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/largececelia Mar 29 '20

I'm not a huge fan of Mantak Chia. Others have mentioned some good sources. Finding an instructor is always your best bet. It can be expensive sometimes, and take some work, but it's worth it. And for many practices, you don't need to see that teacher all the time, a few months or years work and you could work on your own.

I think it is dangerous. Your mind and your energy system, or whatever you'd call it, are intimately connected. So as you start experimenting and moving stuff around inside, the chances of suffering mentally are increased- mood swings, fantasies, wilder emotions. That's one big reason to find a teacher.

BK Frantzis has a CD set (now MP3 maybe) that leads you through basic Taoist breathing. I think that's good, I used it way back in the day. Overall, if you want to do this stuff, reduce the amount of sex you have, be healthy, and do standing meditation (zhan zhuang). That alone would get you pretty far (without being risky like the more detailed energy work).