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thoughts on inner combustionFrom: singing ocean
Subject: Practice
Date/Time 2006-12-02 18:47:18
Remote IP: 154.20.192.103
MessageMy first response is that inner alchemy is based on developing free will, so a certain amount of inner motivation is necessary. I have also been practicing alone for the most part for the past six years. I have also been dealing with quite a bit of resistance mainly of a sexual nature, as well as other types of addictions that distract me and take up my time. In the last year or two, though, I have been feeling a shift from being fed by those outer types of polarized stimulation to being sustained by and accepting the inner neutral field, and finding it much more enjoyable, and also beginning to merge with my outer life.
I have noticed a lot going on in the frequencies of first the stars, the planets and the inner earth in the past few months, so it may also be that you are making an adjustment to this change, it may be too much to absorb through practice. I have found that after completing all the alchemy formulas, I am focusing on bringing the energies of those stellar and planetary forces into my vital organs, and that has helped to dissolve some resistance as well. Attuning with the sun after doing greater kan and li has been huge, it sort of "tunes" and resonates with your energy body.
I think also that it is necessary to have periods of "gestation", or acceptance of the change that has been activated through practice. In the past few years I have been so busy with work that I have not had time to practice every day, but have found that the process has gained more substance and has gone deeper when I return to it. Of course, if I were not so busy, the practice would be deeper still, but one has to balance the outer and the inner methods of how you live your life and how you cultivate on the inner planes.
I have noticed that my jing qi has changed from being a sort of slow and thick type of energy to vibrating all through my bones, and being. I wonder if there is a point where the alchemical combustion process takes off on its own, and is able to self-perpetuate itself, sort of growing exponentially (of course still sustained by practice). Thoughts?
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