SHeretic

Thanks for the clarification. Many things have fallen into place for me.

Hi, Second time in my life when I've read about the "utilizing morning wood" stuff. I would love if you can elaborate on that part of the practice. Have you been taught how you can stabilize and carry on in that state? Dos and don'ts? Would you be kind to share what is/are the equivalent sign(s) in case of the female practitioner (readiness)? As for mantras and the Tibetan path: a couple of years maybe even a decade ago an eclectic teacher, Paolo Proietti extensively wrote on sexual yoga, karmamudra, tantric sexual practices etc. on the yoga.it forum (unfortunately now defunct). If my memory serves me right apart from the inherent benefits of these mantras (or rather the seed syllables of the chakras in his explanation) you can build up on them a conditioned reflex based on the initially spontaneously occuring phenomena.

A big and loud Hi to all of you, Lurker in the distant past, short time member - then I lost my interest, password, email, name - you name it. And lost in time eventually. Self taught in an obscure western occult system, dabbled with the yi king, interested in mystic Christianity. Learned some 'Shaolin' based stuff in my teens, then tried a couple simple qigong system. Frustrated by the obscurity, secrecy and language barrier of the Daoist Alchemy - I have given up the search for an authentic system and teacher. Now I understand little bit better what I didn't and don't and will not know via Vajrayana Buddhism.