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It is a bad idea to collect books. Most certainly, you would encounter numerous issues instead of making any meaningful progress within any system. The same holds true for mixing and matching hundreds of different systems and schools. Is it the "I am the chosen one" and I am the protagonist syndrome, when people believe that they can find knowledge and progress in cultvation from books. You don't even question the authors of the said books and if they achieved anything at all. Looking for valuable knowledge in publicly available books, is no different from digging in your local waste collection plant to find a gold bar.

Mantak does not possess or have knowledge of high levels; that's why his system experiences a mass exodus. After spending 5, 10, or even 15+ years, people realize there is nothing substantial to learn or achieve, prompting them to seek knowledge elsewhere. The man himself spends his time arguing and creating conflicts with his followers over money. Instead of imparting profound spiritual practices, he predominantly focuses on teaching sexual practices and markets himself as a sex-tantra guru. All of Mantak's purported immortality secrets boil down to regular visits to a private clinic. There, they thoroughly cleanse his body to enhance his skin's appearance and dye his hair a darker shade. This practice stems from a common belief in medieval "Daoist" tradition, associating white hair with weak vitality and dark hair with strong vitality. https://ancientmasters.org/library/mantak-chia-and-xu-mingtang Qi is not life force; there are people who possess an exceptionally strong life force, live to be 115 years old without many problems, and have never even heard of Qi or Qi circulation. This and inner smile and Chi Nei Tsang (belly massage) are among the best teachings he has. Good for beginners, but for massage and healing arts there are better Masters in Thailand temples.

If a person always knows what to expect and what is going to happen, chances are there is no development at all, but pure imagination work at play of counting hours practiced into virtual progress inside a delusional realm. Learning is about unveiling the unknown, if you "learn" something obvious and predictable, it is not the same as if you learn something new and add new qualities and pieces of knowledge to yourself. I find that a lot of students and teachers, are omitting the exploration part of the path. Some are dismissive, and some are scared of the unknown. Good methods would teach something you don't know, pick the skills you never had, show you something you never seen or experienced before.

You can come on our discord server and see it there. With the development of the third eye and higher chakras, subtle energy bodies and spiritual growth becomes visible and tangible, much like how muscle and physical body development can be observed on the physical plane. While some people play a guessing game, living in obscurity, we perceive the exact spiritual reality. I'm not sure how one can develop spiritually otherwise; it would be akin to a blind cat walking in a dark room. Well, it is rare, I don't see how a person can get to know other people with abilities and attainments unless they seriously go on the path of self-development. People generally contact well with like-minded individuals. You don't see athletes with drug addicts, homeless beggars among billionaires and so on.

@ChiDragon A lot of people naively think that having more money and more energy will solve all their issues in life. Think about money. Energy and money is similar. Wealth can have a lot of positive impact and give you powers in the material world to do good things. You could invest into research, build a lab, develop technology, invest into health, limitless opportunities. But for many people, when they get rich, it turns out that they end up paying for whores, drinking whiskey and smoking cigars. That is all they see. In a parallel reality of an imaginary degraded world, they also end up teaching people and building persona cults. Unfortunately, that is how money works. Without internal development, obtaining higher quantities of energy or money ends up badly. You have to develop your mind, intellect, and wisdom. Otherwise, wherever you gain energy or not, the path is certain into the abyss.

