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Dark Room Enlightenment

Lesser, Greater, and Greatest Kan & Li

Universal Tao Center, Thailand

18 February 2002

Contents

Dark Room Enlightenment ................................................................................................................ 3

Universal Tao Dark Room ................................................................................................................. 4

As Above, So Below ......................................................................................................................... 5

Consciousness and the Neuro-endocrine System ......................................................................... 8

Autonomic Functions ................................................................................................................. 8

Waking Consciousness .................................................................................................................. 10

Sleep and Dream .......................................................................................................................... 12

Descent into Darkness ..................................................................................................................... 13

Limbic System ............................................................................................................................. 13

Pineal Gland ................................................................................................................................ 15

Fall from Grace ................................................................................................................................ 18

Inhibiting the Divine ..................................................................................................................... 18

Reawakening – The Spirit Molecules .............................................................................................. 19

Immortal Body .............................................................................................................................. 20

Chemistry of Consciousness ........................................................................................................... 20

Stages of Dark Room Enlightenment ............................................................................................ 24

Benefits of Dark Room Experience ........................................................................................... 24

‘Melatonin State’ (Day 1 to 3) ...................................................................................................... 24

‘Pinoline State’ (Day 3 to 5) ......................................................................................................... 24

‘5-MeO-DMT State’ (Day 6 to 8) ................................................................................................. 25

‘DMT State’ (Day 9 to 12) ........................................................................................................... 26

Taoist Cosmology .............................................................................................................................. 27

North Star and Big Dipper ................................................................................................................ 27

Nine Sacred Mountain ..................................................................................................................... 28

Nine Palaces .................................................................................................................................... 29

Dark Room Practices ......................................................................................................................... 35

Big Dipper Practice .......................................................................................................................... 36

Exercises ..................................................................................................................................... 37

Nine Palaces Practice ...................................................................................................................... 40

Exercises ..................................................................................................................................... 42

Dark Room Information and Logistics ............................................................................................ 44

Preparations for the Dark Room Retreat ........................................................................................ 44

Inner Preparations – Practice at Home ...................................................................................... 44

Outer Preparations – Practical Advice ....................................................................................... 45

Benefits of the Dark Room Experience ...................................................................................... 45

Dark Room Nutrition ......................................................................................................................... 46

Summary .............................................................................................................................................. 48

Appendices ......................................................................................................................................... 50

References of Interest ................................................................................................................. 50

Notes on the Synthesis of Tryptamine Derivatives .................................................................... 50

5-MeO-DMT Drug Trip Account .................................................................................................. 51

DMT Drug Trip Account .............................................................................................................. 51

Inner Alchemy: A Physical Exploration ....................................................................................... 52

Footnotes ............................................................................................................................................. 54

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Taoist Cosmology

North Star and Big Dipper

Taoists regard the three largest known stars – Polaris (the North Star), Thuban, and Vega – as the

collective center of our galaxy ( Fig. 28 ). The earth’s axis shifts toward a different one of these stars every

2,150 years as a result of the gravitational pull from the sun and moon. The axis currently tilts toward the

North Star, which is therefore referred to as the Pole Star. In other words, if one were to observe the sky

from the North Pole, the entire galaxy would appear to be moving around the North Star. As the earth’s axis

is influenced by its mass, the North Star controls the earth’s energy fields, thereby affecting our health and

emotional states.

5,000 year ago

Now

2,000 year from now

Polaris

Thuban

Polaris

Thuban

Polaris

Thuban

Vega

Fig. 28. Violet Stars.

The three stars are known as the Violet Stars because they emanate violet rays throughout the galaxy,

which affect every living cell of nature on our planet. Taoists believe that a human’s heart tilts 45 degrees

toward the North Star, just as the earth tilts 23.5 degrees toward it to receive its energy. They also believe

that every planet in the galaxy tilts toward these Violet Stars in the same way, and that the North Star is

presently controlling them as well ( Fig. 29 ).

Axis of Rotation

23.5°

Orbital Plane

Fig. 29. Earth tilts 23.5 degrees towards the North Star.

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The Big Dipper revolves around the North Star, as do other constellations, reflecting the earth’s sea-

sonal changes. The Big Dipper is a major source of red and infra-red light, or radiant energy ( Fig. 30 ).

Taoists believe that the cup of the Big Dipper gathers all the violet light from the universe. The emanation

of infra-red light of the Big Dipper, combined with the violet rays of the Violet Stars (especially Polaris), has

a positive, nurturing effect upon the bodies and minds of those who know how to access it. Taoists believe

that the Violet Stars, the Southern Cross constellation, and other constellations form the “Gates of Heaven.”

