Kunlun Tao

RED SUN Practice

From Thetaobums, posted by Chris

RED SUN
by Max Christensen

This method as given to me by a hung-moon teacher in Taos, New Mexico.

Sit in a chair, feet flat with your fist closed on top of your thighs. Sit for a moment until the mind is empty and relaxed. Imagine, in the middle dantien area, a small, golf ball sized ball of glowing matter. This matter looks like a hot coal from a fire. It glows and it has hot vapor around it.

See it as very real within the center of your chest.

Now inhale through your nose gently, enough so that you can hold your breath in a neutral state (about 2/3 of capacity). After the inhalation, swallow hard with a gulping sound, tuck your chin, but keep the spine and neck aligned.

Slightly tighten the anus, so energy doesn’t leak, now hold the breath neutrally. You will feel like your air will dissipate quickly, so if this happens inhale tiny amount of air, to get the neutral feeling. If you over-inflated, blow some air out.

As you are running out of air, relax.

You will begin to feel this implosive, shrinking feeling as your lungs convulse for air. The energy will begin to ping-pong up and down in your chest. It may feel like you are going to die, but you won’t. Relax more and with your mind, see the coal getting brighter and brighter, hotter and hotter, so when you feel you can’t hold it anymore, say to yourself, melt, melt, see the heat melt the body.

If you can hang in this state and keep melting more and more each time the (death) feeling hits, you may feel like you are going to transition over into another energetic form.

If you do it right, an orgasmic hiccup and a surge of intense bliss arises. After this, exhale slowly through the mouth and repeat twice more, but only inhale once between sets or youll lose the effect.

This opens the deepest part of the emotions, so be prepared and do not do this more than twice a month……carefully.

See if you can break the barrier.

Max

Breathing Styles for Qigong

1. Natural breath: How we breathe all the time without thinking.
2. Cleansing Breath: Inhaling through the nose and exhaling through the mouth.
3. Tonic breath: Inhaling through the mouth and exhaling through the nose.
4. Alternate breath: Inhaling through one nostril and exhaling through the other.
5. Natural deep breath: When we stretch our arms wide open and take a deep breath.
6. Long breath or abdominal post birth breath OR One Breath OR Buddha Breath: is a form of abdominal breathing. When inhaling the lower abdomen expands because of the air coming in, during exhalation the lower abdomen contracts.
7. Pre-Birth OR prenatal breath OR Taoist breath OR Reverse Breathing: Contraction of abdomen upon inhalation and the expansion of it during expiration.
8. TORTOISE BREATH: “Even the pre-birth breathing alone will not enable you to reach the ultimate breathing stage. Forgetting the pre-birth mehod after its mastery over many years leads you to the tortoise breath.”

According to Daoist theory, pre-birth breathing imitates the general breathing pattern of the fetus in its mother’s womb. Through the umbilical cord the fetus receives oxygen and food, and eliminates carbon dioxide and other waste products. When the umbilical cord is cut, pre-birth breathing ceases and post-birth breathing from the mouth and nose begins. Pre-birth breathing is most commonly understood as the contraction of the abdomen upon inhalation and the expansion of it during expiration. Hence, this breathing patter is somethings called “reverse breathing”

After more than 30 years of researching qi development in the my practice of taijiquan, I have made a breakthrough in the understanding of qigong. Several old Daoist writings mention the phrase “breathing without breathing”.

From “The Dao of Taijiquan – way to rejuvenation” by Master Jou – Buy it on Amazon

Red Phoenix Meditation

In Kunlun tradition, we have two main meditation techniques. As Kunlun meditation are the forgotten practices of self-awakening, once taught in monasteries only to a few. These esoteric practices are now available. The tradition has 2 main practices as part of the Core.

1. Spontanious Nei gong
2. Red Phoenix

And additional: Golden flower meditation, Mao Shan I-Jong or Ijong, with/without Five Elements

There were part of the same school of Tao, but were split of at. My teach Max has put both of them back. We can practice either one, or in combination.

Details of the Kunlun technique of spontanious nei gung meditation are available in the kunlun book by Max.

I can not write about the detail instructions on red phoenix technique or how to do Red Phoenix. But it is taught at the Kunlun seminars. It is an excellent technique that can be done any where, any time. Even while you are waking, waiting, taking a train, waiting for a train…

Similar to Tibetan tradition where in one of the higher stages high lamas achieve Rainbow body, In Taoist tradition the similar is termed as Gold Dragon Body. In order to achieve the Gold dragon body, one needs to practice both Spontaneous Neigung and Red Phoenix.

They could also be spelled as
kunlun nei kung kunlun nei gong kunlun nei gung kunlun neigung kun lun meditation

If you are looking for how to perform red phoenix kunlun. I encourage you to attend one of Kunlun seminars. A list of Kunlun facilitators can be found on http://kunlunbliss.com

What is taught at Kunlun Seminar?

