Fusion of the Five Elements (Part 4) - Basic Fusion - Fire and Water

This week we will summarize the material covered and actually begin the main melting.
Over the past three weeks you have been learning how to create energy collectors within the body. They mentally reproduced the “bagua” and “star in a circle” symbols. Then the spiral energy was directed into the “cauldron” located in the lower region of the tan tien, where the “pearl” was created. These exercises are good in themselves, but they only mark the path and lay the foundation for the actual melting of the five elements.

During the smelting process, energy collectors serve to collect energy from each of the five elements. According to the first basic formula, the energy of the elements of water and fire is mixed and harmonized in the front "bagua" or "star in a circle." Next, the remaining “bagua” (“stars”) are created, and the energy of each of them spirals down into the “cauldron” to create a “pearl”.

Your task is made easier by the fact that during the first five weeks you have already mastered the exercises of the “third treasure”. By following my recommendations, you will learn how to create a basic melting formula over the course of this week and next. If you skipped the previous material and have no idea about the elements, their correspondence to the internal yin organs, specific colors and “gathering points,” then your efforts will be in vain.
What you are now comprehending was the subject of centuries of oral tradition. In compiling this guide, I have drawn upon a treasure trove of ancient thought from which only a select few have drawn knowledge.

The melting process begins by directing the blue (black) energy of the water element from the kidneys to the “gathering point” located in the perineal area. Next, the red energy of the fire element is sent to the “gathering point” of the heart, located in the center of the sternum. The water and fire energy streams are then sent to mix into a “bagua” (or “star”). After this, the energy from the front and back “bagua” merges in a spiral into a “cauldron”.
After the creation of the upper and lower “bagua” is completed, the energy is also sent to the “cauldron”, where the “pearl” is grown. The created “pearl” sets off on a journey through the “microcosmic orbit”. The exercise ends with the accumulation of energy in the lower area of ​​the tan tien.

So, this week you are introduced to the second exercise aimed at establishing balance between the elements of fire and water. The Chinese call water “kan” and fire “li”. These concepts are ubiquitous in Taoist treatises on internal alchemy. We are just beginning to get to know them.

1. Sit on a chair, put your hands together and press the tip of your tongue to the upper palate. Imagine that you are alternately surrounded by colored layers of the aura. Start with red. Next come yellow, white, blue and green. The alternation of color shades should occur quickly and continuously.
2. Smile with your eyes (perform the “inner smile” exercise along the front, back and middle lines of the body).
3. Create a mental image of the front "bagua" or "star in a circle."
4. Focus your attention (inner vision) on your left and right kidneys.
5. Say the healing sound “who-u-uh-y” at least three times. This will help you feel the kidneys and establish an energetic connection with them.
6. In your mind's eye, watch as the buds turn blue (or black, similar to the shiny black paint on a limousine).
7. Surround the buds with a blue (black) color spiral.
8. Mentally imagine the “collection point” of the water energy of the kidneys in the perineum (a sphere with a diameter of 7.5 cm).