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Pretty old post! But let me chime in Philosophical Answer Evolution takes place through karma and reincarnation. We pass 7 kingdoms: Mineral, plant, animal, human being, wisdom, divine and bliss. We're currently about 50/50 between animal and human being. In about 3000 years this world will enter the True Human Kingdom, which is the paradise described by all religions: health, love, peace, prosperity and happiness. Animal behaviour means me and mine first, to the detriment of you. Selfish. Human behaviour means others before me, to the benefit of others. Sefless. So the 50% goodness in our world is due to the slow awakening of our human nature, whereas the 50% bad in the world is due to all the selfish, animal natures acting out. We get karma in 3 domains: 1) towards ourselves, 2) towards others, 3) towards the animals The rule to stop all creation of bad karmas (which create suffering for us), and to only create good karma (which gives us goodness is: 1) never hurt yourself or others, in neither thoughts, words nor deeds, 2) help alleviate the suffering of others when possible, 3) compensate those you've hurt and ask their forgiveness 4) be a blessing to all living beings. To optimise karma in each domain, some practical tools are: 1) towards ourselves (look after sleep, food, stress, lifestyle, make sure to exercise, think positive thoughts), 2) towards others is the above general rules, 3) become vegetarian or even vegan. To overcome whatever suffering we're currently going through the best tool is prayer. Prayer is a science, I've shared some of Martinus' thoughts on it here: https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/39530-the-power-of-prayer-why-does-it-work/ So in short, evil is necessary for spiritual development in the current phase of planet earth and our own soul development. We start 100% evil and selfish, and then the more evil we do, the more negative karma return to us. The more negative karma, the more we suffer. The more we suffer, the more compassion we develop for the suffering of others. When we reach the point of being unable to hurt ourselves or others, we're in the clear, all karma is wiped clean and forgiven. Practical Answer There is of course also just the simple, daily, practical part: e.g. if our suffering is healthwise, we can investigate how to heal ourselves with diet, herbs, qigong, exercise and lifestyle, then we don't suffer anymore. Or if it's due to relationships: we can read and study about that online and learn practical tools to deal with the issues we're facing and getting our needs met. Similarly with love and sex. If it's due to money, we can learn and study about money, budgets, networking, career, investment etc and start to level up and rid ourselves of worry and debt. If it's mental and emotional, we can work with that with therapy, counseling and of course qigong and meditation for peace. So if it's something practical, we can rise to the challenge and overcome it. Wish you all the best

