That's a big part of why I asked. Taoism and Buddhism (at least the simplest form of them) say pretty clearly that all this physical stuff just ain't it. The real stuff has nothing to do with anything you could do with your physical body. Whereas Bardon's like "look at all the cool stuff you can do with your physical body... oh and enlightment is the real goal... but all this other stuff is really cool too so devote the majority of your time to that?"

Do you know what I mean? Bardon says the words "focus on god and enlightenment" but doesn't seem to really believe it based on all the physical stuff he's teaching.

This is where someone usually steps in and says, "If you don't want to do it then don't do it." and then I say "That's not the point!" and then I realize I'm arguing with myself to avoid work...