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Not in the daoist tradition.

The book is still not out. He doesn't do the inner cultivating methods of these two lineages, instead he draws those from two other lineages, non-Long Men Pai. That, and his translation of the Nei Jing Tu, gives a hint of that the book (I am on Ian Duncan's mailing list) which he again is writing about might be ever so disapointing. I will buy it anyway, but... BTW, @Mudfoot, your ppd seems to be empty.

Yes, but that is the point in this case. It opens up the pathways that should have been opened up before doing any other kind of energetic/spiritual work. You move it down the center, which is (warning, arrogant statement coming) the proper way of doing it. And you move it down by means of a sensation, not a visualisation or by force., which is (see above) 😊 And (. ) well, there is more but it still comes to "which is....". This combines well with chopping wood, strolls in a forest, and some time without screentime.

Google hakunin melting butter exercise

Probably only useful if your therapist-to-be knows the mental health aspect, although that is only my opinion.

I suspected that Truth would end up there, in the unmanifested, and not really being relevant in the manifested world.

Allowing the body to adjust naturally is often the best option. Sometimes though, that might not be enough. One of these cases is when there is/has been a mental health issue. Some of these (depression, trauma and psychotic episodes comes to mind) leave a really deep imprint in posture and movement patterns, that is, the reaction is the new "natural". If one has any of these issues in ones history, one might be better of in the long run to see a therapist who is competent in this area (and yes, finding one is hard, at least in most western countries where psychopharmaca and verbal based therapies are the norm). There are methods popping up, and I include qualified instructors in internal arts in the term therapist, so it is not hopeless. In the case of having a history of mental health issues, there are a slight problem with proper zz. All the instructions above, while being useful for the average person, MIGHT trigger negative reactions. The main triggers: Standing still Relaxing Being present in how that feels There are other ways to work with these emotional leftovers through the body, but usually one need to have repeated contact with a therapist to build up a personal practice.

If you are unaccustomed to it, it might be just a physical thing.

There are several physical therapies that work on structural alignments without doing the internal work associated with proper zz. Depending on where you live, there might be a handful to choose from. Are you in a western country? Feldenkrais, Alexander, Mensendieck, Rolfing, ......

Can that Truth be named?

Congrats, nature is evil.

Ahhh, sounds so easy. But what is good? And what is evil? And if someone yells "GOD wills it" and everyone in the vincinity believes that is good, is it?

Google Scholar:Riskind Gotay

Blockages (as in TCM theory), well that should be common. But developing severe qi deviations from very little practice, that is another thing. Makes you wonder if there was any symtoms before the practice was initiated. For example: Sleep disorder, anxiety or depression, intruding thoughts, paranoid ideation, balance problem or fine motor/complex hand motor issues.

I am making fun of you and your superior, negative attitude. That is an time-honoured way of dealing with it.

There are a lot for free on youtube. But: Xing Yi Quan is an internal martial art, meaning that there is a certain amount of principles that goes with each movements, and I would advocate in-person training or as close to that as possible, at least if you do want to actually check ✅ off every item on your list, and get some more you didn't know existed. There are other methods, but as an introduction and a foundation to internal arts, Xing Yi Quan is a very good option. Even if you later on decide to focus on something else than the martial side, the basic five element fist methods continues to be very useful. I'm not practicing this specific art myself, so I have no preferences when it comes to specific lineages.

Too bad, it fitted your list rather well.

I more or less quoted BKF there (had his books in front of me) but I do not think that his version of Nei Dan is similar to the Zhong-Lu tradition as transmitted by Zhang Boduan. As you say, the Kan/Li aspect contains both, as do the Ming/Xing if seen in a larger perspective. If BKF's Nei Dan = his I Ching meditation, it is a bit BTDT, at least for me 😁. Water and Fire, like so many other terms (Dragon and Tiger comes to mind) means so many different things depending on context, so it might be difficult to pin the meaning down.

BKF, who popularized this terminology, states that the water method is based on relaxation and letting go, and in practice the downward flow comes first. Fire methods use more force, pushing limits, develop powers and so on. As this model relates to Nei Dan, the water approach is based on the dissolving method, while a typical fire approach would be the Nei Dan method Damo Mitchell's book White moon on the mountain peak goes in to. And other teachers disagree strongly with BKF's model, since it is created to market his school.

Because we live in a culturally biased society, where we create rules of behaviour enforced by that society. So while being relative and not absolute, they are still, for all practical reasons, real. And I didn't say that all theft and killing was included, you were driving the idea of this as an absolute. Most societies have justified some theft and some killing, mostly directed at individuals belonging to another society. War =plunder =profit and so on.

No, those are just cultural biases.

Yes. Relative, based on available knowledge (that includes scientific "truths"), and circumscribed by ones own willingness to take in and accept that available knowledge (bias). This is closely guarded by two fierce Guardians: Ego and Mammon.

With the exception of the one just quoted 😁

Yeah, thanks, tonight (actually this morning for me), you are on fire 😁

Yes, Rubbo. Never remember names. And yes, all the others are doing moving practices. (Added:Rubber ball, Rubbo Bollo. How the mind works....)