Hey @Perceiver, thanks for sharing, great topic. Yes, I will gladly share my own experiences as well as why I think it works. Some Early Experiences First experience 4-10 years old When I was a kid, whenever I was in the state between awake and dream (passing through this intermediary stage while falling asleep), I would have visions and hear sounds in my right ear. I just thought this was normal. However, when I was about 10 years old I started to get scared of it. So I asked my dad about it. He said that I should pray to God about it. After that, it completely stopped and I could sleep soundly. Second experience, 13 years old My dad took me to see his guru in a village in India since I was just 4 years old. He was a huge influence on me, my dad and our life, my dad went on a yearly retreat under his guidance for almost 20 years until he passed. I was about 12 years old when the guru passed on, and we were obviously all pretty sad for a while. In that period I wore some of the gifts the guru had given me last I saw him alive, it was a simple kind of mala-like necklace, I always wore it, day and night, I would never take it off. When me and my dad was on a summer camp when I was about 13, I was still wearing it day and night. However, one night I went to a local football field and did some gymnastics, sommersaults, wind mills etc, just having fun as a kid. When I got back home, to my great horror I realized my necklace was missing! I quickly figured it must've fallen off during my gymnastics. I felt so sad, and in that moment I prayed "God, if you're real, please help me find this necklace, it was a gift from the guru who's now passed, I will never see him again, this is the last memory of what he gave me, the last time I saw him before he passed. If you let me find it, I will forever worship you". I went back to the football field, it was pitch black by now, the grass was high, and the mala/necklace was black and quite thin. When I was there I realized there is no way I will be able to find it, it's too big an area, it's pitch black, the necklace is too small, even in broad daylight with 10-20 people going over the field, probably it would not be possible to find it. Lo and behold, as I prayed again, I started having visions. In the black behind my eyes I saw a blue arrow. It pointed left, then I went left for some time. Then I closed my eyes, it pointed straight ahead, I went ahead. I continued like that for maybe 5-10 minutes, and lo and behold, I closed my eyes and saw it pointing downwards - I opened my eyes, kneeled down, AND THERE IT WAS! I cried with happiness, put it back on, and went back home again. God is real! Proposed Explanation For Mechanics Of Prayer When I was 18 years old, just before being drafted to serve in the armed forces, I read a small booklet by a Danish mystic called Martinus. It was called "the power of prayer". In it he explained the exact divine mechanism of prayer. I was blown away. It all made perfect sense! Since that day, I started praying daily, many times per day, 'round the clock. When going out of the house, before eating, before transport, before school, before meeting friends, at all times I was in direct prayerful contact with Almighty God. Then I went into the army where life was obviously very tough. No sleep, no food, physical exhaustion, grueling conditions etc. I was spinning my internal prayerwheel 24/7. This was where I really experienced first hand, that the science of prayer is real. It's predictable, it's logical, it's precise, it never fails. Prayer is the easiest and simplest thing to do, yet it's the most powerful thing we can do. Science Of Prayer According to Danish Martinus there are 4 levels of prayer we ascend through the more we pray. It's a muscle we develop. Level 1: The wishlist This is when people first start praying: please dear God, give me a ferrari, 10 million dollars (tax free please), a supermodel wife and a harem of 36 beautiful sexual goddesses of all races, colors and exciting body types, and never let me work another day in my life or have any kind of difficulty ever again. Amen! Unfortunately, this prayer goes against most rules (rules I will explain down below). Hence it's seldomly fulfilled. This makes people stop and disbelieve in the power of prayer. Level 2: energy to overcome my self-created karma This where you ask for the strength, power, energy and positive mindset to go through whichever challenge you're currently facing. This is actually the intended use of prayer: psychic comfort. Imagine holding open a tap, the water comes gushing out. While holding the tap open, we simultaneously pray: Dear Lord, let not even a single drop of water flow out! That's what we usually do, when we ask God to relieve of us our suffering. We ourselves comitted thoughts, words and deeds, sent a certain energy out into the universe. However, when the consequences return, we try to rid ourselves of it through prayer. Sorry, no can do. If you open the tap, water's coming out. If you hit others, you will be hit. No matter if you're a sinner or a saint, if you jump from a tall building, you're going to fall down. So prayer cannot safe you from yourself. However, it can give you the strength to take your karma like a man. Just like Jesus could forgive his executioners, like Muhammad could endure 3 years of ridicule in Mecca, like Moses could endure freeing and later leading the quite troublesome Israelites through the desert, like Rama could take 14 years of exile in the forest, this is the true power of prayer and its best use: go through any conceivable scenario with completely equanimity and mental balance. Level 3: praying for the best solution for the greater good, even at personal cost e.g. ménage à trois where your wife is now in love with another man; it might be that in the eyes of God, this is actually what's best for the universe. This new man and your wife will truly be happier together and be a greater blessing to the world. This is obviously very painful. However, if you pray over an impossible situation for the best possible solution, even if it's to your personal detriment, quickly you will be inspired exactly how to proceed. Level 4: direct back and forth communication with God This is the highest level and comes naturally to all with practice. Whenever you pray to God, God answers you back. When you reach this level, you'll be at the same level as all the prophets and avataras. No matter what the universe throws at you, you can never be rocked. You have the power to accept it as your self-created destiny, and through prayer you get the strength to go through it with perfect equanimity, inner comfort and ease. The 3 rules determining whether a prayer can be fulfilled is: 1) God's plan for the universe, 2) Your personal life plan, 3) Your self-created karma. If your prayer is in accord with these 3 rules, IT... WILL... ALWAYS... BE... FULFILLED! No exceptions. This means complete, sure fire 100% prayer fulfillment guarantee. And yes, this is the most powerful tool we've all been freely given by Almighty God. How to know God's plan for the universe? This will take a little study of Martinus' thoughts about the universe, but said shortly we are eternal, uncreated, immortal beings, forever evolving through karma and reincarnation. In our current cycle we go through: 1) mineral kingdom, 2) plant kingdom, 3) animal kingdom, 4) True Human kingdom, 5) Wisdom Kingdom, 6) Divine World, 7) Kingdom of Ecstasy Then we start over again in a higher cycle. We're currently 50/50 animal and human. So current point for us is to rid ourselves of our animal, selfish nature, where we hurt others for our own gain, and instead cultivate our human nature of tolerance, love, forgiveness and intellectuality. How we do that is through karma: the more we suffer, the more compassion we develop for others. You do bad, it returns, you suffer, your learn your lesson. There is no shortcut - to proceed to true human being we need to develop our love and intelligence to the next level. Love and compassion is through suffering, intelligence is in competition for the daily bread. Once these are balanced, you start to level up. So if your're in any way, shape or form praying for something that will cause pain to yourself or others, it can never be fulfilled. Similarly, if you're praying to make your karma go away, it will never work, as the karma is the only way you develop compassion. As spiritual development (includiong love and compassion) is the whole point of existence, obviously you can't override God's universal laws with it. Anything that's considered good for you and all living beings will be heard, anything that's bad will be ignored. You can see a symbol explaning prayers of different levels and how they're fullfilled or not fulfilled here: https://www.martinus.dk/en/online-library/symbols/index.php?symbol=21 You can read the full explanation here: https://www.martinus.dk/en/online-library/ttt/index.php?mode=opslag&bog=62&stk=21&pkt=6 If you're generally interested in spiritual development, meaning of life, judgement day, karma and reincarnation, sex, pretty much the TRUTH about life (including meditation and spiritual practice, health, sickness and healing), here's all his symbols: https://www.martinus.dk/en/online-library/symbols/ God bless you!

