Daoist Cultivation, Book 13 - The Art of Sleeping

This book was updated to the Second Edition and released on May 25, 2025.If you bought it before, contact the author via Facebook or Instagram for a free e-book.This revised and expanded second edition of Daoist Cultivation, Book 13: The Art of Sleeping presents a complete and carefully integrated system of Shui Gong (睡功)—the ancient Daoist practice of sleep-based cultivation and inner alchemical dreaming.Building on the foundational teachings of Inner Alchemy (內丹, nèidān), this edition includes:- Refined translations of classical texts by Chen Tuan, Zhang Sanfeng, Lü Dongbin, Wang Daoyuan, and other Daoist masters, capturing the subtle meanings and poetic nuance of the originals.- Line-by-line commentary on all texts presented in the book, offering a step-by-step guide to sleep-based cultivation.- Clear distinction between Ordinary Dreams, Lucid Dreams, and True Dreams, grounded in Daoist cosmology and spirit physiology.- New instructional chapters on pre-sleep posture, whole-body breathing, intention-setting, and returning with clarity.- Insightful integration of concepts like Yuan Shen (元神), Hun and Po Souls (魂魄), and the principle of “Desire without desire”.This edition is intended for practitioners who already have a foundation in the Daoist path—especially those familiar with Xing Gong (性功) and Elixir Cultivation as presented in Books 1–3 of this series. It is not a dreamwork manual in the modern psychological sense, but a gateway into the profound spiritual uses of the sleep state as practiced in traditional Daoist inner alchemy. Read more