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Chapter 9: Fusion as a Bridge
From the above, it should be clear that the practice of the Inner
Smile and the quality of breathing and relaxation – as conditions of
the self-healing process – are intimately related.
It is not coincidence that the great sages and masters of selftransformation
like the Taoist immortals and the Buddha are always
portrayed with an inward-oriented smile, to signify the key to
inner freedom and balance and the unity of Yin and Yang. The practice
of the Inner Smile as the key to relaxation remains the basis of
all the practices of the Universal Tao, from the most basic to the
most advanced. It is the key to all forms and stages of self-transformation,
as the Taoist masters discovered its secret and its power
to initiate and enhance the process of self-transformation. Statues
and pictures may remind us of our own transformational potential
and may help us to set in motion the internal alchemical process.
We may also bring into our mind images of people who have awakened
or reminded us in the course of our life of our own potential
for transformation and positive qualities, thereby helping us to empower
ourselves.
Science of Feeling and the Power of Intuition
In this sense, the Taoist practice is a continuous invitation to turn
inward and get in touch with one’s own body (and organs). Begin
to sense and feel the body’s state of being, its expansion and contraction
and the state of relations between the major organs and
the senses (kidneys/ears, liver/eyes, heart/tongue, spleen/mouth
and lungs/nose). Check the state between the major organs and
connected organs (kidney/bladder, liver/gallbladder, heart/small intestine,
spleen/stomach, lungs/large intestine). Review the overall
state of relations between the organs, glands, the nervous system,
the spine, the bones, muscles and tendons. How are the relations
between the three centers of the body (belly, heart and crystal
room) Check on those between the center and the extremities,
the front and the back and the quality of the path routes which
carry the flows in the body (the electro-magnetic energy, called
Chi, also called the life force or vital force, the blood and the lymph
flows).
Any advance in the practice is determined by the growth in ability
to feel into the body by going inward and getting in touch with it.
In this context it is of value to realize that the verb “heal”, the
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