Neirong

This is common sense. What they’re selling in those books is an infobusiness scam. I’ve already seen two groups of misguided Daoists in public: one advocating for the consumption of mercury pills (mercury is a deadly toxin to humans) and another promoting breatharianism (not eating). Both of these delusions are lethal. You’ve clearly missed the most important part of the message: it’s not about who owns or authored the exercise, or even whether it’s good or not. If you take a standard push-up, widely used, and rename it something like “Celestial Dragon Pushes Against the Gates of Dao,” claiming it develops ancestral strength and belongs to an ancient Daoist martial arts system called Monkey/Dragon/Turtle Kung-Fu, you’re not adding value or meaning to it. People who do this are simply swindlers.

This is a general pseudo-esoteric nonsense. I feel bad just reading this crap. Telling you this as someone who can see spirits and energies, with opened third eye and had over thousands astral travel experiences.

The exercise has nothing to do with Wang Liping. It is a Pythagorean practice, ancient and widespread, found in reputable online sources like wikiHow. Giving it a fancy Daoist name and claiming it as your own is misleading. The exercise itself is not particularly valuable. It’s something ordinary people do without access to cultivation methods. The brain is a sophisticated organ that records everything from life, forgets selectively, and manages this database efficiently. Interfering with exercises like this one can impair cognitive function and slow processing. To use a computer analogy, it’s like holding data in system memory indefinitely, overloading the processor and slowing the system. In contrast, certain advanced practices can unlock true eidetic (photographic) memory. These allow you to access deeply buried memories, review them vividly, and experience them as an observer—like a multidimensional, full-color, full-sound video where you can move freely. Such practices require developing a mental body, honing meditation skills, and activating the upper chakras.

Meaningful interactions are only possible between beings on the same level of existence. The natural limitations of the human mind would prove to be a barrier to comprehending things beyond. There is a book, often recommended to beginners, called Jonathan Livingston Seagull, which effectively illustrates how the division between different levels of existence functions.

Only a common sense and reality check up.

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Seeing energies with one's eyes open is normal. I have experienced it for a long time and some of the experiences been shared publicly. https://ancientmasters.org/library/extrasensory-perception It makes it possible to see other people's energy fields, allowing for study, not mere guessing, but actual observation of the energy flow, including energy parasites, larvae, and otherworldly beings.

Visualization is not a newcomer's topic. These practices are difficult, demanding, and it would be hard to find anyone capable of mastering them. Chess and arm wrestling are both competitive sports, but they have vastly different training methods. You can't expect to develop your brain doing squats, and you can't expect to develop your muscles, simply visualizing them growing. He is not entirely wrong when he says it might be useless in his own practice (whatever that is). However, whenever he talks about visualization, confusing it with imagination, or about third-eye development, there is an absolute lack of knowledge, experience, and understanding, bordering on Dunning-Kruger syndrome. He does not know what he is talking about.

Ah yes, a "very deep lineage" like Longmenpai, the one that the Chinese government has actively promoted for many years, labeling nearly every Daoist organization with it. The majority of Taoists today are affiliated with Longmenpai or Quanzhen. However, there is no available information about rigorous exams, testing, or any formal qualifications that these individuals might possess. In fact, anyone could buy a ticket to China, take a photo with a random person dressed as a Taoist, and claim to represent a "deep lineage." This is likely what we are seeing here. In essence, it is a religious structure managed by the government, with no real connection to esoteric internal cultivation or spiritual awakening. Does anyone think a person like that would ever be accepted in Internal esoteric circles? There is absolutely no testing, verification, or credible evidence to suggest that Damo belongs to an ancient "Esoteric Taoist tradition" or possesses any sort of attainment within it. That said, there are some general ethical guidelines available to the public related to Longmenpai/Quanzhen. This does not align well with sitting in a bar, smoking expensive cigars, drinking whiskey, doing drugs, scamming, and engaging in many other glorious activities of the modern guru.

