Earl Grey

I don't believe it is like Tummo specifically, but Terry Dunn can answer on his thread. Works in a manner that does not reflect TCM--it's its own formula and has its own pharmacology system too that don't reflect anything in TCM too. It's a healing practice with intelligent qi that heals many things. I believe Tummo becomes somewhat moot when doing this, but some students have practiced Wim Hof and other pranayama at different times of the day outside for their FP practice. You can post on the thread and see what some say. UPDATE: Many yogi friends of @virtue have commented that its energy is remarkably similar to advanced Tummo. There are a lot of similarities in how the energy arises in the spinal column and then spreads around the body. Comparatively, at first Tummo energy is very harsh and fierce. Later it refines into subtle and gently blissful. FP begins with gentle bliss and stays like that.

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Here's what is important to consider: You sound attracted to preliminary practices instead of the actual meat of tantric Buddhism, this is the major concern. Flying Phoenix is basically a Tummo practice with a Daoist twist. Very powerful and accessible also. You could try Kriya Yoga and traditional Bön teachings also. The latter has a lot in common with Vajrayana. The caveat for Yantra Yoga is that it is basically meant for cleansing the body and preparing for Tummo. It might be okay, but nothing necessary for a person with extensive and genuine IMA background. His body should already rewired and fit for Tummo practices then, and it can be accessed and stimulated by other more skillful means than an extensive routine of postures. Tummo requires lineage empowerment to be really useful. It's traditionally practiced and developed in long retreats (about 5 hours a day for over two months), so I wonder about the householder adaptability. Trul Khor in some Bön teaching cycles at least is focused on opening kati channels and introducing pure visions. The practice will not be much benefit if the practitioner hasn't got a stable foundation in dzogchen atiyoga, so that he recognizes the natural state of mind. Look deeper where these practices are leading into. Don't get entangled and infatuated with physical forms only. Drop mystification, but examine carefully why and about what you are really interested. @C T and @steve probably have more insight on this, and when he returns, @virtue too.

No worries, dude. If you want to keep them private, do so. The videos you linked above were all right. Happy you have a practice that keeps you focused. Liuhebafa is a totally rad practice...but it's hard to find good teachers since it's rare, and good teachers are even rarer.

Sure, nice videos but where are your teachers? Not penis comparing here, I promise, I am happy when people love their teachers. You love yours and your lineage, and I respect that. I'll just show my Sifus or their teachers (Sigong). This is more like comparing baseball card collections, not putting minor league against major league. Terry Dunn's teacher, Doo Wai: Terry Dunn: David Chan with Liuhebafa form, the late master of our Xin Yi lineage. David's student and successor, JR Rodrgiguez, my teacher: NB: no power in the form in this video as it's the public demo. Glenn with Eric 20 years ago: Eric recently:

In the meanwhile, post some videos of your own skill or your teachers if you want. Not to scrutinize, just to see what your criteria for great is.

No offense taken, most people don't know Glenn anyway. Reach out to Glenn sometime if you want to see--he holds back a lot and the same characterization you give to Feng is what I would give to Glenn and his students.... so at this point, words mean nothing and touching hands is all we can do. I don't know Feng's students, but if you're in the East Coast of Canada, Pittsburgh stateside isn't far away.

The late David Chan of Xin Yi, the currently retired Doo Wai, and both William Chen and Glenn Hairston come to mind when I think of powerful Taijiquan masters. I should list Eric Randolph too as he’s currently beatable only by Glenn. EDIT: I am no longer associated with Eric Randolph And sure, okay, you think Feng would’ve broken the guy in half. Totally different experience when you touch hands with him or the people he deals with daily as an officer of the law.

I don't do that, but sucks if people have done that to you already, though I don't think they would know you by your avatar unless you told them. Nice, I do Xin Yi too under Rodriguez, Yang Taijiquan under Eric Randolph (successor of Glenn Hairston), and Liang style Bagua. EDIT: I am no longer associated with Eric Randolph Cool. Never heard.

Glenn Hairston has other opinions about people who claim to be "best in the world".

Which lineage, what styles, who are the teachers, and how do you qualify your experience and skill to represent your accomplishment? As for Tibetan practices you ask about, one member here has experience in it, but he is on holiday and not checking this forum at the moment.

A professional is someone who after listening to an amateur tell him that he doesn’t know what he’s talking about or declare that he’s negative, proceed to simply laugh at how the more certain the amateur is, the more insecure he sounds. 😘

One of the worst “teachers” out there! 🤮

Riiiiight negativity is anything that you don’t agree with; Mr Modernity Hacker who thinks he has his kundalini activated. Sure.

Did you learn from Maria Lucia Lee? She's a prominent teacher of Fragrant there, I heard.

Trump promised a bridge to everyone, and those who didn’t buy it weren’t surprised, while those who did are very happy: https://www.npr.org/2020/04/13/832797592/a-month-after-emergency-declaration-trumps-promises-largely-unfulfilled

The greatest cult is the cult of self-aggrandizing and self-importance, with a dose of self-entitlement. All those ultimately serve the master of the cult: self-sabotage.

Haha, okay, I stand corrected, Sunbae/Sempai/Shidai!

False conclusion. Having a structure that challenges the certainty of your own doesn’t mean anti-self-development, nor has anything I suggested led to any negative path—unless negative means you fulfilling your own Dunning-Kruger criteria. This is more a reflection of your own lack of objectivity in your own practice. Nothing more to be said as at this point you’ve got your own game figured out and freeform has more patience and interest than I do. Cheers!

Yup, so for all my criticisms of the New Age groups and their practices, this doesn't mean that they don't have their little surprises from time to time.

