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Take what I write with a pinch of salt as this is not from the perspective of Medical research, but Alchemical. These have been known and used since the time of King Solomon, and much earlier by Indian alchemists (known as Rasayanikas) and Daoists. The main challenge with using physical concoctions of these M-state elements is contamination (lead, arsenic). Also, these alchemical elements were not meant to be consumed willy nilly, but as part of a larger alchemical system which effected transmutation, and in the absence of that, these elements could potentially accumulate in the body leading to toxicity. Dream’s fields should avoid that to a large extent, making the benefits of these M-state elements accessible to all.

“That which is below is like that which is above
and that which is above is like that which is below
to do the miracle of one only thing” (Emerald Tablet of Thoth)

Above - Heavens, the cosmos, stars, realm of the gods, immortal realms, the internal invisible realm that cannot be accessed easily. Also, the cause of the “below”

Below - Earth, physical matter, where mortal man lives and breathes, physical reality, the external world

One Thing - Divinity expressed as a triangle or triad - soul (sulfur), spirit (mercury), and body (salt).

This being the core principle of Alchemy laid out by Hermes/Thoth/Mercury, the body is but an abstract reflection of the higher consciousness, and these M-state elements affect the body by actuating the consciousness and fine-tuning elements of consciousness. So, while they have direct physical effects, their effects are much more significant in terms of how they impact the consciousness and thus the body. They tune the ‘below’ affecting the ‘below’, while also tuning the ‘above’, impacting the ‘below’ - two birds with a stone!

A general recommendation when using M-state elements is to avoid extra supplementation of Sulfur as these do not go well together. While garlic is fine, to experience full benefits, it is best avoided or reduced when using M-state concoctions (of course, this may or may not apply to Dream’s non-physical fields).

Alchemists explain that in the case of M-state molecules, the left spin electron is time-reversed whereas the right spin electron is time forward, which net-net results in a zero-time polarity. If the M-state molecule is stable, it is ‘time-free’ and the atoms spin always in alignment with the North Star, which has an amazing effect alchemically. This seems generally true for most M-state molecules, and especially so for M-state Iridium. The most prominent effects I’ve noticed through these M-state elements are significantly increased bodily immunity and clarity of mind (like a crystal-clear, sharp mind).

M-State Copper: Great for cancers (especially breast cancer), tumors, and lupus. Good to reverse grey hair, wrinkles, sagging skin and breasts, protruding belly, varicose veins, issues of the arteries, hemorrhage, etc. It also awakens the pineal gland.

M-State Platinum: Great for alleviating symptoms of allergies as well as fixing the root cause for such allergies. Caution - do not drink alcohol when using M-state Platinum as that makes you feel very sick. Some have successfully used this reaction to rid people of alcoholism.

M-state Iridium and Rhodium: Is known to treat and reverse Osteoporosis. This is an intelligent molecule in the sense, acts only when needed and works synergistically well with M-state Iridium. Iridium is also a great M-state for detoxing the body.

An alchemist with a strong ability to see energy describes the workings of these two in removing carcinogens thus: “What the m-state does when it goes in your body it goes into your immune and lymph systems. It is not carried in your blood. The white corpuscle grabs a rhodium and an iridium atom and it carries them to the cells. The immune system can’t recognize a damaged cell because the DNA strip is kinked because of a carcinogen, or ligand, hanging on it that folds it up. Then the white corpuscle can’t read that DNA strip so it assumes it is fine and it leaves. The first thing the iridium does is to take the carcinogen off the strip. Then the white corpuscle can read it. If the strip is not normal the white corpuscle leaves a rhodium m-state behind in the cell. It takes the DNA strip out of the cell. Then it goes out into the lymph system and gets a T-cell made from the thymus. It gets a red corpuscle and it makes a newborn cell out of it. And then it comes back. The rhodium has already killed the cell it was in and the other white corpuscles are cleaning up the mess. It puts a new cell in its place.”

M-state Gold: Valuable in treating Alzheimer’s. Heightens psychic perceptions - enhances the ability to see auras, read minds, sense intentions, etc. Regular use changes one’s personality as it has a major “spiritualizing effect” where non-beneficial patterns and addictions are no longer tolerated. Also unlocks some past life memories, aids astral projection. Another superb effect of this element is the regeneration of nerve tissue. At some point, I was taking M-state Gold from an alchemist from Bulgaria who lived in Oregon before he passed - and I could literally see thought patterns from people as streams of light particles (imagine His Dark Materials). Gold is considered superior in some aspects as it corresponds to energy of the Stars and Sun (and not earth like other elements), propelling ascension. This is also very conducive to awakening the Pineal gland. It is said that while the Optic Nerve is active during waking states and is responding to light and visual stimuli, the pineal gland remains asleep. It is in darkness and sleep that the pineal gland wakes up (to an extent) and hence Dark Retreats are a great way to awaken the pineal gland by diverting light essence to the pineal gland and not visual stimuli. The M-state gold, with its “solar energy”, seems to actualize this alchemy in a different way, awakening the pineal gland by supplying it with what it needs. It also mimics deep states of Theta and Gamma brainwaves pretty easily and hence is a great tool for enhancing meditation.

This is the best of elements for Enlightenment and Ascension. This seems to “pull” from earth’s gravitational and magnetic fields to build up a massive charge which can be utilized by the body and brain in unimaginable ways. There is a pretty fascinating book, ‘Mutant Message Down Under” written by an aboriginal shaman, Marlo Morgan, where she describes her past life among the aboriginals of Australia consuming M-state gold in a ritualistic circle and manifesting their wishes at frightening speeds.

Tibetan Medicine is mostly Ayurveda, with some influence from TCM. In fact, I have found it better to study original Ayurveda or TCM rather than Tibetan medicine, and this comes from my good friend Namdrol (who I bicker with all the time, and then reconcile lol), one of the current day experts of not only rDzogchen but also Ayurveda and Tibetan Medicine.

There are two perspectives of mdangs and gdangs - one is where these are concepts borrowed from Ayurveda and its predecessor Samkhya; the other is rDzogchen where these two mean Radiance and Luminescence and have no connection with Ojas.

I had to conserve body fluids only when involved in Karmamudra practices with a consort (which we call the Bhairavi Chakra from the ancient Shaivite practices adopted by Buddhists first in Eastern India and then transported to Tibet after the decline of Buddhism post Islamic invasion) - but once a higher stage is attained, there is no longer dependence of transmutation of energy on loss of bodily fluids as the operation is now on a totally different plane. Hence, a rDzogchen practitioner now calls it the Radiance and Luminescence of the awakened mind rather than bodily energy. Rules are entirely different based on whether one is practicing sexual alchemy, or something else.

In terms of Tantra, at this higher stage, the Ojas is not a function of the individual self anymore, but rather the Ojas of the awakened archetype (deity). Initially, this ojas is mixed - operating between one’s own Ojas and its divine counterpart, but upon stabilization, the ojas of the deity pervades. This is where some higher levels of siddhis (accomplishments, powers) start appearing…

The Bandhas - or locks - essentially can be seen as tummo and microscopic and macroscopic orbits combined into one.

The way things work in classical Hatha yoga is:

One develops sufficient quantity of Prana (lifeforce) by practices such as Pranayama (breathwork), Meditation, Yogic postures (asanas) and by conserving vital energy.

Once this is accomplished, which can range from 11 months to decades based on the individual’s progress, we start adding these bandhas (locks) one by one, perfecting each of them. Think of these are gradually developing the three Dantiens.

Once the three are perfected, they are combined, along with Pranayama (or called Kriya in some schools) where the prana is circulated within the energy body, while the body is locked through these three locks to generate a vacuum like effect.

This produces three effects. A tummo like psychic heat, orbit like circulation and a vacuum effect - all working synergistically to:

Unblock all chakras, meridians and channels

Burn away physiological issues (like the three doshas), kleshas (mental imbalances) and psychic debris

Awaken the Kundalini (at an advanced stage of accomplishment. I am writing this for the sake of correctness and completeness, and no, listening to this audio will not awaken Kundalini or drive you insane or any of those numerous Kundalini-related misconceptions)

The cauldron like effect, combined with vacuum+circulation refines the lifeforce in myriad ways and circulates it all over the energetic body.

What do you get out of this? Physical vitality, improved organ functioning, mental clarity, propels you into meditation (Dhyana - absorptive meditation, Pratyahara - withdrawal of the mind from external, distracting sensory stimuli) and a whole lot of things. Essentially, this is an entire Alchemy built into one audio.

This would take years of hard work to accomplish, and often required conservation of vital body essence. But now, we have the Ojas audio! Combine the Ojas track and this one and see the magick unfold!! And these fields enhance and improve the actual practices themselves so they are “amped” up. Like I always say, all of Dream’s fields have three aspects:

The energetic fields of the practice/concept

“Extra” woowoo that is written in the field description

“Extra extra” woowoo that is there, but only Dream knows and we hear them from people when they start reporting amazing testimonials.

The slaying of Red Dragon is a bit of a controversial thing. Some has posited that it proposes an alternative model of Neidan (internal achemy), but there seems to be a lot of blowback on it as well as social and historical contexts also need to be considered.

An old tale from the thirteenth-century talks of a young girl who ran away from home to escape marriage, and was hidden by an old Daoist who “slew her Red Dragon”, and thus eliminated the chance of someone wanting to marry her.

However, various experts correlate the slaying of the Red Dragon with subduing the White Tiger. The White Tiger subdual referred to as the stage where “jing is not lost anymore”, does not mean the man cannot ejaculate, but means that the movement of Prana is not downward but upward (Urdhvaretas) which is what eventually results in Ojas → Tejas → Brahmachaitanya (the highest expression of Divine Energy-less energy). Similarly, for women, Dr. Jerry Alan Johnson explains, that Red Dragon for the most part means the stage of alchemy where the menstrual cycle no longer results in loss of jing, but the movement of energy is upward towards the middle dantien (as opposed to usual downward motion and loss with menstrual fluid).

This probably is also more controversial because, while most agree that seminal ejaculation does result in varying degrees of loss of Jing for most humans, there is no consensus on whether menstrual blood results in any kind of energy loss in women. In fact, during the menstrual cycle, in Tantra, we adore women as the highest expressions of the Goddess, who births, who nourishes, and exudes and grows energy during the three days and those that can tap into that energy can experience the Divine Feminine.

One of my Daoist teachers, who was pushing 100 something, told us once (translated by his great grand daughter): “people indulge in seminal ejaculation, out of will, because they find it pleasurable. Internal turbulance wants you to do that more and more as an avenue to seek bliss. When the inside is quiet, there is no heat of being perturbed, one begins to experience so much bliss, that this kind of ejaculatory-bliss becomes trivial. However, menses are not a matter of choice for women, so they are not the same as loss of seminal fluid, and it actually enriches women”.

