Cosmic Healing I Cosmic Chi Kung Mantak Chia Edited by Colin Campbell Copy Editor: Colin Campbell Assistant Editor: Matt Gluck Contributing Editor: Kendra Moshe Computer Graphics: Raruen Keawpadung Photographer: Saysunee Yongyod Design and Production: Saniem Chaisarn Illustrations: Udon Jandee Final Editing: Jean Chilton Project Manager: W.U. Wei © North Star Trust First published in 2001 by: Universal Tao Publications 274/1 Moo 7, Luang Nua, Doi Saket, Chiang Mai, 50220 Thailand Tel (66) (53) 865-034 & 495-596 Fax 495-852 Email: [email protected] ISBN: 974-87672-5-6 Library of Congress Catalog Number: Manufactured in Thailand Second Printing, 2001 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission from the author except for brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Contents Contents About the Author...................................................................................................... 9 Acknowledgements................................................................................................. 12 Words of Caution ................................................................................................... 13 Chapter I Cosmic Healing Cosmic Healing Chi Kung in the Universal Tao System...................................... 14 Foundation of the Universal Tao System........................................................ 14 Cosmic Inner Smile and the Six Healing Sounds........................................... 15 Iron Shirt Chi Kung and Bone Breathing......................................................... 15 Stages of Mastering Chi.................................................................................. 16 Four Sections of Cosmic Healing........................................................................ 17 Connecting to Heaven and Earth.................................................................... 17 Opening the Bridge and Regulator Channels & Extending your Chi Outwards 18 Opening and Energizing the Governor and Functional Channels.................. 18 Activating One Finger Art and the Chi Belt..................................................... 18 Chapter II Preparing for Cosmic Chi Kung Preparatory Practices.......................................................................................... 19 Warm up the Stove ............................................................................................ 19 Transform Sexual Energy.................................................................................... 20 Filling the Joints with Chi..................................................................................... 21 Bone Breathing and Marrow Washing................................................................. 21 Bone Breathing................................................................................................ 21 Marrow Washing............................................................................................. 23 Heavenly Marrow Washing with Violet Light................................................... 23 Microcosmic Orbit................................................................................................ 25 Chapter III Cosmic Chi Kung Opening the Three Tan Tiens to the Six Directions............................................. 27 Introduction...................................................................................................... 27 Relaxation, Letting Go, Surrender and Ego .................................................... 28 Mind, Organs and Sexual Organs................................................................... 28 Opening the Three Tan Tiens.......................................................................... 30 Combined Practice.............................................................................................. 32 Warm Up Exercises ..................................................................................... 32 4 Contents True Breath - Skin Breathing................................................................................ 33 Daily Practice: Opening, Connecting & Activating Chi Within & Cosmic Charging34 Relax and Let go - Smile to Connect with Universe Within............................. 41 Tan Tien Consciousness: The Second Brain ................................................. 37 Three Minds into One: ‘Yi’ Power.................................................................... 44 Activating the Six Directions and the Three Fires............................................... 45 Direction Below............................................................................................... 45 Front Direction and Tan Tien Fire.................................................................... 46 Back Direction and Kidney Fire....................................................................... 47 Heart Fire......................................................................................................... 48 Sacred Fire (Chi Fire)...................................................................................... 49 Open the Third Eye ............................................................................................. 49 Front Direction: Push/Pull Master Practice..................................................... 51 Left and Right Directions................................................................................. 52 Direction Above............................................................................................... 53 Open the Spine................................................................................................ 54 Open the Middle Channel and Perineum......................................................... 56 Tan Tien and the Universe............................................................................... 57 Open the Three Tan Tiens................................................................................... 59 Upper Tan Tien - Mideyebrow ......................................................................... 58 Middle Tan Tien - Heart Center - Conscious Mind........................................... 61 Recharge and Cut Around the Armpits........................................................... 62 Lower Tan Tien - Navel - Awareness Mind...................................................... 63 Activate Chi in the Bones of the Hips, Legs and Sacrum............................... 64 Chapter IV General Healing Session Three Minds into One Mind (Introduction)............................................................. 68 Activate the Six Directions (Introduction).............................................................. 68 Activate the Three Fires (Introduction) ................................................................. 68 Linking Personal Stars, Energy Bodies and the Universe (Introduction) ............. 69 Protective Circle and Chi Field (Introduction)....................................................... 69 Sacred or Chi Fire............................................................................................ 69 Chi (Sacred) Water Practice (Introduction)..................................................... 69 Empty and Fill (Introduction) ............................................................................... 70 Clean with Green Light (Introduction).................................................................. 