Awaken Healing Energy

Throat Center: Coughing

When you concentrate on the mid-point between your nipples, the

power pushes up to the throat chakra. Many practitioners develop

a cough when the power gets stuck, as it were, in pushing up from

the chest and into the throat chakra. Some may even cough up

dark sticky mucous at this time. Cleansing this point can help the

power flow considerably. By the time it pushes up from the throat

to the tongue you will feel calm and less worried. This does not

mean that you will never have any worries or anxiety but it does

indicate that you will feel more calm and will be able to sit and

meditate more easily.

Some Taoist books may seem to exaggerate the importance of

the chakras as power centers but what we are talking about here

is based on the actual experiences of many hundreds of students.

Cleansing of the Esophagus,

Stomach and Intestines

The cleansing of the esophagus, the stomach and the intestines is

very important, because food passes down this way and there are

many places where it can lodge, causing some blockage. The Six

Healing Sounds describes how during that phase of training, there

is belching as well as the passing of gas and yawning, marking

another very important aspect of the cleansing process. It is ad-

vised that you drink one or two glasses of clear settled water in the

morning one hour before breakfast to clean out your digestive sys-

tem. After drinking the water it will also help to rub your stomach

with both palms 9 times in both a clockwise and counter clockwise

direction.

Illusions and Mental Illness

Those who tend to have illusions or mental illness must make sure

that they direct the power back to the navel at the end of each

practice session. This will help to prevent such afflictions and many

other side effects. In fact, everyone should end his practice in this

way on the off chance that some stress or weakness has been

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