TAOIST SEXUAL

MEDITATION
Connecting Love, Energy and Spirit
Bruce Frantzis

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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FOREWORD by Caroline Frantzis

PREFACE by Geralyn Gendreau

AUTHORS INTRODUCTION

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Taoist Priesthood Training

Liu Hung Chieh and the Taoist Water Tradition

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Sexual Meditation: The Way of Love, Energy and Spirit

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The Relevance of Taoism and Sexual Meditation to Modern Life

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SECTION 1: THE TAOIST CONTEXT

CHAPTER 1: Ordinary Sex, Energy Sex and Spiritual Sex

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Ordinary Sex
Becoming a Better Lover - Special Topic
Sex and Tension
Practice 1: Gently Releasing Sexual Stress - Ordinary Sex
Choice of Sexual Position - Special Topic

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Sexual Qigong: Energy Sex

Directing Qi into the Body
The Meaning of Qi or Chi - Special Topic
Benefits of Sexual Qigong
Working with Subtle Energy
Practice 2: Hand, Foot and Head Holding - sexual qigong
The Nature of Energy Blockages
Affection, Unattached Love and Universal Love

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Sexual Meditation
Accelerated Meditation Methods
A Living Spiritual Path
Dissolving Energy Blockages
The Superior Man or Woman of the I Ching

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CHAPTER 2: Laozis Tradition of Taoism

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Taoism and Religion

Water and Fire Traditions: Two Branches of Taoism
Why Buddhism Is Mentioned in a Book about Taoism - Special Topic
Why Taoism Is Less Well Known than Buddhism and Hinduism
Contrasting the Taoist Fire and Water Sexual Practices
Why I Teach the Water Tradition - Special Topic

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Eight Principles of Laozis Water Tradition

1. Naturalness
Natural Breath - Special Topic
2. Internal Balance
3. Relaxation
4. Making Your Body Conscious
5. Seventy Percent: Do Neither Too Much Nor Too Little
6. Letting Go
7. Wu So Hui and You So Hui
8. When the False Leaves, Only the True Remains

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Laozis Meditation Tradition

Four Practice Areas in Taoist Meditation
Taoist and Tantric Sexual Traditions - Special Topic
Experiential Knowledge: The Cornerstone of Learning

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CHAPTER 3: Taoist Energy Anatomy

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Eight Energy Bodies

Physical Energy Body
Qi (Etheric) Energy Body or Aura
Emotional Energy Body
Mental Energy Body
Psychic Energy Body
Karmic (Causal) Energy Body
Reincarnation - Special Topic
Body of Individuality (Essence)
Body of the Tao

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Energy Channels of the Body

Central Channel
Right and Left Channels
Neo-central Channel

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The Three Tantiens

Lower Tantien
Middle Tantien
Upper Tantien

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Energetic Anatomy of the Genitals

Mens Energetic Anatomy
Womens Energetic Anatomy

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The Flux of Yin and Yang

Masculine and Feminine Essences
Primary Qualities of Yin and Yang
Feeling Yin and Yang
Balancing Yin and Yang in the Energy Bodies
The I Ching: Book of Changes - Special Topic

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CHAPTER 4: Taoist MoralityMind of Man, Mind of Tao

Ancient Sources of Taoist Morality
The Dilemma of Rigid Rules
Guilt in the West, Shame in the East
Taoist Sages and Universal Morality
Limitations of Being Human-centric
Only Acquire What You Will Use

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MIND OF MAN VERSUS MIND OF TAO

Mind of Tao
Mind of Man
Settling the Red Dust - Special Topic
Sexual Conditioning and Burdens
Modern Media, Sex and Youth - Special Topic
The Permission to Have Sex
Sexual Freedom and the Mind of Man
Awareness and Your Moral Compass
Practice 3: Becoming Free of Conditioning - ordinary sex

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Spectrum of Taoist Practitioners

Conservatives, Moderates and Liberals
Crazy Wisdom
A Radical Approach to Depolarization - Special Topic
Sexual Noninterference Principle
The Karma of Sex

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CHAPTER 5: The Path of Taoist Sexual Practice

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Guidelines on the Taoist Sexual Path

Focus on Feeling, Not Thinking
Go Inward to Face What Is There
Develop Emotional Stability
Be Consistent and Steady
Overcome the Fear of Sexual Rejection
Avoid Becoming a Sexual Savior or Martyr
Practice 4: Preliminary Questions to Ask Yourself - ordinary sex

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Taoist Sexual Meditation

How Taoist Sexual Practices Were Traditionally Taught

Five Modalities of Taoist Practices
Taoist Sexual Training Methods
Learning Taoist Sexual Practices in the West - Special Topic
Connecting to the Heart-Mind
Learning Curves
How Taoists Would Teach Adolescents about Sex

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Sex across the Lifespan

Youth
Midlife
Seniors
Elders

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Common Questions on the Path

What If Your Partner Isnt Interested?
What If a Woman Is Nonorgasmic?
What If He Cant Get It Up or Maintain an Erection?
What about Sexually Transmitted Diseases?

