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The Secret of the Golden Flower - 12 The Cycle
Identifier
016500
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background

A description of the experience
The Cycle
1. For the complete cycle, energy is not the main thing;
mental attainment is the sublime secret. If you won-
der what it ultimately is, the cycle helps growth; it is
maintained without minding, carried out without
deliberate intention.
2. Look up at the sky; it changes from hour to hour,
through 365 days, yet the polar star never moves.
Our mind is also like this; mind is the pole, energy is
the myriad stars revolving around it. The energy in
our limbs and throughout our whole body is basi-
cally a network, so do not exert your strength to the
full on it. Refine the conscious spirit, remove arbitrary
views, and then after that medicine will develop.
3. This medicine is not a material thing; it is the light of
essence, which is none other than the primal true
energy. Even so, it is necessary to attain great con-
centration before you see it. There is no method of
culling; those who speak of culling are quite
mistaken.
4. When you have seen it for a long time, eventually the
light of the basis of the mind becomes spontaneous.
When the mind is empry, and all indulgence is
ended, you are liberated from the ocean of misery.
5. If it is "dragon and tiger" today "water and fire"
tomorrow in the end they turn into illusions.
The source of the experience
The Secret of the Golden FlowerConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
Symbols
Science Items
Activities and commonsteps
Activities
Suppressions
Contemplation and detachmentReducing and controlling emotions
Reducing desires
Reducing opportunities
Reducing threats
Relaxation
Squash the big I am
Suppressing memory
Suppressing obligations
Suppression of learning
Commonsteps
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