70 Clean with Blue Light (Introduction)..................................................................... 70 Charge with Violet Light (Introduction) ................................................................ 70 5 Contents Chapter V Cosmic Healing I - Basic Source of Chi and Colors.................................................................................... 126 Earth Chi......................................................................................................... 127 Human and Nature Chi.................................................................................... 128 Solar Chi......................................................................................................... 128 Simple Practice............................................................................................... 128 General Information ........................................................................................ 128 Healing Colors..................................................................................................... 129 White Chi......................................................................................................... 129 Blue Chi........................................................................................................... 129 Green Chi........................................................................................................ 129 Red Chi........................................................................................................... 130 Tangerine Chi.................................................................................................. 131 Yellow Chi........................................................................................................ 131 Violet Chi......................................................................................................... 131 Golden Chi....................................................................................................... 133 The Spleen...................................................................................................... 133 Cosmic Healing Planetary Colors................................................................... 134 Summary - Working with Color............................................................................ 135 Chapter VI Individual Healing Session Almighty Knife...................................................................................................... 138 Outline of Practice.......................................................................................... 139 Energizing and Activating the Immune System................................................... 141 Outline of Practice.......................................................................................... 142 Cleansing the Internal Organs Technique........................................................... 143 Healing Some Common Illnesses.................................................................. 143 General Principles........................................................................................... 145 Outline of Practice........................................................................................... 146 Cleansing the Spinal Cord.............................................................................. 149 Cleansing the Blood (Lungs)........................................................................... 150 Outline for Cleansing the Blood/Lungs........................................................... 150 Circulatory/Heart System ............................................................................... 151 Stomach Pains................................................................................................ 151 Relieving Pain: Blue Chi.................................................................................. 152 Headache: Light Whitish Green and Light Whitish Blue Chi........................... 153 Migraine Headache: Light Whitish Green Blue and Violet Chi........................ 153 Toothache: Light Whitish Green and Blue Chi................................................ 153 Broken Bone: Orange - Yellow Chi................................................................. 153 Back Injury: Light Whitish Blue and Green Violet Chi...................................... 154 6 Contents Cysts: Light Green and Blue Chi ................................................................... 154 Infection and Inflammation: Light Green Chi .................................................. 154 Fever............................................................................................................... 154 Insomnia: Green and Blue.............................................................................. 155 Tinnitus............................................................................................................ 155 Blood Clotting: Blue Chi - Fresh Burns: Green and Blue Chi......................... 155 Old Minor Burns: Green and Red Chi............................................................. 155 Old Severe Burns: Green and Red Chi.......................................................... 156 Old Wounds: Green and Red Chi................................................................... 156 Some Specific Points and Ailments:............................................................... 156 Solar Plexus: Blue Chi.................................................................................... 157 Skin Infection: Blue Chi................................................................................... 157 Eyes: Green Chi.............................................................................................. 158 Ears: Violet Chi............................................................................................... 158 Summary of Individual Healing Session.............................................................. 159 Chapter VII Different Hand Techniques Forget about your Palms..................................................................................... 165 Don’t Focus your Mind on the Sick Part.......................................................... 165 Cosmic Healing is Teaching............................................................................ 165 Chi Kung Diagnosis: Hand Scanning.................................................................. 166 General Variations in the Energy Field............................................................ 166 Hand Scanning the Internal Organs................................................................ 167 Chapter VIII Cosmic Chi Kung Palm and Finger Training Why We Practice the Cosmic Chi Kung ............................................................ 169 Opening Heaven and Earth Force in the Palms - Heaven and Earth Spirals 170 Cell Breathing.................................................................................................. 171 Mind, Eyes, Heart and Intention (YI)................................................................ 172 Connecting the Bridge..................................................................................... 173 Cosmic Chi Kung Preparation........................................................................ 174 Cosmic Chi Kung Preparation Standing......................................................... 175 Opening to Heaven, Earth and Nature............................................................ 