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Re: PHOWAFrom: The Cessation
Subject: General
Date/Time 2005-04-17 04:00:44
Remote IP: 202.183.128.172
MessageBe warned! Phowa if done incorrectly can shorten one’s life. Before you do it, if there is time, like in a practice session, it works well to do tonglen first or fusion practice as taught by Mantak Chia.
Here’s the link for tonglen:
http://www.spcare.org/practices/tonglen.html
There are things you may read in books or on the Internet, about ejection or transference of consciousness. It's best to leave those alone until you get direct instruction from a Tibetan Master or from Mantak Chia’s shooting pearl version.
Astral projection and ejection of consciousness are often confused because descriptions of them sound similar. In some ways though, they are opposite. Astral projection occurs when one aspect of being in the world is not centered or fully in sync with the rest. For phowa to occur, everything has to be in sync, to be focused together.
More links for reading:
http://www.khandro.net/mustardseed_phowa1.htm
http://www.kathokgonpa.ca/LR%20Phowa%201998.htm
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/dead/otherworld.html
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/buddhism01.html
Peace out!!
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