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Vitalistic Healing Session One

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DVH

Session one

• Vitalism

• An energy that animates

the body and all things.

• When this is out of tune,

dis-ease occurs.

• Balance can be restored

by retuning the vital

force.


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• Heal

• to restore (a person) to complete

wholeness- “physicians high and

only calling”

• Original state which is pure and

whole

• Mind/body are one

• East/west difference – suppression

of hermits, mystics -all human

• Karmic roots of dis-ease (cause

and effect, running after sense

objects, reincarnation)

Vitalistic Healer• Purify obscurations, pierce through

delusion, clear vision (unprejudiced

observer), effectively work with elemental

energies


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Traditional Shaman

oldest form of Vitalistic healing

communicating and manipulating energies

Chodpa “someone who is immovable in the

continuity of the flow of their inner practice.

Everything you do becomes dharma.” Generosity

as an expression of compassion. Highest form.


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Heart of compassion

• Becoming a healer can become an

ego trip or be a path for spiritual

refinement.

• Learn to really care for and serve

others and have the caring and

servicing increase daily.

• must be practiced, there is technology

for doing this in Buddhist tradition.

• Set intention from now, and every

time we study, “intention is everything”

• Start with setting intention and

finish with dedication

main parts to our studies• The three hermetic arts are

Astrology, alchemy, theurgy

• Astrolgy– HUGE, Jyotish

• Spagyric techniques and

plant friends

• Practices to make friends

with beings in different

dimensions to clear karma

and become effective

practitioner

• Develop heart of healing,

altruistic mind.


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The Emerald Tablet

IT is TRUE!

IT is SURE!!

IT is the FULL TRUTH!

AS ABOVE, SO BELOW

AS BELOW, SO ABOVE.

The Wonders of THE ONE are

enacted.

Correspondences

• Correspondences– as above so below

• As in sprit, so in nature

• As in the cosmos, so in us.

• Foundation of Hermetic Arts, Homeopathy, any

kind of “magic”

• Similars and Opposites, sympathies and

antipathies.

• Supression of knowledge in West, overgrowth in

East, combine the two to get the essence


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Creation through Numbers

• Zero and One are the most profound numbers

• Zero, one, many

• One : divine unity

• All is one= As above, so below

• Ultimate truth

• Best known through meditation

• AUM

• Shma Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu Adomai Echad

• Magus, Aleph

• Ka, Khem, first Egyptian hieroglyph and first Sanskrit ketter

Two

• Prima materia, prima energia

• Sun and moon

Yin and yang

Fixed and volatile

Solva and coagula

Soul and spirit

Sulfur and Mercury

Sattvah and rajas two of three gunas

More later in alchemy studies


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Three

• rajas, sattvah, tamas

• cardinal, mutable, fixed

• Proton, electron,

neutron

• Sulfur, Mercury, Salt

• Sun, Moon, Jupiter

• Brahma, Visnu, Shiva

• Mother, child, father

Three rivers in the body• Three rivers run inside us

• Lunar energy- Ganga river, embodiment of the nectar, cooling, pale, feminine, IDA, spirit or prana

• Solar energy – Yamuna, heating, red, male, atma, pingala

• Central channel – Saraswati,

• Where the three rivers meet is the place of Kumbha mela

• 3 nadis which run up the spine

• During morning shower, Bless the three rivers inside:

– Gangaye namah

– Yamunayei namah

– Saraswattaye namah


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3 levels of light -3 eyes

• Eye of Dharma (right eye for male) sun-scorching Sun

• Eye of Compassion (left eye for male) moon-soothing Moon

• Eye of Truth (Jupiter)

Compassion Dharma

Truth

Three pillars of kaballah tree

• Justice Sun

• Mercy Moon

• Truth Jupiter


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Caduceus

Universal rhythm

• Creation, existence, dissolution

• Soul’s journey, the progression of all events

• These are the 3 gunas (modes)


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Eternal Cycle

• GUNAS– Creation – rajas

– Existence – sattwah, balance

– Dissolution – tamas

• Our minds cannot perceive

them directly so we create archetypes

THREE GUNAS:

Brahma - Rajas guna

• 4 directions

• Creative force, Omniscient

• Lusted after his daughter Saraswati

• Too bright, too much energy

• We want the knowledge, not the creative energy


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Vishnu- Sattvah guna

• Sustaining or maintaining force

• Omnipresent- he is everywhere

• Balance, harmony

• Conch –the purest sound

• Spiral expands infinitely-eternity

• Breath of Vishnu-Om

Shiva-Tamas guna

• Dissolution is the other side of the coin of creation

• Omnipotent-- protector

• One thing must die for another to be born

• Maha yogi

• Yogic practices

• Disease and Healing

• Helps to transcend the tamas guna


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The origin of A-U-M.

