Set a Training Schedule

A normal, healthy student should practice a half hour in the morning

and a half hour in the evening. Someone who is sickly or weak

should practice an hour in the morning, in the afternoon, and in the

evening. Those who do not have back trouble, high blood pressure

or gastric ulcers should do the “stretching the tendons” exercise.

This is done in nine sets of nine repetititions or three sets in the

morning, afternoon and evening, making a total count of 81 for the

day.

Do not worry if you miss a session. Just stay relaxed and if you

can find a few odd minutes at home or in the office, try to meditate

in those spare moments.

When first beginning it takes a little bit of time and discipline to

achieve rapid progress. Remember that later on it will occur with

no effort.

The exact amount of training and practice required to develop

the Microcosmic Circulation varies from individual to individual. For

best results one should practice at least twice a day at home, for

ten to thirty minutes at a time, even if one has attained a higher

level of accomplishment. Students with previous discipline in yoga

or other meditation techniques are frequently able to open the microcosmic

orbit immediately by redirecting their power of concentration

away from the “third eye” (brow point) and into the warm

current flow.

It is possible that some individuals might not succeed at all and

never be able to grasp the essentials. Many report completion of

the circulation within the first one hundred days of diligent practice.

Most students report success within three months to a year. Improvement

of illness may occur quite early in the practice. Many

who worked hard on it, were reported to have achieved relief of

their medical problems despite the seeming absence of dramatic

feeling of the “warm current” flow.

The Esoteric Taoist system of meditation ultimately leads to

mastery of the “Third Eye” center, the crown of the head and those

centers beyond. But it stresses the necessity of mastering all the lower energy centers first to insure a solid foundation for spiritual

growth and self-healing.

There are spiritual “geniuses” on earth who can quickly transcend

and stabilize themselves in higher energy centers. But most

people cannot safely absorb this higher energy without first purifying

the body and its lower energy centers. This may be a long and

arduous process for some. The microcosmic orbit circulation is a

safe and systematic approach to quickly achieve this transformation

within the body. But only practice makes perfect, the greater

your self-discipline the faster you will be rewarded with a marked

increase in energy available to you.