NYASA “VORA Kundalini, Prana, Chakra and Nadi Cultivation TechniquesNYASA YOGA Kundalini, Prana, Chakra and Nadi Cultivation Techniques ‘There is an extremely effective form of yoga that few people practice called Nyasa Yoga. Nyasa Yoga is a type of internal energy work for the physical body that purifies its structure through activated prana. It is related to an entire host of yogic exercises for clearing your nadis of obstructions by invoking energies said to “divinize” a practitioner’s body. ‘The practice diffuses energy into the body by associating mantras with every part of the body and the whole of it. For the best results you need to stay on each spot to sufficiently energize the prana of that region, and visualizing the targeted muscles helps open up the nadis quicker. When you recite a specific mantra from that location, you should linger and try to feel a full vibration in the area. ‘The result is significant progress towards cultivating a “deva body” (astral body double) that can leave the physical body at will, which is the goal of many yoga texts. Basically, Nyasa Yoga stimulates the body’s prana—which is your own latent Qi, spiritual energy, vital energy or life force—into moving and then fully opening your nadis. Through methods that involve mantra and concentration, you generate and then lead your prana from place to place to open various sections of your body, and to create a “shield of divine protection” for the body as a whole. Together with other yoga exercises, Nyasa Yoga results in your channels being purified and a subtle body being generated. Many Nyasa and related yoga exercises are described that rarely appear in print. Inside are various Nyasa Yoga practices as well as sectional body cultivation techniques from a number of different traditions. There are also discussions on special (and sometimes secret) mantrasand holy places in the world that are excellent for cultivation. Special instructions on Mantrayana practice, Yoga Yajnavalkya exercises, how to open up your spinal channels, the real location of chakras in your body, what happens during the twelve-year period of kundalini awakening, how to cultivate the five koshas, and methods to specifically cultivate feminine energy are all revealed as well as a number of other rare and interesting topics If you wanted just one internal energy (“nei-gong”) cultivation book for yoga practice then this is a veritable treasure trove of cultivation techniques that even includes esoteric ‘laoist and Buddhist Vajrayana meditations that do not require special empowerments. ISBN 978-0-99807b4-1-b | 90000 9 '780998'076416'Kundalini, Prana, Cultivation TechniquesCONTENTS Adaowledgments Stakyamuni Budd's Beauiied Body ‘The Shaki Peethes and Other Holy Spots “The Five Pus Bodies “One Unit” Whole Body Gulvation Methods “The Mabansinans Sut ad YogsYainanalya Iysea Yog Practice Mantesyana Bindu, Channels, Gans, Limbs and Interaal Orga Bester Yogs Practice Opening the Spine ‘What “Chaka” Rell Are ‘The TwelveyeatPetod Append Is Cultivating Feminine Energies Appendix 2 The Pour Dhyana Appentx 3A Life Geated Toward Spirit Culivaon ” ne 10 1 132 i” 18s ww 216ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ‘To Master Nan Husi-chin, who frst told me about the dharmakaye and santbhegoka. This book helps you to attain it starang with the Alevelopment of the deva, deity or subtle bods. To Sti Siddharameshwar and Meker Baba, whose combined teachings also help you to understand the bodies to be ataized on the spiital path fon dhe way to complete enlightenment and the perfect samblegshys To Lee Shu-mei, who supported me dusing my seseareh effors, and te ray pareats who never opposed any interest in spiritual cultivation. [Nay dhe merit from this work go to all of them, may shy all hereby attain 2 higher stage of the Tao, and may they supervise paths of pines aesstance. | have writen this book to appeal to students of Indian yoga, who know tcrms lite prana and wad, and seadents of Chinese nei gong inner enesgy work, who know the equivalear terms as Qi ad Qi channel, Thete two vocabulaces are ured interchangeably. Because | hhave covesed many difficult topies within this book that may contain fewors because of the sophisteated cocrespondences, I hope that subsequent authors will se these materials as a basis 10 make comections in newer and more advanced materials for the public. [ thank them ahead of time For their devotion tothe spincial path and helping people attain enlightenment.CHAPTER 1 SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA'S BEAUTIFIED BODY “The eelightened sage Shakyarmani Busha lived neatly 2.500 years ago. Many people admized his body for itis said that i exhibited special matke and signe of perfection, namely thiry wo excelent snatks, due to his many lives of spinal cultivation: 1, Smooth and level feet, 2. ‘Thousind-spoked wheel sign on feet 3. Lang, slender fingers 4 Plant bande and fet 5, Toes and fingers finely webbed 6. Fabsized heels 7. Arched insteps B. Thighs ike a royal stag 9, Hands reaching below the knoos 10, Wel-reracted male organ A, Height and scetch of arms equal 12, Bvery hair-100t dark colored 13, Body hai graceful and cusly 14. Goldea-hued body 15. Teo-foot aura around him 16. Sof, smooth skin 17, Sole, pas, shoulders, and crown of head well-rounded, 18. Area below armpits wel filled19, Lion-shaped body 20, Body eset aud upright 21, Ful, round shoulders 22, Forts teeth 23, Teeth white, even, and close 24, Four canine teeth pate white 25, Jaw ike a ion 26, Saliva cht improves the taste ofall food. 27. Tongue long snd broad 28. Voie dep and resonant 29. Byes deep bine 530, Eyelashes ikea royal ball 31. White Gena cut! thar emt ight berween eyebrows 32, Fleshy protuberance on the crown ofthe bead I in also said dha dhete ate eighty minor characteristics of the body ‘of fully enlightened Budd Hie has beautiful fingers and toes He has well proportioned fingers end toes, He has tube shaped fingers and toes His fingemails and toenails have a rosy tint. Fis fingernails and toenails are slightly upturned atthe sp. His Gngesnais and toenails ate emoath and rounded withowt sides. 7. His ankles and waists ate rounded and undente His feet ar of equal lengeh. 9. He has a beaut gait, like that of a king-clephan 10, He has a stately pit lke tat of king.bon. 11, He has a beausiful gst, like that of swan. 12, He has a majestic pit, ike that of r0y3 on 13, His aight foot lends whe walking 114, His ees bave no protriding kneecaps. 15. He bas the demeanor ofa great an. 16. Bis navel ie without blemish 17, He has a deep shaped abdomen, 18, He bas cloclwise marks on the sbdomea. 19. His thighs ate rounded like banana sheaves. 20. His two aris are shaped like an elephants trunk peeene 2VASA YOGA 21. ‘The lines on the palms of hi hands have a eosy dnt. 22. His skin is thick o thin a it should be. 23, His skin i unwrinkled. 26, His body is spotless and without humps 25, His body is unblemished above and below. 26, His body is absoltely Fre of impurities, 21. He has the sueagth of 1,000 exote elephants oF 100,000 28, He has a protroding nove 29, His nose is wel proportioned. 430, His upper and lower lps are equal i size and have a rosy 41, His teeth are unblemished and with no plague. 32. His teeth at long lke polished coaches 23, His teeth ae smoot and without ridges 34. His five sense-orgnns are unblemished 35, His four canine teeth are crystal and rounded. 36. His face is long and beaut 37. His checks are radiant. 38, The lines on his palms are deep 39. The lines on his palms are long 40. The lines on his palms ae steught. 41, The lines om his palms have a ross nt. 42. His body emanates a halo of light extending around him for 43, His cheek cavities ave fully sounded and sooth “44, His eyelids ae well proportioned, 45. The five nerves of his eyes are unblemished. 