Abbreviated Version of the Five Steps of Feeding Your Demons

For Solo Work

Developed by Lama Tsultrim Allione

Nine Relaxation Breaths

Close your eyes and keep them closed as much as you can until the end of the fifth step. Take nine deep relaxation
breaths with long exhalations. For the first three breaths, breathe in and imagine the breath is traveling to any tension
in the body, then hooking that tension and releasing it out with the exhalation. For the second three breaths, inhale
into any emotional tension you are holding, feel where you hold it in your body, and release it with the exhalation.
And lastly, breathe into any mental tension, feeling where in your body you hold any worries or mental blockages,
and then release them with the exhalation.
Motivation
Generate a heartfelt motivation to practice for the benefit of yourself and all beings.
The Five Steps
Step 1: Find the Demon
Decide which demon or god you want to work with.
Instructions:
Think about this god/demon and scan your body. Locate where you hold it most strongly in your body. It can help to
think of a particular incident when this feeling was really strong. Become aware of the qualities of the sensations in
your body.
Notice the following characteristics of these sensations:

Location

Color

Texture

Shape

Temperature
Intensify all of these sensations for a moment.
Step 2: Personify the Demon and Ask It What It Needs
Now allow all of these qualities (sensations, colors, textures, etc.) to move out of your body and become personified
in front of you as a being with arms, legs, eyes and so on. See it facing you. (If an inanimate object appears imagine
what it would look like if it were personified as some kind of animate being).
Notice the following about the god or demon:

Color

Skin surface

Size

Gender if it has one

General character

Emotional state

The look in its eyes, and lastly

Notice something about it (or him or her) you didnt see before

Ask the demon:

What do you want?
What do you really need?
How will you feel when you get what you need?
Having asked these questions, immediately change places, keeping your eyes closed as much as possible.
Step 3: Become the Demon
Face the chair or cushion you were seated on and become the demon, allowing yourself time to sit in its shoes.
Notice how your normal self looks from the demons point of view.
Be aware of how it feels to be in the demons body?
Now answer the questions:
What I want is.
What I really need is.
When I get what I really need, I will feel
Step 4: Feed the Demon and Meet the Ally
Feeding the Demon
Come back to your original position. Take a moment to settle in and come back into your own body.
See the demon in front of you. Dissolve your body into nectar (or if you are working with trauma that causes
dissociation from the body: instead imagine that you are creating an infinite amount of nectar). This nectar has the
quality of the feeling that the demon would have if its need were satisfied (note this was the answer to the third
question).
Feed the demon to complete satisfaction, imagining the nectar entering the demon any way you wish. Keep feeding
until complete satisfaction is reached. (If the demon seems insatiable, then imagine how it would look if it were
completely satisfied).
Meeting the Ally
At this point you can go directly to step 5 or meet your ally.
If meeting the ally:
Notice if there is a being present after the demon is completely satisfied. If there is a being present in place of the
demon when you end the fourth step, ask this being if it is the ally. If it is not, invite an ally to appear. Or if the
demon has dissolved completely then invite an ally to appear.
When you see the ally, notice all the details of the ally, including its

Color
Size
Gender
The look in its eyes

When you really feel connected with the energy of the ally, ask these questions:
How will you help me?
How will you protect me?
What pledge or commitment do you make to me?
How can I gain access to you?

Change places and become the ally. Take your time and settle into the feeling of being the ally. When you are ready,
answer the questions, speaking as the ally:
I will help you by
I will protect you by
I pledge I will
You can gain access to me by
Return to your original position, then take a moment and:
1. Feel the help and protection coming from the ally to you.
2. Now imagine the ally dissolves into light and then that light dissolves into you spreading through all of your
cells.
3. You and the ally dissolve into emptiness, which naturally takes you to the next step.
Step 5: Rest in Awareness
Rest in the state that is present when the ally dissolves into you and you dissolve into emptiness or whatever is
present after the dissolution. Let your mind relax without creating any particular experience. Rest as long as you like
without filling the space, not trying to make anything happen or rushing to finish.
When you open your eyes, recall the feeling of the allys energy in your body and stabilize it.
Dedicate the Merit

Feeding Your Demons is a process created and developed by Lama Tsultrim Allione.
Please do not teach this method to others without express written permission
from Lama Tsultrim Allione and Tara Mandala.

PO Box 3040
Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

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