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Taoist Secrets of Love, Cultivating Male Sexual Energy - Mantak Chia - Julio Juliopolis - 03-24-2014
Available to be read free online at
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2656200/Manta ... ual-Energy
This
book offers a step by step guide to harnessing, transforming, and
storying male sexual energy. From there it offers a step by step guide
to cultivating and sharing sexual energy between men and women, in a way
that seeks to raise up both. The author has written several companion
pieces, (including one directed specifically for women to cultivate
their own sexual energy), although they are not necessary to understand
how to practice the techniques.
In the first part of the book,
Mantak explains the different types of energy and how to transform
chiang (sexual energy) to chi ("human electrical energy") to shien
(spiritual energy). He then does a very good job arguing the necessity
of cultivating male sex energy for both physical health and spiritual
development. If you're unsure of the necessity of this, I suggest
reading part 1 of the book to see why it is so vital. Although having
said that, I admit that he does get a little far-fetched in places. I'd
say 90% of it is pretty convincing stuff, 9% of it is stuff that I say
"I'm not sure about that", and the other 1% is just outright absurd. For
example, at one point he tries to demonstrate a link between too much
ejaculation and a loss of moral character by arguing that a man who has
just committed rape is likely to commit murder as well due to having
just ejaculated. Try not to be dismissive of the work because of that
though, because on the whole its very good.
Once he's convinced
you of the need, he explains in great detail the steps to what he calls
"testicle breathing", which is a technique for increasing the amount of
chiang energy; and the technique of "the microcosmic orbit", which
transforms and circulates that energy throughout your body. Naturally
semen retention is necessary for this, as the sperm carries its energy
with it out of the body during ejaculation. Keep in mind that it is this
energy from the sperm that one circulates when doing the microcosmic
orbit, (and also similar exercises such as the raising of the
kundalini). The taoists have some techniques for mastering semen
retention as well, which if practiced will lead to eventually being able
to avoid loss of sperm during intercourse with a woman, and Mantak
teaches those as well.
The next part goes into more advanced
techniques and techniques to use with a woman. Additionally, we get a
lot more theory. He makes a pretty good case for exchanging energy with a
woman and trying to work together to lift both of you up and avoiding
greedily holding onto your energy. Unfortunately, he really becomes
repetitive at this point, still arguing the benefits of semen retention
and energy storage and transformation. He tells us where this will lead
in excrutiating detail and it becomes a very slow read at this point.
This is my main criticism with the book, and it makes it hard to keep
reading. I was convinced on page 30, I don't still need to be sold the
idea on page 180.
It gets quite a bit better when he gets to a
long question and answer section with his students, followed by
firsthand accounts of several people who've practiced the techniques for
some time. I haven't read the last few chapters yet, but I'll give a
quick overview.
Chapter 14 is called "Practical guidelines for
keeping sex radiant and healthy". I read through the list of headings in
that chapter, each one being one of the guidelines, and the only reason
I could see for bothering to read the explanations under each heading
if you are inclined to disagree or are really interested in them.
Chapter
15 is called "Excersises to increase male potency" and its headings
make it look like a hodgepodge of optional tangentally related
techniques to the ones explained earlier; along with some other things
that probably just didn't fit anywhere else like "How to avoid wet
dreams", "how to enlarge and elongate the penis", "Harmonious energy for
the homosexual", "how to aborb energy from the sun", etc.
Chapter 16 is about using acupuncture, herbs, and moxibustion to strengthen sexual energy; chapter 17 is an overview of female sexual organs; chapter 18 is a summary.
Overall, I'd say this is an excellent guide to the techniques it illustrates, and is worth looking at to those interested in them. I've been working on the basic techniques and am keeping this bookmarked as a reference for when I'm ready for the more advanced ones.
Taoist Secrets of Love, Cultivating Male Sexual Energy - Mantak Chia - Guest - 08-21-2019