• 3 rishis sat down and

meditated. They

received these 3

sounds:

• A- Gautama

• U - Atri

• M - Bharadwaj

AUM primordial sound

• A Brahma creation

rajas waking state

• U Vishnu sustenance

sattwah

• M Shiva destruction

tamas

• Mandukya Upanishad


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Tripod of Life

• Ascendant, Sun, Moon

• Ascendant is physical body

• Moon is mana (mind)

• Sun is atma (soul)

• These are the most crucial points in the chart and should be investigated first.

• Ascendant takes one day to go around zodiac.

• Moon takes one month to go around zodiac.

• Sun takes one year to go round zodiac.

• Day, month, and year– the basic units of time.

Shakti- power, force

• Shak = potency

• Creative power of the divine feminine

• Shri shakti- power of sustenance

• Bhu Shatkti- power of creation

• Nila Shakti – power of dissolution


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Three mother letters• Shin- emanates fire,

creates heaven, head; hot; Aleph- emanates air, breath, decides between fire and water, chest, temperate;

• Mem – emanates water, creates earth, belly; cold;

• Three Mothers Alef, Mem, Shin, their foundation is the Scale of Merit (Mem)and the Scale of Guilt (Shin), and the Tongue of Statute (Alef) balances the scales between them.

Guna Rajas Sattvah Tamas

Action Create Sustain Dissolve

Poison

(Buddhist)

Desire Ignorance Hatred

Aspect of

divinity

Brahma

A

Vishnu

U

Shiva

M

Shakti

dosa

Bhu Shri Nila

Remedy Dana -

donate

Dama-

control

Daya-

mercy


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Time -4 yugas

• 4 legs of the bull of dharma

• Dharma, kama, artha, moksha

• Right/Truth, Desire, Wealth,Liberation

• Satya yuga- Golden age

• Human life span- 1,000 years

• Pure truth (satya) prevails

• Krita-yuga –well done, perfect

• People were capable of prolonged meditation and communion with the divine

Silver yuga

• Shani (Saturn) gets a leg (dharma) and

the bull ages

• Silver age

• Tretra- three, only ¾ of truth

• Human life span= 500 years.

• Material forces exert influence

• Communion with divine was through

sacrifice


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Bronze yuga

• Saturn gets another leg (moksha, spiritual

liberation)

• Dwapara- twofold ½ of truth

• Bronze age

• Material darkness increases, spirituality

decreases

• Human life span= 250 years

• Communion was through worship

Kali yuga

• Saturn takes another leg (kama, pleasure) and the bull stands on only one leg (artha, wealth)

• ¼ of truth

• Iron age

• Wealth is the only objective

• Kings will become thieves

• Discrimination is lost

• Human longevity= 125 years

• Finally dissolution will come

• Communion with divinity through names.


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Sacred Toning-- mantra

• Mana=mind

• Trai= protect

• In this kali yuga (age), the name brings us into resonance

4 kinds of Dharma/Karma

• Sat (truth) karma -- benefits the whole

universe 100%

• Karma benefit for nation, society – 50%

• Karma benefit for family – 25%

• Karma benefit for self – 12.5%


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Vedas• There are four Vedas

• Vid=knowledge, Veda= sacred highest knowledge

• Date back to 1500 BC or earlier, world’s oldest scriptures

• Each Veda contains 4 parts

• The Samhitas - Contains the mantras and hymns The Brahmanas - The ritualistic teachings The Aranyakas - The theological section The Upanishads - The philosophical section

• Related to Ketu, headless, give Moksha

• Each Veda is represented by a Veda Murti, animal head, human body.

• The Vedas are a wisdom tradition that is the birthright of all humanity.

The Four Vedas

• Rig Veda (4)–Gold yuga- Cow head

• Yajur Veda – (3)Silver yuga-Horse head

• Sama Veda – (2)Bronze yuga-Goat head

• Atharva Veda (1)– Kali yuga-Monkey head- Hanuman

All four Vedas- Elephant head-Ganesh, memory

Om Hraum Jyotir Ganeshaaya Namah

Jyotish is the eye of the Veda --divine light.


