Daoist Meditation

Program

Blocks of the program

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  Mastery of direction

   (Zhang Wo Fang Xian)

  Mastering the direction, or understanding the Path, is related to the organization of the development process. It combines the nature of the primordial energy jing and the prenatal mind, linked to our personal middleness or deviations (the inability, relatively speaking, to connect the higher with the lower, or Heaven with Earth).
  This process is characterized and described by the Fu hexagram, which conditionally takes control not only of the chaotic nature of energy, but also of the consciousness causally formed by our nature (the nature of the spirit). This is the first condition for delving deeper into the alchemical principles of our work. Developing control of the body and mind with the goal of organizing the energy and preserving the spirit.

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  Mastery of reflexivity

  (Zhang Wo Xun Huan)

  An important aspect of the alchemical work is reflexivity, which begins with the process of energy accumulation. The main task here is to gain mastery over our state/ position or to learn to understand the body at rest. This process is described by the hexagram Shi.
  Mastering the position is a necessary prerequisite for the accumulation of energy, which allows you to experience the body in a state of rest. This requires that we learn how to work with the mind and the body at rest (i.e. understand accumulation), so that we can rely on our internal qualities and use them in the practices involving movement.

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  Mastery of internal nutrition

  (Zhang Wo Nei Bu Ying Yang)

  Mastering internal nutrition solves the problem of additionally imported energy. This energy can be accumulated via various processes – from saliva nutrition to the energy of food. This additional energy may be internal or external qi, which affects the preservation of the original jing and the process of energy breathing. This process is described by the Qian hexagram.

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  Mastery of internal breathing

  (Zhang Wo Nei Hu Xi)

  Mastery of internal breathing is associated with the Li hexagram. This is the process of attaining energy breathing, where breathing is initially understood in the same way as internal nutrition. This process helps to develop the perception of the energy of the breath.
  Achieving balance and inner peace is the primary task of internal breathing. This is the depth that our practice must achieve. The mastery of internal breathing is based on the internal nutrition effort and involves primarily the change of qi energy to jing energy, which is used in external breathing.

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  Mastery of the mind

  (Zhang Wo Xin)

  Mastery of the mind is associated with the Tongren hexagram. It refers to the knowledge of spirituality – the true original goal, which is the basis of alchemy. The way to achieving this goal is through a gradual advancement of the internal effort, which leads us to the idea or delineation of the external and the internal consciousness. Working with the mind is of primary importance in the alchemical practice, as it activates the processes of nourishing our spirit, which is correlated with the development of contemplation.

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  Mastery of the energy

  (Zhang Wo Qi)

  The most important among the fundamentals of alchemical work is the mastery of energy circulation, which allows us to manifest our original nature (this determines the properties of our energy reserve), as well as to develop our ability to accumulate energy. The mastery of the energy is associated with the hexagram Tai.
  Gaining knowledge and mastery over the energy is the most important task on the Daoist path, as it leads us to the stage where we work with the ultimate. This work is based on the ability of the lower cinnabar field to control the internal processes. This helps to develop internal harmonization, which forms the proper directed efforts and frees us from the distractions of the mind.

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  Mastery of the alchemical process

  (Zhang Wo Nei Dan Guo Cheng)

  Completing all the previous stages opens the path to understanding the alchemical process, the alchemical ingredients and elixirs. This is described by the hexagram Da’yu (Da-yu).
  The perception of the process itself takes time, therefore it can be approached via the examples of obtaining a particular elixir (for example, the Circulating elixir associated with orbital torsion or the elixir of the Hidden Spring).
  What is important is the ability to bring ingredients into the lower cinnabar field and the mastery of the mind of the lower cinnabar field (the embryo mind), as well as the availability of an internal effort used to maintain the process (maintaining a certain tonus).

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Schedule

7 April — 21 April schedule

Dao, Daoist Academy, Meditation