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They had to censor the hell out of this year's Tai Kai video, as Hatsumi-sensei gave away secrets that most of us who were privileged to see will have to work years to get down smoothly. I usually settle for the pragmatic and have been accused of sacrificing green belts to increase my knowledge of how to give pain. I'm a hobbyist and like the short path. The field of battle is outside the dojo.

Only four people that I know of have been killed outside the dojo in training accidents, and I know of no one being permanently maimed or crippled by a master instructor.

You are not paying fees to be injured unless that is the only way you will learn. There are many people who put on fatigues or night suits and claim to teach authentic ninjutsu. Only Hatsumi gives the sword test, and there are n o red sashes in Togakure Ryu ninjutsu.

I occasionally run into a young ninjutsu trainee in Chicago bringing bad and acting macho with his tabi funny feet for scuf- flers when I'm out partying. It's pretty obvious he has missed the concept of humility and doesn't understand the true value and danger of invisibility. He brags about his taijutsu and attempts to frighten people.

Eventually someone will shoot him. Most Togakure Ryu dojo attempt to follow the tradition of providing some guidance in etiquette, but many students in the U. Kevin Millis, who teaches out of Irvine, California, is a great teacher and I recommend him highly for those who live on the west coast.

In the Northeast, Greg Kowalski in Wallingford, Con- necticut, has taught me many things and I treasure his friend- ship. Mark Davis in Boston runs a good school. The best bang for your buck in the Midwest can be found near Ann Arbor. Shidoshi- ho Otto Cardew supervises the U of M's as well as Schoolcraft Col- lege's ninjutsu clubs and gives private lessons at his home dojo.

I've enjoyed Otto's rough-and-ready brand of taijutsu training for over ten years. Larry Turner, out of Dayton Ohio, conducts excellent seminars. Tucker, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, hosts Bud Malm- strom, the highest-ranked American ninja, who has excellent teaching skills and even a large children's contingent.

Stephen Hayes still teaches out of Germantown, Ohio. There are some very good technicians in Texas, but I've never attended any of their trainings, just seen them perform at Tai Kais. If you are planning an adventure of going to Japan to train, I would recommend traveling with Millis or Kowalski. If you want to soak up the historical culture and see the sights, Stephen Hayes leads some interesting tours. Toshiro Nogato teaches in Tokyo.

Tetsuji Ishizuka is in Kashiwa City and both speak English. I sent my son-in-law to train with Ishizuka when he was stationed near Tokyo with the U. You really should have an invita- tion or escort before you impose yourself on Shiraishi-sensei or Masaaki Hatsumi-soke in Noda City.

Only ninja kindness kept them from suffering for their foolishness. In the next chapter I discuss chi kung from a martial arts perspective and relate that to t h e kundalini. Chapter Two. Usually the secrets of chi are not passed down until the student has spent long years proving his or her worthiness of the gift. There are many techniques for trans- mission and generation of chi but all require a master-student relationship unless you are inclined to intense self-study.

Self- study is the source of unique gifts and often requires conquering your greatest fears. According to Sun Tzu, self-adventure also results in the greatest powers. Only time will tell, but there are probably more accomplished people doing esoteric studies on their own right now than at any time in human history.

Mantak Chia's many books on Taoist esoteric practice provide excellent information on this little-understood area in the higher-level mar- tial arts that is the equivalent of the kundalini in yoga. I was rereading Gopi Krishna's description of his kundalini experience and also listening to Christina Grof's tape on her expe- riences by Sounds True.

In both cases we have adventurers expe- riencing an internal journey for which neither has a map. He was also handicapped by having to work alone, as all of the great spiritual leaders of his generation had not fulfilled their task of achieving enlightenment.

Nobody knew what to do. The Jungian analysis that accompanies his text is occasionally help- ful, but also completely misses the point considering Gopi Krish- na's call to experimentation and replication scientific term for repeating the experiment with similar results.

The methods for bringing to fruition the kundalini, like many techniques in the martial arts, are easily learned if seen or shown but would never be done if the neophyte didn't happen on the right combination by accident. Gopi Krishna describes the terror of the body's natural energy arising and the effects that it had on him because of his minimal preparation.

Most people reading the book are not drawn to experiencing the light when made aware of the fact that you can shine or burn. The opening to energy and being able to move your center out into the fields often results in experiences that could be con- sidered "psychic," such as sharing another person's perceptions, thoughts, and feelings.

