CH5

Purification Meditation

There are energy pathways inside your body through which energy flows. Eastern medicine?which includes acupuncture, moxibustion, and herbal treatment?is based on this understanding of energy circulation within the human body.

These energy pathways clog easily due to stress, negative emotions, poor diet, or harmful habits. Keeping these pathways clean and unobstructed ensures a proper circulation of energy, improving the health of your body and mind. Moreover, cleansed energy pathways are vital to receiving the light and energy of the universe.

The most significant energy pathways are the penetrating vessel, conception vessel, and governing vessel, which are connected to all the energy pathways in your body. The penetrating vessel runs vertically along the center of your body. The conception and governing vessels, which form a complete energy circuit, run along the front and back of your body. These three vessels are vital to circulating the water and fire energies between your perineum (located between your legs) and the crown of your head.

There are various ways of purifying the three energy vessels. For instance, true breathing meditation and om-hoom breathing meditation are effective, but they require extensive time and dedication.

A powerful purification meditation is 'rod of light' meditation. This meditation begins with you receiving divine light from Sangjenim, who is the Ruler of the Universe, and from the Holy Spirit of Great Emptiness, who is the origin of all light. Then, you imagine combining the light you received from them to form a rod of light of any size. Next, imagine inserting this rod of light into your penetrating, conception, and governing vessels and using it to vigorously unclog energy blockages as you chant the Sicheonjuju and Taeeulju mantras.

This purification meditation is an essential preparation for receiving the Seollyeohwa?the flower of cosmic light.