"A Jungian therapist and a Tibetan lama perform a similar service for their respective clients and students. Both are veterans of the inner journey who guide us through the perils and pitfalls, if we cooperate, on our quest for healing, and wholeness." The author introduces the Tantric methods of Tibetan Buddhism and draws correlations between this practice and the teachings of Carl Jung. In a clear, concise style, Breaux points our how many psychological truths are woven into the fabric of the Tantric doctrine. The language of the tantric is visionary- abounding in symbols and metaphors produced spontaneously in the meditations of ancient yogis. At the heart of tantra is the experience of a divine power within the human being that can be awakened.
Each chapter includes a meditation practice employing Tibetan Tantric Deities and procedures. Although not a substitute for a genuine Tantric teacher, the book will enable readers to experience the Tantra through suggested meditation. You enter the light within when you step outside of your own shadow. The basic drive to remember your essential nature surges beneath all your fears, desires and preconceptions. Although they approach this process from opposite sides of the world, both Tantra and Jungian psychology aspire to fathom this mysterious process and create the necessary conditions so spiritual transformation can occur.
Journey into Consciousness, Charles Breaux, Motilal Banarsidass, Paperback, 254 pages, $20.00
Formerly the director of the Berkeley Holistic Health Center, Charles Breaux founded the first holistic health clinic and referral service in the country and served as a member of the Holistic Health Organizing Committee networking with Governor Brown�s and President Carter�s administrations to implement healthcare reform. He was also employed as a consultant to New College of SF to develop undergrad and graduate programs in Alternative Health and employed by the U.C. Santa Cruz to organize and MC a seminar for med students in Emergent Vistas in Healthcare. He also conducted seminars for the graduate students in parapsychology at JFK University. He served on the Board of Directors for the Health Enhancement Institute and founded the Church of Healing Arts, in Santa Cruz, CA.. He has traveled extensively lecturing, teaching seminars, and doing a stint as an adjunct professor in World Religions at University of Florida. Charles Breaux has has authored articles on holistic health and spirituality and published a healthy number of books contributing to the fields of healthcare, modern psychotherapy, and spirituality for nearly a half a century as a counselor, teacher and author. His private practice integrated emotional catharsis and re-patterning, Clairvoyant Counseling, Past Life Therapy, nutrition, and Deep Tissue Bodywork.
Contents: Introduction. 1. Tantric roots and relevance. 2. The cave of the ancients. 3. Her special abode. 4. The kingdom of jewel-like radiance. 5. The realm of the sacred sound. 6. The great purification. 7. The ocean of nectar. 8. The yonder shore. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.
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