Chakras

Summary

Whats are you thoughts on CHAKRA REMOVAL?

Chakras and Dan-tiens are energetic structures from two different schools: the Hindu Yoga and Daoist Alchemy. There may be similarities, but also differences. To visualize for example, Chakras are traditionally depicted as spinning wheels (in non-Tantric schools where they are more active in function) and Lotuses (in Tantric schools where they are more passive conduits that act as pathways to the sentient, cosmically intelligent Shakti or Goddess who appears in macrocosm as Kundalini).

Dan-tiens are a lot more ‘physical’ while Chakras are more ‘energetic’. If one had to combine the two schools, Dan-tien would be like a storage container of Chi in which spinning wheels of energy aka Chakras are swimming. The three Dan-tiens are like cauldrons in which energy is stored and refined and circulated, affecting physical organs around them - in that, they have similarities to Chakras. They are the cauldrons which transmute respectively, Jing → Chi, Chi → Shen and finally, Shen → Wu-ji, unbridled, non-corrupt pure energy or Dao. While all three of them deal with physical organs around them, they can be mapped to physical, emotional and spiritual aspects respectively, in terms of their primary function.

In alchemical practices such as Taiji, Qigong, Maoshan sorcery etc., these Dantiens are systematically used, usually starting with the lower one, to cultivate and refine energy. Water paths work on energy descending from the upper to the lower one, while the more common fire paths deal with energy flow upward, starting with cultivating the lower Dantien first.

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Tracing the origin of the Chakra system has been attempted by several scholars with varying degrees of success. Let us first understand that it is “one” traditional view that there are seven (technically six) Chakras. And this is just one of the many traditions. I will mainly speak of Tantra here (and not Daoism) as Chakra is a technical term used in Hatha Yoga and Tantra.

In Tantric parallax, there are three concepts: Mandalas, Chakras, and Yantras - all representing sacred geometry, used as tools of ritual and meditation, and the three are intricately connected. The first is external, the second is internalized, and the third is a mixture of the two. The intent of all three of them is to symbolize the Cosmos within the individual to garner specific energies with the aid of mantra (sound-intent) and tantra (ritualistic meditative activity). Every Chakra is basically of the principle that the center represents the core principle represented by a particular chakra, and is unfolds itself outwards, representing creative multiplication and projection of this central idea in numerous ways. A Chakra has been represented not only as a wheel but more often as a lotus as the blooming of the lotus is symbolic of projection of the central idea/energy of a chakra to its full potential.

The center of a chakra is always occupied by a deity or an archetype, a male and female couple, often represented by a mantra or the sonic representation of the energetic aspect of the concept represented by this deity. The surrounding spokes (in the case of a wheel representation) or petals (when represented as a lotus) are axially deities or archetypes - the two sets together representing a specific aspect of the manifested world - in Yoga and Tantra, the manifested world exists as speech (mantra) and light (mandala/chakra/yantra). These chakras are also aids for meditation as they are organized to represent philosophical concepts that the practitioner should contemplate upon, as these form the philosophical underpinnings of the system that utilizes these chakras.

The object of meditation of these chakras is to access the power of creation or rather reverse the process of duality to re-integrate everything into one non-dual conscious.

The number of Chakras is variously defined by different systems of Yoga and Tantra, and they are based on how these schools describe the process of creation, of descent from Pure I AM consciousness to a dualistic consciousness - and there is no right or wrong way here. The number, colors, the geometry of these chakras vary as different systems use different toolboxes to represent these centers. The system of Hatha Yoga, for example, uses twenty-eight chakras. My school of Tantra uses 108 chakras, and we painstakingly work on energizing and awakening each of these centers of consciousness over a period of eleven years. The system that was popularized by Arthur Avalon, and picked-up by Theosophists like Blavatsky was the six chakra system, combined with a non-chakra (crown), came to be more known in the West as the new age movements picked up from theosophy, creating the impression that this was the only system.

Also, the six chakra system espouses an element based metaphysics. There is an older five chakra system that views creation not as separation of elements, but as the manifestation of five aspects of sacred speech. There is a 36 chakra system which views the evolution of One consciousness to Many through the diversification of 36 categories (tattvas) and so on.

So, essentially, Chakra systems are tools specific to systems of energetic cultivation and are part of a larger, holistic system. How you view and utilize them depends on what one intends to do with them. Neither are these hard physical organs (though they influence physical organs) nor are these some locks of some kind placed by alien races to stop the human race from evolving.

To understand chakras, one should first understand their historical evolution, the context in which they were utilized, to avoid misappropriation of technical concepts. The term chakra has a definite and unambiguous connotation in Systems that defined and used them and these should not be appropriated to refer to concepts/ideas which have nothing to do with them - perhaps call these “ideas” something else. There is always an element of cultural context with spiritual ideas, and often, when trying to rid spiritual concepts completely of the context in which they evolved makes the concepts impotent and useless, unless done very skillfully.

Also, a lot of perceived blockages that impede the flow of Kundalini aka Creative Energy are due to “knots ” and not the chakras themselves - and resolving these knots requires effort and looking within.
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The Discourse of Chakras

Essentially, Cakras, like anything else, may functional less optimally, and tools like Sapien’s audios, meditation, breathing etc., are to optimize these centers. So yes, this can be viewed as correcting their alignment. Can this be called “crooked” chakras, I don’t know!

Chakras can be sensed physically in the sense of a Kshetra. Every chakra has a specific kshetra – a contact point through which it can be accessed – and according to some folks, this may is related to a specific endocrine gland. This Kshetra can be a physical (an organ or physical body location) or internal (a specific space within the body representing the energy of the chakra consciousness).

As Chakras represent the evolution of consciousness from one to many, and hence the creation metaphysics espoused by chakra-based systems, one can work with higher centers directly, if and only if - the level of consciousness permits it. For example, generally, Root Chakra based practices are used to awaken the Kundalini, but more advanced Yogis may rely only on the Ajna (Third-eye) center which is directly related to the root (chakras are symmetric that way) to awaken the energies of the root. In our school of Tantra, Kundalini is awakened in the Solar Plexus chakra and not the root chakra for certain reasons.

Also, Chakras were never practice on their own, but a part of larger systems, one of the tools in the toolkit. Similar to Meridians and Dantien concepts used in other energy systems. It is just that chakras seem to have become more popular in the West through the theosophists (not nadis for some reason).

The chakras are still a part of “one” system - so it seems inaccurate to say one can replace chakras with “one system”. Chakras is one way to look at energy body, the Dantiens are another. Even the Chakras - they are not exactly same in all schools. They differ in Hatha Yoga, Tantra, Tibetan Buddhism etc. Their utility varies based on whether one follows the fire path, water path and so on.

Essentially, how one’s energy body is structured depends on the method that one is using for cultivation. It is possible at some level to map these various depictions of energy bodies to a certain degree (such as Dantiens, Chakras, five Pranas, Chi-Jing-Shen, Kundalini, Chandali etc.) - but that may be unnecessary for most practical purposes.

In a certain sense, each Chakra mirrors another. And it is said that Sahasrara, the Crown, contains within it all the Chakras. When one is in Nirvikalpa Samadhi - aka Kundalini is refined completely, the consciousness resides in the Crown - one is considered fully Awakened and the lower Chakras are no longer significant. Such a state can be considered as “removal” - and that is the goal of most non-dual Indic spiritual practices.

Some direct-path aspirants - who deal with techniques such as Zen, self-inquiry etc. - completely bypass the energetics and deal only with the mind and consciousness. For such folks, Chakras are “distracting” - but that is just the way they look at it. But even there, the energy body is still there, just that they do not work directly on it.

Meditation , crown chakra

One can certainly meditate on the Crown, but crown is typically the “fruit”, the outcome of the full-fledged functioning of all of the rest of the chakras in tandem with the energy system. That is not to say that one cannot or should not work on Crown directly, but not very easy or risk-free for most people as gradual ascension is suitable for most of us.

Hence while the other Chakras are called Kula (clan, group, family), the Crown (Sahasrara - thousand spoked wheel) is called Achakra (not-a-chakra) and Akula (not a group, not “belonging” to identifiable groups/structure). Another reason why traditionally the Crown is meditated upon as a down-facing lotus while the other chakras are up-facing.

The Sanskrit alphabet is composed of 50 letters and all mantras arise from permutations and combinations of these core letters. Each of these letters vibrate a petal of a specific chakra. And each chakra has a specific number of petals (when visualized as a lotus).

Root (4) + Sacral (6) + Navel (10) + Heart (12) + Throat (16) + Ajna (2) = 50 letters.

So, an authentic mantra is a specific combination of letters that activates a very specific energetic circuit. Take the popular mantra, OM Namah Shivaya (which Dream chose for his Essence of Mantras audio) - this grounds, energizes, and balances in a gentle way not aggravating anything, thanks to its energetic pattern, hence safe for most people (OM is often not added initially and added after a certain level of accomplishment).

OM - Throat
Na - Navel
Mah - Navel
Shi - Root
Vaa - Root
Ya - Sacral

The crown on the other hand houses all these vibratory letters multiple times (20X50 = 1000). So every time any individual petal of a lower chakra vibrates and activates, the corresponding petals in the Crown are vibrated as well, energetically. When all the lower Chakras vibrate in harmony and in unison, the Crown automatically blooms and fully activates. Trying to directly work with the Crown while the lower chakras are not vibrating at their full potential is not easy and can cause issues. This is also the reason for the order of structure during initiation - be it into mantras (certain mantras are revealed only after initial set of mantras are perfected), or Yogic/Alchemical techniques.

Ramana Maharshi talks of “Hridaya Granthi” - The Knot in the Heart. When this knot is pierced and dissolved, that starts the first stage of Non-duality, where the non-experience-experience is flavored by Unconditional Love (which later also gets transcended as one refines the non-dual “knowing”).

Above and below every Chakra, there are two knots, energetic in nature, which are more like psychic apertures that restrict the smooth ascent of the Kundalini-energy - you can literally feel the friction once you experience such an awakening. The ones related to the heart are emotional ones related to love, kindness, and compassion.

For each of the different knots and chakra pair, there are different methods to ensure smooth energy flow - Jnana (knowledge/self-inquiry), Bhakti (love and devotion), Karma (service), Kriya (activity like breathing, meditation), etc. For the Heart, it is Bhakti - love, devotion, and compassion. To dissolve the constraints of the heart, Bhakti Yoga or the Yoga of Love and Devotion works very well. This love can be an overwhelming sense of love and devotion towards a higher vibrational entity such as deity/guru/god/gods; or toward other fellow human beings or animals or even a selfless cause.

