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Yes? Read all posts on the forum by freeform and you'll have hours worth of reading ahead of you. Read anything related to the topic of the YJJ or Tendon-Changin Classic. This talk by Damo also goes through the YJJ and explains how it works to "rebuild the body":

You don't really need visualization for the internal arts. Also the "idea" of something is in a way visualization. You don't have to visually see it as if you were watching something with your open eyes. The only time I've been able to do something like that is under the influence of psychedelics -- in the said "imagination space" of the 'third eye' where I could see it clear as day. The better your intuition is the more it can come to you as just "knowing" -- doesn't have to be visual for that to function properly.

As I understand it, he says the stages are quite clear. You create the Yin Shen first which is the 'body double' or the 'impure illusory body' and this is the first stage of "enlightenment". After that you then create higher and higher bodies, each with higher abilities. The Supracausal body, according to him, is the one that is the Yang Shen, as it can literally raise people from the dead. He describes the 'Siddhis' as such: An individual who successively cultivates their subtle body to attain the deva body that can come and go out of their physical body at will is called a Srotapanna, which is the Christian stage of Homo Deus. This is the first stage of Arhat enlightenment attainment. It is also called attaining the first dhyana in Buddhism or vitarka (coarse mental grasping) samadhi in Hinduism. Its attainment is called a “birth by transformation” since it arises out of the physical body due to meditation work, morality, merit and Qi cultivation efforts. You have to cultivate your inner Qi-body with countless inner energy practices (nei-gong) for its birth to become possible After it emerges the Indian yoga schools say you are one of the “twice born.” Jesus also explained, “Unless one is born again he cannot see the Kingdom of Heaven,” which is referring to the deva body attainment. This deva body attainment is equivalent to becoming Homo Deus. With the subtle deva body an adept attains the eight yogic powers, or siddhi, because the subtle body composed of Qi/Prana can change its shape and form to become bigger, smaller, lighter, heavier and so on. This is why a subtle body can shrink itself to enter into someone’s physical body and learn to read the memories stored in someone’s brain, which is one of the training practices after achievement since this is how spiritual beings help human beings. Using this new body he/she can perform minor miracles (tricks) in the physical world such as converting a dry tree into a green one, stop railway trains or cars, fill a dry well with water and so forth. Of the eight yogic powers, the ishita siddhi of “lordship over someone” means possessing them with one of your higher bodies, or a nirmanakaya projection, and causing them to think or do what you want. If you use a higher body to enter into someone’s lower body you can therefore control them such as suppressing their spiritual powers by blocking them through control of the Qi of your body that is possessing someone else’s lower body. This is how “higher” masters can block the superpowers of someone with lower attainments. It is not because of higher superpower skills but because they have one higher body, such as an Immanence body entering into a Supra-Causal body. [...] In other words, the first and second dhyana of Buddhism refer to two different purification/cultivation levels for the same subtle body composed of Qi/Prana. As a human, when you die you attain an impure subtle body as a deva, which is equivalent to the first dhyana or Srotapanna attainment. You will be reborn in the earthly plane again as a human when your heavenly life is over unless you cultivate its purity to a higher level, which is the second dhyana. Devas in heaven, meaning the earthly heavenly plane, will be reborn as humans when they die unless they cultivate the second dhyana Sakadagamin attainment whilst alive (the work extensively on cultivating the Qi of their subtle body) so that their rebirth can remain in heaven as a deva. The Sakadagamin attainment is the same body as the Srotapanna except that its Qi energy is more purified or refined. When devas enter human bodies to help spiritual practitioners cultivate their Qi, higher bodied beings help those devas purify their bodies as well, especially when devas enter into humans to help transform their Qi during spiritual practices. The individual who cultivates the Causal body is an Anagamin, or third stage Arhat. This is the third dhyana attainment of Buddhism and the ananda (bliss) samadhi of Hinduism. Using this new body composed of Shen (a type of energy higher than Qi/Prana) he/she becomes capable of performing grand miracles such as giving sight to the blind, restoring limbs to the maimed, and sometimes even raising the dead to life (although at this stage the life restoration ability only applies to lower creatures rather than human beings). He can experience yet more of the different planes and The individual who cultivates the Supra-Causal body is a full Arhat, or “Buddha,” which is called attaining the fourth dhyana, “nirvana with remainder” achievement or asmita (existence) samadhi in Hinduism. With this body he becomes capable of raising the dead and even creating new life. He can also generate many nirmanakaya emanation bodies to do simultaneous activities in lower realms, and even project one into a womb to be reborn in the world of men. A reborn nirmanakaya is an individual who usually attains the Tao (achieves the subtle body attainment) at a very young age because the nirmanakaya’s father (or mother) is typically working on cultivating his or her Qi all the time because of the tether that connects the two He also describes the Yang Shen attainment directly here... "You can find “saints” in nearly every religion who have attained transcendental bodies while alive, which they hope we all will attain or make great efforts in working to achieve. Thus they can perform miracles such as knowing your inner mind, healing others, conversing with animals, preventing people from moving, controlling nature, and even bilocating that entails projecting a double of themselves elsewhere (a nirmanakaya) to perform some deed." "Bilocation, which is the yang shen attainment of Taoism, is possible only because they have achieved these higher attainments that give them the ability to materialize a visible nirmanakaya in the material realm, and sometimes you can touch it and sometimes it is like an empty hologram." "Many people within Jewish mysticism, Christian mysticism, Hinduism, Buddhism and so forth have exhibited this skill because it is a non-denominational achievement belonging to the Supra-Causal stage of attainment and higher." "Whenever someone becomes enlightened they can know when others think about them because they have a Supra-Causal or Immanence body whose energy is so transcending of the lower planes that they can know/feel through it the vibrations of such thoughts, especially well-known vibrations such as their name (calls for help). Thus they try to respond with help through one of their main bodies or a nirmanakaya projection."

