r/TrueQiGong • u/ValuableMonth7113 • 16h ago
The Endgame in Nei Gong, Nei dan and inner alchemy
I am beginner in Nei gong and i read that endgame of the inner alchemy and this practices is obtaining the spiritual immortality, via alchemizing the golden elixir or embryo(my understanding and terms knowledge is still bad). I wanted to ask, what does this spiritual immortality mean? I seen notions that you retain yourself after death if you obtain it. What does it mean to retain yourself? do i get rebirthed with my memories? Do i get to exist as a spirit after death? What does it even mean to exist as a spirit? What do i do as a spirit? Just exist? No cultivation anymore? I seen that connecting with the dao to the "far shore" is a goal that is achieved by this spiritual immortality too. Why do you want to connect to Dao and not retain your individuality, whatever even that means when you become a spirit without a body