You’re reverse engineering the six yogas? That sounds fascinating! I didn’t know you had studied tantra stuff, a man of many talents.
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The six yogas are amazing, and more accessible than generally thought. Key is to put yourself in the shoes of those ancient yogis, ask yourself what they were trying to accomplish, & see through the gimmicks, obscurantist language, & proprietary symbolism to the pith instruction.
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Replying to @KennethFolk @misen__
Can you give us an example of your interpretation of Tummo?
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Replying to @OortCloudAtlas @misen__
Tummo makes the body warm, & we can gain conscious influence over what is normally an autonomic function. Tummo lets us take hold of the thermostat. Studies show that arms & lets heat up, core temperature remains normal. Doesn't even require magic. Muscle contraction heats body.
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I think ancient Tibetans were cold and wanted to feel warm. Tummo is great for that. Thing is, when you conjure up fire and warmth by combining visualization and "tactilization", you inevitably gain entry to a new kind of experience, the illusory body (the 2nd yoga).
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These guys were familiar with Buddhist theory. They well understood the Buddha's recommendation to avoid rebirth. But they kept finding themselves "reborn" into six basic categories of experience, which they labeled Heaven, Hell, Animal, Hungry Ghost, Jealous god, & Human.
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The "six realms" are a mind map. We don't know for sure what will happen after death, but we clearly cycle through the six realms all day long. And there is also an odd in-between state where you haven't yet become embedded in one of the six realms. This is the bardo.
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Wow that certainly makes Tibetan Buddhism more paleatable to the ritualistic dogmatic adverse practitioner.
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Yes, my sense is that Tibetan Buddhism is often taught as cargo cultism. Once we realize the old-timers were people just like us, this challenge and opportunity pops right up; we can approach these practices as lived experience rather than proprietary esoteric belief systems.
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It's a rather impressive demystifying insight. Personally I left a Tibetan Buddhist practice because I didn't know what to do with the cultural and ritual baggage and couldnt be part of it.
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The cultural baggage is enormous, it’s rare when teachers actively think about this issue, let alone act on it in the way they teach.
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