Bindi

Yes. Not everyone is selected, so all the jeffians who think he is great have not been targeted for online sexual relationships, instead they’re just put in touch with spirits masquerading as gods and learn to believe they themselves are gods. Chances are the op won’t be targeted either, Jeff’s much more careful nowadays who he gets to fondle his boobs, and he does seem to have a preference for vulnerable young women who are prepared to ‘go male’ anyway so he can play out his fantasy of being a busty blonde.

As I understand it the yangshen connects to the Dao, and ultimately I am inclined to trust this source as my guide, every other thought or realisation is still a subjective belief, even an ‘aha’ moment, no matter how sensible or compelling it sounds.

it seems to depend on the aim. Endlessly unfolding energy development or developing the yangshen spirit. I’ve had this conversation with dwai before, and at least at that point he thought developing the yangshen spirit was dualistic, therefore a lesser goal than nondualiy which at that point was his ultimate goal. And I’ve never heard spotless talk about the yangshen spirit, only about ever greater unfolding magnetic energy.

From 400 Words on the Golden Elixir (Jindan sibai zi 金丹四百字) Poem 6 The Medicine is born in the Mysterious Opening, the Fire phases come forth from the Yang Furnace. When Dragon and Tiger conjoin, the Golden Tripod gives birth to the Mysterious Pearl. Commentary by Peng Haogu The Mysterious Opening is the Mysterious-Female. The Mysterious is Yang, the Female is Yin. Together they are called “Mysterious Opening.” In the human body, the lower [Cinnabar] Field is the Furnace, the place where Spirit lodges. Fire is sent forth from here; therefore it is called “the Yang Furnace.” Above the Furnace there is the Tripod. When quiescence culminates and there is movement, the Medicine is spontaneously born. You should collect it at that time. After you have obtained it, if it is not heated and refined by means of the Fire phases, it would disperse again. If that happens, how could the Mysterious Pearl be generated?

maybe that’s why the LDT is envisioned as a cauldron, golf ball like but with a much bigger hole on top. maybe the opening size is variable depending on how it interacts with energy.

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There really is, and it really is quite helpful if you’re being given the runaround by Jeff or his group in terms of what is your stuff and what he is responsible for, especially when it comes to the sexual interactions and his verbal manipulation.

Ha! No, though I am a member of the “Jeff’s collateral damage” group which was somewhat enlightening.

There is a group that anyone having long lasting repercussions or side effects can join by invitation called “Jeff’s collateral damage”.

We are a very heady society, starting with attention on the lower dantian is the most grounding remedy IMO.

Didn’t you get booted for being a rabid anti-Trumpist?

I have come to a similar conclusion I think, that both duality and non-duality are perceived incompletely, and both co-exist perfectly when both are perceived clearly and as they truly are.

The Pineal Gland by Damo Mitchell ...In alchemical language the pineal gland is known as the Ni Wan which is often translated as being the ‘mud pill palace’. It is the physical manifestation, the Jing, of the upper Dan Tien which is a rotating sphere of information which sit as the underlying energetic blueprints for the formation of the pineal gland within the physical realm of our body. So is the pineal gland the upper Dan Tien, yes and no, the upper Dan Tien manifests energetically as a sphere of Qi within the skull and physically as the pineal gland within the Ni Wan area of the head. Light Receiver The pineal gland has been discovered to react to light, photon energy, by biological scientists. This often causes confusion as the pineal gland essentially sits within complete darkness inside the head so often it is known as the ‘appendix’ of the brain. A useless organ which serves little purpose. Interestingly other studies have shown that the pineal gland secretes serotonin directly involved in governing our happiness levels and preventing us from sinking into depression. The light that the pineal gland reacts to within Daoist alchemical thought is the Shen energy rising up through the Chong Mai into the area of the upper Dan Tien. As the vibratory frequency of the Shen hits the pineal gland it reacts to the light giving a sense of a white light appearing within the minds eye, the alchemical pill. This pill, with practice, can begin to expand its light over the head of a sincere practitioner leading to the formation of a halo of white energy which can be perceived by those around who have awakened the thirds eye, the collateral branch of the energy body which runs from the pineal gland to the Yin Tang area of the head. The pineal gland is awakened by this internal light leading to perception beyond the realms of physical vision. Psychic vision, abilities and phenomena can be attained once the pineal gland receives the light it requires from deep within the consciousness of the accomplished Daoist practitioner. Many of the intermediary level abilities recorded as being available to internal arts practitioners are a result of the pineal gland, the ‘all seeing eye’ as it was known within many gnostic schools, awakening giving a glimpse of the world beyond the realm of Jing, physicality. Beyond this realm of light, Shen, and the pineal gland lay the realm of emptiness, the gateway to Dao. It is the role of the upper Dan Tien to convert the higher perception frequencies of the pineal glands by-products into a direct connection to the divine. This is now entering the higher stages of alchemical practices. Only the most ardent meditation devotees will enter this door and find the opening of the Xuan Men (mysterious pass)... http://www.scholarsage.com/the-pineal-gland/