Loving Kindness Meditation is a great tool to dissolve the knot of the heart as it triggers certain alchemical pathways that are otherwise hard to activate.

Diet / Food, Drink & Supplements Usage

Summary

For the Resting Period via the Dark Retreat, the key is not really vegetarian food/diet (which certainly has its benefits) - but depriving the senses of stimuli that keep it busy and distracted - sights, smells, light, food etc., so that energy that is wasted through the nine “holes” of the body are sealed and used to effect internal alchemy.

Food of any kind is restricted because digestion/elimination/assimilation consumes a lot of energy in itself and drags consciousness down while it happens. Again, this is a very advanced practice and not for people who have not put in decades of work achieving a certain level of energetic and emotional clarity.

The key aspect is sensory deprivement followed by sensory withdrawal, accomplished here forcibly (Pratyahara of Yoga) - forcing the consciousness to re-direct itself towards the Self and begin to inch towards Dharana (Effortless Concentration) and Samadhi (Absorptive state of Non-duality). When this happens, “awareness of this or that” changes to “Awareness”, or pure cognition, which can be life changing.

Risks come along the way - too much energy generated, if not put to right use, can cause schizophrenic syptoms, inner demons creep out which can attract outer demons, one may open oneself up to various other dimensions some of which are not very safe etc. Which is why one uses preparation, protective rites, mantras etc. to aid this quest of Pure Awareness.

Do people absolutely need this? No! Gradual practices, though slower, are safer for most people.

Energy (miscellaneous)

Summary

Mass Meditation Testimonials

Everything has energy. And sensing energy - be it for presence, strength, or quality - is not an exact science, and is very subjective, often colored by the sensor’s own preferences, conditioning and perceptions.

Also, energetic sensations do not necessarily mean results. I read testimonials for some creators where 99% of the testimonials are: “I feel tingling all over”, “I felt the energy in toes”, “I feel heaviness in my head”. Err, ok, but what measurable results did we get apart from all those “sensations” should be the question we should ask ourselves, of course, after trying an energetic product for a reasonable period of time. Strong energetic sensations do not necessarily translate to “useful” results many a time. Friction to certain forms of energy by our energetic system gets perceived as “strong energy” mistakenly and this is seldom a good thing.

The mind is a magician. Sometimes, we feel what we want to feel. We sense what we want to sense. So, we ought to be careful reading energy - did I feel it because I wanted to? Did I feel something because I have a bad heartburn after a massive bean burrito and I am reading a purely physiological sensation as an energetic reaction? Etc.

Stay safe, my friend. On a related note, thunders, hurricanes, earthquakes are events that release massive amounts of energy! Watch out for some energetic changes! We always practice in thunder and lightning (which our Daoist sect is associated with) and one session charges me for like a few months! I’ve heard of similar practices in other earth-based Daoist sects which harness similar energy from earthquakes and floods (which also calm nature down) for cultivating decades of energetic refinement in a matter of minutes.

The first time I felt the crown chakra open was during a thunder and lightening storm, and I felt the energy coming down from the crown (usually, I had always felt the energy moving up from the spine till then). In fact, there is a chapter even in a Tantric work from around 975 CE which talks of a Tantric practice during the earthquake. When I asked my teacher, “how on earth is one expected to still the mind, and recite a mantra during an earthquake?”, all I got was “silly fellow” and a pat on my head! Lol

Gratitude For Dreamweaver and Team

We talk of other Morphic field creators - and sometimes there is a tendency to brush everything with the same brush and call it all ‘morphic fields’ aka same as Sapien’s fields.

As someone who learned from Dale, experimented making fields with GT, and has almost every field from Dream (minus the super expensive Divine Balance Pendant category which I am gonna leave it to my buddy @This_Boy_Here), I think we need to appreciate the complexity of these fields. Sometimes, we dumb down everything - simplicity is a virtue, over-simplification is not!

Is a morphic field an intention? To an extent. Is repeating the same intention a billion times the same as Sapien’s morphic field? Not really. Is energized intent (could be through Reiki, crystals, bio-energy, servitor, etc.) the same as Sapien’s fields - not exactly! I am not really passing judgment on the effectiveness of those methods - they can be very effective, but those are not the same as the painfully precise and intelligent fields created by Dreamweaver. There is very precise and specific coding which is imbued into audio or an object - this is not merely intended, or asked as a prayer or “I ask and it shall be done” type of a thing - it requires a massive amount of skill and precision.

As Dale writes, if we have a precise idea of what is required of a field, and this is conceptually held in the quantum mind, while ensuring that there is no interference to this resonant field for a sufficient amount of time, that makes the field come alive. The higher the state of energy, the faster and stronger the field is. While all this sounds simple on the paper, mountainous effort and accomplishment are needed to achieve palpable results. The concepts are similar to say Psychokenesis and it is not an easy task to accomplish.

Again, the reason I write this is to drive home the point that what Sapien does is not easy and not the same as many other creators we have today. Of course, there probably are other creators who produce similar morphic fields, but it will be good to understand the complexity behind creating a field so that we truly appreciate Dream’s work and not compare it with this, that, or something else.

Higher Beings

Summary

Ganapathy mantra

Wonderful, thanks for sharing that…

A couple things about Ganesha!

He is called Ganapati (Gananam Pati) - the Lord of the Ganas. Who are these Ganas aka “group”?

At a Physical level, these are forests, stones, rocks, minerals etc., that are associated with the Earth element. He holds mastery over them and with his energy, one can master these aspects as well!

The five sense organs! Without mastery over them, true meditation is not possible, and without a certain level of mastery over the senses, Kundalini awakening is painful. This is the reason, traditionally, without first mastering the practice of Ganesha in the Root Chakra, Kundalini awakening is not attempted.

He is also the patron deity of Physicality (health, body, strength etc.) as well as Survival (security, finances, ability to escape dangers etc.) With his graceful energy, life becomes “easy” so that one can focus on other Spiritual goals.

Though primarily associated with Root chakra, that is just one aspect of Ganesha. He has various energetic forms, and his energy expands from Root to the crown. He is depicted as the divine child of Shiva and Shakti, aka Divine Father and Mother, and hence is equal part both - so he is an archetype of perfect balance of Male and Female energies (another reason why he is the gatekeeper of Kundalini).

He has fierce mastery over spirits, ley lines, offending demons etc., his strength just tramples over any offending entities that come close to the person enveloped his his energy and it is a sight to watch.

Meditation and Chanting - MAHA SHIVARATRI 11th March 2021

Shiva can be approached in one or more of the below ways:

Arta (distressed) - invoking Shiva for help with problems - health, entities, protection, etc.

Artharthi (seeking material benefits) - job, prosperity, money, manifestation, etc.

Jignasu (Seeker) - A seeker who wants to understand the bigger picture and is curious like the child, enabled by sincerity. He wants to understand who Shiva is, or what reality is like?

Jnani (the Wise) - Already knows that Shiva is the effulgent Self (self) - and is found Within as one’s own Divinity and All-Pervading Consciousness.

This hymn, a favorite of mine, is representing the fourth approach, where the ecstatic saint affirms again and again, “Shivoham” - “Shiva is I”.

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Craig Pruess - Shivoham

Shivoham - Shiva is I
Shiva-svarupoham - Shiva is my True Nature
Nityoham - I am Eternal
Shuddoham - I am ever Pure
Buddoham - I am fully Awakened
Muktoham - I am ever Free (liberated)
Advaitam - I am non-dual consciousness
Anandarupam - I am ever expanding Bliss
Arupam - I am Formless (nameless, attribute-less consciousness)
Brahmoham - I am the Supreme, non-dual Divinity
Chidoham - I am the Blissful Consciousness-Vibration (called Chit-Shakti or Divine Mother)
Sacchidanandoham - I am Truth-Consciousness-Bliss personified

Also, on Shivaratri, one can invoke various forms of Shiva. It is one Shiva energy but manifests as different forms with different utilities (like the very same electricity performing different functions via different gadgets).

Rudra, the Cosmic Destroyer who recycles the creation at the end of celestial cycles

Dakshinamurti, the ever-silent Teacher figure who grants all knowledge - secular and spiritual

Sharabha, the mystical lion-bird that destroys foes, internal and external

Mrityunjaya, the death-destroyer who protects from diseases and untimely death, and grants immortality

Nilakantha - grants immunity from poisons, internal (emotional) and external

Nataraja - the cosmic dancer, who grants awareness of the subtle vibration inherent in creation, and the knowledge of Ajapa (the science of breath)

Bhairava, from who all branches of Tantra originate and who protects those that invoke him

Kalabhairava - the personification/guardian of Time

Mahakala - the aspect which transcends time and grants one Timelessness (and consort of Goddess Kali, the state of transcendence of time and space).

Vyomavyapi - the aspect which grants awareness of transcendence over Space

Or ultimately as Kameshvara, Love personified, love that is free of lust, desire, wants, but unconditional and liberating.

In my opinion, a lot of deities do that. Are you having an affinity toward any specific deity? Unlike a spell, deities are more of a long-term commitment. Generally, we have one of the main deities as our patron deity, and other deities are invoked from time to time for specific purposes. It is our main deity that always guides us and protects us from omissions and faults, shapes our life path in the best possible way as this deity now represents the awakened mind of oneself.

Sometimes it can be confusing between Hindu and Buddhist deities due to historical contests between Buddhists and Hindus in medieval times who competed for royal patronage. Buddhists modeled a lot of their deities after the ancient Hindu deities, or absorbed them as is, declaring them as having been subjugated and enlightened by the Buddha haha. And then, after Buddhism declined in India, some of the Buddhist deities were re-absorbed back into the Hindu pantheon. And Buddhist pantheon also absorbed some of the local Tibetan Bon deities as well as Daoist deities, again calling them either protectors or using the same story - Buddha enlightened them. I talk here of assimilation of local deities into Buddhism only about India (where Buddhism originated) and Tibet (as I am a student of Tibetan Buddhism), but similar stuff happened in Burma, Thailand, China, Japan, etc.

Buddhist Tara is, for the most part, Hindu Durga
Buddhist Vajrapani is nothing but Indra (Yellow Emperor)
Buddhist Vajradhara is also derived from Indra
Buddhist Nilakantha is derived from Shiva and so on

Amongst Indian deities, there are three main categories: Eurasian Vedic deities, the aboriginal Native deities (like Kumara or Skanda), and Tribal Deities (who are now absorbed by the Hindu pantheon). We today regard all of them as Hindu deities.

