After the power flows into the
Hui-Yin (perineum) send it back up to the Chang-Chiang (coccyx). While meditating there, you will feel a little pain and tickling on the
scrotum as the center opens. Then to the Ming-Men, door of life in
the back opposite the navel, Til the adrenal glands. When you feel
the power's warmth there send it up to the Gia-Pe point between
the shoulder blades. After it flows there it will feel very warm and will spread to
the lung. Next direct it to the "emerald pillow" Yui-Gen, at the top
vertebrae on the back of your head. There will be a feeling of
heaviness when the center opens. From there bring it up to the
crown of the head, on a line drawn between the ear and the nose. The head may feel very heavy or as if there were something drilling
up from inside the head. Then transfer it to the point between the
mid eyebrows.Cultivating The Valley Orgasm 149
Remember that you can't open all of the points in one sexual
embrace. To open one point may take many exchanges of yin and
yang. If you ejaculate, the power is very hard to exchange, for man
loses much power and there remains little to be transferred up. When the energy is full in the upper region then it will come down
from the tongue. Bring it down to the navel, and collect it in the
navel. 5. The Plateau Phase: Circulate Your Microcosmic Into Your
Lover's Orbit
Depending on the level of vital energy and the spiritual de-
velopment of the individual lovers, a couple over time will experi-
ence new "openings" that occur during their love-making. This
means you will suddenly find you have made a quantum leap in
your feelings and awareness. This usually happens during the
plateau phase of the yin/yang exchange. The period of love-making
when you are not thrusting passionately is referred to as the
"plateau" phase. The "peaks" are the moments prior to the
orgasm averted by doing the Big Draw. The "plateau" is the phys-
ically passive exchange of energy that occurs between the peaks. DIAGRAM 31
When the tongues touch
this complees the
Microcosmic Orbit of
energy in both partners150 Taoist Secrets Of Love
The subtle energies within your resting bodies are not passive
at all, but are moving dynamically between partners, building to a
new level of sexual-electromagnetic tension. It is an internal wave
of energy building up, an ocean wave that gathers momentum and
crashes, only to be replaced by the next wave. After the sexual
energy has been raised to a high intensity by thrusting and drawn
up the spine on the route of the "Microcosmic Orbit" with the Big
Draw, the yin/yang exchange can begin to happen in many different
ways. In the beginning the energy exchange between lovers may
seem to be chaotic and happening between any two points of bodily
contact. As you grow more accustomed to the energy gained by
stopping your ejaculation you will begin to discriminate the clearly
defined channels of the microcosmic orbit rising up the spine and
descending down the front of the body. During the plateau phase of
love making you may feel a warm flowing current passing between
her vagina and your penis and between your lips/breasts. These are the two individual microcosmic orbits joined into
one larger flow circling your two bodies. This will greatly enhance
the balance of energy in both lovers and deepen the bond of loving
in their life. The chi flow is increased in amplitude: you may even
feel like a warm electric current is passing between you. This effect
often occurs quickly in lovers in good health practicing the Big
Draw ranging from only a few love making sessions to several
weeks or months. The two microcosmic circuits, that of the man and the
woman, can be joined in a number of different ways. The most
common is the intersection of their two circular orbits at the
mouths and genitals of the two lovers forming a figure eight. The
figure eight can cross as the Microcosmic energy drawn up by the
man up his spine is passed into the woman through his tongue,
which acts like a kind of electrical switch. The male energy then
enters her Microcosmic orbit and goes down her front (functional)
channel and down through her vagina, into the penis and back up
his spine. The woman circulates her orbit in a parallel fashion, up
her back channel and down his front channel before it re-enters her
body at the vagina and goes back to her perineum and spine. This is
the simplest way to consciously direct this level of exchange of yin
and yang energy. Each couple can play with different figure eight patterns ofCultivating The Valley Orgasm 151
exchange. At first you may verbally tell your lover what you're
concentrating on. Later, as you become more sensitive to your
own and your lovers energy, the chi exchange itself will become a
silent language, punctuated by the pleasure of sending a tingling
warm current into your lover. The figure eight may cross at your
mouths only, or at your genitals only if you are not kissing but still
lie within her. It may snake around your governor channels—up
your spine and down hers, or vice versa. At this level many couples experience spontaneous openings
of some of the 8 special psychic channels taught as the "Fusion of
the Five Elements" meditation in the Taoist yoga system, (see
chap. 18) These channels include the positive and negative arm and
leg routes, the belt routes spiralling around the body, and the
thrusting route up the center of the body. Don't be alarmed if your
energy goes wild and begins moving in ways to which you are not
accustomed. Many lovers experience a column of energy rising on
a line midway between their bodies; if it happens to you, just relax
and enjoy the play of the subtle energies. Some couples report the
chi shooting up to the top of their heads and showering down in a
fountain of nectar. Others feel like they are wrapped in a cocoon
with their lover, with lines of invisible energy being spun around
them. When you've opened all your psychic channels and you know
what is possible in terms of energy exchanges, you will then be free
to choose the path of expressing your love at will. It is interesting
that lovers who know nothing of these esoteric methods sometimes
have similar experiences during sex. They can't do it at will but
they do know it first hand from spontaneous opening of subtle
energy channels. The Taoist secrets of love are designed to focus
your awareness on the infinite possibilities that lie within you. This
concentrated awareness is what spontaneously sparks these ex-
periences of divine energy exchange. In this sense love is univer-
sally the path to greatest freedom—the more you share with your
lover, the more choices open to you. 6. Cultivate A "Valley Orgasm" In The Three Tan Tiens. When both lovers have shared their chi in the Microcosmic
Orbit or other psychic channels, their energy is both intensified and
balanced. This sets the stage for a true fusion of their being in the
valley orgasm. The "valley orgasm" is an even higher experience of yin/yang152 Taoist Secrets Of Love
exchange that goes beyond the Microcosmic. It may occur spon-
taneously in any couple dedicated to expanding their love and spir-
itual awareness. No technique can guarantee it will happen, but the
methods taught here vastly increase the probability of a couple
enjoying regular valley orgasms during lovemaking. It is a state of
prolonged orgasm that generally occurs during the plateau phase
when the yin and yan^ energies come into an exquisitely delicate
balance. It is a fusion of opposites, a meltdown. However, do not
be disappointed if you learn to block ejaculation and master the Big
Draw but do not have a valley orgasm. That happens frequently
and should be expected, especially in a stressful urban setting
where there are so many distracting forces working against the
sustained balance of subtle energies. DIAGRAM 32
Yin/Yang Exchange:
The male releases his hot yang energy
into her vagina & absorbs the cooling
yin power through his penis. The lovers simultaneously experience an "opening" of an
energy center during a valley orgasm. This releases a tremendous
energy that is truly thrilling as it radiates out to fill every cell of
your body and joins it together with your lover. The Hindus call
these centers "chakras". The Taoists refer to them as lower, mid-
dle and upper Tan Tien, and locate them in the abdomen, heart,
and head.Cultivating The Valley Orgasm 153
In truth, the entire body is one Tan Tien, or field of energy,
but in practice it is easier to learn with smaller vortexes of energy
until you can handle the greater power. The sequence of opening
them is generally starting with the lower and moving up. If higher
centers open before the lower ones the energy may be unstable and
short lived. In that case the lovers should direct their higher energy
into the lower centers to create a more grounded polarity. Filling
the lower body with higher energies will lend greater fullness to the
feeling of intimacy and create a greater foundation for future explo-
ration of the spiritual world of the two lovers. The opening of these energy centers is the actual process of
transforming your sex essence into spirit. The valley orgasm actu-
ally is a fusion of ching, chi, and shien in the two lovers. All three
are normally present in everyone, but in a divided and weakened
state. The two lovers can supply energies missing in their partner
and bring out recessive energies with the simple presence of the
opposite subtle polar energy. When you open a new energy center
your mind makes a leap in awareness by fusing these three in a
spontaneous alchemical process. Your own spirit is purified and is
one step closer to becoming centered in your body. It's important to know that these centers cannot be "forced"
open, any more than a child can suddenly be forced to grow up. There are natural stages. That is why you must relax to entice the
Tan Tiens to open; then you will experience a valley orgasm as a
