Master Logray

The question is of course wrong. MCO is merely one of the methods in Neidan. How is it not real? The method itself is absolutely real. It is written in books, having people practise it for centuries. As you say, the question should be does it work as intended, does it work well, doesn't it work without too much costs or side effects..... This is a very good insight. The major aim of all kinds of trainings is to ensure haphazard, by chance happenings to be dependable, achievable as and when required.

Isaac Asimov had written about 3 laws of robots which was very famous and was intended to be a guideline for Robotics. The Three Laws, presented to be from the fictional "Handbook of Robotics, 56th Edition, 2058 A.D.", are: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. But the Ukraine war changed all these. Robots or AI behind it are being commanded to harm human being. So there is no restraint or possibility of self restraint from then on. Whether uprisings arises out of their own "thinking" or directed by some human has the same effect.

Indeed, it is very difficult to find a right system the first time you can follow for your life. Most of the people end up having incomplete system or courses due to many reasons.

This question is quite unanswerable. Whether 2 systems are compatible can only be answered by the teachers of the 2 systems. But seldom does a teacher happen to know another system in depth. In the old days when the very original system has been taught, undiluted and unadulterated for centuries. Then another teacher may have sufficient knowledge on that system. But these days many system are recent inventions, or significantly altered, then outsiders would have no idea on what is going on.

This kind of response is unreasonable. No one can do that, unless it is a very light one. And it didn't mention the primary appropriate response - flight, other than fight back or accept it whatever.

Definitely not MDT related or as an entry point into MDT despite the proximity. You can argue it is not a dantian, as when the work is completed in the back, the Chi would shift to LDT for further processing.

Karma must not be related to justice. Otherwise who is to determine an event is justice or not, and what is the yard stick? The same event can be right and wrong depending on many things and the view can change after time lapses.

Even normally Taoist used so many terms to describe a single object or process, according to their functions in the whole picture or simply due to some unknown reasons. Dantian and Mystic Gate are the terms that have many variations. e.g. the Central School says "between the outer and the inner Dantians". When they do not explicitly say LDT, it doesn't mean it is not LDT. I would say most people only use 1 or 2. When you say the spine, that is a good question, the location of LDT is not having a consensus. But the depth of Dantian inside the body is also not always agreed upon. Some say it is on the surface, 1.3 Chinese inches inside, the middle of the abdomen, inside the spine, the whole general area etc. The "Back" refers to the spot on the back of the body, behind the MDT (in front or in the middle). As far as cultivation is concerned, re ZZ (in another thread) and location of Dantian is not a big issue. Your system determines these. You are not supposed to change these yourself, even if you are very knowledgeable. It is not like a buffet whereby you can choose any combination of food.

The western and the central school use outside Dantian or multiple Dantians. The Fukien School uses the back as the Dantian location. And in different stages, people use different Dantian/locations.

My understanding for Dantian is the place you select to cultivate. It is the "field" as per the meaning of the word. Where do you till your field and grow food? It is naturally the place with sunshine, water, rich soil. In human body, we would choose a single place with best potential like abundance of blood, oxygen, nerve cluster, endocrine glands and energies to be the "field". So it is the reason to coincide with the locations of Chakra. Different systems made the same choice. Yet there are schools that use Dantian as place to rest the mind only. In that case, it doesn't have to have relationship with the Charkra or the other Taoist favourable potential "fields". It could even be outside of the body.

Chakra is Indian, not western?

Wuji is only a name for this stance. It doesn't mean by doing it can reach Wuji. Giving meanings into this simplest stance defeats the very purpose - simplicity.

Jgd and others said if you get nothing from it means all your efforts are useless and futile. There could be some side benefits but you also lose out the opportunity costs. But if you have a purpose like fighting, health, cultivation, enlightenment, wealth or just for impress others, you could have some returns. Stillness state itself has no use at all. Taoist sages always said, if you become a rock, it is still enough, but what is the purpose?

You say the whole process so well. As to the end of exercises Wuji, I would recommend to everyone if they are not already doing so. A few minutes (say 3) would be sufficient.

2 hours is your total practice time, right? The horrible 6 hours mentioned is ZZ alone. Then I presume there is no more sitting.