In order to work with energy, to perform clearings, it is essential not only to be aware of one's center, but imperative to cultivate a practice that strengthens your center. Recently, we have re-initiated our observance of the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Chöd.
Chöd literally means, "to sever." It is a practice used to sever attachments to the material, to those things that obstruct the understanding of truth and purpose of bringing enlightenment to all beings. The practice is traditionally conducted at funerals or as "last rites" for one who is crossing over.
It is a beautiful, selfless practice. The core of the chanting and visualizations are to prepare your entire body as a most succulent offering to all beings in the universe.
From the external point
of view, gods and demons will appear; from the inner point of view, these gods
and demons are simply one’s own conceptual proliferations that are out of
control.
Our offering does not discriminate. It is equally given to the "good" and the "evil."
Carl Jung said, "One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious." The process of feeding our demons is a method for bringing our shadow into consciousness and accessing the treasures it holds rather than repressing it.
We are fortunate to have a center for the practice in Portland, The Movement Center.
I urge you all to find a practice that enables your own pursuits.
Namaste, Sharon
Chöd literally means, "to sever." It is a practice used to sever attachments to the material, to those things that obstruct the understanding of truth and purpose of bringing enlightenment to all beings. The practice is traditionally conducted at funerals or as "last rites" for one who is crossing over.
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| Machig Labdron the founder of Chöd |
Our offering does not discriminate. It is equally given to the "good" and the "evil."
Carl Jung said, "One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious." The process of feeding our demons is a method for bringing our shadow into consciousness and accessing the treasures it holds rather than repressing it.
We are fortunate to have a center for the practice in Portland, The Movement Center.
I urge you all to find a practice that enables your own pursuits.
Namaste, Sharon
