Taoist Yoga : The Sexual Teachings of the Ancient Chinese Masters Paperback – Import, January 1, 1996

This is the best Chinese book on Taoist Yoga written by a great master born in Qing Dynasty. Charles Luk did a great job in translating this classic text (its Chinese original also contains the lineage of the master himself and his good intention to transmit this knowledge to a wider audience). The aim of this practice is to build an immortal soul (note: not an immortal body), and the process certainly demands more effort and time that can hardly be available to the average person who has to have a regular 9-5 job! The demand of such a practice is evident from the first chapters. Basically the first practice is meditation with one's mind focused on the point between one's eyebrows. Until when should one go to the second step? Well, until one gets into deep meditation that one (sorry for male only) gets an erection. And then one should test whether the erection will go away with simple deep breathes. If it does, sorry boy, continue your meditation. Only when erection stands after deep breaths should one do microcosmic orbit circulation (to "collect" one's sexual energy, so it says).However, one should not be disappointed. If one's objective is to build a health body and a calm and relaxed mind (free from worry and depression), a contemporary teacher will advise one to do some initial meditation and then can directly go into microcosmic orbit circulation. After that one can practice (as per chapter 3) into opening eight psyche/chi channels. By that time, the practitioner's mind will be relaxed and his/her whole body filled with comfortable chi. He/she will come to a stage that he/she can benefit most, health wise, from the practice. For an average contemporary person, he/she has no need to proceed further (actually it would be quite difficult for him to proceed further because he lacks the initial training in total relaxation. Erection is actually a signal for being into the desired level of total relaxation; hence a female can also practice the immortal art, just that she won't have the benefit of a definite signal to go by).Good luck to your practice. It's worth the effort, I can tell you....

I've ordered this book after receiving a suggestion by someone whose material I happen to follow extensively on the internet. I have to say this is an extremely radical book as it makes a strong connection between male sexuality and spirituality, in particular how the mind and body reacts to ejaculation. Here in the West, we are completely detached from the idea that sex has any direct effect on the other facets of our lives. We are programmed by the corporate media mafia that as men, we can "crack the nut" as much as we please with no consequences.In consideration for people that may be new to this, I feel it would be nice to cover basic ground for the sake of facilitating a genuine understanding for the material. In Taoism, you have the concept of 'Chi', which is defined by many to be the universal life force energy. There are various forms of 'internal' martial arts that work with this 'chi' energy such as Qigong (also referred to as Chi Kung) and Tai Chi. In Qigong, 'chi' includes three basic forms of energy: Jing, CHI, and shen. Jing is the female electrochemical energy of the lower body (chakras), chi is the male electromagnetic energy of the upper body (especially the brain) that can be stored in the lower body, and shen, the spiritual light energy. Sexual fluid (semen in males) is the rawest, must crude form of the 'chi' energies, requiring it to be transformed into the more refined form of energies (to jing, to chi, THEN to shen). This implies that external male ejaculation doesn't allow this process, preventing any sort of healthy development of the mind-body-and-spirit complex.Taoist Yoga actually goes into detail on methods achieving full mind and body transformation via "small universe microcosmic orbit" practices that can help one manage their sexual fluids for proper energetic conversion that even reverse aging and increase vitality. Masturbation, ejaculatory sex, and porn are considered to be completely destructive to the human body as one can lose significant amounts of chi energy that is required for spiritual light energy to develop. As men continue to commit to sexual perversion, he stands to lose his "life force", causing him to age rapidly and be susceptible to life threatening illnesses in late adulthood.Charles Luk, the author of this book, presents information in the form of answers to various important questions, especially about the sexuality of the Tao and other non-mainstream tantric principles. This book does not bombard one with "empty" philosophy for the sake of the author having a best seller in the CIA sponsored new age book market, it focuses on practical solutions to a major problem in western society: pornographic capitalism. They are "no shortcuts" presented as the writer recognizes spirituality equates to discipline and transcendence of hormonal urges that happens to lock the majority of humanity in a mundane matrix of fear and anxiety, not allowing one escape the notion of 'survival at all cost'.If you are ready for REAL spiritual development, it is greatest pleasure to suggest "Taoist Yoga: Alchemy and Immortality" as it works with the mind AND body. It has to be known that you can't have one without the other as Western Soceity seems to deliberately betray this virtue.

GOOD STUFF. ONE OF THE BEST. UNBELIEVABLE, MUST READ you must judge for yourself, but I highly recommend it. one two three four five six seven eight. nine!!

This book is highly regarded classic text whose translation is not even availablein some country like Korea !(name is so well known, so many people are eager to get it)Why ? because the book is too revealing the ancient secrets.It is very difficult book to read, that's for sure.Anybody who knows anything about Taoist Yoga(QiGong),knows the value of this book.The book is written ar 1933 & The translator Lu has died already.Written by Chao, Pee Jin, no chinese character avaiilable to write his name in chinese,but possibly 11th Grand Master of Dragon Gate sector(龍門派).This book is not for beginners, but for advanced student in taoism,but such a valuable classic.I was shocked to find this book in Barnes & Nobles 10 years agounder plain & ambiguous title, "Taoist Yoga" &have been studying it ever since.When I notice this book is in Kindle, I was overjoyed, bought it immediately.Found there was NO review by anyone, so i wanted to write something,write the authenticity & value of this literature, but so tied up in my life.All I can say is this: Pay attention to this book, this is no ORDINARY BOOK,classic Taoist Literature, that is hard to buy in some country !J. Park