Talk:Amon/@comment-5083615-20120618220333

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Several people here have already picked up on the fact that Amon might very well be manipulating the light chakra point “Ajna” when he “takes away” peoples bending. This chakra point is blocked by illusion, and I think we all can guess how that could play into it. But I have not really seen the other point Amon uses for his technique. In contrast to energy bending, where the pother point is the heart, Amon is touching the throat when he performs the action. This is also the location of the sound chakra, or “Vishhuddah”. This chakra point is blocked by lies, and as such could easily go hand in hand with illusion. Together, they create the very essence of deception, and that is one of Amon’s weapons of choice.

In particular, the illusion that blocks Ajna most is usually the illusion of separation. When my grandfather learned of it from the Guru, this referred to the separation of the four elements, rather than seeing them as four parts of the same whole. But Amon’s argument is also driven by a kind of separation. The idea that benders and non-benders are fundamentally different. The very nature of chi shows us that they are essentially one n the same.