Notes for a Book

I want to write a few good books before I die. They look fun. This one will be about philosophy, society, and Zen.

Chapter 1: The State of Mankind 

    Dispossession: Denial, Loneliness, Agitation and the Spectrum of Psychosis

Chapter 2: The Causes of Dispossession

   Evolution and the Pursuit of Permanence; 

   The Pain/Pleasure Mechanism;

   Resistance

Chapter 3: The Alternative

   Rest, Merger, Peace, and Meaning

Chapter 4: Finding Merger

   Surrender and the Paradox of Striving for Non-Striving;

   Accidental Surrender;

   Practicing Merger

Chapter 5: The Qualities and Habits and Facilitate Surrender and Merger

   Patience, Honesty, Kindness and Friendliness;

   Diligence and Structure

Chapter 6: Careers

Chapter 7: Relationships

Chapter 8: General Observations about Politics, Society, Culture

Chapter 9: Some Guidelines for Fashioning a New Society