Lessons from a Qi Gong Yogick Master

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Originally Posted by Qi`Gong*Yogick.Maste​r

Anyone interested in discussing how to manipulate the subtle energies around you, ...to rip asunder the veils of humanity- & make 0neself - Diety?

Originally Posted by Qi`Gong*Yogick.Maste​r

Tantra is an ancient esoteric science of transformation, leading to
self-realization and enlightenment. The Tantras are ancient Indic
scriptures detailing the philosophy and practice of that science. Parallels exist in Tibet in Tibetan Buddhism, in China in the practical and philosophical Taoist traditions, in Greece in the Western Mysteries, and in various shamanic traditions the world over.

Is tantra a religion?

No. Tantra itself is not a religion, though its seven-plus millennia-old worldview has informed Judaism, Catholicism, Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, and of course, Hinduism. Tantric science may have emerged originally from Dravidian culture in India, or from the territory and culture called Zhang Zhung, at what is now the Tibetan-Chinese border. The Sanskrit word Tantra translates roughly to "web" or "loom," and refers to interconnectedness of all matter, energy, and consciousness, predating similar views in western science (most notably in quantum physics and astronomy) by many thousands of years.

How is tantra practiced?

Tantra has over twelve major areas of practice (yogas) within its complete system. In the sex-obsessed West, Tantra has become synonymous with tantra yoga (the yoga of love and sexuality), which is only one of these twelve disciplines. A true tantric yogi studies and practices several of the disciplines to some degree. The new-age "Neo- Tantra" popularized in California is a fabrication - a distorted fragment of a complete system, which in Hindu Tantra includes: Hatha Yoga, Tantra Yoga, Laya Yoga, Mahavidya Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Raja Yoga, Nidra Yoga, Nada Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Karma Yoga, Mantra Yoga (Japa), and Yantra Yoga, among others...

"What is Yoga?"

The word yoga comes from the Sanskrit root yuj , "to yoke, to harness." In authentic usage, yoga means "union", or any spiritual practice of self-discipline that quiets the mind (manas), and stills the senses (indriya) in order to achieve self-realization or enlightenment. In the traditional view, enlightenment requires both internal (microcosmic or human) "effortless control" and external (macrocosmic or universal) grace. There are many forms of yoga:
• Hatha Yoga: The word Hatha is derived from two roots: HA means sun and THA means moon (hatha is the yoga of balancing and controlling the yang/ yin principles). Hatha yoga is also known as the Way of Force. It consists of postures (asanas, or "seats of meditation"), muscle locks (bandhas), attitudes or gestures (mudras) breath control (Pranayama), fundamental techniques of purification (Kriya), and methods of mental concentration. Hatha yoga is used in the Ayurvedic tradition for health and physical development, and in the Tantric tradition for spiritual development. The classic texts of Tantric hatha yoga are the Hatha Yoga
Pradipika, the Siva Samhita, and the Gerandha Samhita, and most importantly, much information has been passed exclusively through oral tradition. All physical yoga is an offshoot of this tradition. Each recent school has left its name on a set of exercises extracted from this vast tradition.
So What are Bikram Yoga, Ashtanga Vinyasa, Viniyoga, Iyengar Yoga, Power Yoga, Integral Yoga, Sampoorna Yoga, Mysore Yoga, Yin Yoga, etc.? These are all brand names for the trademarked hatha yoga exercise sets of different hatha yoga easters/businessmen, such as Bikram Choudhury, Pattabhi Jois, B.K.S. Iyengar, and numerous others -- They are all personal versions of Hatha yoga!
• Tantra Yoga: (tantric sexuality, tantric sex, etc.) Yoga of love,
sexuality, and effortless control and transformation of the sexual energy. Transmutation & Sublimation of the energy from the lower centers to the higher ones. The Union of Shiva & Shakti (or masculine and feminine/ universal and telluric energy). The mastery and transmutation of sexual energy. Transfiguration of
the self and of the beloved.
• Laya Yoga: ("Kundalini Yoga") meditation of awareness of the
resonance of the body and mind (microcosm) with the universe and beyond (macrocosm), using internal mantra, visualization, and more. Absorption!
• Mahavidya Yoga: the yoga of resonance with the Cosmic Powers (the Great Knowledge)
• Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of superior intellectual knowledge and wisdom. It implies a perfect self-knowledge, an objective analysis, which leads to the spiritual awakening. The practitioner stops identifying him-/herself with the body, psyche, mind and ego.
• Raja Yoga: The Yoga of intensive mental concentration; profound meditation and absolute control over the mind. It implies observation of ethical and moral codes, an absolute control over the senses, and perfect concentration and meditation. The eight limbs in Patanjali's (vedantic) raja yoga are: Yama - the ethic code; Niyama - the moral code; Asana - physical poses; Pranayama - breathing control; Prathyahara - interiorizationharana - mental concentrationhyana - meditation; Samadhi - ecstasy.
• Nidra Yoga: The Yoga of conscious sleep and astral projection.
• Nada Yoga: The Yoga of attention to internal and external sound, including music.
• Bhakti Yoga: The Yoga of complete devotion - this can be devotion to one's family, to society, to a higher power, to the destitute, etc.
• Karma Yoga: Yoga of detached actions of service, without seeking return or reward. It implies consciously undertaking an action for its own sake, not for the sake of its result.
• Mantra Yoga (Japa): The yoga of sound repetition using certain
syllables, words, or phrases (aloud or inwardly), which carry a
specific energy or resonance.
• Yantra Yoga: Use of, concentration on, receptivity to, and
visualization of an archetypal, symbolic image, and identification with its specific energies.
• Taoist and Buddhist Yoga & Qi Gong: Parallel Yogas from the Taoist and Buddhist Chinese esoteric systems.