spontaneous gift, a sparkling jewel bestowed upon you by the Tao. It has been described as a state of profound clarity and serenity,
but even these phrases are insufficient to convey its deep beauty
and truth. The more deeply you learn to relax during the yin/yang ex-
change, the more deeply you can surrender yourself to your lover,
the more likely you are to reach the balance of polar forces needed
to open each center. This process happens in a split second but can
take months or years of subtle fine tuning of energy between
lovers. That is why a committment is usually needed to get to the
higher levels of dual cultivation—it requires a great deal of time to
understand the play of subtle forces and to refine your more gross
physical and emotional energies. Your nervous system must also be strong enough to handle
the increased flow of chi experienced during a valley orgasm. That
is one of the reasons I teach strengthening exercises like the Power154 Taoist Secrets Of Love
Lock in chapter 6. Any Tai Chi, Yoga, Chi Kung or other purifying
meditative work is invaluable in this respect as it speeds up and
clarifies the process. Sensitive couples that want to have valley
orgasms without any formal physical discipline could use the sex-
ual cultivation practices taught in this book if their health is good
and they do the Microcosmic and fusion meditations. DIAGRAM 33
When lovers are in close embrace subtle
yin & yang energies concentrate into
vortexes from the aenitals to the hea
The Valley Orgasm can happen when both lovers have harmo-
nized their will power and their breathing during the yin/yang ex-
change. The energy is flowing between the man and woman and
they collectively focus their attention on each center. It helps to
mentally spiral the energy in a three inch diameter circle (male
clockwise, female counter clockwise) at a point about three inches
inside the body near its center. You should experiment with the
location of the point you focus on, as some people find the energy
is more powerful a little closer to the spine.Cultivating The Valley Orgasm 155
The chi energy likes to move in a spiralling motion, so by
mentally spiralling at key points you may trigger the release of a far
more powerful vortex of energy, the valley orgasm. This spiralling
movement of the chi itself is caused by the interaction of male and
female energies. This can be seen geometrically in the symbol of
the female—the circle, and that of the male—a straight line with an
arrowhead. The fusion of these two signs is a spiral which is a
circular energy containing a linear energy moving towards the cen-
ter of the circle. When a man and a woman make love the same
thing happens—the yang chi enters the circle of the yin chi. The chi
fuses, the circle of energy expands, and spirals upward through
both their bodies. The energy will naturally travel in this sequence, spiralling
through:
1. The navel center, or lower Tan Tien is the joining of the
many routes of the body. When the navel is opened, all routes in
the body will be joined. You will regain something of the terrifying
vitality of the new-born baby, for its energy has been fed to it by
the mother through the navel,
2. Move the power to the solar plexus, which controls the
digestive system, stomach, spleen and liver. This will greatly
strengthen your health and will. At the solar plexus center the
power is much stronger and purer and widespread. But you must
open the navel first for the power to flow up. 3. Move the power into the heart center, which is so important
to strengthen the heart and lungs and to amplify your power of love
and sympathy. This is the center of the middle Tan Tien, and
extends into the areas immediately above and below it,
4. Next move it up to the throat. The throat energy center is
the thyroid gland and is the door of the energy between man and
Heaven. As it controls speech, it is also known as the creative
center. 5. From the throat send the power to the Yin-Tang (or third
eye) between the brows which controls the nervous system and
soul. Its development calms one and lessens the influence of stress
and fear. The head is the upper "field of energy" or tan tien. 6. Finally direct the power to the Pai-Hui, the crown, the
center of spiritual knowledge and the doorway to higher spiritual
evolution.156 Taoist Secrets Of Love
VALLEY ORGASM SUMMARY
1. First make love actively, using 3 or 6 shallow strokes for
each deep one, or 9 shallow and 1 deep. 2. Stop thrusting when you feel near orgasm. Use the Big
Draw to bring power up to the Pai-Hui. 3. Embrace and synchronize the breathing. Get in a comfort-
able position with no undue stress on the limbs. 4. Open the Microcosmic Orbit by directing your chi around
the circuit with the power of thought. 5. Exchange power by circulating your energy in and around
your entwined bodies using meditation. Focus your attention on
the polar balance of energy in your lower Tan Tien. When the
power builds move it upward in a wave towards your middle and
upper tan tien. 6. When your energy has been transformed up, or you feel the
loss of 50% of your erection, start to thrust again if you wish and
build up more energy, keeping the urogenital diaphragm closed,
and stopping before ejaculation. 7. Exchange power several times. Each time try to bring the
energy up to increasingly higher centers, meditating on each Tan
Tien for as long as you feel comfortable. 8. Women should also perform the Big Draw during the act of
love. It will help her to tighten the vagina, stimulate hormonal
production, and it offers the same benefits of longevity and spir-
itual development, just as the man's practice does. Remember the
Big Draw is a muscular and mental practice; whereas the exchang-
ing practice is a mental and spiritual operation. The higher energy
in women is different from men. This study merits a complete work
of its own which is projected for a later volume. In the true Taoist dual cultivation both man and woman are
regenerated in the practice, and neither is harmed. It is highly
important the practice is not used for selfish interests. I recom-
mend that neither partner have genital orgasm in the higher stages
of the practice, although it may not be as great a loss for a woman
and might even stimulate her to higher levels sometimes. When one
partner approaches too near the orgasmic abyss, the overheating
partner must signal the other to stop motion. Either may lessen the
urge of orgasm by immediately doing the Big Draw to vent the
power away from the genitals.Cultivating The Valley Orgasm 157
In the Taoist practice of "single cultivation", a man alone can
also induce a kind of inner valley orgasm by learning to balance the
exchange of yin/yang energies between his different Tan Tiens. There is a method of "self-intercourse" induced by reversing the
polarity between certain organs which is quite wonderful. This is
meditation experienced as lovemaking and is a higher practice that
ultimately the individual lovers in a couple should learn to master. This is part of the "Lesser Enlightenment of Kan and Li" de-
scribed in chapter 19. THE BIG DRAW AS A CONTRACEPTIVE METHOD
Taoist cultivation of sexual energy can aid you in creating the
healthiest and most organic contraceptive ever devised. I person-
ally did not ejaculate for ten years using this method, and never had
any unwanted pregnancy. When my wife and I decided to have a
child, I ejaculated twice. The first ejaculation was solo, to clear any
weakened sperm cells out of my body, cells that were weakened
because I had drawn their chi up to my higher centers during medi-
tation. Then my body responded by vigorously producing new
sperm cells to replace those lost in the first ejaculation, and I
focused my intention and energy on making them as powerful and
healthy as possible. I ejaculated only once in my wife in order to get her pregnant. Of course, we were careful to choose the beginning of her ovula-
tion, so my sperm had several days to swim around chasing after
her egg. Our child, Max, is the result, and as any of my students
can testify he is a living dynamo. I believe we gave him the best
start in life possible by guarding my seed and cultivating it to max-
imum health by cultivating the health of my body, which produced
the seed. However, there is a warning in all this. Because your seed
becomes stronger as a result of these practices, it is much easier to
impregnate a woman should you slip and lose it. Even though you
are one hundred percent confident of your mastery of your seed I
would recommend using a backup artificial contraceptive. Don't
meddle with the body; avoid vasectomy or sterilization. Condoms
prevent absorption of female yin fluids and may slow or weaken
your sensitivity to the passage of chi energy through the penis. To be safe, use a backup contraceptive even if you can prevent158 Taoist Secrets Of Love
orgasmic ejaculation of your seed. You can still leak some of the
clear "water" or semen which lubricates the passageway for the
sperm out of the penis during the plateau phase of exchanging
energy. This watery seminal fluid may carry a few invisible sperm
eager to meet some lonely egg. This is also a caution against sleep-
ing with women whom you do not love—an unwanted child will
cost everyone far more dearly than the momentary sexual pleasure
is worth. Remember that you are not only cultivating your sexual
energy, you are cultivating the Tao in everything you do and think. Try to do it wisely—avoid big problems by taking the correct small
measures.Cultivating The Valley Orgasm 159
A WOMAN'S VIEW OF DUAL CULTIVATION
Michael Winn conducted this interview with a 35 year old dancer,
teacher, psychotherapist, housewife, and mother of one child. MW: Did you find it difficult to learn the female half of dual
cultivation, Ovarian Kung Fu? Student: I've been practicing it for about 2 years. The concept
was simple, the physical part was fairly simple, but it has taken me
