Secret of the Golden Flower
p. |
cap.:v. |
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279 |
1:4 |
Tai-s^an appeared magically to Don-hua |
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281 |
2:8 |
The __ |
of __ |
is __ |
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water |
vitality |
primal real unity |
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fire |
spirit |
illumination |
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earth |
attention |
chamber of centre = caelestial mind |
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282 |
2:11 |
the higher soul resideth |
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in the __ |
during __ |
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eyen |
day [viz., while awake?] |
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liver |
night, during dreams |
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similes |
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as __ |
even so __ |
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282 |
2:17 |
scarab-beetle {cf. H^PR} rolling dung-ball |
concentrating the spirit on the caelestial-mind embryo |
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284 |
3:3 |
embryo forming |
pearl is produced after 100 days, of true positive energy |
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287 |
4:6 |
the 2 pairs of lights |
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pair of the __ |
meaning "__ sun & moon" |
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eyen |
external |
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ears |
internal |
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the __ |
is / becometh __ |
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293 |
6:4 |
house |
built of gold |
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terrace |
white jade |
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rotten things |
puff of true energy |
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blood |
milk |
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physical body |
gold & jewels |
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6:5 |
setting of the sun |
setting the foundation |
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water |
higher good, the ultimate |
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movement |
wood |
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7 rows of trees |
7 openings of "heart" |
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294 |
6:6 |
whole earth |
jewel ground |
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golden essence |
the "gold immortal" |
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6:7 |
openness |
echoes in valley |
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process |
is called __ |
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298 |
8:12 |
the whole body feeleth wondrously light and buoyant |
"clouds filling the thousand mountains" |
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8:13 |
the channels are stilled, energy stoppeth |
"the moon steeped in myriad waters" |
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299 |
8:14 |
the caelestial mind first stirreth in midst of utter darkness of the unknown |
"living midnight" |
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8:15 |
ordinarily, the sovereign ruler [thought] is slave of activity |
"always living with ghosts" |
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8:16 |
movement of activity abiding in heaven |
"the root of heaven" |
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repose of activity abiding in heaven |
"the moon cavern" |
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8:18 |
raising the caelestial mind up to the chamber of the creative |
"acting in time" |
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8:20 |
one cannot find even one's own body |
heaven entereth earth |
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all wonders return to the root |
"solidifying the spirit in the lair of energy" |
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300 |
8:22 |
naturally buoyant, not expending any strength |
"settling the spirit in the original emptiness" |
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8:23 |
even shadows & echoes have disappeared |
"hibernating in the lair of energy" |
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8:30 |
not a single thought ariseth |
true mindfulness |
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caelestial potential is suddenly activated in silent trance |
"acting without striving" |
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term |
definition |
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300-1 |
8:31 |
"midsummer" |
fire |
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301 |
"white snow" |
true yin within fire |
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"Midnight" |
water of water |
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"sun" |
single yan in centre of water |
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8:33 |
"In the heavens" |
chamber of the creative |
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"Roaming and returning to absorb the virtues of the receptive" |
nurturing the fire |
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8:34 |
"bathing" |
cleaning the mind, washing the thoughts |
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302 |
the __ moon |
is the __ sun |
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8:47 |
vitality of the true |
darkness in the |
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8:48 |
white of the |
light of the true |
"Mysteries of the Doctrine of the Golden Flower"
p. |
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317 |
"The light you see before your eyes is rat-light …" |
"Everyone already has the lamp of the mind, but it is necessary to light it". |
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319 |
"The real lifeline is to be sought from within the real." |
"the iron pillars of thoughts are deeply rooted … When you see the mind, only then will you find the roots are insubstantial". |
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320 |
"What cannot be spoken and cannot be named is the generative energy …" |
321 |
"The true mind has no form : what has form is ultimately illusory." |
Thomas Cleary (translator): The Taoist Classics, Vol. 3. Shambhala, Boston, 2000. pp. 273-376
http://hk.geocities.com/akrishi0/goflower/eng/index.htm a translation of chapters from the Secret of the Golden Flower