The Wayfarer Will to Learn Emptiness once spoke………
Once in the market a very old man brought a big gourd everyday.
He would drink wine all the day long to pass the time.
At noontime, he would hang his gourd into the branches; jumping into it he would sleep; jumping out of it at sunset.
A man named Fei Chang Feng observed this and thought it was an amazing and marvelous skill. He asked the old man sincerely to teach him this art, offering him many gifts.
The old man ignored him, and gave no answer.
A second time Fei Chang came bearing gifts.
The old man still gave no answer.
After six times of Fei Chang coming and bearing gifts, the old man agreed to teach him his art.
“Please come back at midnight when there are no people around, and all is still and quiet,” the old man said.
Fei Chang was given instruction and taught this secret method.
At once, they both jumped up and flew into the gourd.
Fei Chang was taken aback with the grandeur and beauty of what he saw.
What a wonderful world this is he thought.
He saw colorful clouds, golden temples, large pavilions, and splendid clear streams.
He truly never wished to leave.
Finally Fei Chang and the old man went into the mountains together, and he made the final attainment.
Learning the skill of a man hiding in his own gourd……
~Chuang Tzu
Destiny is controlled by an external source.
Why is this so?
Because we depend upon the breathing and can not do without it.
I have a destiny, because I depend on something else; something outside.
You are not the master of your own destiny.
Stillness……… a quiet Heart-Mind.
Mind follows the example of Earth.
Earth follows the example of Heaven.
Heaven follows the example of Nature.
Follow the superficial pattern of Earth…………
During the act of meditation…………
Sky is so clear, there is no cloud flowing, looking down it is so quiet, expanding without limit, lucid……
Within it a wave of Qi begins to circulate………
Something in it begins to move……
The Qi begins to move……………
Great Voidness………
In the Chaos the boundary between the interior and the exterior disappears……
A Great Harmonious state……
Something up and something down disappears……
From the differentiated realm, I fall into undifferentiated cessation meditation concentration………
From this undifferentiated state I can present differentiated forms – there are nine…
Nurture the Infant……
Present the Ancestral Origin that reemerged……
Free of any artificiality……
In compliance with all…………
I become everything and follow the natural law; free of any relationships…
Break the emptiness into pieces……
Empty awareness of our existence……
Only when the body is weightless can it fly………
When we empty the existence of our corporeal body we can fly……
When we become weightless we can fly very high…
Empty, empty continuously, then I can fly………
Empty the awareness of our existence of the Corporeal Body and Heart-Mind……
Empty your body……
Something nonexistent can be made use of…
Empty your consciousness……
Outside and inside becomes one………
There is a god responsible for your sight…
There is a god responsible for your hearing…
There is a god responsible for each of your sense organs……
Practice to transmute egoism…
If you conquer egoism you may embody Equality Wisdom.
Gain equality of self and others.
Undifferentiated………
Transform egoism into Equality Wisdom……
Gain Affirmation to Dharma……
First there was Affirmation to Self……
Second there is attachment to all……
Gaining Great Wisdom …
Gaining Great Compassion……
Everything is my brother and sister………
Where is my Primeval Nature?
One Arrow Pierces through Nine Layers of the Steel Drum
Desire Realm ~
All consciousness is subject to the desire for food, sex and sleep.
Form Realm ~
Desire is subdued.
All is still subject to form.
Materiality.
Formless Realm ~
Materiality is transcended.
Physical body is transformed.
Change.
Formless Realm ~
First there is the awareness of limitlessness of emptiness.
Second there is the awareness of limitlessness of consciousness.
Third there is the awareness of limitlessness of thoughtlessness.
Forth there is the awareness of limitlessness of neither thoughtlessness nor non-thoughtlessness.
There is something called True Intention.
Cessation concentration……
Take residence in the Mysterious Pass………
Let the Small Waterwheel run itself naturally……
Do not interfere………
Gaining a response from the genital organ is the sign; Yang Qi is arriving………
Pay no attention to it……
Do not deploy the Mind-Will…
How to Harvest……?
By not Harvesting……
You must use forgetfulness……
Combine the Heart-Mind with Breathing………
A Compounding Process of Qi and Shen………
Then you shall reach the State of Equality Wisdom………
Heart-Mind Combines with Outside……
There is no difference with anything………
Harmonize……
Synthesize………
Rest in the Empty Place……
Build Qi in the Dantian……
When it is enough, we let it circulate naturally in the Water Wheel……
Combine Heart-Mind and Breathing……
Combination of Qi and Shen……
White Cloud Flowing upward and honey dew moistens everywhere; nourishing everything. ~ Lu Dong Bin
I practice without intermission.