If you read his latest books at least in Meditation Cases and Nyasa Yoga he expresses that his view changed as a result of knowing what the "real path was really about" after insinuating that he went through the 12 year kundalini process and I assume has access to the higher bodies though he never outright states that from what I've seen. (But how else would he know?). These 5 articles (which are taken from his book), gives a pretty good view of that: http://www.meditationexpert.com/yoga-kung-fu/y-5-spiritual-bodies.html, http://www.meditationexpert.com/yoga-kung-fu/y_What-are-chakras.html, http://www.meditationexpert.com/yoga-kung-fu/y_Dealing-with-angels-devas-on-the-spiritual-path.htm, http://www.meditationexpert.com/yoga-kung-fu/y_hearing_voices_in_your_head.htm e.g. "Once the kundalini is truly initiated within your body due to cultivation practices, it takes twelve years to generate the subtle deva body made of Qi. Very few people can do this without an enlightened master. It requires lots of cultivation effort such as meditation, mantra practice, visualization efforts (such as the white skeleton visualization), pranayama breath retention exercises, nei-gong exercises, Yoga stretching or martial arts, charity and virtue, and other cultivation efforts. Once you have attained that invisible spirit body that can leave your physical body at will then devas, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are supposed to teach you further instructions. Without going into more details, such as what it is like to have multiple bodies (this is explained a little bit in the Surangama Sutra), that is the Esoteric school in a nutshell. Buddhism normally emphasizes that you cultivate consciousness to a state of purity but the Esoteric school of Buddhism puts an even stronger emphasis on cultivating your Qi, or physical body, so that you can achieve these attainments. Most of this information is considered secret, and most of the information I have just written about will seem new to ardent Buddhists, but this is the truth of the path. This is the gist of Esoteric Buddhism." & "Most individuals are entirely oblivious to the actualities of the process going on (the deva involvement) until their body is finally totally transformed by Qi and they finally can generate an independent yin shen, subtle body, impure illusory body, deva body or deity body. At that time there is a big party involving all the devas and Buddhas who helped you, and you are taught the reasons why for many events and sufferings you underwent."

