Capturing the sun's essence and the moon's light is practicing to capture, dissolve, exchange and match the natural forces of the sun and moon to understand the relationship between the human Xin of information and Ling of soul, body and time, space and the universe.
There are three levels:
(1) . The first level is standing practice for harmonizing Yin and Yang and nourishing Yuan (original) Qi.
(2) . The second level is you can influence the human body, nature, Yin and Yang.
(3) . The third level is the sitting practice for the practitioner to protect the self anci take control of the forces of Jing and the light from the Moon.
1. Capturing moonlight.
The moon's light is Yin reflected from the sun's Yang light and is Yin embracing Yang, the Lungs are at the upper position where is Yang embracing Yin; the Yin function nourishes the blood and Qi. This practicing is balancing and harmonizing the Yin moon embracing Yang and Lungs' Yang embracing the Yin.
Perform this practice the night before the full, the night of the full moon and the night after the full moon only.
A. Standing to capture the moonlight.
slightly bent, both palms are turned towards the moon. Open the eyes to watch the full moon, lips closed and teeth touching each other; tongue on the upper palate and behind the front teeth and a straight spine. Memorize the brightness of the full moon, close your eyes and bring the full moon in front of the eyes at the edge of the human universe, watching the full circle of the moon's brightness.
Illustration of the moon and the edge of human universe:
B. Capturing the moon with intense fire and strong, rapid breathing and concentration.
Exhale; there is a bright full moon being sent out from the
body to match nature's moon in front of your eyes at the edge of the human universe. The tongue is relaxed in the mouth. Inhale; bring the full moon from in front of your eyes at the edge of the human universe to between the eyebrows and down into the Lungs and with tongue on the soft palate and
behind the front teeth. Exhale; relax and the tongue is relaxed in the mouth. Repeat twenty four times. The first step involves breathing in and out through the nose. The second step is breathing in through the nose and out from the mouth. The concentrated Yi and Nian capture the full moon's bright light, filling the Lungs and strengthening Li in the Lungs.
C. Using optimum fire to move and dissolve the five elements. After twenty four intense breaths, capture the moonlight in the Lungs. Inhale; the concentrated Yi and Nian from the Lungs dissolve the bright light of the full moon. Exhale; send the bright light down to the Kidneys. Inhale; the Kidneys dissolve into Qi and bright light.
Exhale; the Kidney Qi and light move down to the Urinary Bladder and dissolve. Inhale and exhale; the Urinary Bladder dissolves into the bright light. Inhale; move the Urinary
Bladder Qi and light to the Liver to dissolve. Exhale; the Liver Qi and light are powerfully flowing. Inhale; the Liver Qi and light move up to the Heart and dissolve. Exhale and inhale; the Heart dissolves into the bright light. Exhale; the Heart Qi and light move down to the Spleen and Stomach and dissolve. Inhale and exhale; the Spleen and Stomach dissolve into bright light. Inhale; The Spleen and Stomach Qi and light move to the Lungs and dissolve. Repeat six times.
Or guide the movement of the five elements by hand. Lungs:
Inhale; the palms angle up to above the Lungs, relax and while inhaling and exhaling, the hands are moving,
squeezing, and pulling out the inhalation and pushing back the light the exhalation. Repeat several times.
Exhale; the palms angle down to above the Kidneys, relax and while inhaling and exhaling, the hands are moving,
squeezing, and pulling out the inhalation and pushing back the exhalation. Repeat several times.
Urinary Bladder:
Exhale; the palms angle down to above the Urinary Bladder, relax and while inhaling and exhaling, the hands are moving, squeezing, and pulling out the inhalation and pushing back the light the exhalation. Repeat several times.
Liver:
Inhale and place the palms above the Liver, relax and while inhaling and exhaling, the hands are moving, squeezing, and pulling out the inhalation and pushing back the exhalation. Repeat several times.
Heart:
Inhale; the palms move above the Heart, relax and while inhaling and exhaling, the hands are moving, squeezing, and pulling out the inhalation and pushing back the light the exhalation. Repeat several times.
Spleen and Stomach:
Exhale; the palms angle down to above the Spleen and
Stomach, relax and while inhaling and exhaling, the hands are moving, squeezing, and pulling out the inhalation and
pushing back the light the exhalation. Repeat several times. Lungs:
Inhale; the palms angle up to above the Lungs, relax, and while inhaling and exhaling, the hands are moving,
squeezing, and pulling out the inhalation and pushing back the light the exhalation. Repeat several times.
