Shamanism is a collection of archaic mind-altering practices existing worldwide. It is associated with the origins of human civilizations. The war shaman was the leader, the king. In China, the Mandate of Heaven is originally the concept of the war shaman being permitted to enter the Tao and create a kingdom.
The shamanic path contains the original, or native medical traditions and knowledge of humanity. It also gives us the model of the ruler of the people as a warrior- philosopher-king. War, healing and bewitching are the functions of a shaman.
The war shaman is a military archetype that pervades both Eastern and Western cultures. It represents power through conquest. It is also an ancient model for leadership in many cultures.
The healing shaman is the archetype for medicine and curing. It represents power through benefiting others. It is also an ancient model for those who retrieve information from other worlds or realms that can be used for healing. Healing shamans are guided by visions, dreams, and practices that use sacred plants.
The bewitching shaman is the negative magical archetype. It represents power through coercion, deception, and illusion. Bewitching shamans parasitically prey on weaker beings. Bewitching shamans are guided by malevolent deceased ancestors.
To be continued...
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True Nature of the Mind
According to the Mahamudra and Mahasandhi/Ati yoga systems, considered the most advanced philosophical sciences of Tibetan civilization, the true nature of the mind is complete and perfect awareness; the underlying purpose of reality is to achieve a greater level of creative awakening through the self-observation of the Original Mind.
The human body perceives reality in terms of waking, dreaming and sleeping states of consciousness in which material, dream and primordial levels form the structure of the mind. The completion stage of meditation results in a union of the three bodies—material, subtle and super subtle, which is both the trikaya of Buddhist meditation theory and the Trinity of Christian Gnosticism. The Christian Trinity is also the description of the three bodies, known in Sanskrit as nirmanakaya, sambhogakaya and dharmakaya. In Latin alchemical terminology we have corpus (physical body), anima (soul), and spiritus (original spirit).
The true Philosopher's Stone of Western civilization is the deepest level of the unconscious mind and is represented as the Secret of the Golden Flower in Chinese alchemy and as the kundalini in Indian yoga. In Buddhism this primordial level of awareness is described as the dharmakaya truth or reality body, which must be united with the sambhogakaya (subtle body) for true Buddhahood to occur.
The concept of the three bodies and their union is the basis of non-theistic Asian inner science. These inner sciences are based upon thousands of years of thought- experimentation in which full-brain activation is sought using a variety of techniques that access the original energy of the body. Inner science includes internal alchemy, the Six Yogas of Naropa, meditation, breathing exercises and sexual yoga.
Until recently, it was not understood that the Spiritual Embryo of Taoist cultivation was the Truth body of Buddhism, the kundalini of yoga, and the hermetic androgyne of Western alchemy. The Tibetan description of the completion stage of meditation is the union of mother and son lights, with the mother light representing the dharmakaya body and the son light representing the sambhogakaya. In China, the union of mother and son lights is described originally as the marriage of the dragon and tiger. All these terms used are really trying to describe the same concepts—the dragon and tiger are the dharmakaya and sambhogakaya bodies, the causal and astral bodies, and the spirit and the soul. The process of uniting material, subtle and void levels of reality into a single whole is represented as the Tao, as well as the Western term The Great Work.
The Christian Gnostic description of enlightenment is based upon the union of body, soul, and spirit. The human body is composed of interdependent fields of matter, sound and light. The completion stage of authentic meditation is based on the unification of sound and light, which is the basis of Tantric Yogic theory. In many cases, the theory and methodology of subtle body activation has been lost in modern times.
The human body perceives reality in terms of waking, dreaming and sleeping states of consciousness in which material, dream and primordial levels form the structure of the mind. The completion stage of meditation results in a union of the three bodies—material, subtle and super subtle, which is both the trikaya of Buddhist meditation theory and the Trinity of Christian Gnosticism. The Christian Trinity is also the description of the three bodies, known in Sanskrit as nirmanakaya, sambhogakaya and dharmakaya. In Latin alchemical terminology we have corpus (physical body), anima (soul), and spiritus (original spirit).