46. The ups of his body hai are nether xved nor bent 47. He has 2 rounded tongue. 48. His tongue is soft and has a rosy-tnt 49, His eas are long like lous petal. 50. His esholes ate beauiflly rounded. 51. His sinews and tendons doa't stick out. 52. His sinews and tendons are deeply embedded in the Flesh 53, His topknot is ike a crown, 54. His forehead is well- proportioned ia length and breadth, 55, His forehead is sounded and beautifl. 56, His eyebeows are arched like a bow57, The ir of his eyebre is Fine 58. The hair of his eyebrows lies Hat 59. He bas large brows 60. His brows reach the outward corner of his eyes. GL, His skin is Eine theoughowt his body 62, His whole body has abundant signs of good fortune. 63, His bode is aways rane 64, [lis bod is aways refeeshed like lotus Hower. 65, His bod is exquisitely sensitive to touch. 66. His body has the scent of sandalwood, 67, His bods lire consistent in length. 68. He hae fine bodily hai 69, His breach s always fice 70, His mouth hwy has « heavsifal smile 77. Hs mouth hs the scent of a lotus lower 72. His haic has the colour of 2 dark shadow. 73. His bars stomgly scented. 74, His hac has the scene of a white loms. 75, He has curled hai. 76. His hair does nat turn grey. 77. He as Ene hie 78, His hee untangle 79, His hae has long cuss. (Buddha may be interpreted os being bala) 80, He has a topknot as if rowned with coyl ower galand [Dye to hat ext good karma and merit wat it that Shaleyamunt Bodadha exhibited such beautifcexcellence? First there was the culation practice of his present life which ‘would produce wondrous results, but there war leo the karmic mest from prior lives as well ‘Other Buddas, which means enlighteaod individual, are slo portrayed as possessing “beautiGed” bodies due to their success in eaching the highest levels of spiritual cultivason. This inclades Shira (Hindutm), Kehoa (Hindu), Mahavisa (ainiem), Muragaa (Hinduism), Amitofo (Buddhism), Kuan Yin (Mahayana Buddhism), Jesus (Christen), Pacmasambhava (Vajayana Buddhism) and ‘many other spiritual greats. Ts there aseeret mesning ofthis list hat goes beyond the surface?“The messing is that you must citvate each and evexy individual part of your bod, opening up all the nas within is, ia order to puify the prana within i. Activating the prana within all ces of your body 's how you gradually obtain s beawted body, which takes effort. By flooding your body with active prana and thereby cleansing all of your adi of obstructions you will eventually generate an entirely new body withia the old one and win a new spistual life, Your entice physical body must be wansforme for this vo happen ‘You need so culivate every individual par: of your body ~throvgh mantra practices, breath tetention pranayama exercises, stretching snd visualization practices that bring prana/Qi to that are, sexual cultivation and other techniques ~ in order 9 open up the mais of Qs channels within cht section of your body. Noze: in onder 10 wansmit this information to a wider eastern audience, in this book the res “prana” and “Qi” will be used interchangeably as wall dhe texas “hadi” 20d "QG channels” These terms should always be considered synonyms. ‘After you tansform all sections of your bods, all patts down 10 individual muscle fibers and cells (by leoding all body atoms with Qi ‘over and over again for yeas) you wil thereby in aggregate open up all your Qi changes, which means that you “perfect” or “pif” your entize body. At tat point a deva body, which isa body double ‘composed of prata/Qi spiritual energy, can then emerge fom your pphysial esh- Ie will emerge a if freeing itself From a easing just at ‘normally happens when someone dies, only cis body willbe able 10 ‘come and go 2 you please and will form the initial bass for a new ‘and higher spisitual life. In a ausbel, ths is the path for how you. teach the highest stages of spiritual attinmentCHAPTER 2 ‘THE SHAKTI PEETHAS AND OTHER HOLY SPOTS According co Hinduism, the enlightened Lord Shiva was matied t2 tke Goddess Sat Sais considered che principal female of Hinduism representing the feminine enezpies of dhe cosmos, ealled Shaki, and of the hnmaa bo. According to legend, at some time in the past Sais father, Daksha, decided to perform a puja ceremony 10 take revenge on Lord Shiva, whom Sati had marsed against hes father's wishes Daksha invited ll the deities to stend except his daughter. Shiva tied to dissuade Sati from going to hee faher’s puja since she was fot invited, but Sati decided to go anya Being an uninvited gues, Daksha was not shown any sespoce by her father, who evea insulted et husband Sniva, Sati eacld not beat her father’s insults so sbe immolated herself by jumping toto the ‘cerernonial fire, thus destroying the poja ceremony, and died. “The legend goes that Lord Shiva reuieved the corpse of his wife and while carving it upon his shoulders stated dancing faciously all lover the counisy. To bring down his anger, Lord Vishaw severed Satis body and various pieces of the corpse fell at sevetal spots all throughout the Indian subcontinent forming the sites that are now lkzowa 28 Shai Pecthas In other words, according co religous legend the Shakti Peethas are places where the body parts of Sas compse fell e Shiva eased during his sorrowful wanderings after her desth, Those locations, *NYASA YOGA which have become sacred spots, ate now believed to contain divine ences ‘Some religious texts say that there are SI Pecthas, while others say there are more. The Pithmimgya Tanne mensions 51 Peethas scatered all over Indiz, Sei Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, asd Tibet. The Shiacbona lists am addiional 26 move Upa Peethas. The Brabmands Perana mentions 6+ Deethas while Devi [hagavatham provides a list of 108 Shaki Posthae. The Shabsi Patho Stovam, writen by Adi Shankara, provides a list of Peethas as well “Tae point is that caer ate innumerable places wothin Incia where special spiritual energies are avaiable to help your cultivation; many ste lated and many ate noe “Areach Peeths location you will usally find a temple or shrine to mark the spot. Tradition says the Peethas are overseen by enlightened spisitval protectors and devas who wal help visting ‘psinal ptacetoners to make progress om the cultivation path ‘Whenever 4 locaton is identified as “saezed” in some spiital tuadition you should suamise that many etlightened spirits! beings live and work there helping locals (and cavelers on pilgrimage or ‘who simply stop by) receive asstance in their daily lives in their spiritual cuvation. ‘One of theis goals is to help practitioners transform the prana and nade (Qj chanacls) of theit body om the war to resbieng tnllghtenment. You have to do most af the spiritual eulvation work rousself because Heaven can only help in alate war (never expect ‘mimcles), but this why iis often of benefit ro vit these locaton a «spintual aspcant. The local deva denizens aod spiitual masters charged with caring for the locale, wll often lend theis energies 10 yours to help you open up your Qi channels ‘The Shakti Peethas are each designated by one of Satis body pars as fallows: Hingala, Pakistan - The Suture oa the top of the head Sharkeat, Kolhapur Eyes ‘Sugandha - Nowe Amarnath Cave, Kashmit - Throat Jscalamakhi, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh -Tongue Jalandhar - Left Breast Badranath - Heart,‘ILLInM 90081 Nepal - oth Kaces ‘Manas - Right Palm ‘Udkal Vg, Jagannath Puri - Navel ‘Misinath, Nepal - Right Cheek Bahu -Lefe Ar Uji, Madhya Peadesh - Elbows “Tapurs - Right Leg (Chagaon, Bangladesh - Right Arm Shalbadi Grom, Jalpaigudi- Left Leg Kami, Assam - Genitals Prayag, Allabad, Utar Pradesh - Fingers Jayanu Hills, sisi - Left Thigh Ksheer Gram, Bardhwan - Right Hand Thumb Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal - Right