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CHAPTER 6: Five Elements, Sex and Relationships

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Five Elements and Sex

Earth Element
Water Element
Wood Element
Fire Element
Metal Element
Sex for the Nonsexual - Special Topic
Practice 5: What Element Am I? - ordinary sex

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Sexual Compatibility in Relationships

Attraction versus Sexual Compatibility
Natural and Conditioned Responses
Looking at Someone: Appearance and Reality - Special Topic
Letting Go of Conditioned Mind Images
Complementary Elements in Relationships
Yin and Yang within Relationships
Five Elements and the Spiritual Path
Compatibility: The Nose Knows - Special Topic

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SECTION 2: TAOIST ORDINARY SEX

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CHAPTER 7: Enhancing Ordinary Sex

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Sexual Sensitivity Skills

Nerve Weakening and Overstimulation
Overall Pressure and Nerve Strength

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Practice 6: Developing Finger Dexterity - ordinary sex

Slow Down to Recover from Overstimulation
Practice 7: Cultivating Finger Sensitivity with Tofu - ordinary sex
Using Hand Sensitivity Techniques
Practice 8: Tongue Strengthening for Kissing and Oral Sex - ordinary sex
Sex and Pregnancy - Special Topic
Mitigating Nerve Strain with Pillows
Arousal through Biting

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Taoist Views on Masturbation

For Women
For Men
For Adolescents

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Prostate Massage

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FLUID HIPS FOR BETTER SEX

Practice 9: Move That Pelvis - ordinary sex
The Value of Hip Exercises for the Physical Body
The Value of Hip Exercises for Sexual Qigong

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CHAPTER 8: OrgasmHers and His

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Energetic Mechanism of a Tension Orgasm

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Female Orgasm: Maximize the Yin

Expanding Western Views of Female Orgasm
Barriers to Female Orgasms
Practice 10: Relaxing into an Orgasm for Her - sexual qigong
Possible Reactions from Strong Orgasms - Special Topic

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Male Orgasm: Maximize the Yang

Semen Retention: A Hallmark of Taoist Sex Techniques
The Case for Semen Retention
Classic Taoist Techniques for Prolonging Sex
Differing Views on Ejaculation - Special Topic
The Case against Semen Retention
Ejaculation and Bonding
Regularity Is Best
Dead Jing

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Total Relaxation Orgasms

Practice 11: Total Relaxation Orgasm - sexual qigong

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SECTION 3: TAOIST BRIDGE PRACTICES

CHAPTER 9: Breathing into Intimacy
Taoist Longevity Breathing
Continuous Circular Breathing

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Extending the Length of Your Breath

Breath as a Barometer in Life and Sex
Practice 12: Breathing from the Belly - ordinary sex

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Breathing in Ordinary Sex

Yin and Yang of Breathing
Practice 13: Breathing from the Belly, Sides and Back - ordinary sex

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Breathing in Sexual Qigong

Practice 14: Breathing into the Lower Tantien - sexual qigong
Heating and Cooling Dragon Breaths
Practice 15: Taoist Dragon Heating Breath - sexual qigong
Practice 16: Taoist Dragon Cooling Breath - sexual qigong

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Breathing in Sexual Meditation

Practice 17: Etheric Body Breathing - sexual meditation
Taoist Neigong Yoga: A Spiritual Meditation Practice - Special Topic

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CHAPTER 10: Tai Chi and QigongFoundations for Sexual Practices

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The Art and Science of Neigong

Sixteen Neigong Components
Energy Arts System of Qi Cultivation - Special Topic
The Process of Feeling Qi
Qi Practices for Healing

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Building Blocks for Qi Cultivation

Physical Foundations
Energetic Foundations
Integrating the Sixteen Neigong Components

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Tai Chi and Qigong

Selecting a Qigong or Tai Chi Style
Teacher Considerations
Dragon and Tiger Medical Qigong - Special Topic

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Interactive PracticesTai Chi Push Hands for Sexual Sensitivity

Sticking to Your Partner
Listening
Stages of Push Hands Practice
Spiritual Martial Arts - Special Topic

