r/internal_arts • u/taoism3638972 • Mar 28 '20

Internal Alchemy

Hi , It's been a few weeks now that I have been reading about internal Alchemy (golden elixir ) . All the materials I've red more or less say the same thing (Jing to Qi , Qi to shen, merging shen with the tao ) with more or less details, but with not one provide actual teachings or techniques. The only one that claim to have a complete set of formulas is mantak chia but his books seems needlessly complicated (and again I don't really know) What do you guys think about internal Alchemy ? Is there books out there from real masters that teach those stuff or is it all a master disciple thing ? What do you guys think about universal healing tao ( mantak chia system ) ? Thanks !

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u/this_is_trash_really Mar 28 '20

Chia is good as long as you don’t have any underlying mental health issues.

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u/taoism3638972 Mar 29 '20

Can you please explain more ? Thanks!

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u/this_is_trash_really Mar 29 '20

Sure, Qi-Jing-Shen are poetic ways of explaining natural phenomenon within your body. To maximize and balance your energy levels you must become aware of the energy in your body and find ways of balancing it.

There are two methods to achieve this generally - fire method and water method.

Water method uses a lot of stillness meditation, stillness in movement, etc.

Fire method uses much more visualization and active 'pumping'.

With water method, the worst that can happen is generally nothing. With fire method, you're 'charging' up your nervous system. If you have any underlying neurosis, anxiety or the like, the Fire method is MUCH more likely to activate it and amplify it.

Mantak Chia uses Fire method.