In my experience, some are ancient, immortal entities or their manifestations (like Shiva, Kali, Vishnu, Ganesha, etc.), and others are egregores created and maintained by the faith of the millions (like Yahweh and to an extent, Jesus) - my personal preference is the first category although the second one can provide results too (like Dream’s Exorcism audio). There is also a huge world of Egyptian, African, and pre-Abrahamic European deities which one can explore - preserved by today by Bushmen, Shamanic and Occult traditions (to an extent).

How do we choose a deity traditionally?

The first option would be based on affinity - I just knew it is the Great Goddess for me, I have always known as she is with me for many lifetimes.

The second one would be based on one’s Teacher’s guidance - an accomplished teacher will consider various aspects, including the horoscope of the student, etc., and suggest a deity/mantra (not all mantras are suitable for everyone. Some mantras are ari (foes) while others are mitra (friends).

The third option would be based on a specific need - healing, protection, wealth, manifestation, etc. (guiding the life is a generic requirement )

People who want something simple, do not want to go through initiations, etc. can always recite the Green Tara mantra. Tara is known as the Mother of All Buddhas. Or, if you are more into male forms, the easiest choice would be Ganesha, the elephant-headed wisdom deity.

Hanuman is a very interesting deity on many accounts.

He represents the archetype of qualities like Valour, Service, Humility etc., though he is also a warrior deity. He is the ultimate combination of strength and humility.

He is also a deity who is part Shiva and part Vishnu - and hence the above combination.

He is also one of the deities in a physical form in the current timeline, so the chance of manifesting him is pretty high compared to other deities.

My experience with Hanuman is not much as my practices are more centered around Shiva and Shakti (and her aspects like Sekhmet, Athena, Innana, Hera, Hetemit etc.) but I have experienced the presence of Hanuman during some rituals. I do not have that kind of personal relationship with him to invoke him at will - but most of the time he has appeared is when I am in some sort of physical danger.

Do note that the easiest way to approach Hanuman is semen retention. He is called “Mukhya Prana” - or the Main/Refined Prana. One of the pre-requisites for approaching Hanuman mantras is celibacy as he embodies the state of semen retention and sublimation (urdhva retas where the pranic energy is not going downward through ejaculation, but the mobility is upward, transmuting it to Ojas) - and he is this clarified Prana personified.

He is serious, not very playful (unlike some other deities), very very powerful and protective and active on astral planes in defending certain planes of existence.

A Deity is both a higher entity as well as an archetype of one’s one internal self - both those are simultaneously true for what exists in the Macrocosm also exists in the Microcosm. I will request him to reach out to you, give you a sign etc., but to what extent you perceive him would depend on the work you put in.

Edit: Do note that in Hindu Tantra, there are different mantras for the same deity, to approach different aspects of energy of that particular deity. For example, the mantra of Vira-Hanuman evokes him as a Warrior, Vaidya-Hanuman for healing, Panchamuka-Hanuman for alchemy of five elements, Ashtamukha-Hanuman for protection from negative entities and so on.

The three vibration audios are beyond “entities” - the Source audios, for a lack of better term. Angels are “useful”, but they can be subjugated and for a warlock worth his salt, they are not really divine or essential entities. Are they useful or valuable? Yes, can be. Are they all that people believe them to be (divine helpers, enlightened beings etc. etc.) - in my experience of them, to a very limited extent. They are an upgraded version of servitors. Humans view them as “great” entities because obviously they are at a higher energy level than us, but in the bigger scheme of things, they are not all that awe-inspiring. There are old Gods, Bodhsattvas etc. who are lightyears ahead of angels.

So, mixing any such specific entity-based energies which are in the lower realms of duality with the non-dual realm of Om, is probably not productive in the long run for a serious user of these three amazing audios.

I don’t think people need to be scared and terrified of Devas. While they are not human-like in morality as in good vs bad, help vs harm - where one can take a beating is when one cannot deal with the huge energy associated with entities of Divinity. A big mistake often made is to fit the Devas into categories of Angels etc. which is not always accurate. To group them all as “entities” is often the folly of a Western occultist (I learned from the same folly) - when human beings are so unique from one another, how then can one group all these “entities” as same or similar?

The nature of Devas is indicated in their very name - Divyante iti devah - those that shine with lustre of pure golden light. A class of minor devas can be nature spirits, but technically in Hinduism, these beings are not classified as Devas. Devas are thirty-three in number, who appeared primordially and have existed forever, and further appear through refractions of the Divine Light as other Devas and Devis (feminine). The primary purpose of Devas is to help consciousness ascend, as they are but macrocosmic aspects of Enlightened Mind, Enlightened Speech and Enlightened Soul (which though one and only one, perceives various ‘other’ things on account of duality consciousness). So, these are benevolent beings (not in the sense of “I call them they come and beat up my neighbor”, well sometimes that too) - and need not be feared. In fact in Eastern thought, there is respect for divinity, not fear as what is there to fear something which is nothing but a representation of one’s own perfect potential?

When I was a kid, I constantly recited the mantra of Goddess Kali (new moon) thousands of times in a day. One night, she appeared and told me, “Child, you have been calling out to me, and as your lineage is connected to me, I am here. But do realize, I rise as the fiery aspect of Kundalini - like a torrent, washing away everything, breaking barriers. I am like the Mother who will drag the child to the destination fast, even if it means dragging you through a keyhole! And when being dragged through a keyhole, it is NOT comfortable”. I did not really get all of that, or the seriousness of the issue, and I said, “What do you suggest?”. She said, ok, here is the mantra of Durga (full moon), this energy is gentler, you will be able to handle this better. I wll see you twenty-years later". I think you get my point? She was not terrifying, or evil, in fact the most loving Mother she is - but she shows tough love, and not everyone is ready for it. The Hindus have developed a wonderful framework involving service, devotion, humility to approach these divinities, while also constantly reminding that one is not dealing with some angry god somewhere that is on a power trip and demands subservience, but merely realizing the Divinity that one already is! Choosing the best aspects of old ways and new tools is the best recipe for success!

Some of these aspects are not really “real world” so to speak. We generalize Shiva to represent the destruction/re-cycling of the universal cycles while Vishnu is visualized as the sustainer of the current cycle of cosmos - but these are limited definitions. The Veda says - “ekam sat vipra bahudha vadanti” - the same Truth is seen and explained differently by different wise men. So, there is one Universal Consciousness which expresses itself in different ways to different folks based on their perception. This is not to be confused with Monotheism, so it may appear such, but this is not similar to a personalized God of Monotheistic religions that has commandments, and rules and so on and controls things.

One can approach deities in different ways - but to form a personal relationship with these enlightened archetypes is a good way to go about it. A purely indifferent way of the western sorcerer may or may not work and in my experience, is not always the best way to work with some of these deities. A lot of such deities may be indifferent if you try to rudely approach them through lucid dreaming etc., unless one knows and understands what they are doing.

You can listen to Hanuman Chalisa if you find reciting difficult. Or you can recite his mantra - Om hum hanumate namaha. Semen retention is probably necessary if you need to seriously approach him though as that builds up Ojas needed to light up the energies of the mantra. A mantra is a seed, practice makes it grow and produce fruits - and ojas or purified prana is what makes this seed and ground fertile, especially so for Hanuman.

Ancestral Knowledge will certainly help Bharadvaja was also a seer of some mantras of Hanuman and drawing on his intercession through your lineage of ancestors is very efficient. In fact, that is why “lineage” is so important in Tantra work as 10% is self effort while 90% is drawing on the collective power of the lineage masters.

Also do note that there are different levels to being able to reach them. Through mantras, prayers, intention, you can form a connection, and seek help/intercession - but you may not see them physically etc. But by serious practices such as mantra siddhi, semen retention (or sublimation as I like to say) - you raise your vibration to the intended frequency of the mantra - which is nothing but the sonic form of the deity. Only when you are at that vibration, can you see the deity manifested. While that is a great stage to aspire to, that is not always necessary for all, if all you need is some help with a life situation. I also suggest playing Devic Intercession and then pray or listen to Chalisa along with.

Deity Yoga is not a beginner’s practice or for mere curiosity in Hindu/Buddhist/Daoist systems and requires solid groundwork.

Dragon Energy and Intercession tag

I don’t think Deities, who represent higher consciousness show emotions - it is just that every approach has a certain way in which your energy system reacts to the Deity’s. The way your system reacts when you approach the deity’s space vs deity approaching you in response to your call for help - totally different things. Remember, it is all energy at that level. You just need to be sure and clearly know what you are doing, and you are good!

Also realize that the deities are not bound by any law to “help” you, whatever you think is helping you because “we need to help such as such” is a thing of morality, that while we humans like to believe as it makes us hopeful, is not always true. “Good” and “bad” end in our plane of existence, at least the way we see it.

Yes, ancestral beings audio could help. And this IPF dog tag too. A lot of times, Deities, enlightened beings, angelic beings, Bodhisattvas, Buddhas, Devas etc. are grace embodied and very willing to help and guide us, but we do not perceive them due to our own limitations. The IPF tag could be a game changer in that in removes the veil that prevents us from sensing and communicating with them. I was reciting a Mantra for a long time and did not get any vision of the Deity or receive grace. And eventually, my mantra was perfected and the Deity connected. A revelation I got from Her was: “I was always here for you, but you just were not prepared to sense or see me and receive my guidance”. Dream’s tools are a gift in that years and decades of practice can possibly be reduced to months!

Bronyraur · February 27, 2021, 12:53pm

Kundalini

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Kundalini awakening in itself does not dissolve the ego. There still is very much the ego aka individual consciousness. Only when Kundalini is refined aka “ascends” through the chakras do limited perceptions of duality dissolve.

It is said that without ego, there is no physical body, as there is nothing to grasp to. Some perfected Siddhas in the yore are said to have purposely brought down the Kundalini from crown to the third-eye, for the purpose of retaining some ego, or they would have dropped their body.

Kundalini is not a “same for all” thing. Experiences are unique. It is a lot of conflict, cleansing, expansive feeling, heightened intuition, bliss etc. There are moments in meditation or chanting when oneness is felt and duality is gone, but at my current state, the ability to hold that state is very limited.

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Surrender unconditionally to the Divine Consciousness, try to let ego not interfere, and let the divine force take over. Kundalini experiences are very unique to each individual, a lot of it influenced by our own conditioning… but letting go really helps. I know, easier said than done…

My “relationship” with Kundalini is not of an impersonal force, but Mother personified, the Great Goddess, and the energy responds back similarly, with love and gentleness, without causing much discomfort. That may be one approach that may help - see this not as Kundalini or a force that needs to be controlled, regulated, tamed, grounded, etc., but as the Divine Energy of whatever form of g/God you believe in, and surrender to its higher consciousness and let the magick work itself…

Living with Gazillion Tags

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Mantras

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Mantra has two aspects to it - the conceptual part and the sonic part. So, IMO, this would be 50% of the whole thing. The sonic part eventually can get one to the conceptual part (we call the initial stages shushka Japa or dry chanting) but vice versa may or may not be true. In the case of some ancient seers, it was true where the concepts they held of realizations or deities were revealed to them as potent sounds. But it seems very difficult to go that route for all, and hence the sonic part is the easier way.
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Mantras have no meaning.

