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five phases (water, wood, fire, earth, metal) |
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Spirit, associated with the Upper Dan Tian (UDT), or, in terms of the 5 essence spirits, stored in the Heart organ |
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Essence, associated with the Lower Dan Tian (LDT) |
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Qi, associated with the Middle Dan Tian (MDT) |
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literally cinnabar field, one of 3 energetic centers in the body |
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Upper Dan Tian (UDT), located between Yin Tang, Bai Hui (Du-20), and Feng Fu (Du-16) |
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Middle Dan Tian (MDT), located between Tian Tu (Ren-22), Da Zhui (Du-14), Shan Zhong (Ren-17), Shen Dao (Du-11), and Huang Ting (Ren-15), Jin Suo (Du-8) |
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Lower Dan Tian (LDT), located between Hui Yin (Ren-1), Shen Que (Ren-8), and Ming Men (Du-4) |
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Original Spirit, the part of the Eternal Soul that descends into physical life, sometimes referred to as the "feet of the Eternal Soul," it is a Yang counterpart to the Zhi Shen (Acquired Mind) |
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Acquired Mind, the 'ego' aspect that is activated when the first breath (first postnatal qi) mixes with the Yuan Shen |
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Eternal Soul, or Immortal Soul, the component of the Ling Shen that reincarnates |
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Supernatural Spirit or Entity, a spark that breaks off from the supreme fire (Dao), it is a fragment of the Dao yet contains the totality of Dao within its being |
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Dao, the Divine itself as well as the path to the Divine, all that is that exists beyond name and form, that from which all forms emerge and that to which they all return, Divine principle |
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Hun, or 3 ethereal souls, stored in the Liver organ |
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Po, or 7 corporeal souls, stored in the Lung organ |
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Will, stored in the Kidney organs |
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Intention, stored in the Spleen organ |
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Large Intestine, a Yang Metal organ |
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Stomach, a Yang Earth organ |
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Spleen, a Yin Earth organ |
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Small Intestine, a Yang Fire organ |
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Kidneys, a Yin Water organ |
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Urinary Bladder, a Yang Water organ |
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Pericardium, a Yin Fire organ |
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Triple Burner, a Yang Fire organ |
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Gall Bladder, a Yang Wood organ |
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Wuji, the "ultimate nothing," void, or unmanifest |
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Absolute or supreme ultimate, the primordial Yin and Yang that is source to all, the ultimate state of transformation |
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Inner Alchemy (literally "Inner Cinnebar") refers to the human physiological-energetic alchemy as opposed to Waidan or "external alchemy." Neidan refers to the conversion of Jing, to Qi, to Shen. |
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