Awaken Your DNA Destiny: Activate Your Extraordinary Meridians for Ascension

How do Tibetan Monks dry those freezing wet sheets with focused breathing? How do Buddhist Lamas exit the physical body through the crown during the ascension? What advanced practices bring about highest evolution of the human mind, body, and spirit? How can we adopt practices using concentration, breath, and visualizations to raise our personal frequency toward higher evolution? This is a life-long practice for refinement of the spiritual body. The goal is freedom from the physical plane. 

Takeaway:

1. What are the Extraordinary Meridians? 
2. What are the Qualities of Each Extraordinary Meridian?
3. The Eight Branches of Chinese Medicine – A Great Lineage Mostly Forgotten 
4. The Microcosmic Orbit: Use Breath and Visualizations to Awaken the Portals of the DuMai, RenMai, X-Meridians and Kundalini.
5. Tibetan Chakras and Bön Buddhism have roots in ancient Shamanism, intimately linked to Chinese medicine and Extraordinary Meridians. 
6. At Ascension The Spirit Exits Through the Top of a Master’s Head. 

1. What are the Extraordinary Meridians? 

The first eight meridians that formed at conception and are the foundation of your DNA ancestry and spiritual ascension. They connect to the Jing, or kidney prenatal source of soul. Sometimes translated from Chinese as the Odd, or Curious vessels, they give rise to the twelve organ meridians that are more familiar in TCM. Chinese Medicine has evolved through many centuries. At one time, it was believed practitioners should not be trained or trusted to manipulate these deepest life force of ancestry, destiny, evolution, life, and death. Nowadays acupuncture schools don’t teach much about them, as these powerful foundational resources are quickly brushed over. Students learn the confluent point or connecting point of each, without understanding them in a deep way or any clinical practice.

The eight extraordinary vessels connect to our essence, our Jing, meaning our genetics, our reproductive system, our aging system, our conceptual outlook on life, our connection to our lineage from past generations, and our ascension. They can relate to intergenerational trends or childhood trauma, as emotional family patterns we carry for many lifetimes.

Essentially the X-Meridians are the Link between Spirit and the Physical Body.

So, when we address the X-Meridians with integrity and knowledge, we can resolve a great many physical – spiritual problems in one fell swoop. It’s like going to the root of an issue to resolve all our

complaints at once, and self-correct our path to ascension in ways that cannot be described in words. When we use these ancient practices, we can cultivate our own health, like using the most powerful personal hacking tools for wisdom, joy, and ascension.

2. What are the Qualities of Each Extraordinary Meridian?

The Extraordinary Meridians are the deepest pathways of Qi in the body. They are the first channels to develop in your body, initiated at conception when the egg and sperm come together, they precede, give rise to, and support the 12 organ meridians according to our spiritual and genetic heritage. They provide a map for us to fulfill our potential, our destiny, the purpose of our life, and to convert Jing into Shen, energy into spirit, through the transmuting power of Qi.

The extraordinary meridians have important functions in the body and spirit.

1) They act as reservoirs of Qi and blood for the twelve organ meridians, filling and emptying as needed.

2) They circulate Jing or ‘essence’ around the body and they have a strong connection with the Kidneys.

3) They help circulate protective Wei Qi around the body and therefore play an important role in maintaining health.

4) They connect the twelve regular channels.

Du Mai – The Governing Vessel controls the Yang Meridians in the back, Wei Qi circulation, and Fire, to guard against external intruders. The Du channel represents our ability to break away from Yin/mother/bond to explore, rule our lives, our transformation, survival and groundedness in the world. It relates to becoming independent and taking risks.

Ren Mai – The Conception Vessel represents our deepest resources in life, and the gifts we received in very early childhood bonding with our mother. It rules the process of birthing, be it that of a child, a creative idea, or an endeavor. Ren involves bonding, nurturing, protection, and love of self.

Chong Mai – The Penetrating Vessel runs up the center of the body from Huiyin to Baihui. Then it continues up to the center of the galaxy and down deep into the Earth, if you wish. The Chong Mai represents the blueprint, inter-generational patterns, issues from abuse, and cellular memory. The Chong Mai represents our sense of self, how do I relate to myself, and am I comfortable with who I am?

