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Foreword | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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How We Can Heal | |
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Healing the Mind and Body | |
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The Peaceful Mind | |
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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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Positive Perception | |
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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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Two Ways to Apply the Four Healing Powers | |
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Sources of Healing | |
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Healing the Whole Body | |
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Benefits of Healing Meditations | |
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General Benefits of Healing | |
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Spiritual Benefits of Healing | |
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Physical Benefits of Healing Meditation | |
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Delayed and Unanticipated Benefits | |
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Realizing the Potential to Heal | |
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Three States of Health | |
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Four Healing Objects | |
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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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The Importance of a Focal Point | |
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The Importance of Recognizing Enlightenment as Our True Nature | |
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Encouraging Our Meditation | |
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Some Preparations | |
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Some Tips for Meditation | |
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Duration of Meditation | |
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Overcoming Resistance | |
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Feeling Good about Meditation | |
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Making It Simple | |
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Avoiding Expectations | |
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Staying with It | |
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Rejoicing in Progress | |
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Healing Meditations on the Mind and Body | |
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The Guided Meditations | |
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Introduction | |
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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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See Each Cell as a Cell of Light | |
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See Each Cell as Vast as the Universe | |
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Feel That Each Cell Is Filled with Healing Energies | |
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Heal Your Body with Waves of Light and Energy | |
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Perform a Special Meditation to Heal Proliferating Sick Cells (Optional) | |
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Hear the Healing Sound of AH | |
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Open to Healing with the Blossoming Lotus Movement | |
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Open to Healing with Other Movements to Relieve Physical Ailments and Promote General Health (Optional) | |
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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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Protect Yourself with a Healing Aura (Optional) | |
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Rest in Oneness with the Healing Experience | |
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How to Use the Twelve Stages If You Have Little Time | |
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Some Specific Healing Remedies | |
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Healing Meditations for Sleeping and Waking | |
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Meditation for Falling Asleep | |
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Meditation for Waking Up | |
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Dispelling Anxieties upon Sleeping or Waking | |
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A Healing Aura for Sleeping and Waking | |
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Buddhist Meditations to Heal Mind and Body | |
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Meditation on the Healing Buddha | |
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Introduction | |
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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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Visualize the Healing Buddhas with Devotion | |
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With Prayers, Invoke the Blessings of the Healing Buddhas | |
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Receive the Healing Blessings | |
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Transform Your Body into a Body of Blessing Light and Energy | |
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See That Your Body Is Made of Infinite Cells of Light and Energy | |
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Feel That Each Cell Is a Boundless Pure Land of Healing Buddhas | |
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Heal with the Waves of Blessing Light and Energy | |
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Sing AH, the Sound of Blessing Light and Energy Waves | |
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Perform the Blossoming Lotus Movement with Blessing Waves | |
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Perform Other Healing Movements That Bring Blessings (Optional) | |
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Share the Blessing Waves with the Whole Universe | |
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Rest in Oneness with the Healing Experience | |
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Dedication, Aspiration, and Benediction | |
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The Healing Buddha Meditation in Brief | |
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Healing Meditations for the Dying and Dead | |
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A Buddhist Approach to Dying | |
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Meditations for the Dead or Dying | |
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Instructions for the Dead or Dying | |
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How Helpers and Survivors Should Behave | |
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Buddhist Sources of the Healing Meditations | |
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Answers to Some Frequently Asked Questions | |
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Notes | |
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Glossary | |
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Bibliography | |