>>40504519 (OP)You won't. The fact it's your goal and likely drive behind it is the very same reason you wouldn't have success with any practice that'd give you some chance at it or anything similar.
>>40505387Unwise without a teacher. There's less dangerous qigong practices, even if not so flashy and cool as the shit you hope for.
>>40508239Some of their esoteric practices are good. Not fit for everyone, doubly hard when one is without a good teacher - but there's value there.
>>40511201>those who have tried for 15ish years now and they still have absolutely nothing to show for all their effortsIt's not because they studied mo pai in particular, it's because they approached things wrong in general.
The biggest risk wasn't in people not getting anywhere - it was in all those cases where people indeed made progress but due to lack of oversight they suffered so-called deviations and issues. Stories of people falling ill, suffering internal and/or burns or having some of their organs shut down are not that rare.