He used to make lots of fun against the way people practiced the MCO and said it was something that sponteanously manifested etc etc. Now his descriptions are very different. His Nyasa Yoga book describes all kinds of Kundalini Yoga methods on how to run the energy through, what the real MCO is really about, what chakras are, etc... Very different from his old views.

Yes. It is quite interesting. I followed him since the past 5 years since I was first introduced as I was following another student of Master Nan Huai Chin and learning from him. Bodri had very strong opinions then on the Mind-only approach to attainments. Now his view is very different and is all about the neigong-process, but not neigong in the way that neigong is shared here, but rather as simply internal energy work. In his own words... "Nearly one-hundred percent of spiritual practitioners do not know how to cultivate correctly even if they are monks or nuns because they do not realize they are performing exercises meant to transform and purify their Yin Qi or Yang Qi. The purpose of spiritual practice is to purify and strengthen your subtle body composed of Qi so that you can achieve the independent deva body attainment whilst alive, or (failing at that) lay the foundation for the Sakadagamin stage and then Causal body Anagamin achievement after death. Now that you know the many ways to go about purifying your Qi and the principles behind these techniques, you should be able to make your spiritual practices, whatever they are, much more effective. The road of spiritual practice involves cultivating, purifying or refining (1) your Qi, (2) your consciousness and (3) your character, which gives rise to your behavior. Hence we say you must purify your behavior on the spiritual trail. Even if you don’t succeed in enlightenment, you still want to achieve a refined state of psychology (mental well-being) and behavior. However, you also want to make progress in purifying the internal energy of your body since that is the basis of your spiritual attainments and the body of your next life. If you don’t succeed at the subtle body attainment in this lifetime you can continue cultivating the purity of your body’s Qi after death and achieve the requisite purification of your subtle body from there to attain the Sakadagamin stage of achievement. You get a head start on this objective if you cultivated spirituality during life." He's all for spinning Qi now... Just some excerpts on the methods you can use (according to him) and how spiritual practice should be approached from his view now: You should practice as many different types of spiritual exercise as possible, each of which works according to different principles for transforming your Qi/Prana. Through simultaneous practice of many different cultivation exercises at the same time, each which affects your Qi/Prana via different principles, you will maximize your chances for real Qi/Prana transformations that will purify its nature and produce the independent subtle body quickest. Since you don’t know which techniques will work best for transforming your Qi/Prana, the use of multiple techniques simultaneously, each of which works on affecting your Yin or Yang Qi/Prana according to different principles, is highly recommended. For instance, one might during a single day practice meditation, Mantrayana recitation, pranayama, yoga stretching with visualization on your muscles, and inner nei-gong work (anapana) to move your Qi. This is an example of practicing multiple techniques simultaneously rather than just a single cultivation method. Using multiple methods will mean that each of them will have an effect on transforming (purifying) your Qi/Prana via different principles. The harder you work – the more types of methods you practice and the longer and more consistently you practice – the higher your chances for success, and the quicker your success if success is to come. Success is the result of consistent effort applied across time. The longer and deeper you practice the more profound will be your results. (P. 31 in Arhat Yoga (37 in the PDF)). If you read on he goes on to describe all kinds of methods on how to cultivate Qi including but not limited to spinning Qi around "thousands of times" your body.

