SeekerOfHealing

There is no one who make a decision, it's just complex mechanism related to our desires which makes and calculate decision. Decision is made by your brain in context of your desires.

Which mean you can put any meaning you want to it - which means you do not know really what is true and what is not in relation to the breathing of heels. Taoism teachings are more confused ones in general.

No such thing as reincarnation.

There is no such thing as breathing for the heels. Most Taoist things are created by liar like western alchemy texts. Person need to be very skeptical about taoist teachings in general.

Those are not jing boosters - there is no such thing. If someone advertises that it's means just false marketing.

I'm not speaking ill, stop clinging to the teachings and be more pragmatic not romantic. I'm speaking the way they are. btw. "Padmasambhava told “Benza Guru Drubtop”, “If you live on for 7 more years, your eyesight will be recovered. The reason for you having lost sight in both eyes is that you previously believed in the Bon religion and especially, you had disparaged and despised (noble beings), causing confused inter-dependent phenomenon to arise. Now although you have seen me, due to that karmic obscuration, you will not be able to immediately regain your eyesight.” Go tell Padmasambhava that he disrespecting religion too. lol

I have no interests much to search thru encyclopedia now for it but I'm sure there was a lot or at least pretty much of directly realizing the Tao in various situation like finding a proper book etc.

this is basis of the confusion. Not operation of the Dao, if Dao ought to be confusing people it would be nonsense. I respect what you are saying but this is far from reality. As to be judgmental is plain stupid of course but base on the teachings in Richard's book is straight qigong.

Yeah, but is better to do proper classic buddhist teachings then playing with thoughts and sensations in such case.

His teachings focus on moving post natal energies here and there by meanings of mind which is generally consider a qigong. I don't see any neidan teachings there based on the english translation of the book.

yes, most people need practice more therapeutic practices rather then spiritual to have spiritual effect.

Dream Yoga and sleep yoga leads to enlightenment in bardo. You have no basics in buddhist so please either learn more with our talks and discussion or be less authoritative so it will be make discussion more wholesome. Yeah, it may sound like I mean all Bon teachings but what I mean this kind of internet retreats which are limited to basic methods.

You need to prove first that practice I named do not belong to those. Dzogchen tantras are part of bon tradition etc. I never said that Bon practices do not lead to enlightenment etc. I mean it's better to practice qigong then practice basic bon practices, mantras etc. which are not much effective.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvKXaY2Dt3c also look for 6 R's from him. It's life changer entering into jhanas and many bliss states. http://www.dhammasukha.org/the-6rs.html Constantly remind yourself that this moment is inevitable and you are responsible for everything in your life.

I practiced a lot of methods from Bon yungdrung lineage, from basic to more advanced practices like rushen etc. the dream yoga and sleep yoga are very good as you can practice 24/7. Of course radical compassion teachings and stuff like this as basic of buddhist teaching are superb as always. It's not personal opinion of course - it's based as always on experience. The best if you can learn Yang-Ti practice and do it really, if you do then it's life changing for sure.

Besides Dream/Sleep yoga teachings bon methods are generally not worth much practice.

@Bindi There is whole chapter in Encyclopedia of Daoism related to this but you need to look up for it as I do not remember which volume (there are two) and which page generally, but there is a lot information about this.

Exactly, true buddhist knows that all those saints are generally bodhisattvas, even sutras approves it. When someone is praying i will appears as such and such, if someone wants power i will appear as such and such deva/angel/god etc. Generally all religion you practice is buddhist in different form. Diamonds sutra says so too but in context of enlightenment and the difference in depth. Other sutras like surangama says also the same but in context of beings, angels that they are generally the same but the difference is depth of their realization or different way of expressing the desire (bodhisattvas taking form to you if you have enough merit/destiny to have such experience) etc.

Dharmakaya body is immortal and empty = yang shen is still consider a body or form, dharmakaya is formless body. 3 bodies unite = buddhahood.

They market whatever sells. If you put regular people around high level qigong practices they will repeat whatever their master said or that they are practicing super-high neidan whatever.

Can you post here the question?

No, buddhist consider yang shen as just another apparition. In esoteric buddhism there are 3 bodie which unions related to buddhahood it's beyond all extremes and qualities of mortal/immortal. It's not sect which will convince you to what is safe or what is not - it's like phone you learn to use it, they way you use makes it safe or unsafe.

He teaches mostly qigong

Materialistic life and world-views created by people without insight into nature of unborn realms and spirits but at the same time, spiritual domination can be easily corrupted (false gurus, priests, church agendas etc.)

The more you trying to grasp intellectually the less you will your effect will become. You can not know without experience so just go experience and practice - knowledge will flow by it's own.