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Qi`Gong*Yogick: Master the Cosmos Around You [UPDATED DAILY]

Originally Posted by Qi`Gong*Yogick.Maste​r

<<-- Qi`Gong*Yogick.Master :

What makes someone a master?

1) Understanding that techniques are only ways of experientially realizing principles.
2) Having an initial mental foundation in the correct principles.
3) Having simple, powerful techniques as touchstones or reference points for each of those principles.
4) Practicing the basics (basic technique and basic principle)
until they are second nature.
5) Combining and layering basics into more “advanced” techniques to understand bigger principles.
6) Once you can follow the rules to perfection (by experience, not by book learning), and understand the nuances of rules and principles, you must journey outside those rules bit by bit – experimenting wisely and breaking the rules to more fully understand them.
7) Next you must dissolve techniques, principles, and rules into simple, one-pointed natural awareness.
8) Lastly, realize through experience that all of the answers are already present within your own highest nature. Technique, principle, and rules exist only to guide you inwards.

Mastery of a system is achieved by:

1) Becoming familiar with the basic techniques and principles of an art or science
2) Practicing a particular technique a little every day until it become effortless and second nature
3) Gradually putting together these basic techniques to form more complete, advanced techniques and strategies. We call this “stacking” or “layering” techniques.
4) Practicing these “stacked” techniques until they too become
effortless and second nature
5) Continuing this process until technique dissolves and your control of mind and body become formless and effortless.

So why aren’t more people masters of yoga and qi gong?

1) “Gurus” have to make a living. Most do it the ancient way, which is to dole out information very slowly so that each student keeps paying the master’s rent for a long time, instead of getting what they need in one to three years and leaving.
2) Inadequate understanding of principles, because of inadequate (watered-down) basic techniques, or inadequate practice of those techniques.
3) Not enough passion and enjoyment for their practice, so not enough practice. Practice is the key!
4) Inadequate understanding of the big picture – what are the goals of your path? What is to be practiced, learned, and understood?

