About the Author
Richard Eyre is the author or coauthor of sixteen books, including the New York Times bestseller Teaching Your Children Values. A Harvard trained management consultant in his preserendipity life, he now writes more poetry and enters more tennis tournaments. Eyre and his wife (and fellow writer), Linda, live with their family in Salt Lake City and Washington, D.C.
Table of Contents
Contents Foreword
The Land of Serendip
A Word from Linda Eyre
Overture
Living in a World Berg Spiritually Reborn
A New Paradigm for Living
Serendipity
Part 1: The Plight, the Problem, and the Promise
Serendip, at the transition into the twenty-first century
The Plight (of Those Who Live in Our World)
The Problem (of Our Time, Our Place, and Our Culture)
The Promise (of a More Peaceful, More Productive Paradigm)
Part 2: Walpo1e: His Nature, His World, and His Word
London, midway through the eighteenth century
Part 3: The Three Princes of Serendip: A Fable
Persia, early in the fifth century
Prologue
The Three Prihces of Serendip: A Fable
Epilogue
Part 4: Mental Serendipity
Serendip, beginning the twenty-first century
Serendipity Today
Definition of Terms (the Words That Define the Word)
Application of the Attitude
The Source (You)
The Process (of Gaining the Quality)
Summary
Intermission
Part 5: Spiritual Serendipity
Our worm, at a time of spiritual transition
Serendipity of the Spirit
Definition of Terms (Higher Words for a Higher Quality)
The Higher Realm (of Soul and Spirit)
The Source (the Spirit)
The Process (of Seeking the Gift)
Praying for Guidance (Four Suggestions for Developing the Art)
Watching for Guidance (Four Suggestions for Developing the Art)
A Truer Overview from the Truest Book
Curtain Call
Afterword
Applications and Promises
Assistance
Index