time to find my own needs and balances in sex. It was more diffi-
cult to help my partner to not have orgasms than to turn my own
orgasm back. The question of whether or not to have an orgasm,
whether or not it gives me energy or depletes me of energy seems
to change. It depends on a couple of things. It depends on the type
of orgasm, the type of energy between myself and my partner and
where my energy is during that sexual encounter during that day or
time or emotion. MW: So, if your energy is at a low place, does your orgasm
take you to a high place? Or if you're at a high place, does the
orgasm drain you? Student: I think if I'm in a low place, stirring up the sexual
energy will increase my energy. But going all the way and having
an ordinary orgasm will deplete me. If my energy is high, stirring
up the sexual energy will make it higher and clearer and having an
orgasm won't deplete me. It sometimes can give me more energy. When my partner gets more energy from my orgasm he's learned
how to transfer it back to me so I don't lose energy from an
orgasm, unless I'm depleted to start with. Then I tend to want to
really conserve and do the Big Draw. MW: Do you think this has radically changed sex for you? Student: Definitely. Without a doubt. It's very special. I
would say the ability to tune in to each other is really heightened. The harmony is far beyond what sex I had before. It's turned the
sexual act into a really high art form of communication. Sex was
great for me before, but this is much deeper. It has to do with the
ability to communicate physically and psychically which I have
gotten to at other times in my life, but this is a consistent path of
getting there. MW: So, let's break this down, is it just more physically
intense? Student: It's more intense, it's warmer, it's longer. And I160 Taoist Secrets Of Love
think longer is a big part of it. I can have a whole body orgasm, and
sexual excitement all over my body. I had that before a few times,
but it happens much more often now. I can sustain the orgasm a
long time. They last longer, a couple of minutes sometimes. Before
it was only a few seconds. I'm really tuned into different types of
orgasms now which I hadn't been before. MW: What are the different types of orgasms? Student: Each one is different. There are real gentle, mellow
ones, there are intense ones, there are really driving forceful ones. They can happen in different parts and happen in the brain. It can
happen in the genitals. I have used it for healing and it works. A
couple of times I had an orgasm I've directed it to the weak organ
to be healed, but I find it more useful to hold back on the orgasm
and send the energy there. I have found one trick that really seems
to intensify and lengthen an orgasm and that's to go into it about Vi
way and then begin to hold back on it. MW: So when you are already into an orgasm you can do the
ovarian kung fu. Student: Yes. It's as if you would withdraw from it but since
you are already into it, it continues it and lengthens it and makes it
last for a real long time. What it does is instead of turning off the
orgasm if I'm already into it, it makes it last for a real long time. I
send the energy up my spine. I'm not actually doing the Big Draw
clenching contractions. I'm just tightening the vagina muscles and
tilting the pelvis back. It's a slight arching of the spine out so the
back is rounded. MW: And that prolongs your orgasm. Student: Yes, tremendously. MW: Is it because the spine is aligned that the energy can
travel up easily? Student: Probably. I'm not sure how it's pulling energy up, I
found out about it trying to keep an orgasm from happening in my
partner. When I start to have an orgasm it will trigger him to
orgasm and I don't want that to happen. So if I start to have an
orgasm and I feel his orgasm coming on, I'll pull back. I pull his
penis out of my vagina and start to send my energy up. And what I
found often happens is that just prolongs the orgasm in me. MW: So you'll have an orgasm withdrawn from him; you'll
have the orgasm more privately. Student: Yes, I'm trying not to pull him into it. At other timesCultivating The Valley Orgasm 161
we stay together if he's feeling totally in control, and that's won-
derful. MW: What's the response amongst other women doing
Ovarian Kung Fu? Student: Generally it's good, they like doing it. Most women I
talk to tend to think they had it all together before. MW: I've heard that a lot also. Is that a common reaction? Student: To tell you the truth, there are only a few women that
I think who have really been practicing with partners. Some of the
women are doing the exercises, but I know only one other woman
who has been doing it with a partner. It's pretty much my own
isolated experience, there just aren't enough women doing it. MW: Have you ever felt, in terms of the quality of your sex,
the quality of the energy, a high vibrational level? Student: Yes. Sometimes I have a sense that I'm under water
after an orgasm is over. I see things differently, and there is a
buzzing in my ear. I've also had this happen after an intense medi-
tation. MW: How has Ovarian Kung Fu practice affected your daily
life? Student: It's made me more sensitive to my partner and more
sensitive to my own energy. There is a deeper level of tenderness
and I think from this there is the impetus to conserve one's energy. To hold and cultivate it is precious. I think when you do that you
create a certain type of presence in the world, and other people
respond to you in a like manner. MW: In terms of your energy and sharing it with your lover,
what's the difference between energy and love? Is just having more
energy in physical intensity the same as having more love? Student: It's not just physical; it feels psychic. You're creat-
ing a loving relationship. The sex is a vehicle in creating harmony. The Taoist methods put more power into your emotions, into
everything. There have been times in the middle of love making
that we've both just cried, it is so powerful. That quality of tender-
ness, that connection. So it's definitely more than physical. MW: On any level, do you feel you can distinguish between
yin and yang energies? Student: I don't think of it as yin and yang, but I do feel his
heat going up my spine, and it transforms me. I feel more like a
woman. But I couldn't define it as feelings. I would just define it162 Taoist Secrets Of Love
more as a special energy. It's like fanning the fire inside yourself
and then allowing yourself to melt into it. MW: So what's the difference between this chi exchange and
love? Student: It's one way of exchanging love. It's one way of
sharing energy. It creates more polarity. I feel fed, it's like a food. I
get yang energy, and hot yang energy allows me to then create
more yin. I become more balanced. I'd felt it before but I couldn't
always get to it. And it wasn't as intense. MW: Has this increased your appetite for making love? Student: Yes. It's increased my appetite but I'm okay without
it. I feel so satisfied so that it's not an absolute requirement. And
also the Ovarian Kung Fu allows me to transform my sexual energy
up so I don't get crazy if I'm horny and he's not. But when the
opportunity is there I like to take advantage of it. MW: Did you ever feel that your partner was more concerned
with conserving his energy than in actually making love? Did you
ever feel it got in the way of love making? Student: No, never. It has only enhanced it. Sometimes it is
frustrating when it doesn't work. But I look forward to getting
better and better at it.CHAPTER 10
THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL STAGES OF
CULTIVATING SEXUAL ENERGY
In the practice of exchanging sexual power with one's partner or
absorbing one's own seminal power there are many ways of pro-
ceeding. Each individual must develop himself using his current
stage of evolution as the starting point. There are higher, more
purely spiritual levels of transforming human consciousness than
the beginning techniques of sexual cultivation taught in this book. But it is impossible to fully comprehend them and attain lasting
benfit from them until a man is able to exert positive control over
his sexual drive. Many yogis, gurus and masters from the East have arrived in
America thinking themselves fully enlightened, but soon dis-
covered they had not achieved control over their sexuality. They
had merely repressed their sexual desires while developing their
higher spiritual centers. Some may have been genuinely accom-
plished but were trapped by their religious or cultural taboos
against sex. This imbalance is made possible by the strong local
taboos against free sex in the orient. The Eastern culture is still tightly controlled by religious or
family pressures that greatly reduce the temptation to have extra-
marital sex. The penalty for being discovered is too great and
would ruin the "career" of an aspiring yogi or other spiritual
teacher who is assumed to have transcended the sexual urge. In the
climate of unbridled sexual freedom that exists in America, their164 Taoist Secrets Of LoveThe Seven Spiritual Stages 165
sexual urges re-emerged forcefully and became stumbling blocks in
their spiritual development. Many slept with their followers, who
later became disillusioned with their guru as he proved himself too
human and attached to sex for the pleasure of it. Some spiritual leaders are very critical of "lower" attempts to
transform sexual energy using physical techniques as described in
the beginning methods of Taoist dual cultivation of chi energy. They ignore that man is human and will make mistakes even while
pursuing a spiritual path. Because sex and eating habits are deeply
engraved in the nature of a man, you can't change these habits
overnight. But if a man gradually changes inside, his habitual way
of thinking and behaving will alter to conform to his innermost
spiritual nature. This is the essence of the process of chi cultiva-