Dai Mai – The Belt Meridian spirals around the body up and out in an energy cocoon of protective Wei Qi. If the Dai Mai is dysfunctional, the “belt” tightens and leads to stagnation, an energetic split between upper and lower body. The Dai Mai is a repository for unexpressed emotions and patterns that require transformation. Repression of these shadows leads to congestion of body/mind/spirit.

The Two Qiao Mai Channels – Heel Vessels represent how we merge Yin and Yang, and how we bridge these two extremes, to stand up to ourselves and to the world. The Qiao vessels are about short term issues of personality, judgment and morality. They’re about how we accept the roles we take on. The Qiao vessels arise from the heels, supporting agility and leg movement. They come up to the BL-1 point, the inner canthus (corner) of the eyes, affecting the pineal and pituitary glands.

BL-1 is also the activating point of Wei Qi, the first point activated on waking from sleep. Thus these channels affect how one’s eyes adjust to light, blood-sugar level, body temperature, blood pressure, hormones, etc.

Yang Qiao Mai – The Yang Heel Vessel rules how we stand up to the world, extend ourselves, interact with and experience the world. It represents the internalization of our interactions and how we express it back out to the world (eyes). Issues of over-emphasizing the world, and being angry at it are Yang Qiao issues. Psycho-spiritually this meridian is useful to treat people in a constant state of rebellion, Type-A personality activists, and those out to change the world. The more one rebels, the more sick we become. What we resist persists within us.

Yin Qiao Mai – The Yin Heel Vessel rules how we stand up to ourselves. It is about taking on roles with clear vision, understanding the vast potential of life. When the Yin Qiao Mai is open, we can express to the world who we really are. Our eyes both take in the world, and express out to the world who we are. We realize that the greatest gift we can offer is our true self. Psycho-spiritually, it may deal with self-trust, abandonment, depression, self-anger, and unworthiness.

The Two Wei Mai Vessels – Linking Vessels represent how we hold together through life cycles, aging, and time. They rule how we move along in life and transform either Yin or Yang as time passes.

Yang Wei Mai – The Yang Linking Vessel, The Yang Wei Mai regulates our old habits and patterns, and the release of pre-established modes of behavior that prevent us from evolving. It links and supports the Yang in the cycles of time. Its domain is about possibilities and becoming more rarified, so it is important in terminal disease. It represents the last stage of defense before the body is invaded by a pathogen, and can assist issues of illness and dying.

Yin Wei Mai – The Yin Linking Vessel is about our relationship to the past and the future, about the meaning that we give life, about our sense of purpose and validating our existence. Psycho-spiritually, this vessel is concerned with the meaning that we derive from life, and helps us to respond to life with clarity and compassion.

3. The Eight Branches of Chinese Medicine – A Great Lineage Mostly Forgotten 

At one time, Meditation and Internal Alchemy were the highest branch of healing in Chinese Medicine. Meditation consisted internal practices, breathing, and visualizations. These top essential practices were considered the most efficient path to health and spiritual realization. 

1. Meditation, such as Internal Alchemy and Small Heavenly Circuit
2. Movement (Qigong, Gong Fu, Tai Chi)
3. Diet & Nutrition
4. Bodywork, Tui Na
5. Cosmology, BaGua, I-Ching
6. Feng Shui and Astrology
7. Herbal Medicine
8. Acupuncture

Huang-di, the Yellow Emperor, was the mythical dragon King who ruled China from 2697 – 2597 BCE. He co-authored the Huang Di Nei Jing, the oldest known medical text, a conversation with his physician Qi Bo. The HuangDi Neijing is 4,500 years old.

During the time of the Yellow Emperor, Meditation and Qigong were considered the two most essential branches of medicine, the most subtle, and therefore the most powerful, as they arise out of a personal practice. Medical students were trained in these two branches before studying anything else. Acupuncture or herbs were last, considered invasive emergency measures when all other remedies failed.

The Ancient Chinese Medical System
Chinese doctors were paid only as long as their patient enjoyed good health. If a person became sick, by law the doctor was required to give free treatments until health was regained. For every patient that died, a red lantern was hung outside the treatment center to warn others of the doctor’s failure.

There were 3 kinds of doctors:

1. The lowest level doctors treated patients when they were sick, using acupuncture and herbs, considered the most invasive emergency methods.
2. Advanced doctors diagnosed and treated disease before it manifested physically.
3. The highest level of doctor had no patients and gave no medical treatments.
   These great master teachers imparted the Way of the Dao to their students.

