The Secret Teachings of the Tao Te Ching

This book is an excellent introduction to the practice of daoist internal alchemy. It offers some basic practices that anyone can utilize to help balance their energies and emotions. This small manual provides an excellent starting point to the study of internal alchemy, hopefully this will lead the student to wish to learn directly from a good practitioner of the system and learn more advanced and powerful techniques. Mantak Chia is known as the world's foremost expert on this system of spiritual development, any student of any skill level or path could engage in an reap the benefits of these powerful techniques. Highly recommended.

Arrived promptly in the mail. Lots of exercises in the book, so taking me a while to get to the good stuff. I flipped through to the secret section, and it shares what most freemasons and secret societies try to hide (youth elixir). Thanks for great service!

This book is an excellent introduction to the spiritual and energetic principles of Taoism as well as guide to practice transformation through the Tao. It also works very well as a spiritual inspiration and guide to those already practicing the Tao or inner Alchemy in any tradition. The Tao Te Ching has been re-translated by the two Taoist masters and is included in entirity in the book (in the rear). However, the authors have re-organzied the passages so that like passages are included together and the authors comment on the application of the text to spirituality. The books covers a number of basic concepts and teachings regarding what the Tao is, viewpoint on chi cultivation, I-ching, how to practice, live, and works with thoughts/emotions in harmony with the Tao. There are many concepts in here cnetral to the Tao view of cosmology, nature, and inner alchemy. There are also numerous meditation and alchemical transformative practices in the book including: microcosmic orbit (with the feet & legs), 6 healing sounds, Frolics of the 5 animals, Golden Elixir (saliva) alchemy, Using five colors for healing, energy circulation to unite the cauldrons (tan tiens), and opening the Belt channels. Other meditations include attuning to your inner voice, perenium breathing, and third-eye breathing, and how to nurture humility. I bought this book as a supplement to the basic Taoist practices I am working on and have found it to be invaluable in imparting some basic view of the Tao for my life. Highly recommended!

The Secret Teachings of the Tao Te Ching is an excellent book. It takes the reader beyond the philosophy of Taoism into the practice of it. There is a study of the importance of sex in our lives and how most of us waste our vital energy through lack of discipline. John Cutler Anderson, Lucky (nickname)

a good introduction to the tao te ching; but i wonder if anyone can adequately translate it into english; i don't read chinese, so i may never really get to read it adequately (unless i use a chinese dictionary).