The One-to-Ten Meditation

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   One is Fun

   Imagine a smile melting down the front of your body like warm oil, melting all stress and tension into the Earth. A second smile melts down the back of your body, dissolving all stress and tension down into the Earth. A third and final smile melts down the center of your head, relaxing all thoughts, judgments, and feelings as it flows down your shoulders and arms and out your hands. The melting continues to flow down the center of your torso like warm oil, melting all emotional blocks and tension; then it flows down the center of your legs and into the ground. At this point your mind and body should feel content, relaxed, and peaceful.

   

   

   

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   Two is Shoe

   Imagine your feet melting into the Earth, like ice melting into water and water absorbing into the soft soil. Feel the energy of the feet fuse with the energy of the Earth. Feel the energy flow in five directions (forward, backward, right, left, and down). Allow your mind and body to connect and fuse with the Earth energy.

   

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   Three is Tree

   Imagine and feel yourself extending tree-roots, twice your body's height, deep into the ground. Feel the roots expand in five directions (forward, backward, right, left, and down), securing your root, connecting and fusing with the energy of the Earth.

   

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   Four is Core

   Imagine and feel your roots extending deep into the core of the planet. Imagine the Earth energy flowing into these roots like golden rivers of light; feel the Qi ascend the back of the legs and spine, pouring over the head, down the chest and entering into your Lower Dantian. This energetic movement allows you to draw Earth energy into your body and circulate it through the Microcosmic Orbit (Fire Cycle). A solid connection into the energy of the Earth allows for the rooting of the body's physical, energetic, and spiritual energies and fills the Lower Dantian with Earth Qi.

   

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   Five is Alive

   Feel the Earth Qi building up within your Lower Dantian. Imagine and feel the energy increasing to the degree that the Lower Dantian can no longer contain its power. Imagine and feel the Earth Qi suddenly explode from the Lower Dantian, rushing up the center of your chest like a mighty river, dividing into two powerful streams which flow out each palm into the surrounding environment. This energetic release causes the Earth Qi stored within your Lower Dantian to be emitted into the environment, dynamically transforming the energetic field of the treatment room.

   

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   Six is Thick

   Imagine and feel that the room where you are standing has now become completely saturated with the golden Earth energy being released from both palms. Imagine this energy has become so thick that it feels as if you are submerged under water, and each inhalation allows you to feel pressure being placed on your body from all six directions (front, back, right, left, above, and below). This awareness allows the mind to fuse your Qi and Shen with the Earth's environmental energy, forming one dynamic energetic field.

   

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   Seven is Heaven

   Imagine that your head is suspended high within the Heavens. Feel as if you are surrounded within the infinite space of the Wuji, bathed in the radiating energy of the Sun, Moon, planets and star constellations, which now surround and rotate around your head. Imagine and feel that your waist is positioned within the clouds, enveloped in a ocean of white and blue which extends throughout the horizon. Imagine and feel that your feet are rooted and extended deep into the soil of the Earth, fused and solid as tree roots. Feel yourself suspended between Heaven and Earth, infinitely existing within the center of space and time.

   

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   Eight is Gate

   Imagine and feel that you are opening every energy gate located within each joint and pore on your surface tissues. As you inhale, imagine and feel the surrounding energies of the Heavenly Qi (radiating from the Sun, Moon, planets, and star constellations) and Earthly Qi (radiating from the Soil, Water, and Wind of the environment) absorb into your center Taiji Pole. Focus your attention on your head, and feel all of the orifices opening to receive and absorb the Five Element Qi of Heaven (energy emitted from the Sun, Moon and Stars). Focus on your feet and legs and feel the Five Element Qi of Earth (energy emitted from the Soil, Water, and Wind/ Air) absorb into your body. Imagine and feel the Heavenly Qi and Earthly Qi absorb into all three Dantians and the Taiji Pole. Keep filling your center core until the combined Heavenly and Earthly Qi saturates your entire body. Imagine and feel the combined Qi overflowing into the three Wei Qi fields and radiating outward from the core of the body into the surrounding environment. This image allows both the Heavenly (universal) and Earthly (environmental) energies to fuse inside your body. Upon exhalation, imagine the Taiji Pole (located within the center core of your body) vibrating and glowing like a bright white phosphorus light. This visualization energizes your center core, harmonizes your energy and breath, and prepares you for Qi and Shen (energy and light) projection.

   

   

   

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   Nine is Shine

   Imagine that your center Taiji Pole has become completely illuminated with white light energy, to the point that it now begins to shine through your pores, filling the entire room like a bright phosphorus flare. This visualization fuses the energy of Heaven, Earth, and Man with the clinic's energetic field.

   

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    Ten is Begin

    After becoming physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually rooted and connected with the energy of the Heavens and Earth, the Qigong doctor will perform The Three Invocations before the initial treatment begins.

From Daoist Magical Talismans by Jerry Alan Johnson. Hand and tongue positions are omitted.