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eath is held for 72 cycles.<br />

"I have arrived at this stage," added the yogi.<br />

c. Repeating this process 108 times during one breath is<br />

considered the highest achievement.<br />

Higher still, however, is the accomplishment of some<br />

Tantric sages, who, during their sitting practice, only<br />

take six breaths in twenty-four hours.<br />

For the realization of form, the sign of success is when<br />

the median channel opens <strong>and</strong> all its knots untangle.<br />

Mr. Chen explained with a grimace, that in most<br />

people their cakras are all blocked <strong>and</strong> their<br />

channels knotted.<br />

Before the wheels are all open, five or ten signs are<br />

experienced, such as sparks, the moon, the sun, the light<br />

of stars, flashes of lightning, etc.<br />

When the median channel is opened, the Dharmakaya is<br />

won; <strong>and</strong> when the five wheels are cleared, the<br />

sambhogakaya is attained; <strong>and</strong> at the time when the<br />

72,000 channels are all purified <strong>and</strong> straightened, then<br />

many nirmanakaya forms may be projected by the yogi.<br />

This concludes our section on the realization of<br />

meditations in the second initiation. We shall not have a<br />

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