A hundred years flow by like river water, a lifetime's undertaking is no more than a bubble: The face that yesterday was of the color of peach-blossom, today is edged with snow. Even fortunately enough to own infinite fortune, who can use it to buy an eternal life? When the white ants' battle line collapses, all becomes dream. "Repent, repent," is the cuckoo's urgent call.

1. Objectives

After reading the articles introducing practical qigong practicing process step 1 through step 17, some practitioner may have the idea to seriously join one program and sit down to learn the whole set of the practicing techniques, aiming at achieving the summit attainment of possessing the same body with Tao someday. In fact, the whole process is really not easy to finish and perhaps more than five years time is needed in the foreseeable future. Here we offer our special program to let two or three practitioners learn the whole set of qigong practice techniques, help us collectively pursue the same dream and by personal experience, realize the dream long cherished by all human beings:

• To be the master of our own destiny
• Escape the imprisonment by birth, aging, illness and death and gain the eternal existence of our true self.
• Let the vast expanse of the universe be turned into one thing resting in our hand and the transformations and changes persisting in all things have their origin in our palms.

The diagram above illustrates in detail that the way qigong practitioners take is in reverse direction to human beings take. For proper serious practitioners, they should at first achieve no birth, then after a long time in a constant stand stillness, to conceive a fetus of true self between the new-created heaven and earth set up in the time before our birth. But for general people, there is nothing more but birth and death in turn in a closed loop, one generation after another. No one can escape, even though he/she possesses unlimited fortunes and power.

There exists the birth there exists the death. Conversely, when there is no birth there is no death. Because humankind almost exhausts all means to honor and pamper births their deaths look much more insignificant. When a man wants to shake off the pursuit by the death angel he must at first strive to achieve no birth. The transformation from Chi to corporeality brings about birth. There is birth there is death. This is an inexorable law all things in the region of existence must abide by. Conversely, the transformation from corporeality to Chi results in no birth. There is no birth there is no death. With neither birth nor death the primeval spirit lasts forever.

2. Prerequisites for the Success of The Program

If people have read the preparatory work of practical process, they may know there are four essential things for the success of the long way exploration.

• A set of secrets--- a decisive factor for success in your pursuit of Tao
• Money
• Partners
• An Appropriate Site

Taoist practice study is not a religion. and differs a little from Taoism. The latter, which serves as one form of religion, pays much attention upon ideological belief, which centers upon "Magic power" people believe can take care of them and help to guard against bad luck. Taoism belief worships the magic power of "supernatural beings" and tamely kneel down to let the idea of "supernatural beings" govern theirs. While the essence of Taoist practice study is "to pursue Tao," with the final aim of being a heavenly immortal to possess the body of Tao. Taoist practice value much of our real life existence and its true meaning, and the heavenly immortal, in fact, means our true heart, the mature infant of our true heart or the true self, rather than any supernatural beings.

In the long history of Taoist practicing study, many saints accomplished in Tao didn't carry out the practice in Taoist temples. Many Taoism books have such records and by statistics, the proportion is relatively very high. Most of them began their practice as a hermits, rather than Taoists in temples, and constructed a house a little way away from worldly world. That places mostly are quiet enough and not frequented by any people. So, the practitioners should have superb strong will-power and unremitted resolution in carrying out their pursuit in the lonely, quiet place, for general five or more consecutive years.

For us now we also have the idea to finish all process and achieve Tao. So, we must make a preparatory work for the long time exploration. Now we already have one teachers who want to lead the program and plan to construct a house in a mountain area. We welcome two or three practitioners to join the program and let us help each other to carry out the exploration, or scientific experiment, as you name it.

3. Future Spending Budget

From the four essential things of preparatory work, we think at present, the remaining problem is money. We have saved up some money and the donation from the practitioners is a must for the beginning of the practice. The following is the spending list for carrying out the program.

• Purchase a piece of land in a remote mountain area
• Construct a house like most Chinese farmers' or buy ready-made ones.
• Food, heating for more than three-seven years. Because the practitioners need food in the first six or eight months, the spending is little in China, U$80 - U$130 per month is ok (Nowadays the exchange rate is US Dollar 1.00 = RMB 6.90). Later on they don't need food any more. When the Chi is full enough we don't need food any more; when the Shen is full enough we don't need sleep any more. But we should prepare for long and difficult time.

Before the practice practitioners are welcome to donate RMB 15,000 (USD 2,000) for joining the program. Moreover, RMB 900 per month (U$80 - USD 130) is enough for every practitioner for their food and living costs.  In fact, at later stage of practice, spending will decrease to a very minimum level because the natural fasting process will help to do without assumption of any food. Practitioners are welcome to discuss with us the settlement of the spending of each item. We are serious practitioners and mutual belief, sincerity and innocence is the prerequisites for the start of the program. Hope practitioners, who have lofty ambition, to contact us and discuss all thing in detail.

Donation should be used as part of budget for supporting the whole housing project and no one has the right for private interest and each participant owns up the corresponding stake in light of their donation in propotion to the whole housing project spending. By our calculation, the housing project may cost around RMB 140, 000 or more depending upon the location, decoration, etc. To have a relatively simple, quiet, away from human beings, comfortable, self-sufficient life style makes up our main theme for constructing such house. Once someday when all participants decide to stop this project and sell the house each can get what they deserve according to their stake. All participants are recommended to sign a contract stipulating the related condition at beginning.

4. Timetable for the Proceedings of the Program

The following is the requirements and timetable for the practice program

• Participants number is limited to 3 - 4
• All participants should be male
• We guarantee the mutual belief, sincerity and innocence to be set as the prerequisites for the all program.
• Such program is planned to start from end of October 2008
• Practitioners are welcome to come and go as they wish once they join. No binding rules set beforhand. Once joined, they are welcome to come at anytime to join again.
• No guarantee for success because almost all is depending upon one's will power and persistence.
• Alchemy practice is very dangerous procedure and practitioners may lose their life if contingent mind cannot be eliminated conpletely.
• Lay the basic foundation, three or five months time is needed
• Conceive the fetus of true self, 10 months time is needed
• Raise up the infant of true self, three years time is needed
• Bring our existence into brilliant golden light to possess the same body with Tao, 8 years time is needed

That after catching sight of something then you begin to gain some knowledge should not be recommended as the most proper way of knowing. That things are accomplished after efforts were made should not be recommended as the most proper way to act. That after something has given signs then you begin to respond mentally or physically should not be recommended as the most proper way to respond. Conversely, to accomplish all things before you going to or intend to accomplish them is the most proper way to do things; to know all things well before you are intending to know is the most proper way to know; to be aware of all that will to take place, have taken place, are taking place far before the showing of any signs is called serene comprehensiveness.

Wish all our dreams come true!