Water and rain come up continuously.
Like something moving in the spring wet land.
Once before it was frozen with ice, but it began to melt with no sound……
From my head…
It flows to my feet…
Then it turns and rises again……
Coming in and going out……
There is no limitation……
Everything is in a harmonized state…
~ Chan Tong Qi
The body is a miniature Universe…
Get rid of awareness of body…
Become empty enough……
When the corporeal body is empty, it shall be on par with emptiness…
Heart-Mind is void…
These shall provide the proper conditions for True Yang to come…
These conditions become the abode for True Yang…
The different layers of emptiness that exist contain different Qi……
The corresponding emptiness of the body will attract the corresponding Qi…
Cultivate Innate Nature and Life Force together……
Innate Nature – Heart-Mind
Life Force – Corporeal Body
Does the body contain the Heart-Mind?
Does the Heart-Mind contain the body?
Transcend corporeality to gain Oneness of Heart-Mind and body.
An Undifferentiated State…
In stillness the Jing shall be secured……
As Yang Qi comes, the corporeal body can be transformed…
Return to the Root and all things become synthesized.
An Undifferentiated State……
I wait until a little bit is subdued.
Throughout my corporeal body it is nothing but springtime.
One piece of the white cloud is followed by one whiff of fragrance.
One time of rain is followed by one time of freshness.
All the whole day I am like a drunken man.
I take care of the springtime in my body.
All Yin Elements are peeled off until there is nothing…
~ Chan San Feng
To have the same Te as Heaven and Earth.
To have the same operation as the four seasons.
To have the same fortune as the celestials and phantoms.
I use my corporeal body to imitate the operation of Heaven and Earth.
To be on a par with Heaven and Earth.
Synthesize with the True Heaven and Earth.
Shine over the Dantian like the Sun.
Extinguish the Deluded Heart-Mind.
Yet, persist to continue shinning over the Heart-Mind.
Yes, perhaps even having the idea to Meditate is Deluded Thoughts……
No Discrimination……
No Affirmation……
No Attachment……
True Heart Mind is Emptiness and Nothingness…
Extreme Nothingness and Emptiness contains Extreme Reality…
Such a real thing that exists in the Nothingness is called the Great Unification.
What is this thing?
Primeval Qi……
No response equals no awareness of self…
Acquired disposition, viewpoint, ideas, all reach a complete cessation……
Meditate……
Gradually the Shen and Qi combine……
Then we reach a cessation state of concentration…
Jing is full – no desire for sex.
Qi is full – no desire for food.
Shen is full – no desire for sleep.
Listen………
Birds fly……
How to fly………
No selfishness under my claws………
No traces……
No discrimination……
Why fly…?
To return home…
Where is home………?
Cessation concentration……
Everything seems to stop suddenly…
Flying home to the Mysterious Pass………
Flying to what……?
My Original Face………
To sail across a river, I need a raft……
When I reach the shore I will say goodbye to the raft…
Fall into emptiness……
All things take their own course………
I never interfere………
When the tide arise……
I listen………
As the tide withdraws………
I follow and fall into emptiness……
Empty all awareness of my existence……
Cultivate………
First one must pass through 100 days of Laying Foundation.
Then we have 10 months of nurturing.
After this we must spend 7 days going through the Great Pass.
Then there is 3 years to Grow the Infant.
At last one must spend 9 Years to Break the Emptiness into Pieces.
The Novice must be able to provide proper clothes, and residence for their long term practice; the place should be a quiet one, deep in the heart of nature.
The food they take should be simple, and mostly vegetable in nature; no cold foods and no spice.
They must gain the knowledge and skill of the proper method of practice.
Nothing should be done to an extreme; all should be natural and in harmony.
There are three qualities that must be understood:
Post Heaven –
We are born.
We are created.
We are manipulated.
This is our acquired or conditioned state.
Pre Heaven –
Before we acquire form.
We are born, yet before creation.
Existing in a very different way.
Pre-Pre Heaven………
We may think as such…
Jing – is in the Post Heaven State.
