The Flip

Book Excerpt: Table of Contents

Contents

Acknowledgments........................................................................................................ xiii

Introduction. The Bridge.............................................................................................. xv

      The Other Side of the Bridge

      The Choice

One. Flipping Your Life?From Flipped Out to Flipped In........................................ 1

      A Millennium of Contradiction

      Making the Flip

      Operating under the Influence

      Equal Opportunity Flipsters

      Meet the Flipsters?Conversations on the Bridge

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Dr. Paul Ray

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Byron Katie

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Yolanda King

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Dr. Barbara De Angelis

      Life, Love, Laughter

      Flip Tips

Two. Flipping the Mind?From Fragmented
Thought to Whole Thinking........................................................................................ 19

      A Brain Teaser

      Welcome to the Great Divide

      Striking the Balance

      Somehow We Know

      Making the Flip

      Conversations on the Bridge

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Dianne Collins

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Dr. John Selby

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Dr. Peter Russell

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Gary Zukav

      It's Time to Change Your Mind

      Flip Tips

Three. Flipping the Emotions?From Emotional Resistance
to Emotional Flow.......................................................................................................... 37

      Who"s in Charge Here?

      The Big Secret

      Welcome to the Club

      What?s Mary Up To?

      Go with the Flow

      Imagine Your Life

      What?s Your Pleasure?

      Conversations on the Bridge

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Dr. Carista Luminare-Rosen

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Dr. Faye Mandell

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Daphne Rose Kingma

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Dr. John Gray

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Dr. Candace Pert

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Ayman Sawaf

      The Journey of a Thousand Miles . . .

      Flip Tips

Four. Flipping the Channels?From Mindless
Programming to Mindful Media.................................................................................. 59

      Cocktail Anyone?

      The Dark Ages

      What?s Wrong with This Picture?

      Our Constant Companion

      Lights! Camera! Action!

      Hungry for Substance

      Nowhere to Go but Up

      Conversations on the Bridge

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Barnet Bain

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Debbie Levin

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Sheldon Drobny

      A Conversation on the Bridge with John Raatz

      Is This Thing On?

      Flip Tips

Five. Flipping Burgers?From Processed Foods
to Natural Wholesomeness.......................................................................................... 79

      The Diet and the Damage Done

      Thanks for the Memories

      Table for Two, Dinner for Four

      Fast-Food Junkies Unite!

      But Weight! There?s More!

      From Bad to Worse

      The Most Natural Thing in the World

      A World of Choices

      Conversations on the Bridge

      A Conversation on the Bridge with John Robbins

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Nell Newman

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Udo Erasmus

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Dr. Vandana Shiva

      Check Please!

      Flip Tips

Six. Flipping Pills?From Treating Symptoms
to Maintaining Health................................................................................................. 101

      Two Camps along the Same River

      An Ugly Bit of Business

      The Three Horsemen of the Apothecary

      Better Living through Chemistry

      Pop Quiz

      Paying the Tab

      Putting the Person Back into Personal Health Care

      The Times They Are a Changin?

      Conversations on the Bridge

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Dr. Christiane Northrup

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Dr. O. Carl Simonton

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Dr. Dolores Krieger

      Natural, Logical, Powerful

      Flip Tips

Seven. Flipping the Switch?From Nonrenewable
to Sustainable Energy................................................................................................. 123

      Is It Hot in Here?

      Energize Me

      No Rest for the Wicked

      More Answers Than Questions

      Winds of Change

      The Most Abundant Element

      Three . . . Two . . . One . . . Blast Off

      Conversations on the Bridge

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Daryl Hannah

      A Conversation on the Bridge with L. Hunter Lovins

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Philippe Cousteau

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Ed Begley, Jr.

      We Have the Power!

      Flip Tips

Eight. Flipping the Coin?From Scarcity to Abundance...................................... 145

      Do You Come Here Often?

      The Finer Things in Life

      Dad, Can I Borrow a Trillion Bucks?

      What Are They Up To?

      Put It on My Tab

      All That Glitters Is Not Gold

      A Fortuitous Flip of Fortune

      Conversations on the Bridge

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Stu Zimmerman

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Dr. Hazel Henderson

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Dr. Danah Zohar

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Lynne Twist

      Try This at Home

      Flip Tips

Nine. Flipping the Corporation?From Pirates to Stewards................................. 169

      You Are Not Alone

      Corporations Are People, Too

      A Delicate Balance

      Legalized Gambling

      Making the Flip

      Not a Single, Not a Double, but a Triple Bottom Line

      Conversations on the Bridge

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Patricia Aburdene

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Ray Anderson

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Marilyn Tam

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Dr. Peter Senge

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Terry Mollner

      Take This Job and Love It

      Flip Tips

Ten. Flipping the Trigger?From Tribal Warfare to Global Tribe......................... 190

      Fooled Again

      Irrational Defense

      The Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World

      All Is Not Lost

      Deep Roots

      Don?t Know Much about History

      Conversations on the Bridge

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Dr. Oscar Arias

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Dr. Marshall Rosenberg

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Barbara Marx Hubbard

      It?s a Matter of Culture

      Flip Tips

Eleven. Flipping the Light?From God-Fearing
Believers to Spiritual Human Beings........................................................................ 211

      More Than 6.5 Billion Served

      Members Only, Others Need Not Apply

      24/7 Armageddon

      A Single Faith and a World of Possibilities

      Conversations on the Bridge

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Bishop Alden Hathaway

      A Conversation on the Bridge with Her Holiness Sai Maa Lakshmi Devi

      Metaphors Be with You

      Flip Tips

Index.............................................................................................................................. 233