Toes Lalbagh Coure, Howrah ~ Crown ot Diademn Varanasi, Utar Pradesh -Rarsng ‘Kanyashum - Back Kurclsheera, Haryana Righe Ankle Pushkar, Rajasthan ~ Both Wrists ‘allkarjn Hills, Shad - Neck Kanchi - Skeleton Kalmadhay — Left Hip and Buttock -Amaskantak, Madhya Pradesh ~ Right Hip and Bostock Ramagis, Chisakoot — Right Breast Vrindavan, Una Pradesh - Hait ‘Shuchi, Kaaniyakurnari, Tamil Nadu ~ Upper Teeth Panch Sagar - Lower Teeth ‘Karoyatat, Bangladesh — Sole of Left Foot Shri Parvat, Ladakh — Sole of Right Foot ‘Vibhash, Tamluk, West Bengal - Left Ankle Prablaas, Gimar Hills - Stomach Bhairae Pavat, Ujain - Upper Lip Panchavati, Nasky Mabarasthe - Chin ana, Bikar ~ Right Thigh Godavatte - Left Chesk Ratnaval, Chennai - Righe Shoulder Mithila, Bihar - Left Shoulder Vaia, Rajasthan ~ Toes and Foot Bones Karna BassNYASA YOGA Vakreshwar Bran ‘Yashohar, Bangladesh — Left Ply _Attahas, Tabhpor, Wese Bengal ~ Lower Lip [Nandipir, West Bengal - Necklace Lanka - Anklets ‘Danteshoeari ~ Teeth Tn order to culate and seach a high stage of spiritual srinment you need to aston sour physi! body by opening vp des Qi channels. Without transforming. your Qi chanels its impossible 10 alain a higher spitual body, samadhi or nligheament “The fist great milexone target on the spc paths ataininga (& or prana Body that cam leave your physi body will, om which you can culate the higher stages of atainment. Ths asta Saino al a "wl: bom body the Budahis Sargon Sut, ir only pouable if you transform che Qi and Qi channels of your physical body, namely al your nasa chakras, ‘Most people unk thatthe “parication ot “tansformation” of ( chaanelscommoniy mentioned in spa tests only refers to dhe snsjor Qi channels (acapuncture mesdans) of the bay. In actual fhe, siace the ery Fist step of spiritual euvadon ito create #9 intena subd body made of Qi by ceasing out al ofthe milions of (Qe energy routes wihin your present body — an “there double” x0 tovspea nother word, all your Qi channel mart be tzanaformed Calavation work wil patify your inet Qi bod that beady exis lute form within your physi! body. After sufficient clieation woth, his inner Qi body ca the leave its physical bodr casing ikea bind escaping rom # cage ‘The physical body therefoce serves ss a shel, casing ot Incubatory vessel for the inner Qi body. This Qi body leaves the physi! body upon death bt we can eltvate the aay for tht subi body to become sronger and mote purified so that it ean leave fnd scooter the physical matte a will Ths & the lowest sage of| being «gun or mare. All masters have this abicy but wll never tll ‘You alcady have this latent subtle body within yoo, for in rudimentary form this the body dha eaves upon deat os ested Ghring accdens. and outofshe-body experiences Tt an exact‘wiLLIAM ROR duplicate of your physical bods, but it s not pure enough to achieve success at spiral cultivation, which has che tage of enlightenment or sef-realzaton. To achieve success you need 1 more purified pe fof vessel that you cultivate by frst attaining the sube Qt body, next repeating your practices with that Qi body to ats a mare purified form, and then repeat the process 10 ata higher and higher bodies jn sequence. Some of thir information can be gleaned from Mebet Daba’s God Speats and Dinounes. Devas and spits (Buddhisn vefers wo them as Desire Realm Jnhabtants) all possess this body composed of impure Qi (prana), ‘which is why they are also cultivating in various ways (under the tnstroctions and guidance of « masts) to attain enlightenment. The spiritual pathways they use ate devoid of the eliious sectarisnism tod disuaity championed found in the wodd since devas can see ‘everything going oa in the word, inchuding the knowing of people's houphss, and have teachers who clearly recognize the myths aad nists in each seliion. Therefore they eschew the sectarianism for the simple diver path of spinal culvation, ‘You caa only attain self-ealzation ~ which mean to zelize the substance of the mind tha is at an enesy level even more subtle than coarse Qi = by eulivasng your Qi (pears) and channels. From progcese thi task you will advance onthe rosd of spittol praccce. Regardless of your cliion, “spiritual progress” roquizes that all the Qi channels (sade) within your physical body became fiee of obstructions, which we term becoming purified or opened. It is possible to go about accomplishing this by concentrating on the ‘whole body as a single uni fs if itis something inside a rabber suit that must be tnsformed), or by focusing on iliviual body pats a sections. Doa't thik of your Qi channels as lines, but think of them as the energy bonds berween all your atoms ina pachway. Your entre body must be fooded/sarurated with Qi that cxculates everywhere ‘again sod again and again through many years of refinement (antl a leva body ean emerge from wathin it) so thick body sections aze & preferable way of thinking about Qi channel In other words, if you do enough spiritual cultivation work there will come a time when your Qi begins t stir and hen pass throagh the different secdons of your body, and then through your body as 2 whole. When you get to any stage where your Qi begins ro rol, rozate, move, orbit of ctculte (however yon wish co descsibe if)vasa YOR, ‘theoughout your body then you are advised to stay in meditation for as long as possible te concinue that process of pusficstion. This wil slowly cause a deep pueping of poisons from the body. Herbal (and other) detoxification efforts are helpful in chis process, and ca nase the pzocess of wansfosmation. Mediate Case tudes explains ‘what is happeneing when you stat to feel energy sensations withie your bod. Tes not that there are 72,000 or any other figurative number of ‘channels in your coarse physical bdr, such a the "350,000 mad” mentioned ia the Shia Samize te opening up,” “aansfouming” oF “purifhing” your Qi channels you basally bave to fod all your celle and atoms in your body with Qi to transform everything, which is what creates the independent deva body. The teachings of Vajayanz Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism and Yogs can serve at guides for accomplishment, Very few people know how so do it cortectly, ‘which is why this ook was wate “The Shakti Peethas are not by any sense al inchsive in ters of| _xpscsenting the pasts of your body that muse he culdvated. They ate jt indicative of the fac: that every section of your body has to be ccuivated in such a way that your Qi can eventually pats frely ‘through each section because all the eneegy pathways in every tissue ate clear of blockages. "Cultvation” meaas you have to work hard at practice exeroses thar will bang Qi co those regions, open up theis Qi cchennels, and purge chose tess of impurities and obstructions. At the lowest, beginning stages of the cultivation path spiritual assistance is all about affecting your bods’s Qi and Qi channels. This Js why people mantra for spinal help of look fora spiritual master "THE 24 VAJRAYOGINI HOLY PLACES “These ate twenry four tantiic places (energy centers) of interest to Buddhiet Vajeayana practitioners - elated #0 Mahadeva, Hema and Vajeayogin - char are also associated with parts of the human body. “These locations, which are of importance to those who follow the Vajrayogini wadion, symbolize the body of Vajtavogini and can bbe used eo identify ntemal Qi energy practice sections jos a can the Shakti Peedhas ancl list of Shakyarmuni’s betutifed fears. They sncade:WILLIAM BODRI Patiala (Doveen the eebeows) Jalanhara (rove of hed) Gadiyina ghee) Arbus pe of neck) Godavari (left ear) Rats (he hac tthe cee ofthe forced) Devikota (eyes) Matava holes) Kamara {anderums an key) Otri (breasts) “Teshakune (red Koala nose tp) Kalinga (alas) Lampaka host Kanchi he) imag sis) Preps geil) Gahacera ams) Sarasa (highs) Saramadvip (aire) Nagas (ingers and to) Sina ares) Mars ig toe) Ka nes) When spiritual prciioners have aot yetarained the devs bedy (the inne subse body of Qs dat ean leave jour physical body ae wl, they can concentrate on these body segions in special ways to help ‘pes up their Qi channels ia the vieinicy and purify their Qh of imputies. That is the purpose of ancient texts ploting out such ‘earthly locations ‘THE 2 JYOTIRLINGA Ina also has the evelve Jyotiinga, which ate epecial sacred sites where Shiva is worshipped. According fo legend, a these twelve locations the energies or light of Shiva became manifest, and xa there are swelve Shiva temples at these locations which ate spread al ®throughout India, Tie populse explanation of light or energy im a segion is ‘obviously a cefersece to either the Feng Shui energies on dhe energies fof Belpfal devas and enlightened Buddhas in the viciaity, who wil balp azpitsnts with the spintual practices once again (they wall help them open up their Qi chanes). Whether of aot Shiva was person/being who actually lived, you can rest assured that there are enlightened helpets at these various locations who car and wil help you open up your madi ‘The neclve Indian Jyotislinga are located at Somnath in Grjarat, Nallkaruna at Slrshalam in Andhra Pradesh, Mahukaleswar st Ujjsin in Madhya Deadess, Omkareshwst in “Madhya Pradesh, Kedarnath in Uttakhand, Bhimashankar at Pune in. Maharashera, Viswanath at Varacasi in Utar Pradesh, Tarsbakeshwar at Nashik in Maharashts, Vaidranath Temple at Deoghar im Jharkhand, Aundha Nagoath at Auodba in Hingoli Diswict in Mabareshire Rameshwar at Rameshwaram in Tamil Nada and Grishneshwar at [Elora near Ausangabad, sn Maharashts. India has many other sacred places where practitioners of evesy tclgion cao gaia astitance for their spsiual cutvation, such as the 108 Vishnu temples (Disya Desam) mentioned in the warks of the ‘Tamil chars (sins). The eight most sacred shrines for Hindy Vaishoaves, knows as Svayam Vyakta Keetra inchade shrines at Muktinath,” Stirangam, Ssimashoam, Tirupati, Nairisharanya, ‘Thotde, Pesbhar and Badcoath. There are alzo the Chaat Dhaam which include Badrinatn i the north, Jagannath Pasi in the east Darks in the west aod Rameshtcaram ia the south, There are aso the Sapt Pusi or seven holy cies of Ayodlya, Mathura, Hasidwar, ‘Varanasi, Kanchipuram, Ujjan and Dwatka, WORLD SACRED SPOTS ‘There ae alco many other locations across the world whee high stage Buddhas and devas often help practitioners cuvate thei Qh Jost afew indicative locations include the sacred mountain ‘Arunachala in Tirwvannarali where Ramana Maharshi lived; Meher Baba's tomb in Meherbed; Rumi's Mausoleum in Konya, Turkey; ‘Ramaliags Swamigals Sadhya Gnane Sabba at Vadalus, India; Sathya Sai Baba’s tomb in India; Bodlgays in India where Shakyamuni‘wiLtIAM o0DRI Buddba became enlightened; the Buddhist Temple of the Tooth in Shi Tanks; the Mhajuraho Group of Hindu and Jain temples in Nadya Onidesh, India; Mont Parmastus in Greece; Bodhanath, Nepal: Angkor Wat, Camsbodin: Borobudur, Indonesia; che Shrine of, the Bab, founder of Babism, in Haifs, Ise the shrine of Babavllah, fovader of the Babs'i Faith, near Acco Ise, Alb Hajwas!'s tomb ia Lahore, Pakistan; Bawaldin Ziaya's tomb in [Mulsn, Palstan; Shah Jalas tomb in Sythe, Bangladesh; the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Prophet's Mosque in Mecina, and alAgsa Mosque in Jerusalem; the Golden Temple of Sikhism ar Sa Harmanclie Subs sasious Christan holy ses in Israel: dhe Church of St. George in Istanbul the Tomb of Jethto in Iseze,saeed to the Druze, the Cave of the Patsarchs in Hebsos, Ista Mount Haguro, Mouat Gassan, aed Mount Yudono, sacted 10 the Shogendo; the Temple of CConfuciss in Qué; and Is Shrine in Japan, sacred to Shintvsn It ie t00 dificult to lat a mantra for the presiing enlightened ‘Buddhas ar each location, so the following i a rare list of mantras that you can use for various spriial traditions. They are especialy twseful when you visit attendant spinteal locations for spisual assistance in cultivating your Qi and channels. Anyone can nse these smantas without belonging to that wadition. You are encouraged 10 uy them and see which ones produce 2 result, and you should then fe the ones with which you have the most energtie affinity: eddhism — Om Ab Lah Tah Sah Mab Rah Pah Hah Soh [Bedhism (akernative) - Om Ab Hak Sah Mal Ta Rab Mah Tha Sah Hong Ha Kundalini Yogs - Om Ab Hung Ha Hung Hah Ts Lab Rab Mal ‘Tah Hong Hs Soba ‘Taoism —Om Ah Vek Lah Hah Mah Tah Rah Zah Mab Tah Hab “Taoisin (sermasive) = Om Ah Rab Pah Tah Rab Sah Fish Fah Lal Rah Hung Shinto - Om Ah Rah Pah Sah Mah Tah Hah Lah Rab Mah Tah Fah Sah Tah Lah Rah Mah Tab Hiah Sab Lah Rab Him ‘Shinto (alternative) “Om Ab Rah Dab Tsa Mah Tah Lab Rab Hah Sah Soha Koshinto ~ Om: Ab Rah Pah To Rah Mah Tab Has Lah Pah Rah “Tah Sohs Shugendo ~ On Ah Rab Tah Sah Lah Mah Tah Hal Rah Sah TataNYASA YOGA Mah Tah Hiab Lah Rah Sah Ta Sobs ‘Yoshida Shinto ~ Om Al Hung Soha ‘Teastyo - Or Ah Hung Hah Flung Om Hah Soha Sikhism — Oi Akt Rah Tab Mah Hal Sab Lah Mah Tah Sah Lab Ral ‘Mah Ta Sak Hab Soha Caodaism ~ Oma Ah Rab Pah Tsa Nah Dee Dee Dee Jainism ~ Om Ah Re-Pee Om Ab Hum ab Tal Zab Hab Ra Lah ‘Ra Ma Tah Hah Soha ‘Meivaahi ~ Om Ala Rab Tah Mah Hah Lah Rab ah Sah Maly Hab ‘Ral Mah Tah Soba seinism ~ Om Ab Tah Rab Lah Mah Tah Hab Sah Rab Tah ‘Mh Tal Hab Lab Soha Yazdanises (and Yazidiom) ~ Om Ab Tal Lah Rah Mah Tah Hal Sah Soha Judaism ~ Om Ab Lah Ral Hab Sab Mab Tah Lah Rah Hak Soka ‘Onthodox Judaism — Om Ab Vab Lah Hur Ab) ‘Wices ~ Rah Mah Ta Sah Lal Hal Hora Dahorsey ~Om Ah Hum Ah Rah Tah Sah Mah Lah Hah Sah Soba ‘Yoruba = Hab Mah Tah Sah Cah Rab Hals Tah Mab Tai Soh Lah ‘Rah Hah So Lah Mah Ta Hak Sah Lah Tah Hah Sab Lab Tal ‘Mah Sah Lak Hum ‘South African —Hah Tah Sah Hum os ‘THE CHINESE SACRED MOUNTAINS China bas the four boly mountains of Buddhism ~ Wutei Shae, [Emet San, Jiuhua Shan and Paso Shan — that are “auspicious” for making progress at selF-eultivation. A special energetic sensation can bye felt at these mouaiains, which is their inherent Feng Shui energy fiom the earth, and this natural energy penetates practioner’ ‘bodies to help open up their Qi channels. The presence of natura helpfsl energies ftom the environment (or the presence of helpful devas soften why masters setup temples in certain locations ‘Whenever you vist a location with “good Q” you ate soaking in those nanual energies. I they are strong energies, that extes boost of, natural eoviconmensal fores will assist your own cultivation efforts by helping t© oper your Qi channels. If you perform pranayama ‘asthaba (oreah retention exercises at chose locations this would be ‘expecially beneficial for your progress. 