tion. The likeness is to a young tree beside an old tree: the first may
bend easily but the old will not be bent so suddenly. Sexual es-
sence, or ching chi, is our own internal fountain of youth, the sap
flowing in the young tree. When you conserve and circulate it, it
has a rejuvenating effect. Your mind, body, and spirit become
more supple and pliant, then spiritual development can happen
gracefully without great struggle. When the sap has run dry and
you are crooked and arthritic, the path is painful and difficult. IS DUAL CULTIVATION A LEFT HAND PATH? Certain people involved in spiritual practices will recoil from Tao-
ist cultivation of sexual energy and accuse its practitioners of using
the "Left-Hand Path." By Left-Hand they mean that it involves
the use of man and woman meditating together while sexually cou-
pled. For this reason the practice appears to them suspect, tainted,
or somehow less pure than a meditative practice or prayer which
does not consciously involve sexual energy. In the Right-Hand
path one takes a vow of celibacy. Sex is not by itself spiritually undesirable. Without it no holy
man would ever be born. The purity of the practitioner's intent in
dual cultivation is critically important, as it is in every spiritual
practice. If the intent is to control another person, then the practice
can become "black". The crucial distinction is whether there is an
attempt to interfere with the will of another, for his/her "good" or
ill. Any manipulation or interference charged with subtle energy is
a form of black magic, unless the other person freely asks for help
or love and willingly expresses the desire to receive it.166 Taoist Secrets Of Love
Otherwise, there's nothing to fear from sex—it's part of you,
you're born and die with it, it gives warmth and power to human
love and is charged with the same polar forces as the rest of the
universe. In fact this path of cultivation is called "White Magic"
by some Taoists, as it teaches people how to reach a pure polarity
by balancing their yin and yang. Even my master's name, "White
Cloud", taken from this sacred mountain in China where he lived
reflects this teaching. There are other powerful paths that focus
more strongly on the yang or yin energy, but I find them more
risky. Some people criticize the use of sex as a "red" yoga, but
they are confusing this color with the fire energy of passion. In dual
cultivation you mix equally the white and the red, his seed and her
blood, mind and passion, the primal man and woman, the yang and
the yin. From that you alchemically distill a neutral essence, a
precious elixir that is without color, with the power to transform
your soul into an immortal spirit and body. This elixir is made of
refined chi and ching and spirit and takes years to prepare prop-
erly. No saint or guru or king is born without reproductive organs. So everyone born man has to go through the male stage of sexual
development. How fast and what kind of method he uses to pass
through it differs, but he will experience sexual arousement, erec-
tion and ejaculation. If he can pass this worldly stage quickly,
perhaps he can become a monk, a saint, Master or Guru. Or per-
haps he will choose to remain an "ordinary" person in the world. Many of the high Taoist masters keep a low profile and do
their work silently. If you met them you would not think them
extraordinary unless you were aware enough to sense the serenity
about them. Their energy is like a gentle breeze waving across the
room, touching everyone in a special way. In Taoist cultivation the
man and woman meditate together. They use the natural human
sexual urge as a bridge to higher consciousness. Taoism provides
techniques to help a man to master his sexual impulse, so that he is
free to choose the way of life he prefers. The alternate is to be a
slave to animal instincts or sexual frustration. No matter how
deeply these may be buried, they will find a way to surface if left
unattended.The Seven Spiritual Stages 167
LEFT HAND PATH
Even among the Taoists who were ambivalent about the practice of
dual cultivation and maintained strict celibacy, it was not because
women or sex energy were considered dirty, impure, or evil. The
yin essence of a woman was always acknowledged in China for its
power and harmonizing influence. The doubts about the practice of
exchanging energy during sex mostly centered on whether the ad-
ept—male or female—practicing the technique would continue to
progress beyond the sensual and emotional pleasures of sex to
achieve the highest spiritual awareness. There is real danger of confusing your emotional attachment
to your lover with attunement to the higher subtle union of yin and
yang. I would say it is a phase that for most men cannot be
avoided, but that in time and with continued cultivation of your
energy through meditation, Tai Chi, and related practices you will
naturally pass beyond it. This does not mean living without emo-
tions; it means keeping them in balance and using the emotions that
do arise to lend positive power to your chi cultivation process. It is
more dangerous to force yourself into celibacy before you are
really ready for it, as you will never know if you have really mas-
tered your sexual desires and emotions or just avoided or other-
wise suppressed them. Celibacy can also be very distracting if you enter into it pre-
maturely. You can easily build up more sexual power than you are
able to balance in your meditation. You may have the inner will to
resist sexual involvement with women, but if your soul keeps wan-
dering back to them in dreams or thoughts you will lose energy and
it will divide your attention. For this reason men need women;
whatever the difficulty in coming into balance with them, their very
presence affords a certain primal peace of mind. In this sense, dual cultivation is the safest path, as it leaves no
stone unturned. You have someone to accompany you on this long
journey through life, and that makes it fun if you enjoy your path
you stay on it more surely than someone who forces himself into an
austere program of self denial. A woman's heart filled with yin
essence is beautiful, accept it. You can both use the relationship as
a microcosm of the universe. It will act as a mirror and reflect back
to you a certain spiritual truth. This feedback from a partner is
valuable and is one of the reasons the Taoists often worked in168 Taoist Secrets Of Love
pairs, and not just lovers. There is valuable support and feedback
in every relationship. In Right Hand Cultivation, you use your own mind and body
as a microcosm of the universe. Celibacy makes your life simpler,
less messy, and the borders of one's individual conciousness are
more sharply defined. This saves energy and can make for rapid
progress in meditation. But it can also lead to a certain sterility, if
you're not careful, the illusion of perfection in an inner world that
negates the reality of the material world. It's like being inside a crystal ball and looking out at the world
but not actually experiencing the world and coming into harmony
with it. You may find yourself avoiding your real life obligations, or
falsely believing that you are separate from the world by virtue of
your spiritual energy attainment. If you believe this you may have
fallen into the common trap of putting too much energy in your
head, and broken true contact with your body, and the five primal
elements. There is nothing to fear in the world if you keep your integrity,
your balance of body, mind, and spirit. In the case of dual cultiva-
tion, you needn't be afraid of a woman. Her yin energy may seem
different or discomforting at times, but the challenge a man takes
on is to absorb that energy and use it to increase himself and
balance her by increasing her yang. Spiritual men who are afraid of
women, who avoid them for fear they will get attached or contami-
nated, are trying to protect a self-contained male spiritual ego. Many are afraid they will not be able to match the woman's power
over them. This is blocking the flow of the Tao. It's as irrational as
being afraid of water. You could drown in water if you fell off a
boat in the middle of the ocean. But you wouldn't refuse to drink
water because of it. It's a question of balance, of harmony between
the five subtle elements. You can control this balance more easily
once you've learned to control your seed. Then if you add her
water essence and your seed energy to the soil everyday, a healthy
garden will bloom that you can both share. CULTIVATING THE RIGHT HAND PATH
One method of the Right Hand path that students of the Tao may
wish to try is the following. After retiring to bed early, awaken in
the early hours of the morning, somewhere between midnight andThe Seven Spiritual Stages 169
6:30 AM. Often an erection spontaneously occurs at this time; if
not, one can easily be induced. When erection is attained, assume
to the proper lying position. Perform the Big Draw 9, 18 or 36 times depending how soon
erection drops down. Each time shift the power up to the head. When the head fills, the power is allowed to descend to the heart,
solar plexus, and navel respectively. Then it will proceed down to
the Hui-Yin and rise back up to the head, completing a full circuit. This meditating form is very strengthening and may be engaged in
every night if the student so desires, with increasingly beneficial
effects. I have found this exercise to relieve many difficulties men
may experience with the prostate gland. It involves a literal pulling
away of any undue tension tending to swell and irritate the gland. It
also serves to open the routes of electrical energy in the body
which will increase your permeability to your partner's energy, as
well as to all other sources of life. Some Masters regard the powers that are connected with sex-
ual intercourse as dirty or unrighteous power, somehow not pure. If you are concerned by this, you should know the hour of 12 P.M.