Hey bro, thanks for chiming in! Super interesting bits of info Yes, it's a super different kind of moral code for sure. The first initation I had was hindu mantra diksha, about 1 year after spirits started searching me out wherever I went, whenever I did the mantra, even though it was just mantra for inner peace and purification. Thanks for sharing your stories! Yes, it's super fascinating

No no, I just used google translate I just wanted to see if anyone knew more about this system.

Dear Dao Bums, I wanted to share this simple set of exercises: https://www.diamondbodypractice.com/videos It's from the Diamond Approach & Diamond Logos. An integration and further development of Buddhism, Sufism, Daoism, Hinduism and Psychology. I wasn't much impressed when I just briefly looked over the exercises, but I was curious so I decided to try it with my wife. I felt a kind of connection with the "field of the school" coming down and creating a space of "holding" as well as transmission throughout the exercises. I was quite intrigued, as it focuses on the center beneath the feet, the belly center, heart center, head center and the center above the head as well as the central channel linking them all together. It also encourages you to inquire into your experience, explore your body and soul mindfully. Now it's been just over a week, but my wife is feeling energy vibration in all centers as well as her hands doing the "aum" mantra movement, and I am quite impressed with the whole thing to be honest. So just wanted to put it out there and share it, hoping to benefit all living beings

I'm looking forward to @Earl Grey and @senseless virtue chiming in with the Dong Fang Shui Gong of John Dolic & Nan Yun would love to their thoughts based on their experience with this system. What I know from Master Wu's sleeping qigong is that as long as your sleep quality is better, that means you're doing it right That's one of the main things: sleep quantity and sleep quality. The more quality the less quantity you need. My best experience in retreat was "black out sleep on command". I experienced it 2 times in retreat, and maybe 2 times at home on my own. It takes a long time of dedicated practice, and it also depends on your karma from previous lifetimes how fast the full effects will fructify. If your karma is good, it's super fast.

@senseless virtue This is incredible! It's 5 years later now, did you do the advanced course too? Would love to hear more

@Earl Grey Would you mind sharing some more about the program? I read about it online, it seems there's a 9 hour basic course and an 8 hour advanced course after 1 year's practice. Did you do both? And of course you don't need to reveal all :'D just the gist of it.