As I said, you sound like you're making conjecture, and should consult your teacher if you have one, and if you don't have one, you 100% are making conjecture (and wrong) about what's actually happening (you have not made the dantian rise). Seek out a professional of TCM or Eric Isen to review what's going in you.

Found this especially true in both Java and Bali. Cambodia has some interesting Buddhist-influenced shamans too around Siem Reap province, and this is where it's important not to totally write off people who do things like Reiki, as one of them, an amicable Frenchman who runs a spa that offers massages and Reiki, is friends with these individuals and connects visitors with the indigenous shamans there.

I edited my comment above just before you responded, and you can read that to see my elaboration on what I had said. I will respond because your last two questions are worth expanding upon. I do not have an overarching issue with self-making. Self-making without proper insight or criteria is like being a frog in a well who thinks he sees the entirety of the sky. Self-aggrandizing potentially, not inevitably, flows from what you are suggesting, and unfortunately, I have seen it happen more often than not, especially amongst the western mindset. I don't see self-aggrandizing as healthy at all because it sounds like an oxymoron. Tooting one's own horn with very few exceptions doesn't help, but it has its uses in some situations, such as when saying, "Hi, I'm a doctor, and telling people to not get vaccinated is ludicrous--but you don't have to take my advice for it, I only went to Stanford medical school and did my residence in Boston" or "Hi, I'm a lawyer, and this is copyright infringement, but you don't have to take my word for it, the other lawyers will be happy to file a lawsuit against you if you don't think my three years at Harvard Law and perfect score on the BAR exam mean anything". In this case, someone like freeform or dwai can chime in as they've had formal work with qi deviations and meditating in their respective practices to catch common ego traps and potential harm, and while your personal opinion of masters and lineage is your own, it is as they have correctly identified, based off of a shallow understanding of what they actually are. Granted, I personally take the view of the philosophy of "drive in my own lane as others drive in theirs", but this doesn't mean to let others be if I see someone is about to drive into the ravine or about to take a long ride when some of us have not only used a map, but have figured out that they're hitting peak traffic or bound to get into an accident, or caught by the highway patrol. Expanding on that analogy, you posted here what you are doing and thus invited dialogue, and we responded in kind. Now if dialogue weren't what you were interested in, a PPJ to record your own progress and for others to ask you questions might have been better. Take what you will--your own self-esteem and self-work are entirely yours, and this is all just giving you other opinions from people with very different criteria and world views. I won't push the matter as I've already stated my view, and it's your thread, so unless you want to press on about why I say what I do, you don't need to worry about me saying much more after this.

Straw man. This is not what I stated at all. Let me give you a couple points: a person who creates their own criteria can go in several directions. One is that the standard they set for themselves ends up overestimating their own actual achievements, another is that what they believe they are working on , they might think of as "okay" but the reality is that an outsider looking in might have a totally different opinion. A woman I once talked with who was known to be a chatterbox said that she decided one day she was going to listen more. We said, "Okay, good for you" cynically because she had been told multiple times she talked too much, talked over people, interrupted them, and dismissed their views and feelings often. So she would still talk longer, then stop for a moment, and if nobody said anything for ten seconds (she literally counted to ten in her head), she'd say, "Go on, I'm listening" and variations, as though she were uncomfortable with silence. Later on, she'd begin nudging and say, "Go on, you can talk to me" or "Hey, I'm listening, did you hear what I said?" A few weeks later, she reverted to her old habits, but then argued she was a better listener, yet people didn't talk much or respect her. Another example: an MMA coach who wants to be a life coach I know started attempting to coach me and tell me that I was a master and I knew a lot because I had invested in over ten years in my particular practices. I told him no, it doesn't work that way, and he started listing his personal criteria and citing Joe Rogan and a bunch of YouTube workout videos inspiring people to train harder. He insisted he knew how to guide people and what was best because he could coach them to peak physical fitness using his MMA gym, but the people who knew him said he came off as a know-it-all telling people he was so great all the time that it seemed more like his coaching was for his own self-esteem rather than to encourage others to be better, and that fitness does not solve all problems, nor does telling people to download a meditation app help. He currently spends his time telling me every time I see him to sign up for his program and that I'm wasting my time with my masters and lineages when I could learn to compete in UFC or One Championship with his coaching, which is not my interest, yet he believes all martial artists' goals should be to go to UFC. The meditation app is another great reference here: some people might say in general terms that they meditate, that they self-reflect, that they "believe in themselves and work hard" (your words), but meditating having learned the golden flower or Zazen or a Vipasana retreat are all totally different than someone playing a YouTube clip recommended by Tim Ferriss or downloading a meditation app on your phone--the quality of a specific practice is immense. With the self-reflection, we are limited to how we see ourselves often rather than working with both a teacher and peers who both help with mirroring and modeling behavior. With "believing in oneself", the criteria for how one assesses oneself can vary as what you might believe is good for you may actually be harmful--remember that some people believe they are more confident after finding a community on reddit, which includes the Red Pill or incel movements. As for "working hard", there is also a pragmatic approach: you may potentially be doing more than you would need to for your practice and development, as there are diminishing returns at a certain point. I don't say any of this to sling mud, I say this as an outside observer who has seen similar autodidactic attitudes that have yielded semi-consistent results, hence the caution for self-aggrandizing. You're obviously free to do what you will, but this is a public forum with dialogue, and a freely given opinion you are welcome to discard, which based on your personal criteria, I'm reasonably certain that you will, which is totally fine, but at least some food for thought has been shared.

This is not the dantian rising as you are describing. It is something else entirely. Freeform or Walker can explain. Or better, your teacher, if you didn’t self-learn and use conjecture to determine this.