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Hanu mukha siddhi rastu

• Hanu monkey

• mukha face

• Si the first one to get the 8 siddhis Sama veda Shiva, sunset

• Dhi – supreme intelligence of Yajur Veda, Vishnu, midday

• Ra – agni, fire of Rk Veda, Brahma, sunrise

• Stu shakti of Atharva Veda, sunset

• A came out and formed the Rk Veda,

• U came out and formed the Yajur Veda,

• M came out and formed the Sama Veda. These three make AUM, a complete body of knowledge.

• They then combined again to form the Atharva Veda, which is the practical utility of the three

• They came from nothingness and shall go back to nothingness


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Five elements

Earth

• Prithvi tattwah

• Relates to sense of

smell

• Smell- coarse sense

• Earth - Solid- more

potential energy

• less kinetic energy

• La, energy goes down

• Chant Lam


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Water

• Jala tattwah


taste

• Water- Liquid – some

potential,

• some energy

• Fluids in the body

• Va/Kha

Air

• Vayu tattvah

• More kinetic

• Random motion,

tendency to dissipate

• Sense of touch

• Pranas

• Differentiation

• Ya

• Chant Yam


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Fire

• Agni tattwah

• Kinetic energy

• Movement, high

energy


sight

• Heat, light

• Ra, energy goes up

• Chant Ram

4 Varnas – natures, caste

• Predominant guna in a person, changes all the time. EVERYONE is a mixture.

• Varna means color, What color are you?

• Became rigid social structure in the caste system of India but that wasn’t the original meaning.

• Our varna changes according to our karma.

• Jyotish is about improving our gunas, as we improve our gunas our varna (color) will improve.

• Our gunas will change based on dasas (planetary periods) in the dasa of a sattvic planet, we become more sattvic.


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Brahmin- priest water• Represented by the head

• Spiritual and intellectual leadership

• Study, sacrifice (like fire sacrifice) and accept gifts

• Traits of forgiveness, control over senses, humble, calm even in difficult circumstances, pure, undergoes penance

• Sattvah guna( Uttama or best in Parasara)

• Will pray and do spiritual practices even when happy and content.

• Will seek one of three paths : Chandra (compassion, mother) Surya (enlightenment, Shiva) or Brihaspati (combining both with Sat or truth, the highest)

Kshatriya – warrior/ruler -fire

• Represented by the chest

• Rule and protect

• Valorous, brave, radiant, clever.

• Does not retreat from warfare

• Protects holy people

• Knows that happiness and sorrow are part of life.

• Desire for power

• Higher rajas (Madyama guna in Parasara)

• Will seek divine help for specific purposes, graha devatas.


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Vaisha – landowner, merchant -

earth• Represented by thighs

• Commerce, agriculture

• Desire for money, always thinking of ways to increase money.

• Innovations, inventions, ways to make money

• Never enough, leads to sadness

• Lower rajas, Udaseena (sad) guna

• Speaks both truth and lies.

• Addresses God to ask for relief to remove sorrow. When sad, cries to God for help.

• Likes talismans, etc.

Shudra –servant -air

• Represented by feet

• Servants, artisans, manual

labor

• “Foolish, lethargic, greedy,

tell lies”

• Tamas guna - Adhama in

Parasara

• Thinks of God only to fulfill

own desires, if at all.


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Four Ashramas (stages of life)• Stage one- youth learning, school

• Stage two –adulthood, working earning, raising family, productive years.

• Stage three- elder, has wisdom to advise and help society and uphold social norms (skipped in modern Western countries)

• Stage Four- old– can become a burden to the family and use up all the good karma accumulated earlier, also lose image of strength in eyes of children. Time to detach, go away and leave good memories.

• Different dharmas for each Ashrama

1

2

3

4

4 Ayanas (goals of life)• Legs of the bull –Dharma

right way of living, law.

• Moksha –spiritual

liberation

• Kama- enjoyment

• Artha- wealth

• Desire is in the 7th house

(opposite house), so at

each stage the desire is

in the opposite sign. Child

wants enjoyment, old

person wants liberation

• Add the Varnas

D

M

K

A

child

adult

elder

old

priest

ruler

worker

business


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4 element sounds

• La- earth

• Va (Kha)- water

• Ra – fire

• Ya – wind

• This is the source of the

commonly known bijas

which form the chakras:

Lam, Vam, Ram, Yam.

More later!!

Four states of consciousness


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Exercise with four

• Draw the sun chart.

