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from The Surangama Sutra commentary from Venerable Master Hsuan Hua

you create an idea based on an idea. I think you need to attain the speed of light and then figure out how its possible.

bright essence(lower tandien), self(middle tandien), mind(upper tandien). self is within bright essence and mind is within self. Whatever we experience, our body and energy system is mind. Then we can switch back to the self and be aware of the mind. After that we can (re)learn to sense and cultivate the bright essence and at the end realize sameness of this stuff and my self and in order to enlighten the mind i need to make the insight happen by replacing the old with the new.. from wikipedia:

its made up story

thats true, if someone flies then it can be measured and explained. thinking can be measured. also I just watched James Randi.. OR not..

in order to open it your concentration skill, wisdom and such must be pretty high. You need to be beyond arhat, because ask arahant about cultivating body.. there is special thing lies in "I am" what opens it, when you open it then its intense and if concentration is weak that will mean hallucinations. I would have question for you? Why not open it if you need to open it anyway to reach buddhahood.. If it makes you more comfortable then you can forget central channel, tandiens etc just call it samatha or jhana or concentration. when you open central channel it isn't kundalini, kundalini rises a lot later and again if blocks not eradicated then it does not arise to the top. ---------- "What is the difference if it is done with mechanical manipulation? " is it even possible? i don't see the problem, and i don't know about forum people what imbalance they have caused to themselves but its not by opening central channel. To open it skandhas must be overcome.

Everything is doityourself, i use book knowledge as a guide. Does it really matter if the teaching is presented by live teacher or a book? central channel, my own nature, i am. At first i can only taste it, reflecting on the source of i am and then dissolve it when it reaches to the head -tasting emptiness then making it complete and then abandon it, i will end up in a new ground with new understanding to emptiness-what is the nature of all things. tasting emptiness is i haven't yet gotten it, i haven't reached the full knowledge of interdependence or casuality unless i find its source(cause) and let it go, then i have first hand knowledge.

Its simple as realizing that there is no other way than just do it. If you believe in this kind of stuff you don't need more merit from cultivating good deeds or reciting mantras etc. Opening channel, the energy there will force you to purify karma and virtues will come by themselves naturally. "true emptiness"- emptiness seems to be the endgoal, but emptiness is relative too, it depends on the self. And even if people realize nondual, it does not end duality. From this strating opening channels is logical continuance after getting a taste what emptiness is.

I think soul is here so much as waking self is in dream. Body and mind are made of same stuff. In my eyes it is perfectly logical to open all channels in body and realize true emptiness and turn body into a light or whatever appearance.

can you find the source of that clear bright being? Or call out that state "at will", when something makes you to remember that state?

i think hot and cold as yang and yin is just to give you a picture how yang and yin is related to eachother and realize that hot and cold are made of same stuff. cold is lower and hot is middle dantien then you need to cultivate lower so long till it becomes hot too then you can realize upper dantien by disolving the dulaity or concept of hot and cold.

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How do I know if I'm yin? the question itself and any else idea is yin and its cause is yang, you refine yin so long till it match the yang then question or confusion will disappear. I heard about merging yin and yang--making them one. What exactly is meant by that?? Finding the answer to the question is the merge of yin and yang. Here the question is your whole being.

copy-pasting it, whoever hasn't stumble upon it yet, from http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread999026/pg1&mem= also if original poster sees it: Good job man!

You have brain, but its not your brain. Its like a partner without you can't do a thing, but your partner is believeing in things what aren't really there. Its like trying to tell something but its not reaching to the listeners. Subtle wrong ideas are like illusions but as long we don't know the trick they are truth. Start really investigating motives of your brain. The fog is surely created by some unconscious idea how life should be. also it could be a some kind of depression, you have changed but you are still holding to old.

ok i think i get it what you mean. During meditation we end up falling into a not-effective non-alerted awareness?

Do you mean that state?: http://obe4u.com/nature_of_obe_and_lucid_dreaming/

I haven't read anything or followed AYP, i know that energy practices are for opening middle channel. In Taoism alchemy there is jing, chi and shen. In energywise there is left, right and middle channel. Its advanged practice, it produces lots of hidden stuff come into surface at once. And you can speed up your progress by your own effort. You can save tens of years by couple days practice of advanged stuff(if you do them correctly). Kundalini is real stuff, that means biological, you learn to get pass mental/thinking mind center in brain and abide in emptiness, or samadhi by little to no effort and can maintain it during whatever you do. people get grazy even if they are put into closed room for couple days, im not impressed why kundalini practices are said to be dangerous and not be dealt without teacher. even if you move around, talk, emotion a lot it will stirr up your energies and these energies can cause sights and illusions, when you settle down and just stay in awareness then these energies will also settle as nothing happened. Same way if you dissolve energetical block, the effects from it disappear too and energy will be released and also these will be sucked in. energy practices evolve over time to natural as natural can be. Less time deluded by thinking mind and more time in awareness.

Cultivate awareness, its the essence of it all. You can call or pray guidance and you will be helped. Ask God. purify your mind.

I think 72 virgins is better because it will attract more followers. it also could hint for female energies. While these are promised in Heaven that will hint upper dantien.

One thing is certain that at the beginning everything is possible. Can't image the suffering after the wakeup call. Bright side is this is the correct path, dissolving illusions and wrong thinking and approach to things

But 72 still can mean virgins. But of course not literally. Hindu texts, Buddhist sutras, Bible, New Age etc are filled with hidden meanings of the way. The more you advange on your path the more will get revealed. Even in lineages if there isn't a certain sign or omen then master won't tell you a higher system because you aren't ready. Either case i need to start from purifying from myself then teacher comes. Its a metaphor. That teacher is within you.

from The Magus of Java Now investigate simple awareness, is it aware of time or yourself and thoughts? No At first what awareness is, its very hard to be without thoughts, almost impossible, more you push thoughts away the less you are aware. Thats why it is said that you need lot of time to meditate first, because most of the time in an hour you are trying to be aware. It will get simpler and simpler. and awreness is not regular consciousness and its not sleep or unconsciousness either.

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From there probably comes a saying that some doors will be left open, like the skill of riding a bike or practicing playing violin after its mastered the movements are automatic and there is very little brain activity detected. *agrees with GrandmasterP