Truly beautiful and profound words there by @freeform. Those with the eyes to see and the ears to hear... Thank you for that. For those that do not have it, they will not 'get it'. There's so much pain involved in this process... and in this choice... and in this Path. To think otherwise is to be foolish. The Dharma is not free - not in any sense of the word. I think each person has to come to terms with their actual motivation for 'living forever' or 'spiritual immortality' or any such high concept... and really search out their heart. To be frank and honest to thus bring more to this conversation I would say much of my motivation most likely comes from having had a tough childhood with a not-so-present mother and lacking that love and attention that many others may have received naturally. A sort of deep wound. I initially entered the spiritual scene to try and 'fix myself' exactly as freeform mentions. Or to become a 'star' to receive the love and adoration of others because that is what I lacked growing up I would say the spiritual path I walked upon caused more harm than good. Maybe. I can't see karmic threads and trees of cause of effect, unfortunately. That said, I only imagine I would have done better if I had been pushed into starting a martial art and socialized more, worked on becoming more disciplined, fixing 'basic issues' in my life, and going against my more introverted reclusive nature rather than succumbing to the idea of being on some grand spiritual mission where I had to 'leave the homelife' to 'escape samsara' as if it was a simple thing... In a past life no doubt I was a mendicant religious priest of some sort. It would explain where that tendency and inclination would come from and also the very 'magical thinking' that led me to join a spiritual community promising 'salvation' and being part of an 'authentic Mission to save humanity'. On the other hand, I learned a lot about myself and what the true spiritual path takes in terms of effort and dedication after finally being exposed to authentic teachings. So nowadays if people ask me about spiritual stuff, I just get plain honest and down-to-earth and ask them what it is that they really want or give plain advice like eat better, exercise more, socialize more. In most cases, they don't want anything to do with the real Path.. they just to have more control and happiness in their lives. And now, I totally get it. Back then, I would judge them for not wanting to 'escape samsara'. What a funny turn of events.

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If you want to look young just do whatever William Shatner did, or have his genes... He's 90 in the picture here below. Also, you can go a long way with plastic surgery, rejuvenation therapies, and also anti-aging therapies. Being lucky (genetics) helps too. You can get all that without having to go through the intense and extremely hard path of neidan. That said you do make an interesting point. There have been studies where through facial recognition algorithms they can discern the biological age of a person and see signs of accelerated or delayed aging process. The same type of thing should really be happening to neidan masters if they're working specifically on that aspect. In my understanding for instance the turning grey hairs to black is something that only happens in retreat away from civilization where one can work directly with replenishing Jing. Ultimately I would say that if you're doing neidan, neigong or any of the internal arts just for health or to 'reverse aging', you're probably missing out on the point of the Arts in the first place. The main reason for those arts (in my view) is for spiritual progress. A healthy diet, enough functional physical exercise (and some stretching) along a healthy social life without too much drinking and tobacco will in most cases lead to a very healthy and long-lived happy life.

I am not familiair with the "anti-inflammatory reflex pathway" in scientific nomenclature. Are you referring to the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway? If so no, it is not one of the main targets I look at in my own research. Most of the other targets above-mentioned, when improved, also reduce whole-body inflammatory signaling. Improving sleep by itself improves a multitude of cellular functions. As for the glymphatic system, it is not something I have studied in relation to the Daoist arts, though I am familiar with its relation to waste clearance during sleep and transport functions which both have relation to degenerative cognitive diseases. In which way have you found the activation of the above-mentioned pathways/systems through Daoist practices - and are you familiar with scientific research that supports the connection?