• Add the four elements

• Add the four

yugas/worlds

• Add the four vedas

• Add the four goals

• Add the four stages

• Add the four varnas

Ether

• Akash Tattwah

• Holds everything

together

• harmony

• Gravity, magnetism

• Hearing

• Sound is creation

• Ha

• Chant Ham


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5 senses

• Earth- smell-nose

• Water- taste-tongue

• Air- touch-skin

• Fire- sight -eye

• Ether- hearing -ear

5 elements -Tattwah

• The 5 states of being derive from the yoga of Narayana and Nila Shakti

• They are an expression of Tamas guna

• The 5 states of being define the entire life

• Can be called elements or phases

• Prithvi (earth)– creation, form

• Jala (water)– food, sustains, replenishes

• Vayu (air)– cleanses, removes old, destruction

• Agni (fire)– purpose of sustenance, animation, movement, energy

• Akash (ether)– coordinates all the effort


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Five ways to make offerings to divine natureDoing five element offerings, at sunrise, is a great way to tune into the divine aspects of the

elements. You can chant the seed syllables of each element while offering. You can offer to

Buddha, God, or however you perceive the Sacred.

Indriya (faculty)

Karmendriya Jnendriya Tattva

Motor Faculty Sensory Faculty Devatä Offerings

Speaking Hearing Ether Vishnu Flower

Grasping Touching Air Shiva Incense

Walking Seeing Fire Sürya Lamp

Ejaculating Tasting Water Devi Water/Food

Evacuating Smelling Earth Ganesha Perfume (Sandal Paste)

Planet =graha

• Graha = to grasp, grab

• Grahana= to eclipse

• Planets are incarnations of The Sustainer (Vishnu) who grab the soul and bring it into life

• How are you grabbed?

• Natal chart is a map of your karma

• Faith vs free will.

• The root of thought comes from the grahas

• some thoughts lead to desire, which cause more karma

• other thoughts are sattvik and do not cause desire


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Mercury –earth

• Densest of grahas, gives form, structure for information, memory retention

• Budha- from Budhi, intelligence

• A little child who lacks power of discrimination, the student

• The prince, wants to play

• Debates back and forth

• Is good in good company, bad in bad company, adapts to situation

• “May you have the intelligence to have right discrimination”

• Business, trade, speech, communication, logic, writing, tricks and humor, puns, wit, organises and transmits information

• Mixtures, synthesis, greenery, androgynous

• Benefic if with benefics

• Skin, emerald, nervous system, skin, lungs

• Rajas guna

• Grabs us with thoughts of business, career

• Vishnu brings us out the eclipse of Budha

• Son of Moon (Soma) and Tara (Jupiter’s wife)

• Om Budhaya namah

Venus- water

• Teacher of the Asuras

• Shukra– seed, semen, ovaries, kidneys, hormones, sexuality

• Power of rejuvenation, creation

• From Sukrama

• Su= good, krama = motion

• Creativity, travelling, regeneration,

• marriage

• Beauty and luxury, enjoyment of the world, sensual pleasure, scents, fashion, romance

• Rejuvenation, brings the dead back to life (Mrityunjaya mantra) serious disease

• Benefic

• Rajas guna, diamonds, yoghurt, copper

• Lakshmi takes us out of the eclipse of Venus

• Om Shukraya namah


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Mars – Fire

• Fire, anger, violence, military

• Mangala “may you be auspicious”

• Will, power, strength, protection, conquest, enforces laws, executes the orders of the king, courage, fierceness

• Occult knowledge, yogic practices, developing prana, chi

• Malefic – causes accidents, fights, breakage, violence

• Nerves, technical ability, mechanical

• Born of the earth, property, ruler of Bhu loka, brotherhood

• Tamas guna

• Gives thoughts of how to increase power

• Inflammation, surgery, burns, fevers, accidents, executes orders (nervous system), red coral, iron

• Om Mangalaya namah

Saturn- wind

• Saturn

• Takes away the pranas, cold and dry

• Wind creates dryness, dissipation, old, dry, brittle

• The bad karmas that cause rebirth

• Disease, suffering, death, decay, impurity, dirt

• In Kali Yuga, if you call a devil a devil, he’s right there, so we call him Shani

• Shani means gold, giver

• Malefic, Tamas guna

• Rules the muscles, hard work, labor, pressures, restrictions, servant, sorrow, contraction, blue sapphire, lead

