As the title says, I am looking for book recommendations on things like energy building, mind power, etc. About to start a Khan Black run and looking for some supplemental reading material
I’d recommend Neville Goddard’s “The Complete Reader” for a purely metaphysical perspective, and if you haven’t yet, read the chapter on transmutation in “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill (as well as any other chapters that catch your eye).
Also, any book that can help you with transmutation and controlling your attention/discipline are ideal when using Khan Black. This could include stoic works (“Meditations” from Marcus Aurelius, or “Discipline is Destiny” by Ryan Holiday), or books on dopamine and how it leads to addiction/compulsion (“Dopamine Nation” by Anna Lembke or “The Molecule of More” by Daniel Lieberman and Michael Long).
On a more esoteric front, Mantak Chia has a lot of work on sexual transmutation from a Taoist perspective.
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I would say this book that is audio only, Hands-On Healing: A Training Course In The Energy Cure. By William Bengston.
It’s not really hands on healing to me. It’s a really interesting read. The guy ran lab studies but it’s not too dry. Just really mind expanding book. You can even find actual people who have had success with the technique. It’s a healing technique but also a “manifesting” technique.
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A book that I found beneficial for this subject was The Energy Codes by Dr Sue Mortar.
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Practise microcosmic orbit regularly, find a youtube video that teaches how to do it.
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Is it even metaphysics?
Not in the classical canon.
But since it’s transcending physics, it belongs to metaphysics.
Though to be fair, the term metaphysics stems from Aristoteles Organon. The term Metaphysics described simply all the stuff that came after (meta) his writings on physics. But he never wrote on energy cultivation etc.
That’s why it’s debatable.
Pythagoras on the other hand wrote a lot about what we would call esoteric teachings. But afaik it’s all lost. But there was a secret sect called the Pythagoreans, based on his teachings about frequency etc.
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I’d use RAIKOV just to lock it in but it’s so non visual… like energy work, its non visual.
The guy wants to use khan black.
And microcosmic orbit is mainly imagining the energy moving while focusing on the path it moves. Should not be too difficult
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In no particular order, material I’ve looked into that I’ve found insightful that could have relevance to a KB run…
- The Tenaga Delam Ilahi material (aka Tendai but the Indonesian not the Japanese form) including the Tridaya material. Could definitely be integrated with cycles of different phases of KB
- A.L. Bhagwat’s “Mohini Vidya Sadhana and Siddhi”, or Anand Ji’s material on Tratak. Both deal largely with different approaches to Trataka, an Indian practice of gazing at different things whose deeper aims are usually not laid bare, but can be inferred from some of the material these two lay out.
- Anand Ji’s work on Prana Tattva
- William Bodri’s writings, including Nyasa Yoga and his work on Internal Martial Arts. Twenty Five Doors to Meditation is also interesting for things such as the Nine Step Bottled Wind Practice, which could go especially well with ST1 and ST2.
- Stuart Alve Olson’s work on Embryonic Breathing is quite insightful but other books (including some material cited by Bodri) provide a broader, more practical picture to serve as a basis for practice.
Material on Taoist sitting practices is always worthwhile, as well as Zhang Zhuang post standing, any techniques which are meant to be practiced over time which are designed to open up and strengthen the channels like KB does in the first couple of stages. It really depends on how deeply you’ve studied in the past and in what traditions.
Not gonna spend a bunch of time promoting any one of these, and I’m sure I’ve left a few recent hidden gems out. Google them and see what resonates with your path, if any.
Edit: could also add Marco Paret’s material (which I looked into during some of my earlier work with KB), or Lefebure’s phosphenism, but much of this material is probably not as useful or accessible if you haven’t done the prior study of the traditions these approaches developed from. Study widely. As Heraclitus once said, “Those who love wisdom must investigate many things”.
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I would just start Khan Black, and you should be guided to the right material for yourself.
For energy building, mind power, metaphysical, general spiritual, etc - the most important thing is the alignment that unfolds the journey. If there is any book that I recommend, it would be based around how to get in touch with that alignment - which I can’t currently think of any books for.
It’s important because the alignment prevents you from going towards things that are not good for you, while naturally guiding you towards the exact things that you need. It drives everything. Let me know if you need more clarity on what I mean by this.
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Please do share, I’ve seen you mention alignment alot and I’m sure we all can learn something from this. I know I’m interested.
Is it like, listen to your instinct and follow your inner intuition? Because it’s all part of the process?
For example someone might say ”no pmo!”. But you can’t help yourself. You do it and after a while you stop, because this is what you needed to go through to stop it. It’s the harsh resistance towards quitting that makes you unavailable to stop, but once you let go of the labels and resistance you naturally let go of that habit.
Meanwhile, if you resist it, you’ll just make it worse.
Am I close?
Sorry for my wild example lol.
Another interpretation, learn to listen to your body/instinct. So make sure you’re grounded and calm, check with the sensations in your body when you decide what to do. If feel tension, say no, if you feel expansive, say yes.
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Thanks for sharing m8.
Interestingly those coping/escapism things (doomscrolling) keep you in your head. Makes you living in your head and disconnects you even further from your inner life and guidance (intuition).
Guilty as charged your honour.
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This is gold. This is why you previously said something along the lines of ”people have a vision of their goal, but as they evolve that vision doesn’t change and they want it to be exact how it was from their starting point.”
Paraphrased. But basically you gotta be open to changes in perspective and growth if you want your goal. Flexible.
This is gold, thanks!