is considered the purest one, for yang changes to yin at this mo-
ment. But remember, the power gained is like the money that
people earn. Some people earn it in the high and easy position,
some earn it from hard physical work like sanitation men, truck
drivers, window cleaners. The money they earn is the same. Can
you judge which one is the righteous man? It's not the money you
earn that counts; it's how you spend it. The Taoist spends his
energy cultivating himself and others to the highest level possible,
using his left hand, right hand, and no-hands. NO HAND PATH OF THE TAO
In my meditation classes I go beyond, into things that cannot be
taught in a book. I expand on the Taoist approach to increasing
man's freedom absolutely. This is the Taoist teaching of the three
levels of enlightenment, and beyond that, Immortality. We Taoists
have many secret ways of reaching our pure being. In Iron Shirt
Chi Kung, I teach a technique for weightlifting on the male re-
productive organ which literally pumps great quantities of the
sperm power up into the head and body. In China or India, you170 Taoist Secrets Of Love
might wait a lifetime at the feet of a master before he taught you
this secret. I have no secrets, only the desire to teach others what I
have learned. The problem is to find students with the patience and
self-discipline to practice it. Remember that the seminal power we use in Sexual Kung Fu
is more than the nutritional value of the substance, however high
that be. Here we are tapping into a nearly infinite source of electo-
magnetic energy from the sperm. They are moving constantly and
creating, by elementary principles of electro-magnetics, human
electricity. We have stopped the disastrous waste of energy from
frequent ejaculation, and have begun to elevate it's power more
completely to the heart and head. DIAGRAM 34
The No Hand Path of Tao
Yin & Yang energies are balanced. In the Iron Shirt Chi Kung practice, we increase the stability
of our life energy by rooting it more firmly in the earth and packing
the chi energy into the fascia, bones and hollow cavities of ourThe Seven Spiritual Stages 171
body. In the Taoist Esoteric Yoga technique of "Lesser Enlighten-
ment", or Kan and Li, I teach the esoteric formulae for increasing
the yin and yang powers within the body and "steaming" the
stored chi and ching up into the heart and head in a more refined
form. In the "Greater Enlightenment" you learn to absorb yin and
yang energy from sources outside your body—the earth, sun, and
moon—and "steam" those up in an alchemical process of refining. But unless you can first master your own creative sexual energy,
you shouldn't even dream of mastering the subtle realms rest of the
universe. You will spend your life chasing illusory powers or a
false sense of oneness that will wither away in old age or on your
death bed, when you realize you can't carry your dreams with you
into afterlife. According to Taoist tradition the basic process of transforma-
tion in stages of bodily energy is this: the sperm energy is chan-
neled into the warm current or Microcosmic Orbit. The warm cur-
rent is transmuted into mental power and this power or "soul" is
finally transmuted into the highest manifestation, which is pure
spirit. When this spirit is embodied in an Immortal Body, it gains
freedom to work in different spiritual planes at will. This is a step
beyond the awareness of cosmic oneness. The man who practices Taoist cultivation inevitably becomes
more aware that all living things are one. He knows that power
flows into him from others and back to them again. Whenever there
is life the power flows. He understands this truth by experiencing it
in his body. After these experiences selfish motives gradually dis-
solve. To take from another is to take from oneself, for one is the
other. To dirty another's stream is to dirty ones own: there is one
stream in all creation, and that is the stream of life. So I offer the reader a sequence of methods to choose from so
that you may spontaneously advance without any strain or forcing
on your part. It is advisable to proceed from one step to the other;
most spiritual people began with lower forms and gradually step-
ped up. It is wrong to think the use of human sexual energy on the
physical plane is from an impure left-hand path, because it is the
path everyone must travel. If you start with the left hand, you will
eventually progress to the right hand, and ultimately attain the no
hand path. But you can't get to the highest attainment without first
ascending the lower ladder step by step, with both hands firmly172 Taoist Secrets Of Love
grasping the rungs. As you climb, the right hand and the left hand
alternate in stabilizing your balance. You don't let go until you
have reached the top of whatever the ladder is leaning against. Then you can stand on firm ground and kick the ladder away and
stand with "no-hands"—empty hands free to do whatever you
choose next, be it to climb another ladder or stay where you are. Those who are not really involved in a daily Taoist practice
such as Sexual Kung Fu may criticize the use of sexual energy to
evolve. But if they studied and came to know the complete system,
they would understand there is no left-hand and no right-hand path,
only yin and yang mixed harmoniously in an infinite multitude of
forms. Everything leads to it's opposite: sex leads to no-sex; oneness
leads to twoness (twoness of yin and yang) twoness leads to three-
ness and everythingness leads to nothingness (Wu Chi). This is true
cultivation of the Tao—the No-Hand Path. With No Hands life
becomes effortless. There is a stage in Tai Chi Chuan sometimes referred to as
"wonderful hands". A beginner learning Tai Chi may use 90%
yang energy to move his body. An intermediate student may use
60% yang and 40% yin. A master of Wonderful Hand Tai Chi uses
50% yin and 50% yang. A Taoist master creates this same balance
at every moment in his life. This is the No Hand Path of the Tao. It
is wonderful because it is so graceful and effortless, the way the
whole human being should live. THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL STAGES OF
TAOIST SEXUAL ENERGY CULTIVATION
First Stage: PHYSICAL CONTROL OF SEED LOSS. This control
is exerted within the "human plane" of consciousness, as are the
first five stages of Taoist Cultivation. The finger is used to stop the
flow of semen during love making or masturbation. This slows the
loss of vital fluids and helps to redistribute it to the needy parts of
the body. Using the finger may block ejaculation of the seed but it
will not redirect the ching chi upwards. You will have a normal
orgasm and lose 60 to 70 percent of the seminal power (electromag-
netic power produced from the motion of the 200-500 million
sperm), but keep most of the seed in the body. The seed will
gradually decay and the hormones will be absorbed back into the
body.The Seven Spiritual Stages 173
But the body will conserve some energy by producing less
sperm. It cuts back production automatically when it senses that it
is already contained inside. After practicing this "external lock-
ing" method the penis will drop down and you may feel quite tired. After a certain time it will improve body health, strength, and
result in a deep increase in sexual life. It will also build up power,
but this takes a longer time because most of the yang power is lost
during the ejaculation. Second Stage: PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CONTROL OF
SEXUAL ORGASM. This stage uses a combination of external
finger pressure and the internal locking method of "Drawing the
Nectar Up to the Golden Flower", or the Big Draw. Before ejaculation, you use your finger to press on the Hui
Yin and at the same time use the Big Draw to draw some energy
up, before it can leak out the penis. In this way you lose less than in
the first stage, but the penis will drop down and you will still have a
normal orgasm centered in the genitals. The opening of the Microcosmic Orbit is the key to allowing
the flow of energy to move upward instead of being forced to move
out the penis. Once you can get the energy into the coccyx it will
begin flowing easily up the spine for most people. When you can
feel the pressure of the chi in your head you must begin circulating
it down to the navel. Third Stage: MIND CONTROL OF SEXUAL DESIRE AND
ORGASM. After more practice with the Big Draw, you will even-
tually control ejaculation with your mind only. You will be able to
do the Big Draw without physical force and will gain the ability to
play with your orgasm. This will occasionally result in releasing
sperm, but gradually you will develop the power to stop physical
ejaculation and enjoy the experience of a different but more highly
pleasurable kind of orgasm, the "valley" orgasm. If you can stop before going too far by ejaculating, you can
draw and exchange the power from the woman. In that way you
lose one but gain one. You lose mainly yang energy and receive the
thing you need, yin energy. It's almost a barter; you have too much
yang and woman has too much yin, so you exchange energies, each
one receiving the proportion of what he or she needs. This method
involves a higher consciousness, higher self-control and getting
away from erotic thinking and imagining the act of love. Think of
the energy you have given to your lover as a conscious sacrifice
made at the altar of higher consciousness.174 Taoist Secrets Of Love
This third stage is higher than the second stage, for your mind
has entered into a new relationship with the ching chi. Your mind
has begun to integrate your sex essence with your general chi
energy into a single unified being. There is a big difference in the
experience of people who have practiced using only the mind and
those who use the finger and Big Draw combination. It is far supe-
rior to simple coitus interruptus. Big Draw shifts the excess power
in the reproductive region upward to the higher centers of the body
which can store the power for greater uses. Your sexual essence
becomes food to nourish your higher spirit. In this stage, if people use the Big Draw, they can increase the
power they have each time. When they use this method in making
love they will not feel tired. They can have as much sex as they
want although they frequently have it less often because the quality
is so deeply satisfying they feel stronger and are able to control
themselves and overcome other worldly desires that have a con-
trolling influence on their lives. However, at this level you should be aware you are drawing
this extra energy from another imperfect human being. For this
reason, you must be able to overcome the failings of this person
within yourself. In this third stage, both partners must be very
understanding and be highly involved in this practice. If one part-
ner is not involved, it is very hard to work together exchanging the
power. If your partner has troubles, or is upset, you can absorb this
psychic distress into yourself. If the method will not work, some-
times it is because one partner is having personal trouble. That is
the very first thing to check out, and correct with meditation or
other therapy. Otherwise you will absorb these troubles into your
system, where they will act as psychic toxins. The method might seem to be unfair if your partner is very sad
but you are cheerful and energetic. She will receive life-force hap-
piness and energy from you, but you will absorb her sadness and
her burdens into yourself. Only if you are highly committed can
you purify her and help her tremendously by guiding her onto a
higher path that will free her from her inner toils. For this reason