@Vinh Ott As for extending lifespan this is really a big topic. I have done a whole presentation on it in fact and doing research at the moment formulating a thesis that hormones play a critical role in maintaining the high-level functional ability and also have age-reversible effects on the epigenetic level. That said, there is a general consensus in the scientific community that aging comprises the system-wide decline of multiple systems in the body along with a decreased reproductive capability. Most research is targeted towards one of the 9 hallmarks of aging, a concept which was launched by López-Otín et al. in 2013 which describes changes that occur with age. These consist of genomic instability, telomere attrition, epigenetic alterations, loss of proteostasis, deregulated nutrient sensing, mitochondrial dysfunction, cellular senescence, stem cell exhaustion, and altered intracellular communication. Mind you I am just extrapolating what we know from research and applying it to meditation and Daoist methodology to give an educated guess on how from a scientific angle meditation and Daoist disciplines could indeed help lead to longevity and extended lifespan. For instance, we already know from research that meditation (mindfulness meditation mind you, and not Daoist meditation) has a protective effect on telomeres (through an increase in telomerase activity and found longer telomeres in blood cells), so that is already two targets (epigenetics and telomere attrition). See more research on that here. Additionally, we know physical exercise including cardiorespiratory fitness and resistance exercise has positive effects on deregulated nutrient sensing and mitochondrial dysfunction. We know that many Daoist disciplines include physical exercise and also dietary changes as part and parcel of Yang Sheng Fa or 'Healthy Living Principles' and thus indirectly affect longevity targets that way (if followed, mind you). Most people that practice the Daoist arts also usually abstain from alcohol and cigarettes, the overuse of both which are highly correlated with poor health outcomes. I could extrapolate and imagine that as you move through the Sinew-Changing Classic, or the Yi Jin Jing, in the correct manner and the sinew channels have been built, the functional capacity then improves of the physical body including organ health which reflects in heightened energy levels and clarity of thinking. I would imagine one would see microvascular changes that allow for better blood flow which increases nutrient uptake and insulin sensitivity, known factors in overall health. Along with this, I could imagine increased vagus nerve activity as parasympathetic activity is increased as a result of 'Sinking Qi' and stabilization of attention and reduced mind-wandering (which deactivates the default mode network in the brain) along with concomitant increased concentration which activates the ACC (anterior cingulate cortex) facilitating heightened brain-function. If we move further and extrapolate on how the targets of 'stem cell exhaustion, cellular senescence, and altered intracellular communication' is affected, I would imagine the Bone Marrow Washing or Xi Sui Jing would be where these things are affected, directly impacting the Jing level through the Marrow, affecting stem cell production. I would also imagine that the XSJ could directly affect cellular senescence through a similar mechanism if it acts on the Jing, as people mention 'age-reversal' effects at that stage of the practice including but not limited to increased hormone production and thus increased strength, vitality, virility, and strength. Beyond this level, I am sure we move beyond the realm of molecular and cellular mechanistic science such as with the creation of the light body, turning the body into light, creating body doubles and appearing two places at once, moving through walls and so forth, and it is certainly above my paygrade to make an educated guess on how that would happen.

Yes, this is a thing. And in Silicon Valley some of the more (40-50+ years of age) prominent biohackers are having younger guys' blood tapped and then they do transfusion (usually of plasma). I know this how? I am a medical doctor in the field and science of longevity (colloquially known as 'anti-aging) and endocrinology. If I'm not mistaken there was a Silicon Valley company that started offering so-called young blood transfusions.

Yes, in my opinion, it is because he knows how hard it is: 1. To find a master 2. To find authentic methods from said master 3. To dedicate your life to the method and thereby actually achieve anything with those methods 4. To align your life fully with said path to achieve enligthenment So instead, it is easier for the masses to tell them, do anapana and emptiness meditation, build merit, and you will be lead to the right teachings and the right Master... One of the late students of Master Nan Huai Chin told us all in a group he hosted 5+ years ago that one should find a Master to guide one's Path. There's a limit to how far you'll come on your own. You can try anapana by yourself. Chances are you'll never get there unless you're part of the 0.000001% percentile that just sit down dn enter samadhi and then can do the rest from there...

Asher since you refer to Master Nan Huai Chin, maybe read his own words on the topic from his famous book The Diamond Sutra Explained...

