When Master Hakuin was just starting out upon his Zen career in Japan, he really put a lot of effort into his meditation. In fact, he pushed the chi (prana or life force) around in his body so much, as chi-gong and Tao school people are apt to wrongly do, that he totally screwed up all the vital energy currents in his body.
As Hakuin said, he felt hotness in the lungs, icy coldness in his feet, and a constant roaring in his ears from having strenuously pushed his chi into his head. To try and cure his condition, he went from doctor to doctor without any results.
No one could help him.
Since doctors don't understand cultivation gong-fu, including even those who know Chinese medicine, even today Hakuin would not be able to cure himself unless he knew of the following technique which I'm going to reveal. You can use it to help purify your physical body, and to fight aging and sickness.
Hakuin was luckily directed to a Taoist sage in the mountains, Master Hakuyu, who scolded Hakuin for his wrong efforts and taught him the following meditation method to harmonize his body. You should grab a copy of "Measuring Meditation," found at http://www.meditationexpert.com/measuringmeditation.html for the full technique and story:
"If the student finds in his meditation that the four great elements are out of harmony, and body and mind are fatigued, he should rouse himself and make this meditation. Let him visualize placed on the crown of his head that celestial So ointment, about as much as a duck's egg, pure in color and fragrance. Let him feel its exquisite essence and flavor melting and filtering down through his head, its flow permeating downwards, slowly laving the shoulders and elbows, the sides of the breast and within the chest, the lungs, liver, stomach and internal organs, the back and spine and hip bones. All the old ailments and adhesions and pains in the five organs and six auxiliaries follow the mind downwards. There is a sound as of the trickling of water. Percolating through the whole body, the flow goes gently down the legs, stopping at the soles of the feet.
"Then let him make this meditation: that the elixir having permeated and filtered down through him, its abundance fills up the lower half of his body. It becomes warm, and he is saturated in it. Just as a skillful physician collects herbs of rare fragrance and puts them in a pan to boil, so the student feels that from the navel down he is simmering in the So elixir. When this meditation is being done there will be psychological experiences, of a sudden indescribable fragrance at the nose-tip, of a gentle and exquisite sensation in the body. Mind and body become harmonized and far surpass their condition at the peak of youth. Adhesions and obstructions are cleared away, the organs are tranquilized and insensibly the skin begins to glow. If the practice is carried on without relapse, what illness will not be healed, what power will not be acquired, what perfection will not be attained, what Way will not be fulfilled? The arrival of the result depends only on how the student per
forms the practices." (from The Tiger's Cave, Trevor Leggett)
Hakuin used this meditation for the rest of his life and attributed his youthful vitality, even at a very advanced age, to its daily use.
Remember that this is not a method for getting the Tao or samadhi, but simply a method to help balance the five elements of your physical nature. Nevertheless I can speak to its effectiveness in purifying the body and opening up your chi channels when you are first starting upon the road of cultivating your chi and chi mai.
Use it.
To find out more about the Hakuin "So Cream" or "duck egg" meditation method, I've written it up extensively in "Measuring Meditation": http://www.meditationexpert.com/measuringmeditation.html.
However, you don't need that book to learn the method as this is enough. But if you want to know more about all sorts of advanced meditation techniques and methods along with their stories and how to use them, then "How to Measure and Deepen Your Spiritual Realization" is the place to go. The entire samadhi chapter of that course is available on the Articles page of my website.
Anyway, this is a simple meditation to do and has profound effects if you keep it up over a long period of time. Why not give it a try?
Bill Bodri
MeditationExpert.com
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