Synopses & Reviews
The guide to engaging and directing the three primordial forces of Earth, Heaven, and Higher Self to achieve enlightenment and immortality andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;and#8226; Explains how to circulate the life force, or chi, by balancing yang (male) and yin (female) currents of bioenergy andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;and#8226; Includes an overview of the complete Taoist body/mind/spirit system along with newly refined methods of activating the life force andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;and#8226; The sequel to the classic andlt;Iandgt;Awaken Healing Energy Through the Taoandlt;/Iandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;In 1983, Mantak Chia introduced the and#8220;Microcosmic Orbitand#8221; 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.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;Healing Light of the Taoandlt;/Iandgt; 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.
About the Author
A student of several Taoist masters, Mantak Chia founded the Healing Tao System in North America in 1979 and developed it worldwide as European Tao Yoga and Universal Healing Tao. He has taught and certified tens of thousands of students and instructors from all over the world and tours the United States annually, giving workshops and lectures. He is the director of the Tao Garden Health Spa and the Universal Healing Tao training center in northern Thailand and is the author of 50 books, including Taoist Foreplay, Inner Smile, Cosmic Fusion, Sexual Reflexology, and the bestselling The Multi-Orgasmic Man.
Table of Contents
andlt;Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Foreword: Cultivating Inner Light by Michael Winn andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Foreword: Chi and Medicine by Lawrence Young, M.D. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Acknowledgments andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Putting the Healing Light of the Tao into Practice andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Introduction: What Is the Tao? andlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;1andlt;/Bandgt; and#8226; An Overview of Taoist Inner Alchemy andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;2 andlt;/Bandgt;and#8226; Chi andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;3andlt;/Bandgt; and#8226; Virtues andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;4 andlt;/Bandgt;and#8226; Energetic Preparations for the Healing Light Meditations andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;5andlt;/Bandgt; and#8226; The Points of the Microcosmic Orbit andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;6andlt;/Bandgt; and#8226; Opening the Basic Microcosmic Orbit andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;7andlt;/Bandgt; and#8226; Earth Energy and the Microcosmic Orbit andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;8andlt;/Bandgt; and#8226; Cosmic Force: Higher Self Energy and the Microcosmic Orbit andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;9andlt;/Bandgt; and#8226; Opening Your Heart: Shen and the Microcosmic Orbit andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;10andlt;/Bandgt; and#8226; Sexual Energy and the Microcosmic Orbit andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;11andlt;/Bandgt; and#8226; Heavenly Chi and the Microcosmic Orbit andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;12andlt;/Bandgt; and#8226; Summary of the Microcosmic Orbit Practice andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;13 andlt;/Bandgt;and#8226; The Macrocosmic Orbit and the Five Pulses andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;14andlt;/Bandgt; and#8226; Oneness with the Tao: A Daily Practice Guide andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;15andlt;/Bandgt; and#8226; Troubleshooting Guide:Helpful Hints and Home Remedies andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;16andlt;/Bandgt; and#8226; The Tao of Healing and Health Maintenance andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;Appendix: Spinal Cord Breathing andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Bibliography andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;About the Author andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;The Universal Tao System and Training Center andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Index andlt;/Bandgt;