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SECTION 4: TAOIST SEXUAL QIGONG

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CHAPTER 11: Energy Clearing and Dissolving

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Externally Activating and Clearing Qi

Energy Clearing for Lovers
Practice 18: Clear Your Lovers Aura - sexual qigong

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Sex Drive and Libido

Yang Fire of the Eyes
Practice 19: Opening a Mans HeartYang Fire of the Eyes - sexual qigong
Outer Dissolving Meditation Method
Ice to Water, Water to Gas
Practice 20: The Feeling of DissolvingIce to Water - sexual qigong
Three Stages of Dissolving in Sex

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Scanning and Dissolving Blockages

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The Four Internal Conditions
Practice 21: Outer Dissolving and Scanning Your Body - sexual qigong
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Resolving and Dealing with Repression
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Practice 22: Outer Dissolving to Release Repressed Sexual Pleasure - sexual qigong 258
The Small Heavenly or Microcosmic Orbit
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Practice 23: Transfer Sexual Energy around Your Body - sexual qigong
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Sexual Qigong Is Not Inherently Spiritual - Special Topic
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CHAPTER 12: Energy Foreplay and Sex

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Yin and Yang in Sexual Qigong

Yin and Yang Surfaces and Acupuncture Meridians
Practice 24: Activating His and Her Yang and Yin Energy - sexual qigong
Ancient Texts Describe How to Maintain an Erection - Special Topic

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Energetic Foreplay Techniques

Kissing, Dissolving and Merging
Nuzzling, Tonguing and Rubbing
Blowing
Possibilities, Not a Cookbook
Practice 25: Moving Energy during Intercourse - sexual qigong
Cautionary Note: Opening to the Psychic World - Special Topic

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Energetic Erogenous Zones

Primary Sexual Areas in the Body
For the Love of Breasts - Special Topic
Practice 26: Extending Lovemaking for Men - sexual qigong

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CHAPTER 13: The Power of Internal Orgasms

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Generating Internal Orgasms

Opening and Closing: The Pulse of the Universe
What Makes an Orgasm Internal?
How To Have Internal Orgasms
Practice 27: Creating an Internal Orgasm - sexual qigong

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Additional Guidelines for Internal Orgasms

Considerations for Men
Pregnancy and Internal Orgasms - Special Topic

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Considerations for Women

Learning to Have an Internal Orgasm

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CHAPTER 14: Sex as Energy Healing

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Healing with Internal Orgasms

Healing Orgasm Process
Cooling Down after Healing Sessions
Healing Qi and the Lower Tantien

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Internal Orgasms in Specific Locations

Locations to Consider
Locations to Avoid

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Lower Back Problems

Strategy 1: Subluxations in the Vertebrae
Strategy 2: Pump Your Kwa
Pain Means Stop!

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Headaches
Practice 28: Relieving a Lovers Headache - sexual qigong

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SECTION 5: TAOIST SEXUAL MEDITATION

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CHAPTER 15: The Inner Dissolving Meditation Method

A New Meditation Paradigm
Sexual Energy to Accelerate Meditation
Accessing Four Times the Energy for Meditation
Three Levels of Taoist Meditation - Special Topic
Preliminaries to Sexual Meditation

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Laozis Inner Dissolving Meditation Method
The Process of Inner Dissolving
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Yin and Yang Qualities of Inner Dissolving
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Practice 29: Inner Dissolving to Release Blockage within Yourself - sexual meditation 324
Why There Are More Male Than Female Spiritual Adepts - Special Topic
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Practice 30: Applying Inner Dissolving to All Previous Practices - sexual meditation 328
Stages of Inner Dissolving
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Connecting with the Mindstream
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Making Space for a Regular Sexual Meditation Practice - Special Topic
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Practice 31: Partner Inner Dissolving - sexual meditation
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Ten Ways to Use Inner Dissolving
1. An Antidote to Spiritual Stress and Deep Repressions
Practice 32: Dissolving the Fear of Sexual Rejection - sexual meditation
2. Eliminate Ghosts in the Bedroom
Practice 33: Dissolving Psychic Residue before and after Sex - sexual meditation
3. Connect to the Sheer Joy of Life

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4. Understand the Karma of Relationships

5. Resolve the Fear of Death and the Fear of Life
6. Resolve Current and Past Life Trauma
7. Experience True Partner Merging
8. Achieve Nonphysical Psychic Linking
9. Discover Your True Essence
10. Enter into Universal Consciousness
Yin, Yang, Reincarnation and the Higher Energy Bodies
The Nature of Karma
Karmic Propensities and Natural Ability - Special Topic
Future Reincarnations
Taoist Higher Morality
Relationships and the Eight Energy Bodies
Taoist Sexual Meditation and Classical Tantra - Special Topic

