[Music] [Music] within the Tois scriptures lays a foundational concept known as the three Treasures which will form the basis of our understanding of Sean retention and its principles the three Treasures are Jing key and Shen which roughly translate to deep Vitality or Essence bio electric energy Mind and Spirit within yoga and aeda Jing is equivalent to OAS key to Prana and Shen to satva or tagas remember the Sexual Energy you build up from Seaman retention is none other than Jing or ojas Jing is the base from your Storehouse of Jing you're able to generate key and this key is further transmuted into Shen as Master herbalist Ron Arden puts it the three are like a candle Jing is the wax and Wick key the flame and Shen is the light radiating from the flame the bigger and stronger the wax and Wick the brighter the flame and the longer it will burn because Jing is the base it's critical to constantly be retaining protecting and cultivating Jing the more Jing you have the more you'll be able to transmute it into the other treasures and the quicker you'll be able to accomplish all you ever dreamed of in this life the faster you burn through your Jing the weaker you'll be the less Drive confidence Charisma and motivation you'll have the sicker you'll get the quicker you'll age and the sooner you'll die an interesting thing to note is that while it's most common and easiest to build Jing in order to bolster the other two Treasures you can work with them in any order or fashion you'd like for example there are certain breathing exercises which are the domain of key or Prana that you can perform to actually build and store Jing likewise if your Shen or mind is constantly stressed and Disturbed your key or energy will be dissipated all over the place and you'll be depleting your stores of Jing keeping your Shen steady having a calm cool and collected mind and having relaxed emotions naturally increases key as that energy isn't dissipated always remember that each treasure feeds into protects and further cultivates the other two toist Alchemy reverses this process of depletion first by purifying and preserving the essence then by balancing and conserving the energy and finally by cultivating and concentrating the spirit through an esoteric alchemic chical process known as Triplex Unity purified Essence is converted into energy which is then raised and refined through the higher energy centers until it reaches the brain where it is again transformed to nurture the spirit the classification of therapies a Tais medical text written 2,000 years ago States spirit is sustained by energy and energy is obtained from the transformation of essence essence transforms into energy and energy transforms into Spirit when sufficiently clarified energized and rejuvenated the human mind is able to restore its long lost connection with its own primordial Powers Daniel Reed from The Complete Book of Chinese health and healing this may all sound abstract and metaphorical and it will remain so until you start properly working with these energies it may be useful for you to get a sense of what these energies feel like but keep in mind your experience may vary we'll start with the feeling of Jing Jing or OAS is your Sexual Energy it's fiery invigorating and perhaps even pushy it's Drive its Vigor its positive aggression it's going after what you want even if it involves struggle or a bit of competition in terms of semen retention it's very much related to androgens like testosterone and DHT as well as the neurotransmitter dopamine it feels a lot like taking a very mild stimulant that has some aggressive attributes to it it also has a deep stable and strong feel to it you feel solid unmovable Jing is the foundational Vigor and vitality an energy of robustness and endurance now let's understand the feeling of key or Prana when we transmute some Jing into KY or cultivate it through pranayama and other practices and this energy is clean burning and always there at your disposal instead of it being pushy you just have plenty of clean energy on demand for anyone who micro does LSD or for those who know what it's like a couple days into a fast or in deep ketosis lots of key or Prana is similar in feel when you increase Prana to a much higher degree there is an extra dimension of aliveness vividness and Clarity to your experience senses are heightened and it begins to feel that not only are you loaded with calm clean burning energy but that everything is made up of that same energy the last treasure is called Shen or satva Shen is the further transmuted energy from Key you cultivate an energy that is peaceful content giving and loving it's like a very mild form of MDMA but one that is very calm cool and collected think of any saint holy person or deeply spiritual ual person and the peaceful loving calm energy they radiate a Dalai Lama a Mother Theresa a St Thomas of aquinus it's the highest of vibrations Shen also has a very wise piercing perceptive energy to it Shen is the energy that allows you to dive deep into meditation and to really pierce the veil of who and what you truly are an abundance of shen transforms your daily life into a thing of Wonder