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

Mantak Chia (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 7, 2008

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.

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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 both introductory and more advanced methods of chi cultivation in the Microcosmic Orbit, offering a full understanding of 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 called immortality.

A student of several Taoist masters, MANTAK CHIA founded the Universal Healing Tao System in 1979 and has taught and certified tens of thousands of students and instructors from all over the world. He is the director of the Garden Integrative Medicine Health Spa and Resort training center in northern Thailand and is the author of thirty-one books, including Taoist Cosmic Healing and the bestselling The Multi-Orgasmic Man.

About the Author

A student of several Taoist masters, Mantak Chia founded the Universal Healing Tao System in 1979 and has taught and certified tens of thousands of students and instructors from all over the world. He is the director of the Tao Garden Integrative Medicine Health Spa and Resort training center in northern Thailand and is the author of 31 books, including Taoist Cosmic Healing and the bestselling The Multi-Orgasmic Man.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 608 pages
• Publisher: Destiny Books; 2nd Printing edition (June 7, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1594771138
• ISBN-13: 978-1594771132
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing practice Guide, May 4, 2009

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Cairy "Cairy" (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Healing Light of the Tao: Foundational Practices to Awaken Chi Energy (Paperback)

I have found this book to be exactly what I was looking for: a thorough guide covering the basic spiritual principles and energetic theory as well as practice methods for opening the microcosmic orbit and so much more!

The first section gives a succint, but thorough, overview of Taoist Internal Alchemy which I flew threw in a couple of hours I was so into it. The second section gives another succint, but complete teaching on the connection between alchemy, virtue, and explains how virtues come together to result in spiriutal accomplishment, fantastic! This chapter also includes the complete Inner Smile and brief 6 healing sounds meditations. There is an entire chapter with at least 7 or more preparatory practices that really work to change energy flow in the body so that one can open the orbit more easily. There are also multiple techniques to help one feel the energy if they are having a hard time.

There are numerous detailed sections on different applications of the orbit, channeling earth energy, opening the heart, working with sex energy (including things not in the Healing Love books), working with cosmic energy, pulsing with a macrocosmic orbit as well as information about how to work with numerous common ailments such as colds, hair loss, etc. There is a section for setting up a daily practice schedule to progress through the levels of the meditations and how to maintain it. There is also about 100 pages of detailed information about the numerous points of the orbit, what they are, organs & elements they are connected to, emotional, health, and energetic effects of open or closed points.

This book is excellent for anyone who really wants to understand the practice of Taoist Inner Alchemy. It includes virtually everything you will need to actually apply the practices. It is filled with numerous practice, many detailed diagrams, and explicit instruction on how to apply the practices.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most comprehensive two Mantak Chia books, June 28, 2009

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A great comprehensive treatment that covers the material in numerous other books written by Master Chia. A great way to look at the practice in order and is written with great clarity. Highly recommended! If I was limited to owning only two books by Mantak Chia this would be one of them.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential, February 11, 2010

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Prokopton (London, UK) - See all my reviews

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This book is wonderful. It is, as it says on the cover, "foundational" -- but it's also an extremely in-depth, practical and powerful work which will set anyone well on the way to understanding and experiencing internal energies from the Taoist point of view.

I won't go in-depth through the contents. What makes the book special is the large number of clever ancillary ideas and suggestions -- ways to locate the tan tien more precisely, to pulse chi, to guide it with the hands, etc. etc. Too many to mention.

It is still true to say that the original orbit guide:

Awaken Healing Energy Through Tao

... will work for anyone who wants to open the orbit. But this one is better. When I A/B them the additional sophistication in this book is very clear. For a start, more points on the orbit are mentioned in the newer book -- there is no mention of Gia Pe and Ta Chui in 'Healing Energy.' Then, the descriptions of the energetic, emotional and spiritual aspects of each point are far more in depth in this book. Addtionally the numerous techniques will give you a much better feel for what to do and how it should work. A lot will be clarified and explained that was left unsaid in the original and somewhat peremptory guide.

Finally, there is much more here than just the orbit because a number of different energies are tapped into and circulated once you have the basic route open.

Recommended to anyone with an interest in Taoist energy techniques, or Eastern meditation in general I would say. This is an important book. Glenn Morris called it "the classic guide", and he knew what he was talking about.

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EDIT: To make it clear, this publication is substantially identical to the older one:

Awaken Healing Light of the Tao

It's part of a series of new editions of Chia's work being published by Destiny Books. I haven't checked in detail, but I think there is absolutely no difference whatever between the two editions apart from title, cover, and some typesetting stuff. The newer editions are perhaps slightly smarter but you can take your pick.