As each chakra is opened by the sexual energy moving up the spine, a different perspective personality is formed of the world out of the emergent feelings. Continuing the climb through conscious direction has often been analogized to mountain climbing, with the movement into the energy realms as ascent into heaven.

If nothing else it provides ample proof to the adventurers that there is an aspect of themselves that has little to do with the body. Krishna makes it quite clear the experience nearly killed him on a number of occasions but for the ministrations of his wife.

He didn't have a clue as to how to prepare his body for higher ener- gy beyond pushing the energy from the genitals up the spine. Grof's adventures are received with better humor as she has been at least exposed to a saddhu who is not a benevolent fraud and has a notion that if she doesn't go insane there is a worthwhile goal or light somewhere up ahead.

I mention these two as well known examples of contempo- rary people who have experienced the inner awakening without benefit of martial arts training. This can happen to anyone who meditates in an upright position regardless of gender if they're beyond puberty.

In the martial arts the training of the breath energy is referred to as chi kung and the awakening of the kun- dalini as the greater kan and li Chinese or entering the void Japan- ese. Transmission of the secrets of generation was usually from father to son, mother to daughter in family systems, or to a cho- sen disciple when bloodlines were not essential as in the Togakure Ryu. The secrets of generation and transmission were closely held, as the benefits of success-greater creativity, endurance, longevi- ty, compassion and psychic advantages-greatly benefited the family or training group.

The person who can best absorb the grandmaster's energy and accept the Bujin without going crazy is considered a lineage heir. In Bujinkan Ninpo the role of grand- master skips a generation so the successor has time to learn his or her role and be trained by the best of the previous generation.

As spiritual development and the generation of healing inter- nal energy are usually regarded as the property of the religions and viewed as the heroic and never mythological characteristics of the saints and founders, not ordinary people-a little secrecy was probably in order. In the West we had the human alchemists and Masonic lodges. In modern times, Taliesen as founded by the Wrights and adherence to the Gurdjieff model would parallel the ryus and kwoons of Asia as training halls for the artistic spirit, or warrior heart.

I consider the Hoshinroshiryu my school, the school that masters the weapon heart a modern equivalent of the ancient path, and the Japanese and Chinese authorities that regulate such matters agree with me. Each of us can only testify to our own experience or bear witness to the experiences of others. The psy- chological discoveries can be described in narrative, and that may encourage those who have not yet undertaken the journey of self- transformation. The following is a description drawn from my own experiences as well as those of others focusing on the psy- chological aspects of transcendental change.

In the chapter enti- tled "The Kundalini Experience" I describe it from a feeling or sensory perspective. This description also points out what I per- ceive to be ends, although the process is not over, as I'm still alive and in this body most of the time.

Let us first suppose that what we consider our self seems to be more a collection of masks or theatrical roles that we present to others. When we explore beneath these sweaty masks we find more masks. Images of-what we're supposed to be but no feeling of who we are. These comprise self-image or can be thought of as social roles. We might discover that our impulses toward achieve- ment and compassion spring from a fear of failure and feelings of helplessness. As we plunge deeper we may be forced to discov- er that these social strivings are but acceptable covers for anger, resentment and envy, leading to undermining of others in the guise of helping them in "friendly competition.

Often the recognition and controlling of these powerful emotions is considered enough for the adventurer, as he or she quickly sees the advantage of having them under control, particularly where many others do not even seem to realize that they are driven by a darker desire. Finally suppose when we accept our shadow self and work through to the roots of these turbulent emotions, we find anoth- er layer of calm connectedness that allows loving interaction with others without the marked manipulation and ambivalence dis- covered in our earlier self-reflection.

Little change may be visible, but you will feel the difference. It is on the basis of such a narrative that people seek therapy because those of us who have lived it or guided others through it know the value of inner peace and being in touch with the true animal nature, which is fundamentally benevolent and caring.

This can be accomplished through years of analysis or more quick- ly with the guidance of a skilled therapist. You can do it yourself through Zen meditation in three to eight years of sesshins ritual- ized meditations sitting under the supervision of a Zen roshi or meditation master. Let us suppose that by going into this primal self we find skills and connections not required by life in the polis. Let us suppose that when we are truly relaxed and have removed the masks and barriers to our being what we are rather than what we supposed we were, we find connections beyond the ground of self that force us to reevaluate reality as we once perceived it.