All living things must pass through these gates to return to their source of origin, the Wu Chi, which is the

state of oneness with the Tao.

Fig. 30. Infra-red emanations of the Big Dipper.

Taoists believe that the soul and spirit come from the stars and ultimately must return to them to find

their origins. To do this, one must first gather and refine the energies of soul and spirit until they are as pure

as the stars, and eventually as pure as the Original Force. This is the way to achieve oneness with the Tao.

The first step is to refine the force internally while practicing detachment from worldly things. This helps to

break the bonds that hold us to this world. The second step is to draw in the forces of the planets to

enhance our own internal force. This gives us spiritual power in the form of energy to use as fuel for travel

to the planets, the constellations (especially the Big Dipper), and finally to the North Star, which points to

Heaven. Taoists refer to this process of absorbing, transforming, and combining our soul and spiritual

energies as “marrying the force,” which means that we purify our energies to merge with the stellar forces.

Nine Sacred Mountains

In the Taoist tradition, the human body is a microcosm of the natural world. Our physical anatomy is an

inner landscape with its own rivers, forests, mountains, and lakes that reflect their harmony with the outer

landscape of the planet Earth. Figure 31 is an ancient rendering of the inner alchemy practice of the Tao,

probably originally drawn by a highly achieved Taoist from China’s Tang Dynasty period (7 th century C.E.).

The numbered areas 16 to 21 are a series of nine sacred mountain peaks. These mountain peaks function

as funnels guiding Universal Energy downward. This energy is then concentrated in the mountain caves.

Taoist adepts go to these caves for initiation. In the human head there are nine different energy centers

(peaks or points), which are able to extend to Heaven to connect to the Cosmos. The brain marrow cavities,

as well as the various energy centers of the body, are like caves in a mountain in which you can concen-

trate, store, and transform energy.

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(16) TOP OF THE GREAT PEAK is located at the back of the head. When we tilt our head and push

our chin back, our head reaches its highest point. This peak connects the North Star to the Pineal Gland; it

is where we receive the descending Universal Energy.

(17) HIGH PLACE OF MANY VEILS lies between the Mud Pill and the Great Peak. It is where the spirit

and soul bodies can leave and enter in horizontal flight.

(18) MUDDY PILL is located in the center of the crown (Bai Hui or the hundredth meeting point). When

it is open it feel like soft mud. This crown point connects the Big Dipper to the Hypothalamus Gland. It is

through this center, which functions as a two-way street, that you can project your energy (soul or spirit)

upward or receive the energy flowing downward.

(19) HOUSE OF RISING YANG is the third eye. Located slightly above the middle of the forehead, this

center is able to receive the energies of the sun and moon, which it uses to project the soul and spirit bodies

into space.

(20) NINE SACRED REALMS are directly connected to the mid-eyebrow and has a close connection to

the Pituitary Gland. This center is use to receive the Cosmic Force and to launch the soul and spirit bodies

into the earthly or human plane for traveling.

(21) IMMORTAL REALM is located in the center just in front of the crown point. It is here that our

energy is able to make a connection with the heavens to draw down even more powerful Universal

Energies’.

Nine Palaces

Nine is one of the most commonly use numbers in Taoism being the highest cardinal order in numerical

calculation. Lao Tzu once referred to a nine-story-building rising from a clod of earth. A nine-story-building

has both architectural significance and spiritual implication. The architectural significance is based upon the

order of nine, which implies the highest structure of mental calculation and manipulation. In Chinese archi-

tecture, the steps and stories of a building are designed within the function of nine. The nine-story-building

refers spiritually to the nine mountain-like palaces crowning the brain ( Fig. 32 ). The cortex will gather all the

elixir-making fluid needed for crystallizing into mystic elixir. Lao Tzu’s statement also refers to the nine-story

tower of vocal cord.

In Chinese, nine means literally the change of yang, which depicts the crawling position and extreme

end. This nine-yang is the highest order in heaven and on earth, and it is the power representation of all.

Beginning from nothing (zero), at nine we reach the peak stage of performance and begin to return to the

original state of inactivity, for either a new beginning or a complete change. As life evolves and changes,

there will be nine significant crises to be conquered. These can be referred to as the crises of merging

within the structural and dynamic trinity. The nine crises determine nine deaths of old conditioning and

established habits that one must walk through. Nine deaths bring about the final new birth, or the returning

of pure spirit. When a person consciously dies nine times, the last death must be the spiritual birth of self

into cosmic void.

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