Qi – is in the Pre Heaven State.
Shen – is in the Pre-Pre Heaven State.
Transform Jing to Qi.
Transform Qi to Shen.
Transform Shen to Void.
Transform Void to Tao.
Jing is the very foundation.
When we practice in the beginning, there should be some method to preserve the Jing.
The Novice should begin the Journey of Reversal by allowing the two eyes to gaze at the Lower Dantian.
Such methods will begin the process.
Such methods will begin to drive away the stray and deluded thoughts.
One must embody the internal aim – To Return to the Time Before One’s Birth.
Open the Channels.
Build up the Qi.
Whole body becomes warm.
Feeling wonderful…
In the emptiness there is an ocean.
The roaring sound comes and roars strongly like a tide or an ocean.
Coming and receding………
Listening is important at this stage and you must stop the gazing………
In listening you must never discriminate.
Never question what it is or where it comes from.
You must gain the Magical Knowing; you know intuitively something is happening.
Quiet enough and naturally Yang Qi from the Emptiness will come into the body.
This is the Outside Yang Medicinal Substance – the External Medicine.
When you feel hot, the Yang Qi has come into the body.
The timing process…
~Quiet and Peaceful.
~Concentration.
~Forgetfulness.
~Cessation.
When the Yang Qi comes, there will be a small sound that will grow.
It is a roaring sound……
First they come to Hui Yin.
Then they will knock at Ming Men.
Then the weapon will arise and show its vigor.
By Listening, the Kan and Li naturally have their Intercourse.
The Intercourse takes place in the Emptiness.
You must keep the Water Pure.
How to do this?
Never turn the mind, never look at what takes place.
Fall into forgetfulness……
In the Taoism Doctrine this is termed – Bathing.
A period of resting……
There will be vibration from the back……
Hot………
A cool feeling falling down the front……
Numbness……
Crispness………
Then falling into a deep emptiness for how long one does not know………
This is one True Cycle of the Water Wheel……
Taking place in a very quick and short period, in seconds, much faster than the mind could ever follow……
Combination of both Metal and Wood…
What is this combination?
Falling into Emptiness……
This purpose is to Recover……
Recover what……?
Return to the State of a New Born Baby……
As the Yang Qi becomes full, there will be the sign of Three Flashes of Light……
At this stage when the Roaring Sound comes, I stop listening……
How?
Fall into Forgetfulness……
The Foundation has been Laid………
Begin the Stage of Nurturing………
First we must invite the Qi from Heaven and Earth – Yang Qi.
Then we invite the Qi of the Emptiness that embraces Heaven and Earth.
What do we Nurture?
Have the Qi give arise to Shen, naturally and slowly…
Put the Yang Qi into the Cauldron and take care of it.
This is called, Internal Elixir.
As you meditate, the Internal Light will become bright and shine into vastness.
Medicinal Substance – Shen
Fire – True Intention / Sincere Intention.
Cauldron – Qi
Empty the awareness of the Corporeal Body.
In Practice there is truly only Concentration and Emptiness.
The people who engage in a strong indulgence of their sense organs, you will seldom have the chance to gain something Heavenly or Divine from Nature.
When you gain enough Yang Qi, it becomes like a pill.
It is in the Lower Dantian, but this is in no way related to the Corporeal Body.
Concentration is Fire.
Forgetfulness is Water.
Yet perhaps in different circumstances, we may use different terms………
When you perform Cultivation, always do the work in emptiness, never touch anything.
As you continue to practice you will gaze into the Lower Dantian and you may behold the vision of a Black Ball.
Never mind it, and continue the gazing in the empty state.
After some time there will appear a white circle within this ball.
The Black can be termed – Lead – and is the Qi.
The White can be termed - Mercury – and is the Shen.
The Shen embraces the Qi and the Qi embraces the Shen.
Slowly this will become more and more White, while the Black will slowly disappear.
Like the hard rice that is cooked in water……
Is the water still there, and how about the hard rice?
The two have combined to become something else……
My nature is at one with all……
All is equal and there is no difference.
When there is only a Powerful Light, an Enduring Brightness, hanging in the Emptiness……
The True Primeval Nature has come on the scene……
Continuing to fall into the Deep and Vast Emptiness……
As one passes from this stage there will be signs that present themselves……
The eyes, skin and whole body will feel as if shaking……
The Kidney area becomes hot……
Within the Inside Realm, one will see a red ball that is moving up and down……
From behind, it will feel as if a big wind is blowing……
It will seem as if there is a light that bursts from the eyes……
The nostrils will feel as if they are blocked………
Something is going in and out………
This is the time when the Adept must prepare for the Journey of 7 Days Through the Great Pass.