My friend who learned from the late great Master Nan Huai Chin taught it this way... The wording is taking out of context, but maybe some here would find the information interesting, inspiring, or just strange. To be fair this is a complete Buddhist view. As to the truth of the matter... I suppose it's so high level it really doesn't matter to any of us... But it's fun to speculate and do a bit of dreaming ometimes... Either way, happy to share. What is the difference between an Arahant and a Buddha? "At the point of incarnation on Earth, the Buddha was already fully enlightened (anuttarasamyaksambodhi). He had manifested in that life to turn the Dharma Wheel. At the moment he was born, there were huge superstitious signs as he descended from the Pure Abodes. He had been Bodhisattvas, Arahants, sages and disciples of other Buddhas in his previous lives and simply took human birth to reach full enlightenment. This means he had reached the end-point of Mahayana enlightenment -- the Buddha fruit. Now how do we know that there is a difference between where the Buddha is and where Hinayana enlightenment is? There are many stories of how his disciples had mastery of several faculties, but were not masters of everything in its fullest degree just like the Buddha. While the arahants could see 8000 past lives, they could not see the 8001th life of a person who begged for the teaching of the Buddha and had affinity with him. Yet another example was when the Buddha asked who could pay a visit to Vimalakirtii and only Manjushri was worthy of exchanging wisdom with him. The Buddha teaches according to the capability of each person who asks him for the Dharma, therefore there are tens of thousands of teachings. he taught "leaving the worldly" as the first point so that people could relinquish the strong desire of clinging to sense objective. Even the fruit of Hinayana is difficult to obtain! However, eventually, to really relinquish the root of ignorance, one has to progress in wisdom towards the Bodhisattva path and eventually the Buddha fruit." What are the levels of becoming an Arahant? "There are four levels to becoming an Arahant. These are related to the relinquishment of fetters - when the higher fetters are completely released, one is an Arahant. When one is a Sotapanna, you no longer come back to the Earth - you ascend to the Pure Abodes. Once the life in the Pure Abode is finished, one then returns to become a human being - we call this a Returner. S to whether this incarnation is male or female, or has certain characteristics, this is unfathomable - because this is simply to come back to pay a karmic debt. Thus, they return seven times in total. If one comes back as a Sotapanna, they often do not know that they are simply repaying the debt. They are also said to be 'stream-winners'. What stream? It is the stream of the Noble Eightfold Path, the stream of the sages, the awakening of the Tao entering into the flow of the Dharma nature. To the common person, they are ensnared by pleasant realms and experiences and dragged away. However, to the Sotapanna, they do not enter sound, smell, taste, contact, dharmas. This is only like a stone pressing on grass -- when the Sotapanna meets certain negative realms, the problems in the mindstream will reveal itself. Then we have the second fruit, the third fruit, and the last fruit being the Arahant. It is only reaching the level of the Arahant that has significance. The Arahant is 'birthless' - without any frustrations or mara obstacles. The mind is eternally pure and bright. However - does this mean that the Arahant does not come back to the Desire REalm? One still does. The Great Arahants go into a deep samadhi of about 84000 great kalpas - in this time, the Earth is destroyed and rebirthed. However, when one leaves this samadhi, one still needs to move towards the Mahayana vehicle, using wisdom for liberation to become a Buddha. It is only when one has become a Sravaka through the Hinayana - that one can then become a Bodhisattva. In the genuine emptiness, there is no 'empty' realm that can be obtained. If one perceives an 'empty' realm, that is a side-path. If one says it is boundless, that is again a side path. It is not emptiness! It is a hole! Why do people perceive it that way? It is only a matter of wisdom. When a great Arahant is rebirthed, they are not muddled in the womb, however, when they leave the womb, they are still muddled! On the other hand, a great Bodhisattva (eight bhumi ground and above) will not be muddled in the womb or out of the womb! The difference here is one's samadhi-power. Therefore, the Arahant itself is an extremely noble fruit. Byt itself, it is as you say: 'Birth is destroyed, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more coming to any state of being" There is no actual "birth" of an entity - one is already in the stream of sages. The Buddha-nature is birthless and undestroyed. A Buddha manifests multiple emanations to the boundless Buddha realms and planetary systems. The question is - "Who" exactly comes back? To the Arahant, there is no "being" that comes back. There is no "state of being". One's mind ground is pure and bright - without any rising of frustrations, mental agitations, or fetters. The only difference is one's wisdom - which we can say is divided into the ten grounds (bhumi) of Bodhisattvas to become a Buddha." So in essence, we must all eventually become Buddhas? Through however many kalpas and aeons it takes? "Yes. That is the case."

