"There is real wisdom here. Fresh and clear. Mingyur Rinpoche has offered us what may well be an essential link between the Buddha and contemporary neuroscience and physics. He effortlessly makes connections between seemingly disparate and complex disciplines, and makes the journey sparkle. His voice is generous, intimate, and refreshingly personal. As he repeatedly reminds us, our experience of ourselves and our world is none other than an interactive projection of our mind; and most important, our minds can change. Our neurons can change structure and function, merely by observing the flow of our mental activity. Through repeated familiarity with positive mind states, such as love and compassion, and by transforming our limiting mental conceptualizing into vast freedom, we can achieve the already present basic mind of clarity and knowing--true happiness. Read this book."

Foreword by Daniel Goleman

Introduction

PART ONE: THE GROUND

 1. The Journey Begins

 2. The Inner Symphony

 3. Beyond the Mind, Beyond the Brain

 4. Emptiness: The Reality Beyond Reality

 5. The Relativity of Perception

 6. The Gift of Clarity

 7. Compassion: Survival of the Kindest

 8. Why Are We Unhappy?

PART TWO: THE PATH

 9. Finding Your Balance

 10. Simply Resting: The First Step

 11. Next Steps: Resting on Objects

 12. Working with Thoughts and Feelings

 13. Compassion: Opening the Heart of the Mind

 14. The How, When, and Where of Practice

PART THREE: THE FRUIT

 15. Problems and Possibilities

 16. An Inside Job

 17. The Biology of Happiness

 18. Moving On

 Notes

 Glossary

 Select Bibliography

 Acknowledgments

 Index