Kunlun 1 is a Introduction to Kunlun Spontaneous Nei Gung – Dancing Bliss Meditation

Participants can expect to learn:

• Kong Jing – a special form of mediation to allow one to be empty, receive and ground oneself.
• Maoshan 5 Elements Chi Gung – this breathing and standing Chi Gung will allow one to balance the five main organs of the body.
• Beginning level of Kunlun Spontaneous Nei Gung
Initiation Transmission – Kunlun instructors/facilitators transmit a portion of Kunlun magnetic energy to each person so that one can be activated and use their own energy from within. Kunlun is a living lineage carried from one master to next, each student becomes a part of the lineage after the seminar.

While practicing Kunlun expect the unexpected, but there are some physical signs of the energy awakening, they can range from shaking, orgasmic type bliss, heat rising from the belly to the top of the head, itchy crawly skin caused by enough Chi to break the resistance of the skin, speaking in a universal language or tongues, seeing balls of light, smelling fragrances, ability to heal others, seeing magnetic fields outside the body and seeing blocks inside the body to name just a few.

What happens by practicing KUNLUN?

It is said that “One hour of practicing Kunlun is equal to 100 years of  meditation.” This ancient esoteric practice is also referred to as the spontaneous bliss practice as it initiates 5 levels of ecstatic bliss.

In level 1 practice, a person will find a spontaneous movement occurs in which they are releasing impurities and blocks. Sounds, wild laughter, speaking in tongues and shaking are common ways this occurs. In addition, one may see divine beings and have a wisdom eye opening, as well as levitate. It is normal to find oneself producing lots of heat in the body and sweating during this process as well.

The 2nd level involves building magnetic potential and  the practicioner becomes more calm. This is where many of the mysteries begin to unfold.

The 3rd level is a balancing, calming and empty state. Sometimes a practioner may undergo a “death experience” in which they merge with the light that they are. It is very peaceful and no different then some aspects of being in a lucid dream state. The heart and breathing does stop, but the practioner is filled with bliss and is smiling. They are merely witnessing their divine nature. It is quite beautiful.

Reduce Stress

I have heard it quoted many times that 80 percent of the diseases are caused my over selves mainly due to stress. They are psychosomatic in nature; symptoms caused by mental and emotional disturbances.

Disease is disturbance or in ease due to us going against the natural flow or being aware of one law.
What is going with the natural flow?
What is One law?

When we live, work and act in this competitive society, the interactions in daily life with others caus stress. What we have to remind ourselves is on how we can avoid stress and what we can do daily to get rid of it. I dont think the ideas to avoid stress but how to manage stress.

Most of have jumping pulse that are signs of nervousness, anxiety, fear about future, depression. We have never learned how to breath properly. We mostly breath only to our lungs. If you bring notice to your breath and pulse when you are tense you will see that your breathing and pulse is rapid. Similar is true of the breathing of before you start yoga or meditation and the difference when you are done.

Some helpful tips: to balance life that will reduce stress

1. Phyiscal activity & exercise: Important to dedicated a part of your day to do some kind of physical exercise.
2. Relaxation and rest: proper rest/sleep with some form of yoga or meditation
3. Proper nutrition / eating habits
4. Contentment and be happy: are we happy with what hwe have in present.

1. Physical Activity: Its a struggle, but I make an effort to take few minutes a day in the morning to do few yoga postures or five elements of mao shan tai chi. Even just a little or 1 exercise can get me ready for the day.

2. Relaxation:

Yoga technique:
For me simple yoga technique of breathing in making a sound while stretching and breathing out making a sound while thinking of letting stress go works.
In this technique:
You with control take a deep breath in (optional: making a loud fuuuuu sound)
stop when you reach stomach and its full
take a small pause holding the breath
when control breath fully out
take a pause while your body is empty of air.
Repeat.

This technique can also be combined with every yoga posture to make the yoga more spiritual meditative, to aid one to do the postures from simple mechnical moves to be spiritual.

One Breath or Zen/Buddha breath technique for basic meditation:
sit in a relaxed posture, close your eyes, and bring awareness to your breath. The idea is not to control your breath but to watch it. If you can sense that you are not breathing to your stomach then with intention Guide your breath: by taking a long deep breath all the way to stomach and then without a pause guide it completely coming out. Again without a pause guide it back breathing in.

After few efforts, simply just watch your body breathing one breath (full breathing to stomach and out without a pause)

Difference between Yoga and Buddha is that:
Yoga: is controlled breathing with pauses in between
Zen/Buddha: can begin with intention but never any controling, only watching the natural breath.

Auruvdya herbal remedy: (ancient herbal remedy)
white pumpkin juice + 6 almonds + ginger juice 2 tea spoons, 1/4 spoon black pepper powder , 2 teaspoon basil, jaggery (Brown natural sugar)
drink 2-3 times a day.
Benefit: to feel grounded, emotionally balanced, calm your mind

Let me do my best and be happy every day!