Open discussion. I'll start with an anecdote. As my life is setup right now, I work in an emergency department as a doctor. I see all kinds of people there. I face pretty intense situations and have to keep my cool. Throughout my months of taking upon the "doctor" role, I have become more and more confident in these types of situations. At first I held a lot of fear about what would happen and how to handle specific situations, but once you learn it, a lot of that fear disappears. This is not to say that the work cannot still be stressful, in that there's a lot to do and many obligations, lots to manage at the same time, pressures, it can still be depleting, etc. - but I wouldn't use the word fear anymore to describe my feelings toward it. As I drove home from grocery shopping today with my significant other, I crossed the road turning left, following the rules correctly, looking right and left, seeing a car to my left that blinks to the right, and think "okay, free ahead", and suddenly this guy overtakes the car in front of him about to turn, driving at least 70km/h where you're allowed to drive 50 km/h and has to push the brakes powerfully to avoid colliding into the side of the road. Instead of seeing his own mistake, he turns his car around, drives behind me and flashes the lights multiple times. Drives closer and closer very aggressively. At this point not only my significant other but also myself feel adrenaline rushing into the body and fueling the mind, "what should we do?" "maybe he'll hurt us". The classic fight-and-flight response. We've heard lots of stories around where we live which is close to a ghetto-place where many crazy things unfold. We turn the corner and he's still following aggressively so I decide to drive the car to the side, and he drives up next to me, and I roll down the window slightly. I think as he realises I'm not going to blame him, he simply says "Didn't you see I was coming?", and I just said something like, "It was a very unfortunate incident", and he says, "oh okay, just look next time", he seems to cool his demeanor and then gives a nod and drives away. Afterwards I'm struck by a deep disappointment in myself. Why was I that afraid? Why did my body and mind react so violently? It did not in any way or form help the situation. There was no point to it. I could've had the same conversation with him, perhaps much better, if I had been in a fearless state of mind. Instead, I was unconfident and afraid and answered him timidly. My significant other said it was overall well done as I defused the situation which could've gone a lot worse if we were unlucky and I had pushed him, as the guy was clearly looking for a fight. Maybe. I still can't help but think that fear ultimately doesn't help and it surely doesn't feel like it's a wise or elevated state to be in either. On the contrary. So that made me think... what is fear exactly? It disappeared as quickly as it came. But is it just ignorance? Ignorance of the unknown? Or is it rather all about attachment to life? Being afraid of losing what one has? Or is it instead simply all due to weak "kidneys", and people with strong kidneys never really feel fear like that? Either way, would be curious to hear people's thoughts. How does a practictioner approach fear? How does a practictioner eventually overcome it completely?

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If that was the case for everyone then everyone would experience that. Plenty of people that eat a big dinner and not suffering as you describe. It depends on activity levels. Someone who is very physically active will also require more nutrients and more food. What you are describing also sounds more appropriate for someone living in a retreat meditative setting and not someone who is a very active person in their respective communities, working, has family life, etc. Mental models that are very restrictive can lead to massive nocebo effects and thus ultimately a less free and joyous life IMHO.