D. Intense fire guides the mild fire returns the light to its source and its original position.
After moving the Qi from the organs of the five elements back to the golden metal Lungs, use intense Shen fire to guide the strong and easy breathing and dissolve Qi and Jing in the source of Lungs, until the bright moonlight of the full moon shines in the Lungs and the body.
Keep the eyes and lips closed and teeth touching each other; the tip of the tongue is on the soft palate and behind the front teeth and the spine is straight.
Exhale; push the moonlight Lung Qi through the pores of the whole body to the edge of the human universe. Inhale; bring back the moonlight Qi from the edge of human universe to fill the Lungs. After repeating the exercise six times, the breathing is relaxed with deep inhales and long slow exhales.
E. Bathe your entire body in the invisible moonlight with intense and mild optimum fire.
Stand naturally with eyes and lips closed, teeth touching each other, the tip of the tongue is on the soft palate and behind the front teeth, breathe naturally, watching where the internal Qi and light move in the body. Observe the channel and the connection between the human body and the natural universe. F. Back to the source.
Return the full moon from the body out through the space between the eyebrows back to the natural moon in the sky.
2. Capturing the Sun's Jing
The sun is a Yang force embracing Yin, the heat and bright light are Yang; Yang force burns up the substance of Yin. The human Liver is Yin embracing Yang; it stores blood and is in the middle and lower part of body that belongs to Yin, and it is a strong Yang character organ; it smoothes Qi energy and is a decision making organ. This section is practicing harmony between the Yang Sun embracing Yin and the human Liver's Yin embracing Yang.
A. Preparing for the Sunrise.
Practitioner stands where he can see the sun rising from the horizon and closes his eyes naturally. Both palms are turned towards the sun; the body and mind are relaxed. Stand quietly until the sun begins to rise. Open the eyes to watch and to wait for the sun to climb above the horizon.
Illustration of sun rising:
Horizon Sun
B. Capturing and refining the sun's intense fire.
The eyes are open to just glimpse the sun as it rises over the horizon.
Exhale; the tongue is relaxed in the mouth, the Liver and Gall Bladder Qi expands through the whole body as a red fire ball. Inhale through the nose, with the tip of the tongue lightly pressed behind the front teeth and the palms facing the sun, the concentrated Yi and Nian seeing a fire dragon from the east and the sun captured by the eyes move down to the Liver and Gall Bladder, and they become extremely red and
dissolve into Qi. Exhale through the mouth, tongue relaxed down, the Liver and Gall Bladder are red with the sun's Qi expanding through the whole body as a red fireball.
Repeat three to six times before the sun rises above the horizon.
After the sun is almost above the horizon, close the eyes, palms facing the thighs, the tip of the tongue behind the front teeth; hold this position and begin the next section's practice. C. Mild and intense moving the five elements.
Exhale; the concentrated Yi and Nian guide the Liver is dissolving the bright sun's red light. Inhale; move the Qi and light to the Heart and dissolve the red light. Exhale; move the Heart Qi and light down to the Spleen and Stomach and
dissolve the red light. Inhale; move the Spleen and Stomach Qi and light up to the Lungs and dissolve the red light. Exhale; the Lung Qi and light move down to the Kidneys and dissolve the red light. Exhale; the Kidney Qi and light flow down to the Urinary Bladder and dissolve the red light. Inhale; The
Urinary Bladder Qi and light move up to the Liver and dissolve the red light. Repeat six times.
One can use the hands on the organs to guide the Qi through the five elements from Liver to Heart, from the Heart to Spleen and Stomach, from the Spleen and Stomach to Lungs, from the Lungs to the Kidneys, from the Kidneys to the
Urinary Bladder and from the Urinary Bladder to the Liver. Repeat the five element movement six times.
D. Intense fire guides the mild fire returns the light to its source and its original position.
Exhale; expand the green wood Qi from the Liver and Gall Bladder to the skin of the whole body and the color should be red sun Qi at the outer and the wood Liver green Qi in the inner.
Inhale; bring back and capture the green and red Qi from the skin and return it to the Liver; this is fire refining the Liver wood.
Repeat six times, each breath series powerful, fast, long, deep, stable and even. The body will be warm and hot and feeling as if it is inhabited by an aggregate of fire.
E. Bathe in the invisible mild and intense fire.
Relax the body and mind and breathe naturally, envisioning the internal universe as an aggregate of fire, feeling enjoy, emptiness and your body in the clouds. In this moment, there is can see a circle of light around you.
F. Back to the natural universe
The sun's light in the body travels up and out between the eyebrows to shoot back to the sun.