Buddha did not create or invent the concepts of reincarnation and rebirth; Buddhism is a relatively modern religion. These concepts far predate Buddhism. The spiritual world exists whether or not anyone believes in it—it is an objective part of reality. All around this thread is an astounding display of secular and cultist worldviews, locked into a narrow paradigm that fails to describe the entirety of existence. You are not truly seeking or pursuing the truth; you are only interested in confirming your established biases. This, to put it mildly, is the opposite direction of cultivation or spiritual development. A silly statement to make on a public forum. You could try to make a list of how many actual buddhists are there, by verifiying their credentials, wherever they have at least a decade of in-person training in any reputable temple under qualified Buddhist Master, wherever they have any genuine attainments. Refrain to talking only with these people if you cannot bear to talk with "non-buddhists". Similarly, as with any other tradition, you don’t become a Buddhist or a Daoist simply by reading a few random books, attending a few random seminars, or believing that you align with certain values. Preserving the self into the next life is the very first step of real self-development path. If you cannot achieve that, death will multiply your attainments by zero. There is a checkpoint that allows one to accomplish this, but the majority are never able to progress that far. Life is short.

Karma, apart from being a balancing mechanism, also serves as a lesson system. Until you clear your 'lesson,' you will not be able to move further; it will hold you back in your development. Rebirth is necessary because no one can truly clear the entire system curriculum in a single lifetime. If you are properly cultivating in each of your incarnations, you will make meaningful progress, each subsequent incarnation will likely surpass the previous one and go further.

This is very basic/fundamental esoteric knowledge. There are dozens of worlds beyond the one you know. People learn this in authentic schools. @kakapo never attended a school nor had a qualified teacher, which is why he reacts that way when any esoteric term, such as astral travel, is mentioned. This was just a simple example. It’s not about the spit; it’s about how people create problems for themselves. You will always be able to find some ignorant people fighting windmills or imaginary stuff, or hitting their head into the wall repeatedly. Instead of dealing with real problems and advancing, they would be stuck in a loop. There is a significant difference or gap between imaginary concepts and the natural laws of the universe. When two objects collide, the weaker one gets damaged. This is also why, when people attack someone who is spiritually accomplished, they end up broken, with holes in their energy field, and accumulate massive negative karma for years to come. (These are the consequences of their actions.) It is very hard, if not impossible, to advance in cultivation and make spiritual progress if there are issues with mental health, the energy field, or physical health. Principles of ethical conduct are usually taught as part of the schooling process. For example, when you evolve your mental fields, your thoughts will start to affect reality, and you will have to bear responsibility for them as much as for your actions.

People often imagine the world as having human qualities, including the pettiness of an ego that seeks to punish someone. In reality, however, the world operates more according to global laws of physics and a self-balancing system. For example, if you hit a wall with your arm, the wall resists, and your hand will likely break or get hurt. Over time, you would learn not to hit walls with your arm, avoiding unnecessary harm. The complexity increases with dimensions. If you spit upward, gravity will bring the spit back down toward you. When it comes to energies, thoughts, and mental activities, the system becomes even more intricate, as humans live within a self-created bubble of perception. They find a new person and present him as a reincarnation of Dalai Lama, to uphold tradition or prestige. It has no real value or meaning outside of their tradition. Soul gets pulled down (hooked) from spiritual world during rebirth. Karma is not a negative thing, an ability to carry over something is vastly positive. That will allow someone to make meaningful progress. Doing right steps and practices in this incarnation you will be able to influence yourself in the future lives.

It is 100% fake. The guy must be happy to have followers who believe his "art" is real deal abilities. It is a praise to any magician/illusionist. He has no connection to internal arts or cultivation what so ever. Even if the video is in poor quality and edited, you can still see the center of gravity, tense body and wire pull from above. This is nothing even remotely close to real levitation. I have seen one other guy in this occupation, who sells his parlor tricks as spiritual attainments, his name was GrandMaster Wolf.

I am not interested in chatting with book quotes, if there is no personal experience there is nothing to discuss. He was a drug addict that ended his life poorly. An example of a person who failed at Magic studies and it backfired. Humans try their best to avoid any objective and verifiable milestones with an uncomfortable reality check, and instead shift discussion to talking about rose ponies, golden unicorns, pink rainbows, and fluffy clouds. Whatever makes them feel better, but I won’t be responding to this thread anymore.