This was the dead giveaway that Shiva (and his namesake here) do not understand a mantra. It is also clear that this Youtube creator has not really practiced any mantra himself but has depended on some priest (whose clarification seems to be not that he has perfected the mantra, but just that his family is involved in it for generations). A mantra is not a meaningless phrase.

Take the classic Panchakshari mantra - namaḥ śivāya. Entire treatises have been written about the meaning of this mantra. Similar is the case of the Gāyatrī mantra which has the famous treatise on its meaning by the famed eighth-century non-dualist, Shankarācārya (link ).

Take the famous bīja mantra (seed sound) - Hrīṁ. Sounds meaningless and according to Mr. Youtube Guru, this is a meaningless sound. But is that the case?

Ha - nameless, formless, attribute-less unified Divine Consciousness (Parabrahma)

ra - denotes the fire of consciousness or a sense of “I”-ness that arises within this unified consciousness

ī - the Feminine aspect of the genderless Divine

In essence, this seed sound describes the Feminine aspect of the Divine Consciousness which lights in it a fire of self-recognition causing a sense of I-ness that further results in the creation of a universe aka duality. In other words, this is the great power of Illusion or Māyā, a Cosmic Matrix, which is the root cause behind the One appearing as many. This is the meaning of this mantra, attributed to the Great Goddess Bhuvanēśvarī (Queen of the Cosmos), imparted traditionally by the teacher to the student when imparting the attunement to the mantra. Now, if someone has not studied the mantras and is just trying to use it to create videos (knowing well that his audience is for the most part gullible), it is natural they assume mantras are meaningless sounds.

It is also said in Vāmakēśvara Tantra, one of the most ancient manuals of Tantra available today: mantrārthajñānahīnasya siddhirnaiva hi jāyatē - without contemplating on the meaning/essence of the mantra, Siddhi of the mantra is never possible. Hence, when we impart Mantras to the students, the meaning of the mantra (and the method to contemplate on its meaning) are always taught to the students.

Mantras do not invoke any deity.

Incorrect, at least for the mantras used by this creator as they are all from the Hindu panteon. How do mantras work? Prowess embedded in the sound is certainly one aspect, usually known to folks but that is not it. The mantras are sonic forms of a deity (an archetype) and are verily the deity itself in its seed form. The energy of the mantra (when recited by the one who has perfected it) is verily the energy of the deity as the mantra IS the deity. The goal of the mantra is to ultimately experience the unity of mantra - breath - mind -self and the deity as One, which is one of the first steps to realizing non-duality. How then does one claim the mantras do not invoke any deity?

In the given example, the person says Hanuman Chalisa does not invoke Hanuman. Then how does it derive any supposed power to grant benefits? Technically, Hanuman Chalisa is a hymn composed by a medieval saint Tulsidas who lived in the 1600s in a colloquial form of Hindi (Awadhi) and is not even a mantra. So then how does it contain any power? Because the hymn connects one to the energy of the deity Hanuman. If that connection is successful, benefits follow. There is also the aspect of the field of energy associated with thousands practicing it but that is not potent enough in this case (like say the cross or other holy objects with many more faithful people contributing to the field of energy).

Mantras do not have any intent.

Again, incorrect. Take a Vitamin A pill. Is there not an intent inherent in it to supply the consumer of this pill with Vitamin A? Similar is the case with Mantras. There is an inherent pure intent (Shuddha Samkalpa) and then the lower intent (intent of the reciter of the mantra). For example, let us take the example of the same mantra hrīṁ. If one has perfected this mantra, it can be used for controlling large masses, manifesting desires (it is verily the hack to the Cosmic Matrix), achieving fame and wealth, etc., based on one’s desire. However, the pure or inherent intent of the mantra is to let one see beyond the Divine Matrix, realize oneself as the Divine Consciousness that enjoys the play of the Divine Matrix while also being unaffected by it (incidentally, we had a discussion about this same creator and his follower on this topic on this very thread). If a person recites the mantra with the attitude of niṣkāma (without specific intention or desire), then the true intent of the mantra unfolds.

Even in the case of Tantric Buddhism, view (associated with intent) is very important in all Tantric practices. Without the right view, the same mantra produces different results in different people. The Ninth Dalai Lama records that the same mantra (Hevajra) produced different results in Hindu vs Buddhist practitioners as their views were different.

Again, as I said - mantras are well-understood, well-documented, and well-practiced spiritual tools. One needs to study, research, practice, assimilate and not ignorantly accept and believe what someone else says…

Listen to this creator’s Gayatri mantra and then listen to the Light of Savitur - and judge yourself which one is close to the energetics of the Gayatri mantra. You already know my answer

Disclaimer: I am not paid by Sapien or Sammy to write this post (I wish they did haha).

List of Ambient Fields

Also, The Essence of Mantras. Mantras and their energy affect the inside and the outside. In 1998, still unaware of most things, I visited an Ashram in Rishikesh in India, mainly because they had free boarding and lodging (as a backpacking student in a foreign country trying to pinch pennies lol)

In the night, I could see a lot of angelic beings, divine energies, etc., and it just blew my mind. I felt healed, loved, and rejuvenated. Contrary to what people think, not all monasteries and ashrams exude good energy (I’ve been in Buddhist monasteries in Nepal and Tibet that have worse energies than the local ranch market, thanks to sickly energies, sexual abuse, etc.) - but this blew my mind. And then I found out the reason - the Ashram was founded in the 1940s and since then, there was an unbroken practice of reciting certain mantras in a chorus non-stop throughout the day. The Ashram was divided into multiple shifts and there was always a group that recited the mantra till the next group took over. So 50+ years of non-stop mantra recitation, the whole environment was filled with massive amounts of energy and seemed to attract many benevolent beings.

I’ve had a taste of similar energy playing the Essence of Mantras audio non-stop in my place, along with Sacred Sanctuary, Leyline, Plasma Flower, and White Light audios.

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A note on the Gayatri mantra. The Gayatri mantra is from the Rigveda, which dates back to 1000 BCE, and is probably one of the most ancient scriptures. The Rigveda probably developed in the Iranian region and then was brought forth to the Indian subcontinent by nomadic priests. The aboriginal Iranians, like their Indian counterparts, were big into Solar alchemy and this can be seen to this day with people of Parsi descent who sought refuge in India after they were driven away from Iran.

In Indian spirituality, the Divine Consciousness is said to be without name, form, or attributes and of the form of pure consciousness. Now, how does one approach, meditate on or access something so abstract, so magnificent, and so lofty to conceive? That is where various deities came into the picture who all provide a subjective glimpse into this indescribable reality. The deities are tools that help one access the lofty Light in gradual steps. The different deities are like the luminous rays of this one central inner Sun.

Savita, the Sun who is invoked in the Gayatri mantra is a prototype of both these aspects. He represents the crystallization of Solar energy in a personified form as Savita, the solar deity. However, he is hardly limited to the physical Sun as the Mantra does not merely invoke physical energy, vigor, etc. attributed to the physical Sun (though these are also attained through the energy of Gayatri). There are different mantras for Surya, who is more accurately the Sun-god, and typically these mantras are used exclusively for health, vigor, etc. Gayatri has traditionally been used for spiritual enlightenment. So, the aspect invoked in Gayatri is not really a “Hindu god”, but the attributeless Light that transcends deities, names, and forms.

There are conversations from ancient scriptures that explain the concept:

Student: Teacher, who should one invoke and realize?
Teacher: Shiva who is in Gayatri and Fire (referring to Vedic fire rituals)

Student: What is in Shiva, Gayatri, and the Fire?
Teacher: The One and the same nameless, formless, luminosity.

I wanted to write this in case someone was concerned about this field (or Gayatri) being about “Hindu Deities” (I was told about this concern in a PM). It is important to understand the concept of deities in Hindu mysticism as they are not exactly the same as aliens, angels, or demons (although some aliens might have been called deities by some groups of people). So, don’t be worried about entities in this context.

To cut the story short - about this field - It is energy, very pure, very potent, very spiritual - as simple as that …

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In Vajrayāna, the Maṇi mantra has a lot of significance. Essentially, there are three archetypical Bodhisattvas venerated:

Avalōkitēśvara, the embodiment of Compassion
Vajrapāṇi, the embodiment of Power
Manjuśrī, the embodiment of Wisdom

Due to the importance awarded to Compassion, the mantra of Avalōkitēśvara - oṃ maṇi padmē huṁ - is the most celebrated mantra along with the Tārā mantra in Tantric Buddhism. The goal of reciting the six syllables of this mantra is to perfect the six Pāramitās (generosity, virtue, patience, skillful effort, one-pointed concentration, and wisdom/insight) and to be free from the cyclic process of birth and death in various dimensions. Avalokitēśvara is the original Sanskrit name, which is translated in Tibet as Chenrezig (one who looks at all beings with compassion).

As Buddhism spread from India to East Asian countries, who were unfamiliar with Sanskrit, they interpreted the name Avalōkitēśvara (one who looks at all with a compassionate glance) as Avalokitasvara (one who looks at those who cry for help; svara means sound). Based on that, the Chinese translated the name first to Guanizai and then Guanyin - which now gets called Guanyin, Guanshiyin, Kuan Yin, etc.

The earliest work mentioning the current concept of Avalōkitēśvara is probably the Lotus Sūtra, which depicts him as a male. Archaeological remains of this Bodhisattva show him depicted as a male, sometimes with a mustache. The Lotus Sūtra lists thirty-three manifestations, of which some are female. For some reason, these female manifestations became popular in China and hence, Chenrezig began to get depicted as having a female form in East Asian countries. However, in India and Tibet, the depictions continue to show him as male (sometimes as androgynous as Compassion is neither male nor female). However, in Tantric practices and Deity Yoga, he is visualized as male because his female consort is Tārā and several practices use this yab-yum (union).

Also, there are five forms of Buddhas, one of which is Amitābha or Amitāyus, who confers health and longevity. Chenrezig is considered to be a disciple and emanation of Amitābha Buddha. This Buddha is associated with Pure Land Realms (Sukhāvatī), which is easily one of the most blissful realms to experience. A lot of advanced spiritual aspirants ascend to this realm where they can remain and further perfect their non-duality.