and beauty let's be honest most people on Seaman retention are focused on cultivating Jing and key with Shen being almost an afterthought if this sounds like where your head is at that's perfectly fine but just keep in mind that more power and more energy doesn't necessarily equate to a happier you you don't have to make cultivating Shen your top priority but please don't neglect it entirely now that we have looked into what the three Treasures of Sean retention feels like let's have a look at their physical equivalence the first treasure Jing encompasses the sum total of one's physical mental emotional and spiritual power in other words all the physical mental and emotional and spiritual Powers come from the raw energy of Jing on the physical side Jing encompasses a person's hormones neurotransmitters nutritional status immune system endurance strength longevity virility and even the genetic Integrity of a person think hormones neurotransmitters immunity Vitality virility and robustness koppra on the other hand is the sum total of the bioelectrical energy within the body and indeed surrounding the body the bioelectrical energy within the nervous system is key or Prana the negatively and positively charged ions we breathe in are Prana were you aware that the human heart produces an electrical output 60 times greater than the brain and can be detected up to 3 ft away from a person for all those who have noticed a certain type of magnetism from Seaman retention it's largely from people noticing an increase in Prana especially when that field of Prana is charged with confidence and positivity which falls under the domain of the third treasure Shen Shen is typically translated as spirit as Shen relates to immaterial things such as the Mind and Spirit and not things we can directly point to in the body we'll have to examine it further as Master traditional Chinese medicine herbalist Ron Garden says Shen is the spark of divinity within each human being Shen is the spiritual Radiance of a human being and is the ultimate and most refined level of energetics in the universe it is associated with our awareness of and Oneness with the universal infinite being and is manifested in our own godliness Shen is not considered to be an emotion or even a state of mind it presides over the emotions and manifests as all encompassing compassion and non-discriminating non-judgmental awareness Shen manifests not only as our love and compassion but also as our mental and intuitive energy Tas or Shen is often translated as brilliance or Radiance Tas is claimed to provide courage fearlessness and insight and to be important when making decisions according to ayurveda satva on the other hand is the quality of goodness positivity truth Serenity balance peacefulness and virtuousness that is drawn towards Dharma and knowledge according to Daniel Reed's excellent book the Tower of Health sex and Longevity Shen encompasses all of our mental faculties including rational thought intuition Spirit attention will and ego in the most esoteric schools of taism adepts transmute essence or Jing an energy or key into pure Spirit during prolonged meditation and breathing exercises for the ordinary lay person however a different path for cultivating Spirit by nurturing Essence and energy is suggested called The Parallel practice or dual cultivation because it involves two partners this is the path to Health and Longevity via toist sexual yoga Shen deals mainly with positive mental States and spiritual attributes compassion patience contentedness calmness positivity generosity all these things stem from Shen as well as strengthen it neurotransmitters such as serotonin and endoc canabo like anandamide contribute to the overall degree and level of shen Shen also encompasses certain classes of brain waves like the alert yet focused Alpha Waves as well as your level of discipline your willpower your thirst for Spiritual knowledge and experience and your ability to meditate deeply the spiritual practitioners of our past didn't have microscopes but they didn't need them either do you really need to know what exactly is happening on a cellular level or do you just need to see that these things are real and can be felt and cultivated the three Treasures can turn your whole life around and make you Unstoppable if you know what you're doing one of the biggest benefits of the practice of seen retention is that it brings about a very beneficial change in your endocrine system if we jump back to high school biology your endocrine system is that group of glands within the body that are constantly releasing hormones those chemical Messengers that powerfully affect your mood energy levels health and so on while technically not a part of the endocrine system Jing also affects our neurotransmitters such as dopamine epinephrine serotonin and the like that also contribute to your mood motivation and energy levels these chemical messenges both hormones and neurotransmitters are extremely important for us to optimize they are largely the reason you have energy or fatigue are happy or depressed are healthy and fit or sick and fat have a high libido and lots of motivation or are plagued