6‘WILLIAM 30081 ‘These catural beneficial energies explain why practitioner like to spend cime cultestng a certain sacred mountain locations. Nov all of them are beneficial in this way, but yau get the general idea 25 to why they ean be important Basically, the energies of the mountain can be used/borowed to acgment your own efforts to open your Qi chanaels, and if they ate “sacred” locations they ate also offen populated by belpfl spiritual beings who might asset you with your exlvation efor, ‘China alo has the four sacred! mountains of Taoism - Wadang ‘Shao, Longha Shan, Cian Shan and Qingeheng Shan ~ chat function in this manner, Other Chinese mountains with spirtsal significance inchude Mount Lao, Mount Sangin, Mount La and Mouat Changhai "There ate even patsicnlar mantras that request Qi cultivation assistance which you can reite for some of these locations, such as \Wtai Shan (China) ~ Ab Bey Rah Hae ‘Emi Shan (China) - Om Ah Hum Jinhua Shan (China) —Om Ah Hung Hah Paruo Shan (China) — Om Manu Bey Mee Hurn ‘Wualang Shan (China) —Om Ab Lab Ral Pah Tsah Hur ‘Longhs Shan (Chins) ~ Joe Lats Rah Mah Tab Hal Sal Horn (Qigua Shan (China) ~ Bee Hah Lah Rab Mah Tab Sah Lab Hum Qingeheng Shan (Chin) ~ Mab Lah Tah Rab Sah Mab Hah Ham Mount Lao (China) ~ Yo Hah Mah Tah Lab Rals Husa “Mount Sanging (China) - Yo Lah Hah Mah Tah Lah Fah Ral Mah ‘Tah Hun ‘Mount La (China) ~ Mah Lah Rab Tab Husn ‘Mount Changhai (China) - Ma Lah Tah Rab Hah Sab Lah Hum OTHER LOCATIONS [Are thete other holy places throaghout the world that are helpal cd (OF course, Saced locations may be fownd in mountains, islands, healing, springs, lkes, special shrines, temples, monasteries and ‘xpeciny hy obra nighened masters: ike the human body, the earth iself isa physical body that in special spots chrows off energies pariculary helpfal to culzaion. Sometimes masters recogrize this, which i why temples, sebeams,Nyasa Yous shrines and monasteries or munneries were often built in ceria locales. Most loeatons are not energetically beneficial i any uaustal way, so don’t expece benefits everywhere you go including when 2 location i considered “tacred.” Most often the location was simply convenient or the residence of loss of helpful heavesly beings (devas). However, sometimes at certain locations you can up into special environmental enezpie to help yor in opening up your Qi channels, which is another reason sages undertake setcats in paricular Jocales, Hawerer, 20 environmental Qi can open Qi ckannels for you. You ean only bo:row these energies, and must ditionally do a lot of pranayama, neisgong snd otber cultivation wark yourself. Pranayama, wheze you hold your breath (bambboka) in créer (0 force Qi channels to open interally, i pariularly smportant in ths separ ‘Wherever you ae right now you can aso request higher spictual Incings who ate enlightened (Buddhas, Bodhisatvas, Arbat, masters, gon, tadition foundess, sages, stints, te) for assistance i opening ‘op your channels, which i why you norally recite prayers and ‘mantis. Thiy atts the attention of higher beings to your effort Make 00 mistake 19 thiaking you must tavel elsewheze because sssstance is always avalable if you just ask for it by working hard 2t ‘caluivation,zeading the mgt spiral texts, and mating mortar acing Jr asdstaue. Mantz recitation is lke shooting off « flare asking fot ‘spinal assistance in tansforming your prana and ra Tn Vaitayaca Buddhisin one of the main points of emphasis is ‘on tansforming your physical body, whichis necessary $0 that you ‘an attain enlightenment. Therefore Vajrayana pracetioners secite payers asking for sesstance on four important, fandamental matexs ‘that ace leva for all spiritual stadents (2) opening up thei Qi channels so that shir body becomes. ‘warmer, softer and mare flecble, (@) anaining a body that is as soft and healthy as a baby's ‘body so that it becomes an aid rather than obstacle on the spictsl path, (8) learning how to make their Qi begin to circulate without ‘obstruction, which will help reduce any anguy or violent tendencies, and (4) activating and mestering the true Yang Qi, kandalini fire,‘WILLIAM BORE ‘ dantion fie of the body in onder to zeach a stage of calmness, bliss and waemth and ultimately socceed in creating 2a independent dova bod Another set of peayrs is chat (1) vour energies are joyous, 2) your Qi channels open, and (3) you achieve great bliss and the ‘empsiness-wisdom of enlightenment. Nozmally whea you visit the shrine of a Moslem ssc, called 2 Dargah or Mazar (which liteally means a place for visita place of peng homage), yoa call on the stints name when you need help or Assistance for fe, but you eaa ask them for eulvation assistance as ‘well. This is the stindard prsctce done throughout the Moslem ‘world, such at atthe Marat of Kwaja Moimuddin Chisht at Ajmer (lodis); Mazar of Hazrat Nizamuddia io Delhi: the Mausoleum of Shah Grader ig. Pakistan: the Mausoleum of Bayzzid Bostam in Bastam (lea); ALGhazali Mansoleum in Tus (lan); ot Mausoleum cof Nadir Shah in Mashhad (za). “This us cettsily an incomplete lise of sacred loetion and by no means attempts to show favosiusm to any ofthese suits or disparage those who Mazaty ate unlisted. ‘Whenever you Ziad « Christian cathedral or church coating the incosniptle relics of = stints body (which indicates that they schieved definite spiritual atsinments since the delayed ‘ecomposition indicates they folly putifid theie Qi channels and scuned subtle deva body at minimum), then one ea aso call pon the ssint’s name for assistance a is normal in the Christian uadition “There are many Christan sainss qualified to render assistance, just as there are many qualified saints and sages feom every other genuine uadicion as well. If you have any doabte abost the ‘qualifications of a Christan sant, you must research thet history for sisacles of verify that thee body showed the signs of iacorupubiiy afer death. A short ut llusteanve ist of such Christian saints ean be found in The Incorypabes by Joan Carroll Cruz os Myers Manele Miracs in he Lair of te Sains, by Joan Caerol Cruz. You can call ‘upon these stints (and others) for assistance since cheisincomupube bodies showed that they achieved 2 stage of accomplishment of the spisital path. By no means is avalble help limited to just thuse saints who demonstraved miracles. Whenever anyone achieves an incorruptible body that docsa’tvasa yous decay afier death it proves that dhey sacceeded in their Qi and channel euldvation (and ehus atsined 2 subtle deva bod). Otherwise thei body would have immediately decomposed upon death. If rides are abo attbuted to tht individu t i further proof of spizsual tainments since miracles ean only be achieved by someone ‘who atsins « puried independent Qi bods. AU che masters who stan this Keep quiet about the achievement fo obvious reasons Ta shot all rts of asttance for your body and leis available fmm thespittual denizens of scrd leatons snd remples or shines 36 well af feom living and deceased sans and sages of various religions thelp is non-denominaionad, but you have to do most of the ealuvation work on your body and mind youselt You have 10 [put wemendous hours into che eultvation practice of putifing your ‘Qj and channels that can be accomplished chrough a varity of spit exercises. Since thin a common requirement for all pial practioner, the aspizants of every religion should freely borrow these practices fom one another inching for different spuitual wadidons. At their care they ate aon-denominational common practices free of ‘eligion and shociel always be viewed that wu. “The foundational cuivaion exescses for any type of higher spiritual atainments would be vious visuaiztion practices on internal parts of yout body (f move your Qi thes), pranayama breath work sechoigues, mantta techniques and inner aei-gong prseties that move the Qi within body pars. These techniques, nd thers, ate phen this Book, Nyasa Yoga fills nwo these peacces. 1n Vajrayana Buddhism (as well as in Chinese Taoism and Indian aula Tantsc Yoga paths), one should know tha sexual practices incernally move your Qi ar also permitted to kelp you open your Qi and channels, but to be qualified you need t0 do a tremendous amount of price hard work and proficiency at these special ‘isuaivation, breathing (pranayama) and cigoag. practices. in ppariculs, the white skeleton visudkration, mantra practice, and Jebaka pranayama ase the presequistes for any type of sextal cullvaton praeaces beesuse without that foundation your efor wil be uselessCHAPTER 3 THE FIVE PURIFIED BODIES “The season these i a spiszual emphasis on the diferent parts of yoae body i» becnuse they must ll he transformed on the spiritual path Every atom and cell oF your body must be washed with Qi ra ‘open up all the channels and create an incependent deva bod If you want to succeed on any path of spttval practice you must ‘eukvate yout coarse physical body of bones and flesh theovgh = ‘pathway that purifies sts prana and suds (Qt and Q) chain's, and this i normally called kindalini cultivation. This washing of your body win Yang Qi wil purify your underlying subsle Qi body, whichis like an invisible scaffolding permeating every atom, cll and tasve of ‘your phyrical body. Once you sufficiently purify or transform your Inner Qi body, which rakes ar least ovelve years after an iil Kundalini Awakening, i can then leave your physical shell a wil ‘Your inner subtle Qt body is basically an eerie energy duplicate ‘of your phrsical body that leaves duting oatof the body experiences and upon deat. Itis a perfect body double composed of Qi/prana, Which is 30 energy mote subtle than the matenal body, and thas it cannot be seen of measured. Because it i made of Qi i has all the powers related to those enespies that appear miacalous co humans, howe bodies exist ona lower plane of material condensation. 