@Nosferatu thanks for your message Yes, I can only imagine the amount of negative energy practitioners in Brazil! Must be huge, all the mix of native traditions, african slaves voodoo traditions, I'm sure there's a lot of stuff going on. The people I've met in my life from South and Meso America as well as the Carribbean are all much more connected to energy, the spiritual world, ancestors etc, and unfortunately also negative energy such as dark spirits and black magic. Not to fear though, if there's a lot of energy in a place, there will also be positive energy present. The challenge is seeking and finding the positive variants, and also getting experts in the occult if one has particular issues about that. I had the same challenge my whole life: I was just a simple person, just want to get peace from meditation, do good deeds and have great health. But karma from past lives led me into contact with a lot of dark spirits, negative energy and black magic, even though I never was interested in this to begin with. I personally found relief from Sufism and Hinduism. I had a personal teacher in each who gave me mantras and rituals to do. And over time, it slowly improved. I had tools to deal with most. Then if something new happened I couldn't handle, I would keep seeking solutions, and again finding it in Sufism and Hinduism. So it seems we all have karma from past lives dictating the negativity we'll face, but also karma dictating when/where and how we will find relief. My father never wanted to pay attention to spirits etc, only recently did he tell me that since he began meditating in his early 20s, there would be spirits standing at his bed at night as well as early morning. He never understood who they were or what they wanted. He also didn't care much about it or looking into it. Maybe a kind of denial. However, when I was about 12 or so, we were on pilgrimage in India together. One day we went to swim in the river, and my dad asked the locals about any holy men or saints nearby we could visit. People kept mentioning a black magic practitioner living in the graveyard, but they warned us to steer clear lest we get cursed. My dad is super curious and also wants to show everyone he's not scared, so we swam up the river about 500-700 metres to get to the graveyard. I didn't understand much, but my dad spoke to him for maybe 30-90 minutes. He explained his spiritual path and how it worked. Then my dad explained his troubles. He took some holy ash from his fireplace and gave to my dad, gave some instructions on how to use it. When we got back home and my dad used the ashes, then he has been clear of issues for maybe 20-30 years now. Only 1 or 2 minor occurences, but not every night like it used to be. So he also suddenly found relief from Hinduism. Maybe you're similarly destined to suffer bad karma from a previous lifetime, yet you're also destined to find relief in this lifetime from a particular path. I found it through Sufism and Hinduism, the 2 streams of spirituality I was pretty much raised with. But for me it was through years of daily practice, suffering, searching yet not finding, then practicing more, and then in a gradual manner finding relief. For my dad it was years of not understanding, not caring, ignoring, and then suddenly finding final relief just by chance from Hinduism. In Brazil I know IAC (international academy for consciousness). I've taken all their programs in Europe and some in the US. I learnt a lot of good stuff, benefitted a lot. There are also some of them who specialise in "intruders". That's what they call negative spirits. There's a whole course on it, why it happens, how it happens and ways to avoid it and ways to deal with it. It helped me a lot at the time. So if you're in Brazil maybe you can go through their courses and maybe one of them who specialises in dealing with negative energy can help you to stop it, and also to over time become autonomous and independent so you yourself can deal with it. Let me know how it goes All the best!

