Abstract
The 'Taiyi jinhua zongzhi', known in the West as 'The Secret of the Golden Flower', is a key text of Daoist psychological transformation. Utilizing detailed qualitative techniques, the authors extract its primary elements and present a set of five themes of spiritual cultivation: 1) refining the material soul into the spirit soul and consciousness spirit into primordial spirit; 2) refining the illumination of consciousness into that of inherent nature; 3) harmonising the breath; 4) combining water and fire; and 5) joining Heaven and Earth. The first two describe the process of "turning the light around," a meditation that reverts the outward flow of consciousness to develop the inherent potential that is obscured by ordinary cognitive processes. The other three describe a sequential process that occurs when "turning the light around" is put into practice.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Living Authentically: Daoist Contributions to Modern Psychology |
| Editors | Livia Kohn |
| Place of Publication | Dunedin, United States of America |
| Publisher | Three Pines Press |
| Pages | 79-100 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781931483209 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
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