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If you study the king wen order of the yijing, it becomes clear that it is ordered in the form of pairs, that is a male and female version of a hexagram. Hexagram 4 is the reverse (opposite gender) of hexagram 3, hexagram 6 is the reverse of hexagram 5, and so on. But I want to know, which one is the female, and which is the male?

But Buddhists do not cultivate Ming, as Buddha never spoke about it in the Suttas. So are you saying that the Buddhist results of refining Xing (jhanas and nibbana) is false?

Not to my knowledge. I do wonder why would one call a clear light, ‘light’?

One last thing, is this clear light experienced from cultivating Xing or Ming? I’m assuming Xing, because it sounds like a nimitta (or it could be an obhasa), but i’m not sure.

See what though? Do you know what this mysterious illumination looks like? Thank you!

But you said that one must cultivate Ming first, then Xing. Does it not matter? I’m confused. Also, the Buddha doesn’t seem to mention anything about cultivating Ming in the Buddhist Suttas.

If anyone can answer, does the action of ‘turning the light around’ result in actually seeing a change in the vision, like it is described above? Thank you

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhyāna_in_Buddhism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(Buddhism)

@exorcist_1699 So are you saying that the jhanas and nibbana attained by Buddhists (who do not cultivate Ming first) are false?

Thank you, that was an interesting discussion

Hi awaken, Could you please describe the light you see in your vision? (Perhaps it is spiritual, perhaps it is just cataracts? It’ll be interesting to hear a bit more about it). Would you say it is like a circle of light in your vision, or is it like your entire field of vision gets brighter? thank you

That sounds just like the properties of God and Nature. God is supposedly omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient, which is nonsensical unless he is beyond common understanding, like Dao. Nature is also like how you describe as Dao, as what isn’t considered part of Nature? If both Nature and God are beyond all dualities, then that would mean they would both be equal to Dao too.

@awaken thank you, but I’m referring to the metaphysical Dao, which seems to be a noun. That is, from the Dao came one (Wuji), from the one came two (yin and yang), from the two came three (yin, yang and taiji), and from the three came 10,000 things.

People of the abrahamic faiths go to great lengths to show that the God of the Bible and/or old testament is a ‘he’. Hindus and pagans agree nature has feminine qualities.

You’re right I guess. I suppose I was trying to be too smart.

This is nothing special to the chinese, the body and agent principle is quite universal. If function requires a body though, then how do you explain energy, like radiation having an effect on health?

He’s wrong. It comes from gott, which means bull. edit: it’s been mentioned previously in this thread.

But this means Dao is two things. As one yin and one yang can have two forms.

If it is a recent discovery, then why do many ancient sources mention the ‘five tastes’?

To repeat part of my question, Is the Dao personal or impersonal? My knowledge of Daoist literature would suggest impersonal, but one wonders why so many cultures personify the Dao as a personal being as one of its most important attributes.

What is this ‘hub’? And I thought the invasion wasn’t proven as there is no archeological evidence of an invasion around 1700BCE?

I just said what i said so there would be no silly predictable platitudes and then 99 pages of off-topic nonsense, as is the case for most threads. You are just being rude for the sake of being rude, but whatever.

Really though? Or is God more like hexagram 1?

Guys, does turning the light around involve going cross eyed? It feels a little strange. Also, do I have to wear my glasses while doing this, as my eyes are weak.

I’ve read that prana in the ida and pingala both travel upwards. Is this something they’re absolutely sure about, or does one travel upwards and one travel downwards, like the ren mai and du mai?