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A sequence of events that show just how deep the stink goes.......now Robinhood is shutting down purchases and being sued.

The year 2020 was a space where many illusions regarding how society runs fell away.....with apocalyptic intensity. Flaws in political, economic and agricultural systems were revealed. We learned a great deal of how depraved and psychopathic those whom occupy seats of "influence" in our society are and that there is an enormous amount of corruption in the system that needs to be pushed out like a big turd, giving society constipation. In that vain, i recommend Gordon White's Chaos Protocols. He talks about corruption and how in order to get your way in this world, where the odds of success are stacked against your "elevation"...you need to apply all tools at your disposal to claim your rightful level authority over this little piece of existence you possess. A particular excerpt that i found fun : Self Initiation "You may consider a self-initiation ritual to be a safer choice than a ritual psychedelic experience. You would be wrong. Fallout from becoming invincible is impossible to predict. Even if you are in the snake and piranha infested Amazon, at least you are in safe hands of an experienced shaman. Boiled down to its essence, a self-initiation is a declaration to the universe that you have a seat st the table, that your Highest is united with your Lowest, and you expect the cosmic croupier to deal you in. It is a fundamentally radical act, a transgressive move. It runs counter to almost two thousand years of social, economic, and religious diktat. There is a lot to burn through, which is why you must persist in your transgression until the volume of High Strangeness in your life is so extreme that it cannot be interpreted as anything other than contact."

Loki, an interesting archetype that has all of those qualities. Ironically, he's also a shape shifter (flexible) in many myths. Rangers in common lore also a bit of everything.

Another way to use this exploratory strategy is through "game". D&D can be an interesting experiment. The most revealing part of this game is when people actually create the characters they wish to play. You cannot "create" something that is not "you" in that moment. Look at the common resonances and archetypes you pick as your "role" to play. It can be profoundly revealing.

and put it together like a puzzle.

These archetypes will manifest in your reality whether you realize it or not. When i was younger i was involved in a swim team, martial arts and loved playing video games. There are different underlying energetics in all these areas. I had a guy friend who had a very yin personality and felt completely calm when around water. For me, watching a tiger stalk its prey is pure joy. Keep gathering clues.

A good book on sexual kung fu is Sex Sorcery and Spirit by Jason Miller.

Stay away from Mantak Chia. Use Kamajayi Mudra. Eat healthy and Meditate.

I enjoy Darkest Dungeon and am learning to play No-Limit Texas poker.

Intermittent Fasting is an amazing practice. Cheers and Good Fortune to you.

My pleasure. The timing is no accident, lot of "this" energy going around.

A basic movement of Spring Forest Qigong. Simple but powerful. Video below. Chaos magick...not something i have in depth experience with, but have learned enormously by listening to several practitioner of the current. I was subscribed to Gordon White's course (a chaos dude) through Rune Soup and enjoyed it thoroughly. I have listened to Andrieh Vitimis's Deeper Down the Rabbit Hole podcast for many years and gained an impressive haul of knowledge. Both of them have books in the field and i am currently reading Chaos Protocols. Jan Fries whom is also a coyote has many books on Shamanism. I used to study Silat with an instructor in Florida whom is excellent...but i doubt you live around there. Finding a good martial instructor can be tricky. Once you learn a bit of Chaos Magick, can throw a sigil to work that pathway. Best of luck. Feel free to Pm me if you need any help. https://runesoup.com https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deeper-down-the-rabbit-hole/id434344872

I think he is referring to primordial jing, the ancestral essence your receive from your family, while i am referring to the base raw energy material you receive from food that you use for sex, alchemy and basic biological functions. TCM terms can be quite confusing and subtle as there attempting to describe subtle phenomena.

Well, the idea that jing cannot be replenished is preposterous IME, assuming we are referring to the same thing....which i guess were not if your saying Jing doesn't come from food. IMO you are correct that long periods of combined fasting and intensive energy work can be counter productive. However, a 3 day period as suggested, should present no difficulty.

Naturally, you should always listen to your body. Just as when you start a vegetarian diet as in fasting, your body will become "lighter" and you adjust your activity accordingly. Jing comes from food...so it will have a depleting affect in the short term.

Mundane/Esoteric: if i feel my body getting sick...3 day water fast, combined with energy work. it never fails.

A master answers that question here:

There are millions of methods but only a few suited to your nature. Seek out thyself.

This is how many methods there are......

Ofcourse. The list of styles that Lerner just gave you all have different energetics. Sifting through those and seeing what resonates may be a good place to start. You will find many other styles on the forum. Here are a few more: Spring Forest Qigong, Strategic Sorcery (Magick course for crazy occultists...:p), Way of Energy, Hoshin Budo (martial/spiritual), and Tai Chi.

Great, now we can narrow it down ever further. Are there any archetypes that you've found a strong affinity for from movies or popular culture. This is usually a clue as well as to where your strongest affinity lies. When it comes to loner archetypes: Odin, Shiva, Miyamoto Musashi....etc. In Taoist cultivation sometimes there is an emphasis on Fire vs Water systems of cultivation. Fire methods represent rapid and explosive methods which provide quick results. Water emphasizes a deep saturation of the system and the gradual build up of energy to do deep and intense cleansing and smoothing of the system (rock in a stream). Fire/Water are the basic polarities but every system tends to be a varied mix of energies and thus manifest in different ways. To use an extremely Yin example....simply meditate on Being Open to the Universe....like a Flower unfolding to receive the rays of the Sun...allowing the Cosmic Power to naturally flow through you. Yang example: intense prananyama of breathing into the LDT and using very intense, powerful and rapid breath pacing to build energy. Animal systems emphasized in martial systems are also a reflection of different mixtures/compositions of energies. Take notes on anything that effects you strongly...like a deep intuitive pull.

So to narrow that down a bit: 1. Physical Health 2. Self Improvement 3. Self Knowledge All of these goals are inter-related, what you would do is try and find a method that touches all of these bases. But more importantly, a method that is suited to your nature. Each individuals "nature" can be revealed in areas of life/hobbies/passions that they gravitate towards. What spheres of life that you have found yourself involved in consistently overtime? These will give clues to your natural affinities. To give an example of "spheres" that we all have some experience with....in the high school lunch room....there are different "clicks" or "types" of people whom gravitate towards one another and "hang out". Nerds, Cheerleaders, Jocks, Emos, Thugs, Loners....etc. These all represent different styles of energy. What spheres of society have you found yourself in over time? This will give clues on what path is suited to your nature. This can be further extrapolated to Archetypes or Deities. which are "Higher" expressions of basic groups.

Listening to Om Chanting as i write this. Harmonizing and Cleansing would be the way i describe its effects.

Enlightenment is a bit of a joke IMO....though still a worthy goal. The techniques you would apply to achieve enlightenment is very different from those you would to become a healer or an internal martial artist. There's no single route. Deciding your goals be it vague or specific is helpful in order to orient oneself in seeking. Each individual has there own nature...it's important to look inward and know thyself.

What are your goals?