You seek knowledge from books…

“You seek knowledge from books. What a shame!… You are an ocean of knowledge hidden in a dew drop…” Rumi

-my grandfather always stressed to me – when we start on spiritual path, we need to forget all we know, we have gained, all the degrees we may have earned, books we have read etc

on spiritual path we again start from 0.

- the person who doesnt know, says he knows.
but the person who knows, knows how little he knows

for me, the more i know, I realize how little I know.

- reminds me of a classic Zen story, where a college professor went to discuss Zen with a Zen master. He said i am phd ….. and want to discuss Zen, why it work etc
Zen master took our tea kettle and started pouring into a cup, and kept pouring and pouring….
until college professor couldnt take it anymore
then zen master said, your mind is like the cup, its full!
what can i show you, if there is no room

-my zen sensei stressed to me, that everything other than zazen is extra. The books, video, dvd etc are all extra. Dont try to be religious, pious, read all the books, sutras. The jewel is within you. Everything else is extra and blah blah blah….

zen even says, take all the books you have and burn them or throw them in garbage – if you meet buddha on the path kill him

Kunlun by Max Christensen

KUNLUN – The forgotten practices of Self Awakening – Buy it on Amazon

By Max Christensen

In this simple book, Max Christensen will move step-by-step through an ancient, three-stage bliss practice which originates from the Mountains of Kunlun Shan, the place where the immortals dwell.

These practices have never been written about and have rarely been taught outside of temples. There is nothing on the Internet, and there are no video courses. This book is the only source of knowledge available to the world.

Importance of having a sound body

Some of us question the necessity of physical exercises like Yoga/Tai Chi/ Mao Shan Five Elements and others want to practice Meditation and find ourselves with pain in back or neck – unhealthy and falling sleep. Here is a nice section I found while reading book by Master Jou, that reminds of why we should exercise.

From “The Dao of Taijiquan – way to rejuvenation” by Master Jou – Buy it on Amazon

Shaolinquan is an exercise invented in the famous Sholin Buddhist Temple in the Hernan, a northern province of China. The temple was built in Shaoshi mountains during the Wei Dynasty in the third century AD.

DAMO, an Indian Bodhidharma master who came to China in 527 AD, lectured there for many years during the Liang Dynasty sixth century AD. Finding many of the monks weak, unhealthy and even prone to fall asleep during sermons and meditation, Damo pointed out the importance of having a sound body in the effort to develop a strong inner spirit.

Before Damo emphasized the need for strength, physical energy and proper body posture in effective concentration, Buddhist theory stressed development of the soul and neglected that of the body. Damo, who encouraged the monks to exercise in the early morning for their health, created several systems of exercise:

• The change of tendons or Yijinjing
• The marrow washing or Xisuijing
• The eighteen Buddha’s hands – Shaolin boxing.

From “The Dao of Taijiquan – way to rejuvenation” by Master Jou

Author’s dream:
“It has long been my dream that one day Americans of all ages, creeds and colors will practicing taijiquan in the parks of this nation as they do in China. Few places in the world have such beautiful open spaces which can and should be used productively at no expense. The result would be tremendous improvement in mental and physical well being.

Now after more than 30 years of researching taijiquan, I understand that it is becoming a lost art. It is my hope that through this book we can work together to revive taijiquan”

What is certified Kunlun facilitator?

Max gives advanced teaching and people that have attended and approved by him, are certified by him to as instructors / facilitators to lead kunlun seminars / classes/ seminars.

“Kunlun Nei Gung should only be taught by certified facilitators!

While Kunlun is a fairly safe practice to do independent of a teacher it is important that if you have a facilitator instructing you that they be approved and certified by Max himself. They can then provide transmissions as needed when you are ready to transition to a higher level. ” From kunlunbliss.com

For a complete of certified teachers please visit Kunlun teachers

Message from Max:

“A certified Kunlun facilitator is the type of person who gives a seeker the way and a “taste” of the “un-manifest” state known as the Dao. This type of person teaches Kunlun in its pure form, and generates a transmission power that is very specific. The power and purity is gained from awakening the red phoenix combined with the spontaneous method. The transmission has a specific route and frequency of the original light wisdom that has been passed from master to student through the many generations.

All forms of transmission are originated from the source. Some connect to the source via, meditation, breath or another method. Also, remember there are different levels and intensities of transmission, the highest form being “mind to mind.”

Our tradition has a very specific transmission. It is the sharing of the “living” pearl of the ancient Wu dragons, or gold dragon body masters, who received their awakening through what I have taught you. This pearl, held by my teachers, was given to me and then from me to facilitators. This living pearl has passed through many generations of “achieved” masters. It is a precious gift.”