Nei Gong systems

[Forestgreen]

On 2025-10-25 at 7:34 PM, forestofclarity said:

 

If it is permeates everywhere, it is right here and now. How does that inform one's approach? 

It's a lived experience. If it is outside of ones lived experience, for all practical purposes it is as if it doesn't exist.

[Forestgreen]

On 2025-10-25 at 7:34 PM, forestofclarity said:

 The main goal of a the teachings, in my current opinion, is to awaken people's inner connection to the Dao. 

What if that is not true? What if, for example, methods based on other goals have been interwoven in the tradition for a millenia? Then this is just one possible goal, and perhaps not the goal ones teacher is aiming for.

[forestofclarity]

On 10/28/2025 at 11:01 AM, Forestgreen said:

It's a lived experience. If it is outside of ones lived experience, for all practical purposes it is as if it doesn't exist.

 

I might suggest that this is a bit more foundational. Maybe it is dangerous of me to say without textual support, but I'd say that without the Dao, or whatever, there'd be no structure, movement, or awareness. 

 

On 10/28/2025 at 11:08 AM, Forestgreen said:

What if that is not true? What if, for example, methods based on other goals have been interwoven in the tradition for a millenia? Then this is just one possible goal, and perhaps not the goal ones teacher is aiming for.

 

I'm cool if whatever concepts bubbling through my mind are shown to be wrong. From a certain point of view, they are all limited and don't really hold up. 

 

I'm curious though on what you mean though about "based on other goals interwoven in the tradition?" What would be an example? 

[ChiDragon]

3 hours ago, forestofclarity said:

Maybe it is dangerous of me to say without textual support,

Isn't textual support is somebody else's words without textual support to begin with?