Foreword |
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Acknowledgments |
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Introduction |
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Part One: HOW WE CAN HEAL |
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Healing the Mind and Body |
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13 | (3) |
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The Mind as a Source of Negativity |
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The Path to Peaceful Feelings |
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Awareness of the Peaceful Mind |
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22 | (2) |
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24 | (2) |
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Steps toward Being Happier |
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The Interconnectedness of Mind and Body |
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Using the Body to Lead the Mind |
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A Meditative View of the Body |
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A Positive Approach to Meditation |
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The Four Healing Powers of Mind |
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33 | (4) |
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Two Ways to Apply the Four Healing Powers |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (1) |
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Benefits of Healing Meditations |
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General Benefits of Healing |
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41 | (1) |
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Spiritual Benefits of Healing |
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42 | (1) |
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Physical Benefits of Healing Meditation |
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43 | (3) |
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Delayed and Unanticipated Benefits |
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46 | (2) |
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Realizing the Potential to Heal |
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48 | (9) |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (2) |
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Two Sources of Healing Power: External Objects and Ourselves |
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Three Ways of Facing a Problem |
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52 | (1) |
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The Importance of a Focal Point |
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The Importance of Recognizing Enlightenment as Our True Nature |
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54 | (3) |
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Encouraging Our Meditation |
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57 | (12) |
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57 | (2) |
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59 | (1) |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (2) |
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Feeling Good about Meditation |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (4) |
Part Two: HEALING MEDITATIONS ON THE MIND AND BODY |
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69 | (3) |
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The Twelve Stages of Meditation |
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Bring Your Mind Back to Your Body |
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Scan the Anatomical Details of Your Body |
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See Your Body as Made of Infinite Individual Cells |
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81 | (3) |
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See Each Cell as a Cell of Light |
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84 | (2) |
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See Each Cell as Vast as the Universe |
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86 | (3) |
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Feel That Each Cell Is Filled with Healing Energies |
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89 | (2) |
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Heal Your Body with Waves of Light and Energy |
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91 | (4) |
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Perform a Special Meditation to Heal Proliferating Sick Cells (Optional) |
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95 | (3) |
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Hear the Healing Sound of AH |
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98 | (2) |
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Open to Healing with the Blossoming Lotus Movement |
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100 | (5) |
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Open to Healing with Other Movements to Relieve Physical Ailments and Promote General Health (Optional) |
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105 | (5) |
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Share the Healing Waves with Others |
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Share the Healing Waves with the Whole Universe |
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111 | (1) |
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Protect Yourself with a Healing Aura (Optional) |
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112 | (1) |
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Rest in Oneness with the Healing Experience |
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113 | (1) |
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How to Use the Twelve Stages If You Have Little Time |
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114 | (3) |
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Some Specific Healing Remedies |
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117 | (4) |
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Healing Meditations for Sleeping and Waking |
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Meditation for Falling Asleep |
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122 | (1) |
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122 | (3) |
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Dispelling Anxieties upon Sleeping or Waking |
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125 | (1) |
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A Healing Aura for Sleeping and Waking |
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126 | (5) |
Part Three: BUDDHIST MEDITATIONS TO HEAL MIND AND BODY |
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Meditation on the Healing Buddha |
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131 | (41) |
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131 | (12) |
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The Twelve Stages of Meditation on the Healing Buddha |
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Bring Your Mind Back to Your Body |
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143 | (2) |
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Visualize the Healing Buddhas with Devotion |
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145 | (2) |
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With Prayers, Invoke the Blessings of the Healing Buddhas |
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147 | (2) |
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Receive the Healing Blessings |
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149 | (3) |
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Transform Your Body into a Body of Blessing Light and Energy |
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152 | (1) |
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See That Your Body Is Made of Infinite Cells of Light and Energy |
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153 | (1) |
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Feel That Each Cell Is a Boundless Pure Land of Healing Buddhas |
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154 | (3) |
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Heal with the Waves of Blessing Light and Energy |
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157 | (3) |
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Sing AH, the Sound of Blessing Light and Energy Waves |
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160 | (2) |
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Perform the Blossoming Lotus Movement with Blessing Waves |
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162 | (3) |
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Perform Other Healing Movements That Bring Blessings (Optional) |
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165 | (2) |
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Share the Blessing Waves with the Whole Universe |
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167 | (1) |
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Rest in Oneness with the Healing Experience |
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168 | (1) |
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Dedication, Aspiration, and Benediction |
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The Healing Buddha Meditation in Brief |
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170 | (2) |
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Healing Meditations for the Dying and Dead |
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172 | (7) |
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A Buddhist Approach to Dying |
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174 | (1) |
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Meditations for the Dead or Dying |
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174 | (2) |
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Instructions for the Dead or Dying |
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176 | (1) |
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How Helpers and Survivors Should Behave |
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177 | (2) |
Appendix 1: Buddhist Sources of the Healing Meditations |
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Appendix 2: Answers to Some Frequently Asked Questions |
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Notes |
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205 | (4) |
Glossary |
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209 | (4) |
Bibliography |
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