The new field - The Essence of Mantras - combines the energy of both this Buddha as well as the Bodhisattva, and may also give you a glimpse of Pure Land Realm.
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There are thousands of Vashikarana, Marana, Vidveshana and all kinds of mantras in the Tantras. In my own lineage, we are taught these are tools to know but rarely used. It is just that people have no familiarity with Sanskrit to read and understand the Tantras. I am also always weary of “this is secret” and hence no one knows kind of “mantras” because how does one verify its authenticity if no one other than the one marketing it claims to know it?

But Dhyan Guru’s mantras hardly seem to be authentic mantras “which are undergound” haha

The mantra of Kali in her calmer aspect is Kleem (‘l’ sound represents the earth and hence the grounded aspect of Kundalini).
The mantra of Kali in her aroused aspect is Kreem (‘r’ sound represents the fire and hence the awakened and blazing aspect of Kundalini) - this is also the form where she is in conjugal union with Shiva who grounds the energy.
The bija Kroom is potentially a “hand me down, missed in translation” mistake of Krom, which is the ankusha (goad) bija, used popularly for attraction, subjugation, etc.

Meditation and Chanting - MAHA SHIVARATRI 11th March 2021

Yes, Divine Grace can certainly help - in whichever form, call it Kali, Shiva, Christ, Angelic, etc. Mantra is one of the many ways to connect to the Divine, an effective way, not the only way.

While we can recite mantras, do spiritual practice, etc. Grace is not guaranteed. Abhinavagupta, a great Tantric master says - the nature of Grace is mysterious. If the whole thing was - I chant x amount of mantras and I get grace, there is no difference between the Divine and a shopkeeper, as this is not merely transactional.

That said, the Universe has been empirically known to reward sincerity and hard work, so the probability of Grace is certainly higher for those that actively seek it - through prayer, meditation, service, mantras, etc.

I had two students, one who recited a certain mantra of Krishna for decades and never felt any grace. Another one, a simple all-American housewife who was not even spiritual, but wanted a mantra as her arthritis was unbearable. A month later, she was smelling fragrances, hearing flute music, and her arthritis was gone! The other guy with decades of practice was flabbergasted. Why did this lady attain grace so damn fast - was it effort from previous lifetimes, was it the quality of her efforts, or intensity of her practice, hard to say! Grace indeed is mysterious

Spiritual Path & Practices

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I'm beginning to see angel wings on my back

I hear you

It is all individual perspective right?

I have friends who say - why bother with meditation, energy, etc.? Eat, drink, work, live well and die. That works perfectly well for most people!
There are also others who say - no matter what healthy diet, exercise you do, we all die, so why really bother? I can empathize sometimes with their perspective too.

I have personally found my spiritual journey fulfilling. My goal is not to find answers, it is to find peace, bliss and oneness, and I think I have found it to a degree. Not everyone needs to pursue spirituality, or is qualified for it either, and it’s perfectly okay! We all have our own perspective and no one perspective is better than the other.

Not sure if what I said makes sense? A lot of spiritual seekers “seek” - this and that, and get frustrated because of endless seeking. My spiritual goal is to not to seek more, but to not “need” things as much. I can certainly say that my needs and wants have reduced greatly with spiritual practice, or more accurately, my mind’s dependence on “things” as the source of happiness and fulfillment has significantly reduced and that is the biggest benefit I’ve found from my practice.

Also, spirituality is not all the same - not all techniques are same, not all approaches are the same and as much as we like to believe it, not everything leads to that one grand, happy place (which there is none?). That is why in Buddhism, the “right view” is greatly emphasized.

So, just take it easy, and do what your heart wants!

Correct Breathing Technique for Star Meditation

The whole notion of Drukpas being “black magicians” is very far from the truth and mostly seems to be coming from the highly doubtable Theosophical sources, mostly from Helena Blavatsky. There is really no historical proof for any association of Hitler with Drukpas or even his familiarity with them - sometimes it is just easy to blame someone else for leading him astray - ranging from Drukpas to Enochian sorcerers to Russian occultists.

Drukpas are a lineage that traces all the way back to Vajradhara and they follow the teachings of Mahamudra. Their primary practice is Guruyoga and their practice is no longer “black” than any other sects of Tibetan Buddhism. They also have sexual practices called Karmamudra, also used selectively by other lineages of Tantric Buddhism - but these are not really for any “magical” purposes unlike say sometimes in Hindu Aghora or Kaula sects. One of my teachers, Drukpa Yongdzin Rinpoche, is a truly enlightened soul and is a treasure-house of Mahamudra practices.

Also, Vajrayana practices work uniquely due to three things:

The accuracy of the practice itself - needless to say, the right chant, pronunciation, etc. are important

The view that accompanies the practice - this is the reason that all esoteric practices are taught only after a specific mindset is established and a definitive metaphysical worldview is attained. The very same practice can produce two different results when practiced say within the Buddhist context vs the Hindu context as the “view” is not the same.

The lineage - in this day and age, our level of knowledge is low, patience is lower and mistakes are abundant. These practices work, in spite of the shortcomings, because the lineage attunement makes up for it. The lineage of teachers in various dimensions is themselves like a morphic field that contains the effort and realizations of the entire gamut of accomplished teachers and attunement (initiation) provides access to this field of consciousness. This is really the secret sauce.

Also, the practices are protected by Dharmapalas aka Guardians. They cannot be willy nilly used as one of the key goals of Buddhism is non-violence. When I was a teenager, I once invoked a wrathful guardian to take care of a bully and the same night, the guardian chided me as my intention was to hurt the bully, which was totally unnecessary (sort of like using a nuclear weapon on a rogue puppy).

A while ago, Dream was experimenting with portals to some higher dimensions accessed by Buddhist lineages and it was fascinating. The amount of scrutiny before I was let into one such dimension was nothing like I had experienced in any other astral dimension. The checks and balances are in place all right!

Then there is politics. Some Kagyu monks on the payroll of the Chinese government occupied monasteries of Drukpas, created a lineage called “Drukpa Kagyu” and spread rumors about the Drukpas. Drukpas have not been popular like the other sects due to the intermingling of Drukpas with other sects since the Chinese campaign against them.

Yes, essentially the goal is to practice what is called Manonmani Kriya (manas - mind, unmana - turns inward).

What I do is practice the Mahamudra (which combines the three Mudras + Shambhavi mudra) and while holding the breath, begin to mentally rotate the mantra ascending and descending along the spine (central channel). Also, this will not cause any stiffness if done right as one of the pre-requites for this Mudra would be a good amount of Pranayama practices and a good level of mastery over individual bandhas - so that the breath is very fine and subtle. If that is ensured, when holding the breath internally, the effort part is negligible. The main problem would be if we apply too much effort to hold the breath (or for longer than the body permits).

Also, once an energized/attuned mantra is rotated, the capacity to further perfect the mudra seems to greatly increase because now the entire lineage of teachers and the deity personified by the mantra are now present assisting us…

Of course, this is my way (and just one of the many ways) of doing it. Accomplished folks like Dream get into this twilight state of Void-Light without any acrobatics with just a nod and a wink… (I’ve seen him do that haha)…

There is a tendency, sometimes, to look down upon certain practices and cultures as primitive, but that is exactly their strength. A great example would be the Bushmen Shamanism.

We speak of Yogic Asanas (postures) which regulate and initiate energy flows/circuits in the body for balance, health, and spiritual awakening. However, the Yogic Asanas were a product of reverse engineering. When Yogis were in a high state of consciousness and were channeling the universal life energy (it’s awakened form that we know as Kundalini), their bodies would assume certain positions. The students of these Yogis observed these positions, noted them down, and copied them to trigger/simulate associated states of energy/consciousness.

There are certain forms of Qigong called Spontaneous Qigong (both revered and feared) where the innate intelligence of the body (or in some cases, Daoist deities like Pangu that are channeled) moves the body and hence the energy to attain balance and resonate with the optimal frequency.

The spontaneous shaking practices of the Bushmen date back to pre-historic times and are older than both the Yogic and Daoist cultures. These are “pure” practices as they are nearly free from conditioning that slowly increases with time and what we call “civilization”. These bushmen channel primordial forces that are one with nature which bring us close to the Source.

I first experienced spontaneous movements when I received Shaktipat initiation from my teacher around the age of 12. The movements were forceful but also graceful, there was a method to the madness. In my 20s, when I dove deep into Neigong, I learned a few forms of Spontaneous Qigong which were very effective and fast-acting.

Finally, I ran into a gentleman in Dallas airport one night, and he had extensively worked with Bushmen shamans and channeled their healing energy. He sought me out in the busy airport, touched my forehead and I was shaking with orgasmic bliss then and there. It brought back ancient memories of times long forgotten. It felt like restoring the original blueprint that had become diluted due to conditioning with the passage of time.

When I narrated these experiences to Captain, he dove deep into it, entered that state of consciousness, applied his genius to make this amazing experience available to all, and this field was born! One note - both OM and I found it to be very energizing, so watch out in case you use it close to bedtime and it keeps you awake, but YMMV.

At this point, it is going to sound repetitive, but let me say it anyway - Captain, words fall short to thank you for everything you do…

[commenting about resting and retreats]

My teacher , who has now passed, once told me, “If you think meditation is boring, then you’re just thinking! But when meditation for a usually sincere practitioner begins to seem like a chore and you no longer look forward to it, as though it was not Friday evening but a Monday morning, STOP! Take a break, refresh and reset yourself, and then get back to your practice.”

A bunch of things seems to help me with the resting period …

Adding the Meditation audio from the course to my nightly stack (thanks to @_OM)

Taking a day off every week from all audios and all tags (generally Saturdays, followed by a Sunday morning of Deep Aura Cleanse)

Sometimes, I just intuitively know that the body needs “energetic rest” and I put all my tags and audios away for at least 16-hours. This recently happened after constantly wearing the new Subconscious Limits Removal tag.

One every 3-4 months, I do a 3 (or 5) day water fast, observe silence and stay away from all forms of communication (including reading a book) - and also from all energy work other than just being present. Really helps me clean all the excesses out - physically, emotionally, spiritually!

Does not need to be 40-days, can be 10-days too!

Physically - energy shot up to a 100%

Emotionally - there was no more guilt, fear of several things, just a sense of freedom and interconnectedness

Spiritually - I would rather not share this openly but I will only hint that my macrocosmic orbit opened in a huge way, certain guardian deities that were not responsive before suddenly showed up and the sense of duality between the knower-knowing-known began to diminish (at least during meditation)

The higher goal of this retreat, which experienced rDzogchen practitioners undertake for around 90-days, is the Rainbow Body .

