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  • the method of soft butter golden egg taught by the taoist to hakuin to solve his energetic/zen sickness.
    Zen Sickness, by Zen Master Hakuin
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    Zen Sickness, by Zen Master Hakuin
    Afterwards, however, as I began reflecting upon my everyday behaviour, I could see that the two aspects of my life—the active and the meditative—were totally out of balance. No matter what I was do…

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  • Soh Wei Yu
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    Yes a good one. I tried that method when i had energy imbalances. Was helpful
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  • Jayson MPaul
    This also helped me when I was imbalanced
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  • Barine JaneDoe
    you or someone posted this a couple years ago and I found it incredibly helpful
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  • Albert Hong
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    Yes, very useful!
    But also very good when we have no problems as well.
    Everyone could be responsible for concocting their own pleasure and warmth and relaxation. Melting and dripping.
    There is no reason to suffer.
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  • Angelo Grr
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    This is a very helpful practice as well. I’ve done it and recommended it many times. Often using a thick gold fluid of light instead of butter. I find butter a bit too oily.
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    Barine JaneDoe
    Angelo Grr and it’s hard to wash off
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  • Aayush Jain
    I wonder if Vajrasattva and similar Ngondro practices serve the same purpose in the Tibetan tradition. I’ve found it useful in dealing with energetic issues.

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    Albert Hong
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    Aayush Jain to answer shortly yes. You are in those practices purifying body speech mind qualities and actions and unifying and weaving all sorts of ways of knowing and being so that you can hold the transmission of the lineage-teacher-teaching.
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  • Soh Wei Yu
    Aayush Jain In the Tibetan tradition, the Vase Breathing is very helpful. Tsoknyi Rinpoche also talks at length about rlung disorder (energy imbalances) and how it helps.
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  • Winston Tg
    https://www.inner-craft.com/courses/embodied-zen/ Meido Moore Roshi teaches it here in his last section (Nanso No Ho)
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