The upper dan tien is sometimes referred to as the 3rd eye that is located between the eyes and just a little up on the forehead.
The upper dan tien is thought of as the spiritual gate for the spirit and minds eye to see into spirit and spiritual matters and for the practitioners spirit to move in and out of their body / mind such as in astral travel. It is also considered to be the spot from which Yi or I is generally issued.
When performing mind projection healing I actually look through the Upper Dan Tien and into the person I am working with / on to see what the health or energetic problem is or looks like and often once I see it I can mentally manipulate the energy through Upper Dan Tien.
When I am practicing push hands I will feel the person’s root depth with my body and my Upper Dan Tien will be able to perceive where their mind intent is at, what it is doing and where they are intending for it to go. I am giving you a first hand knowledge of this as I wasn’t so much taught it as I have learned it through experience.
If you see Chi / Qi then you are almost certainly seeing it with your Upper Dan Tien. If you feel the emotion then you are most likely perceiving it with your middle dan tien and if you perceive the power, size and strength by feel then you are probably feeling it with your lower dan tien.
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Very Interesting.Cross reference it with the teachings by Dr.Yang,Jwing-Ming titled Qi-gong for health and martial arts.This manual dicusses the small,and Grand circulations through the points and dantiens..Comments??
What Dr Yang Jwing-Ming’s book talks about is a bit different than what Sifu Clear is talking about here. I would recommend taking a look at Chi Energy Activation Cultivation and Flow.