The Red Ball will rise up……
Never view it or attach to anything………
The Red Ball will then fall into the Lower Dantian and naturally pass through Hui Yin, rise to the tailbone and Coccyx Pass.
Within the Coccyx Pass there are three streams or roots……
Each may be thought of as a stream or root of Jing, Qi and Shen.
These three will combine to form a One; a Magical State.
The Red Ball will then arise up the spine; the whole body will become very hot……
Chan San Feng once said ~
The whole body becomes free of wrinkles, like a young baby.
Through out the whole body, as if many lights shine forth. The whole body and Heart-Mind is a big emptiness expansion. Throughout the whole body every cell and pore seems to speak and quarrel to each other. The kidney area seems to feel like a well spring and it seems as if there are sweet, soft eggs that are being swallowed down. Below it seems a golden lotus flower is bursting forth in bloom. Drum sounds are bursting forth from all directions. Yet, please have no fear. A dragon and tiger arise and combine. Many gods and demons will arise and call forth. Nine out of Ten will react with fear – and die. But, it is only a reflection from the Heart-Mind. A heavy fog will arise. Then when something swallows down, you know it is finished……
During this course, a film will present itself in front of your eyes……
These are visions from your past life and present life……
Many friends and relatives will seem to present themselves in front of you……
Magical Powers will present themselves……
During this stage the whole body is like a corpse…
Materiality is transcended……
Do not be concerned……
Nature knows what to do…
The First Day is so painful…
Like a hot fire……
There is a vibration and it seems every cell is shouting forth…
Day two is more pain and suffering……
After day two, everything you did or ever saw comes forth like a film before your eyes…
These visions will contain elements of greediness, anger, likes, dislikes, delusions, happiness, sorrow, cravings, detests……
Pay Them All No Attention…………
After this event many Heavenly Beings and Earthly Demons will come forth……
All the things you have liked or desired will present themselves before your eyes……
If you react or reach for any of these things, your soul will drift away……
Then many images and events from the previous life times will present themselves…
This is the recordings carried by the Hun…
Then it will continue and even older and more ancient lifetimes will present themselves…
Till you reach back to the very beginning……
You may then know where you truly come from……
You may know who you truly are………
At this stage the past, future, and present totally disappear……
No concept of any form or reference of time…
Never pay any attention to any of these things……
Cleaning away the shadows………
Shadows are transformed………
Then the Cognitive Shen will combine with Primeval Nature……
Then the Ball will reach Bai Hui and the mouth……
Swallowing down……
It will seem as if Honey Dew will come down and nourish the body.
This is the composition of the Golden Pill – containing Jing, Qi and Shen inside.
The Lower Dantian and Middle Dantian form a one……
A Golden Halo will form in the end going from red/purple, then to red/golden, and finally forming a brilliant Golden Halo……
The 7 day Journey through the Great Pass is finished……
Naturally Heart Enlightenment takes shape.
~ Inner organs and bowels become clear before your inner-vision.
~ Outside features of a person are visible from the inside.
~ Commune with spirit. Anything that may happen in the future, you shall know.
~ View many different region and realms.
~ Hear things far off naturally.
~ Heavenly Divination shall arise, and one may know all things.
~ Commune with all hearts. Knowing all things within ones heart.
Nurture the Infant of the True Self.
Looking down with inner vision, you see some shape or form that seems to be the same as yourself.
When Golden Light covers the whole body, have some slight idea that such a light connects with all the Universe.
The Infant of the True Self shall rise to the Upper Dantian, and let it go out, and then draw him back.
The True Self only has one incarnation body – the Corporeal Body.
Fall into the deep depths of emptiness, never moving and never stirring for one does not know how long……
Nine Years of Breaking the Emptiness into Pieces……
Change the body into light……
The corporeal body shall turn into a fine dust……
At this stage you may have endless incarnation bodies………
Transcending all limitations imposed upon by this material realm, and the endless cycle of birth and death……
There is endless sand in the Ganges River……
Everything is myself, myself is everything…
Ultimate Nirvana……
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