Originally Posted by Qi`Gong*Yogick.Maste​r

Real hatha yoga and qi gong is about the experience. Techniques are just tools to help you towards the experience…
Techniques are like keys. If you search for a hundred keys, but never take the time to get to know the lock and open the door, the keys are worthless clutter. You are the lock, the door, and all the secrets behind the door. So keep the keys in perspective!
Internal mastery is about understanding 1) esoteric anatomy, and the 2) the Principle of Resonance (as above, so below). The techniques become self evident once you are familiar with the secrets of your own subtle body, and can learn to make it resonate with any and all subtle aspects of the Macrocosm! That resonance what this book is about!

These are the types of building blocks you are going to play with:

1) Breath and its connection between the subtle and the physical
2) Your Subtle Anatomy (it’s already there, just use techniques and poses to activate and balance it)
3) Emotional Attitude and Emotional Resonance are stronger than willpower –use them!
4) Focus – focus on what you want to become, until you realize you are the same!
5) Sound and Visual Resonance
6) Connecting with Heaven and Earth

Once you can use each type of building block, begin to learn
how they fit together. Put together sophisticated techniques, and then dissolve them. When you can build or dissolve anything, when you understand the nature of form and formlessness, you are a true master.

1. The postures/ positions (asanas) are the seats of meditation. Each one helps you to open up a particular part of the subtle body.
2. The breath connects the subtle body to the physical one.
3. Internal muscle contractions (Bandhas), coupled with the breath, allow you to move energy within you.
4. Gestures and attitudes (Mudras) allow you to control your endocrine system and reach bliss states and emptiness faster.
5. Auditory tools (Mantra) allow you to focus your attention on a
particular subtle or body resonance captured as sound.
6. Visual tools (Yantras) allow you to focus your attention on a particular subtle or body resonance captured as visual geometry.
7. Smell and taste can be used to activate endocrine glands directly
through the primitive brain
8. Touch, and movement of mental attention can both be used to activate nerve pathways in the body that are latent and unused by the average person.

Master each of these eight individually, and then add them together, one by one in your practice, and you have established the mental control of the masters.

1) Begin at the beginning.
2) Picture the end before you practice.
3) Picture your goal.
4) Then construct a practice to reach that end or goal.
5) As you practice, focus on your awareness and attention right now – not on the future.
6) When you finish a session, dedicate your practice to the achievement of your goal, and dedicate your work for the benefit of all sentient beings…
7) Before you next practice, again recollect and why you are practicing, and briefly formulate what you will practice that day.

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I was awoken last night. I have no need for sleep and I'm getting things off the ground quite quickly. My color is light green. There is a lot of pain but I'm ready for more. We have to be prepared for what is soon to come. Quickly cleaned and rebalanced the spine, received a generous gift from my roommate who has pretty much become a multi. There is a lot more to come, and I am more than ecstatic to finally understand what my calling has been all along. I am a pack a day smoker, I have not smoked for 6 hours and I have no urge for one.

The most interesting is the brain stretching... its painful, but the colors are so vivid in combination with my hands that I come closer to following it to the otherside. I saw the map of my pineal gland, its almost activated. Tonight I will likely blast off so if I don't see this realm again I know we are bound to meet eventually.

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Ok I lied about that last part, I'm here now. thanks to nshanin for freeing my cuffs. I wont feel as special if you all are feeling what I feel. Its hard to move stil but I'll keep practing this new and absolutely better than sex Qi Gong.

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Please keep it on topic, if you have nothing better to do here than berate other members then please go somewhere else to take a shit.

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There is an issue I am finding that I am having trouble developing an appetite. I could only manage to eat a few spoonfuls of rice before feeling uneasy. I spent enough time to sooth my spine back into a comfortable and warm (what to call?). No cigarettes today yet, having a slight craving for one or I could just be hungry.

I'm going to start a journal for Qi Gong practices in a bit, I have a feeling that will diminish the overwhelming feeling I get when I see the amount of information.

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Yes, start keeping a journal. Diet journal. Dream journal. Path journal. Lesson journal. Etc. It works. You will see things in a new light because we often forget what we go through exactly. Appetite will come and go, just make sure you are getting enough.

[ArmsMerchant]

I have tried a number of different practices over the past half-century, and qi gong seemed to bring the quickest and most dramatic results.