Modern Changes in Chinese Medicine
Throughout history, traditional Chinese medicine flourished. However in the late 1800’s under British influence, it became a symbol of old backward ways and a source of embarrassment to modern Chinese people. In 1912 the Kuomintang government formally adopted modern Western medicine and abolished Chinese medicine. Cities built modern hospitals, while in the countryside old ways continued. However In 1942 Mao completely outlawed traditional Chinese medicine as “outdated, superstitious and shamanic”. Many doctors and Qigong masters were imprisoned.

In the 1950’s under international pressure, Mao reinstated Chinese Medicine side by side with Western medicine. However it was revised and simplified into the two primary branches we know today: acupuncture and herbs, eliminating the other six branches. The new version of acupuncture de-emphasizes the complex internal pathways of the 12 main meridians, those points not accessible to needles, and less emphasis is given to the extraordinary meridians, the cosmic, ancestral channels.

Further changes have taken place in modern TCM, so that Acupuncturists do not study Meditation, Alchemy, or Qigong. Hence, their perspective toward the Extraordinary Meridians is limited to clinical use of specific points. At one time Qigong practitioners were the skilled warriors who defended royalty, and these skilled practitioners practiced healing, geomancy, and cosmology, and ascension on the highest level. Nowadays, Qigong practitioners do not always learn acupuncture. Who can we believe? When we are looking for the most direct path to ascension, please be cautious to whom you trust your life.

“Heaven is of Yang. Earth is of Yin. The Sun is of Yang. The Moon is of Yin.”
from the Huangdi Neijing 2,700 BCE, earliest known medical book.

4. The Microcosmic Orbit: Use Breath and Visualizations to Awaken the Portals of the DuMai, RenMai, X-Meridians, and Kundalini.

The Daoist Microcosmic Orbit is one of the oldest and most important meditations on an accelerated path to spiritual freedom. This video shows an advanced practice how to use breath and visualization to refine and build Qi within the human energy body. 

This practice activates the Portals of the Du Mai and Red Mai Extraordinary Meridians.
These Oortals or Gates are like infinite access to Source, connecting the physical body to Source. They are related to chakras in Ayurveda, because they cam from the same historical source. As you visualize each portal, you can imagine it spinning, or opening like a flower. the feeling of opening in each center or portal is unique, and is the greatest joy the body can experience. 

 

Full Instructions & Guided Meditation, 

35-minute video contains:

• 0.00  Introduction
• 4.50  Structure of the Human Energy Body 
• 6:20  Extraordinary Meridians Rule Spiritual Destiny
• 8:25  Description of the Daoist Gates
• 10:30 Normal Chest Breathing and Abdominal Breathing
• 12:06 How to Breathe White Light into the Pineal Gland
• 13:30 The Body Column Connects Heaven and Earth
• 14:25 #1 Microcosmic Orbit with Abdominal Breath 
• 19:28 #2 Microcosmic Orbit with Abdominal Breath 
• 23:10  More Advanced Practices 
• 27:06 #1 Microcosmic Orbit with Daoist Reverse Breathing
• 30:10 #2 Microcosmic Orbit with Daoist Reverse Breathing
• 33:00  Conclusion

In the Daoist system the energy centers are called gates or portals. The Microcosmic Orbit is sometimes called the SMALL HEAVENLY CIRCUIT, because it rewires your body electrical system in harmony with the cosmos for perfect health.

This practice is thousands of years old and there are countless versions of it. We will do it with two kinds of breathing, first with Abdominal Breathing, and then with Daoist Reverse Breathing. This is my synthesis of over 50 years of meditation experience with many fine Masters. I’m a Qigong practitioner and intuitive energy healer, not an acupuncturist. So my way of teaching is unique, looking for the most effective way to link modern needs with ancient cosmogenesis.

When you breathe Qi into the energy gates of your body, and allow them all to spin, you will glow with health and vitality. This practice can heal disease, lower blood pressure, clear toxins, and dissolve negative emotions. This exercise will bring warmth to your abdomen, improve brain function, and vitalize your sensual life. Daoist monks use this to live one hundred years or longer.

Challenging times in the world invite us to light a fire in the belly, for each one of us to become the creator of our own reality, instead of reacting to outside events. When we possess our own inner compass and personal power, we can project that beneficial “operating system” (if you will) out into the world. We do this by first reconnecting and strengthening our own internal energy system.