Dear Dao Bums, Intro: I was super stoked to discover this gem of a text today: 白羽黑翮靈飛玉符 - Báiyǔ hēi hé líng fēi yù fú - White Feather Black Wings Spirit Flying Jade Talisman In short, it supposedly originates in the Southern Period of the Eastern Jin dynasty (266–420). Contents: It presents a cosmological origin story of the text, supposedly also in secret language sharing its version of the secrets of alchemy (if one can decode it). Thereafter it's very short and to the point. It presents 5 talismans, one blue, one white, one red, one black and one yellow. For each talisman it shares the secrets of its cultivation: 1) name of the spirit cultivated, 2) years of practice required, 3) where in the "heavens" you can fly to upon completing its cultivation, 4) who the "recipient" of the talisman is, 5) where to put the talisman on your body to actually start your spirit flight, 6) color of silk to write it on, size specification for the silk, and where on your body to put it when cultivating, 7) direction of the 6 Jia and 6 Ding while cultivating. My interpretation: Based on my experience with internal alchemy as taught by Master Zhongxian Wu, nearly everything in the text is in code. Unfortunately I won't say I've reached a sufficient level to be able to interpret the text with full confidence, but I have some viewpoints I'd like to share. It would also be very interesting if any of you are Chinese speakers, to hear your understanding of the original, Chinese text. Many of the details given (years of practice required, where in the heavens you can fly to, recipient of the talisman, where to put it on your body, direction of the liu ding liu jia) are very simple to decode. It simply shows the element of each talisman. E.g. blue/green is Eastern qi, related to liver and gallbladder, your left side, and when it says you'll be adorned with a "blue/green" robe, it just means the color of the qi during your visualisation and the heavenly qi you'll ascend to/connect with. Number of years is related to numeroloy, and all the numbers give away the relationships with Trigrams, Hexagrams, Heavenly and Earthly Stems, Timing of the days, Seasons of the Year, Astrology, Meridians and Organs, in short the whole symphony of Chinese qi culture. What I personally loved about it is the simplicity. Just one mantra to be said before practice, then you do the visualisation for each talisman, and you're set. It will refine your body, organ, qi, jing, qi, shen, meridians, qi field, feng shui, everything all the way up to the immortal fetus leaving your physical body to take flight and explore the cosmic qi. One talisman for each element. Further, I'm super interested in astral travel, and this text alludes to it in great detail - feathers, wings, take flight. Of course it could be interpreted in many ways. The talismans are all called "xxx ling fei yu fu". Then replace the xxx with: Shang (blue), xia (white), zuo (red), you (black), tai (yellow). Ling I know also means "spirit" or soul, as far as I remember "ling qi" is the chinese term for the japanese Rei Ki, meaning universal qi. Ling also means soul - if a qigong master cannot make it rain (in the old days), it's said he hasn't got "ling" or soul. There's no soul behind his mantra, mudra, talisman and dance form, hence the Gods/Heaven/Cosmic Energy don't respond to his practice. Fei can also mean lung, relating to qi in general, breath, mist, vapor. The names also seem to allude to the 3 Hun Souls, shang, you & tai (tai guang, shuang ling, you jing) It makes sense that in out of body travel, it's the Hun that travels (as one Hun has our eternal soul which reincarnates, another Hun has the soul which remember all our past lives, and last Hun our intelligence). But I don't know what "xia" and "zuo" could be. Overall each name kind of "gives away" the true alchemical purpose (xxx ling fei yu fu), to refine each of our 5 elements to the highest degree, reshape our body in the shape of the universe (astronomical constellations), get our spirits back into our body (hun soul and organ spirits), using qi (the fei part) and cultivate ling or soul. Don't know if the "yu" could refer to the OG shaman king Yu who through stepping connected with the big dipper, the seven stars, yin/yang and the 5 elements, sun/moon and the 5 planets. Maybe it means that we will also fly in the cosmic qi like he did if we do this practice. Conclusion Any Chinese speakers who would like to give their understanding of the text? Any alchemy people out there, who could point to any living tradition using this text as their alchemy guide? Link: http://www.ctcwri.idv.tw/CTCW-CMTS/CMT01洞真部/CMT0102神符類/CMT0102ALL/CNDZ010205白羽黑翮靈飛玉符.htm

Dear Dao Bums, Went down a youtube rabbit hole lately, where I found some very fascinating interviews with black magic masters from Asia. I'll share the links and put a few of my comments on each, so you can decide if it's worth watching for you Malaysian "Ghost King" He shares his life story and how misery let him to this path of black magic and dealing with ghosts. I was surprised how human he seemed during the interview. I also felt he was surprisingly sincere in sharing his truth and life story, as well as how he sees his craft. Black Magic in Thailand, Part 1 & 2 What I found interesting in this interview is their magical "technology", meaning how their system works. He shares that there is a master which passes on the craft through initiation, and then later you get your own "spirit" which is your main helper. Another "take home" from this interview for me was that whenever you "open" your spiritual abilities, sight and so on, it will attract local spirits. Therefore in his lineage there's a way to open and close it, so as to not unecessarily attract spirits. This was huge for me, as I've struggled a lot with spirits after I started my lifelong "daily cultivation without fail" in 2013. After official mantra initiation a lot of things started happening around me, especially when I was travelling, and I never understood why. The system I was practicing was "pure spirituality", meaning simply purifying my soul and karma with the goal of serving Almighty God and all living beings. There was no magical or occult component, all was simple self-purification as well as acheiving inner peace. And when it really got bad, no one could really explain what was happening, nor help me overcome it, even all my traditional gurus (indian and chinese) who were very powerful. They simply didn't know about this part (spirits) and therefore couldn't help. So it's comforting to see that there are actually whole, traditional, authentic and just legit systems where all of this "spirit dealing" is systematized and well understood. Here's part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGOC9SKDr28 Thai Occult Magic & Love This one I just found funny and amusing. It really struck me how "human" and "sweet" thai people seem compared to some of the other asian nations that typically show no emotion at all. It's of course a cultural thing, also a cultural bias on my part, but still interesting for me to note (might be different for you of course). He kind of seemed like a "don", which I thought was fun Take Homes It seems there are indeed legit magical systems and lineages out there, who've really systematized how to alter our life using occult means, including ghosts. I would love to have a legit master and system so I can simply put this whole spirit thing "behind me", as it never really interested me, and I don't care much for it. I just want to be happy and healthy and enjoy the beauty of life as God intended. It's only out of necessity to overcome suffering that I'm looking into these things, because there was no one there for me when I needed it, and I understand now that it's a super rare, niche skill to have. I guess it's my own past life karmas coming back, and of course it's a part of God's divine plan, I am just trying to "Sherlock Holmes" what God wants for me in this area, since these things keep happening to me (spirits). All the best, hope you enjoy Let me know your reaction or take-homes from whatever video(s) you watch

