The Tao of Immortality

A comprehensive guide to the core practices of the Universal Healing Tao System and the advanced esoteric practices of Inner Alchemy

• Explains each of the nine levels of Inner Alchemy and their more than 240 formulas

• Explores the Four Healing Arts for transformation of the emotional body, physical body, energy body, and spiritual body

• Provides simplified versions of core Universal Healing Tao practices to more easily integrate the system into your daily life

• Shows how these exercises were designed to increase longevity and ensure the survival of consciousness beyond death

Explaining the evolution and core of the Universal Healing Tao system, Master Mantak Chia and William U. Wei offer a condensed approach to the Inner Alchemy practices taught to Master Chia by his first Taoist Master, Yi Eng, more than 60 years ago. Beginning with the basic principles called the Five Enlightenments, the authors explain each of the nine levels of Inner Alchemy and their more than 240 formulas, including simplified versions of the Microcosmic Orbit, the Inner Smile, Sexual Alchemy exercises for men and women, Fusion of the Five Elements practices, Kan and Li Alchemy, the Sealing of the Five Senses, and Star and Galaxy Alchemy. They explore the Four Healing Arts that encompass the nine levels of Inner Alchemy--Living Tao practices for transformation of your emotional body, Chi Nei Tsang practices for transformation of the physical body, Cosmic Healing practices for transformation of the energy body, and Immortal Tao practices for transformation of the spiritual body--all aimed toward the survival of consciousness in a self-aware vessel. They also offer simplified versions of the other core practices, such as Iron Shirt Chi Kung, Bone Marrow Nei Kung, and Wisdom Chi Kung, to help you easily integrate Inner Alchemy and Universal Healing Tao practices into your daily life.

Providing a primer not only on the foundational practices of the Universal Healing Tao System but also a condensed guide to the esoteric practices of Inner Alchemy, Master Chia and William U. Wei show how these exercises were designed to increase longevity, providing you with enough time to master the more advanced spiritual techniques and ensure the survival of consciousness beyond death.

Mantak Chia, world-famous Inner Alchemy and Chi Kung master, founded the Universal Healing Tao System in 1979. The director of the Tao Garden Health Spa and Resort in northern Thailand, he is the author of more than 60 books, including Iron Shirt Chi Kung and Healing Light of the Tao. William U. Wei is a senior instructor of the Universal Healing Tao and has taught with Master Chia in more than 30 countries. The coauthor of Cosmic Detox and Sexual Reflexology, he lives in Milwaukie, Oregon.

Acknowledgments

Putting the Universal Healing Tao System into Practice

Introduction

1 • Taoist Fundamentals
2 • Inner Alchemy Framework
3 • The Universal Healing Tao System
4 • Primordial Force Activation
5 • Sexual Alchemy
6 • Fusion Alchemy
7 • Kan and Li Alchemy
8 • Star and Galaxy Alchemy

Appendix: The Tang Dynasty Waterwheel Image as an Illustration of the Microcosmic Orbit