The true Philosopher's Stone of Western civilization is the deepest level of the unconscious mind and is represented as the Secret of the Golden Flower in Chinese alchemy and as the kundalini in Indian yoga. In Buddhism this primordial level of awareness is described as the dharmakaya truth or reality body, which must be united with the sambhogakaya (subtle body) for true Buddhahood to occur.
The concept of the three bodies and their union is the basis of non-theistic Asian inner science. These inner sciences are based upon thousands of years of thought- experimentation in which full-brain activation is sought using a variety of techniques that access the original energy of the body. Inner science includes internal alchemy, the Six Yogas of Naropa, meditation, breathing exercises and sexual yoga.
Until recently, it was not understood that the Spiritual Embryo of Taoist cultivation was the Truth body of Buddhism, the kundalini of yoga, and the hermetic androgyne of Western alchemy. The Tibetan description of the completion stage of meditation is the union of mother and son lights, with the mother light representing the dharmakaya body and the son light representing the sambhogakaya. In China, the union of mother and son lights is described originally as the marriage of the dragon and tiger. All these terms used are really trying to describe the same concepts—the dragon and tiger are the dharmakaya and sambhogakaya bodies, the causal and astral bodies, and the spirit and the soul. The process of uniting material, subtle and void levels of reality into a single whole is represented as the Tao, as well as the Western term The Great Work.
The Christian Gnostic description of enlightenment is based upon the union of body, soul, and spirit. The human body is composed of interdependent fields of matter, sound and light. The completion stage of authentic meditation is based on the unification of sound and light, which is the basis of Tantric Yogic theory. In many cases, the theory and methodology of subtle body activation has been lost in modern times.
Understanding the Yin and Yang
The ancient Taoists, those natural philosophers of change and balance, used the concepts of yin and yang to symbolize the polarity of existence. Everything that exists can be assigned either to yin or yang, thus identifying its polar aspects. In this way, all elements are paired and balanced with each other—night and day, sun and moon, moist and dry, dark and light, fire and water, male and female. It is through this interdependence and interrelationship that the universe, and we humans within it, remains in balance and harmony.
The principle of yin/yang is fundamental to any understanding of Taoist philosophy or sexual yoga. As do so many Taoist ideas, this concept of yin and yang comes from nature. Originally yang stood for the light side of a hill, the side facing the sun. Yin stood for the shady side, away from the sun.
The qualities of yang are brightness, heat, activity, upward and outward direction, aggressiveness, expansion and what we might think of as maleness. The qualities of yin are darkness, water, cold, rest, inward and downward direction, stillness, receptivity, and what we might think of as femaleness.
It is very important to understand that when we talk about yin and yang we are not talking of gender or sex. We all have both yin and yang qualities, whether we are male or female. The balance of these two qualities is not static and concrete, but ever moving and shifting. At times our yin side may assert itself, at other times our yang side.
By being aware and sensitive to the balance and subtle shifts of our own yin and yang qualities we are better able to make proper decisions and conduct ourselves with greater integrity and foresight in our dealings with others.
Yin and yang are not two completely separate forces. They are, instead, different facets of one unifying principle.
The principle of yin/yang is fundamental to any understanding of Taoist philosophy or sexual yoga. As do so many Taoist ideas, this concept of yin and yang comes from nature. Originally yang stood for the light side of a hill, the side facing the sun. Yin stood for the shady side, away from the sun.
The qualities of yang are brightness, heat, activity, upward and outward direction, aggressiveness, expansion and what we might think of as maleness. The qualities of yin are darkness, water, cold, rest, inward and downward direction, stillness, receptivity, and what we might think of as femaleness.
It is very important to understand that when we talk about yin and yang we are not talking of gender or sex. We all have both yin and yang qualities, whether we are male or female. The balance of these two qualities is not static and concrete, but ever moving and shifting. At times our yin side may assert itself, at other times our yang side.
By being aware and sensitive to the balance and subtle shifts of our own yin and yang qualities we are better able to make proper decisions and conduct ourselves with greater integrity and foresight in our dealings with others.
Yin and yang are not two completely separate forces. They are, instead, different facets of one unifying principle.
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