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It sounds like science fiction, but more and more people are tapping into the healing power of the mind. Bill Moyers brought this topic to light in a big way with his best-selling Healing and the Mind, but that was just an overview. For step-by-step instructions, you can turn to Tulku Thondup's The Healing Power of the Mind. Thondup, Tibetan Buddhist monk since the age of five and Harvard scholar, says that in the Tibetan tradition the mind is the key to health and that "mental grasping" is often the cause of our physical undoing. A cosmic counsellor of sorts, Thondup guides us first through simple exercises in relaxation and accepting present circumstances. His healing method centres on visualisation, beginning with emotions and moving on to the body. With breathing and sound as part of the package, the meditator creates a sense of well-being and compassion that is ideally carried over mindfully into everyday activities. The accelerated pupil can move on to more complex Buddhist imagery, but no matter how far you go, trusting the healing power of the mind is the first step. --Brian Bruya
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The true nature of our minds is enlightened and peaceful, as the depth of the ocean is calm and clear. But when we mentally grasp and emotionally cling to our wants and worries with all our energy, we lose our own enlightened freedom and healing power, only to gain stress and exhaustion, suffering and overexcitement, like the turbulent waves rolling on the surface of the ocean.
Our minds possess the power to heal pain and stress, and to blossom into peace and joy, by loosening the clinging attitudes that Buddhists call "grasping at self." If we apply the mind's healing power, we can heal not only our mental and emotional afflictions, but physical problems also.
This book is an invitation to awaken the healing power of mind through inspiring images and sounds, mindful movements, positive perceptions, soothing feelings, trusting confidence, and the realization of openness. The healing principle on which these exercises are based is the universal nature and omnipresent power envisioned in Mahayana Buddhism. Yet for healing, we don't have to be believers in any particular faith. We can heal body and mind simply by being what we truly are, and by allowing our own natural healing qualities to manifest: a peaceful and open mind, a loving and positive attitude, and warm, joyful energy in a state of balance and harmony.
Our minds possess the power to heal pain and stress, and to blossom into peace and joy, by loosening the clinging attitudes that Buddhists call "grasping at self." If we apply the mind's healing power, we can heal not only our mental and emotional afflictions, but physical problems also.
This book is an invitation to awaken the healing power of mind through inspiring images and sounds, mindful movements, positive perceptions, soothing feelings, trusting confidence, and the realization of openness. The healing principle on which these exercises are based is the universal nature and omnipresent power envisioned in Mahayana Buddhism. Yet for healing, we don't have to be believers in any particular faith. We can heal body and mind simply by being what we truly are, and by allowing our own natural healing qualities to manifest: a peaceful and open mind, a loving and positive attitude, and warm, joyful energy in a state of balance and harmony.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I love this book. It brings the wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism into everyday life--whether you call yourself a Buddhist or not. It shows how you can use healing attitudes and imagery. Simple, nondogmatic, loving, and practical.
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This book is very inspiring, relaxing and practical. The level is for beginners in meditation but unlike some other I have tried to read (and I could never finish because they were too high level)this one catches you in a soft way without trying to sell you budhism theories or mediation itself as a panacea to solve everything. It doesn't preach, it convinces you with logical and emotional words at the same time. The language is plain, clear and full of good will, harmonious and even it sounds poetic at times. It talks to you like a father trying to help you to be happy without being selfish. It tells you that you caring about the others and yourself goes together.
It is really a pleasant book to read, and more than once, to have it at your bed table and consulting it time to time.
It is really a pleasant book to read, and more than once, to have it at your bed table and consulting it time to time.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This is one of the single best books I've seen for mind, body and spirit. Clear and concise, it exudes kindness, gentleness, and love. And it has greatly helped me and many people I know in dealing with every aspect of life.
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amazing writing. Amazing contents. If you want to feel better and be healthier while understanding (or at least starting to understand) the meaning of life, get his book NOW!
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amazing writing. Amazing contents. If you want to feel better and be healthier while understanding (or at least starting to understand) the meaning of life, get his book NOW!
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