Lama Tsultrim Allione speaks about "Feeding Your Demons", the subject of her best-selling book. for the complete story see: www.tellurideinside.com/2010/0...
Anger, for example. Anger comes when something isn't going our way, AND we also feel disrespected, ignored, misunderstood, repressed, or slighted. If you give anger a voice -- not to rule, but to be heard -- then you are giving it validation, respect, and understanding. It will transform. It will respect you in return. Try it. See if you don't win an ally. I think you'll feel more integrated. There still may be inner conflict. But with this practice, you meet that conflict with inner respect.
Fascinating and innovative and embracing . Find its deepest need ... and feed it with loving compassion " Lovely and how applicable to all situations , friends and adversaries/demons .
"E MA HO: To the Great Mother, Shakyamuni, Noble Tara, Dampa Sangye, Machig Labdrön La, I pray to you, please grant the deathless primordial wisdom! Mother holder of the practice lineage of Machig, Who established Tara Mandala, Jetsünma, Supreme Karma Tsültrim Chödrön, May your life remain firm and all your wishes be fulfilled. May there be the auspiciousness for the flourishing of the Chöd practice!" Composed by Tsering Wangdu Rinpoche. Live long!
I first read about this practice years ago in either Shambala or Bicycle magazine. It helped me later as I developed my own practice of inner dialogue. I would recommend Thomas Moore's book Care of the Soul, which takes a pantheistic view of the Self -- we have these different needs, desires, and selves within us, and well-being is achieved not so much via one part conquering another part, but via listening, dialogue, understanding, negotiation, and accord.
and what about people who do not have addiction issues? but that person is completely possessed by demons? and that person is not at all capable of following this process? how do you help another? has anyone ever truly experienced this, where someone has a different very scary voice and is saying horrific things? what to do?
@Zugeerl Baildaa: from your comment seems that you are the one confused here, I’m afraid :-)) Btw where did you learn that „No lama is allowed to grow their hair longer than one inch“? Is „one inch“ , maybe old Tibetan measure of length?? Do you know the difference between ordained monk and lama in Tibetan branch of vajrayana Buddhism? Do you have any formal Buddhist education, like taken refuge and wow’s, any empowerments etc? Your nickname sounds Mongolian am I right? I lived in Mongolia for over a year.
MrLovelymind- Or should I say MrNotSoLovelymind? Well, unlike cultureless people who are trying to copy other's cultures and religions mindlessly, I was born into Buddhism and grew up within. So let's not argue about the education. So you lived in Mongolia. I am not impressed. What does it have to do with anything? Does not make any sense. Aren't you lost even deeper? You are a direct proof of my point!
MrNotSoLovelymind- #inmyopinion Do you have any response to my comment about the Native Americans since you announced your "formal Buddhist education" so proudly?
Zugeerl Baildaa Your manner of discussion is not very polite. You sound aggressive. Why is that you should ask yourself. I did not mention my time in Mongolia to try to impress you I just mentioned it because your nick name seemed Mongolian to me. That’s all about that. You did not answer my most important questions: do you have refuge taken? Do you have empowerments from legitimate teachers? Do you study Dharma or just being Mongolian makes you Buddhist? You should know that being “born into Buddhism” is something that is not possible. You take refuge, you study and you practice that is what makes you Buddhist. If anybody tells you different he is telling lie. -About your question am I lost even deeper? No I am not lost “even deeper” Mongolian problems opened my eyes and I started to take my Buddhist education more serious after that experience. Maybe the one who is lost is you if you think that Buddha Dharma is something that is applied only to certain nationalities and not on the others ? What was the nationality of Buddha Shakyamuni? Do you know the meaning of Sanskrit word Buddha? Do you know that in my native language that is the same word used for “to be awake” because it is the same family of Indo-European languages. Do you even know where Buddha Shakyamuni was born? You are a direct proof of my point! - Actually you are direct proof of my point that nationalists are sad and ignorant people regardless of their county of origin ;-) And please if you really are Buddhist or want to be one someday, try to invest some time in learning and you will find that problems and solutions are within ourselves and not in the fighting with others. Buddha Dharma is so much above anything in this world and to deny the right to develop Buddhic potential to ANY living sentient being is great heinous sin. Every sentient being is Buddha in its nature.
Zugeerl Baildaa I have response to your comment- do you consider your ancestors to be “demons” because they invaded Europe (and China and Persia etc) and killed so many people including women and children? Do you know any history at all?! How old are you exactly? :-))
Do you consider the Caucasian people who invaded the Native Americans and killed them, including women and children, as demons or evil? What would you feed their offsprings with? Don't you think that you are contradicting yourself?
It's unfortunate when a Buddhist teacher claims the method is Buddhist when they are simply extracting it from other holistic teachers and renaming it theirs. This method is an exact replica of NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) methods. NLP teachers have been utilizing these EXACT step-by-step instructions since the 1970s. Take a look at Core Transformation work by Connirea Andreas or Trauma Release Method by Jenifer Shapiro. Or take a look at the pre-NLP parts therapies by Fritz Perls and all of the work by Virginia Satir. This method is a re-branding and it is NOT a buddhist method by any means. If you look at it closely it does the exact opposite of buddhist methods - it causes you to become attached to feelings and release. This is not buddhist, it IS new age healing which I totally respect, it just isn’t something this buddhist came up with and it’s not buddhist. A buddhist / Tibetan method would be Tonglen.
i love this, I think that these have a life of their own. thank you for your work.
Amazing teaching! Thank you so much, lama Tsultrim.
Very similar to what I have long called: Embracing your shadow. The resisted shadow is an enemy, the embraced shadow is an ally.
