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| Daoist Neijing Tu diagram of a neidan meditator's body as a microcosm of nature |
If you can be aligned and be tranquil,
Only then can you be stable.
With a stable mind at your core,
With the eyes and ears acute and clear,
And with the four limbs firm and fixed,
You can thereby make a lodging place for the vital essence.
The vital essence: it is the essence of the vital energy.
When the vital energy is guided, it [the vital essence] is generated,
But when it is generated, there is thought,
When there is thought, there is knowledge,
But when there is knowledge, then you must stop.
Whenever the forms of the mind have excessive knowledge, then you must stop.
Whenever the forms of the mind have excessive knowledge, You lose your vitality. (tr. Roth 1999:60) source & more