'AS of yee, science cannot sense oF measure Qi energies at al, Hence, even though we all possess a subtle inner encegy body duplicate, since itis not composed of particles modern science does fot yet recognize its existence. Qi also has igher energy substance ™vasa vous erwvatves called Shen, Clear Light and 20 forth, You ean think of them as more subtle forms of maver that are les dense than ous ‘own, but sill condensed forms of energy. Thus they delong 10 Sifferenr spxinul planes of existence. “Thaough spiritual practce our inner subde body or etheric double can become an independent devs body, also called asta body, deity body or sinter, that can leave’ your physical shell ‘whenever you want to Toam oF do things in the wold. Ataining this ‘bad is the equivalent 1 becoming ajunior-level sprit master. ‘Buddhism calls the suble body the “wil-boen” body because with ts aeainment you can, a af, put on and take off che external body a5 were a cloak and use your subtle bod for experiencing the asta world, This is the Buddhist stage of the Srotapaasa, of “scam entrant," which ste fist evel of dhe Arbas, When you can consciously separate the inner suble body ftom the physical she, this makes you fel a greaver distinction from being the gross body, ‘but your toot nature isnot the subd bod) ether. The rout nature of ‘the univers isan ultimate substance/crsence or ground energy level "As Meher Babs and Shakyamuni Buddha explained, upon atsiniag the subvle deva body achievement you will consider yourself to be this subde body, which wil chen become the center of al your cavities. Therefore you will now have two bodies you can occupy — {physical and subUe. A new mode of life will then opea up along ‘vith new powers aed pessbites, You wil stil vein your physical body but your new life wil be centered in this higher subtle body uni you caltvate another body yet higher the Causal or Metal bods made of Shen thats denved from caltvating the body of Qt ‘Then you will simultaneously possess theee bodies, eich capable of doing different things independendy ofthe others. ‘pon ataning thi Causal body the same process of puifcaton ‘will peat itselé You will appear to others as existing inthe sheaths, ‘ofthe physical or subtle body while acrually ving in that Causal body, but you cin aio ute your lower bodies ro do independent things lke extea appendages. For instance, you can use your Causal body to gve someone a senes of thougts wale using the Qi of your suse body to be independends working on an individuals Qi 10 belp opea up its Qi chan ‘When You achieve the next higher body composed of Chae‘WILLIAM HORI center af your life while sil appeating to others inthe lowe bosties, snd onseatd it paes. With exch new body you idensify with tas yout Iie vessel, but you maintain # connection with all your ler bodes sind ue ther independent While the physic body of form en be considered 2 solidification of enemy, the subtle body of Qi or prans belongs to the realm of energy. Being composed of eacegs, the subde body's capibilities are therefore fiee of the limitasons that apply to the Jnuman realm. This body can increase or decrease in size, travel incredible distances at will, and become heavier ot lighter with thought. I can exhibit « vanety of supepowers, 25 mentioned in Yogs tests, that are actually ordinary powers to subtle plane inhabitants. When a huma being believes he has developed ‘superpowers Ghote powers ane actually due to these Demgs and not himsclé “The subile hody can see, hear and sen man’ things inaccessible to the phsseal body and perform many actions — all of which axe achieved by meaas of energy ~ that seem miraculous to beings who ‘only possess physical forms. In this body, consciousness is continuously linked with energy and continuously vibrates with fenergy. The mizacles ie ean perform, sch ax sith healing, all ave ¢o {do with Qi or energy “The next spicual transition upwards is from the subde hey to ‘he Causal body, Mental body. Mantra body ot purified ilsory bods, which is an advance toward a yet higher or purer state of being. Within this boxy made of Shen, consciousness is no longer fettered by che domination of either the physical body or energy. However, cen with this body and its concomitant pusity of consciousness, the individual mind oF ego-shell cannot attain to the higher realm of Clear Light that constitutes inital enlightenment (winane with semaine), The Cavsal body atsinment, 29 high a isl does not belong to the level of enlightenment. Taat body is also aot to be ‘considered the ulimate self nature, but many people become fixated at thie stage doe tothe wast number of superpowers thar now become possible in tis higher sphere. ‘One of the most difficult tasks on the soad of spitsal coltvation i to go from the Causal body to the Supea-Causal Cleat Light body of intial enlightenment, which is dilieult because the mind has to be anaibilated through the mind itself To do so youNYASA YOGA must continue doing al he spiveul practices that you wsed to attain the subsle body. This requies dub vad and by ctnaton 1 you think that spintual culevasion is just a matter of meditstion alone while ignoring ener eneegy work — which is a ‘mistaken notion taken up by Zen students who don't know better — yom will not acieve the states of dhyana or the body attainments necessary a8 the foundation for the Tao. You cannot attain dhyana unless you wansfor the body by opening up its Qi channel, which scans cultivating the subd body arcainment. For s higher level of dhyana you need to open up the energy chansels witha the rubile body and from withia i acai 2 Causal bode, sad so on ie goes. ‘This whole sequence of spintual progress ~ the true sisal path ~ either stats upon your az:val in heaven where you become free of religion because you learn the universal truth oF upon earth when you stat cultivating any of the Yoga roads wo these achievements. This path is clearly aught in Buddhism, Hindaism, Tuoism, Sufism, Yoge, etcetera, Nyasa Yoga practice is one of those practice toad vehicles Without a deva body the way you nomally strive at heaven is ‘wofold. ls a human you ean die and go to heaven {ohich ie just experiencing our word in the higher subtle state of etheric energy) oF be reborn in heaven to parents who are aready devas, ‘Death happens to humans when the soul of sible body (made of Qi) parent excretes the lower physical body shel that encases 1 The same applies for any higher body. Your ianee subtle body of Qi permanently leaves behind is previous enessing and then lives a Ie in the subvle sphere independent of the lower physical nature Religions usually say char your soul or spisie leaves and “goes to heaven,” and there are plenty of near-death experiences where people Inge reported this. (Only an accomplished master can achieve the stare where their snser Qi badly ext leave and then re-enter their body at wil, This