or, as the name indicates, fused and then distributed throughout
the body wherever they are needed. So when you don’t collect the
energy at the end of your practice you have no way of knowing
where that energy may be stuck. If Chi has collected in your head
or chest you may be in for a lot of trouble because your brain is
very sensitive to heat and you may have terrible headaches and
possibly delusions. When your heart overheats, you find that you
can’t breathe well and that it beats too quickly. In regard to this
there is a rule in Tao which is to keep your head cool and your feet
warm.
Student: Why does the right hand have to be over the left?
Master Chia: It has to do with Yin and Yang. The right hand is
Yang and the energy flows from Yang, right hand, to the left hand
which is Yin. You get more energy that way.
Student: Does it make any difference if you are right handed or
left handed or a man or woman?
Master Chia: No. The hand position is the same for everyone.
Student: If men gather the energy together at the end of a prac-
tice session first clockwise and counter clockwise and women abide
by the reverse procedure, why aren’t their hands reversed as well?
Master Chia: The flowing of energy through the hands is the
same. The circulation of energy through the cycle for the man starts
at the head, and the energy circulation for woman start from the
earth. When the energy is yang to yin it’s the same in both.
Student: If a person is mentally unstable, is he going to able to
complete the Microcosmic Orbit?
Master Chia: Some people come to me and after we talk I tell
them A to go see a psychiatrist. They are “too hot” and have to do
therapy first to slow down. I let them know right away that they are
not ready now.
Student: Can the Microcosmic Orbit be used to aid in the relief
of major medical ailments?
Master Chia: Many people in this practice fall in love with their
organs and quickly give up bad habits as a natural course of events.
Thos habits just don’t appeal to them anymore.
I have a student in New York who completed the Microcosmic
Orbit. One day he had pain suddenly in the back caused by a kid-
Personal Experiences with the Microcosmic