About Zhou Tiangong (1)
Zhou Tiangong is the achievement method of Taoist Inner Dan. Since Zhong Liquan and Lv Dongbin founded the Inner Dan School in the Tang Dynasty, various Taoist schools have done a lot of research on Zhou Tiangong, among which Wang Zhongyang in the north and Zhang Ziyang in the south made the greatest achievements in the late Northern Song Dynasty.
From the Tang and Song Dynasties to modern times, Neidan became the mainstream of Taoist health preserving methods, and it was also the treasure with the most national characteristics in China, and it was a compulsory method to learn Taoist Kung Fu.
Zhou Tiancm refers to Zhou Tiangong and Zhou Tiangong. To put it simply, the internal qi runs along Ren meridian and Du meridian, which is called Xiaozhou Tiangong; The internal qi runs along the eight veins of the twelve meridians and Qijing, which is called Zhou Tiangong. Zhou Tiangong basically includes the stages of Taoist inner alchemy, gas refining, gas refining and re-emptiness. Therefore, it is not only the introductory kung fu of Taoist Neidan, but also a high-level practice.
If you practice this function enough to produce small medicine, get through the second pulse of Ren Du and run Xiao Sunday, that is the stage of refining essence and qi. This process takes about 100 days, which is often mentioned in ancient Dan books as "building a foundation in a hundred days" After another year's practice of producing a great doctor, three years' warm nursing and returning the fetus to Dan, it is the stage of refining qi and nourishing the spirit. Refining the spirit is a high-level effort and many functions will be developed at this stage. Nine years of practice will reach the stage of refining the spirit and returning to the air. According to the ancients, this stage can reach the realm of transcending fractal and becoming immortal.
"Sunday" is a term borrowed from ancient astronomy. Book of rites? Kong wrote in "The Moon Order": "Where there are twenty-eight nights, the stars will move to the right with the sky, and one day and one night will be a week. The ancients compared the movement of celestial bodies to the movement of qi in the human body, so they called it Zhou Tiangong. " "Da Dan Q&A": "Fire travels day and night, like a week. Four seasons, yin and yang, the way of nature.
Now some people advocate the quick method of small Sunday, that is, by thinking on Sunday. It's not that the accumulation of true qi has reached the point where accumulated gas has broken through. This method has a certain effect on dredging meridians, which is also introduced in detail in this chapter. However, many qigong masters do not advocate this method, thinking that this method has the disadvantages of encouraging young people to grow up, and it is easy to cause problems if it is not done well.
Readers can choose to study according to their own conditions. Of course, it is best to lay a solid foundation, accumulate the true qi to the point where it can produce small medicine, naturally break through the three levels, and run along the second pulse of Ren Du on Sunday. There is no abuse this Sunday. Once it is connected, it means that Kung Fu has reached a higher level.
First, dantian qigong
In order to survive Sunday, Dantian needs to accumulate some internal qi. If the internal qi is insufficient, it is not only impossible, but also harmful. It is counterproductive to encourage the signs. General abdominal qigong can be divided into static qigong and dynamic qigong, which are described as follows:
1 meditation method
Practitioners take a general sitting posture, relax into silence, eliminate distractions and breathe naturally.
(1) silent photography. The eyes and mouth are closed lightly, the head and body are upright, the chest is heavy and the abdomen is heavy, and the innate light in the brain is silently transported, focusing on the emptiness of the abdomen. In other words, the abdomen is regarded as a space, and the mind shines brightly in this space, achieving "all thoughts are silent and one spirit is alone." The innate truth comes from nothingness, and the true yang naturally appears.
(2) Expansion method. When practicing, fully relax into silence, closely coordinate your thoughts with your breathing, regard the areas of Tian Dan, Mingmen, perineum and tail pheasant as a volume, and gradually expand its capacity. When exhaling, the navel, lower abdomen, waist and abdomen expand outward, and when inhaling, the abdomen is closed. If you continue to practice in this way, the activity energy of dantian will increase and the qi of dantian will accumulate rapidly.
