When South African-born Michael Brown began entering what he calls "present moment awareness," he discovered a heightened consciousness that runs parallel to conventional, mundane experience.

In due course, he charted a methodical pathway into present moment awareness. This practical procedure, called The Presence Process, can be used by anyone, anywhere, to initiate an experience of presence.

Now, in his second book, Alchemy of the Heart, Michael leads us on a journey into the feeling center of the heart, whose language is felt-perception. "Nothing is more important that the intent to feel life in all its fullness," Michael explains. "To become present with whatever circumstances are in our life is what separates those who evolve from those who drown self-destructively in unconscious drama."

Michael Brown is the author of the three Namaste Publishing Inc. books: The Presence Process, Alchemy of the Heart and Cat Tales for Mariette. They make up a trinity of his exploration into techniques for emotional integration and growth.

Michael lives in The Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Note to the Reader
Introduction

1 • Real Eyes
Authenticity
Integrity
Intimacy
The Portal
The Blindness
Questions Not Meant to Be Answered
Three Questions

2 • The Pathway of Awareness
The Seven-Year Cycle
The Right Passageway
The Naming Ceremony
The Vision Quest
Consciously—Or Not
Our Unconscious Prayers

3 • The Stories We Tell
The Art of Magic
Inviting Integration
Karma and Consequences
Physically Trance Fixed
Felt-Perception
No Conscience
Where Is Our Past?
Nothing Is Happening

4 • The Vibrational
Being In theWomb
The First Cycle of Seven
Imprinting
Vibrational Transmission
Imprinting of Abandonment
A Deliberate Signal
Imprinting the Emotional
Imprinting the Mental
Imprinting the Physical
“Why Does This Keep Happening to Me?”
Emotionally Blinded
In-Sight Out
Emotions AreWeakness

5 • Have a “Nice” Day
Spell “Live” Backwards
Evil Behavior
In Effect You All
“Making Peace” Is Insanity
MakingWhat Already Is
Awareness Undoes
Birthing Our Act
Becoming the “Cool” Person
Resistance, Friction, and Heat
Something Is Dead
Without In-Sight
Turning Up the Heat

6 • “NICE to See You All”
Self-Medication
Good Hospital
A Normal Adult
Addiction
Addiction Is Inauthenticity
Midlife Crisis
Symptom

7 • Time-Based Paradigm
Physically Anchored Awareness
Mentally Anchored Awareness
A Bad Rap
Ignorance Peddles Drugs
Checking Out or Checking In
Fix Me
Empowerment
Our Plight
Unattended Interior
Retirement
Going In

8 • The Turning Point
Clarifying Our Intent
Reversing the Pathway
The Stuff of Life
Why I Want It
The Pathway of Manifestation
The Causal Point
The Shallow Outer

9 • Having an Experience
What Is Reading This Page?
Disentanglement
Holy
Taking Charge
Praying for Help
Reversing the Pathway
Taking Shortcuts

10 • Living in the Mental
Into the Body
Peace of Mind
Birthing Our Unconscious
Original Sin
Parenting Mind
The Breath of Life
Being
Not-Doing
Consciously Connected Breathing
The Impact of Presence
The Best-Kept Secret
Awakening the Unconscious

11 • From Enemy to Ally
Pain Is a Portal
Perceptual Tools
Closing the Opening
Mental Clarity
Information Is Not Knowledge
Take the Ride
“How” Is Control

12 • Navigating Our Experiences
The Child Is a Creator
Experience As Our Teacher
The Lost Key
Healing
Feeling Is Healing
Healing As Causal

13 • fear, anger, and grief

Fear Is the Key
Why AreWe Afraid?
Why AreWe Angry?
Friction Is Movement
CryingWithout Reason
Dying to Live
The Death Experience
Dying Consciously Invites Rebirth
Religion Is a Barricade
Jesus the Shaman
The Juice of Life
The Boredom
The Guardian

14 • Entering the Vibrational Conversation
The Heart Is a Door
The Language of Heaven
Running from Heaven
The Tool of Appreciation
What the Child Appreciates
Stop Running

15 • The Pursuit of Happiness
Joy Is Not an Emotion
Beyond Polarity
The Straight and Narrow
This Is It
Awakening Into the Journey
The Enlightenment Trap
Intimacy
Heart Response
Rest in Peace

16 • A Parting Fable
17 • Epilogue: To Be Continued