The article that is on the website is outdated. I can't be bothered to update it and don't have time for it, but there has been a lot of information coming up about both Damien and Mizner. People come to us and share their personal experiences; they don't do it here. These people don't have high standards for cultivation schools, and self-development because they never trained with qualified people, and they still find a lot of things off with this behavior and egg-boy muscle car mentality, who spends half of his day ridiculing all the teachers, teachings and ancient cultures he comes across. While he is the only chosen Light in the universe, landlord of Daoism tradition, speaking the absolute verified truth for his fellow brainwashed cultists. Do you think such an article is possible to write out of nowhere? It is based on a recollection of research and investigation conducted by a group of practitioners on a closed forum over a long period of time. All this information would never go public. Damien students, who take after him in arrogance and disrespectful attitude (some of whom have multiple suspensions even on this forum) and seemingly suffering from some mental ailments from bad practice. They made a poor choice. We are not in competition with whatever he is doing. It is like comparing McDonald's takeaway with IT university. Our teaching starts with visualization practice that Damien does not comprehend. We also don't talk for 1000s hours and don't produce endless weekly videos for the entertainment sake. Our program is challenging and demanding, much more than "click" your next video lesson. My part of the work that I did was a third eye scan of Damien's spiritual attainments and all of his instructors, and the results were beyond horrific. I have lab-tested abilities, confirmed on a dozen offline closed retreats, which are much harder to access than "wait 3 hours and the teacher will come back". Cultivators sitting on Facebook.. drinking whiskey and smoking cigars.

If you don't feel and observe benefits after a few months of practice, it is kind of silly to think they will come after ten years of doing the very same method. Some techniques may lack potency and impact. Energy is only a driver of evolution, and it is not an evolution in itself. Just having more energy won't change who you are and won't transform you or bring forward any enlightenment. In fact, a lot of people, when they gain more energy than normal, become worse than they were. Having fuel in a car is good, but where you drive the vehicle and how is what matters. Otherwise, all these practices are kind of worthless.

He says a lot of things, that is his job. He also says that he is not running a cult.. repeatedly. "Hey, I am not robbing you, yes, I am taking all your money, but it is not robbery? Why? I said, so." People clearly don't know anything. Esoteric and Exoteric teachings are different. You can practice Exoteric for your whole life and will never know the difference. Exoteric teachers drink, smoke, behave like monkeys because they are monkeys. The teaching is incapable of changing who you are. Even if we don't look at the value of the content and study materials. Damien is a discounted version of Andrew Tate, his dream is to make Hustle University. You are confusing prerecorded echo-chambers lectures with live platform teaching and master personally checking students reports. There is not a single minute of Damien personal time spent into you studying in his Academy. He does not know 99% of "customers" in his online netflix. Just to be clear here, I am not interested in Damien's students or followers. I have only responded to your association of Damien and morals/ethical conduct. Also, I like Damo, the Bodhidharma one. Zen teachings of Bodhidharma is a book I often recommend to beginners.

It exists for over 30 years, and there are no results. Persona cult is a factual reality, I have observed a bunch of students of Damien, and they have been clearly showing signs of being brainwashed. It is the opposite state of mind that you want to see in practitioners and adepts of esoteric arts. I have seen Damien's original writings - they are ridiculously bad from cultivation standpoint. If he had teachers at some point they were very low level. Imagine stealing name from a historic figure to present oneself as qualified in the field.

Perfect ethical conduct, smoke cigars, drink whiskey, sell scam, run a persona cult and deceive people. https://ancientmasters.org/library/damo-mitchell

Physical fitness and good diet. While some abilities may transfer through sexual energy exchange, it is not a good path to pursue. It depends on a school, but training process certainly takes 5+ years and is by no means possible over a weekend. We would not advise any spiritual work for people with unstable mental health, and avoid "magic mushrooms" or any psychedelic substances, as they erode and weaken the mind, you will end up worse in the end.

