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I am not sure that SYG is safe to learn from videos without proper supervision. FP is more safe system. Also I am not sure Terry is authorized to teach FP as neidan, he published only 8 of MSW meditations. The system is very vast and Terry was taught Level1 only. He has never said this is Daoist system and thus it is not very clear how the term "internal alchemy" correlates with limited version of Level1 of FP system. Without proper instructions it can be good yangshengong system

If you look for longevity then just be honest with yourself and name the methods you do as yangshengong. 99 % of what you can see "on the market" is yangshengong at the best. Even those who state they teach neidan, in fact they teach yangshengong and neidan itself is hidden normally and is taught to little amount of close students.

I usually ate potatoes, rice, and buckwheat, but last winter I ate a lot of wheat and dairy. Usually, in the spring, my body would start a light detox through the release of phlegm and mucus, with 3 days of a runny nose and mild discomfort. This spring, the detox was very intense and prolonged. Now it’s clear why.

There was a lady who was a promoter of not eating and a seller of her books and seminars. She was placed under supervision to conduct an experiment, and after a few days, she asked for food. One should not believe everything that questionable authors, promoters, and sellers of $5,000 seminars write.

Almost all schools we know these days originate from LD, except Maoshan may be. Not wise to refer to Baopuzi, I dont think the alchemy of that epoch is applicable nowadays.

Baopuzi (simplified Chinese: 抱朴子; traditional Chinese: 抱樸子) is a literary work written by Ge Hong (AD 283–343) Lu Dongbin was born in Jingzhao Prefecture (京兆府 Jīngzhào Fŭ) around 796 CE during the Tang dynasty. Different periods. There could be different approaches which had been changing till 12th - 13th centuries. Better to refer to the texts of schools that originate from LD. The excerpt I provided is related to the legacy of LD specifically. If this is an additional method, it should be named as such, but not as 'vehicle,' otherwise it creates confusion

It does not correlate with the original statement 'ceasing to eat to pursue life.' Additionally, one must provide further evidence to support the claims about other methods that Wang attributes to Lu Dongbin.

It was never meant to be "a vehicle" but a tool after one has already nourished life (Ming) so that they could get along without food. Although it can be let say 3 days of fasting while taking specific medicine but was not meant to be main method (vehicle) Which school you talk about? May be you can refer to any daoist text in this regard?

The main issue here is that in authentic neidan post heaven shen is not used at all. I mean diff variations of breath control, visualizations, remembering or forgetting smth, fasting, sitting cross legged etc

after 24 hours fasting Ming begins depleting, can be good if a person needs purification and other methods dont help (in some cases can be applicable), or if a person feels they are getting sick, it may be good to fast for 24 - 36 hours, but no more than that. this phrase “ceasing eating to pursue life” sounds the same as " firing up house foundation to build it up"

From Amazon review

Looks crazy at least for me. And people pay big money for this BS. I am very sorry people buy into it

I have just looked through Ric' book - "karmic knots removal" seems to be the same as "heart - mind" purification process in Daoist system.

There should be not only Ming but Xing work too otherwise it can cause imbalance. It is quite dangerous to nourish Ming without proper Xing-xin work.