We are glad you are joining the online course “Enlightenment Through Darkness” with Grandmaster Mantak Chia.

The first week of the course will start on 1 September and we would like to welcome you and to give you information on how to enhance your practice. As you may want to stay in the darkness during the course, please read the information carefully in advance.

1. Get prepared: Darkroom and Pi Gu fasting

We would like to remind you that to enhance your practice you can create a Darkroom in your home and do Taoist fasting (called Pi Gu).

📌Watch the Free Lecture about PiGu and darkroom technology:

📌Learn more about PiGu in the ebook: https://school.mantakchia.com/product/pi-gu-chi-kung-inner-alchemy-energy-fasting/

📌 Learn more about Darkroom technology in the ebook: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U2SbELoYz6UoF-mPYfw7_i28EhFKoEZ5/view?usp=share_link

📌If you purchased the entire course (1-9 September) you got bonus: Self-paced workshop “Fusion of 5 Elements” (20 hrs of video). Please watch it before the course begins. You can find this course at your account at school.mantakchia.com.

We kindly invite you to check our Guide on how to find your login, password and recordings: https://school.mantakchia.com/how-to-study-at-mantak-chia-school/

Note: you can create a Dark room or do Pi Gu Detox, but you are not obliged to.

2. FAQ:

  1. How can I obtain darkness with the computer screen on?

You won’t create total darkness, but the important thing is to get as close as possible and here are some tips to help you:

– keep your screen lighting very low and wear dark lensed glasses.

– watch the introduction and observe the slides and then follow the workshop with audio only. This is how we do it in Tao Garden. 

– continue your personal practice in total darkness at the end of the day and during meal times. 

After the workshop the inner process will continue and the benefits will be enhanced due to the complete darkness.

To enhance your practice you can order Magic Blackout Blind here or here

  1. Can I prepare PiGu pills at home?

No, however you can keep the diet recommended for the Darkroom retreat and order supplements from any convenient store. The recommended dose for supplements will be written on the package.

TO DOWNLOAD MORE INFO CLICK HERE

  1. Should I stay in the darkness all the time? 

Master Chia says that in order to feel any changes you need to stay in total darkness for at least 3 days. The target is total darkness, so the pineal releases DMT (Di-Methyl-Tryptamine). DMT is the core chemical of the darkroom retreats. So contact with light should be limited to not more than 30 seconds maximum.

During your darkroom course you can listen (but not watch) as much as possible if you do not see any light. Only a very short moment with dark glass may be allowed. Otherwise, the pineal may not activate.

  1. What should I do during the darkroom time?

The first two to three days, you will be more inclined to sleep most of the time due to increased melatonin levels. After the third day, energy levels may increase, and this may cause the opposite. You can practice the given exercises: find the link to the recording of the first day’s practices and follow directions by listening. When you look at the screen for the link,  wear dark sunglasses and do the link clicking as fast as possible and then turn off the light to the screen entirely or cover the screen with something.

Most of the time, you must focus more on observing changes in your vision and perception. You will fasten the process if you do simple breathing (breathe in from the nose slowly and breathe out from the nose again slowly).

5. Is there a special way to come out of the darkroom at the end of the retreat?

After several days in complete darkness, the iris becomes very sensitive to light, so you need to go out during the night and spend some time in artificial light before you go back into the daylight.

6. Will I be able to see the violet light?

It depends on how active your pineal gland is already but mostly we see the Violet
Light around 3rd-4th days.

3. Your link for the Course

All workshops will be online LIVE, and we recommend joining LIVE to feel the energy transmission during the practice.

🚩You will receive your Zoom link to join Live workshops of the upcoming week on Wednesday, 30 August and the link is the same for all workshops of the week.

You will get live access to audio lessons. No video will be provided as the workshop will be streamed during the Tao Garden Darkroom Retreat. You will get slides with explanations in ebooklets.

You can join with any device you have (a computer or a smartphone, tablet) with the Zoom app. Zoom is available for all devices and platforms. 

You can download Zoom here:

If you can’t make it live, you can always watch recordings at your account at school.mantakchia.com (you have lifetime access to recordings).

4. Daily Schedule (Paris time):

Day 1​ ( September 1)

— 8:30 – 13.00  Video lecture with Grandmaster Mantak Chia​

Day 2 – Day 9 (recommended to stay in darkness):​

― 09:00 – 13:00 Audio workshops by Grandmaster Mantak Chia (4 hours)​

5. Access to recordings

You can find recordings at your account at school.mantakchia.com.

Usually, we upload recording lessons the next day after the live lessons. We will create an account for you the next day after Live Workshop starts and then upload new videos. 

After new videos will be uploaded in your account you will get several emails:

  • If you don’t have an account at school.mantakchia.com – you will get an email with credentials (your login and password created automatically)
  • Notification that course already available at your account
  • Our personal email just for you with notification and several instructions

We kindly invite you to check our Guide on how to find your login, password and recordings: https://school.mantakchia.com/how-to-study-at-mantak-chia-school/

Confirmation of Attendance

All participants of this Online Workshop will get a Confirmation of Attendance signed by Grandmaster Mantak Chia. Please note that this Confirmation doesn’t give a right to teach.

Please, check that your name and surname of your account at school.mantakchia.com are correct for the certificate of Attendance.
Do you still have questions? Contact us at [email protected] and we will be glad to assist you.