Wilhelm

That's nice of you Fair enough. No crime against being silly.

This one: I've seen you talk at length about what you've gotten out of these arts to both Awaken and Freeform, and they in turn shared their own results with you. So to then follow this with ??? So long as we're just joking here, it's all good. You just seemed to be serious, so I wanted to check

Yeah to be honest I thought it was a bit silly to write off a couple of practitioners I've seen you have lively debates with on topics relating to various levels of practice. It's fine to disagree, but, have you ever wondered why you seem to disagree with just about everyone on this topic?

Don't you think you're letting your assumptions run a bit wild there sir

Say no more, I got you fam.

my dude you're describing resistance training with extra steps

If you hadn't seen it yet, one of the fellas you mentioned did a talk in Bhutan comparing the two Yes his method is obviously more involved than sustained attention on the lower abdominal space. The talk spoke specifically about the alchemical process, but his method involves doing quite a bit of foundation work in the area before attempting to 'ignite the fire' in that area. On a podcast of his, a varajyana practitioner guest gave a criticism of the way tummo is commonly taught that ignited a debate on the forum. I'll look for the link. Edit: Here it is

Somehow "I know a guy who knows a guy" and "bad man in the family" are on the more thoughtful end of criticisms I've seen re: Adam on TDB 😂🤦

Good point, I forgot to distinguish between mixing systems and compartmentalizing systems (of thought and practice). I don't think the former is a good idea, but is very common due to the common human tendency to add their own spin onto what they're taught

On the lower Dan Tien: I was taught in some systems Hui Yin is considered the LDT because it's where Jing is consolidated and later 'fired'. Other systems put it somewhere in the abdomen, as that's where Qi tends to gather (even TCM recognizes ren4 as the sea of Qi). On the middle Dan Tien: Im practicing master Feng's qigong system (not the Taiji - too complex for me haha) and I was taught to consider the middle Dan Tien as the yellow court region/solar plexus, and you were taught it's somewhere in the heart - so I'm not sure if different students took the material different directions... To add to the confusion, I also studied with another line that traced their lineage up to Hu Yaozhen as well but put the lower dan mmtien in the lower abdomen, so I'm not sure which he actually taught - more important is what your teacher wants you to do imo. As Taoist Texts said, these are all just models - if they work according to your teachers instructions, who cares if other teachers use different models?

I'd try going through their YouTube channels to find videos that stick out to you. I've only tried Nathan's foundations course but found it to be very in line with his first book. Damo's book was broader in scope, as is his course, but it might be useful to listen to their theoretical lectures to see who's more in line with what you're looking for.

Yeah according to the only tradition I know a tiny bit about there's a direct effect (this diagram looks like a mess but notice the moons in their various phases directly outside his body)

While I enjoy the work of Damo Mitchell, that seems a bit dismissive!

That came up in the forum as a lategame stage beyond what anyone here posting has reached (to my knowledge). So I wouldn't worry about it - By the time you get there, you'll be too old to be worried about your balls anyways