The healing power of mind : simple meditation exercises for health, well-being, and enlightenment

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Foreword by Daniel Goleman = xi
• Acknowledgments = xiii
• Introdution = 1
• PART ONE : THE HEALING PATH
• 1 FOUNDATIONS OF HEALING = 11
• The Benefits of Healing = 12
• Anyone Can Benefit = 13
• Meditation, Mind, and Body = 14
• Tibetan Medicine's Approach to Spiritual Healing = 16
• Why We Are Suffering = 17
• We Are All Buddha = 19
• The Path of Healing = 22
• 2 THE HEALING POWER OF MIND = 23
• Mind Is the Main Factor = 25
• How to Live in the World = 26
• What Is Important for Human Life? = 28
• Setting Out on the Healing Path = 32
• 3 GETTING STARTED = 36
• Choosing a Place = 36
• Choosing a Time = 38
• Posture = 39
• Relaxation = 40
• Creating Mental space = 40
• Breathing = 43
• Visualization = 44
• Concentration = 45
• Openig = 47
• Merging in Oneness = 47
• Mindfulness = 48
• Enlightened Attitude = 50
• 4 DEVELOPING CONFIDENCE = 52
• Looking at Your Progress = 54
• Magnifying Even Simple Progress = 55
• Pure Perception = 56
• Consistence and Endeavor = 61
• Balance = 63
• Feeling = 66
• Seeing or Feeling with Your Whole Body and Mind = 66
• The Power of Serecy = 67
• Knowing Our Strengths and Weaknesses = 67
• 5 HOW TO DEAL WITH PROBLEMS = 69
• Auoidance = 69
• Recognition and Acceptance = 70
• Finding the Source = 72
• Releasing Problems through Feeling = 73
• Facing Problems Calmly = 75
• Seeing Problems as Positive = 75
• Seeing the Openness of Your Problems = 80
• Dealing With Fear = 81
• Releasing Strong Fears = 83
• 6 HOW TO DEAL WITH PHYSIGAL AILMENTS = 85
• 7 HEALING DNERGIES = 93
• The Source of Power = 93
• Light as the Means of Healing = 95
• Visualizing Light = 97
• Awakening Healing Energy = 98
• Healing Light and Energy in Daily Life = 100
• PART TWO : THE HEALING EXERCISES
• 8 HEALING MEDITATIONS = 105
• Intrduction = 105
• Clearing Energy Blocks = 108
• 1. Releasing the Shackles of Tension = 108
• 2. Restoring the Energy of Peace and Joy = 109
• 3. Nursing the Flower of Positive Energy = 110
• Healing Our Emotions = 110
• 1. Letting Go of the Dark Cloud of Sandness = 110
• 2. Illuminating the Darkness of Sadness = 111
• 3. Drying the Tears of Sorrow = 112
• 4. Clearing the Mirage of Fear = 113
• 5. Clearing the Underbrush of Worries = 114
• 6. Breaking the Self - Protective Shell of Sensitivity = 114
• 7. Pacifying the Self - Criticizing Attitude = 115
• 8. Focusing Scattered Mind = 116
• 9. Grounding Floating Energies = 116
• 10. Soothing Negative Memories = 117
• 11. Cutting the Bonds of Unpleasant Relationships = 117
• 12. Relating to Others in the Light of Healing and Love = 118
• 13. Purifying Wrathful Dreams = 119
• 14. Soothing Neurotic Symptoms = 119
• 15. Extinguishing the Flame of Emotional Afflictions = 121
• 16. Purifying Desires and Emotional Poisons = 121
• 17. Releasing Troubles with Your Breathing = 122
• Healing through Sound = 123
• 1. Soothing through the Sound of Openness = 123
• 2. Healing through Blessed Sound = 125
• 3. Purifying Our Emotions Silently = 126
• 9 HEALING PHYSICAL DISHARMONY = 128
• Light That Heals Physical Ailments = 129
• Water That Heals Physical Ailments = 131
• Fire, Air, and Earth for Healing = 132
• Healing with the Help of Others = 132
• Healing Awareness of Physical and Energy Movements = 136
• 10 HEALING WITH NATURE'S ENERGY = 139
• Earth = 140
• Water = 141
• Fire = 141
• Air = 142
• Space = 143
• Trees = 143
• 11 DAILY LIVING AS HEALING = 145
• Awakening = 147
• Receiving Blessings = 148
• Washing and Cleaning = 148
• Breathing = 149
• Drinking and Eating = 149
• Walking = 150
• Sitting and Standing = 151
• Working = 151
• Looking = 152
• Talking = 153
• Sleep = 153
• Dreams as a Means to Awakening = 154
• A Simple Practice = 155
• Three Important Points to Focus On = 156
• PART THREE : BUDDHIST MEDITATIONS : THE PATH TO OPENNESS
• 12 THE MEDITATIONS OF TRANQUILLITY AND INSIGHT = 159
• Tranquillity Meditation = 161
• Insight Meditation = 162
• 13 THE HEALING MEDITATION OF DEVOTION = 165
• Invoking the Majestic Image of Padmasambbava = 168
• Calling upon the Strength and Compassion of Padmasambhava = 170
• Meditating in Openness = 172
• 14 AWAKENING THE INFINITE INNER ENERGIES OF HEALING = 174
• 15 THE HEALING MEDITATION OF COMPASSION = 178
• Invoking the Buddha of Compassion to Open Our Hearts = 182
• Appendix : Scriptural Sources for this Book = 187
• Glossary = 197
• Bibliography : Works Cited with Key to Abbreviations = 203