samuel.savage

Why is this a potentially harmful technique? I read that it is on the internet, but I find no solid evidence that it can be harmful. Would appreciate reasoning. And thank you for your advice on what to practice. This technique looks dead simple though lol, not really exciting for me as someone who already practices fairly complex sets of pranayams and asanas, as per the traditions of Hinduism.

Hey there! Really glad to find such a vital community for Daoism. I'm a practicing Yogi / Hindu, have been for many years. I discovered daoist concepts when I studied Ayurveda; I constantly heard people comparing and contrasting it with Traditional Chinese Medicine. Also, when I was learning Yoga, I heard people bring up 'dantiens' a lot. Personally, I like to keep the theory and jargon of the two systems separate. There are very notable differences between the two methodologies of internal cultivation, and I am utterly intrigued and fascinated by this 'new' system that I do not have much experience in. Right now I am practicing intermittent fasting (20:4), ketogenic diet (have been on it for 3 months), retrograde ejaculation (by pressing my hand on my perineum, have not mastered it yet), and Transcendental Meditation. I'm meditating 30 minutes a day, and bumping my practice up by a few minutes every week (I have mediocre discipline). My goal is multiple hours of daily practice. Transcendental Meditation can and should only take a certain portion of my morning and evening disciplines. I want to begin incorporating daoist methods of cultivation as soon as I can muster a few more minutes into my routine. What practice would you guys recommend for a newcomer to daojiao? Perhaps something to do with cleansing meridians? Or would it wise to begin by 'building up the Jing in the lower dantien'? I know what a dantien is, and I know the difference between Jing, Qi, Shen. But I do not know what do develop first, or how that development takes place. I am vaguely familiar with ideas such as micro / macro cosmic orbit, Tao te', original jing, etc. I have spent about five years already immersed in the Hindu system of esotericism, so it shouldn't be extroardinarily difficult for me to intellectually understand these new Daoist concepts. Humbly, I look for assistance!