What is the goal of life? Chinese medicine holds that it is not to make money, to be famous, or achieve all your desires. The highest goal for each person is to learn the lessons, accumulate virtue through positive actions, and to gain enlightenment, or ASCENSION.  To achieve this goal, the human body is finest energy tool in the world. But you must first learn how to play it. Like a musical instrument, the first time you pick up a violin, you get terrible squeaks and squawks. Most people give up at this point. But those few who practice diligently every day, develop the mastery to achieve their highest destiny.

To function in a multi-dimensional environment requires spiritual muscles and a strong nervous system. The physical body is a perfect and complete system. And we also have a spiritual body with its own mechanism that is highly sensitive, however the spiritual body is rarely used. It needs to be worked and trained to become resilient enough to support powerful universal forces for a true spiritual life. This is called inner work, or internal alchemy of transformation.

5. Tibetan Chakras and Bön Buddhism have roots in ancient Shamanism, intimately linked to Chinese medicine and Extraordinary Meridians. 

Bön Buddhism was said to be founded by Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche, by the earliest known Buddha 18,000 years ago. The Bön tradition is still alive and well, in spite of persecution and suppression by Tibetan Buddhists in the 7th to 10th centuries CE. However very little evidence remains of the early practices. 

Daoism has always been intimately linked to Chinese medicine and meridians.
Which system will carry you to the flowering of your awareness most efficiently and elegantly? Ha ha! After working with many systems for decades, this system is my favorite. Try it and let me know your experience.

The Daoist energetic system is linked to the Extraordinary meridians.
This system shows the subtle body flow beginning at the base in Hiuyin or perineum, coming up the back of the body with the Yang Du Mai channel. It goes over the top of the head to the upper gums. The flow goes down the front with the Yin Ren Mai Channel. The Chong Mai Channel (sometimes called the Taichi Pole) in the center of the body connects the top and bottom vertically. Thus The Daoist points are both on the front and back of the body, with a pole in the middle. The energy gathers and coalesces at Xia Dantien, or lower Elixir field near the navel, building kidney Jing and physical health. In most Daoist traditions, the breath begins at the bottom, up the back to the top, and down once again to finish at Huiyin. This is in contrast to the Yogic system, which sometimes begins with an inhale or focus into the Third eye Chakra, flowing down to coalesce in the Heart, moving to the Root, and ultimately spiraling up the central channel to flower at the Crown.

6. At Ascension The Spirit Exits Through the Top of a Master’s Head

What is a Kapala?
A very special object within Tibetan tantric practice is the Kapala or skullcup. The skullcup is related to detachment and transformation of the physical world we experience. It represents the spirit exit point from the peak of the skull, the Sahasara chakra into infinite Source. The skullcap of an ascended master holds powerful energy for transformation to follow in his or her footsteps, leading the way out of Samsara, the realm of suffering.

Meditation causes movement in the cranium bones.
Don’t be surprised if this practice brings sensitive spot at the crown. Years of focused meditation on the Extraordinary Meridians brings physical movement in the cranium sutures. Observe the skullcap drum below. Rising energy up the spine causes the peak of the head to sometimes expand and rise, creating what is known as a “Buddha Bump”. The skullcap of an ascended master holds the energy of transformation and ascension.

The kapala skull cupis considered a legacy from ancient BonPo Shamanic practices.
In Tibetan monasteries the Kapala of a master is used as a sacred vessel to hold bread or dough cakes called Torma, and wine. This is an offering to calm and placate wrathful deities. The dough cakes may be shaped to resemble human eyes, ears and tongues. The kapala is made from a skull specially collected and prepared after death. It is elaborately anointed and consecrated before use. The cup is also elaborately decorated and kept in a triangular pedestal. Heavily embossed cups can be silver-gilt bronze with lid shaped like a skull and handle in the form of a thunderbolt Dorji, and used in ritual ceremonies.

Often used in Tibet are the small handdrum or Dhamaru, made with skullcups of two masters. These double drums have strings that hold small beads. When one rotates the drum back and forth, the beads tap on the drum. Within Tantric practice, soliciting the blessings of the lama and the lineage master are of paramount importance for the practice to bear results. The small drum holds the energy of the master.

 

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