Neirong

I have been lenient with my statements, softening the blunt truth to avoid hurting or destroying anyone's fragile ego. Analogies are a way to convey meaning and can represent anything, such as a kickboxer, pianist, artist, or writer. Logic should be taught in kindergarten or early schooling; it should be a trivial task for anyone above 7 years old to connect the dots and see the parallel. The problem is that people call their actions meditation, which is often not true in reality, outside of pop esoteric concepts like "I am the mirror," "Indigo Children," or "The Secret." In reality, sitting on the toilet is more conducive to cultivation than what many do and label as "meditation," especially without a proper teacher or school training and lacking knowledge of emptiness. Endless demagogy on forums will not unlock proper meditation ability, which requires numerous prerequisites. Becoming a kickboxing world champion is still millions of times easier than achieving enlightenment. Fantastic progress with meditation and cultivation right here. Copium at it's finest. The irony to see statements like this on a Buddhist forum section, where people are supposed to work on making self "perfect."

Practicing sitting on the toilet for hours every day will never make you a kickboxing world champion. Meditation is a broad term. Some people sit and count their breaths as a form of meditation, while others focus on being aware of something. I visit public places with a sense of humor, but it is unfortunate to see all kinds of young people and some not so young wasting their lives on meaningless activities, believing that "it will happen" one day. A few more years of pointless sitting on the toilet, and they expect to become world champions in everything at once, complete with a rainbow body and ascension. Moreover, instead of gaining insights from practice, they engage in endless debates and discussions that are even more futile and pointless than the practice itself. Naturally, common sense, such as the idea that "sitting on forums for decades and guessing the path to divinity" is futile, is not welcomed. Then there are social gatherings filled with copium, where people describe their 20 to 30 years of "cultivation," claiming, "I have become a better, kinder person." "Tell me what I want to hear, but not the truth that I need to hear." Few.

Still, nothing beats a guy using the visual effects of filming dust particles during meditation, flying around, as "souls gathering" "supernatural power" in a "godlike black magick ritual." And some "Daoists" here, shivering in fright from this "mighty magick art." It’s the incredible art of a dirty room that hasn’t been vacuumed in years. The dirtier the room, the higher the magick ritual’s power.

Even if hundreds or thousands of people are involved, it can still be a case of mass delusion or psychosis. This phenomenon is common in cults, where thousands may believe someone is "spiritually advanced" or "half-step enlightened/ascended," when in reality, the leader is living a degenerate lifestyle. For those caught in the hallucination, they exist in a different reality.

Mistranslation is a common issue in most cases. I have experienced teleportation myself, and it is a widely used movement technique when in the astral body, alongside portals that connect various worlds and dimensions. This is similar to how a door connects your apartment to the outside street. While the interior of your apartment may represent a separate reality with different principles and laws, the street operates under its own rules. People who lack awareness, experience, or education on this topic often mistakenly believe that teleportation involves moving the physical body, as depicted in some Marvel movies. Such misconceptions are not uncommon, and you can find many examples on this forum. Some individuals even stalk me across various threads, making dubious and absurd claims about eye lasers (in a Superman-like style) and teleportation. Physical matter cannot be teleported; it would simply disintegrate. It is possible for a practitioner to anchor their physical body to the material plane or an object and project themselves, creating a sort of apparition. Many impressionable people may experience hallucinations or visions and begin to believe they are real, which is not the case and the real body can be far away. Stories about someone being in "two places at once" follow a similar concept.

It is valuable to understand cultural and historical perspectives if you are seeking truth, consider that people in the past believed they were dying en masse due to demonic possession, but it was actually tiny bacteria or pathogenic viruses spread through crops. They had no technology or science and could not see atoms, molecules, bacteria, or viruses. Many people in the modern world abstain from grains, which is backed by science and mostly related to gluten. Gluten, a sticky protein, damages the intestinal lining with regular consumption. As it became a staple of the modern Western diet, the health of the population steadily declined. You will be fine if you eat rice, as rice does not contain gluten.

