Healing Light of the Tao : Foundational Practices to Awaken Chi Energy

The guide to engaging and directing the three primordial forces of Earth, Heaven, and Higher Self to achieve enlightenment and immortality• Explains how to circulate the life force, or chi, by balancing yang (male) and yin (female) currents of bioenergy• Includes an overview of the complete Taoist body/mind/spirit system along with newly refined methods of activating the life force• The sequel to the classic__Awaken Healing Energy Through the Tao__In 1983, Mantak Chia introduced the “Microcosmic Orbit” to the West. Prior to that time, most of the Eastern energy practices transmitted to the West were incomplete, dealing only with the ascending yang/masculine channel, which shoots life-force energy up the spine. The Microcosmic Orbit showed practitioners how to establish the descending yin/feminine channel of the life-force energy loop. Within Taoist systems, cultivating feminine energy has always been seen as the key to gaining balance and wholeness.__Healing Light of the Tao__presents the more advanced methods of chi cultivation in the Microcosmic Orbit, offering a full understanding of Taoist spiritual theory through its comprehensive overview of the complete Taoist body/mind/spirit system. The book also includes more advanced meditation methods for absorbing the higher frequencies of Earth Force, Cosmic Force, and Universal Force (Heavenly chi) into the basic orbit. It establishes a spiritual science that not only emphasizes practical benefits to health, sexual vitality, and emotional balance, but also shows how changes made in the energy body can lead to physical rejuvenation that the Taoists called immortality.

The guide to engaging and directing the three primordial forces of Earth, Heaven, and Higher Self to achieve enlightenment and immortality

• Explains how to circulate the life force, or chi, by balancing yang (male) and yin (female) currents of bioenergy

• Includes an overview of the complete Taoist body/mind/spirit system along with newly refined methods of activating the life force

• The sequel to the classic Awaken Healing Energy Through the Tao

In 1983, Mantak Chia introduced the “Microcosmic Orbit” to the West. Prior to that time, most of the Eastern energy practices transmitted to the West were incomplete, dealing only with the ascending yang/masculine channel, which shoots life-force energy up the spine. The Microcosmic Orbit showed practitioners how to establish the descending yin/feminine channel of the life-force energy loop. Within Taoist systems, cultivating feminine energy has always been seen as the key to gaining balance and wholeness.

Healing Light of the Tao presents the more advanced methods of chi cultivation in the Microcosmic Orbit, offering a full understanding of Taoist spiritual theory through its comprehensive overview of the complete Taoist body/mind/spirit system. The book also includes more advanced meditation methods for absorbing the higher frequencies of Earth Force, Cosmic Force, and Universal Force (Heavenly chi) into the basic orbit. It establishes a spiritual science that not only emphasizes practical benefits to health, sexual vitality, and emotional balance, but also shows how changes made in the energy body can lead to physical rejuvenation that the Taoists called immortality.

FOREWARD: CULTIVATING INNER LIGHT BY MICHAEL WINN v FOREWARD: CHI AND MEDICINE BY LAWRENCE YOUNG, M.D. xi ACKOWLEDGMENTS xvii PUTTING THE HEALING LIGHT OF THE TAO INTO PRACTICE xix INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS THE TAO? 1 CH 1: AN OVERVIEW OF TAOIST INNER ALCHEMY 11 CH 2: CHI 29 CH 3: VIRTUES 38 CH 4: ENERGETIC PREPARATIONS FOR THE HEALING LIGHT MEDITATIONS 104 CH 5: THE POINTS OF THE MICROCOSMIC ORBIT 163 CH 6: OPENING THE BASIC MICROCOSMIC ORBIT 239 CH 7: EARTH ENERGY AND THE MICROCOSMIC ORBIT 267 CH 8: COSMIC FORCE: HIGHER SELF ENERGY AND THE MICROCOSMIC ORBIT 298 CH 9: OPENING YOUR HEART: SHEN AND THE MICROCOSMIC ORBIT 328 CH 10: SEXUAL ENERGY AND THE MICROCOSMIC ORBIT 361 CH 11: HEAVENLY CHI AND THE MICROCOSMIC ORBIT 390 CH 12: SUMMARY OF THE MICROCOSMIC ORBIT PRACTICE 427 CH 13: THE MACROCOSMIC ORBIT AND THE FIVE PULSES 449 CH 14: ONENESS WITH THE TAO: A DAILY PRACTICE GUIDE 467 CH 15: TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE: HELPFUL HINTS AND HOME REMEDIES 476 CH 16: THE TAO OF HEALING AND HEALTH MAINTENANCE 496 APPENDIX: SPINAL CORD BREATHING 535 BIBLIOGRAPHY 566 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 569 THE UNIVERSAL TAO SYSTEM AND TRAINING CENTER 570 INDEX 572 IN 1983, MANTAK CHIA INTRODUCED THE MICROCOSMIC ORBIT TO THE WEST. PRIOR TO THAT TIME, MOST OF THE EASTERN ENERGY PRACTICES TRANSMITED TO THE WEST WERE INCOMPLETE, DEALING ONLY WITH THE ASCENDING YANG/MASCULINE CHANNEL, WHICH SHOOTS LIFE FORCE ENERGY UP THE SPINE. THE MICROCOSMIC ORBIT SHOWED PRACITIONERS HOW TO ESTABLISH THE DESCENDING YIN/FEMININE CHANNEL OF THE LIFE FORCE ENERGY LOOP. WITHIN TAOIST SYSTEMS, CULTIVATING FEMININE ENERGY HAS ALWAYS BEEN SEEN AS THE KEY TO GAINING BALANCE AND WHOLENESS. HEALING LIGHT OF THE TAO PRESENTS BOTH INTRODUCTORY AND MORE ADVANCED METHODS OF CHI CULTIVATION IN THE MICROCOSMIC ORBIT, OFFERING A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF TAOIST SPIRITUAL THEORY THROUGH ITS COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE COMPLETE TAOIST BODY/MIND/SPIRIT SYSTEM. THE BOOK ALSO INCLUDES MORE ADVANCED MEDITATION METHODS FOR ABSORBING THE HIGHER FREQUENCIES OF EARTH FORCE, COSMIC FORCE, AND UNIVERSAL FORCE (HEAVENLY CHI) INTO THE BASIC ORBIT. IT ESTABLISHES A SPIRITUAL SCIENCE THAT NOT ONLY EMPHASIZES PRACTICAL BENEFITS TO HEALTH, SEXUAL VITALITY, AND EMOTIONAL BALANCE BUT ALSO SHOWS HOW CHANGES MADE IN THE ENERGY BODY CAN LEAD TO THE PHYSICAL REJUVENATION THAT THE TAOISTS CALL IMMORTALITY.