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INTENT AROUSES REAL KNOWLEDGE;
CONSCIOUS KNOWLEDGE ALSO SPONTANEOUSLY RESPONDS.
THE THREE JOIN AS ONE,
AND AT ONCE BODY AND MIND ARE SETTLED.
THE EMPTY ROOM PRODUCES LIGHT;
IN QUIETUDE YANG IS RESTORED:
GATHER IT AND DILIGENTLY REFINE IT,
TRANSFORMING IT INTO VIOLET-GOLD FROST.
IN THE SPIRITUAL OPENING THE LIGHT OF WISDOM ARISES;
ESSENCE APPEARS, AND FEELINGS ABOUT OBJECTS VANISH.
CLEAR AND BRIGHT THE JEWEL THAT GLOWS IN THE DARK;
EVERYWHERE IS BRIGHT AND CLEAN.
VOLATILITY TRANSMUTES INTO TRUE ESSENCE;
THE HUMAN MIND CHANGES INTO THE MIND OF TAO.
WITHOUT REFINEMENT BY THE SPIRITUAL FIRE,
HOW CAN GOLD BE SEPARATED FROM THE ORE?
REAL KNOWLEDGE AND CONSCIOUSNESS APPEARS;
THESE TWO ARE ORIGINALLY THE SAME ENERGY.
SUBJECTED TO REFINEMENT BY THE SPIRITUAL FIRE,
THEY MERGE WITHOUT A TRACE OF DEFECT.
IN THE OCCULT OPENING REAL CONSCIOUSNESS APPEARS;
TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO WORK TO NURTURE IT.
WHEN ESSESNCE AND SENSE CLEAVE TO ONE ANOTHER,
THEY ALWAYS PRODUCE THE MATERIAL FOR THE ELIXER.
THERE IS AN OPENING OF OPEN AWARENESS
WHICH IS CALLED THE OPENING OF THE MYSTERIOUS FEMALE;
THEREIN ARE STORED SPIRIT AND ENERGY,
ORIGINALLY THE ROOT OF THE CELESTIAL AND EARTLY SOULS.
CONSCIOUS KNOWLEDGE IS THE VITALITY WITHIN FIRE;
REAL KNOWLEDGE IS THE JEWEL WITHIN WATER.
WHEN NEGATIVITY WITHIN WATER AND FIRE VANISHES,
THE LIGHT IS BRILLIANT, TRULY SOUND.
THE SPIRITUAL REMEDY IS INHERENT IN ONESELF;
WHAT IS THE NEED TO SEEK IT OUTSIDE?
PRESERVE THE RESPONSIVENESS OF CONSTANT SHINING,
AND EVERYWHERE YOU GO BECOMES A FOREST OF JEWELS.
REAL KNOWLEDGE IS ALL REAL,
BUT IT NEEDS TO BE ESPOUSED BY CONSCIOUS KNOWLDEGE.
REFINING AWAY THE YIN OF ACQUIRED CONDITIONING,
THE TWO BECOME ONE WHOLE.
CONSCIOUS KNOWLEDGE LIKES TO WANDER OUTSIDE
AND NEEDS TO BE GOVERNED BY REAL KNOWLEDGE;
WHEN THE WIFE FOLLOWS THE HUSBAND,
WATER AND FIRE BALANCE EACH OTHER.
THUNDER, LAKE, WATER, AND FIRE
ARE SYMBOLS OF VITALITY, SPIRIT, SENSE, AND ESSENCE:
IF YOU KNOW HOW TO AGGREGATE THEM,
YOU WALK ALONE ATOP THE MOUNTAINS OF THE IMMORTALS.
THE FIRING PROCESS IS NOT RELATED TO HOUR OR SEASON;
WHY BOTHER TO SEEK MIDNIGHT AND NOON, WINTER AND SUMMER?
BATHING IS WASHING THE DUSTY MIND;
HOW CAN SPRING AND AUTUMN GOVERN IT?
METAL SENSE AND WOOD ESSENCE
SHOULD NOT BE UNBALANCED OR DISPARATE.
THE TWO ARE AS THE SAME ENERGY;
THE SPIRITUAL ROOT BLOOMS OF ITSELF.
SO GREAT AS TO ENFOLD SPACE,
YET SMALL AS A GRAIN OF RICE,
IF YOU ASK ABOUT THIS ROOT SOURCE,
IT IS THE ONE REALITY ALONE.
THE VITALITIES OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, SUN AND MOON,
ARE FUNDAMENTALLY INHERENT IN OUR BODIES.
IF REALITY AND CONSCIOUSNESS DO NOT STRAY,
CREATION IS ALWAYS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND.
WHEN ESSENCE ARISES, SENSE COMES TO STABILIZE IT;
WHEN SENSE ARISES, ESSENCE GOES TO LEAD IT.
WHEN THEIR CONFLICT AND STRUGGLE ARE ENDED,
THEN, AS OF YORE, THEY ARE UNCONDITIONED.
ESSENCE AND SENSE MERGE;
REAL AND CONSCIOUS KNOWLEDGE JOIN.
WITH FIERCE REFINEMENT AND GENTLE COOKING,
A CRYSTAL-CLEAR TEMPLE IS PRODUCED.
CONTROLLING THE MIND IS CALLED BATHING;
INCUBATION INVOLVES EXTRACTION AND ADDITION.
AT EVERY MOMENT, FORESTALL DANGER;
AS ACCOMPLISHMENT DEEPENS, YOU NATURALLY ENTER THE MYSTERY.
WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLE OF YIN AND YANG,
THE SPIRITUAL EMBRYO IS NOT HARD TO FORM;
PRODUCING A CHILD, ALSO PRODUCING GRANDCHILDREN,
ETERNAL LIFE NEVER ENDS.
