Nintendao

From what I've heard, Wuwei Dandao is a jhana (禪) practice. You only have to answer yourself one question: Do you see the Light? If yes, keep looking at it. If no, keep looking for it. Of course, there are different kinds of light, and finding out what that means at first can take patience. There used to be practitioners that would seal up in a completely dark room for days or even weeks, until eventually they are able to see and touch their food and other things, the same as if using their third eye. Where did the light come from? You have your own sun and moon! If needed, there are plenty of qigong that will grow your qi and get it to start enlightening. They are easy to learn, we just have to be disciplined to stick with them. Once that is the case, there is no need to memorize formulae. ☵ 坎 kan is that which collects, like a pool of water in a dip in the ground. The rabbit marrow stands still, reflecting the moon. ☲ 離 li depicts a crow raising its wings to depart, dispersing like the sun's fiery corona.

Instead of neigong vs neidan, should i say internal strengthening vs internal transformation? A little more clear, yet still open to virtually limitless interpretations of what they actually entail. The first time I read the terms rabbit marrow and black liver, i too was hopelessly resigned to musing upon some ancient wizard concocting with eye of newt and toe of frog, light years from relevance to my own practice, whether symbolic or not. Wugan and Tusui (a.k.a. black liver and rabbit marrow.) There was a post someone explained the symbolism with these two terms. Like how in English we have animals like the blue bird of spring, or the bull and bear on wall street, it's familiar so we don't register how weird it might actually sound. Then in Chinese the crow is associated with the sun for a reason, and the word for crow talks about black feathers, so that is the word wu that google translated as black, when really it's referring to a solar-like phenomenon. Gan is a word for the specific organ of liver, but is used commonly for many inner strength similar to the word guts in english. As for the rabbit, this one even I remember something from the fable about Chang'e and a jade rabbit living on the moon. So tu is to lunar as wu is to solar. Sui is called marrow, but it's also sometimes getting translated as pith, meaning a root or core of the matter. Wugan seems to be a way of directly experiencing yang qi, but not as a physical movement or electricity, like is used in martial arts and medicine. It is when the qi is already becoming more purified into light. I think the tusui may be related to the silver cord, a connection point to non-local dimensions of consciousness. It is the yin side of practice where at first it's easier to find oneself drift of into dreams. Wugan relates to the liver, same as the hun, the cloud soul. Tusui was at rest in the middle dantien, as the po, the white soul, resides in the lungs. These are shen, not qi. I do not claim to be in any way authoritative in saying this. It is a collection of notes and experiences recently enjoyed. Discussions on the Way.

what are you arguing about? Have you not researched enough on you own? Rabbit Marrow is Moon Core. Black River is the Solar Guts. The Crow.

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the gentle soul, there flickers but not extinguished candle in the wind

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This word recently came to mind with regards to a certain hand position for example pulse breathing, where the fingers curl inwards so the fingertips contact the laogong area, and the thumb slightly back with its tip on the proximal knuckle of index finger. I just thought it sounded appropriate.

In some systems it only occurs during a specific stage of development, while the nervous system is acclimating to mobilization of the lower dan tien. According to Damo Mitchell,

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https://www.silkstory.net/ (Chou Meizai) has a nice little collection, with illustrations. https://www.youtube.com/user/ABCsOfChinese for a deeper look into how characters are built. You might be able to dig up some interesting threads by using Google instead of the forum search, for example https://www.google.com/search?q=character+etymology+site%3Athedaobums.com it can't see PPDs though. Actually I recall @Harmen once going on for an hour about single character!

I started working on something similar to that in my PPD before. https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/48381-lg00-logographic-glossary-introduction-大天人-da-tian-ren-the-great-day-man/ My main source of information is http://zhongwen.com/ which does a great job linking together the individual pieces that make up a whole word. It doesn't show the ancient scripts versions. I look those up on Wiktionary.

According to damo, the weight must be on the frontal part in order to open up yong quan, which connects you to the earths yin. "If you distribute the weight evenly on your feet then your tarsal bones won't spread sufficiently and yong quan won't open up properly". The above quote was back on page one of this thread, but something that had stood out, as a lot of thought often goes into how to distribute the weight. I was watching Scholar Sage Podcast today and heard this in depth explanation about how leaning slightly forward is not necessarily preferable, but can be used early on to compensate for either leaning too far back, or, as OP said, to help opening up. The foot-specific part starts at 14:17, but if you have time the first part about "opening the points," as literally spreading out the whole area. Is good stuff.

