Source Text
The specific Taoist practice of sexual energy conservation and transformation is one of many designed to insure that the internal equilibrium of the human energy system is so powerful that no outside force can destroy its inner balance.
That is the working of the Tao, which links the finite ordinary world of a Saturday night date to the explosion of a super nova light years away. The principle of the fusion of energy in both is the same.
When they are in perfect harmony they secrete an exceptionally fine nectar—a superfine hormonal substance undiscovered by scientists—which floods the nerve centers of the brain and helps create the feeling of bliss described by so many mystics. This is only one phase of spiritual development, but one that is powerfully affected by the balance of sexual energy in the body.
This sexual attachment was never viewed as sinful, and no sense of guilt was encouraged as in the Christian tradition. Becoming sexually attached to one’s partner simply means that the aspiring yogi might experience only the union of a man and woman in this lifetime instead of the greater union of Heaven and Earth. This is no condemnation of the couple, as such a union might be a high accomplishment for them.
Becoming sexually attached to one’s partner simply means that the aspiring yogi might experience only the union of a man and woman in this lifetime instead of the greater union of Heaven and Earth. This is no condemnation of the couple, as such a union might be a high accomplishment for them.
These manuals totally ignore how men can help to heal women with their powerful yang energy. They do correctly advise men to conserve their seed while suggesting that a man make love to as many as eleven concubines a night. The manuals are really medical textbooks, with a very cut-and-dried clinical approach to sex that treats it solely as a means to harmonizing one’s health. Although these manuals fail to stress the higher path or teach meditative practices for exchanging energy with the women they do reflect the basic esoteric Taoist teachings that sex, when properly practiced can be incorporated into daily life with tremendous benefits to health.
Becoming sexually attached to one’s partner simply means that the aspiring yogi might experience only the union of a man and woman in this lifetime instead of the greater union of Heaven and Earth. This is no condemnation of the couple, as such a union might be a high accomplishment for them.
differently: “Within every moment there is only the Emptiness of yin receiving the Fullness of yang.” This is the eternal marriage of man and woman, of spirit and matter, of Heaven and Earth.
These symbols of fire and water, often expressed as yin and yang are simple to identify with and work with once you are given the specific details of what to do—how to hold your seed in, how to move your energy in psychic channels, and exchange it with the woman, etc.
This is an altered state of consciousness in which they are perceiving with purity and directness the primal unity of the natural world. The goal of Taoist cultivation is to sustain and intensify that state, in which the separateness we ordinarily feel is dissolved and integrated into a higher reality.
AI Summary
Taoist Secrets of Love by Mantak Chia, Michael Winn presents key insights from the Christian Mysticism tradition. The 10 passages above capture the essential teachings.
Core Themes:
- [To be expanded]
Key Passages: Highlights 1, 3, and 10 are particularly representative.
This entry was generated from Readwise highlights. Expand with additional context as appropriate.