S: It was relaxing and felt warm.
Dr. Young: It helped your back?
S: Yes. I could sit in half lotus comfortably for a fairly long time.
Dr. Young: The muscles were relaxed. And Master Chia didn’t
suggest to you or have you autosuggest that you are healing your
back?
S: No, though he did say that the practice would heal it.An Interview with Dan
Dan is a young photographer who, for eight years, had been put-
ting much effort into practicing esoterics on his own, and had tried
many other methods with many different masters. After studying
with Master Chia for only two months, through simply concentrating
on his navel, the Chi energy started to circulate in the Microcosmic
Orbit automatically without concentrating on the other energy cen-
ters.
Dr. Young: I know that you have been studying with Master Chia
for about two months. I would like to know why you came here in
the first place and what you have found since.
Dan: I found out about Master Chia through the “Free Spirit”, a
magazine I picked up in a health food store. I called him up and he
mailed me one of the booklets, which explains everything about
the Microcosmic Orbit. After reading and practicing with forty to
fifty teachers, his system sounded very good to me but I couldn’t
be sure and so I went to see him. After he explained the way the
energy works, it seemed pretty logical to me, so I tried it out. He
told me to concentrate on a point about 1.5 inches inside my navel,
to feel warm — not to concentrate on anything else, to forget about
breathing, forget about forcing anything and to just concentrate on
the warmth in my navel.
Dr. Young: Did he say that you should make yourself feel warm,
to create the warmth or just concentratre and to feel whatever you
could feel?
Dan: First he taught me a breathing exercise to relax me and to
get the energy in the navel going.
An M.D. Interviews Three Practitioners