Perked up from a nap in a nearby thicket, a yoshi dashed off as quick as a cricket, returned with an article pulled from a portal, "Ooh that's a neat interview!" they chortled. https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/30995-insights-from-a-christian-monk-esoteric-christianity-as-a-legit-path/

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That's right! I was digging around on that subject a little while ago but put it into a topic of its own. While i love to imagine, I admit it's still too romantic to jump to conclusions about what it actually means either way. My favorite thing about it is it's an example of main stream science literally making assumptions, and even more that it is a demonstration that at least something does exist that we as yet have no means to grab. I don't mean it as a dig against science at all, just as a warning against a kind of facts-based dogmatism that seems to be developing as an over-reaction to the more purely nutty claims out there.

There are a lot of potential practitioners who have already forged a relationship with the holy trinity, that may previously been scared off by what wasn't fully understood. It doesn't necessarily mean a xenophobic sense, just have learned to be cautious with potentially powerful things. There are also ascended masters from any number of traditions, should you desire to eventually reach them, there can be benefit of aligning with someone from similar background, for those of us with mostly European ancestry, for example. Vice versa, the new agers did tend to stigmatize biblical practice, after too many churches have caused a bad reputation for certain actions, but millions of regular people have also contributed genuine prayers, that still created something worthwhile outside. It is okay for the coming age of the world to reconcile spiritual ideas that actually compliment each other. I have learned the SUNSHEN standing meditation system since then, and am very happy to continue practicing it for many more years. It has benefit my over all health and physical capability, and i see lots of potential to keep growing within an energy standpoint. It is not the kind of thing that tries to pack a lot of bedazzling power right from the start. In all honesty some of the lessons are so simple it appears somewhat underwhelming at first! This is not to say that the system is too watered down. What seemed like not much at first eventually grows to greater and greater strength, or becomes an important stepping stone into further practice that otherwise would not have made as much sense. In other words it is very safe and stable progression. I had the benefit of some previous background in martial arts and qigong, to be able to advance a little faster, but at the same time it can help to dispose of preconceived notions about what this or that principle should be, and just study the experience simply. Also i will add in case there's any worry about the teacher being one of those money grabbing mavericks, or workshop warriors type of guys, please be assured there is a quality lineage and super humble yet deeply knowledgeable crew here. Basically it is the real thing, but do not expect to develop any special powers, either. Really the most important thing is to see if you personally resonate with this particular school as something you can stick with and keep going. One of the biggest benefits is the group meetings you can call or zoom several times a week to share and get clarification on specific things if needed. I only joined in a few but got extremely valuable responses. Believe me I understand the extra $50 monthly might be a sacrifice to manage, but if you apply yourself you can finish the entire course for under a $1000. Edit: One more thing, to follow up on the idea that religion context was mentioned earlier. That being the case the Daily Practice series itself contains zero faith-specific or scriptural elements either way. There are a few openings provided onto which might be grafted such things, but it is left up to the individual to do or not in whatever way.

Alta Major can be associated to the carotid gland, further in towards the centerline. Perhaps not a 1-to-1 equivalence with the Zeal point, which appears to be congruent with the GV 17 meridian point, but must certainly be some connection. Similar to how sensation around the CV 6 point is often mislabeled as the LDT itself. Cool thing about Alta Major, it is said to rotate up the back and down the front. Like in this picture if the wings are out by your ears, then the wheel goes round the same axis as if you were to nod "yes." This energy area is another possible interpretation of the very long earlobes on the Buddha statue. Combining this with the upward facing Sahasrara Chakra, and the forward facing Ajna Chakra, we get rotation around all three axes at 90 degrees to each other. The area where they all intersect is the true Eye giving connection to higher dimensions.

somebody once told me the hairdo of buddha statues is not meant to be pure portraiture, but rather an indication of the petals of an active crown chakra. Same with the long earlobes. They have something to do with grounding, not with having actual dangly ears.

the earth stirs below as myriad life forms dance reaching heavenward

Superterrestrials!

Many of the physics-defying antics of that tictac shaped object do bear a striking resemblance to those laser pointer dots that my cats are astonished by! E.g. instant acceleration and turning, disappearing and reappearing. Some kind of projection from another dimension...