There is no foundation to start with yin and yang, gossip, five elements and dry branches. If you have a solid foundation to see the secret recipe is very easy to be enlightened, it will get twice the result with half the effort.
If you know all this, you need to practice kung fu, both Taoism and Buddhism, which will be of great help in the future. You must also read the vows of the Tibetan bodhisattva