Last time, I talked about Emperor Chongzhen's concubine and brother who went to the barracks to see Xu Guangqi training recruits, and learned about the "Stranger" after communicating with Westerners.

"Oh? That 'demon' turned out to be an 'angel'? What a shame! Then why can't they cultivate immortals and become Buddhas? The crowd was curious.

"Uh...... In fact, the 'demons' are not completely harmful to mankind, but they have always been suppressed by the 'Christian Church' that believes in the 'Lord Jesus', so they encourage people to shake their religious beliefs everywhere. After the three Westerners looked at each other, they said with a tangled expression: "Actually, they also want to become stronger." ”

"Oh? Really? Since even 'God' has expelled them, how can they become strong when they cannot absorb the 'power of faith'? ”

"Uh...... Truth be told, they rely on the 'secret of the golden flower'. The three Westerners said with strange faces: "It is the immortal art that was transmitted to Europe hundreds of years ago." ”

"What? Immortals? Just kidding, right? Westerners also know how to cultivate immortals? After hearing this, everyone immediately felt very curious, and even Xu Guangqi was surprised.

"Uh...... This is true, because when the Mongols made three expeditions to Europe, some 'Oriental cultivators' also followed, and left a 'Book of Heaven' in Europe called "Taiyi Jinhua Purpose". The three Westerners added to each other: "I heard that it was written by Lu Dongbin, the 'ancestor master' of your 'Quanzhen Sect'. ”

"What? Really? Lu Dongbin, that's one of the 'Eight Immortals in the Upper Cave'! This time, it was the turn of everyone who knew a little bit about history to be surprised, and it was obvious that this "Taiyi Jinhua Purpose" was estimated to be the "Quanzhen Sect" disciples represented by Qiu Chuji and other "Quanzhen Seven Sons" who participated in the "Mongolian Western Expedition" and brought it to the West.

"Taiyi Jinhua Purpose" is an ancient Chinese Taoist self-cultivation book, teaching people to be pure and have few desires, to be a wise and moral person. The book describes the method of refining qi for cultivating "Neidan", which rarely uses names such as lead and mercury, dragon and tiger, and Kanli, and focuses on the cultivation of Taoist "Neidan" Jindan (Jinhua).

At the same time, some terms and theories of "Confucianism" and "Shamen Confucianism" are also used in the book to supplement each other through analogy and argumentation, so that the original text is easier to understand.

"The Secret of the Golden Flower", which was introduced to the West that year, was translated and published, and immediately became a sensation in Europe, becoming one of the bestsellers, published many times before and after, and later translated into English, selling well all over the world! The Japanese translated it from German into Japanese, which was extremely popular in their home country, embodying supernatural thinking.

"Taiyi Jinhua Purpose" is a "Qi Refining Method" that focuses on "Neidan Gongfa", and the so-called "Jinhua" is the "Neidan" of "cultivators", also known as "Zhendan" or "Jindan". The ancient "Oriental cultivators" pursued the "cultivation method" of "immortality", which is the method of "Jindan Avenue" and "Yuan Shen Relying on Dependence".

Since the Sui Dynasty's "Luofu Mountain" Taoist Su Xuanlang wrote the "Decree of the Dao" to open the precedent of "Inner Dan Cultivation", the "Outer Dan Technique" gradually declined, while the "Inner Dan Technique" gradually received attention and developed rapidly, and by the Song Dynasty had formed a peak trend. At this time, most of the "cultivators" of Xuanmen Taoism were "Qi Refiners".

However, many of the terms in the cultivation of "Inner Dan" are borrowed from the Outer Dan, and the "Golden Pill" to be refined in the "Outer Dan" is borrowed by the "Inner Dan Family" to refer to the cultivation of the "essence", "qi" and "spirit" in the human body, so as to produce the elixir of immortality similar to the "Golden Pill" in the "Outer Dan", so that people can become the incorruptible body of Vajra.

This process is the "refining qi and transforming gods" in the stage of "cultivating immortals". Therefore, Chen Zhixu of the Yuan Dynasty said: "Its (Neidan) is used as 'essence', 'qi', and 'god', and its name is Yun 'Jindan', which is the 'true pill' of cultivators." "Once advanced to the true meaning of the "Jindan Zhenren", the life span of the "cultivator" can be as long as a thousand years!

"Taiyi Jinhua Purpose" said: "Jinhua is 'light'. What is the color of light? Taken from 'Jinhua'! It is also included in the word "secret" and "light". It is the 'true qi' of the 'innate one'. It can be seen that the so-called "Jinhua" of the "Neidan family" comes from the innate "vitality", as well as "Tianguang", "Yuanshen", "Truthfulness" and many other names.

According to Taoism, before a person is born, the innate "true qi" has entered the combination of the father's essence and mother's blood, and after the person is born, it lives in the square inch between the two eyes, that is, it is hidden in the "psychology". Therefore, "Lingtai Fangcun Mountain" and "Leaning Moon Three-Star Cave" refer to the "heart"! If a person wants to live a long life or even immortality, he must exercise the essence, qi, and spirit in his body through certain spells, hold on to the true qi, and refine the golden pill, so that he can soar into an immortal and live forever.