(3) compressed air method. When exhaling, push the internal qi to the abdomen and tail with your mind, so that the qi in the whole lower abdomen becomes active. Tail-be sure to relax fully. The qi rushes upward, exhales downward, and the abdominal pressure increases, and the qi naturally overflows into the viscera, meridians and limbs. Where there is disease, it has been repaired by qi and sparse.
(4) circle method. After relaxing into silence, my hands intend to hold a red fireball in front of my abdomen and gently rotate it left and right and up and down. The fireball is driven by both hands to rotate. After the balloon feeling between the two hands is formed, send the fireball into the navel with your mind, and the two hands cooperate with each other, and then gently stick them on the navel. Stop for a while, and then do the circular motion of the gas in the abdomen.
(5) Aggregation and dispersion method. When exhaling, the intentional qi spreads radially from the abdomen to the surrounding space, and the body also increases; When inhaling, intentional breathing gathers from the surrounding space to Tian Chan. You can also imagine that the abdomen is a vast sea. When you exhale, it hits the water like a stone, and the waves spread round from the center of the abdomen. When you inhale, it gathers in the abdomen. Slightly lift the anus and inhale.
(6) Landscape method. After practicing martial arts, I feel that there is a red sun in my abdomen and body, or a golden lotus, or a shining light bulb, which warms my internal organs and limbs. Through internal brightness and high accumulation of ideas, Dantian can condense real vitality in a short time.
2 Taoist inner alchemy, the basis of Sunday skills
(7) Micromotion method. After relaxation and quietness, the abdomen and caudate lobe vibrate, swing, move or rotate, so that the vibration wave gradually extends to the life gate, spine, head and whole body. Then, slowly relax your mind and gradually adjust the vibration amplitude. At the same time, focus on the internal photos and stay in the abdomen.
(8) Ignition method. After entering the quiet, I thought there was a fire in the abdomen, and I raised the fire according to the process of ignition, fire extinguishing and fire rising until the abdomen gradually produced a fiery scene. This is the time when the breath of the abdomen was born.
(9) Return method. Open all the pores of the whole body. When exhaling, the intentional internal qi will radiate to the space universe through the pores of the whole body, as far as possible. When inhaling, the intentional natural universe will return to the abdomen; Or when inhaling, radiate your thoughts to the sky and the universe, and when exhaling, urge your abdomen. Or exchange all kinds of substances, energy and information with the universe through the opening and closing of the pores of the whole body without thinking, so as to achieve the unity of internal and external elements and the unity of man and nature.
3 dynamic method
(1) gas gathering mode. This achievement method is mainly to help dantian accumulate qi with the help of heaven and earth. The yogi takes a standing posture, relaxes his whole body, observes himself in the chaotic universe, and meditates on the formula "I am in the air, the air is in me, heaven and man are integrated, and the air is used for me". Then circle the lower abdomen with the palm of your hand, male left and female right (see Figure 5 and Figure 6), from small to large, to the whole body, and then from big to small. When drawing a circle, the true qi and light energy of the universe are mobilized, gathered at the center of the circle and entered the lower abdomen. When drawing a circle, the mind stirs the surrounding gas field by hand, as if stirring a basin of water, forming a vortex of gas field, so that the true qi gathers in the lower abdomen. The key of this method is thinking, when thinking is used, it can get better results.
(2) Dantian's fighting skills. This work is an effective method to enhance internal qi. When practicing, take a standing posture, with feet shoulder-width apart, knees slightly bent, and hands holding hollow fists. First, I let out a "hum" sound in my mouth, then I threw off my arm and hit my abdomen and life gate in tandem. At the same time, there was a "hum" from my nose, and my knees bent slightly. Note that this work should be played step by step, from light to heavy, and rhythmically. The sound must cooperate with the blow, because the sound of "hum" means that the breath penetrates the abdomen, and the abdomen will be injured if it is not alive. Generally, you can call 8864 times, or you can call more or less according to your physical condition. If you practice this skill for a while, you will get angry. If you practice more static kung fu or stand on the pile with a horse stance just look, the internal fire will naturally disappear.