@EFreethought Haha, epic comment. I agree with you! It seems weird that he shows photos and films of his altar, talismans and magical items. Usually in Chinese thought others should never see your magic items or altar, as that will leak the qi. So I thought, ok, there are 3 options: 1) he is a complete fake, not following the most basic rule, 2) he wants to share his goodness and doesn't mind the leak, 3) he is so confident in the power of his altar, talismans, spirits etc that he has a "come what may, I am more powerful than you anyway". It takes a lot to continously sustain such an elaborate site, write so many blogs and keep on posting content, so he's committed for sure. But what is he comitted to? Spreading goodness? Selling his services and making more money? Plus, his content is pretty good, original, seems legit. That's why I got curious

Pretty interesting interview I saw today (link at the bottom). She explains how self-cultivation and connecting to the universal energy will create spiritual abilities naturally through overflow and practice, as well as the blessing from the master. She then compares it to deity possession and keeping spirits, and how this way of getting spiritual powers actually drains your jing, qi and shen over time. So unless you know how to refill, you will shorten your own life span, decrease your vitality, decrease luck and wealth qi, and when whatever you're calling and relying on is done with you, it will move on to your family members and others close to you. In short, more or less an explanation aligning very well with the visions I got earlier, which I shared a couple of days ago Also makes sense compared to other Chinese masters like Zhongxian Wu (Master Wu), Chunyi Lin (Spring Forest Qigong) and Lie He (Ling Gui). They all look healthy and vital for their age. As does the woman in the interview I'm about to share (haven't stumbled across her before today - she's called Liu Xia). Also if you take a look at Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche who teaches tummo and is very focused on what he calls tantrayana and body-focused practices, he looks very healthy and radiant for his age. Here's the interview, it's just 2-3 minutes. Take heed my brothers and sisters, be mindful of cultivating your jing, qi and shen daily through qigong form an authentic lineage practice taught by a true master who radiates and exemplifies health, peace and vitality.

@johndoe2012 Thanks for sharing your personal experiences! Deeply appreciated Glad to hear about you and your mom's progress. Family harmony is so important in so many ways. All the best! Cheers

Dear Dao bums, I've been reading this blog on daoist sorcery on/off for a few years. There's a lot of interesting info on there. The "main thing" is that the teacher running the site talks about using Ku Man Tong to win the local lottery in Singapore. Honestly I never really took it seriously, I just thought it was kind of hilarious that someone would spend so much time and energy spiritually on something which seems so borderline useless - why not just make money in a normal way? I know Singapore is a well-developed country, surely it would make more sense to work your way up career-wise or start your own business instead of trying to win the lottery. But again, I know for sure I'm personally biased against so many things in life due to religious/conservative upbringing - eating meat, gambling, drinking alcohol, illicit sex, these were considered the end of the world morally and karmically, and a sure-fire way to self-destruction. However, now that I'm grown I see that these things are seen as completely "normal" by a lot of people, as no big deal. "Gambling Gods" and talismans are even a thing in Chinese Magic. So I work to let go of all this conditioning and just be open. Anyway, I just wanted to ask you; did any of you ever try contacting this guy? If yes, what was your experience with him? (him as a teacher, as a person, and of course whether his magic works). Here's the link to his blog: https://taoist-sorcery.blogspot.com/2025/03/my-fate-life-is-up-to-me-not-god-heaven.html I do think he seems quite sympathetic and well-informed in most of his posts, including the one I linked above. Let me know if any of you has experience with him