The Man/Woman Book

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction and Preparation to Read These Books

Origin of These Books ............................................ 7
Fundamental Definitions .......................................... 9
Purpose in Reading These Books .................................. 11
Leaving Patterns ................................................ 13
What to Do, and Not Do,
With The Information in These Books ............................. 15


Book I: The Man/Woman Relationship

Chapter 1: Definition ........................................... 21
Chapter 2: The Stakes For Which We Think We Play Feeling Good ... 25
Chapter 3: The Stakes For Which We Do Play  The Future .......... 28
Chapter 4: Macho  The Thing in the Driver’s Seat ................ 32
Chapter 5: The Feminine Principle 
 What is it and Where is it? .................................... 36
Chapter 6: The Individual’s Relationship to the Whole ........... 39

Worksheet ....................................................... 42


Book II: Honesty

Chapter 1: Honesty and Dishonesty  the Definition ............... 45
Chapter 2: All Have Sinned ...................................... 48
Chapter 3: To Be  The Results of Honesty ........................ 51

Worksheet ....................................................... 55

Book III: The Realms

Chapter 1: Paradise Lost  Born into a World of Opposites ........ 58
Chapter 2: Paradise Regained  The Realm of Absolutes ............ 61
Chapter 3: Reconstructing Reality ............................... 65

Worksheet ....................................................... 69


Book IV: Mother  One’s Relationship With All Women

Chapter 1: Earliest Beginnings .................................. 72
Chapter 2: The Purpose of a Parent .............................. 75
Chapter 3: What is a Woman?  The List ........................... 78
Chapter 4: Becoming The List  Being The Definition .............. 80
Chapter 5: Taking it Away  The Result of Withdrawing 
 the Acknowledgment of Mother ................................... 84
Chapter 6: A System Which Excludes Its Creator .................. 87
Chapter 7: Re-creating Relationship With Mother 
 Who Mother Is, and Isn’t ....................................... 90
Chapter 6: The Acknowledgment of Mother ......................... 94

Worksheet ....................................................... 97


Book V: Father  One’s Relationship With All Men

Chapter 1: The Brick Wall and The Soft Heart ................... 100
Chapter 2: A Father’s Job  To Hold a Vision .................... 103
Chapter 3: The Scapegoat ....................................... 105
Chapter 4: Crating Who You Are 
 Figuring Out Who You Are Not .................................. 107
Chapter 5: The Father List  What Is a Man? ..................... 110
Chapter 6: Becoming Authentic With Father and With Men ......... 112
Chapter 7: The Acknowledgment of Father ........................ 115

Worksheet ...................................................... 118


Book VI: Personality and Change

Chapter 1: The Answer .......................................... 121
Chapter 2: Patterns ............................................ 124
Chapter 3: Surrender ........................................... 127
Chapter 4: Enlightenment ....................................... 130

Worksheet ...................................................... 132


Book VII: Telling It Like It Is

Chapter 1: The Club  Domination ................................ 135
Chapter 2: The Auxiliary  Mean 
 The Price for Domination ...................................... 138
Chapter 3: The Potential For Violence  The Real Issue .......... 141
Chapter 4: The Role of Fairy Tales ............................. 144
Chapter 5: What Every Man Searches For 
 A Nice Virgin Princess ........................................ 147
Chapter 6: What Every Woman Searches For 
 A Non-Macho Prince ............................................ 150

Worksheet ...................................................... 152


Book VIII: Origin of The Man/Woman Relationship

Chapter 1: How Long Is Five Million Years? ..................... 155
Chapter 2: The Invention of Agriculture ........................ 159
Chapter 3: The Coming of Cities, Technology, and Commerce ...... 162
Chapter 4: Prepared for Something Else 
 Hunting and Homemaking ........................................ 164
Chapter 5: The Origins of Domination  Love and Need ............ 167
Chapter 6: The Origins of Mean 
 Non-preparation for Technology ................................ 170
Chapter 7: A Man’s Jealousy 
 Don’t Steal My Property, or I’ll Kill You ..................... 173
Chapter 8: I’ve Got to Have One or I’ll Die .................... 176

Worksheet ...................................................... 178


Book IX: Compassion  So Missing That No-one Noticed

Chapter 1: Compassion  What Is It? Where Is It? ................ 181
Chapter 2: To Forgive a Man .................................... 184
Chapter 3: To Forgive a Woman .................................. 186

Worksheet ...................................................... 189


Book X: Creating, Maintaining, and Ending Relationships

Chapter 1: The Wheel of Relationship 
 Choosing a Partner While Awake ................................ 192
Chapter 2: The Create a Relationship Game ...................... 197
Chapter 3: Sex, Power, and Authority 
 Removing the Mystery .......................................... 199
Chapter 4: Choosing and Being Chosen ........................... 202
Chapter 5: Ending Relationship Forms 
 Its Not As Bad As You Think ................................... 205
Chapter 6: Loyalty ............................................. 208

Worksheet ...................................................... 209


A Salute to the Reader ......................................... 210

Completion Exercise ............................................ 211

Where to Go From Here .......................................... 212

Invitation ..................................................... 213

Answers to Awakeness Exercises ................................. 214

Index of Words, Terms, and Phrases ............................. 230

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