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CHAPTER 16: Advanced PracticesTransmission, Sound and Vibration 349

Safety Precautions

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The Art of Spiritual Transmission

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Sounds and Internal Orgasms

Five Stages of Learning Sound and Vibration
Communication Is Vital
Possible Effects and Releases
Practice 34: Making Internal Sounds
to Generate Internal Orgasms - sexual meditationadvanced
Taoist Esoteric Liturgies - Special Topic

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Accessing and Releasing Primal Emotions

Practice 35: Using Gibberish to Release
Repressed Emotions - sexual meditationintermediate
Dont Believe Everything You Hear
Aftereffects of Energetic Releases
Practice 36: Freeing Bound Emotional Energy
with Your Partner - sexual meditationintermediate
Is Your Partner Willing to Play? - Special Topic

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Cautionary Tales
Case Study: Vibrating Qi Techniques Can Have Unpleasant Effects
Case Study: Mixing Qi Techniques and Overtraining Can Be Harmful
Case Study: Forceful Sexual Qigong Can Cause Problems
Case Study: The Downside of Packing Qi

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CHAPTER 17: Two Become One

One Continuous Dance: Foreplay and Intercourse
Practice 37: Merging with Inner Dissolving - sexual meditation
The Magic Moment: Experiencing the Essence of Another

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Maintain Your Intrinsic Nature

The Emerging Inner Space of Two Becoming One
Rest to Allow True Spiritual Friendship

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The Microcosmic Orbit: Preparing to Activate the Central Channel

Preparation Phase 1: Small Heavenly or Microcosmic Orbit
Ten Phases of Using the Microcosmic Orbit to Awaken the Central Channel
Preparation Phase 2: Link Microcosmic Orbits
Linking with Nature, Natural Forces and Planets - Special Topic

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Awakening the Central Channel

Method 1: The Three Tantiens Link to the Spine
Regular and Instantaneous Jump Method of Linking Energy - Special Topic
Method 2: Transfer of Energy from the Side Channels into Central Channel
Method 3: Spinal Pumping to Move Energy in the Central Channel

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CHAPTER 18: Two Become More than One

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Linking the Central Channels of Both Lovers

Upper Tantien and Beyond
Linking within the Etheric Field above the Head
Inter-Dimensional Jump-Gates
Surreal, Out-of-this-World Experiences - Special Topic

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Soul Merging: Creating a Combined Neo-central Channel

Experiencing Super-bliss States - Special Topic
Opening, Closing and Dissolving the Neo-central Channel
A New Pulsing Energy Ball Arises

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How the Combined Neo-central Channel Pulses

Going into the Core of Your Being
Going beyond the Physical Body: Inner and Outer Space
Space of Pure Consciousness and Spirit
Universal Morality and the Body of the Tao - Special Topic

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Emptiness: Your Ultimate Destination

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SECTION 6: APPENDICES
APPENDIX A: The Politics of Sex

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Celibacy

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Marriage

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Monogamy

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Same-sex Relationships

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APPENDIX B: Man-Woman Concerns

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Contraception

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Condoms

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Menstruation

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Aging and Menopause

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Heterosexual Anal Sex

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Pornography and Getting Real

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APPENDIX C: Ancient Texts on Sex

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Procreation and Related Health Issues

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Sex and Food are Natural Needs

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Age-appropriate Sex

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Good and Bad Ways to Have Sex

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Chinese and Western Sexual Language Compared

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APPENDIX D: The Spelling of Chinese Words in English

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APPENDIX E: Glossary

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APPENDIX F: Frantzis Energy Arts System

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Tai Chi, Bagua and Hsing-i

Tai Chi Chuan
Bagua Zhang
Hsing-i Chuan

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Qigong/Neigong Practices
Taoist Longevity Breathing
Dragon and Tiger Medical Qigong
Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body Qigong
The Marriage of Heaven and Earth Qigong
Bend the Bow Spinal Qigong
Spiraling Energy Body Qigong
Gods Playing in the Clouds Qigong
Shengong

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Taoist Neigong Yoga

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Healing Others with Qigong Tui Na

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Taoist Meditation

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Taoist Sexual Practices

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Training Opportunities and Events

Instructor Certification
Train with a Frantzis Energy Arts Certified Instructor
Energy Arts Email List
Contact Information

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BIBLIOGRAPHY 455
INDEX

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