With a little study we may find that others have penetrated these inner and outer terrains and based on their honest and diligent exploration have left maps but in a strange language-discussions of endless bliss, energy beings, chakras, lights as a thousand stars, merging with gods, etcetera ad infinitum One who has experienced love will not find much sympathy when explaining his or her viewpoint to those whose only joy comes from revenge and who find strength in their ability to hate.

Thus it is often hard to translate the directions and warnings giv- en by the ancients, as the meanings of the descriptions may have more distance than mere age. You have to go yourself. Sometimes the self-adventurer discovers the truly rare and extraordinary. One who claims to know the way but has not made the journey is nei- ther a good guide nor a complete human being.

Sometimes, as in the case of Aleister Crowley or others who have taken this route in order to achieve dominance or power over others, they find themselves immersed in an overwhelming sadness which is their true self's recognition of their longing for the universal and simultaneous'awareness of being alone.

That too must be questioned and explored. Suppose that as a creature of energy and wavelength and con- stant change one discovers a new relationship that also contains the material relationship with the world which is universal.

Life is a simple presence we all share with each other. When we can appreciate our aloneness we can be ourselves and give most fully, as we no longer need others to save us or make us or reflect us or make us feel good about ourselves.

Instead, we want them to become themselves more fully. In this way conscious love is created from the exploration and opening of one's own heart through diligent meditation and introspection. It is only through knowing yourself that true love and compassion evolve. Remember Socrates' dictum, "Know Thyself! The ninja's heart is under the sword, which tends to speed the process if you can relax and trust the sword wielder.

As you study the literature left by the great martial artists of the East, there is always reference to a number of concepts that may seem strange to Western eyes, particularly when after what seem to be stupendous physical exploits, someone says something like "and then I learned about chi kung and really began to learn and understand what I was doing.

It requires total relax- ation and calm and results in extraordinary speed, strength, and control. It is the internal key to the external power and the best explanation of why in the internal arts the most dangerous prac- titioners are usually in their fifties and sixties, whereas those who rely on physical skill alone seldom survive into the thirties regard- less of their skills. The practice of chi kung or Taoist esoteric yoga when combined with Zen meditation results in the kundalini if done religiously for thirty to ninety days.

If you don't know what you are doing, it is more like what is described by Gopi Krishna or Christi- na Grof--eight to twenty years of hell until you give up your fear and grow up. Most religious traditions have lost the power to the frauds, and most martial arts have been oversold by the ignorant and the sports buffs, but the Way is the same as it always has been for the intelligent who wish to transcend their socially learned self.

It is a simple step-by-step process of continuing practice that accumulates like step functions in mathematics. The results of the process can be seen, felt, and tasted. The following are not drawn from the historical record but are empirical descriptions drawn from my own experience, the observations of my students, and verifica- tions by others who have had similar experience of living energy. Physical characteristics of a true kundalini survivor, tatsujin, or complete human being which cannot be faked include: 1.

An inch or more of glowing corona around the body that is particularly evident and bright radiating around the head. The completed product is white. No other color need apply. This can be seen against plain backgrounds and most easily in subdued light. For the wearer of a halo, it feels like wearing a cap. Before the energy reaches the head and while it primarily rests in other loca- tions, the corona will be the color usually associated with the organs in Chinese medicine or chakras in the Indian nomenclature for the endocrine system.

Each color has distinct personality char- acteristics or survival mechanisms which can be considered bio- logical.

Color also identifies where the energy is held, which could be considered a sign of progress or an indicator of where the ener- gy is blocked. Each chakra is associated with two or more inner deities in the Taoist, Mikkyo Buddhist, and Tibetan systems.

The breath is slow, usually four breaths a minute unless one smokes which may up it to six. A nonsmoker from a smog-free area might have a cycle of one or two breaths per minute. The highly skilled can fake death. Both chi kung and the kundalini lead to extremely efficient metabolisms. I've seen this discussed as "the meditator uses less air.

The saliva is sweet to the taste like honey, thus the refer- ence to nectar of the gods across cultures, and it flows freely result- ing in better digestion and disease control. This is a result of the energizing of the brain stem and pituitary. The heart rate is quite slow and the body temperature remains below normal. Gopi Krishna's heart rate remained high as a stress reaction; he was scared and with good reason.

