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Consolidation and Sealing · 固本 · gu ben
Level 7: The Quiet Body
Reported reduction in the body's ordinary requirements.
Description
Fragmentary reports place here the beginning of what classical alchemy calls "cutting off the grain" — sharply reduced need for food and sleep, slowed aging, and increased resistance to cold, heat, and illness. Chang was described by visitors as looking implausibly young for his age, a claim made about essentially every figure in this tradition and never once documented with a birth certificate.
Practice
- No method published.
Signs and effects
- Reduced sleep and food requirement; apparent slowed aging.
How it is tested
Unknown.
Obstacles
- Unknown.
Sources for this entry
- Community testimony — Forum archives, student accounts, and interviews from the 2000s–2010s.
- The Magus of Java — Kosta Danaos, Inner Traditions, 2000. The founding Western text.