inner Qi body of a master (their deva or subtle body) is created through the fie of Yoga. Some individuals who achieve this then leave the physical world for good. Others with compastion say and reach the spinal path while simultsnenusly eying to culvate pet higher spinal bodies until they atin Complete and Perfect Enlightenment. "To an ordinary individual spiual master looks perfect\wiLaM sonar normal, bur they ate actully centered in chic higher bodies while Lising inthe world wearing their haman body ke a cloak and wing i to interact with people, A higher bodies have the yoga siddii powers af ama (the ability to shrink in size, mahina (he ability «0 ‘expand in size), gana (ability to become heavier), ame (ability 1 ‘become almost weightes), frst (ability to tenvel co all paces and pass chrough denser matte), grafanpa (absolute lordship) and wena (power to subjugate others through possession) whereas the physical body does not have these powers a a Eventhing phenomenal ia the universe is impermanent and thus destined to perish, ireuding any higher subtle bodies. All bodies ‘composed of energy, even though these ate higher subtle essences, have a imited life span which meses that fe ia heaven is alco temporary even though normally longer than an earthly life span “After death, whether of not you tomas long in'a Qu body 10 “enjoy Heaven” and whether o¢ not you quickly veincarnate again upon the death of that Qi bod, it all depends upon how well yon eulivated your ianer Qi body ducing life and whist in Heavea. It is also a function of merit "The rule of longevity is that subtle, purified oF refined essences age slower and retin theis cohesion longer chan Jess subtle, coarser clements. They last longer, and so your life in a higher ream lasts longer depending on your merit snd how well you cultwated. Since the degree of your cultivation and life span aze correlated ro how purified your subile body becomes, if you want to live longer you ‘must always cultivate dhe path of spttul practice. "This is nor a unique lesson but a common teaching feom Boddhise, Vajeyana, Hinduism, Chinese Taoikm, Western Alchemy, and the Yoga schools, Most spiritual traditions will tel you tha: longer and longer life spans are enjoyed by chove with greater and restr spirtsal atuinments since they culbvate thas Qi and channels {prana and nad) co atain higher bodies, and so now you know why. ‘THE FIRST FIVE HIGHER BODIES “To understand the nature of Qi body we aged to fest review some basics of Jing, Qi, Shen, Lawes Heavenly Qi Emptiness or Clett Light) and Original/Primordial Heavenly Ql. These are the known stages of the zeinement of matter that masters talk about. They ate ™wvasa Yoon ousgese substance pone tobe extruded fom one another duc 10 the practices of spinal caltvaton. Ifyou evearualyachiere a body composed of one ofthese substances then it indates an advanced Seqrce of physical pication oa the rad to selexealeaton, ‘Once you achieve an independent Qi body, which ie the frst aniestone of phycialstaiareats on the spstal ua, you can chen Ihogn to stare catvating the simate Reward body. ‘The fal Enjoyment oe Reward body perfeeed sanbgokaya body ated by those having stained. Complete Enbghtenment. This i= a body composed of very subtle, refined fendamental energy that i called (Orin (Primordal or Earls) Heavenly Qt In yoga schools this compositional substance sealed a fundamental wit or pean ‘esp high tage, thi ataiament fst stats with this human body of ous and requires a long process of punteaton, tcansformatin or refinement inorder to produce the Get sep that it the independent subile body. Our sold tates bode of es and loot ate composed of Jing, meaning tat they ace fiom the tbe of a eg wit semen, but they aso have Q within them. QL bs Shen witht ig Shen has Later Heavenly (or Cleat Light) Qi ‘win ian Clea Light energy bas Primordial Heavenly Qi wihia it They ae al simultaneously thete even withio body of flesh. You should therefore thitk of the materal body of Jing, ot form, 28 Solid energy because canbe ealeaed to produce higher stats ‘Huron begs think in tems ofthe mundane physical body, hat ‘once they atain 4 Qi (sable, ata, dev, day, ether) Body they think interna of enesgy. Those whose bodies ste composed of Qi (devas anges, protet gods, dakis and dakins, spins, et) perform snany energy fens for human beings to help them. Whe you sy hat “mime came from God” i usually carte from a deva excising bic oer powers “The tansiton fom the subtle plane tothe Causal, concepel plane of energy constitutes a further advance in the ranks of fultion achievements Thetefore beings who achieve what is tailed the Cavs Mental, Manze, Wisdom or purfed ilusory body toad of Shen pic) are ats sage higher and have mote capablies than devas who have bodies composed of (i With ths Catsal body arainment your cosscousnest. is no longer feresed by the domination ofthe body or energy butts fmpsaned thoughts ee tind iden. Nevertheless, this body mace of Shen lasts longer than Bbodies composed of Qi and Jing, ‘The Buddhist sutras and Hinduism clearly teach that sentient beings who lve in successively higher heavenly realms have longer and longer life epaas so once again you ean surmise that those who ata ths body wil ie longer than devas, “Those wha seach inital eaightenment (sane with remaining dependency}, and therefore achieve Dharma bodies composed of Tater Heavenly Prana (©) ot Clear Light Prana (Qj) have much longer life spans longer than those beings who have odies composed of Jing, Qi ot Shen. They ako have more eapabilies as swells you would expect, those who attain the canhhugokayy Reward body sequiced for Perfect and Complete Ealightenment have bodies composed af Primordial Heavenly Prana (Original Heavenly Q) and the longest life spans of all compared eo beings having bodies ‘compored of Later Heavenly Ci, Shen, Qi aod Jing. ‘And so on it goes in terms of boties, for while spirimal teachings usually stop at the sage of Perfece and Complete Enlightenment whose Enjoyment body is composed of Primordial Heavenly Prats there sre probably an infinite numberof stages past this ARer all who can ever say with cextainyy chat their body is ‘composed of the most Primordial Fisst Essence, the primordial Absolute substeatam that is responsible forall subsequent cosmic ‘encrgs and matter? How would you know tbat you could not pusfy it even further and sezch a yet higher stge of attainment? Neary all spivitual teachings for dhe Iman sealm aze for certain reasons limited rodiscussing just these five levels. “As with Qi, Shen and the higher Prenas, the ultimate, absolute, fundamental ot Primal Essence or energy substratum, whatever i is rust be within us but be so subtle in nature that no one cx detect what it ia. We oaly need some way to cultivate and refine that foundational essence out from its lower evoltes to enjay a physical oer composed af that purer essence. Then one ean Hive & et longer life made ofthat substance. [any martes work furiosly to generate a body at this level as soon as possible, Every body generated through calteation must rise from within a body of the leer level substance, and he lowest vel fs the impure human body that can frst give ese to the devs bod of subtle Qi. Hence you most work very hatd to pati your physical Doody ta affect your inner Qi body of sublle energy. The way 19 do 30 2%vasa vous, is dhrough devoted spisimal energy yoga practices such as Nyasa ‘Yoga. Its through the road of spinal pracces that you cam stain all five bodies that are commonly mentioned in most spiritual traditions. Are those five bodies really mentioned? Yes! For jastane, the sage Sri Siddharameshwar Mahasaj (Wedants) cup hat we have tbe Physica Sobue, Cava, Supra Casal and Parcatmun bodies, These coespond to bodes made of the five estences previously mentioned. You