Hi,
I wanted to tell you about a form of energy work (chi-gong) that is call the "9 Hand Seals" or in Japanese: Kuji-in. Kuji-in is a set of 9 exercises that bring physical and mental benefits. It uses a set of mantra (words), mudras (gestures), and mandalas (symbols or visualisation).
Resumed, exercise #1 develops self-confidence, to a point where you believe there is nothing that can stop you from attaining your goal. Some call it the "faith" kuji. A side-effect of this kuji-in step is much more willpower in the mind, and ever more physical strength (because your mind can push more energy to the muscles.)
#2 develops a sens of responsibility, helping you take control of your life. A side effect, things start to happen your way.
#3 Harmony. Everything becomes cool, no problem, we'll resolve it, let's get to work.
#4 Healing. It's not a practice to get an immediate effect in healing. It's an exercise that builds up your healing-potential, so that if you ever have to heal anything, it will help. A side effect, yet not scientificaly proven, is that it also help others around you to heal faster. Most people learn kuji-in for these first 4 steps, cause it'a a nice goal to attain, and the other 5 steps are more and more abstract.
#5 Self-love. Its realy great on the heart chakra. It takes all this harmony, and self-responsible feeling that you setup in the steps before, and applies it to you, and you develop self love, even compassion. Some say a side effect is a greater intuition. (I believe so, it worked for me).
#6 Self-knowledge. Its more and more abstract, as the kuji-in exercises make it easier to understand what you think, feel, percieve,... A side effect is the enhancement of understanding the subtle things...
#7 Dimensions/perception. Shifts your perception of everything, for the better.
#8 Manifestation. Its not like if you could make stuff appear, but things realy organise in ways that you like, in manners that you could not belive possible before (but then again, since exericise #1, you kinda feel everyting is possible).
#9 No-mind, blank, no-word, like touching the void, a mental shut-down and restart. Side effects: unknown, but there are probably.
Kuji-in was discovers in the esoteric hindu begginings. From hinduism came buddhism, and chi-gong was organised to favorize teaching, by giving names to sets of exercises and techniques. A wise chinese master, Bao Pu Zhi, was the first to put on paper the drawings of the 9 hand positions (mudras). Then the technique migrated to japan with buddhism, and the esoteric Japanese Buddhists (call Mikkyo) made it a more formal and used technique.
The medical groups used it to make everything better, and the martial artists used it to become more powerful warriors, while famers used the technique to better the crops, but there is a common thing between all the applications of Kuji-in, it is that it makes the person much more stronger against illness, controversy, doubt... it simply makes you stronger.
If any of you have questions about kuji-in, don't hesitat to message me.