with anxiety depression and anhedonia they are the reason you look act and feel the way that you do so naturally we want to optimize these chemical Messengers think of your hormones and neurotransmitters as acting like a symphony we want just the right amounts of these things at just the right times or the whole whole thing is going to be a harsh Discord of sounds too little testosterone and everyone isn't playing loud enough too much cortisol and the band is playing frantically too much epinephrine and the violins are playing too loud too fast and overpowering the other instruments not enough serotonin and the music is ominous not enough dopamine and well the players lose motivation and stop playing all together Daniel Reed said according to the toist view the r ravages of Aging are caused by the progressive depletion of hormone production and the dissipation of vital energy since essence or Jing is the root of the TOs Trinity with energy as the stem and spirit as the blossom the entire plant may be nourished simply by cultivating The Roots which consist of blood bile enzymes hormones and other forms of essence of all these elements of essence hormones exert by far the most profound and Powerful physiological influences even in the most minute quantities and of all the toist regimens disciplined sexual intercourse provides the most direct stimulation to vital hormone production and endocrine balance from the book The tow of Health sex and Longevity he goes on the second is hormone Essence which comes in two forms life Essence and Seaman Essence life Essence includes all the vital hormones secreted by various glands throughout the body's endocrine system and which serve as Master Regulators for growth metabolism sexuality immunity aging and so forth Seaman Essence refers to sperm and related male hormones in men over and related female hormones in women seman retention is one of the master keys to hacking into your endocrine system or hormone Essence on for the better and practices like yoga breathing exercises lifting weights running sleep de-stressing and even sunlight can be used to improve hormone status however yoga is the practice that allows you to really tune up the entire endocrine system the reason you begin to feel so good once you get a few days or weeks into the path of Sean retention is in large part due to how it beneficially affects your endocrine system specifically the relationship between the neurotransmitter dopamine and two hormones prolactin and testosterone so by retaining semen we begin to conserve Jing Jing is the foundation for the other two Treasures key and Shen as Jing increases key soon follows suit for the people practicing seen retention experiencing a sudden sort of magnetic aura that is simply the field of your bioelectric energy increasing in size and magnitude in yoga this energy field is called your pranamaya kosha which is your energy body it is where your chakras are located as well as the nadis or channels through which Prana or the Key Energy flows there are seven main chakras and 72,000 nadis your energy body is directly tied to your breath so working with the breath is going to play a huge role in really charging up up your energy body not only do breathing exercises improve oxygenation of the blood increase nitric oxide production and improve carbon dioxide tolerance but by breathing in controlled precise patterns one brings more negatively charged ions into the system which as one study concluded research supports the view that negative ions have a net positive effect on health including improved mood stabilize catacol amine regulation and C Cadian Rhythm enhanced recovery from physical exertion and protection from positive ion related stress and exhaustion disorders in traditional Chinese medicine and chiong chakras are known as danion and the channels are known as meridians they focus on three danion the lower Danon or golden stove the middle danion known as the Crimson Palace and the upper Danon known as muddy pellet or third eye the lower Danon is where Jing gets converted to key the Middle where key is converted into Shen and the upper Danon is where Shen transforms into wo or emptiness we're all aware that scientists are able to pick up the brain's electromagnetic fields but did you know that the heart produces an even larger electromagnetic field according to the heartt math Institute the heart's electrical field is about 60 times greater in amplitude than the electrical activity generated by the brain this field measured in the form of an electrocardiogram ECG can be detected anywhere on the surface of the body furthermore the magnetic field produced by the heart is more than 100 times greater in strength than the field generated by the brain and can be detected up to 3 ft away from the body in all directions the average person has a magnetic field emanating up to 3 ft away from their body imagine the strength of a Sean retention practitioner who practices pranama or some sort of meditation according to Joseph Chilton Pierce in the biology of transcendence about 80% of the brain's mass is made up of gal cells which acts like glue for our neurons and these gal