Riding The Wheel To Wellness: A Buddhist Perspective On Life's Healing Gifts, Meditation, Prayer & Visualization

by Charles Atkins

Overview

In Riding the Wheel to Wellness, Charles Atkins explains why meditation, prayer, chanting, and visualization are effective and how they can be used to restore wellness on all levels of our lives. Although Atkins's spiritual approach is based on Nichiren Buddhism, his mission is to help alleviate the suffering of all people, so the techniques he describes are interdisciplinary and have been utilized by people from all walks of life.

After the publication of Modern Buddhist Healing in 2002, Atkins received many letters from readers regarding their experiences with the technique he describes as "mantra-powered visualization," which combines the chanting of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with visualization. You don't have to convert to Nichiren Buddhism to use Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Like the mantra OM, the Lord's Prayer, or the 23rd Psalm, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo has gathered immense vibrational power and positive energy over the centuries it has been evoked by people focusing on the betterment of themselves and humanity.

Riding the Wheel to Wellness addresses many questions readers have presented to Atkins along with some of their success stories. It also contains visualizations to help readers target specific illnesses. Most poignant and comforting is Atkins's explanation of the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth-the wheel of samsara-and the spiritual opportunities inherent at each stage of the journey. Our very lives contain the secrets to wellness, and we can learn to evoke our healing power with Atkins's guidance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780892541126
Publisher:	Nicolas-Hays, Inc
Publication date:	09/01/2005
Pages:	109
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Charles Atkins is the author of Modern Buddhist Healing. He studied and practiced magick, divination, and Eastern religions in the 60s and 70s, then began practicing Nichiren Buddhism in 1974 with the Soka Gakkai. He has been a professional freelance writer on mysticism, healing, and business since 1970.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	ix
	Introduction	x
Part I	The Wheel of Samsara	1
Chapter 1	Birthing	3
	The Peril of Birth	4
	How We Come into Being-The Bardo of Becoming	5
	Karma and Our Life's Purpose	8
Chapter 2	Aging and Illness	11
	The Power of Words and Mental Imagery	12
	Illness and Inspiration	13
Chapter 3	Deathing & Reincarnation	20
	Reincarnation	25
Part II	Your Mind as Your Vehicle Toward Healing	27
Chapter 4	The Mind Is without Limit	29
	Three Truths of Existence and Era III Medicine	31
Chapter 5	Mastering the Mind with Daimoku Therapy	36
	Hope and the Importance of a Positive Attitude	37
	Wellness and Our Environment	41
Chapter 6	Meditation & Science	44
Chapter 7	Beyond the Limits of Consciousness	50
	Psychoactive Substances and the Mind's Power to Visualize	50
	The Universal Mind	55
Part III	Directing Your Journey-Practical Techniques	59
Chapter 8	The Sound of Visualization	61
	Overview of the Tsuji Method of Mantra-Powered Visualization	66
	Specific Instructions for the Method	68
	Pronunciation and Meaning of Nammyoho-renge-kyo	70
	The Galaxy Imagery for Entering the "Visualization Zone"	72
	The Simonton Method of Guided Imagery	73
	An Example of Successful Visualization	73
Chapter 9	Affirmations Are Crucial	76
	Sample Affirmations	77
	Pain Affirmations	78
	To Overcome Deadly Illness	79
	Managing Chronic Illness	80
	When Facing Death	80
Chapter 10	Practical Visualizations	82
	Addiction	83
	Visualization to Heal Addiction	85
	Burns	87
	Cancer	88
	Heart Disease	88
	Hepatitis	88
	High Blood Pressure	89
	High Cholesterol	90
	HIV and AIDS	90
	Multiple Sclerosis	91
	Parkinson's Disease	91
	Spinal Cord Injury	92
	Stress	93
Chapter 11	For the Children	95
	Autism	95
	ADHD	96
	The Strength of Children and Long-Distance Prayer	97
	Epilogue: The Three Treasures	103
	Bibliography	106
	About the Author	111