Martial Arts derive their name from the words "Martial" and "Arts," both of which imply competition and a skill ladder to climb. Martial Arts originated from combat. Separating fighting from martial arts is akin to visiting the grave of an ancestor and spitting on it, then boasting about your greatness. Engaging in "advanced" martial arts without ever having experienced fighting with a skilled opponent is a dangerous detachment from reality, creating a delusional ego bubble. It's comparable to offering business coaching without prior experience in running a business, managing a company, or holding any significant work-related management position. Likewise, claiming to be a Daoist teacher without having experienced Qi, let alone achieving the internal balance of Yin and Yang Qi, which is essential for attaining the Dao state, is deceptive. Armchair philosophy might lead someone to believe that fighting is inherently evil and destructive, but skilled individuals can spar effectively without causing lasting harm while simultaneously making progress and rectifying mistakes in real situations. In fact, if you speak with fighters, you'll find that they often have a better quality of life. You are making yourself stronger, you are helping others to make themselves stronger by competing with you. For some reason, many people who are interested in martial arts take a misguided path, similar to those pursuing spiritual development. You can never make genuine progress in these disciplines if you are solely driven by selfish desires and ego. If you a real martial artist, your limbs are deadly weapons. A basic ethics code would be not to fight untrained individuals. A martial artist could spar safely and productively with someone close to his level of skill. Imagine, having a gun or a spear, and using it against unarmed people, that is degeneracy. Same thing with martial arts. Imagine having a 120ms baseline reaction speed vs 350ms average. Three times faster, a martial artist could knock out untrained individual before his brain is even able to process the visual information.

"But he knows dao the best in the world". https://ancientmasters.org/library/pitfalls-cultivation There in the article we cover both pitfalls affected, ego/dunning kruger syndrome and bookworm/bookshelf sickness. The problem that the more years inside a pitfall, the deeper is the trap, the harder is to get out. It is the opposite of a usual, the more years spent in cultivation = the higher level of wisdom and skill. As far as electric qi goes, that is something I have experienced on the very first practices with teacher. It is just a quality of Qi once it gets to a certain density it can strongly manifest itself. In my case it was not only electric current, but also a gravity mass, that was bending the fingers unnaturally. The experience of electric Qi is one out of hundreds among practitioners (not forum coach experts who never once touched practice). I have seens and observed reports. There are experiences of strong pressure, burning heat, and even choking. (don't think of star wars reference, although it is quite similar). But of course in the world of average citizen, consumer of tv and mass media propaganda, reader of junk books it would be all "mystery, mystical, supernatural". For most getting out of their cozy ego house, and going down even to the local third-tier bioenergetics class, would be a mind-shattering activity.

That is a good point, and most internal and genuine cultivation experiences will sound like a fairy tale or cosmic fantasy to an uneducated non-initiated bystander. And the further you advance in practice, the more bizarre the gap between normal people's reality and cultivators. I think the ability to see Qi with your own eyes and the ability to interact with the spirit world directly is like a waterboard between the world of mortals and the world of spiritual development. it is not possible to explain those concepts in words, and not possible to pass through the wall without a guide or a teacher transmission. (And a lot of training)

Individuals have the freedom to ask questions within the appropriate channel. However, this thread was not initiated by us and has been plagued by trolls ever since.

"Fireball" is the name of a core technique used in magic practices, as evident from its name. Without delving into the specifics, it revolves around the qualities of the fire element and energy manipulation in the form of a ball. I have yet to encounter people inquiring whether the "Dragon Yin" method will transform them into actual dragons, complete with scales and tails.

There is one thing more outstanding. Desiring to become a powerful Immortal, but being stopped by a 100$ price tag, not per day, but per month.

Chi (Energy) work will always be a somewhat mundane practice. If you genuinely seek higher-level experiences, then mental/arcane work is the path to pursue. The most significant limitation of the body is its mortality. With death, all the accumulations in the dantiens are disassembled and lost.

If you want to fix back pain, swimming pool and manual massage (Find experienced chiropractor) are proper tools. As far as doing 4-hours of practice a day for 5 years in that particular system, I have only observed and heard of detrimental results.

