“If you believe everything is energy, you work with energy, you never wrong.”
In short: Master Mantak Chia is a Taoist master, author and healer, and in this short Success Secrets clip from London Real he answers Brian Rose’s closing questions: what he would tell his 20-year-old self, the best advice his master gave him, and what he would say to young people today. His answer to all three comes back to energy, and to preserving and increasing it rather than wasting it.
Brian opens by noting that Master Chia is 76 and asks what he would say to the 20-year-old Mantak Chia. Chia says he would tell him to practise the sexual energy practice and the other energy work, and explains that after 30 or 40 years of teaching he now understands it in a simpler way.
He also says science has helped his understanding of the Dao, and that the Dao itself was always scientific. Brian links the idea of energy flowing to a point made by another guest, Grant Cardone, that money is energy and is useless unless it flows.
Key takeaways
- Start the energy practice early. Chia would tell his 20-year-old self to practise the sexual energy work and the other energy practices, because he did not begin that early.
- Science supports the Dao. He says that when Western science proves something, it helps him understand the Dao better, and that the Dao was always scientific, from acupuncture to herbology and astrology.
- Work with energy. The best advice from his master was that if you believe everything is energy, and you work with energy, you are never wrong.
- Protect the original force. Chia teaches that the fire in the tan tien is the original force you are born with, and that when it is finished, breath stops.
- Energy can be multiplied. He says young people can learn to preserve and increase energy, rather than only spending it until it runs out.
- Transform sexual energy back to life force. The Dao practice, in his words, is to preserve energy, increase it and turn wasted sexual energy back into life force.
Advice for the 20-year-old Master Chia
Brian asks what Chia would say if he could call his younger self. Chia says he would tell himself to practise the sexual energy and other energy work earlier, noting he was not doing it at 20. After decades of teaching, he says, he now explains these practices in a simple way.
Why science and the Dao fit together
Brian says he likes that Chia does not reject science, which would be an easy thing to do. Chia replies that every time science discovers something, it makes him understand the Dao better, and that the Dao was science all along, including acupuncture, herbology and astrology.
Asked for the best advice from his master, he repeats a single line: if everything is energy and you work with energy, you are never wrong. He links this to Einstein’s E equals mc squared, saying energy cannot be destroyed, only transformed.
Original force, flowing money and advice for the young
Chia describes the fire in the tan tien as the original force from birth: when it is finished, no combustion is left, breath stops and the soul leaves. Brian responds with Grant Cardone’s view that money is energy and has to flow to be useful, and Chia agrees that energy has to flow.
His message for young people is that they have a lot of energy, including sexual energy, but few learn to preserve it. They keep spending it, and one day it can run out. The Dao practice is to preserve energy, increase it and transform it back to life force. Brian ends by saying he wishes he had met Chia at 20.
Who is Master Mantak Chia?
Mantak Chia is a Taoist master, author and healer who has taught energy practices for 30 to 40 years. In this clip he says his teaching has become simpler as science has caught up with the Dao, and he describes learning from his master that everything is energy.
This short clip comes from his full London Real interview with Brian Rose, and shows the closing questions Brian asks every guest.
Frequently asked questions
His master told him that if you believe everything is energy and you work with energy, you are never wrong.
He would tell himself to practise the sexual energy practice and the other energy work, which he was not doing at that age.
He says science helps him understand the Dao more, because the Dao was always scientific and he does not reject Western science.
Learn to preserve it, increase it and transform sexual energy back to life force, instead of spending it until it runs out.
