WHITE MOON ON THE MOUNTAIN PEAK

Too costly for India .

Un libro eccellente! Chiaro, ben scritto, si legge bene anche con una conoscenza discreta della lingua e soprattutto è denso di informazioni chiare e molto ben spiegate. L'autore, a dispetto della giovane età, dimostra una grande esperienza e maturità. Chiarisce molti meccanismi in maniera pratica e lineare.

This book starts out very heavy on Daoist/Chinese esoteric spiritual philosophy. I was quite worried that I'd just spent a lot of money on a very long book about philosophy. I'm a very practical guy, and I like philosophy only insomuch as it genuinely assists with the practical application of techniques to further my inner development. Since I bought the kindle version, I couldn't just flip through the whole book at random to find out. After a few chapters the scholarly smoke clears and the main course is served.I'd researched the writer a bit before buying this book, so I knew that he likely had some experience. There aren't a lot of advanced meditators writing books about meditation, who also write about their own personal experiences of the progressive states and stages. Shaila Catherine (an advanced Buddhist meditator and author), Ajahn Brahmavamso, and a few others are the only ones I know of. This type of writing-from-experience in the field of meditation is so extraordinarily valuable that it cannot be underlined enough. This individual experience absolutely essential when attempting to move onto the next stage after the preceding stages have been achieved and surpassed. At each stage, there are new experiences, and new hurdles. Almost like a puzzle, you have to intuit and discern what is necessary to move onto the next, and have faith that you're on the right course. With someone else's experiences at hand, you can simply follow the directions and know that it's only a matter of time; you just put in the effort, follow the road, and watch for the signs.The author is honest about what stage he's attained, and gives a description of what's supposed to happen next with some general guidance on attaining it from rote knowledge, but this is by far the least detailed section of the book.He finishes the book with chapters about the Yi Jing and divination, which seems odd and out of place. At a certain stage of meditation (savikalpa samadhi in yoga, and the 5th jhana in buddhism; I'm not sure what it would be called in daoism), the individual's intuition suddenly flourishes as a natural consequence. And while not easily controllable in the early stages, is nonetheless impressive both in scope and power, such that it doesn't hold a candle flame to divination. And so I'm not entirely certain as to why these chapters need to be included, as it seems a detraction from the subject of the book, although the theory and philosophy behind Yi Jing is interesting.All in all, however, an excellent book on a subject for which there's very little good information freely floating around to find. I look forward with anticipation to his works years hence.

Absolute must read book on Taoist Alchemy. A practical modern guide to an ancient system of internal energetics. Bonus chapters on I Ching and a very good glossary with Chinese character/pin yin explanations. Written by an experienced practitioner of Nei Dan.

Damo übertrifft sich selbst mit diesem Werk, waren doch schon seine früheren Schriften echte Meilensteine. Er führt in Tiefen, die westlichen Studenten (und auch den östlichen, sofern Sie keinen persönlichen verwirklichten Lehrer hatten), bisher verschlossen waren. Dabei geht er präzise in Details, ohne je auch nur ansatzweise langatmig zu werden. Wie gewohnt beschreibt er, was er selbst erfahren durfte. Der Kultivierende sei aber gewarnt, wer dieses selbst erleben will, der muß hart an sich arbeiten und sich an das halten, was der Autor als Maß gesetzt hat. Hat er die Stufen mit Demut und tiefer Hingabe aber durchlaufen, so wird er danach nicht mehr der sein, der er vorher war (Vorsicht: die Auflösung des Ego in seiner niederen Form ist ein wesentlicher Bestandteil).... Allein aber schon für den ernsthaften Theoretiker des "esoterischen Daoismus" erschließen sich Schätze des Wissens, deren Tiefe allerdings nur der kultivierende Praktiker letztgültig zu erkennen vermag (z.B. Wuji- Zustand, Dao -Licht und De- Energie). Derjenige, welcher das Dao wirklich Er-leben will, der wird hier fündig. Fortgeschrittene Englisch -Kenntnisse sind allerdings für dieses Buch notwendig.

This is the second book by this author I read and again I am immensely grateful for his unique combination of knowledge and humility. He knows what he knows and makes clear, what he does not know. Also, to paraphrase another Chinese classic: He is obviously doing (aka practicing) what he says.This is no case of copy and paste as so many books on esoteric subjects are.Which makes it so much easier to trust and folloe his guidance.His knowledge of Chinese medicine is excellent, he understands the concept of yin and the mysterious female. And he is a good writer, too.A must read, and reread and cherish, for anybody interested in the movements of Qi - be they fengshui and divination, acupuncture or martial arts.Thank you,Christine Li