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Real spirituality creates quiet contentment.

….. … I agree entirely.

Yes. The MWD and the WB have some significant differences.

Yes, altering pivotal characters, this happened a lot. ~~~ 光 guang1 - light 覺 jue2 - (verb) to become aware

moved to my PPD

@awaken Thanks for posting in characters, I prefer it now.

Dan Tien system. 丹田 dan1 tian2.

Trance. 神恍惚 shen2 huang3 hu1 - trance ~~~ 氣要先精緻化成烏肝 Qì yào xiān jīngzhì huàchéng wū gān 烏肝之後要能進入恍惚 wū gān zhīhòu yào néng jìnrù huǎnghū

ShenHunPo. 神魂魄 shen2 hun2 po4

Chakra system. Chakra and 丹田 dan1 tian2 systems are the same. : ) ~~~ 脈 輪 系統 mai4 lun2 xìtǒng xi4 tong3 - chakra system 脈 mai4 - something linking up to form a blood-vessel-like network 輪 lun2 - wheel 系 統 xìtǒng ― communication system 系 ji4 - to do up 統 tong3 - interconnected system 七 個 脈 輪 qi1 ge4 mai4 lun2 - 7 chakras 個人= 个 = measure word ~~~ … 在真正的丹道裡面 Zài zhēnzhèng de dān dào lǐmiàn 烏肝確實是七彩的 wū gān quèshí shì qīcǎi de Black liver is indeed colorful 跟中脈七輪是完全相同的系統 gēn zhōngmài qīlún shì wánquán xiāngtóng de xìtǒng It is the exact same system as the seven chakras of the central chakra … 真正的丹道 zhēnzhèng de dān dào 是魂魄修煉 shì húnpò xiūliàn 是烏肝兔髓的修煉 shì wū gān tù suǐ de xiūliàn …

@Shadow_self Thank you very much for the 丹田 pictures. I find them very illuminating. : )

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I agree. : ) ~~~ 核心 he2 xin1 - core 核 - nucleus

Wu Zen Pian. 悟真 wu4 zhen1 - true realisation 篇 pian1 piece of writing

Yes, there were many different systems with various numbers of chakras.

Maybe if you do a ‘search’ with some keywords, it might bring up some relevant threads. Sorry, I don’t know about breathing/lifespan.

Yes, that has been my experience too. ~~~ 恍惚 huǎnghū - trance

That’s what DDJ chapter 1 does imo, with it’s ‘玄玄之又玄’

Do you have a link? All I found online was an ‘art’ site, noting about Chinese scripts. : (

Righto. Succes ermee. : )

兔髓 White light only. It must be the #3 yellow chakra then, which fits the position of the LDT.

魂 云 yun2 - cloud 鬼 gui3 - ghost 魄 白 bai2 - white 鬼 gui3 - ghost 魂 hún - soul. third-eye (#6) chakra light ‘qi’ 魄 pò - body. root /orange (#1&2) chakra wave energy ‘qi’ 烏肝 wu1 gan1 - crow, inner feelings. Multicoloured light 兔髓 tu4 sui3 - rabbit, reproductive innermost. White light only 黃 庭 經 Huang2 Ting2 Jing1 - Yellow Court Scripture

烏肝 & 兔髓 = 魂 & 魄 ~~~ The cultivation of the ‘hun & po’ in the Huang Ting Jing 黃 庭 經 講 的 魂 魄 修 煉， Huáng tíng jīng jiǎng de hún pò xiū liàn, is the same as the cultivation of the ‘crow & rabbit’ in Wuzhen. 跟 悟 真 篇 講 的 烏 兔 修 煉，是同樣的 gēn wù zhēn piān jiǎng de wū tù xiūliàn, shì tóngyàng de ~~~ Hun/crow is like the cloud and mist of the northern-lights 魂者，云也 如同北極光之雲霧，烏肝也 Po/rabbit is only white light 魄者，白也 如同玉兔之白光，兔髓也 Also see https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/53618-the-reason-why-a-person-who-only-has-qi-in-his-lower-abdomen-cant-understand the-huang-tingjing/?do=findComment&comment=983400 and the post above it.

How did you get on with the academic paper? * https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/53660-benjamin-hoffs-tao-te-ching/?do=findComment&comment=982333

Mooi zo. : )