Chia - Fusion of the eight psychic channels: opening and sealing the energy body

Fusion

of the

Eight Psychic

Channels

Opening and Sealing the

Energy Body

Mantak Chia

Destiny Books

Rochester, Vermont

Acknowledgments

We extend our gratitude to the many generations of Taoist masters who have passed on their special lineage, in the form of an unbroken oral transmission, over thousands of years. We wish to especially thank Taoist Master Yi Eng for his patience and openness in transmitting the formulas of Taoist Inner Alchemy. We also wish to thank the thousands of unknown men and women of the Chinese healing arts who developed many of the methods and ideas presented in this book.

We offer our eternal gratitude to our parents and teachers for their many gifts to us. Remembering them brings joy and satisfaction to our continued efforts in presenting the Universal Tao System. As always, their contribution has been crucial in presenting the concepts and techniques of the Universal Tao.

We thank the many contributors essential to this books final form: The editorial and production staff at Inner Traditions/Destiny Books for their efforts to clarify the text and produce a handsome new edition of the book, Nancy Yeilding for her line edit of the new edition, and the artist, Juan Li, for the use of his beautiful and visionary paintings and drawings, illustrating Taoist esoteric practices.

We wish to thank the following people for their assistance in producing the original edition of this book: Lee J. Holden Jr. and Angela Dawn Babcock for their writing and editorial contributions, Udon for his illustrations, book layout, and beautiful cover, Wilbert Wils and Jean Chilton for their assistance in preparing, editing, and proofreading the manuscript, and Jettaya Phaobtong and Saumya Comer for their editorial contributions to the revised edition.

A special thank you goes to our Thai Production Team: Raruen Keawpadung, computer graphics; Saysunee Yongyod, photographer; Udon Jandee, illustrator; and Saniem Chaisarn, production designer.

The practices described in this book have been used successfully for thousands of years by Taoists trained by personal instruction. Readers should not undertake the practice without receiving personal transmission and training from a certified instructor of the Universal Tao, since certain of these practices, if done improperly, may cause injury or result in health problems. This book is intended to supplement individual training by the Universal Tao and to serve as a reference guide for these practices. Anyone who undertakes these practices on the basis of this book alone, does so entirely at his or her own risk.

The meditations, practices, and techniques described herein are not intended to be used as an alternative or substitute for professional medical treatment and care. If any readers are suffering from illnesses based on mental or emotional disorders, an appropriate professional health care practitioner or therapist should be consulted. Such problems should be corrected before you start training.

This book does not attempt to give any medical diagnosis, treatment, prescription, or remedial recommendation in relation to any human disease, ailment, suffering, or physical condition whatsoever.

The Universal Tao and its staff and instructors cannot be responsible for the consequences of any practice or misuse of the information contained in this book. If the reader undertakes any exercise without strictly following the instructions, notes, and warnings, the responsibility must lie solely with the reader.

Understanding the Tao

The Fusion of the Eight Psychic Channels practice forms the final aspect of the group of Universal Tao practices known as Inner Alchemy. It builds upon the practices found in Fusion of the Five Elements and Cosmic Fusion. All of the fusion practices focus on clearing the various energy pathways in the body and are prerequisites for the practice of the Immortal Tao, found in The Taoist Soul Body. The opening of the psychic channels enables practitioners to balance and regulate the energy flow throughout the body and to offer healing energy to Earth as well.

FROM THE CONDITIONED MIND TO TAOISM

Studying the Tao is like discovering that your inner world is as vast as outer space, and exploring that space with new cameras, telescopes, and satellites. Or it is like investigating the deepest abyss of the ocean in a submarine. It is a process of opening up to a body of infinite space.

When you open your body you open your mind as well; more specifically, you open what some call the third eye, a sense organ capable of sensing innumerable dimensions and possibilities. This is something that will release you from what you know as life, with its repetitious work or school, week after week, year after year. It has this possibility because within the mind there is no experience other than that of expanding creation or Wu Chi (Nothingness) ().

To truly see this expanding creation is to see it as an actual object that you can hold and work with. The energy of creation can be very strong or less intense; it is a choice you make. It can be put into your heart, eyes, or thoughts. It is a very strong healing force, because it is the essence of creation, which is something far beyond the limits of your conditioned mind. Opening your mind enables this energy to expand. Then your natural healing energy, love, and creative energy can create something beautiful within your being ().

Change into the Light

Like many other people, you may sometimes feel like you have no power and cannot change anything. This is actually the essence of depression: the feeling of being trapped. The feeling that you cannot change your family or the world may lead to sadness, a sense of confinement, and stagnation. But you can. In fact it is simple, once you acknowledge that the world is constantly changing and learn how to join your energy to that. As you increase your energy with love and happiness, you will enter the fresh beautiful river of change and creation.

You see, all negative thoughts serve to limit the mind. They make the mind its own slave. Negative thoughts pull your mind away from the river of creation. For example, after watching a horror movie you may find it difficult to go into the forest by yourself because you are fearful of bad things that might be creeping in the woods. But if you did not watch that horror movie and instead meditated using your third eye, you could serenely go into the forest and stare at the full moon (). After falling in love with the moon you could go home to your family and spoon-feed them with the creation energy you acquired from the moonlit forest.