Chapter VII
Through the Universal Tao practice the sun period can be used to cultivate the soul
and spirit body. The soul is the medium between the physical plane and the spiritual world.
The soul naturally follows the evolution through the planetary world but the spirit does not
have this limitation. The determining factor is the point of identification and realization.
The sun period is also the time when the level of Chi in the physical body is at its peak.
The physical and biological development is at its peak at around 28 years of age in men
and 24 years of age in women. At that time the body becomes a temple in which the soul
and spirit can be cultivated. Taoist practitioners cultivate quantity (life span) combined
with quality (spiritual realization).
Through the Universal Tao practices this peak state can be kept and even improved
upon during the following decades. Just like many Taoist masters and some isolated tribes
found that getting older does not have to mean getting weaker. They became fitter as they
grew older, which was confirmed by western doctors. These people were wise and had
clear connections to the gods. Is this not a better idea about getting older: “I get wiser,
more experienced and intelligent, I integrate this in my body, so I will be fit and strong in my
old age”. Since most people waste this energy upon superficial satisfaction, it leaks away
and when they reach old age, when they have lost most of their energy, they feel weak,
scattered and disconnected from their spiritual task. When the sun/North Star connection
is open, your whole life will be inspired and guided by the unlimited wisdom of the uni-
verse. The connection with the light will enable you to lead an active but peaceful life. You
will still experience the growth of the soul through the more emotional planetary world, but
the spiritual connection will allow you to observe this process, see reality through the
emotions and integrate it within the physical body.
In this way the energy of the experience is integrated to nurture the consciousness.
Rudolf Steiner said that the goal in life is to balance the planetary qualities to reach the
highest state in the solar system which he called “the sun awareness”. During the
excarnation, the soul will move again through the planetary world and will be purified from
all earthly, materialistic and emotional experiences. The fruits of the past life are har-
vested and condensed to form the seeds for the next life. This process is continued
outside the planetary world in the world of stars and the immaterialized realm or the world
of vibrations.
In the Universal Tao, the Fusion of the Five Elements prac-
tice is used to balance the qualities of the five elements in the
body. This practice is also called internal alchemy. After
strengthening and purifying the body during the basic prac-
tices and fusion practice, the energy and virtues of the five
vital organs will be cultivated (kidney, heart, spleen, lungs,
liver). These energies will be gathered in specific areas
(pakuas) around the navel into the collection points. From
the collection points, the energy will be drawn to other pakuas
that is formed around the navel. From these pakuas the en-
ergy is blended, purified and stored in the center (Lower Tan
Tien). Fig. 7.6 Immortal Meditating