Dancing in the Eye of Transformation,
10 Keys to Creative Consciousness
Table of Contents
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Some Suggestions for Reading this Book 5
All is One and One is All 7
The Infinite Universe and the Ultimate Unity 7
In the Center Ring: Truth versus Dogma 8
Of Course I’m Right! My Ego Says So, So It Must Be True! 9
Change is the only Constant.,
Go with the Flow and Get Flexible 10
Converging Paradigms 12
A Metaphysical Unified Field Theory 13
Morphic Field Theory 14
Nested Morphic Fields 15
Consensual Reality and Natural Law 15
Apparent Natural Laws 16
The Yin and Yang of it All 21
We are All Both Male and Female 22
Culture and Gender Roles 23
The Cultural Origins of Gender Wounding 24
The Gender Wounding of Men 24
The Gender Wounding of Women 26
Balancing Polarity Within Society 29
The Anima and the Animus 29
The Healing Archetypes 30
Meditations on the Inner Male and Female: 31
Healing the Feminine 31
Healing the Masculine 33
How All of this Affects our Relationships 34
Sweet Mystery of Life, at Last I’ve Found You! Or:
Whoops, I’m with Someone like Daddy (or Mommy) Again!...35
Tantra, Polarity, and Sexuality 36
Tantra and Androgyny 38
Ida and Pingala 38
Nadi Shodhana 40
The Power of the Trinity 43
The Threefold Levels of Consciousness 44
The Low Self 44
The Middle Self 45
The High Self 46
The Threefold Relationship 46
Meditations on the Three Selves 48
Shamanic Practices of the Three Worlds 51
What is Shamanism? 51
The Shaman’s Drum and Shamanic Journeying 52
The Underworld 54
Animal Allies 55
What Else is in the Underworld? 56
The Upper World 57
The Middle World 58
The Spirits of the Dead 59
Shaman as Psycho-Pomp 60
Astral Parasites 61
Soul Retrieval 62
The Practice of Divination 63
The Merit of Shamanic Practice 63
Elemental Influence Quiz 66
Air 68
Fire 69
Water 70
Earth 71
Elemental Meditations 72
Fire Meditation 72
Water Meditation 74
Earth Meditation 75
Air Meditation 76
The Spiritual Principles of Manifestation 79
Integration 80
Intention + Attention = Manifestation 81
Magical Intent as a Tool for Manifestation 83
Ceremony as a Transformative Act 85
What Can Ceremony Be Used For? 86
How to Perform Effective Ceremonies 87
1. Creation of Sacred Space 87
2. Clearing the Space 88
3. Centering 88
4. Creating the Container 89
5. Welcoming Divine Influence 90
6. Stating Intention 90
7. Raising the Energy 91
8. Energy Climax 91
9. Integration 92
10. Gratitude 92
11. Ground the Energy 93
12. Releasing and Acknowledging Divine Influence 94
13. Dedicating the Merit 94
14. Opening the Circle 94
The Gifts of Sacred Space 95
Merging and Mirroring 99
If We Have the Power to Change our Lives,
Why is it so Hard to Do? 100
Everyone is a Multiple Personality 100
The Child Self 102
The Rebellious Teenager 102
The Inner Judge 103
The Fixer 103
Meditations for Contacting the Subpersonae 104
Healing Meditation for the Inner Child 104
Re-Decisioning Process for the Teen Self 106
Quieting the Inner Judge Meditation 108
Fixing the Fixer 109
External Structures and their Influence on Perception 109
Familial Programming 110
Cultural Influence 111
How Do We Change? 112
Applying Compassionate Awareness for Transformation 112
How Thought Creates Reality 113
Picking the Familiar Poison 114
Emotion and Projection 115
That Pesky Mind 115
Yes to Now 116
Effective Communication 117
Forgiveness 118
The Shadow 119
Life as a Reflection of Perception 119
Repulsion and Attraction 120
The Ego versus the Divine 122
Re-Centering the Assemblage Point 123
Awakening to the Wisdom of Dreams 125
What is the Function of Dreaming? 125
Dream Interpretation 127
Dream Interpretation Techniques 129
Remembering Dreams 129
Creative Dreaming 131
Dream State Visualization 132
Lucid Dreaming 133
Lucid Dreaming Techniques 136
Karmic Re-Patterning and the Chakras 141
The Nature of Karma 141
How Can We Break These Crazy Cycles? 143
The Origins of Karma 145
Trauma and Cellular Memory 145
Some Differing Notions about Chakras 147
Chakra Descriptions 148
Root Chakra 149
Sex Chakra 149
Solar Plexus Chakra 150
Heart Chakra 150
Throat Chakra 151
Third Eye Chakra 151
Crown Chakra 152
Feet and Hand Chakras 152
Chakra Meditation 153
Working with Kundalini Energy 160
Spinal Breathing Meditation 162
Art and Spirituality 165
The Muses 166
Art and Spirituality 167
Beauty, Truth, Art, and Spirit 168
Creativity, The Spiritual Language that Unifies Us 169
Art and Non-Ordinary Reality 171
Creativity as Healer 172
Art as the Expression of Essence 173
The Experience of Excellence and
The Ecstasy of Riding the Wave 174
Dance as a Spiritual Path 175
Dance and the Path of Ecstasy 176
Exercise 1: Dance 176
Creative Writing for Personal Transformation 178
Exercise 2: Contacting the Subconscious Mind 180
Exercise 3: Poetry as an Expression of Spiritual Experience 180
Exercise 4: Automatic Writing 181
Image has Magic in It! 182
Exercise 5: How Does Art Affect You? 183
Visual Art as the Expression of Essence 183
Exercise 6: Expressing Essence 184
Sound and Spirit 184
Exercise 8: Entrainment 186
Exercise 9: Rhythm and Entrainment 187
The Art of Life 187
Attitude and Ethics 189
Karmic Responsibility 190
Honoring Interconnectedness 192
Balancing Personal Desire and Non-Attachment 192
Going for the True Goal 193
True Happiness Comes from Within 194
Burning Out Desire 195
Spiritual Ego and the Beginner’s Mind 195
The Practice of Mindfulness 197
The Power of Your Word and the Importance of Integrity 197
The Fastest Path to Enlightenment 198
What Are You Doing to Make a Difference in the World? 199
The Profound Power of Loving Kindness 200
Self Love 200
Loving Kindness Meditation 203
Endnotes 205
Introduction 205
Chapter 1 205
Chapter 2 206
Chapter 3 207
Chapter 5 207
Chapter 6 207
Chapter 7 208
Chapter 9 208
Chapter 10 208
Biographies 209
Index 221
Order Form 230
