Lessen Side Effects by Careful Preparation

Some meditation methods have the practitioner start by receiving

power from above immediately. Only a few people — those born

with the proper channels already open and ready for use, and who

have done nothing to cause them to be blocked are capable of

doing this immediately. Many people, including well known yogis,

have damaged their organs with excessive heat or have released

uncontrollable hallucinations by progressing before their bodies

were prepared to handle high doses of raw energy.

The Taoist approach is more gradual. The practitioners make

use of higher energies by first clearing the routes and raising their

level of “chi” production. When the two principal thoroughfares of

the microcosmic orbit are opened, only then are the six additional

special power routes opened, and more after that. This allows the

body to absorb the natural forces flowing about us constantly like a

sponge, and enables one to swiftly circulate the added vitality

throughout the body. With all these routes open, every organ receives

its full complement of energy and remains in harmony with

the rest of the body system.

The warm current of “chi” helps wash away any blockage that

might be present, massages the internal organs, and restores

health to damaged and abused tissues. Many deadly diseases are

prevented and the effects of stress and nervous tension are effectively

flushed out of the system. Many practitioners open all the routes within a few months and learn to reduce leakage of their

bodily energy to the point where an EEG records little or no energy

waves.