The pineal does produce CSF, and "may contribute up to 10% of the total CSF" produced as your quote asserts, but "most [of] this fluid is produced in the ventricles of the brain by the choroid plexus. However, a smaller portion is produced by the ependymal cells which line the ventricles." Here Why do you focus on the pineal producing CSF so much? Can you include the choroid plexus and ependymal cells in your theory? Scientifically, the pineal gland's main known purpose is its production of melatonin, though I imagine there are a lot of pineal gland functions left to discover.

I found this to be particularly interesting: Scientifically I believe light coming into our eyes affects the pineal gland, certainly in its production of melatonin and regulating the sleep/wake cycle, but in Daoist alchemical thought (according to Damo at least) it is Shen rising (I believe through the central channel) which basically bathes the pineal in the energy it needs to flourish. If this is correct, that Shen rising through the central channel is the key to the pineal gland being energised, it straddles many basic layouts from different spiritual philosophies that focus on the central channel as being of primary importance, but how the central channel interacts with the pineal brings it into the physical world, not just the 'spiritual' or consciousness level.

So the left eye is yang shen-yin qi and the right eye is yin shen-yang qi. Combined together and the yuan qi increases the yuan shen. To me what you present is not something more specific, but an entirely different concept. In Damo's article, shen rises up the Chong Mai, it is not produced in the head, nor is it produced by rolling the eyes. Alchemically, shen must be produced via water rising and fire descending, not by rolling the eyes. If shen then rises through the Chong Mai it means it is initially created lower down in the body. To me Damo's concept is alchemically correct.

FWIW I see feeling and intellectual understanding as the manifestation of yin and yang operating in our brain/mind, but I think I am on my own in this.

What is the problem with ‘they are a reflection of great purity’, couldn’t it be understood as being clear in their qi channels and reflecting/mirroring this to the world?

A spirit, or a spirit - like understanding, it seems it's up to the translator. To incorporate the concept of something 'alighting' into the body, I wonder if this 'spirit' might be the equivalent of True Yin, very much a part of our personal make up but not embodied, not 'consolidated', having to be drawn down.

I wonder why Roth uses mind in section seven and eight for xin, he must have some reason. Later in the text it specifies 非 鬼 神 之 力 也 However, it is not comprehended by the power of ghosts and spirits –精 氣 之 極 也 But by the utmost of essence‟s Qi! I don't get the idea that spirits within or without are seen as relevant in the Neiye. The highest in my reading of it is the numinous mind.

"i govern my heart by governing my senses." I govern my senses by...? Yes very much implied, and specified in numerous places later in the text.

To me the 'numinous mind' is the prime driver, the mind capable of seeing the ten thousand things in in their proper perspective, but we don't operate from this numinous mind until we have cleared away the preoccupations of the conditioned heart and mind.

I like how Roth puts it: 15. Within the mind there is yet another mind.16. That mind within the mind: it is an awareness that precedes words.17. Only after there is awareness does it take shape;18. Only after it takes shape it there a word.19. Only after there is a word is it implemented;20. Only after it is implemented is there order.21. Without order, you will always be chaotic.22. If chaotic, you die. Chaos is the default position, it inevitably leads to death, if we can enter the mind within the mind then we can bring order to mental chaos, it requires the mind within the mind to direct the chaotic mind with a directive word. When the chaotic mind is ordered, there is life (though this is not specified here).

What does 'Oneness' refer to?