you must be very selective of your partner, for you will be literally
drinking of the life essence of the person. A vulgar, vain or jealous
person is what you will tend to become if your partner has these
qualities in abundance—or at least, you will have to use your
greater power of love and benediction to consume these lower
impulses.The Seven Spiritual Stages 175
Fourth Stage: EXCHANGE ENERGY WITHOUT HAVING
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE. For the male this practice is easier with
a youthful female partner who has not borne children and still has
great vitality, or with any woman who has cultivated her chi to
powerful levels through meditation. It is a method of self-healing
that can be used by young people, but is more likely to be em-
ployed by older people who have less interest in an active sex life
yet seek the rejuvenating powers of sexual energy. The most fa-
mous practitioner of this level is undoubtedly Mahatma Gandhi,
who insisted his 18 year-old niece sleep chastely beside him at
night. The spiritual fires burning brightly within Gandhi needed the
nourishing and cooling balance of a female's ching, yet cultural and
religious standards forbade sexual contact as a Hindu holy man. During the Middle Ages the knights sworn to the code of
chivalry were under similar pressure to sublimate their sexual drive
into a kind of sublime spiritual romance. A chaste kiss from a
damsel or a nonsexual embrace with loving eye contact were ide-
alized in legends such as the Holy Grail myth (a clear symbol of the
quest for pure female energy within each male knight) and in the
songs of troubadors. Today the practice is useful in situations where two friends
wish to deepen their spiritual contact or heal each other, but be-
cause of marriage ties or other competing relationships do not want
the disharmony that might arise from a sexual affair. Taoist phi-
losophy has high respect for the stability of harmonious rela-
tionships, but it also recognizes the need for the spiritual freedom
to balance and nourish one's personal elements. This method al-
lows a greater range of freedom in relationships beyond the limiting
categories of lover/not-lover, and encourages the blossoming of
spiritual friendships in which the exchange of sexually polarized
energy is acknowledged gracefully and without shame. It is a deli-
cate and wonderful way for two people to cultivate their energy
together. Married couples may find it another way to deepen the
sharing of their love. This level can only be practiced by a man who has already
mastered the first three stages and has attained a certain level of
spiritual self knowledge. He has learned that what he's seeking is
not to be found in the external woman, in her sensuality. His chi is
moving not outward to his senses but inward to his center. He
seeks the inner woman within himself and finds it easier to tap his176 Taoist Secrets Of Love
own yin power when stimulated by the presence of strong female
energy. Method: Lie or sit facing your partner. Having physical con-
tact is optional—such as holding hands or embracing—but you
should feel aroused by the presence of your partner. Focus your
attention on the subtle energy field of your partner; you must
"feel" his/her aura. In the beginning absorb his/her energy into
your lower Tan-Tien. Draw the power to your head, gradually
opening the passage to allow greater flow of energy. At higher
levels of this practice energy can be absorbed directly into the
heart or into the head, but it must be well distributed to avoid
imbalances from developing. If you do this every day you will get
tremendous power; much of which comes from your own body, a
yin power of the seminal fluid which is much purer than the first
and second steps. By cultivating this new sensitivity within your-
self you can greatly hasten your own and your partner's growth. Fifth Stage: BEYOND SEX. This is a stage that highly disci-
plined Taoist Yogis aspire to. You are still on the human plane, but
your energy is much higher than the level your energy attains when
you sleep at night, which is already quite pure. This stage involves
no sexual stimulation at all. In Taoism, this method is known as the
"Life Hour" meditation or the "hour of tsu", as it is employed
between 11 PM and 1 AM. The Tao masters have learned that the
power that you absorb from your own body can stay in your body
forever. The power which is absorbed from another person will not
stay as long or become readily a part of your own. It's just like
blood transfers, in which the cells will stay for 24 days and then die
off. The goal of esoteric sex is to learn the secret power of balanc-
ing subtle yin and yang energies. But sex is man's habit. You have
to move up and gradually change your routine. You would not
expect to change a lion from eating meat to eating grass over night. When you get higher and higher in the practice you will change
your habits easily without anyone forcing you or telling you what
to do. It is common after sleeping to awaken and feel an erection. This is because sleep has filled the body with sexual essence and
chi life force. Your penis is erect with power. At this time it is very
important to draw the power up so you can enjoy its intense and
pure strength. If you don't draw it up it will go out. Many people
are tempted to have sex or to masturbate and they lose muchThe Seven Spiritual Stages 177
power by doing so. This stage is higher than the first four stages,
for without a human partner, there is a total absence of erotic
thinking and hence closer proximity to the original emptiness of the
Tao. The penis is erected by virtue of its own power. In Taoism
this technique is considered highly secret. Sixth Stage: TRANSFORMING SPIRITUAL ENERGIES
BEYOND THE MIND/BODY. This stage is for people who have a
higher spiritual education in advanced yoga, meditation or Taoist
Chi Cultivation. Many who approach this level believe they are
following a righteous or saintly path by detaching themselves from
worldly things. This often results in aspiring yogis trying to keep
down sexual feelings. But in fact all must deal with sexual desire
before mastering this stage. This high spiritual stage solves the human need for sexuality,
the quest for primordial creative energy, by teaching the human to
absorb energy directly from the universal, all-pervading life force. You must first spend years gradually absorbing power on the
human plane until the energy of your mind, body, and spirit—chi,
ching, and shien—are full to the point of overflowing (stages 1-5). Then you can work on larger fields of yin and yang energies beyond
your body, and project your chi where it does the most good. Many people try to skip impatiently up to the divine aspects of
their nature without fully understanding the human and animal
components. As one spiritual sage put it, "It is easy to know God,
but hard to be a human being." This is why Taoists cultivate them-
selves from the foundation, and emphasize rooting in the earth as a
prerequisite to invoking power from the Heaven. The power of sexual energy is insignificant compared to the
totality of cosmic energy, the Tao. But for humans sex is extraor-
dinarily powerful and a bridge to the vast powers of the universe
and the spiritual realms of the consciousness. Failure to cultivate
this energy properly is one of the most common obstacles among
men to sustaining consciousness in the sixth stage. Many men
obtain a temporary glimpse into this realm through meditation or
vision, but few can sustain living in it. The vital chi energy which formerly was used to create gener-
ative (sperm) power, is now diverted in the body and channelled
directly to higher centers of energy. The Taoists refer to the stages
of this process as Lesser Enlightenment. When perfected, the body
becomes permeable to heavenly energies directly without any in-178 Taoist Secrets Of Love
termediary stage whatsoever and ceases producing sperm cells. On this higher plane, the Pai-Hui (crown) and Yin-Tang (third
eye) are the two points which can absorb the universal power and
Yung-Ch'uen (ball of foot) the point that can absorb the power
from the earth. In this state you can practice with morning and
noonday sun, and with the moon. You absorb the earth power by
the Yung Ch'uen through the feet and get heavenly power and sun
energy by the Pai-hui. This offers the pure super conscious power
from the universe, balanced with the moon energy entering through
the Yin-Tang, or third eye. Using the Greater Enlightenment formula the universal en-
ergy is transformed and mixed with your own energy so it can
become useful on the human plane. This universal energy is so raw
that our body needs to transform it and adapt it to our bodily needs. When you get to this stage, you gradually do away with human
power resources. This is the stage at which some Taoists cease
eating food and become breatharians; they retire to the purity of
secluded mountains and dine on the subtle energies of nature. My
master reached this stage but was forced to leave his mountain
retreat because of Japanese bombings in WWII. Seventh Stage: UNION OF MAN AND TAO. This stage is what
the Taoists call Immortality. I can't yet describe it from personal
experience, but it is well documented in the thousand volume Tao-
ist canon, including the names of many individuals who reached
this state. You can believe it or not, or dismiss immortality as
metaphor for some kind of cosmic awareness. But the Taoist teach-
ings are clear this is meant literally and not symbolically. The
highest creation for man is to create oneself consciously. Union
with the Tao suggests the total act of self-creation from the original
chi or the Wu chi. See chapter 19 for a fuller description of the
seven higher meditation formulas of the Tao that lead to this state
of divintiy. All seven steps will gradually guide you up to higher spiritual
attainment, but it is up to you to choose how far you wish to pursue
your own evolution. I cannot recommend any one step for you to
go on as being better than another. No one can tell you how to live
your life. Many people historically use the first and second steps to
live beyond a hundred years. Tradition holds others have used the
third and fourth steps to live a happy energetic life for several
hundred years in some cases.The Seven Spiritual Stages 179
The second, third or fourth steps might be better for you when
young and you desire several partners. Then when you are more
mature you may want only one wife. The young often desire a very
beautiful wife, but after you are married for years, beauty is not the
main quality in a wife. A plain girl with lovely character may be the
best for achieving spiritual serenity. It depends on your spiritual
will and her level of cultivation and maturity. Likewise the seven steps. I don't know what step you will
pursue. I only offer some guidelines. Some men may not be ready
for many more lifetimes to change stages. After you read this book
you may abandon the Sexual Kung Fu practice altogether and go
on happily ejaculating like Niagara Falls. But if you want to get involved in cultivating your energy you
will spontaneously evolve and move toward higher spiritual levels. Your goal will be realized most quickly if you apply yourself with
singleminded devotion to your spiritual evolution. Eventually it
will become effortless as you stop struggling against your nature,
which is the same in essence as the Tao. Your awareness of the
universal subtle energies will grow naturally and you will move up
by yourself, not according to any religion or philosophy, but from
an inner guidance. The great Chinese physician Sun S'su-mo, (581 to 682 A.D.)
