Tables of Contents for Healing With Form, Energy and Light
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
x
The Prayer of the Intermediate State
xiii
Introduction
xvii
The Bon Religion
xix
The Elements
1
32
Three Levels of Spiritual Practice
3
2
External
3
1
Internal
3
1
Secret
4
1
Relating to the Sacred
5
3
The Five Pure Lights
8
3
The Dissolution of the Elements
11
1
Understanding Through the Elements
11
1
Relating Oneself to the Elements
12
9
Earth
13
2
Water
15
1
Fire
16
1
Air
17
2
Space
19
2
The Elements and Our Well-Being
21
1
How the Elements Become Unbalanced
22
2
The Arising of Problems
24
2
Purification and Cultivation
26
1
Knowing Which Element to Work With
27
1
Working with the Elements
28
2
Choosing the Level of the Practice
30
3
The Five Elements in Shamanism
33
43
La, Yee, and Sem
36
2
Ls, Sok, and Tse
38
1
Practices
38
2
Working with the Elements in Nature
40
6
The Nine Purification Breaths
41
1
Earth
42
1
Water
43
1
Fire
44
1
Air
45
1
Space
45
1
Dedication
46
1
Elemental Spirits
46
4
Relating to Non-Physical Beings
50
3
First Guests
50
1
Second Guests
51
1
Third Guests
51
1
Fourth Guests
52
1
Making Offerings
53
4
Soul Loss and the Retrieval of the Elemental Energies
57
2
The Arrow, Turquoise, and Soul Deer
59
1
The Practice of Retrieving the Elemental Energies
60
14
Outline of the Practice
60
1
The Nine Purification Breaths
61
1
Guru Yoga
61
1
The Four Guests
62
1
The Transformation of the Body
63
2
The Transformation of the Energy
65
1
Retrieving the Elemental Energies
66
2
The Transformation of the Mind
68
2
The Long Life Mantra
70
1
Dedication
70
1
The Goddess Practice with the Other Elements
71
3
The Practice in Daily Life
74
2
The Five Elements in Tantra
76
35
The Horse, Path, Rider, and Armor
77
6
The Horse: Prana
77
1
The Functions of the Five Pranas
77
3
The Path: Channels
80
2
The Rider: Tigle
82
1
The Armor: Syllables
82
1
Aspects of Tantra
83
6
Chakras
83
1
Positive and Negative
84
2
Supporting Positive Qualities
86
3
The Practice of Tsa Lung
89
20
Posture
90
1
Breath and Prana
90
2
Transformation in Holding and Releasing
92
1
Instructions
93
1
The Five External Tsa Lung Movements
93
12
The Five Internal Tsa Lung Practices
105
2
The Five Secret Tsa Lung Practices
107
2
Opening the Chakras
109
2
The Five Elements in the Great Perfection
111
23
The Great Perfection
111
1
Creating Samsara
112
1
The Six Lamps
113
5
Sound, Light, and Rays
118
2
Being with Problems
120
2
Dissolving Samsara
122
4
Appreciating the Space Element
126
3
Integrating with Space and the Other Four Lights
129
1
The Dark Retreat: Visions of the Five Elements
130
4
Final Words
134
5
Glossary
139
8
Bibliography
147
2
Appendix 1: Astrological Directions
149
2
Appendix 2: List of Contacts
151
4
Appendix 3: The Prayer of the Intermediate State
155