• Limping, lame, depressed, traditional, slow chronic processes

• Gives the thoughts of a beaten man, how to take revenge

• Moon takes 28 days, Saturn takes 28 years to go around the zodiac

• Om Shanischaraya namah


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Space- Jupiter

• Teacher of the devas

• In Vedic times, the great teacher was Brihaspati

• Brahmana- he who knows God

• Pati- lord

• He who helps the Brahmana to know God

• The greatest benefic, expansive, peaceful, brings all together for a common goal

• Strongest magnetic field

• Sattvah guna

• Thoughts of the betterment of the whole universe

• Wisdom, wealth, spiritual path, fortune, intelligence, Truth

• Happiness

• Fat, liver, sweets, fruit, children, over indulgence, yellow sapphire, tin

• Om Gurave Namah

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Moon �• Also jala tattvah, Chandra

• Ch- and Indra- king of karma and the 10 indriyas

• mind (mana) has 10 indriyas

• That which is going to help me with karma yoga, Krishna

• Like the moon, our karmas will cause us to wax and wane, fickle,

• One of the luminaries, receptivity

• The queen, mother, emotions, nurturing, popularity, childhood, family, society, home, friend to all, singers, healers, happiness, devotion

• Consciousness, reflected light, fluid mind

• Sattvah guna

• Venus is attachment, moon is love. Moon is higher level of Venus.

• Benefic when full of light, mildly malefic when dark

• Pearl, silver, blood, lymph, stomach, fertility, nutrition, milk and dairy,

• Rishi atri and Soma, 16 digits of the moon

• Om Somaaya namah

• From Rig Veda:

• a ápāma sómam amŕtā abhūmâganma jyótir ávidāma devân

– We have drunk Soma and become immortal; we have attained the light, the Gods discovered.


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Sun �

• The light of the soul

• The Oneness, the One reality

• Surya

• Su=good, arya =he who follows dharma

• Drives chariot through the sky with seven horses

• Burns untruth, destroys darkness

• Like the Garuda bird who eats snakes

• The king, vitality, willpower, government, fame, father

• Sattvah guna

• Sense of self, identity, ego

• Agni tattvah

• Wealth and resources

• Gives to all without discrimination but also burns

• Warrior class

• Mild malefic (burns) socially, but benefic for spirituality

• Gold, ruby, head, heart, spine, sight, fever, inflammation

• Story of Surya, sanjna, chaya, and shani

• Gayatri mantra

• Om Suryaya namah

Astrology Vara -Day

• Days are ruled by the sun

• Associated with agni (fire) and

sight

• Influences our physical energy

and our health

• Placement in natal chart will give

an indication of the native’s

health

• Vasa- live or stay, Ra= agni

Ruled by the 7 planets that have

bodies from Sun to Saturn.


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7 Varas- life energy

• Days ruled by natural benefics are auspicious.

• Days ruled by natural malefics are inauspicious.

• The Vedic day starts at sunrise.

• Sunday-Surya fire, soul, spiritual activities, solitary activities

• Monday-Chandra –healing, mother, devotion, social contact

• Tuesday - Mangala- competition, agression, wars

• Wednesday –Budha – communication, business contacts.

• Thursday – Brihaspati – spiritual learning, legal matters, expansive sattvic ventures.

• Friday- Shukra –romance, beauty, entertainment.

• Saturday – Shani- service, discipline, work

• First hour after sunrise is ruled by that planet.

Planetary yantra


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The Churning of the milk ocean

The nodes –eclipsing the light

• Rahu follows Saturn, Ketu follows Mars

• Rahu, head of the dragon, causes desires that lead to rebirth, forgetfulness,

• Ketu- headless, letting go, spiritual liberation

• Karmic control planets, shadow planets, hard to discern

• Always retrograde

• Luminaries are always direct

• 5 tattvah planets can go either way

• Rahu is good for research, creativity, unconventional and innovative ideas, beyond the border but is the worst malefic

• Ketu is good for spirituality

• Jupiter is the remedy


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Konark Temple Orissa

Realms


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Hell Realm hatred hot and cold


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Hungry ghost greed

outer, inner, secret

Animal ignorance


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Human - change

birth, sickness, old age, death

Demigods jealousy


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Devas pride

You tube six realms


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Om Mani padme hung

• Mantra of Bodhisattva of

compassion Chenrezig

(Tib)Avalokiteshvara (Skt.)

• Chant 6 syllable mantra has an

effect on 6 nadis, purifies the 6

realms.

