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This unique and comprehensive book reveals the Taoist secret of circulating Chi, the generative life force, through the acupuncture meridians of the body. Illustrated with detailed diagrams that aid the development of a powerful energetic flow, for psychological and spiritual health and balance.
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This review is from: Awaken Healing Energy Through the Tao: The Taoist Secret of Circulating Internal Power (Paperback)
I read this book when it first came out. You can and will open the microcosmic orbit using this book. I went on to spend some time with Mantak Chia. He's a fine guy and an excellent teacher and communicator. No one EVER left one of chia's events thinking, "gee, I really don't know how to practice this." He's the best actual teacher of this sort of thing I've ever been with. The problem with some of these lousy reviews is as follows. There's something about spiritual subjects--maybe because they're so dear to people's hearts--that arouses a nasty levelof fanaticism in human beings, especially westerners, but it's pretty universal. No matter how good and sincere a teacher you are there are always people in the back row sneering and screaming that you are "doing it all wrong!" On top of that, and not to be at all discounted, is the fact that Mantak Chia is BY FAR the most succesful teacher of taoism in the west and there are a lot of people who are just plain old green with jealousy and envy and they hate him for it. It's an ugly side of human nature but one we all know all about. The only legitimate criticism of Chia's books is this--he is consciously writing for "the ages" and he makes them almost encyclopedic, and the result is actually more information than you may need to do the practice. Some people find this confusing. Lastly, Chia is one of the great modernizers and debunkers, doing basically for taoist spiritual practice what TCM in modern china tries to do for chinese medicine: sift it to find out what we actually can use and separate it from what we don't need because it is just superstition. There are some goofy people who seem to want the superstition and this also angers them, but for reasonable people like us it can save us lots of time in the future. Chia's energy practices will make you healthier and you won't need any study to prove it to you--you'll know it cause you'll feel two hundred per cent better. Enjoy.
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This review is from: Awaken Healing Energy Through the Tao: The Taoist Secret of Circulating Internal Power (Paperback)
I have been working with Mantak Chia's materials for the past 17 years. Originally I found few of his books ine one small Chinese store, and decided to give them a shot. I was thrilled when even my very first attempt resulted in noticing the difference. While the books were wonderful I did wish to have personal instruction, too. Lucky for me, about few weeks after I purchased the books, Mantak Chia was teaching a workshop in Toronto. Even though thsee initial practices are rather simple, it helped attending a workshop, too. I have attended all the workshops he came to teach in Toronto at the time. In the meantime, videos came out, so in time I got those too.You may or may not want to attend a workshop, but if for any reason you don't feel comfortable proceeding on your own, you may consider getting Mantak Chias videos. I like them very much (I have just about all of them) Another excellent resource is the book Qigong Empowerment. The focus of this book, Awaken Healing Energy Through Tao, is learing to circulate the energy through Microcosic Orbit. It is the essential practice for all future practices in Taoist Alchemy. The book also gives an overview of practices you can do if you wish to continue with your studies and practice. It is not hard to do. It is really simple. If you are new to this, the more complex part than the practice may be the use of different names in chinese for different points and a lot of theoretical information behind the practice.The practice essentially involves guiding the energy with your imagination - generating it, circulating it and storing it in your body. You can experience many benefits of this practice from the very beginning. What I experienced from the very beginning is a sense of calm. If I were ever upset and then begin doing microcosmic orbit, the upset would immediately disperse and dissolve. Doing microcosmic orbit practice had a centering effect. The practice is very, very simple but the benefits are far greater than may be initially apparent. As you keep on storing the energy, whenever any part of your body (organs) need more energy, they can use the energy you have stored instead of depleting the energy from other parts of your body. This in itself contributes to health. However, if you choose to continue your learning, there are many more advanced practices designed specifically for healing.
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Great book on energy practice,
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This review is from: Awaken Healing Energy Through the Tao: The Taoist Secret of Circulating Internal Power (Paperback)
The main practice is the microcosmic orbit which uses the prenatal energy system. When you were in the womb you received all your nourishment and energy through the navel and this followed an energy pathway to the base of the spine and all the way up to your head, and back down the front to the navel to the dan tien where it is stored.This exercise trains you get the pre natal energy flowing again. Normally, as you go through life your energy does not flow upwards properly and becomes blocked contributing to the ageing process etc. If you have any interest in energy practice, you should work with the microcosmic orbit. The only trouble is it may take a while before a conscious flow can be felt. I recommend the five tibetans, which is a simple exercise routine you can do in five minutes. These are also referred to as the fountain of youth exercises. This also brings the energy up to your higher centers or psychic vortexes, and restores their function to youthful levels, thereby retarding the aging process. You can feel the kundalini (base of spine) energy being activated. If you are new to energy, I recommend you also get Quantum Touch, which has some great exercises and visualizations which can literally have you moving energy within minutes. Combining a few different methods has worked well for me. As with anything, the more you practice, the more you improve. If you were to find this review helpful, please click yes.
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