This is common sense. What they’re selling in those books is an infobusiness scam. I’ve already seen two groups of misguided Daoists in public: one advocating for the consumption of mercury pills (mercury is a deadly toxin to humans) and another promoting breatharianism (not eating). Both of these delusions are lethal. You’ve clearly missed the most important part of the message: it’s not about who owns or authored the exercise, or even whether it’s good or not. If you take a standard push-up, widely used, and rename it something like “Celestial Dragon Pushes Against the Gates of Dao,” claiming it develops ancestral strength and belongs to an ancient Daoist martial arts system called Monkey/Dragon/Turtle Kung-Fu, you’re not adding value or meaning to it. People who do this are simply swindlers.

This is a general pseudo-esoteric nonsense. I feel bad just reading this crap. Telling you this as someone who can see spirits and energies, with opened third eye and had over thousands astral travel experiences.

The exercise has nothing to do with Wang Liping. It is a Pythagorean practice, ancient and widespread, found in reputable online sources like wikiHow. Giving it a fancy Daoist name and claiming it as your own is misleading. The exercise itself is not particularly valuable. It’s something ordinary people do without access to cultivation methods. The brain is a sophisticated organ that records everything from life, forgets selectively, and manages this database efficiently. Interfering with exercises like this one can impair cognitive function and slow processing. To use a computer analogy, it’s like holding data in system memory indefinitely, overloading the processor and slowing the system. In contrast, certain advanced practices can unlock true eidetic (photographic) memory. These allow you to access deeply buried memories, review them vividly, and experience them as an observer—like a multidimensional, full-color, full-sound video where you can move freely. Such practices require developing a mental body, honing meditation skills, and activating the upper chakras.

Meaningful interactions are only possible between beings on the same level of existence. The natural limitations of the human mind would prove to be a barrier to comprehending things beyond. There is a book, often recommended to beginners, called Jonathan Livingston Seagull, which effectively illustrates how the division between different levels of existence functions.

Only a common sense and reality check up.

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Seeing energies with one's eyes open is normal. I have experienced it for a long time and some of the experiences been shared publicly. https://ancientmasters.org/library/extrasensory-perception It makes it possible to see other people's energy fields, allowing for study, not mere guessing, but actual observation of the energy flow, including energy parasites, larvae, and otherworldly beings.

Visualization is not a newcomer's topic. These practices are difficult, demanding, and it would be hard to find anyone capable of mastering them. Chess and arm wrestling are both competitive sports, but they have vastly different training methods. You can't expect to develop your brain doing squats, and you can't expect to develop your muscles, simply visualizing them growing. He is not entirely wrong when he says it might be useless in his own practice (whatever that is). However, whenever he talks about visualization, confusing it with imagination, or about third-eye development, there is an absolute lack of knowledge, experience, and understanding, bordering on Dunning-Kruger syndrome. He does not know what he is talking about.

Ah yes, a "very deep lineage" like Longmenpai, the one that the Chinese government has actively promoted for many years, labeling nearly every Daoist organization with it. The majority of Taoists today are affiliated with Longmenpai or Quanzhen. However, there is no available information about rigorous exams, testing, or any formal qualifications that these individuals might possess. In fact, anyone could buy a ticket to China, take a photo with a random person dressed as a Taoist, and claim to represent a "deep lineage." This is likely what we are seeing here. In essence, it is a religious structure managed by the government, with no real connection to esoteric internal cultivation or spiritual awakening. Does anyone think a person like that would ever be accepted in Internal esoteric circles? There is absolutely no testing, verification, or credible evidence to suggest that Damo belongs to an ancient "Esoteric Taoist tradition" or possesses any sort of attainment within it. That said, there are some general ethical guidelines available to the public related to Longmenpai/Quanzhen. This does not align well with sitting in a bar, smoking expensive cigars, drinking whiskey, doing drugs, scamming, and engaging in many other glorious activities of the modern guru.