[Mantak_Chia,_Michael_Winn]_Taoist_Secrets_of_Love(BookFi.org)

114 Taoist Secrets Of Love
Drawing any fluid into the urethra of the penis is accomplished
by creating a vacuum in the bladder through certain physical
exercises. It is a dangerous practice because it is easy for the
male prostate or bladder to become infected by the inhaled fluid,
especially female sexual fluids drawn during love-making from the
highly bacterial culture of the vagina. Some yogis have become ill
from this practice, and thus all methods of semen retention have
gained a reputation in some circles as being unhealthy and leading
to impotence and prostate problems.
I warn my students never to suck in a woman's fluids. The
Taoist method of semen retention I teach is directed towards a
single goal—the transformation of sex energy, or ching, into higher
levels in the body, mind, and spirit. The sperm seed is held only so
its essence is not lost outside the body. The method is useless
unless the ching is withdrawn from the seed and pulled up and
circulated throughout the body. There is no need to draw in a
woman's sexual fluids inside your body; the head of the penis glans
is specially designed to absorb the woman's powerful essence directly
through the skin.
But by far the most powerful exchange with this Taoist
method occurs on a level of subtle energy. That is why I teach all
my students to circulate their chi in the microcosmic orbit as the
prerequisite to understanding the cultivation of ching from the raw
physical level of sperm to the refined subtle energy of a shien, or
spiritual being. When they have opened their microcosmic orbit, it
is already a minor enlightenment. The mind has begun to realize it
has control over its own subtle energy. Ultimately you learn that all
mind is the movement of subtle energy.
LEARN TO CIRCULATE YOUR "CHI"
IN THE MICROCOSMIC ORBIT
The methods of chi cultivation explained in detail in this book—
from Testicle Breathing to the Big Draw method to the valley
orgasm—all involve drawing sexual energy stored in the testicles
up the spinal column and into the brain. When full, this energy will
come down the front into the throat, heart, and navel. The brain
and pituitary gland will aid in distributing this powerful energy to
wherever it is needed, whether for fighting off illness, answering a
child's question, painting, or making love. This is a unique at-