Blood pres- sure may be lower depending on personal habits. The musculature is soft and very supple, more like an athletic girl than a man, which is probably a by-product of the rejuvena- tion of the endocrine system and accounts for the association with androgyny. This is what Okinawan practitioners of karate refer to when they describe the body of a master as "steel wrapped in cotton.

The mental linking of intention with action backed by the endocrine system often results in what is perceived by the more hesitant as superhuman strength and speed.

Close association with one of these complete human beings will kick your body's electrical system into overdrive. Their very presence raises most peoples' excitement levels, so they're fun to party with. You feel strange when they're around until you get used to them, unless they've learned to hide their wa harmo- nious spirit , as taught in some Japanese martial arts associated with the gathering of intelligence. Often this feeling of higher energy results in sexual arousal and can be mildly embarrassing if your teacher is of the same gender and not inclined or vice versa.

Higher energy is also sexual energy. My son informs me that just being in the same house with me kicks in his adrenals. You eas- ily feel people with chi, and people without active chi are very difficult to sense by comparison. Feelings may also be exchanged, which may be perceived as radical mood shifts when you enter into the survivor's range. The kundalini survivor learns to stay in neutral so as not to wreak havoc on his or her friends. The more I do, the stronger I get, the better I feel.

This also seems true of every practitioner of chi kung that I know. This higher energy accelerates healing of self and others. Cuts and scratches heal in days.

Most diseases that are not virus-linked no longer affect one, and flu symptoms, are minimized. Body movement is very controlled, as the integration of mind, body and spirit results in an ability to move with great speed out of complete stillness.

There is no thinking involved, just action in response to action. This is not a result of program- ming but is creative response. To the observer it is very fluid and graceful, not robotic or mechanical. The whole body is involved, not just an arm or a leg.

It is hard to describe, but once seen is never forgotten. A policeman I train with occasionally described me as going from completely relaxed, to completely on, to com- pletely relaxed in the same second, which he felt was very "spooky. There is surprising strength regardless of size, which usually takes a while to master. One has a tendency to break things until one learns to lighten up.

I went through a period of breaking keys off in locks, ripped the handle off a car door one icy morning, and sent many of my students screaming to the floor until I learned to slow down and back off. Some of the ninjas I play with call me Dr. Even affectionate squeezes and hugs are not appreciated, and love-making can be filled with minor perils if the object of your affection does not share your rare affliction or athleticism.

One of my shodan, Bret Talbot, ran up a consider- able lab bill in broken beakers while working on chemistry projects. He claims he was only holding them gently in his hands when they imploded.

He still thinks he is gentle when he is dangerous as a bear. You have to be careful with this strange strength. The feel- ing is invincibility, but the reality still won't stop bullets. The tatsujin or complete human being is calm and balanced under most conditions. Physical balance is one-pointed in that the center flows to the grounded point. Folk as opposed to ballet. A master boxer can fight balanced on one leg.

Shiva stands one-footed on the dwarf of ignorance. To be completely honest you may want to observe apes and monkeys and then draw your own conclusions in terms of natural body movement. All the masters and myself included move like monkeys, which can be very amusing.

The study of yoga provides a graceful, uplifting balance. Androgyny can also be seen as balanced. There is a tenth characteristic that is seen more in the reli- gious than the martial practitioner. Georg Feurstein alludes to it in his book Holy Madness, which is an excellent exposition of Crazy Wisdom that shares some of the same characteristics of divine madness exhibited by Zen-oriented martial practitioners.

The char- acteristic of knowing from many subtle inputs does have the effect of distancing one from what is observed. The religious practi- tioner has to deal with converts who see transformation as a men- tal process instantaneously accomplished.

They know better but are trapped by socially learned expectations. It is difficult to contin- ually forgive and suffer fools. Losing one's objectivity, however, usually creates even greater difficulties.

The above are the primary physical symptoms of the complete and safe transforming by the kundalini, which is greatly aided by the safer technology of chi kung. This is actually a biological process available to anyone who meditates and masters the tech- niques for moving sexual energy through the microcosmic orbits.

Knowing the technology of awakening the inner self removes most of the physiological dangers. A guru or Oshihan should man- ifest all these characteristics both mental and physical, as they are the same for both sexes and a result of connecting the merid- ians and rejuvenating the endocrine system. When I took Suzanne Carlson, my first female shodan in twen- ty years of teaching, through the kundalini in London, the only after-effect was permanently dilated eyes, which is not exactly a dis- advantage when you're an actress.

