<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/caa077a8-d501-4f50-b7f4-8f9d3dfe23f4/A1E727EE-D8B4-4DB6-BC98-0D018E357468/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Subtle_body&oldid=297357971" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Subtle_body&oldid=297357971" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Subtle_body&oldid=297357971"><P>The <A title="Yoga" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga">Yogic</A>, <A title="Tantra" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantra">Tantric</A> and other systems of India, the Buddhist psychology of Tibet, as well as Chinese (<A class="mw-redirect" title="Taoist alchemy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoist_alchemy">Taoist alchemy</A>) and Japanese (<A title="Shingon Buddhism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingon_Buddhism">Shingon</A>) esoterism are examples of doctrines that describe a subtle physiology having a number of focal points (<A title="Chakra" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra">chakras</A>, acupuncture points) connected by a series of channels (<A title="Nadi (yoga)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadi_(yoga)">nadis</A>, <A title="Acupuncture" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acupuncture">Acupuncture</A> <A title="Meridian (Chinese medicine)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meridian_(Chinese_medicine)">meridians</A>) that convey life-force (<A title="Prana" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prana">prana</A>, vayu, <A title="Qi" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi">ch'i, ki</A>, <A title="Lung (Tibetan Buddhism)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung_(Tibetan_Buddhism)">lung</A>).</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Subtle_body&oldid=297357971"><P>These invisible channels and points are understood to determine the characteristics of the visible physical form. By understanding and mastering the subtlest levels of reality one gains mastery over the physical realm. Through practice of various breathing and visualisation exercises one is able to manipulate and direct the flow of vital force, to achieve superhuman (e.g. in martial arts) or miraculous powers ("<A title="Siddhi" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddhi">siddhis</A>") and attain higher <A title="Altered state of consciousness" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altered_state_of_consciousness">states of consciousness</A>, <A title="Immortality" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortality">immortality</A>, or <A title="Moksha" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moksha">liberation</A>.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A1E727EE-D8B4-4DB6-BC98-0D018E357468/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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