Becoming 1: Palingenesis & Enlightenment
Channel: Dev Jacobsen
Date: 03/02/2016

Palingenesis means self-rejuvenation through a process of becoming and rebirth.  Becoming is going on all the time. We change from a tiny fetus to an infant, a child, a youngster, an adolescent, an adult, senior, oldster and finally die. At death a deep palingenesis occurs, and we find ourselves reborn in a different body and world. 

The process of becoming revealed by the Buddha is called Dependent Origination (_paṭicca-samuppāda_). It is going on whether there are Buddhas to reveal it or not. Every religion, indeed every human endeavor is based on the intention to improve our life. One who knows this process of becoming can become anything they desire.

Palingenics is a syncretic path organizing many different methodologies of becoming within the context or framework of the 7-chakra system of Chinese yoga. It draws from Buddhism, Taoism, Zen, Theravāda, Bhakti-yoga, Tai Chi, QiGong and martial training to develop all sides of the human being.