Rebirthless Posted 18 hours ago (edited) 17 minutes ago, Antares said: It depends on the school, as methods vary. There is the ancient northern school approach, which is quite authentic and includes dynamic meditations (I used to practice some of them for a while). However, there is also the modern northern approach, which is quite common now and is based on seated meditations. In general, authentic old school methods are based on dual xing ming cultivation, and they include dynamic standing and static meditations, as well as some seated ones. The modern Dragon Gate primarily teaches seated meditation, although they can also teach you some qigong in addition to it. If you want to nourish Yang, you need to move; however, if you mostly sit, it is hard to obtain True Yang. Timing is an important factor in neidan. This is akin to going through the seasons of the year: everything changes in nature, but sitting is like always abiding in winter. Over time, you will lose Yang and thus your Ming. Â With all due respect, I don't think you're familiar with Damo's system. Â The Xing-Ming dual-tracking exists throughout Longmen, and Damo's school is not an exception. Also, there are plenty of moving exercises along with static standing & sitting in the school. Â You also said this about him: Â Quote As for neidan he does not have a clue what is real neidan. Â I'll be honest. I think you're quite out of your depth to make this judgement about Damo. Â Edited 18 hours ago by Rebirthless Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Antares Posted 17 hours ago 20 minutes ago, Rebirthless said: The Xing-Ming dual-tracking exists throughout Longmen, and Damo's school is not an exception. Also, there are plenty of moving exercises along with static standing & sitting in the school.  I have read his book on neidan (see picture above) and seen couple of his video on youtube re "neidan". There he only states this is neidan but from what i can see he teaches modern northern school meditation (not sure which school) and some qigong/neigong methods from IMA (dao yin for example). This is not certain daoist school methods but mixture of methods  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DynamicEquilibrium Posted 15 hours ago Conjoint Xing Ming cultivation done by one integrated method. Sitting meditation on one hand and moving practices on another is not an integrated method, doesn't count as Xingming shuangxiu.  1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
