Third Energy Center: Hui-Yin or Perineum

The Hui-Yin or Gate of Life and Death is found in the lower part of

the trunk amidst the endings of many blood vessels and nerve

endings. It is located at the mid-point between the anus and the

penis or the vagina. Because it is lower, it tends to lose power. You

can help stimulate this point by rubbing it until you feel it is warm.

This area is very tender and you must remember not to rub too

hard.

When you concentrate on the Hui-Yin, the time needed to collect

and awaken the power is different in each person due to differences

in genetic make-up. Some might take long, some might not.

But, on the average, it should take two to four weeks if you practice

twice a day for 15 to 30 minutes at a time.

If you still don’t feel anything by then, you can extend the

time for up to four weeks. You should not persist any longer

than that. Move on to the next point, otherwise you might get

congestion in your chest and/or heart pain. If this happens, it

means that you have developed and collected too much

power in that area. Instead of the power having travelled

down to the base of the spine it has gone up to the chest.

Shifting your concentration to the Ming-men solves the problem

and you will be symptom-free in a few days.

Concentrating on this point sometimes leads to vibrating sensations

or the feeling that something is jumping inside or a strong

sexual arousal. Abdominal breathing can cause an erection to recede

and allows for the concentration to continue without interruption.

If you concentrate on this point too long however, it can open

the thrusting routes (or Kundalini), which leads to various side effects.

If the energy succeeds in passing very quickly up through

the throat chakra and continues up to the top of the head to the

crown, where it spreads out sprinkler-like, showering down over

the practitioner, there will be very few, if any side effects. In fact if

you have managed to open all the channels, your whole system

will be nourished in the process.

Time is essential in all meditation. You cannot expect any results

without putting in a great deal of effort. Remember that the

navel is the generator and every time you commence practicing

you have to start from this point. When you feel power has developed

there (warmth, tightness, expansion, etc.), bring it down to

the second point, then down to the third.