famous for inventing the small pox innoculation and who lived to
be 101 years, astutely noted the problem of progress in his Recipe
for Making Priceless Gold:
"In youth, man does not understand the Tao. At middle age he hears much about the Tao but does not
practice what he hears. When he is old he sees the truth of Tao, but is too weak to act
on it. "CHAPTER 11
ORGASM AND WU WEI
by Michael Winn
"Man is aroused by the chi of woman, and his Jade Stalk is called
to action. Woman is aroused by the chi of man, causing the waters
within her Secret Gate to flow. These movements are the natural
outcome of the universal yin and yang. They cannot be duplicated
by human will alone." —Taoist Canon
There is some historical debate about whether the female has an
infinite amount of yin essence and thus is capable of endless multi-
ple orgasms. This is the point of view of the Taoist medical texts
from the 8th century, which suggest that men should stimulate
women to have as many orgasms as possible, thus releasing the
maximum yin essence. Women's energy is lunar, following a monthly cycle. She
loses her energy each month through menstruation. But she is also
renewed by the earth energy every month, which does give her
tremendous orgasmic potential. But multiple orgasms can be very
draining, depending on the type of orgasm and the woman's level
of energy. Because a woman's sex organs are inside her body it is
far easier for her to transmute the orgasmic energy up to higher
centers than it is for a man. That is why many uncultivated women
are more spiritual than similarly unaware men. These men in-
stinctively toss their seed outward and lose its spiritual benefit.182 Taoist Secrets Of Love
But when a man begins to cultivate his seed, he can do it day
and night if he has the discipline. His body will speed up produc-
tion of its seed. This permits a man to cultivate his chi more rapidly
than the woman, who is bound to a slower monthly cycle. This is
why many of the gurus and masters are male. The other reason is
that women by nature are yin, and thus closer to Emptiness.
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        After the power flows into the
Hui-Yin (perineum) send it back up to the Chang-Chiang (coccyx). While meditating there, you will feel a little pain and tickling on the
scrotum as the center opens. Then to the Ming-Men, door of life in
the back opposite the navel, Til the adrenal glands. When you feel
the power's warmth there send it up to the Gia-Pe point between
the shoulder blades. After it flows there it will feel very warm and will spread to
the lung. Next direct it to the "emerald pillow" Yui-Gen, at the top
vertebrae on the back of your head. There will be a feeling of
heaviness when the center opens. From there bring it up to the
crown of the head, on a line drawn between the ear and the nose. The head may feel very heavy or as if there were something drilling
up from inside the head. Then transfer it to the point between the
mid eyebrows. Cultivating The Valley Orgasm 149
Remember that you can't open all of the points in one sexual
embrace. To open one point may take many exchanges of yin and
yang. If you ejaculate, the power is very hard to exchange, for man
loses much power and there remains little to be transferred up. When the energy is full in the upper region then it will come down
from the tongue. Bring it down to the navel, and collect it in the
navel. 5. The Plateau Phase: Circulate Your Microcosmic Into Your
Lover's Orbit
Depending on the level of vital energy and the spiritual de-
velopment of the individual lovers, a couple over time will experi-
ence new "openings" that occur during their love-making. This
means you will suddenly find you have made a quantum leap in
your feelings and awareness. This usually happens during the
plateau phase of the yin/yang exchange. The period of love-making
when you are not thrusting passionately is referred to as the
"plateau" phase. The "peaks" are the moments prior to the
orgasm averted by doing the Big Draw. The "plateau" is the phys-
ically passive exchange of energy that occurs between the peaks. DIAGRAM 31
When the tongues touch
this complees the
Microcosmic Orbit of
energy in both partners150 Taoist Secrets Of Love
The subtle energies within your resting bodies are not passive
at all, but are moving dynamically between partners, building to a
new level of sexual-electromagnetic tension. It is an internal wave
of energy building up, an ocean wave that gathers momentum and
crashes, only to be replaced by the next wave. After the sexual
energy has been raised to a high intensity by thrusting and drawn
up the spine on the route of the "Microcosmic Orbit" with the Big
Draw, the yin/yang exchange can begin to happen in many different
ways. In the beginning the energy exchange between lovers may
seem to be chaotic and happening between any two points of bodily
contact. As you grow more accustomed to the energy gained by
stopping your ejaculation you will begin to discriminate the clearly
defined channels of the microcosmic orbit rising up the spine and
descending down the front of the body. During the plateau phase of
love making you may feel a warm flowing current passing between
her vagina and your penis and between your lips/breasts. These are the two individual microcosmic orbits joined into
one larger flow circling your two bodies. This will greatly enhance
the balance of energy in both lovers and deepen the bond of loving
in their life. The chi flow is increased in amplitude: you may even
feel like a warm electric current is passing between you. This effect
often occurs quickly in lovers in good health practicing the Big
Draw ranging from only a few love making sessions to several
weeks or months. The two microcosmic circuits, that of the man and the
woman, can be joined in a number of different ways. The most
common is the intersection of their two circular orbits at the
mouths and genitals of the two lovers forming a figure eight. The
figure eight can cross as the Microcosmic energy drawn up by the
man up his spine is passed into the woman through his tongue,
which acts like a kind of electrical switch. The male energy then
enters her Microcosmic orbit and goes down her front (functional)
channel and down through her vagina, into the penis and back up
his spine. The woman circulates her orbit in a parallel fashion, up
her back channel and down his front channel before it re-enters her
body at the vagina and goes back to her perineum and spine. This is
the simplest way to consciously direct this level of exchange of yin
and yang energy. Each couple can play with different figure eight patterns ofCultivating The Valley Orgasm 151
exchange. At first you may verbally tell your lover what you're
concentrating on. Later, as you become more sensitive to your
own and your lovers energy, the chi exchange itself will become a
silent language, punctuated by the pleasure of sending a tingling
warm current into your lover. The figure eight may cross at your
mouths only, or at your genitals only if you are not kissing but still
lie within her. It may snake around your governor channels—up
your spine and down hers, or vice versa. At this level many couples experience spontaneous openings
of some of the 8 special psychic channels taught as the "Fusion of
the Five Elements" meditation in the Taoist yoga system, (see
chap. 18) These channels include the positive and negative arm and
leg routes, the belt routes spiralling around the body, and the
thrusting route up the center of the body. Don't be alarmed if your
energy goes wild and begins moving in ways to which you are not
accustomed. Many lovers experience a column of energy rising on
a line midway between their bodies; if it happens to you, just relax
and enjoy the play of the subtle energies. Some couples report the
chi shooting up to the top of their heads and showering down in a
fountain of nectar. Others feel like they are wrapped in a cocoon
with their lover, with lines of invisible energy being spun around
them. When you've opened all your psychic channels and you know
what is possible in terms of energy exchanges, you will then be free
to choose the path of expressing your love at will. It is interesting
that lovers who know nothing of these esoteric methods sometimes
have similar experiences during sex. They can't do it at will but
they do know it first hand from spontaneous opening of subtle
energy channels. The Taoist secrets of love are designed to focus
your awareness on the infinite possibilities that lie within you. This
concentrated awareness is what spontaneously sparks these ex-
