Simple Chi Kung_ Exercises for Awakening the Life-Force Energy - Mantak Chia [41]
The study focused on four Universal Tao practices, measuring brainwave frequencies during the Cosmic Inner Smile, the Six Healing Sounds, the Microcosmic Orbit, and the Orgasmic Upward Draw. It also measured ultraslow brain potentials as Master Chia meditated.
The first test was conducted while Master Chia was practicing the Cosmic Inner Smile: he smiled down to his abdomen and warmed it up, smiled to his heart, and felt love. His energy levels increased, the heartbeat remained calm, the body relaxed, and energy charged up to his brain. The measurements of his brain waves during the meditation showed that a high level of alpha waves were present.
“The test shows that when I lower down my mind and feel my navel warm, my mind very quickly calms down, indicated by a lot of theta waves. As long as I keep on holding my attention on my tan tien a lot of theta happens. However, the machine only measures the waves of the brain, not the tan tien waves. During the Microcosmic Orbit my brain produced alpha and beta as well as theta waves, creating a healing energy. The results of the study support our experience that this practice—which teaches us to use the lower brain and rest the upper brain—helps to conserve our energy. This helps us to be strong and healthy, to live longer and be happier.”
The study also showed that different brain waves are associated with different meditations. A number of Universal Tao meditations increase the brain’s ability to do many more functions and move flexibly between the states of consciousness. For example, in the Orgasmic Upper Draw, we are in high arousal while maintaining a deep state of consciousness, which activates the brain. When we feel arousal inside and move the orgasm into the body, we feel a very high and deep state of consciousness.
Master Chia notes that “during each practice, I always kept awareness in my tan tien and spiral. The brain was not working; it was resting while I used the lower brain. The left and right brain became increasingly synchronized as I progressed from the Inner Smile to the Six Healing Sounds and up to the Microcosmic Orbit. Finally, as I did the Orgasmic Upper Draw, the left and right brain started to synchronize on all levels.”
Index
Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations.
abdomen, 48, 95–96
acetylcholine, 44
acid indigestion, 40, 50
ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone), 38
addictions, 37–38, 44
adrenal glands, 38
adrenalin, 38
allergies, 41
Alzheimer’s, 44
anger, 113
anxiety, 11, 37
apathy, 11
arthritis, 32, 46
asthma, 32, 41
autonomic nervous system, 43
autumn, 18
backaches, 41
Bai Hui, 22
balance, 15, 30–31
bladder, 110
bloating, 42
blood, 9, 21, 38, 47
blood pressure, 47
body, mind, and spirit, 34
Boisterous Laughing, 116
Bone Breathing, 63, 96–101, 98–99
Bone Compression, 100–101
bone marrow, 46
bones, 46
Bouncing, 64
brain, 43–44
breath and breathing, 8, 38, 48–49, 51, 56–61
Bubbling Spring, 22
cancer, 32, 40, 41, 51–52
carbon dioxide, 48–49
centering, 54
Central Channel, 21
Central Terrace, 22
cerebral cortex, 43
cerebrospinal fluid, 44
Chan, Luke, 52
channels. See eight extraordinary channels
chest, 95
chi, 1, 2, 8–10
directing, 22–24, 56
effects of Chi Kung on, 33
stress and, 36–42
Chia, Mantak, 5–6, 120–21
chi belt breathing, 48–49
chi jing ba mai. See eight extraordinary channels
Chi Kung, 4
arthritis and, 46
benefits of, 1–2
bones and, 46
brain and nervous system and, 43–44
curative applications of, 51–52
digestive system and, 49–50
guidelines for practice, 105–13
heart and circulatory system and, 46–47
history of, 4–7
human energy system and, 33
meaning of, 8–12
modes of directing energy, 22–24
as preventive medicine, 33–36
principles of,