ate encouraged to read bbs books “Taoism talks about the ve bodies being maée of Jing, Qi shen, Later Hesventy Qi and Primordial Heavenly Qh Ie states that the sages ofthe sii path are that “Jing vansfoums into Qi, Qi into Shen, Shen ‘nto Ermptines, and you bave to abandon even Erpsiaess wo setur vo the Tao” “Tis means that when the Jing body transforms you eam aan a (Qi bods, wien the Q body tanaform i pied) you can ain 3 ‘Shen of Case] body ovt oft, wen the Shen body pune you ean ata Emptiness (whic cocresponds tothe Supea Cael oe Dharma ‘od, amd you have to go pat this stage Lo get ibe highest body -whowe coweespondg ment eoetiauam is “cossidere” the Teo, frgina) matice. The Supa Causal ot Eimpiness arainment ottexponds to the Clear Light body of Dhatta bod of Later Heavenly Qi (Prana) while the Tao/Immancnee body that is {aupposeal) one with she orignal ature is composed of Primordial Heavenly Qi (esta), and is akin to the pelect coming Enjoymene Body of Buddhism. “Toon, as well as seven osher ancien spinal tadtions such 2s the Greek and Medieval Mystery Schools, bo promotes the concept of ie elaneat transforming into one another to denote the fie bodies. Thus you have the earth (Physical bods), water Subvle body) fie (Causal or Mental bods), wind Gupra-Caseal body) and space (Primordial Heavely Qi bod) cements that wansform ino ‘ce anothes In Taoist, with each new body atainment you become 2 fee pe of "Taoist Immoral” which are suges of fcompishmect that can be matched with the Busahist Achat stages of atainment Tn the Disnoed Sus, Shakyamuni Buddha clevy poisead 10 the five bodies by ting sboue the Human ese, Deva ey, Wisdom‘WILLIAM B00 ye, Dharma eye and Buddha eye, These eyes belong tothe same fire Ibodies we have been discussing - che Human bods (corresponding to the form skandha apgreyate), Deva body Gubtle body comesponding to the sensation skandha), Mental body (Causal body coresponding to the conception skandha), Dharma body (inital winuna with remainder enlightenment body of Later Heavenly Prana), and Budgha body (the perfec sambiegaga body composed of Primordial Heavenly Prana). ‘When Budahism elks about your physical ations, vezbl ations (opecch), mental sctons, will eesolutices, and then subtle keaowledge of sublime wivdom ic also refering to the Physical body, Subse body, Causal body, Supea-Causal body and perfected srebhogakya, Naturally these ate aso the fon skandha, sensation skandha, conception skandha, voliion skandha, and consciousness skandha by other names. ‘The alo consciousness of Buddhism, which is che immediate (but no inl) source of matter and mind, corzesponds tothe tage af ‘nial enlightenment that an Azhat achieves, This coreeponde to the ‘composite volloa skandha that encompasses the predisposiional forces (elements) of hoth mind and mater. You attain these sages oF tealation by culsvaang the Supra Cavsal body, but it ie mot yot Complete Enlighteament Christianity talks about the stages of the Bods, Soul, Spc, Kingdom of Heaven, and union with the Father or ulsmnate one. This sequence refers to five bodies compose of the sane higher essences previously discussed. In this case you should note that Chuisiaity falls the most primal essence (original nature) the “Father” while Hinduism calls Te"Shiva” an Inlars calls IAs.” ‘Vajrayana or Tantric Buddhism talks about the Physical body, Impure iusory body (shtle oF dev bod), Purified illusory body, \Wisdoen light (Clear ight) or Dharma body and ehen Buddha body, which i the perfect sambfegsbays Enjoyment/Reward body made of very subtie fundamental wind, There aze mary different names vsed bby Vajrayana Buddhism and Dzogchen to signify these attainment stages, s0 the terminology used here may be differen than what you osmally encounter. Fer instance, Buddhism also matches the five Yyades and skandbas with the Buddhas Akshobya, Ramasambhava, Amitabha, Amoghatiddhi and Vaizocan, Sadguru Sadafal Deoji Maharaj of the Vihangham Yogavasa vous teadiion (¢ Nath Siddha waton) abo clea sates at we cin Cate higher bodies Surin from our Gross body we cap alse fain 4 Sobvle bods, Causal body, Prime Causal bods, and Saperconscousness bod Inthe Nat tation the techical names sxe a Stns iba, Sabsims da, Kerang dela Madson de, and Hoes diba, which ace the same five bodies that everyone che Ramalinga, of the Tamil Siddha and Nath Yoga tations, talks about the stages of eulvaton achievement staring with the unaipe Physical oo and then proceding to a pured Qi body, body of Vibrons, Wisdom ight body and. then Body of Tegnapence. These five bois ae the Sibi dil Sudabe deb Mana dia, Jana dea (Dig eb o body of ight Kate del), and Body of Iimmaneace. Even though the Sudha debe i uv the sche body of Qi we soxmally achive by culvaing spl practices, because tis body is higher then ou psi nate he cal a “perfected body a Druze (which is 0 Uniaian religion che Combines aspects fiom: Isl, Jucaism, Chisiaiy, Gnosis, Neoplatoni, Pythagoreansn, and Hinduism) we have the five Lt, which sepreent the five spheres of exstence: We then have the Phicl indy as well asthe Univeral Soal sphere representing the Subde ody, the Loges/Word sphere represenung the Mentl Plane ot Coal body the Cause/Precelent Sphere eeating 10 he al onscioumces of Buddhins fend thus the SepraCausal body somposed of Tater Heavenly Pram), and dhe Ieanence sphere representing the Primordial Heavealy Prana body neceuary for Complete and Perfect Enlightenment “The Sufi Meher Baba talks about us having a Gross body, Subde body, Menta bods, Univeral body and Shits Ata ot Paramatma body. He also talks about the ranks of spite atuinment being the sibras (or wayftet) that is the ordinary individual, wali (end of God) ot sdvanced yogi who i someone that stain the fast of second dhyana dhe pl, sunt o perce opt ‘who is someone that alains the third dhyana and the Sagar oF Makavogi who. gains Wadr or divine union, which is che enlightenment ofthe fourth dhyana. In his terminology the Beyoad ‘Beyond sate of Ware x:Waru o: GlatbniGhat, whichis the state of Complete and Pecect Engivenment, isthe Parana ste. These sage also march with the differen body ataineent »‘WILLIAM BOR “The Tata Upaniad and Advaita Vedanta sage Shankara spoke of the Give sheatha covering our True Self being the ensatene ‘nis (foods bod), pray kata (energy 0 Qi body made of Prana, mononoye kash(cinderff sheath ot Catal body, sinanamays hsb isdn shext) anon damays has (Ds sheath). ‘The five tras slso conespon! to the five bodies ofthe spital path, IF you cakate the five body atsiaments you ate also fakvating the five kothas, Many schol mistake the nfnaame ‘Eno (wisdom sheath) and anandonna faa ols sheath) ae pe calightenment kocas, bu thsi incorect. Most ofthe information Shout this is meant to mislead people on purpose The naam ‘esa comrexponde to the enlightenment ofthe Asha 2 Sepre-Catsl ‘ody attainment) and aaondamaya va refers tothe Immanence body attaninent of Perfect and Complete Enlightenment, ately perfect, anbegahay The great Indian sage Goraksath elks about dere being five stages to the selfonfoldment of the Divine Shak oF ve sages OF her sclfrmanifesution, This, 10, ends up cortewpoading to Eve bodies that an tavere or enjoy Bie different elms of beng and all setindependenly. Tslam also has + Sofi phlowophy of emanstion of Divine Descent that meations five seit of beng. These correrpend to the five bods, Accordag to this scheme the Fist, Orginal or mond evel of existence Ala a incorpoteal existence that the oil ontee Ths anal, the Reson of Hepes Qe nes). the prior Divine Essence prior wo maifstaon that cists a Alonchood (thijet, According w Sufism, Abba! is Primordial, pute and incapable of being conceived, thie essence tits and cannot be exempled wih anything Iris athe primordial level of non Creation and somchow everthing emanates from It