One should not expect ovarian energy to have exactly the same symbolism for the brain as tes- ticular. Her father asked her if she were on drugs when he saw her eyes a couple of days later. She went through a brief period of feeling very superior as her psychic abilities manifested, and like Gurdjieff noticed practically everyone she knew seemed half asleep or were simply rats in a maze having no control over their lives or desires.

She went through a brief period of testing her fearlessness by trying out dangerous practices. Then like most of us who have done this, she reacquired humility and got on with cre- ating her life and career.

We followed Mantak Chia's instructions concerning not allow- ing hot energy to enter the skull until the way is prepared includ- ing the practice of keeping the tongue up. The female experience is similar to the male's but with the usual differences rooted in our biological nature.

Some of the ancient Taoists wrote that women were incapable of chi generation. The Roman Catholic Church forbids the ordination of priestesses. A fox skull has the same outline as the two ovaries and vessels leading to the uterus and vagina, as does the arc of the browed moon or the raised tail of the scorpion-all symbolic of bringing female sexual energy to the forehead up the spine.

Suzanne is the only woman I've been privileged to observe go through the kundalini. We were able to discuss what was happening when she came down, and it was great fun. Kammy, a female friend of Mike Cornelius reported a blind- ingly bright yellow banana shape appearing as her solar plexus opened. She is running very hot energy now when she used to run cold. I know two other young women who developed all the energy characteristics of the lesser kan and li but have not had the experience of ovary-to-brain connection via the spinal column.

Blake Poindexter has specialized in training women. It is probably the reason some of the ancients for- bade the teaching of women. It's terribly embarrassing to be thrown about physically and mentally by a woman, even when you love her.

Very few of the ancients seemed to follow the example of the Yel- low Emperor, who kept and learned from his female companions.

The martial artist who becomes involved in physical transfor- mation that results in transpersonal growth tends not to lose his or her sense of humor. We also realize that once the typical seek- er sees our path, they look for something less risky. We know that most not only won't but can't get IT. It is a tragedy from my viewpoint that our institu- tions burdened with the role of leading us to enlightenment are failing us due to fear and ignorance.

It is sad indeed when martial artists can demonstrate greater effect than ministers and priests. Study on this. Chapter Three. When the school year ended in I decided to follow the prescriptions given in my chi kung correspondence course from the Chinese National Chi Kung Institute in Moulton, Alabama, to arouse the bubbling springs or bring the inner fire to the brain.

I'd been able to run the microcosmic orbit con- necting the meridians and chakras to the spine both front and back with a single breath for about three years and was able to bend a candle flame to my bidding, so I thought I'd go for the big time.

Ninety days of meditating as much as possible. I set up a pad in the back porch and moved in a stereo tape player so I could meditate to ragas, Kitaro, or subliminals which I recommend if you're nutso enough to try this method.

My sec- ond wife Linda and her children would occasionally look out from the kitchen to see what I was doing. Since watching someone meditate ranks in spectator sports right down there with spider kissing, they failed to get involved.

The back porch was my king- dom for the summer as long as I occasionally got up to eat, take them to the lake, and performed as a parent and husband. After all, her first husband used to beat her and them. My activities seemed strange but harmless. They did their things and I did mine. At this point in my development I was not particularly noc- turnal so I always meditated in the daytime my first error.

I would hit the position for at least thirty minutes on waking and set my goals for the day. Some days I would get in an hour or two in the morning and another hour or so in the afternoon. About twenty days into it I began to see what appeared to be a vagina with a rather swollen clitoris floating in the air before me.

Some days I would sweat profusely as I meditated, which I regarded as a good sign because it indicated something was happening. It is not usu- al to break into a fever-busting sweat when you're being absolute- ly still, at least not in my mediocre athletic career. Sweating is both a means to cool the inner fire as well as a process of purifi- cation.

That's why sweat lodges, saunas, and hot baths are appre- ciated. My body was starting to feel great and I was horny as a I three-peckered owl. This is where I made my second mistake, which would eventually cost me this marriage. Let me digress for a moment and set the scene. When I meditated I did not usually keep my tongue up, as I could not see how that could be important. I was not properly stretching my neck but had mastered holding my back erect.

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