Ep188: Esoteric Taoism - Bruce Frantzis 2
Bruce Frantzis is a world renowned Taoist master and author of books such as ‘Opening the Energy Gates of your Body’ and ‘Taoist Sexual Meditation’.
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Bruce recounts his training as a Taoist priest in an ancient secret society, including psychic training, sexual training, spiritual training, and more.
Bruce discusses his training in Taoist exorcism, recalls the first exorcism he witnessed, and tells stories about exorcising trapped spirits in concentration camps and other sites of historical suffering.
Bruce goes into depth about his training with Liu Hung Cheh, the Taoist immortal who would become Bruce’s most significant master, and shares impressions and memories from that time including Liu Hung Cheh’s last great miracle.
Bruce also reflects on personal enlightenment, astral projection, the business of religion, compares Buddhism with Taoism, and considers his own legacy as a Taoist master.
Topics include:
00:00 - Intro
01:09 - Wang Shu Jin and Taoist priesthood
03:01 - China’s history of secret societies
04:39 - Inducted into a secret society
08:36 - Branches of learning
09:39 - Witnessing an exorcism
10:50 -Bruce’s Taoist sex education
11:55 - Secret psychic training
14:16 - Problem with modern presentations of Buddhism, Taoism, and Christianity
16:23 - The role of a Taoist priest
17:16 - Sexual tests
19:39 - Learning qigong tui na
20:45 - Feeling chi and releasing trauma
26:14 - Varieties of enlightenment
29:42 - Personality development and the human condition
34:31 - Becoming aware of what’s inside and clearing out trauma
38:39 - Bruce’s teachers’ extreme methods
42:50 - Enlightenment and the 10,000 identities
47:53 - Internal alchemy after enlightenment
48:23 - Seeing beyond this life
51:33 - Astral body journeys to other planets
53:28 - The life of Bruce’s master, Liu Hung Cheh
57:06 - Bruce reflects on Liu Hung Cheh
59:27 - Life with Liu Hung Cheh
01:03:55 - The death of Liu Hung Cheh and leaving China
01:09:36 - Kalu Rinpoche and mystical visions
01:15:49 - Compassion and Bruce’s tonglen practice
01:22:00 - Bruce’s greatest gift
01:22:04 - The cultural revolution
01:23:26 - Beginning to teach meditation
01:25:03 - Clearing out trapped spirits in concentration camps and comments on Kabbalah
01:27:53 - Comments on Scientology
01:31:18 - Miraculous physical feats of Liu Hung Cheh
01:32:31 - Liu Hung Cheh’s final miracle
01:36:39 - Taoist exorcism
01:38:57 - Sex with 1000 women
01:40:37 - Full effort with no force
01:44:44 - Dzogchen vs Taoism
01:47:53 - The martial and spiritual potentials of Tai Chi
01:52:26 - Buddhism vs Taoism
01:54:54 - Beyond happiness
01:53:44 - Difficulties teaching Taoism in the West
01:56:44 - Bruce’s legacy
01:57:40 - Taoism is practical
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