Taming the Ox: Zen Ox Herding with EFT: Using Emotional Freedom Techniques to clear blocks and integrate the Ten Stages of Enlightenment

This book revisits the time-honored Buddhist story of Zen Ox Herding step by step. It concludes with a 21-round meridian tapping script using Emotional Freedom Techniques to release blocks and pave the way for the integration of higher states of consciousness. Ten Sumi-e East Asian ink paintings by artist Jeanette Lesada are also included.

The Taming the Ox story follows the ten stages of the unfolding of Enlightenment in a human life. It begins with existence in the “mundane” world and eventually comes back around to it with the realization that nothing is mundane. The evolution of consciousness from “mundane” to Enlightened tends to follow ten phases; each can last as little as hours or days and up to years or even many lifetimes. The steps may also be experienced “out of order” and require integration as earlier phases manifest.

The realization of Oneness, or Enlightenment, is the ultimate goal of Zen and the other forms of Buddhism. In Buddhist teachings, the intrinsic nature of consciousness is that there is no intrinsic nature – all is consciousness -- free, open and boundless, an “emptiness” that contains anything and everything that has existed or could exist. While Enlightenment is non-linear and transcends all forms and experiences, this book attempts to discuss its unfoldment and prepare your circuitry for transformation using EFT tapping.