• 6 realms are expression of your

mind and your

channels/chakras/nadis

• By chanting this mantra you are

confining/manipulating

monitering the air, the prana – it

has an effect.(DJKR)

Om Mani Padme Hung

• syllable wisdom poison realm

OmEquanimity Pride Deva/God (Ju)

Ma All

accomplishing

Jealousy Asura/Titan

(Me)

Ni(Passion) Human

PadDharmadhatu Ignorance Animal (Sa)

MeDiscernment Greed Preta/hungry

ghost (Ve)

Hung Mirror like Hatred Naraka/hell

(Ma)


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Emotional Alchemy liberating afflictive emotions into wisdom

Tonglen – Heart of Compassion

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche


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Wishing Bodhichitta4 immeasurables

• Loving-kindness (Pāli: mettā, Sanskrit: maitrī) towards all: the hope that a

person will be well; "the wish that all sentient beings, without any exception,

be happy.“ ( antidotes desire)

• Compassion (Pāli and Sanskrit: karuṇā): the hope that a person's

sufferings will diminish; "the wish for all sentient beings to be free from

suffering.“ ( antidotes hatred)

• Empathetic joy (Pāli and Sanskrit: mudita): joy in the accomplishments of a

person—oneself or another; sympathetic joy; "the wholesome attitude of

rejoicing in the happiness and virtues of all sentient beings.“ ( antidotes

jealousy)

• Equanimity (Pāli: upekkhā, Sanskrit: upekṣā): learning to accept loss and

gain, good-repute and ill-repute, praise and censure, sorrow and happiness

(Attha Loka Dhamma), all with detachment, equally, for oneself and for

others. Equanimity is "not to distinguish between friend, enemy or stranger,

but regard every sentient being as equal. It is a clear-minded tranquil state

of mind—not being overpowered by delusions, mental dullness or agitation.“

(antidotes pride)

Developing Bodhicitta with Four

Boundless Attitudes

May all beings have happiness and the cause of

happiness.

May they be free from suffering and the cause of

suffering.

May they never be dissociated from the supreme

happiness, free from suffering.

May they remain in boundless equanimity, free from

both attachment to kin and hatred to foes.


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May I be a guard for those who are protectorless

A guide for those who journey on the road;

For those who wish to go across the water,

May I be a boat, a raft, a bridge.

May I be an isle for those who yearn for landfall,

And a lamp for those who long for light;

For those who need a resting place, a bed;

For all who need a servant, may I be a slave.

May I be the wishing jewel, the vase of plenty,

A word of power, and the supreme remedy.

May I be the trees of miracles,

And for every being, the abundant cow.

Like the great earth and the other elements,

Enduring as the sky itself endures,

For the boundless multitude of living beings,

May I be the ground and vessel of their life.

Thus, for every single thing that lives,

In number like the boundless reaches of the sky,

May I be their sustenance and nourishment

Until they pass beyond the bounds of suffering.

Salvia divinorum

Om Somaaya namahhas been used in religious and healing

ceremonies by the Mazatec Indians, who

live in the province of Oaxaca, in Mexico.

Dale Pendell, in his book

Pharmako/poeia, assigns Salvia

divinorum to a unique pharmacological

class, which he calls "existentia." This

term alludes to the philosophical

illumination Salvia seems to shine on the

nature of existence itself.

The plant is mostly used when shamans

felt they needed to discover the cause of

a patient’s illness in the supernatural

world. The shaman entered in a visionary

trance that allowed him to see what steps

have to be taken to cure the patient.

shamanism, prediction,

meditation and searches for

the divine, tuning in to the

qualities of the Green World.


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Homework• Do a self review at bedtime and acknowledge arisings of five

poisons during the day. When did I feel jealous, angry, grasping, arrogant? Try to notice them when they arise as well.

• Spend at least 60 minutes a day (if you can) doing meditation, mantra, tonglen, 5 element offerings, Samanthabadra prayer, Bodhichitta prayers, or your own practices if preferred.

• Study the concepts given and do extra reading if desired in the optional texts.

• Learn the gunas, elements, and planets. There are no quizzes in this course but to complete the final projects you will need to know this information. WEAK POINT of 2008 group.

• Within one hour after sunrise, (the planet’s first hour/hora) chant the mantra of the planet of the day and contemplate its qualities.

• Start to clock your meditation time – 60 hours required for graduation. CVH for just this program and DVH with Caduceus modules 1-5.

• DEDICATION

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