[Mantak_Chia,_Michael_Winn]_Taoist_Secrets_of_Love(BookFi.org)

The Dance Of The Testes 95
POWER LOCK IS THE BASIS FOR ALCHEMICAL SEX
Though they may appear elementary, the exercises in this chapter
are highly refined techniques for increasing vital power. They represent
the essential Taoist breathing technique. They are like sharp
swords which must be used with care to perform their functions
without harming oneself. If you follow my instructions closely, you
will not suffer any distressing side-effects. Study the methods with
seriousness, assimilate every line of the text. Persist until you have
succeeded.
These methods are received from many Taoist masters. The
breathing exercises in this chapter, for example, synthesize the
teaching of four Masters. Each believed his Method the supreme
secret and had notable results with his breathing technique alone.
Nothing will come of nothing. You must spend time in practice
to reap the benefits. An ounce of practice is worth a ton of
theory. Modern life affords little time for anything but getting and
spending. You must be willing to surrender a part of time to speedily
advance. The practice must become part of your daily routine.
You will make some progress if you do the exercise more often
than not. But if you practice as regularly as jumping from bed in the
morning, progress will be swift, and chi will begin to build in your
upper body which you should collect at your navel.
To make full use of the ching gathered at the navel requires
study of the Taoist methods of meditation. Slightly below the navel
is the lower "tan tien" center, the lower field of energy in the body
within which the Taoists store chi before refining it back upward.
The chi moves in circles between the lower, middle, and upper tan
tiens, and each time it spirals past it is refined into higher quality of
chi. The process of refinement and balancing of the energy is
taught in the Microcosmic Orbit, the Fusion of Five Elements, and
the Lesser Enlightenment of Kan and Li courses.
It's not unlike taking crude honey mixed with wax and dirt
and dead bees and methodically refining it into the sweetest of
nectars. The Taoists treat sperm like raw honey. The Power Lock
is the step of preventing the raw honey from leaking out of an old
bucket and storing it an a new and well-sealed jar. This jar was
placed at the level of the navel about two-thirds the way back
towards the spine, and was called by the ancient masters the
"cauldron". In this cauldron they mixed and cooked the different