Master Logray

ZhengYi is cooler.

I think online teaching is acceptable for theories, sitting and standing meditation and majority of qigong. But martial arts is another matter. How do a person learn fighting when he is totally alone? Who can rectify his movements and stances? At best people just learn a form of dance.

"towards the same truth" - how many truths are there?

Those require agility, flexibility, better start young. It means most martial arts internal or external, gymnastics, Yoga.... Mind training like meditation (e.g. less suffering), can be started any time, middle or even old age. Philosophy/knowledge, age is not an issue. Qigong, those popular ones are mostly not physically taxing. But there are just too many types so it is hard to say.

Finally read through the comments. My observation is that 5 years ago DM was a sharp, agile, full of vigour young man. Nowadays he put on much weight, look old, clumsy. For internal arts, these are not good signs.

Some of the things must start young. There is a lot of differences if you start at 15 comparing with 35, or 55. Those started mid-life can never attain a very good level. I have seen Yoga, Taichi, other martial arts people have this problem. Those late starter could have spent significant time, received good teachings and fully dedicated but just seem not there whatever.

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I think the question is asking for the maximum period for suppression of grieve, say 49 days, not forever. Thereafter he can do whatever he thinks appropriate. If I am not wrong, Taoist or Chinese Folk religion is about .. an hour? when spirits pass through to another realm (if they cling on, it is another issue). I would suggest leave a day or max 3 days to be safe in case there are some unexpected on the journey. Note: They come back on the 7th night to see you and leave forever. Yet they have some sort of "telescope platform" to view this world, not 2 ways.

Guolong's translation of traditional text is alright. But I have read a book of his own writing...... Better read other materials.

Not long ago a member posted that he loves Qigong because it can be practised anywhere without people knowing.

There are levels of Fajin. If my Fajin can push a trolley for 10 feet, it is not very useful.

There was a story someone WILL a large sum of money. He got it from compensation when his son died. There should be conditions on getting the money. But having many attached conditions probably make the WILL ineffective.

There are so many forms of QiGong. Let's confine to static ones. It is better to do it indoors. The primary concern is wind or draft, which is bad on a stationery person, causing chill into the body (as all your pores are opened). ZZ can be done inside a small room. Don't believe pictures like sitting on top of mountain or facing a lake. They are not good. Secondly if you can go deep, sudden disturbance from the outside could be lethal. Ridicule from others is a problem but not comparable to this. As to meditating on bus, it is not necessary to cross your legs and have mudra. Just sit normally not too straight, back touching the seat, feet plant on the ground, is good enough. If you insist on a more "formal" approach, you can "complete the circuit", let the feet touch each other and one hand holding/touching another hand. No one will ever notice. But beware of pickpockets in case you fall into sleep.

I have the book but want to know how the terms are translated into English. The original book was DDJ/TTC, Master Huang Yuan Ji (he was very important) translated/annotate/explain it into modern classical Chinese with reference to cultivation. Ge GuoLong is a professor who translated the translation into contemporary Chinese. So the Mattias further translated Ge's translation of Huang's translation into English. Ge Guolong is well versed in alchemy. But he is too academic. For us, we prefer a more technical translation and/or deciphering.

There were only about 1000 Neidanist before 1949, out of a population of 450 millions. @Taoist Texts Where do you get the English version of Huang Yuan-ji 's book? Or you translate yourself?