Anger, for example. Anger comes when something isn't going our way, AND we also feel disrespected, ignored, misunderstood, repressed, or slighted. If you give anger a voice -- not to rule, but to be heard -- then you are giving it validation, respect, and understanding. It will transform. It will respect you in return. Try it. See if you don't win an ally. I think you'll feel more integrated.
There still may be inner conflict. But with this practice, you meet that conflict with inner respect.
Fascinating and innovative and embracing . Find its deepest need ... and feed it with loving compassion " Lovely and how applicable to all situations , friends and adversaries/demons .
"E MA HO: To the Great Mother, Shakyamuni, Noble Tara,
Dampa Sangye, Machig Labdrön La,
I pray to you, please grant the deathless primordial wisdom!
Mother holder of the practice lineage of Machig,
Who established Tara Mandala, Jetsünma,
Supreme Karma Tsültrim Chödrön,
May your life remain firm and all your wishes be fulfilled.
May there be the auspiciousness for the flourishing of the Chöd
practice!" Composed by Tsering Wangdu Rinpoche. Live long!
I first read about this practice years ago in either Shambala or Bicycle magazine. It helped me later as I developed my own practice of inner dialogue. I would recommend Thomas Moore's book Care of the Soul, which takes a pantheistic view of the Self -- we have these different needs, desires, and selves within us, and well-being is achieved not so much via one part conquering another part, but via listening, dialogue, understanding, negotiation, and accord.
wow very ppwerful... i would like to know what the demon wants/needs and what are some examples of what people have done to feed the hunger fully?
She has a book and a cd or maybe even mp3?
and what about people who do not have addiction issues? but that person is completely possessed by demons? and that person is not at all capable of following this process? how do you help another? has anyone ever truly experienced this, where someone has a different very scary voice and is saying horrific things? what to do?
hello is there a book on this hon
Yes!
@Zugeerl Baildaa: from your comment seems that you are the one confused here, I’m afraid :-))
Btw where did you learn that „No lama is allowed to grow their hair longer than one inch“? Is „one inch“ , maybe old Tibetan measure of length?? Do you know the difference between ordained monk and lama in Tibetan branch of vajrayana Buddhism? Do you have any formal Buddhist education, like taken refuge and wow’s, any empowerments etc?
Your nickname sounds Mongolian am I right? I lived in Mongolia for over a year.
MrLovelymind-
Or should I say MrNotSoLovelymind?
Well, unlike cultureless people who are trying to copy other's cultures and religions mindlessly, I was born into Buddhism and grew up within. So let's not argue about the education.
So you lived in Mongolia. I am not impressed. What does it have to do with anything? Does not make any sense. Aren't you lost even deeper? You are a direct proof of my point!
MrNotSoLovelymind-
#inmyopinion
Do you have any response to my comment about the Native Americans since you announced your "formal Buddhist education" so proudly?
Zugeerl Baildaa Your manner of discussion is not very polite. You sound aggressive. Why is that you should ask yourself.
I did not mention my time in Mongolia to try to impress you I just mentioned it because your nick name seemed Mongolian to me. That’s all about that.
You did not answer my most important questions: do you have refuge taken? Do you have empowerments from legitimate teachers? Do you study Dharma or just being Mongolian makes you Buddhist? You should know that being “born into Buddhism” is something that is not possible.
You take refuge, you study and you practice that is what makes you Buddhist. If anybody tells you different he is telling lie.
-About your question am I lost even deeper? No I am not lost “even deeper” Mongolian problems opened my eyes and I started to take my Buddhist education more serious after that experience.
Maybe the one who is lost is you if you think that Buddha Dharma is something that is applied only to certain nationalities and not on the others ? What was the nationality of Buddha Shakyamuni? Do you know the meaning of Sanskrit word Buddha? Do you know that in my native language that is the same word used for “to be awake” because it is the same family of Indo-European languages.
Do you even know where Buddha Shakyamuni was born?
You are a direct proof of my point!
- Actually you are direct proof of my point that nationalists are sad and ignorant people regardless of their county of origin ;-)
And please if you really are Buddhist or want to be one someday, try to invest some time in learning and you will find that problems and solutions are within ourselves and not in the fighting with others.
Buddha Dharma is so much above anything in this world and to deny the right to develop Buddhic potential to ANY living sentient being is great heinous sin. Every sentient being is Buddha in its nature.
Zugeerl Baildaa I have response to your comment- do you consider your ancestors to be “demons” because they invaded Europe (and China and Persia etc) and killed so many people including women and children?
Do you know any history at all?! How old are you exactly? :-))
Wow! Completely the opposite approach of our good versus evil based culture, which we might note makes things increasingly worse!
She needs deliverance from her demons.
Do you consider the Caucasian people who invaded the Native Americans and killed them, including women and children, as demons or evil? What would you feed their offsprings with? Don't you think that you are contradicting yourself?
It's unfortunate when a Buddhist teacher claims the method is Buddhist when they are simply extracting it from other holistic teachers and renaming it theirs. This method is an exact replica of NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) methods. NLP teachers have been utilizing these EXACT step-by-step instructions since the 1970s.
Take a look at Core Transformation work by Connirea Andreas or Trauma Release Method by Jenifer Shapiro.
Or take a look at the pre-NLP parts therapies by Fritz Perls and all of the work by Virginia Satir.
This method is a re-branding and it is NOT a buddhist method by any means. If you look at it closely it does the exact opposite of buddhist methods - it causes you to become attached to feelings and release. This is not buddhist, it IS new age healing which I totally respect, it just isn’t something this buddhist came up with and it’s not buddhist. A buddhist / Tibetan method would be Tonglen.
It is a Buddhist practice. It has been taught for at least 1000 years.
Please google Machig Labron and Chod, and you will see that this method has indeed been practiced in Tibet since the 11th century.