Riding The Wheel To Wellness: A Buddhist Perspective On Life's Healing Gifts, Meditation, Prayer & Visualization (Paperback)

~ Charles Atkins (Author)

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Product Description

In Riding the Wheel to Wellness, Charles Atkins explains why meditation, prayer, chanting, and visualization are effective and how they can be used to restore wellness on all levels of our lives. Although Atkins’s spiritual approach is based on Nichiren Buddhism, his mission is to help alleviate the suffering of all people, so the techniques he describes are interdisciplinary and have been utilized by people from all walks of life. Riding the Wheel to Wellness addresses many questions readers have presented to Atkins along with some of their success stories. It also contains visualizations to help readers target specific illnesses. Most poignant and comforting is Atkins’s explanation of the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth—the wheel of samsara—and the spiritual opportunities inherent at each stage of the journey. Our very lives contain the secrets to wellness, and we can learn to evoke our healing power with Atkins’s guidance.

About the Author

Charles Atkins is the author of Modern Buddhist Healing (Nicolas-Hays, 2002). He studied and practiced magick, divination, and Eastern religions in the 60s and 70s, then began practicing Nichiren Buddhism in 1974 with the Soka Gakkai. He has been a professional writer on mysticism, healing, and business since 1970

Product Details

• Paperback: 109 pages
• Publisher: Nicolas-Hays (September 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892541121
• ISBN-13: 978-0892541126
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #767,642 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Concise and Poetic, September 21, 2005

By	wahzoh "wahzoh" (North Hollywood, CA USA) - See all my reviews

I have followed author Charles Atkins' blog on fraught with peril (an eclectic Nichiren Buddhist website) for some time, and enjoyed his earlier book, "Modern Buddhist Healing". Atkins has been writing for years, but his recovery from stage 4 Hodgkins Disease using the techniques he outlines in this book sent his work charging off into explorations of healing prayer. Atkins is a firm believer in the power of our lives to heal our bodies, but is not flakey or "woo-woo" in his discussions. For example, he is a strong advocate of seeking out the best medical treatment available - Atkins is not a "faith healer". His work is highly personal and takes his readers on a fascinating tour of his worldview and the role of powerful prayer.

I was sorry to see that Atkins' publisher did not see fit to allow a "search" of this book here in Amazon.com, so I will list some of the Chapters for those readers who are trying to decide if this book is "for them":

The Wheel of Samsara / Birthing; Aging and Illness; Dying and Reincarnation

Your Mind as Your Vehicle Towards Healing

Directing Your Journey - Practical Techniques/ The SOund of Visualization; Affirmations are Crucial; Practical Visualizations; For the Children

The School of Buddhism which Atkins has followed for years posits that we all possess what is called a "Buddha Nature" or pure core. As he writes in the chapter on Meditation and Science: "Because we are all intrinsically divine at the core, our prayers, intentions and affirmations, no matter what kind, resonate with the universe as if ringing a great bell". Atkins has had a lot of success "ringing" his own universal "bell" and wants very much to teach others how they can do it too. I hope the "buzz" on this book will let it reach the hands of those who will be helped by it.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful medicine, September 19, 2005

By	Nagagirl (Southeast Virginia) - See all my reviews

This book includes a detailed explaination of how you can use visualization and chanting to deal with the suffering
accompanying sickness and death. With great compassion, the author shares his experiences working with sick and dying friends. The information in this book is compact but powerful.

Regaining health is the hoped for outcome. But he also shares
the experience of a 'good death' where one relaxes into the
"arms of the universe waiting for the newest arrival". In the end we all will face death. I was happy that this was also covered in a way which made death not seem the 'enemy' but just the next step in our path. I highly recommend this book if you or a loved one is facing illness.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Achievement, September 25, 2005

By	R. WARD "Marty W." (Elgin, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

In this guided manual Mr. Atkins demonstrates the awesome power of Nam-Myoho-renge-Kyo in combating any affliction proving anyone & everyone can benefit from use of this universal Law. The secret is not just to eliminate suffering but in that very suffering is replaced with pure joy. Marty Ward ( "The thing you must do; what you must achieve; is to do the impossible.")ELEANOR ROOSEVELT