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The book is intentionally bare bones, he tells you in the course to not practice from only the book but to wait for the oral teachings that go with it I wouldn't say that his books are a good representation of what his course teaches, his actual methods are almost never discussed in the books they're more broad overviews of the subject matter, for both neigong and neidan The wuzhen pian is featured heavily in several northern lineages im aware of including the most well known, dragons gate That being said I would not recommend damo for serious neidan study, I wouldn't recommend anyone outside of china / taiwan for that but hes great compared to the bruce frantzis or mantak chia types out there lol

How do you know that what you're seeing is real ? and if it is real, how do you know that it's the same qi as the one he cultivates ? What if you learned to see an energy that is something else and yet you are judging others by that metric unaware that of course they won't measure up.

Hello, my name is Joseph and i've been on this forum for a while now. I usually like to message people one on one because i find it's easier to have a focused conversation about a particular topic, and anyone who's been on daobums long enough will know that good topics can be completely ignored for the most ignorant, funny, stupid, annoying, enlightening responses. Even so, there are enough interesting posts and members that i would like to contribute and to learn from. Cheers

Hello All, During times of increased environmental and social volatility, prayers and sending good energy are always good things to do, whatever your religious leanings may be. These tools from Robert Peng may also be useful additions for those so inclined -they won't hurt and they might help at some level harmonize the surroundings: 1. Wogo (29:00 of video) - also known as Tse fist (fingers wrapped around thumb in each hand) may be very helpful to calm any encounters with emotionally volatile individuals, avoiding further escalation. 2. S pattern reset (32:50 of video)- a way of clearing the central channel - if this is given a further connection to a location with a lot of turmoil, this might be helpful in calming things down to some degree, and every little bit can help - the key is to, at some level, merge your identity with the location. The points: top of head, 3rd eye, throat, chest, solar plexus, lower dantien, hui yin, knees, and feet. I hope all is well with all of you R

Thank you for the welcome guys. I find it hard to discuss my interests as they seem to change frequently or even not be the things that i think they are. Specifically to this forum, i'm interested in Daoism, Buddhism, martial arts and physical change. There are other things as well, but i prefer to give specific answers to specific questions otherwise i find it hard to answer accurately.

So no articles on neidan, his book on neidan is very primitive and seems to be modern Northern path of meditations. Wuzhen Pian is Southern. Nobody has seen his Chinese teachers but a lot of claims

His neigong is a collection of martial arts principles and yangsheng methods for the purpose of vitality, nothing too extravagant I've seen pretty much all of them repeated from longmen lineage teachers which lines up with his claim of being initiated into longmen He apparently teaches a neidan method after I think it was either 3 or 5 years but i didn't stay long enough to learn it, from what i've heard its wuzhen pian based Neigong is kinda iffy on lineage because neigong is a very modern term lol but he has a page of teachers on his site

Welcome Joseph.

Welcome to the board, Joseph! What are some of your more specific interests?

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I actually think damo mitchell is a very good source of info, especially when compared to other public offerings (not an exorbitant amount of money or requiring knowing the right people) I learned his neigong stuff long ago before moving elsewhere for neidan and still use the posture cues sometimes Now, that being said The quality of info being put out even freely in chinese by authentic lineage holders is much, much higher quality than anything public in the west I would point someone interested in daoism to damo mitchell without any reservation, a serious practitioner I would recommend to learn mandarin and start networking haha The main points against him are his friendship with adam mizner who is genuinely seriously questionable (super political social media and fake taiji demos where he pretends to be a jedi), as well as his early lineage discrepancies Both from what i've been able to glean are not really relevant to his current teachings (he does not currently teach wuxigong nor does he publicly take a political stance) The first year or so of his course just consists of sinking the body, preparing the space and initiating the ldt, and some basic qigong with hundreds of hours of meticulous explanation There's worse ways to spend your time for sure lol

Ch 11. What good is a wheel that goes no where ? Its like a solid pot you cant put anything in it You can't build a space only what is around it . Ch 12 . Your senses are pure until you use them . If it feels good do it if it doesnt dont . Ch13. I am disgraceful but everyone is unfortunate. There you go asking questions again . that's disgraceful - own it . There you go again ! Look , nothing would be shit if you were not here in the first place . The world is an extension of yourself hurt the world and you are a masochist . Ch14. Look .... it cant be seen - alright ! And I know you are not really listening . So you will never get it. ( see my three in one paper ) Go back to Ch 1 Then you will know what it is. Ch15. If the Master does not know an answer he will tell you it is a mystery. The ancients called this ' ineffable '. Be watchful, alert, courteous, yielding and simple ... but not for any reason nor to change anything.

I´m of the opinion that all human beings are ultimately unknowable -- a very good thing. You, Lairg, are perhaps more unknowable than most.

Annnon, While I appreciate your sentiment, threads such as this are no longer welcome here - not due to any particular political allegiance. Please read, or re-read this thread: After consultation with the various mods, this thread is now permanently locked. _/\_