periences of divine energy exchange. In this sense love is univer-
sally the path to greatest freedom—the more you share with your
lover, the more choices open to you. 6. Cultivate A "Valley Orgasm" In The Three Tan Tiens. When both lovers have shared their chi in the Microcosmic
Orbit or other psychic channels, their energy is both intensified and
balanced. This sets the stage for a true fusion of their being in the
valley orgasm. The "valley orgasm" is an even higher experience of yin/yang152 Taoist Secrets Of Love
exchange that goes beyond the Microcosmic. It may occur spon-
taneously in any couple dedicated to expanding their love and spir-
itual awareness. No technique can guarantee it will happen, but the
methods taught here vastly increase the probability of a couple
enjoying regular valley orgasms during lovemaking. It is a state of
prolonged orgasm that generally occurs during the plateau phase
when the yin and yan^ energies come into an exquisitely delicate
balance. It is a fusion of opposites, a meltdown. However, do not
be disappointed if you learn to block ejaculation and master the Big
Draw but do not have a valley orgasm. That happens frequently
and should be expected, especially in a stressful urban setting
where there are so many distracting forces working against the
sustained balance of subtle energies. DIAGRAM 32
Yin/Yang Exchange:
The male releases his hot yang energy
into her vagina & absorbs the cooling
yin power through his penis. The lovers simultaneously experience an "opening" of an
energy center during a valley orgasm. This releases a tremendous
energy that is truly thrilling as it radiates out to fill every cell of
your body and joins it together with your lover. The Hindus call
these centers "chakras". The Taoists refer to them as lower, mid-
dle and upper Tan Tien, and locate them in the abdomen, heart,
and head. Cultivating The Valley Orgasm 153
In truth, the entire body is one Tan Tien, or field of energy,
but in practice it is easier to learn with smaller vortexes of energy
until you can handle the greater power. The sequence of opening
them is generally starting with the lower and moving up. If higher
centers open before the lower ones the energy may be unstable and
short lived. In that case the lovers should direct their higher energy
into the lower centers to create a more grounded polarity. Filling
the lower body with higher energies will lend greater fullness to the
feeling of intimacy and create a greater foundation for future explo-
ration of the spiritual world of the two lovers. The opening of these energy centers is the actual process of
transforming your sex essence into spirit. The valley orgasm actu-
ally is a fusion of ching, chi, and shien in the two lovers. All three
are normally present in everyone, but in a divided and weakened
state. The two lovers can supply energies missing in their partner
and bring out recessive energies with the simple presence of the
opposite subtle polar energy. When you open a new energy center
your mind makes a leap in awareness by fusing these three in a
spontaneous alchemical process. Your own spirit is purified and is
one step closer to becoming centered in your body. It's important to know that these centers cannot be "forced"
open, any more than a child can suddenly be forced to grow up. There are natural stages. That is why you must relax to entice the
Tan Tiens to open; then you will experience a valley orgasm as a
spontaneous gift, a sparkling jewel bestowed upon you by the Tao. It has been described as a state of profound clarity and serenity,
but even these phrases are insufficient to convey its deep beauty
and truth. The more deeply you learn to relax during the yin/yang ex-
change, the more deeply you can surrender yourself to your lover,
the more likely you are to reach the balance of polar forces needed
to open each center. This process happens in a split second but can
take months or years of subtle fine tuning of energy between
lovers. That is why a committment is usually needed to get to the
higher levels of dual cultivation—it requires a great deal of time to
understand the play of subtle forces and to refine your more gross
physical and emotional energies. Your nervous system must also be strong enough to handle
the increased flow of chi experienced during a valley orgasm. That
is one of the reasons I teach strengthening exercises like the Power154 Taoist Secrets Of Love
Lock in chapter 6. Any Tai Chi, Yoga, Chi Kung or other purifying
meditative work is invaluable in this respect as it speeds up and
clarifies the process. Sensitive couples that want to have valley
orgasms without any formal physical discipline could use the sex-
ual cultivation practices taught in this book if their health is good
and they do the Microcosmic and fusion meditations. DIAGRAM 33
When lovers are in close embrace subtle
yin & yang energies concentrate into
vortexes from the aenitals to the hea
The Valley Orgasm can happen when both lovers have harmo-
nized their will power and their breathing during the yin/yang ex-
change. The energy is flowing between the man and woman and
they collectively focus their attention on each center. It helps to
mentally spiral the energy in a three inch diameter circle (male
clockwise, female counter clockwise) at a point about three inches
inside the body near its center. You should experiment with the
location of the point you focus on, as some people find the energy
is more powerful a little closer to the spine. Cultivating The Valley Orgasm 155
The chi energy likes to move in a spiralling motion, so by
mentally spiralling at key points you may trigger the release of a far
more powerful vortex of energy, the valley orgasm. This spiralling
movement of the chi itself is caused by the interaction of male and
female energies. This can be seen geometrically in the symbol of
the female—the circle, and that of the male—a straight line with an
arrowhead. The fusion of these two signs is a spiral which is a
circular energy containing a linear energy moving towards the cen-
ter of the circle. When a man and a woman make love the same
thing happens—the yang chi enters the circle of the yin chi. The chi
fuses, the circle of energy expands, and spirals upward through
both their bodies. The energy will naturally travel in this sequence, spiralling
through:
1. The navel center, or lower Tan Tien is the joining of the
many routes of the body. When the navel is opened, all routes in
the body will be joined. You will regain something of the terrifying
vitality of the new-born baby, for its energy has been fed to it by
the mother through the navel,
2. Move the power to the solar plexus, which controls the
digestive system, stomach, spleen and liver. This will greatly
strengthen your health and will. At the solar plexus center the
power is much stronger and purer and widespread. But you must
open the navel first for the power to flow up. 3. Move the power into the heart center, which is so important
to strengthen the heart and lungs and to amplify your power of love
and sympathy. This is the center of the middle Tan Tien, and
extends into the areas immediately above and below it,
4. Next move it up to the throat. The throat energy center is
the thyroid gland and is the door of the energy between man and
Heaven. As it controls speech, it is also known as the creative
center.
The process involves sending the power from the Hui-Yin (perineum) to the Chang-Chiang (coccyx), then to the Ming-Men, Gia-Pe, and then to the Gia-Pe point between the shoulder blades, and finally to the crown of the head.
What is the process of opening the energy centers, as described in the text?
The Big Draw is used to prevent ejaculation and redirect the energy to higher centers, allowing for a more profound and prolonged orgasm.
What is the purpose of the "Big Draw" in the Taoist practice of sexual energy cultivation?
The plateau phase is the physically passive exchange of energy between partners, which allows for a deeper connection and balance of the yin and yang energies.
What is the "plateau phase" in the Taoist practice of sexual energy cultivation?
The Left-Hand Path involves using the physical plane, while the Right-Hand Path involves using the universal subtle energies, absorbing them directly from the universe.
What is the difference between the "Left-Hand Path" and the "Right-Hand Path" in Taoist cultivation?
The goal is to transcend human limitations and become one with the universe, absorbing the power of the Tao and transcending the need for human relationships.
What is the goal of the seventh stage, "Union of Man and Tao"?