If you can learn Reiki Healing in a weekend course ... which it seems you can, you really have to question the validity and especially the benefit of anything sold as a Reiki healing nowadays to themselves and others. Perhaps hundreds of years ago by an authentic reiki master that was brimming with healthy Qi that is something else... But reiki in 2021? Forgettaboutit. From what I've seen from every single one of my patients and also myself included... the only way you can really heal people or yourself is by changing their/your habits. Habits of thought, habits of eating, habits of doing. That takes work + time + consistency. If you have access to a master herbalist and Qi emitting healer that is well-versed in Classical Chinese Medicine and is incredibly skilled in the internal arts as well - well, maybe you can get some miracles going for people that can change that whole thing on its head. But outside of that, I am very doubtful. In most cases there are karmic causes (see the habits above) that will not allow any healing to be genuine and long-term unless and until the above is addressed. For those reasons (and the many freeform list above), I would not put my eggs in that basket. Very dangerous approach IMHO. Each of those things requires a level of expertise that is not often found and certainly not quickly attained. The best thing would be to learn one modality really well like Chinese medicine, and then aim to add others on top at a later point in time when you've already mastered (or at least become proficient in one of them). To combine or try to learn all at the same time at a cursory superficial level may prove dangerous to the patients IMHO. "Welcome [sick person]. Today we're going to put you in a soundbath while you take these magic mushrooms or LSD (your choice). After a few hours you'll get an acupuncture session while we have Reiki healers that emit Qi into your body blessing your body leaving you fully rejuvenated and healed on the deepest soul level. When you've finished that we will take you through a guided Hatha Yoga session where we will do intense breathing exercises that move Qi to your head leading to full enlightenment. Secret methods that only the Yogis sworn to secrecy have finally revealed. Tomorrow we'll do an enema to detox all you have purged." Yikes. There are probably already places like that. I guess for some that sounds fun? Anyway. Just my two cents. Best of luck

Is there anyone that can vouch for John Dolics ability to FaQi electric Qi? The above are alleged statements. What is necessary is direct experience with said teacher showing that is the case. 小梦想 has experience with multiple teachers with Fa Qi ability some of them well known in neigong circles. I am unaware of John Dolic being known in similar circles. Can you enlighten us in this respect? Thank you. For the record, I mean no disrespect to you or your teacher with my questioning and hope it is not interpreted that way.

Is it correct or a myth that women progress much more swiftly at the early stages of the neigong and alchemical process?

Check out this post here. We discuss it a bit there.

Wishing you a swift and complete recovery! I am sure with your internal skill and development you'll be able to fight it off -- best of wishes from here.

I believe many would find this interview interesting. At least I did. Enjoy

My dear friend answering your question... Only an occultist of a high order could answer this question with certainty. Without pretending to any such actual knowledge, we may with benefit, however, speculate about as well as anticipate the manner in which this is accomplished, and also the result. One who lives the ordinary worldly life cannot open or use his “third eye.” This physical organ is the bridge between body and mind. The power and intelligence which operates through it is the bridge between the finite and the infinite. He who lives in the finite thinks in the finite and acts in the finite cannot grow into and comprehend the infinite while he so lives and thinks and acts. The initial step to be taken toward opening the “third eye” is to control the thoughts, to cleanse the mind, and make the body pure. This strikes at the roots of life, and covers the whole range of human development. All duties must be performed faithfully, all obligations be lived up to strictly, and the life must be guided by one’s inherent sense of justice. One must change the habits of thought on the baser things to the consideration of the higher objects of life, and thence of the highest. All the forces of the body must be turned upward in thought. All marital relations must have ceased. One so living will cause the long disused occult organs of the body to become active and awakened. The body will thrill with a new life, and this new life will rise from plane to plane in the body until all of the finer essences of the body carry the power to the head and finally, either of itself naturally, or by an effort of the will, the flower of eternity will bloom: the Eye of God, the “third eye,” will open. The radiance of a thousand suns is not to be compared to the light of truth which then fills and surrounds the body and penetrates all space. Objects, as objects, disappear and are resolved into the principle which they represent; and all principles as representing the real are in turn resolved into the immensity of the whole. Time disappears. Eternity is the ever-present. The personality is lost in the individuality. The individuality is not lost, but it expands into and becomes one with the whole.