(The source of this following page I no longer know – it was page 129 though – as I had it from somewhere and stuck it in the back of my copy of Trungpa’s “Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism.” What you’re reading here is for real, I have made it my practice in one form or another, including this form – my own discipline, my very religion so to speak – over four decades, and counting. Everyone has his/her pace in development. This comes naturally for me, as I’ve always been extremely fond of goats. In-joy, and good luck.)
"Means, the art of warming oneself without fire up in the snows."
That caught my interest. "Another
lama talent?"
"You bet. It comes in handy for naked hermits in the winter."
"I can see that. Tell him to lay
it on us."
With some crashing about Kunga got in the lotus position, an impressive
feat with his big snow boots still on.
He took his mitts off, and we did the same. Then he began breathing in a regular, deep
rhythm, staring at nothing. This went on
for almost half an hour, and I was beginning to think we would all freeze
before he warmed up, when he held his hands out toward Freds and me. We took them in our own.
They were as hot as if he had a terrible fever. Fearfully I reached up to touch his face – it was
warm, but nothing like his hands. "My
Lord," I said.
"We can help him now," Freds said softly. "You have to concentrate, harness the energy
that’s always inside you. Every breath
out you push away pride, anger, hatred, envy, sloth, stupidity. Every breath in, you take in Buddha’s spirit,
the five wisdoms, everything good. When
you’ve gotten clear and calm, imagine a golden lotus in your belly button. ... Okay? In that lotus you imagine the syllable ram,
which means fire.
"Then you have to see a little seed of flame, the size of a goat
dropping, appearing in the ram. Every breath after that is like a bellows,
fanning that flame, which travels through the tsas in the body, the
mystic nerves. Imagine this process in
five stages.
"First the uma tsa is seen as a hair of fire, up your spine more or less.
... Two, the nerve is as big around as your little finger. … Three, it’s the
size of an arm. … Four, the body becomes the tsa itself, and is perceived
as a tube of fire. … Five, the tsa engulfs the world, and you’re
just one flame in a sea of fire."
The Five Tibetan Rites and Breathing Practice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJASBgyRStE
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