This needs to be undertaken however after a solid foundation and under the guidance of someone really experienced (at least for the first time) as the way of Tantra is much more than just meditating in a dark room! One should be ready to confront one’s demons in a highly exaggerated way so that they can be put to rest forever! Again, this is just one of the many ways to Alchemy, not the only one, but certainly one of the quickest ones! There is a Daoist way and there is the Tantric Buddhist way - while the Daoist way is aimed at alchemy primarily, the Buddhist way is to seek and recognize the Pure Awareness which, when found, instantly connects one to the entire lineage of teachers who have passed down the instruction and attunement to this practice across the ages. It is like you are suddenly connected to thousands of watts of energy and you are zapped! That is the biggest gift of this practice. You will need at least a week to recover before you can resume daily life!

For the Resting Period via the Dark Retreat, the key is not really vegetarian food/diet (which certainly has its benefits) - but depriving the senses of stimuli that keep it busy and distracted - sights, smells, light, food etc., so that energy that is wasted through the nine “holes” of the body are sealed and used to effect internal alchemy.

Food of any kind is restricted because digestion/elimination/assimilation consumes a lot of energy in itself and drags consciousness down while it happens. Again, this is a very advanced practice and not for people who have not put in decades of work achieving a certain level of energetic and emotional clarity.

The key aspect is sensory deprivement followed by sensory withdrawal, accomplished here forcibly (Pratyahara of Yoga) - forcing the consciousness to re-direct itself towards the Self and begin to inch towards Dharana (Effortless Concentration) and Samadhi (Absorptive state of Non-duality). When this happens, “awareness of this or that” changes to “Awareness”, or pure cognition, which can be life changing.

Risks come along the way - too much energy generated, if not put to right use, can cause schizophrenic syptoms, inner demons creep out which can attract outer demons, one may open oneself up to various other dimensions some of which are not very safe etc. Which is why one uses preparation, protective rites, mantras etc. to aid this quest of Pure Awareness.

Do people absolutely need this? No! Gradual practices, though slower, are safer for most people.

All of us are here on this forum, using Dream’s fields, so that essentially means our journey is far from over lol. That in itself is a pretty good level-setter.

Everything depends on Samskara (previous conditioning) and attainment over lifetimes. What one may accomplish through Shaktipata of the highest order and intense practice, another may accomplish with no effort at all. As we say in Tantra, the Grace of the Divine is mysterious. Based on others recorded/inferred experiences, we assume x, y, z practices may result in Grace but nothing really is guaranteed. Grace is not a mathematical equation where Realized Guru + Practice always means siddhi, though that probably increases the probability.

Let us not diss and discourage people. Not everyone has access to so-called “Realized” Gurus. We need practical, accessible methods for people to start, and make progress. SRF provides such a tool. Take Dream’s fields for example which do exactly that, cutting through jargons, rituals, and complexities.

As for the number of Kriyas, there are people who have attained the highest states of enlightenment with mere Ajapa (Shamatha/Vipassana) while the Kriya community is still debating about adding more and more kriyas and whether Teacher A’s bliss is greater than another teacher’s bliss, or some such nonsense. Serves no purpose other than a pissing contest. I am yet to see a single modern-day Kriyavan who has accomplished Khechari and it is impossible to practice Khechari that involves the severing of the frenum without expert guidance. Again, the original practice which was compiled from ancient Tantras like Yoginijalashambhara involved Khechari, Dikchari, Bhuchari practices of which only Khechari was known to these so-called Kriya schools. None of the Kriya techniques are original or unique as is evident to anyone who has studied works on Hatha Yoga by Gorakshanatha.

The famed Tantric Master Abhinavagupta says: “Crazed body-punishers huff and puff with their breaths, cut their tongues, while I sit in peace, rest my mind in the Sky inside me; While I soar, they sink”. (Kha - Sky, Chari - Moves). Of course, he exaggerates but with the intent of driving home a message. More is not always better, nor is complexity.

Meditation and Chanting - MAHA SHIVARATRI 11th March 2021

Haha, there is really no “conversion” process for any Eastern spiritual traditions. It is a way of life, less of a belief system - so if you have the right “view” and practice the taught techniques with dedication, you are a practicing Tibetan Buddhist. Unlike Sutrayana-based S E Asian Buddhism, or Mahayana-based Zen and other schools, Tibetan Buddhism, while being Buddhist in terms of metaphysics, is more shamanic in nature due to techniques from Bonpo, Kashmiri Shaivism, etc., and hence transmission is key from a capable teacher, be it Mahamudra or rDzogchen. While I have been studying rDzogchen practices for a long time, my primary practice is Kashmir Shaivism (Krama school).

As for my teachers, there are several - Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, Lama Jigmé Namgyal, Khenchen Namdrol Tsering, Mingyur Rinpoche (Mahamudra), Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche amongst others.

Reginald Ray of Dharma Ocean offers pretty accessible teachings (some as digital courses) which are good enough to make a lot of progress. Advanced work such as dark retreats, Tögal, etc. does require some direct physical guidance of a teacher, however. Allan Wallace is another good and accessible source.

The one thing I did benefit tremendously was a somewhat different world growing up - where I could travel extensively at a manageable cost, backpack to places, just stay in some remote place in the middle of nowhere and learn from obscure teachers, etc. I guess that has become more difficult in the present world, but thankfully, more digital resources are opening up. So I think it is just a matter of time before more Teachings become better accessible (though the Lamas are cautious about sharing some teachings as without a good level of mental and energetic maturity, self-harm is a possibility). With China’s aggression in Tibet, the one benefit is that a lot of these closed teachings are now much more accessible due to Tibetan refugees migrating to other countries.

It is indeed difficult to classify death into Kala-mrityu (timely death) and Akala-mrityu (untimely death), other than perhaps for awakened folks.

The nature of the physical body is death and decay - so most have to die. Death as such here would be “timely death”. Now, what is “timely” for a given individual? Hard to say. Some folks attribute it to karma, some others to a pre-determined span of life (ayus), etc. But do I know for sure, not really haha… I do however know that there are many alchemists and yogis who can bend this law of “timely death” and extend lifespan. My Daoist teacher is “very” old and hides in Kunlun mountains (he has great great grandchildren lol). Another one has “changed” bodies (I’ve seen it once) and extended life span. So there’s that stuff too lol

As for untimely death, it is death before one’s soul purpose is accomplished, so I would think in such cases the choice is not really the soul’s. Suicide is one such thing (although there are complexities here based on different cases). This can be avoided by Divine Grace (I wrote about my experience here ).

So, what is timely vs untimely, what causes either of them, is one’s lifespan pre-determined? I can only speculate as I have no clue

Mrityunjaya can help with both - mitigate the untimely death, and in the case of timely, mitigate the fear of death (aka limited existence where the self identifies itself as limited to the Body-Mind complex).

Forgetting about breathing

As for the state of “breathlessness”, that is what we strive for. Breath and thoughts are deeply connected. The Yogic methods tend to regulate and sublimate the thoughts aka the mind through the energy of the breath. This is generally easier (grosser forms of energy are easier to work with).

Others, who practice some direct approaches like some schools of Non-Duality, Advaita, etc., attain the moment of mental clarity and thoughtlessness and their breath naturally slows down and at a stage feels like it has stopped.

I can speak of this in terms of Mantra practice (which is what I am most familiar with) - when the breath seems to stop, it can feel anxious, it can feel scary as breath, in all its glory, is also what anchors us to this physical plane of existence while also serving as a bridge to higher dimensions of wisdom and clarity. So, when this most familiar and intimate process seems to stop, it feels very disconcerting, but that is when old patterns, thousands of years of conditioning begin to unravel. It is only in that state that one is completely undistracted by thought/breath and can see Herself/Himself for what we really are, the Effulgent Radiant Light.

Even during the process of meditation training, we initially focus on breaths, the warmth in and out but once that pattern is stabilized, the goal is to focus on the silence in between the breaths - initially when holding the breath, and eventually when the breath has been exhaled and there is quietness. Eventually when reciting a mantra or meditating, very small periods of such silence begin to appear, where the breath seems to have disappeared. Once the strangeness of this unfamiliar condition is transcended, this state, where breathing has naturally dissolved (this should never be forced) is when the glorious vibration of the Mantra begins to emerge, where every cell in the body begins to vibrate and recite the mantra. This state now begins to extend more and more and when one is stabilized in it for a reasonable period of time, it is called Samadhi. This also has the effect of extending the physical life by arresting/reducing the aging process (which is again intricately tied to the breath and its patterns).

Breathlessness is Deathlessness…

The left nostril (or the flow of Prana or vital energy in the left channel) is represented by the Yamuna, the river associated with the deity Krishna, who represents aspects of Bhakti Yoga or Yoga of Devotion (surrender, love towards the Supreme, service, etc.). And these emotions are heightened and refined by focusing on the life energy in the left nostril. Yamuna is also the sister of Yama, the deity of death and hence Yamuna is said to free one from the fear of death.

Ganga on the other hand represents the path of Knowledge or Jnana Yoga (non-duality, self-inquiry, contemplative practices, etc.) - regulated by the right channel, accessed through the breath in the right nostril.

There is a System called the Svara Yoga where one can consciously switch the breath to the desired channel at specific parts of the day (think of it on the lines of TCM where certain aspects of Yin/Yang or the elements influence different parts of the body at different times in the day). Some use this branch of Yoga to gain intuition and awaken psychic faculties, other to prolong life and others to attain stillness. Until perfect stillness is achieved, the breath does not become subtle enough to enter the central channel or Sushumna, the road to Samadhi (absorptive state of bliss where non-duality is glimpsed).

If you notice carefully, breath pre-dominantly flows through one of the two nostrils at any given point in time :) This would be the dominant channel at that moment. This is also used in Ayurveda (traditional Indian medicine) for diagnosis.

While the Indian version of Svara Yoga is rudimentary, the Tibetans, in their system called the Trul Khor, go to great depths in manipulating and refining the two currents to enable its switching into the central channel naturally (by employing physical postures, force, mantras, mandalas, visualization, breathing techniques and sexual alchemy at the advanced stages).

Did the historical Buddha really teach all of the Buddhist practices that exist today? Not really, not especially Tantric Buddhism. Suttas (Pali for Sutras), which are closest to the historical Siddhartha Gautama, are also later compilations, so hard to say what exactly the Buddha taught. India was a fertile ground for Tantric cultures during the period when Tantric Buddhism, Kashmir Shaivism, and Kaula Tantrism evolved and got perfected. A lot of these techniques and deities are similar/shared because the true origins of some of these primordial entities/practices are older than known religion or metaphysics. Each philosophical school adopted them and claimed them as their own. The Vedas do not prescribe deity worship as practiced today either.