In the chapter of "Yuan Shen Zhi Shen" of "Taiyi Jinhua Purpose", there is a saying that "one spirit is true, that is, if it falls into the palace, it will divide the soul". "Shuowen" interprets "soul" as "yang energy", and "spirit" as "yin god". The so-called "soul" is actually the instinctive consciousness and conditional emission from the body, which is rooted in the "blood of the father, sperm and mother".

In ancient Chinese classics, the "soul" is mostly regarded as the "essence" that can be separated from the human body, and the "spirit" is the "essence" that is attached to the human body and exists, so the "Purpose" says that the spirit is "the turbid qi, attached to the tangible mortal heart", and the soul is "the light and clear qi, which is obtained from the void and has the same shape as the primordial".

Among Westerners, the German sinologist Wei Lixian translated "soul" as A

imus, and translate "魄" as A

ima, in the Latin sense of both words, has the word "mind" (mi

d) and a

The ima is more focused on the "soul" aspect and seems to have a feminine tendency, while a

IMUS is biased towards the "spiritual" (SPI

IT), there seems to be a tendency to be masculine, and it is in this sense that Wei Lixian transferred these two words, which is also surprising to Chinese and Western cultures.

However, in Jung's dictionary of psychology in the West, a

IMA refers to an underlying feminine tendency in men, while a

imus refers to an underlying masculine tendency in women, which is obviously far from the actual meaning of "soul" and "spirit", and is even funnier in English

IMAL refers specifically to quadrupeds.

According to this Taoist text, although the "soul" is contained in the "soul" and "belongs to yin and yang", the yin and yang here do not correspond to "women" and "men". In fact, before a person is born, his "soul" comes from the essence of the universe, which is the so-called "true nature of one spirit" or "true spirit".

This is a special trace of the existence of all things in the universe, that is, the "primordial image" of the "cultivators" above the "primordial god stage", which can also be regarded as the "life soul" of all living beings, or the "true nature" of the innate oneness, and when this "true nature" enters the human body, it is divided into two parts, becoming "soul" and "spirit".

The reason why the "soul" is "yang" is because it resides in the "heart of heaven" (between the two eyes) and contains the "primordial spirit". Although the "primordial spirit" is also in the human body, in essence, it is always an existence that transcends the physical body. Therefore, the "Purpose" says that it comes from "Wuji", can be "born in nature", and must be cultivated.

The reason why "spirit" is "yin" is because as soon as it enters the human body, it becomes one with "knowing the gods" and becomes "turbid qi", dwelling in the hearts of secular mortals, becoming the master of mortals' "seven emotions and six desires" and "birth, old age, sickness and death", and it still occupies a dominant position in the relationship with the "original gods".

Although it originally came from Tai Chi, once it entered the mortal womb of the flesh, it lost its previous sacredness and completely became a secular and physical existence. This is like the need for organisms to reproduce and continue, must "sperm" and "egg" combined into a "fertilized egg", in which "sperm" is the "soul", "egg" is "spirit", after the embryo matures and separates from the mother, but only adheres to the "natural selection, survival of the fittest".

From this point of view, "soul" and "spirit" are actually "Xuanmen Taoism" and even the ancients have a certain mysterious understanding of life, before the fall of the "Qiangong", both are transcendental, after the fall of the "Qiangong", although the "spirit" because of the seven emotions and six desires that dominate people and have some emotional colors, but in essence it is still transcendental. As for the "soul", it has never lost its transcendent essence in the slightest, and even in the human body, it is ethereal and inexperienceable.

The "mandala" that people see in the practice of "Taiyi Jinhua Purpose" has an important relationship with the concepts of "Yuanshen", "Jinhua" and "Huiguang", which are mentioned in Taiyi Jinhua Purpose. Because this is a "secret book for cultivating immortals" or "cultivating immortals", it tells people how to induce qi into the body and refine qi to transform the gods.

The "mandala" that a cultivator sees is the "sexual light" or "the light of the primordial gods" of a person, and if the "mandala" is refined, it means that mortals have begun to see their own "sexual light". For this reason, it is also called "the beginning and return of light" in the book. This is the process by which mortals move from "acquired" to "innate", that is, to produce "knowing the sea".

The transformation of "sexual light" from divergence to "return" is a very important and meaningful phenomenon in this cultivation process, and it is a proof of entering the door. In the book, it is said that "Huiguang" has different levels of "Jinhua Chatu", "Jinhua Zhengfang", and "Jinhua Da Ning", and when it reaches the realm of "Jinhua Da Ning", the "Yuan Shen" that has been as if it is not moving is about to move, and the "Yuan Shen" can glimpse the "reality" of life as soon as it moves, that is, to obtain the "spiritual root", generate the "Qi Sea", and advance to the "innate" existence.

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