cells are electromagnetically sensitive he explains that in the heart's electromagnetic field our gal cells are able to pick up on information encoded in that field and thus the energy that our heart radiates affects our brain cells and our perception of the world around us in summary our hearts produce these big powerful electromagnetic fields and these cells that make up 80% of our brain mass are sensitive to electromagnetic fields emotions also affect the feel or tone of our pranic or energy bodies or our aura the heart math Institute said we have found there is a direct relationship between the heart rhythm patterns and the spectral information encoded in the frequency Spectra of the magnetic field radiated by the heart thus information about a person's emotional state is encoded in the heart's magnetic field and is communicated throughout the body and into the external environment most people tend to think of Comm communication solely in terms of overt signals expressed through facial movements voice qualities gestures and body movements however evidence now supports the perspective that a subtle yet influential electromagnetic or energetic Communication System operates just below our conscious level of awareness what this means is that other people's electromagnetically sensitive gal cells can pick up on the strength the health and the vibe of Our Own energy Fields furthermore our positive emotions are likely to increase Resonance of this field and negative emotions will likely promote dissonance and this is why many people who practices seman retention begin to feel like they radiate energy or glow or have magnetic auras and how others are able to pick up on them now let's examine Shen the Unseen charismatic vibration the final Treasure of seaman retention Shen is the higher mind that part of your Consciousness that only wants good for self and others and that is above and beyond the mundane trivialities of the world Shen is our spirit it may also be translated as our higher Consciousness this is ultimately the most important of the three Treasures because it reflects our higher nature as human beings Shen is expressed as love compassion kindness generosity acceptance forgiveness and tolerance it manifests as our wisdom and our ability to see all sides of all issues our ability to rise above the world of right and wrong good and bad yours and mine high and low and so on Shen is our higher knowledge that everything is one even though nature manifests dualistically and cyclically often obscuring our vision and creating illusion Ron tarden from the book The Ancient wisdom of the Chinese tonic if you've been practicing semen retention for a while you start to generate ample supplies of sexual energy of Jing and along with it ample supplies of key or Prana that pranic field gets broadcast out around you and people may even start to notice that's a great thing if your internal state is a positive one if you're feeling upbeat confident relaxed and happy that will attract others you'll walk into a room and people will wonder who you are and what your secret is but what if your mood is negative what if you're feeling depressed anxious needy insecure angry or just stressed well that's getting broadcast out into the ether by your pranic field as well and that's going to naturally push people away I think we've all encountered this with some folks some people just have bad energy they may seem happy confident charismatic even but somehow you can tell something's off something's not quite right in these cases you were picking up on the fact they were faking their confidence or even honing in on their true negative intentions or vibrations that were being broadcast out there meanwhile some people just naturally attract others seemingly by doing nothing they have that special something again they were simply broadcasting positivity out there into their pranic or energy field likely without trying to do so they were blessed with abundant levels of Jing key and Shen it's why many people experience that magnetic attraction when we practice Sean retention many people become bewildered when they start attracting not only women but also the respect of other men and even animals start acting more friendly why would retaining seamen attract animals well it has nothing to do with actual seamen they've just increased the size and strength of their energy bodies and they have ample Shen ample positive vibrations that is attractive whether it's to men women or even animals a lie heart and a calm contented mind is a rare thing these days indeed as we cultivate these three Treasures of seaman retention we become a person of great power as we generate more Jing or life force we are able to do things that are necessary for our dreams and aspirations and help the people we love the most as we generate more kopana and develop a magnetic Aura we are able to attract those positive things in our lives that we always wanted as we generate more Shen or spiritual Force we are able to do God's bidding and fulfill his will and make earth a better place mind I'm trying to fight a war in my mind I don't know who's the winner tonight but it ain't me