Buddhism chose to give a Buddhistic flavor to these Tantric/Bon practices by pinning Dependent Origination as their philosophical basis. The same can be said about Hinduism, where a lot of deities outside the Vedic systems were assimilated into a Vedic/Veda-friendly system that gets called Hinduism today. Hinduism also counter-attacked the Buddha as an imposter, a demon in some places, while later Puranas accepted him as one of the incarnations of Vishnu. Hinduism certainly is a much larger umbrella system as two dozen schools of philosophies exist (monism - not monotheism, dualism, qualified dualism, materialism, atheism, etc.)

So yes, a lot of these techniques are either very ancient or innovations of some later great minds. Either way, they work. In some areas, like practical aspects of non-duality, the Tantric Buddhists have perfected the techniques in a more elaborate fashion than the current day Hindu counterparts. It is a complex subject with many dimensions - history, society, philosophy, metaphysics, and then aspects that are beyond the scrutiny of the mind-body complex. I study these aspects academically but shun them away from my head when I practice with a clear head. While religion believes in constancy, preserving the old, purity, etc., Tantra (which is Shamanic in nature), is all about evolution, innovation, using the old to produce something new, and not getting sucked into the duality of good-bad, pure-impure, dark-light, etc., as everything that exists is a useful tool for self-improvement.

Sri Chakra

It is a perfect representation of the microcosm and the macrocosm. It is one of the most ancient sacred geometry yantras ever known to mankind.

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It consists of nine Avaranas (veils, walls, enclosures) - which separate one from realizing the full potential of the Self as the Divine. The center is Tripurasundari, the Goddess of the Triads (also a combined form of the child, maiden, and the crone), who represents the transcendental sixteenth digit of the waxing/waning of moon - which represents the transcendence of space and time, two aspects which prevent us from realizing our own true Self as The Goddess.

The nine enclosures and the tenth Bindu (the central dot where all the nine enclosures collapse) is the state of singular, non-dual Divine Consciousness where the Deity and the Practitioner are One.

For material benefits, one worships/meditates on the Srichakra from the center, outwards - like the rays of sun emanating outside from the center. For spiritual ascent, we meditate in the reverse order, from the outermost enclosure to the innermost - where each gross layer of consciousness collapses into the more subtle one, till the mind becomes no-mind. Each enclosure has its own set of deities with specific internal and external purposes. For example, one of the enclosures is called Sarvarogahara - that which cures all diseases, another called Sarvarakshakara - that which protects from all physical, mental, and spiritual dangers.

The Alchemy of Srichakra is extremely complex and involved and a whole school in itself called Srividya. This is a very ancient (and extremely extremely powerful) Tantric school that combines Yoga, Tantra, Alchemy, etc. in itself. It involves Mantra (of three, six, nine, fifteen, sixteen, and twenty-eight letters, given in sequence after the previous one if perfected), Mudra (forty-eight hand gestures), Tantra (ritualistic invocation, internal meditations of six kinds in the subtle energy body). Initial work is physical, and then mental and finally astral where one traverses through a Srichakra constructed in the astral body. At an advanced state, we traverse through an actual dimension dedicated to this alchemy in astral body to the levels permitted by the guardian deities (which depends on our vibratory state, the work we have put in).

This Mandala or Yantra represents the harmony of Shiva and Shakti in conjugal bliss - upward triangles are Shiva, downward ones is Shakti, as their coming together results in the apparently real universe. The Bindu represents the state of pure ‘I AM’, as all that there is. The nine enclosures also represent the nine Chakras, nine dimensions/worlds and nine states of consciousness.

Three Treasures / San Bao (Chi, Jing, Shen)

Summary

The Tree Treasures - Jing, Qi and Shen, are varied expressions of the same Dao. They can be considered, in an over-simplified way, to represent the Body (Jing), Mind (Qi) and Spirit (Shen). The functioning of the human body-mind-spirit matrix occurs through seven expressions of the Dao - Bone, Marrow, Body Fluids, Blood, Essence (Jing), Energy (Qi) and Spirit (Shen) - in the increasing order of energetic density or grossness, Bone being the grossest and Shen being the subtlest. While they all have specific functions to play, they are inter-dependent and work with each other in a holistic fashion. In Daoist medicinal texts, the three treasures are compared to Ice (Jing), Water (Qi) and Shen (Steam). True alchemy occurs when Jing morphs into Qi, and further into Shen as only Shen (spirit) can assimilate through all three levels of existence - Body, Mind and Spirit.

The Jing is associated - amongst other things - with sustaining the Physical body. It is mainly responsible for physical healing as it is this field of energy called Jing that causes the right cells to increase and the unwanted kind to be removed. It is grosser than Qi but subtler than other bodily fluids such as blood etc. If Jing is cultivated properly, the physical body is harmonized and healthy skin is a reflection of this harmony. For Jing to be converted to Qi, one needs a degree of harmony between the Body and Thoughts/Emotions. Jing (postnatal) represents the Essence of the body’s organs (though oft represented by Semen), it is derived from air, and nourishment obtained from food and drink.

Qi may be conceptualized as the energetic delivery mechanism that makes vitality or Jing available across the various organs in the body. It maintains and sustains Jing. It also governs thoughts and emotions. As it is the middle bridge that interacts with both Jing and Shen, it is often the main topic of interest to Alchemists.

Shen or the spirit sustains and directs Qi, and is also of a higher vibrational nature than Qi and Jing. It is also associated with the Mind in the sense that while Qi deals with thoughts and emotions, the Shen is associated with Awareness and Consciousness.

The steps of Alchemy (postnatal) involve reversing the transformation of Dao (highest vibration, most subtle) to Jing (lowest vibration, gross).

Jing → Qi: Jing is primarily represented by the creative essence in semen/ovaries. This, through practices of alchemy, is “warmed” in Lower Dantien to transform into Energy or Qi, just like you heat ice to convert it to water.

Qi → Shen: Qi is further converted to Shen in the Middle Dantien, similar to water being converted to steam.

Shen → Wuji: Shen is processed in the Upper Dantien to transform to Wuji, which represents a timeless, still energetic space field of energy. This is similar to steam dissipating into the space.

Wuji → Dao: In the final stage, when Wuji is sustained, it re-connects with Dao or the Divine, where there is no duality of any kind.

Excess of anything, especially if induced outside of the natural scheme of things, and importantly, is unused, causes imbalance. For example, excess Yin Jing can cause fat gain, phlegm and water retention (Kapha dosha as it is called in Ayurveda). In extreme cases, excessive nourishment, or excess of Jing, can result in cancerous cells or tumors. Excessive and unnatural nourishment in some modern forms of diet (or excessive use of certain herbs in medieval times) have been attributed as the cause for Cancer in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

If one has overstimulated Jing, a simple shaking exercise a few times in the day may help circulate Qi and prevent stagnation of Jing.

Consequences of Sex

Everything is good in moderation. From the perspective of Taoist Alchemy and TCM, semen is associated with Jing which is lost to an extent with ejaculation. Now, Jing is again of two types. Pre-Natal Jing (Yuan-Jing) is passed on to the fetus from the parents - and is responsible for strength and vitality. This is not associated with sexual fluids and to an extent is also associated with deep meditation, prayer, etc. Post-natal Jing, associated with sexual fluids, is associated with food, air, drinks, etc. These two forms are equally important and complement each other. Post-natal Jing is continually replenished by healthy living and eating and this turn enriches Pre-natal Jing.

If one indulges in excessive sex (determined based upon one’s age and general health), Yin, Jing, and Kidney Qi are reduced, causing chronic fatigue, sore heels, and knees. Also, if one excessively abstains from sex, due to an abnormal increase in Jing (which if not transformed spiritually) can lead to perversions and deviations (as it is said to overflow into the ‘Sea of Marrow’).

The younger and healthier one is, the body’s capacity to replenish this Jing is better! If one ejaculates more than one’s body can handle, as post-natal Jing is not replenished at the rate it is being exhausted, it now starts tapping into Pre-natal Jing, which is very difficult to replenish and affects health, vitality, and longevity. It is not just the process of ejaculation, which of course if the most extreme, but even sexual arousal results in less desirable transformation (Qi - Jing - sexual fluids) where in fact, it is the reverse that one should be aspiring for!

So, in general, sex for most is a very lossy event, more so for men than women, but when the practice is enlightened, it becomes alchemy and hence an energy-neutral or even an energy-positive event (Taoists and Yogins have sexual cultivation and dual/couple cultivation methods for this purpose). For most ordinary folks - an obsessive mind dwelling on this topic - be it attachment or repulsion - is what causes the problem. The Western way has to be to either view sex as profane or sacred, but nothing in between - there is a whole spectrum between these two extremes.

Also, the nature of ejaculation is different for men and women - while men really ejaculate, the women don’t usually lose their secretions. While most men always ejaculate during sex, irrespective of whether the partner experiences orgasm, this disturbance in energetic harmony or give and take makes the loss of Jing pronounced. Women, on the other hand, are strengthened with every orgasm, both of their own and of their male partner. Taoist texts thus prescribe:

Ages 16 to 25 - masturbation is relatively harmless

Ages 25 to 30 - reduce the frequency of masturbation

Ages 30s, 40s, 50s - stop masturbating and conserve sexual fluids for intercourse

When man and woman indulge is connected sex, exchanging body fluids, breathing each other’s breath, both are replenished and rejuvenated. When such a connection is absent, men are depleted. Thus, the prescription of Daoist of yore, Peng-Ze: “A man must conserve his semen during sex. Whenever he does ejaculate, the loss must be compensated by absorbing the essence of the woman’s secretion - which is not possible in the case of masturbation or meaningless/disconnected sex”. During connected sex, the microcosmic orbits of the couple overlap, and magical alchemy occurs when mouth, heart, and genitalia come into physical and energetic contact. For the Daoist, such sex is not necessarily “romantic love” like us in the West would immediately assume, but merely the right level of preparedness as well as the right set of techniques and effort.

Dan-tiens are a lot more ‘physical’ while Chakras are more ‘energetic’. If one had to combine the two schools, Dan-tien would be like a storage container of Chi in which spinning wheels of energy aka Chakras are swimming. The three Dan-tiens are like cauldrons in which energy is stored and refined and circulated, affecting physical organs around them - in that, they have similarities to Chakras. They are the cauldrons which transmute respectively, Jing → Chi, Chi → Shen and finally, Shen → Wu-ji, unbridled, non-corrupt pure energy or Dao. While all three of them deal with physical organs around them, they can be mapped to physical, emotional and spiritual aspects respectively, in terms of their primary function.

In alchemical practices such as Taiji, Qigong, Maoshan sorcery etc., these Dantiens are systematically used, usually starting with the lower one, to cultivate and refine energy. Water paths work on energy descending from the upper to the lower one, while the more common fire paths deal with energy flow upward, starting with cultivating the lower Dantien first.