176 Outline of Practice.......................................................................................... 176 Part I - Opening to Heaven, Earth and Cosmic Chi............................................ 177 Opening Movements....................................................................................... 177 Core Movements of Part I............................................................................... 182 Closing Movements........................................................................................ 183 Part II - Opening the Bridge and Regulator Channels.......................................... 189 Theory............................................................................................................. 189 7 Contents General Functions of the Eight Extraordinary Channels................................ 190 The Eight Extraordinary Channels and Chi Kung .......................................... 193 Special Functions of the Bridge and Regulator Channels.............................. 193 Bridge Channels Yin and Yang Chiao Mo Function........................................ 193 Summary......................................................................................................... 195 Practice........................................................................................................... 196 Part III - Opening the Functional and Governor Channels................................... 205 Theory: The Functional and Governor Channels............................................ 205 Chi Ball............................................................................................................ 206 Part IV - Activating the Yin and Yang Channels on the Chi Belt........................... 217 Theory............................................................................................................. 217 Yin and Yang Channels of the Arms................................................................ 217 Projecting Healing Energy through the Fingers.............................................. 217 Activating the Chi Belt - Dai Mo....................................................................... 222 Practice........................................................................................................... 223 Healing Others...................................................................................................... 226 Summary and Combined Practice................................................................. 226 Cosmic Chi Kung: Simple Combined Sequence........................................... 226 Chapter IX Universal Tao Basic Practices Cosmic Inner Smile............................................................................................. 232 Six Healing Sounds.............................................................................................. 236 The Six Healing Sounds - Practice................................................................. 235 Appendix................................................................................................................ 241 Guide to Acupuncture Points used in Cosmic Chi Kung.................................... 241 Bibliography.......................................................................................................... 249 8 About the Author About the Author Mantak Chia Master Mantak Chia is the creator of the Universal Tao System and is the director of the Universal Tao Center and Tao Garden Health Resort and Training Center in the beautiful northern countryside of Thailand. Since childhood he has been studying the Taoist ap- proach to life. His mastery of this ancient knowledge, enhanced by his study of other disciplines, has resulted in the development of the Universal Tao System which is now being taught throughout the world. Mantak Chia was born in Thailand to Chinese parents in 1944. When he was six years old, Buddhist monks taught him how to sit and “still the mind.” While still a gram- mar school student, he learned traditional Thai boxing. He was then taught Tai Chi Chuan by Master Lu, who soon introduced him to Aikido, Yoga and broader levels of Tai Chi. 9 About the Author Years later, when he was a student in Hong Kong excelling in track and field events, a senior classmate named Cheng Sue-Sue introduced him to his first esoteric teacher and Taoist Master, Master Yi Eng (I Yun). At this point, Master Chia began his studies of the Taoist way of life in earnest. He learned how to circulate energy through the Micro- cosmic Orbit and, through the practice of Fusion of the Five Elements, how to open the other Six Special Channels. As he studied Inner Alchemy further, he learned the Enlightenment of the Kan and Li, Sealing of the Five Senses, Congress of Heaven and Earth and Reunion of Heaven and Man. It was Master Yi Eng who authorized Master Chia to teach and heal. When Mantak Chia was in his early twenties he studied with Master Meugi in Singapore, who taught him Kundalini, Taoist Yoga and the Buddha Palm. He was soon able to clear blockages to the flow of energy within his own body. He learned to pass the life force energy through his hands also, so that he could heal Master Meugi’s patients. He then learned Chi Nei Tsang from Dr. Mui Yimwattana in Thailand. A while later, he studied with Master Cheng Yao-Lun who taught him the Shao-Lin Method of Internal Power. He learned the closely guarded secret of the organs, glands and bone marrow exercise known as Bone Marrow Nei Kung and the exercise known as Strengthening and Renewal of the Tendons. Master Cheng Yao-Lun’s system com- bined Thai boxing and Kung Fu. Master Chia also studied at this time with Master Pan Yu, whose system combined Taoist, Buddhist and Zen teachings. Master Pan Yu also taught him about the exchange of Yin and Yang power between men and women, and how to develop the Steel Body. To understand the mechanisms behind healing energy better, Master Chia studied Western anatomy and medical science for two years. While pursuing his studies, he managed the Gestetner Company, a manufacturer of office equipment and became well acquainted with the technology of offset printing and copying machines. Using his knowledge of Taoism, combined with the other disciplines, Master Chia began teaching the Universal Tao System. He eventually trained other Instructors to communicate this knowledge and he established the Natural Healing Center in Thai- land. Five years later, he decided to move to New York, where in 1979, he opened the Universal Tao Center. During his years in America, Master Chia continued his studies in the Wu system of Tai Chi with Edward Yee in New York. Since then, Master Chia has taught tens of thousands of students throughout the world. He has trained and certified over 1,200 instructors and practitioners from all over the world. Universal Tao Centers and Chi Nei Tsang Institutes have opened in many locations in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. In 1994, Master Chia moved back to Thailand, where he had begun construction of Tao Garden, the Universal Tao Training Center in Chiang Mai. Master Chia is a warm, friendly and helpful man who views himself primarily as a teacher. He presents the Universal Tao System in a straightforward and practical man- ner, while always expanding his knowledge and approach to teaching. He uses a laptop 10