..the poem emphasizes the practice of swallowing the Jade Dew (yuye 玉液; saliva), a central component of forming the elixir of immortality
(see Komjathy 2007, ch. 6). ...First, and most basic, the adept accumulates and gathers saliva, the ye‑fluids associated with Bodhidharma, in the mouth, the Jade Pond associated with Laozi. These fluids are then swallowed down to purify the heart and eventually commingle with original qi in the lower elixir field. In this respect, one may again reflect upon the symbolic meaning of Bodhidharma
and Laozi as one’s own physiology. Another possible reading is that original qi, associated with mercury and the figure of Bodhidharma, and original spirit, associated with lead and the figure of Laozi, become commingled in the adept’s upper elixir field.
Louis Komjathy, “Mapping the Daoist Body” 81- 82 / Journal of Daoist Studies 2 (2009)
...the perfect qi (zhenqi 真氣) rises up the Governing Vessel through the Three Gates, where it combines
with the Spirit Water, a symbolic name for the saliva, to descend back to the central regions of the body (Needham et al. 1983, 77‑78). Daoist cultivation methods increase the production of saliva, which is, in turn, swallowed and made to descend towards the lower elixir field. This involves dropping the tongue, represented in the Neijing tu as the Descending Bridge, from its normal position of touching the upper palate and drinking the Jade Dew. The saliva then passes through the “Twelve‑Storied Tower” and the “Palace of the Sweet Spring and Cold Peak,” both names for the trachea. 29 The Jade Dew descends through the Scarlet Palace (jianggong 絳宮) to cleanse the heart, before it splashes and expands in the Ocean of Qi (qihai 氣海).
In the above
passage, the Quanzhen adept is urged to circle the tongue around the
inside of the mouth, so that the fluids are mixed before swallowing
them. This was a central practice in early Quanzhen training regimes.
p. 144 Cultivating Perfection, Louis Komjathy
https://books.google.com/books?id=rnp-GwZAGVsC&q=saliva#v=snippet&q=saliva&f=false
With the orbs vigorous and harmonized, clear and pure saliva becomes produced in the mouth. From the mystical cranial locations in the head, these alchemically-transformed body fluids descend like white snow. They descend through the heart region, eventually becoming stored and mixed with qi in the lower elixir field.
p. 198, Komjathy
That is producing, conserving, circulating and storing perfect qi and clear fluids, specifically the clear saliva activated during alchemical training, formed the essence of alchemical transformation.
p. 203
As will become clear in the pages which follow, the practice of swallowing saliva was central in early Quanzhen. This alchemical practice, however, involved much more than swallowing ordinary spittle and assuming something efficacious happened magically. Instead, such fluids were the results of and a sign of successful alchemical praxis and an ingredient in the formation of the elixir of immortality.
p. 204
When the ye-fluids of the heart descend and the qi of the kidneys ascend to reach the spleen, [Yellow Court] the original qi will be vigorous and will not be dispersed. Then the elixir assembles.
p. 204
The hydrogen-bonded water network of the connective tissues is actually linked
to ordered water dipoles in the ion-channels of the cell membrane that allow
inorganic ions to pass in and out of the cell (Williams, 1993). There is thus a
direct electrical link between distant signals and the intracellular matrix, leading
to physiological changes inside the cells, including neurons and glial cells. This
electrical channel of intercommunication is in addition to, and coupled with, the
mechanical tensegrity interactions of the connective tissue-intracellular matrix
continuum mentioned above. Any mechanical deformations of the protein-bound
water network will automatically result in electrical disturbances and conversely,
electrical disturbances will result in mechanical effects. The new imaging
technique that Han and Balaban are developing (see above) depends specifically
on detecting ultrasound emissions from mechanoelastic vibrations caused by
electrical pulses applied to the tissues.
Proton jump-conduction is a form of semi-conduction in condensed
matter, and is much faster than conduction of electrical signals by the nerves.
Thus the 'ground substance' of the entire body may provide a much better
intercommunication system than the nervous system. Indeed, it is possible that
one of the functions of the nervous system is to slow down intercommunication
through the ground substance. Lower animals which do not have a nervous
system are nonetheless sensitive. At the other end of the evolutionary scale, note
the alarming speed with which a hypersensitive response occurs in human beings.
There is no doubt that a body consciousness exists prior to the “brain”
consciousness associated with the nervous system. This body consciousness also
has a memory, as argued in the Section following.
Mae-Wan Ho (Ph.D.)Bioelectrodynamics Laboratory, Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes,
MK7 6AA, U.K., David P. Knight (Ph.D.) Dept. of Biological Sciences, King Alfred's College, Winchester
SO22 4NR, U.K. [Nov. 2000], “The Acupuncture System and The Liquid Crystalline Collagen Fibres of the
Connective Tissues: Liquid Crystalline Meridians” American Journal of Complementary Medicine (in
press, 2000).
"An nharo informant likened the ability to extend this pre-trance pre-collapse curing phase to the staying power of a man during lovemaking...[Anthropologist] Richard Lee's comment that among the Hu/'hoansi !Kia, trance, appears to be "connected with sexual arousal and orgasm." (Lee 1993: 120) p. 184,
Tricksters and trancers
"Yet another male 'implement' the Hai//om (as well as Khoekhoe) maidens are reported to have handed at initiation, was the testicles of the adolescent men in the camp. (Schapera 1930: 121, citing Fourier 1925/6: 58), in order to prevent their swelling in the event of some future contagion with menstrual blood." p. 175, Tricksters and Trancers.Tricksters and Trancers: Bushman Religion and Society. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 288pp.
https://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/africa_today/v047/47.3upton.html
"The !Kung and the /Xam regarded a 'new maiden' to be the source of n/om or (k'ode), the healing potency normally associated with male trance healers."
P. 175 Tricksters and Trancers.
Dr. Bradford Keeney
For the Bushmen healing dancers, the word most similar to duende, or life force, is n/om
(Keeney 1999, 2003). It is also arguably equivalent to kundalini, chi or holy spirit. One could say it is related to the unnamable thing that gives jazz its swing and blues its soul. Though often depicted as ‘energy,’ n/om is regarded by Bushmen as the amplified emotion that arises from a heart awakening (Keeney 1999, 2003). It may be inspired by sacred relationship, the longing for present or past loved ones or a felt intimacy with the biological world in general, including its trees, animals and honeybees. As a Bushmen n/om-kxao (healer) is filled with n/om, it not only makes them dance, it excites them to ecstatically tremble and shake, touching others with fluttering hands and vibrant hugs. When a Kalahari healing dance performance is filled with the spirited or soulful expression of deep passion, those present are touched by it as well.
The SevenHoles Jade Flute (Figure 12)
【From
Classic: Chapter 2, Section 04 (3,4,5)】
【From
Classic: Chapter 2, Section 28 (6)】
iii. To use the
nectar from the seven holes (Jade flute) to open the life gate
【From
Classic: Chapter 2, Section 33 (7)】
http://www.goldenelixir.com/files/Book_of_the_Nine_Elixirs_SAMPLE.pdf
Bai Yuchan explicates this point saying:
p. 46, Wang Mu, Foundations of Internal Alchemy."This essence is not the essence of the intercourse: it is the saliva in the mouth of the Jade Sovereign." The Jade Sovereign (Yuhuang) represents the Origin, and the "saliva in his mouth" represents the precelestial state.
Question: Will you please teach me the proper method of swallowing saliva?
Answer: This is the quickest way to produce generative force;....If you have not been taught this proper method....when you swallow the saliva...; it will produce the generative fluid....
p. 11 Taoist Yoga: Alchemy and Immortality
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