before Continuing:

Although anyone may find the practices, challenges, and understandings in this course to be useful it is made available with the understanding that neither the author nor the publisher are engaged in presenting specific medical, psychological, emotional, sexual, or spiritual advice. Nor is anything in this book intended to be a diagnosis, prescription, recommendation, or cure for any specific kind of medical, psychological, emotional, sexual, or spiritual problem. Each person has unique needs and this book cannot take these individual differences into account. Each reader is encouraged to engage in a program of treatment, prevention, cure, only in consultation with a licensed, qualified physician, therapist, or other competent professional.

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