Kalicharan Posted November 13, 2019 (edited) Hi, everyone! I am originally from the US but living in Australia now. I am an academic by trade but am taking a break from that at the moment. My wife and I are both striving for enlightenment but also do not necessarily know what we are doing! I am pretty new to Taoism. I have done a bit of study in Theravada Buddhism, Tibetan Mahayanist Buddhism, and advaita Hinduism (mostly Kaula and Trika tantra). I am not an expert in any of these areas, though. I am a devotee of Kali, but I recently developed an interest in Neikung after reading The Magus of Java. My wife and I just started a Chikung class last week; we are absolute beginners. My daily meditation practices are a focused attention meditation on mantra for an hour, followed by a microcosmic orbit meditation for another hour (for now, using audio from Spring Forest Qigong). If any of you would like to offer me any insights regarding points of similarity and difference between tantra and Taoist practices such as Chikung and Neikung, I would appreciate it. I would also appreciate resource recommendations pertaining to healing, immortality and enlightenment-oriented practices. I am sure there are many good resources and some bad ones out there; please feel free to share your favourites. I am in the Melbourne area; if you know teachers or healers in this area who have particularly good reputations, please tell me about them! Please also feel free to comment on my current meditation practices, e.g. if you have reason to think that this is not a good way to go about it. Edited November 17, 2019 by Kalicharan Typo 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sean Posted November 17, 2019 Welcome to the forum @Kalicharan 👋 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Earl Grey Posted November 17, 2019 (edited) On 11/13/2019 at 4:48 PM, Kalicharan said: Hi, everyone! I am originally from the US but living in Australia now. I am an academic by trade but am taking a break from that at the moment. My wife and I are both striving for enlightenment but also do not necessarily know what we are doing! I am pretty new to Taoism. I have done a bit of study in Theravada Buddhism, Tibetan Mahayanist Buddhism, and advaita Hinduism (mostly Kaula and Trika tantra). I am not an expert in any of these areas, though. I am a devotee of Kali, but I recently developed an interest in Neikung after reading The Magus of Java. My wife and I just started a Chikung class last week; we are absolute beginners. My daily meditation practices are a focused attention meditation on mantra for an hour, followed by a microcosmic orbit meditation for another hour (for now, using audio from Spring Forest Qigong). If any of you would like to offer me any insights regarding points of similarity and difference between tantra and Taoist practices such as Chikung and Neikung, I would appreciate it. I would also appreciate resource recommendations pertaining to healing, immortality and enlightenment-oriented practices. I am sure there are many good resources and some bad ones out there; please feel free to share your favourites. I am in the Melbourne area; if you know teachers or healers in this area who have particularly good reputations, please tell me about them! Please also feel free to comment on my current meditation practices, e.g. if you have reason to think that this is not a good way to go about it. Not in Melbourne, in Sydney, but still a great guy is John Dolic. www.qigongchinesehealth.com Then there is Garry Hearfield, www.warriorbodybuddhamind.com As for your current practice, be sure that you don’t mix too many systems in the beginning and stick with a good teacher rather than chasing systems. You will develop a better foundation that way. Edited November 17, 2019 by Earl Grey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kalicharan Posted November 18, 2019 Thanks for the input Earl Grey! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
