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

by Mantak Chia

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.

Genres: Spirituality, Health, Self Help, Personal Growth, Taoism, Philosophy, Sexuality

608 pages, Paperback

Published May 27, 2008

About the author

Mantak Chia is a Taoist Master. He is best known for teaching his Taoist practices under the names of Healing Tao, Tao Yoga, Universal Healing Tao System and Chi Kung. Throughout decades of teaching, he has run numerous workshops, written a series of books, and published a number of training videos. For this reason, some people call him an author, a teacher or a healer. He views himself primarily as a teacher, "who helps his students empower themselves through cultivation of their chi energy." (-wiki)

Reviews

[Costacoralito · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite overview of the Taoist teachings of Master Mantak Chia. This book is invaluable in providing information that you would have to look in a dozen books to find.

[JP · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great beginning book on Taoist energy practices and meditation practices. The only downside I've noticed is that while you will find everything you need in this book to practice the three primary meditations (Inner Smile, Six Healing Sounds, and Microcosmic Orbit), various details and steps are scattered throughout the book.

[Samuel Garcia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Revela el secreto taoísta para canalizar la energía interna Chi con ejercicios que requieren una mente abierta ,dispuesta y disciplinada. Este libro me abrió las puertas al fascinante mundo del taoísmo, introduciendo conceptos nuevos que despertaron mi curiosidad y me motivaron a seguir explorando y aprendiendo sobre esta filosofía milenaria. Vale mucho la pena leerlo si te gusta el rollito de la meditación y quieres descubrir nuevas técnicas para sanar tu cuerpo y mente, Salu2

[Tu · Rating 4 out of 5]

A magical self-help if you are interested in an internal-external connection.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

In my practice of Qigong, I have appreciated the non-dogmatic and approachable method of Chia's routines. My aim in reading one of his books was to balance the historical and seriously disciplined practice of Qigong as presented by the Chinese masters with a more modern-adapted Thailand practice.

Here is the good: I am making many connections with Donna Eden's work, of which I read nearly 2 decades ago. So many things are getting more tangible. For example, I finally understand to what "triple-warmer" is referring. Hence, I have clearer intention when doing this simple move.

I believe that having read Eden's Energy Medicine has better framed this book, so much so that I will buy the new edition and re-read it, as Eden organizes the information in a format that makes it easy to use as a reference guide.

Here is the bad (at least for me): there is some dogma, in which I have no interest. Breatharianism is one of them.

[Jace Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

I praise Mantak Chia for what he has done with the spread of Qigong. He is also one of 4 people, including myself, that teach people how to feel and move Chi right away in their book. Although buried under Taoist philosophical jargon about cosmic consciousness that I feel people miss how profound feeling and moving Chi is. He takes Chi from 1moh to warp speed. Which for some people they want to create some grand mental journey to deal with the blandness that can be life. Personally I find the journey of Chi cultivation towards the healing and mastery of the self quite amazing already. I feel people need more preparation for a cosmic journey other than a few techniques.

[Ray Gates · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent resource for the practitioner of Tai Chi and/or Qigong. More of a reference manual than something to read and be done. The exercises are well detailed, however I would still recommend consulting with a skilled practitioner rather than relying on just the information in the boom.

[Isham Cook · Rating 4 out of 5]

Intriguing philosophy by a contemporary Daoist, grounded in traditional Chinese medical practices.

[Daksh Budhwar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Calm, insightful, and deeply grounding. A beautiful intro to energy work and self-healing. It made me slow down and reconnect with my body in a way I didn’t know I needed.

[Aaron Benarroch · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ha sido interesante, aunque también suelta de vez en cuando alguna que otra patraña pseudo-oriental de las que los occidentales quieren escuchar, desde mi humilde positivista punto de vista.