need to improve your health, with whatever resources may be avail-
able. Problems most often arise in practice with those who are ill
or in a weakened physical condition. If they want to progress rap-
idly, they would be well-advised to use a physician. A number of
practitioners have had misgivings for thinking that they could de-
pend solely upon their esoteric practice and never see a doctor
again and have ended up with sad stories to tell. To help solve your
health problems you should use what modern medicine offers and
the Taoist practices you have learned, as well as anything else that
you might have found to be effective, being careful to be open to
the best choice for you.Proper Practice will prevent Side Effects
In awakening the life force energy of Taoist Esoteric practice each
person is required in the first stage to open the Microcosmic Orbit.
The Governor Channel corresponds to the route that is followed by
awakened sperm energy rising from the coccyx to the crown of
the head. The Tao System differs from the Indian in that a return
route is provided for: from the palate to the tongue to the throat, to
the navel and back to the coccyx to begin a new circuit. In this way,
power is evenly distributed throughout the seven glands. There is
far less pain in the head than one would have in Kundalini practice
because a safety valve is afforded as a provision for distributing
the pressure.
The seven glands act like a series of containers, within each of
which the same level of fluid must be maintained. When this is
done, all of the seven will function properly with none of them being
stimulated more than it should be. This is exquisitely accomplished
in the completion of the Microcosmic Orbit. With only one direction
of flow through the containers, the lower or the upper one can be
over expanded, which can result in malfunction and damage. With
a return set of connections running to each container, however,
the overflow can be taken up by the circuit and the other glands
that it is connected to, resulting in reduced stress and a return to
balance.
At higher levels of Taoist Chi circulation more routes are opened
allowing more energy to flow but also creeating additional “safety
valves”. After the Microcosmic Orbit is completed an additional 30Chapter IX