A Practitioners Lifecycle
The nature of practice changes as we age. When I was younger the practices linked to the power center in the lower abdomen, the lower dantien as espoused in Asian practice, made up the majority of what I did. The…
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Astral Energy: Where Physicality Begins to End
Astral energy, where to start with this one… The astral level of existence is one in which the sensation of the passage of time is suspended, but the spatial aspects of perception are largely retained. Emotion is sourced from here…
Mental Energy: The Realm of Concepts
he mental realm of existence is where perception of both time and space begin to break down. Traditionally this is associated with the energy center in the head. The subtle body associated with mental energy is normally the one most…
Learning to Concentrate
The ability to concentrate is largely a learned skill for which both physical and cerebral methods exist. All of the available methodology is uncomfortable to one degree or another. One of the biggest crimes against boys, and young men, to…
Akasha
Akashic energy, otherwise known as ether in Hermetic practice, manifests as a dark purple energy whose primary sensation is a penetrating vibration. Akashic energy is most often represented in tantric Buddhist iconography as a thin purple line surrounding the body…
A Good Reading List About Reality
A friend recently asked me for a reading list of books I suggest to others wanting to learn about meditation and the yogic arts. Interestingly, few are practice books. Most deal with violence, foreign cultures, historical figures and a side…
Vital Energy: The Energy Produced By Living Things
Vital energy is associated with the energy center located in the lower abdomen, manifests in a clear light, often tinged yellow, color and is typically warm and enervating. Some systems refer to this as chi, prana, or etheric energy. This…
The Role of Equanimity
Equilibrium, often referred to as magical equilibrium, is a state of poise and balance achieved through stacking the elements in the body in equal amounts. When achieved, equilibrium results in the relaxed and poised, yet fully aware state that makes…
Eleven Primary Energies of Meditation
What are the energies? Some describe the energies as a frequency, others use the term vibration, and people who have mastered the art of the Chinese metaphor describe them in a way that says a lot without saying anything at…
Power Generation Method 2: Heart Centric Awakening
Heart centric awakening – this uses the point in the center of the chest between the nipples and is the foundation of esoteric Mahayana Buddhism, Christianity, some schools of Hermetic practice, Judaism, and some Sufi schools. During the course of…
