Insights on spiritual practice

What is the Tao? What is being cultivated in the practice of the Tao? The answers are all in this couplet

What is the Tao? What is being cultivated in th...

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What the former question refers to about what is being cultivated points to some specific and visibly real behavior, and one expects to obtain verifiable results of actual cultivation. 

What is the Tao? What is being cultivated in th...

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What the former question refers to about what is being cultivated points to some specific and visibly real behavior, and one expects to obtain verifiable results of actual cultivation. 

What are the benefits of Taoist fasting and abstinence for cultivation?

What are the benefits of Taoist fasting and abs...

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When it comes to fasting and abstinence, most people simply understand it as being vegetarian and associate it with religious practice. In fact, this is both a misunderstanding of the...

What are the benefits of Taoist fasting and abs...

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When it comes to fasting and abstinence, most people simply understand it as being vegetarian and associate it with religious practice. In fact, this is both a misunderstanding of the...

Are there any standards to follow in Taoist cultivation?

Are there any standards to follow in Taoist cul...

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Although the significance of the Three Treasures of the Tao, scriptures, and masters is self-evident, beginners who have just entered the Taoist path often lack a clear sense of discrimination...

Are there any standards to follow in Taoist cul...

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Although the significance of the Three Treasures of the Tao, scriptures, and masters is self-evident, beginners who have just entered the Taoist path often lack a clear sense of discrimination...

The method of opening apertures in cultivation in Taoism

The method of opening apertures in cultivation ...

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The method of opening apertures in cultivation in Taoism involves returning to prenatal emptiness through stillness—awakening the “mysterious pass,” a non-physical aperture that reconnects humans with heaven and enables spiritual...

The method of opening apertures in cultivation ...

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The method of opening apertures in cultivation in Taoism involves returning to prenatal emptiness through stillness—awakening the “mysterious pass,” a non-physical aperture that reconnects humans with heaven and enables spiritual...

Not everyone is suitable for spiritual cultivation

Not everyone is suitable for spiritual cultivation

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Not everyone is suitable for spiritual cultivation: laziness, obsession, illusion, arrogance, confusion, and demonic possession are six dangerous pitfalls that distort true Taoist practice and harm mental health.

Not everyone is suitable for spiritual cultivation

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Not everyone is suitable for spiritual cultivation: laziness, obsession, illusion, arrogance, confusion, and demonic possession are six dangerous pitfalls that distort true Taoist practice and harm mental health.

Sitting in meditation at Yin hour doubles the energy

Sitting in meditation at Yin hour doubles the e...

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Sitting in meditation at Yin hour doubles the energy: between 3–5 AM, pure yang rises, meridians awaken under lung dominance, nourishing kidney essence, brain marrow, and enabling deep renewal unmatched...

Sitting in meditation at Yin hour doubles the e...

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Sitting in meditation at Yin hour doubles the energy: between 3–5 AM, pure yang rises, meridians awaken under lung dominance, nourishing kidney essence, brain marrow, and enabling deep renewal unmatched...