Xu Mingtang is a founder of Zhong Yuan Qigong. He is a legendary self-proclaimed Qigong Grand Master and Lineage Holder of Zhong Yuan Qigong; he is a Chairman, Director, Founder, and deputy CEO of multiple organizations. All these titles are there to give him leverage of authority and push his media persona forward as an expert in internal arts and cultivation. The system of Zhong Yuan Qigong is claimed to be multiple thousands of years old, and he came from a family of internal arts masters linked with Shaolin tradition and inherited all kinds of secrets and powers along the line. He quickly became international and expanded to Western Hemisphere, Europe, and the United States. Xu Mingtang did organize retreats and taught his students outside the Shaolin Temple. Mantak Chia is Chinese born in 1944 in Thailand. After the Chinese revolution, there was a mass exodus of spiritual gurus and internal arts teachers from China, fearing repressions and witch hunts. Some came to Thailand and took Chia in as a student. Asian societies, particularly the internal arts circles, are often very secluded and preferential towards people of the same descent. You may not be accepted if you are of a different race or nationality, even if you have a talent for those arts. While Mantak was one in the group of students of his Master, because he was Chinese and was Man, he was destined to inherit it all. His teachers wanted to preserve and save tradition and to pass it further. At 78 years old, he is a successful spiritual leader and Daoist Master. He is the Universal Healing Tao system's founder and owner of Tao Garden Retreat and Pakua Health Clinic. Mantak has been named in the top 18th of the most influential people in the world of Esoteric and Spiritual circles, compared in one list with names like Dalai Lama, Eckhart Tolle, and Deepak Chopra. Mantak Chia has been teaching for over 50 years all around the world. Mantak is the author of 60 books on internal arts, self-development, massage, sexuality, martial arts, cultivation, and Daoism. There are thousands of instructors and teachers all around the globe that have trained in Mantak methods. This fascinating story of an enlightened, awakened Master willing to teach and guide you down the rabbit hole to complete mastery. He might have learned some deep secrets of immortality and effectively slowed down his aging process. His dark black hair should be a symbol of vitality and internal power. You can read the full article here.

Meditation work can massively boost intellect, ability to concentrate, absorb, digest and memorize information. If people and parents would know of such benefits, there would be higher demand for meditation classes along with general studies. That said most meditations taught online and in meditation apps are worthless, and make people more dull or addicted to the practice itself. Having a sharp and powerful mind is a massive boon to any life.

Fireball is an intense practice, and requires prerequisites to be met. As with the whole system, that is built on decades of exclusive research and practical experience. There are a handful people on the planet who can teach what we know. That said if you have any real questions, you can ask them on a school discord, instead of hijacking daoist section thread with an offtopic ctrl + C / ctrl + V from our website. Even if you do copy - do it properly.

One of the major issues in society as a whole across the globe, is that some people are more priveleged than others. The root of this problem lies in the supporters who rationalize any misdeeds committed by their idols. By doing so, they inadvertently enable evil actions. It is important to acknowledge that the source of malevolence does not stem from drugs, but rather from individuals themselves. Regardless of the labels bestowed upon them, be it gurus, enlightened sages, or other grand titles, this practice elevates certain individuals above others, granting them impunity to commit heinous acts while turning a blind eye to their atrocities. Over the course of hundreds of years, Indian culture has been notorious for perpetuating such phenomena. People with popularity, wealth, and influence seem immune to legal consequences for their actions. Even as they engage in activities involving arms and drug trade, organized crime, deforestation, or slavery, they find a market for their books and seminars, with many worshipping them as holy men or godly figures. While you are spamming the forum about "children, drugs are bad, mkay", you are missing the bigger picture, where you enable "holyman" to take drugs without consequences and enable a much bigger evil, blaming all on common people who don't have any influence.

Yes Read about Inability to start - https://ancientmasters.org/library/pitfalls-cultivation

Fake martial artist, anyone who promotes him is a fake too. He is a cult leader and claims to belong to a school he has been kicked from. There are a bunch of videos online exposing him, including several people (non pros) who offered him a fight (spar) and he dodged. It takes you somewhere in a grand delusion and Ego satisfaction, all those internal martial arts, like the mizner, damo e.t.c. work till you step into a ring with anyone semi decent from regular martial arts. Then you will start asking questions, why did you waste decades of life and hundreds thousands of dollars, on clown-fest seminars.