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I read Phillip Farber's Brain Magick a few times every year. He takes a secular, non-deity, non-traditional contemporary approach to invocation and evocation. In his frame, you can evoke/invoke almost anything related to your body or even constructs that you create. Emotions, diseases, desires and so on... Is there anything in Taoist theory that suggests that a person couldn't evoke/bind energy from their dantian(s), impregnate it with whatever (moar power, X form of chi, Y form of chi, a command) and then invoke it back into their body?

I like to focus on each organ, gland, send it pleasure (make it orgasm) and think good liver, healthy liver, best liver ever-- Not exactly that phrasing, but more like "you are healthy and are great at your job."

Couldn't you achieve similar with HGA practice, just direct it to your organs? I don't know if I want my organs speaking to me, I wouldn't mind having a bit of medical intuition, like I think most ppl have on some level, but I guess alcoholics would do well having their liver yell at them, "mannnnn, you're killing me!"

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It would be getting your cake and eating it too. I don't see it as a free lunch, tho. One would need to be able to create a construct strong enough to do it, there's a physical/mental aspect running in the background, the more things you attempt to do outside of practice would lessen the effect.

Interestingly enough, the same author has an ebook where you use a mix of NLP framing, resource state creation and a bit of western practical magic with the use of self-made gesture to fire specific useful states.

The real magick, I hear, is when your navel gazes you.

I have other ideas like using a servitor to fill dantians for you. I tried the above technique with a time limit and it was an interesting experience. Continous jolty jolts similar to how when I focus on any part of the body, but automatic. I have no idea if it is useful or not.

There seems to be a few out of shape energy masters. It simply proves that you can gain success at one level of life without having the total package. Some will askew healthy social and romantic relationships, some will learn to throw chi balls but not barbells. Some will meditate all day but not master the outer world. If I have kids, I hope to live long enough to at least see them through their 20s.

Not confusing, but simple to use and navigate.

Why do so many teachers offer DVDs and not streaming video via Amazon or some other content site? Who owns a DVD player in 2018?

It makes sense based on age and not keeping up with the times. But laptops don't even come with DVD players one you start buying high-end computers. I have come across a few more teachers who have streaming and download options. I do think that all digital content should be backed up multiple times in the cloud and even locally, just in case. One risk we have is an electronic attack that destroys servers, we could lose decades worth of knowledge.

I'm sure there have to be some techie savvy nerdy hipster teachers! When you've mastered yourself, the internet is child's play... I did get two decent streaming videos awhile ago, Celestial Qigong from a guy who used to post here, and I rented a Wild Goose qigong video on Amazon that was surprisingly good.

True. I guess I'm looking for something a little less ritualistic/dogma heavy and more energy-related from the beginning. My overarching belief is that it is all in the body, so words are just forces that prime people for certain experiences.

I've never believed in blood type based theories, especially ones around diet and personality. I just don't see any evidence for them.

I don't think any of those things are just external, they emanate from who you are inside, who you want to be and as an olive branch to better relationships. They put you in the game, but if you have to earn those things they mean much more, they are transformative, teach discipline and how to navigate in the entire world. Just to be super woke-- very few things are only internal or external.

Wouldn't the best way to find a quality lover be to develop into a quality and desirable person? Meditation and energy practices can help, but you still have to do the work to build the right attributes. Working on fitness, personality, communication and having a life that someone else would love to join are all things that will likely be far better than using a mantra.

Hello, What are we supposed to write in a welcome post? --I've been around the internal cultivation communication for around 15 years --I'm an inconsistent practitioner --I'm going to take the next cycle of KAP with Tao --I might even give Gary Clyman $800 one day --I'm headed to Chiang Mai in July, I might contact Mark Rasmus for lessons (Heremetic/elastic force) --I'm 38 --I'm more into reaching the potential of my body vs chi blasting enemies --My goal is razor sharp will, purpose, strong energy and motivation from the inside out --My life has been really good as of late by working more on creating an internal palace and coming to the world as the right purpose --I'm not a follower, I don't care about tradition, lineage or magic men in caves --I want to take what works and leave all the dogma for those who love dogma Have a great day!