Daoist meditation

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

Where did you come from? - Where are you going?

Where did you come from? - Where are you going?
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✿ Lotus ✿

Everywhere in Asia can be found in small ponds or lakes or the lotus Lotus. From time immemorial, it is a symbol of purity and flourish.

His flawless flower is the product of mud and sludge -
out of the mud grows the lotus.

She needs the dirt of dead particles, eg of fish or frog waste - figuratively speaking: from our past (our family / ancestors, our culture) - it does not grow well on the soil. The older and dead / musty the mud, the better it grows. The lotus flower gives us courage to found our abysmal.

From the muddy ground of the lotus bud goes into the water and strives for light and heat.

When the Lotus has said "yes" to his roots in the mud, he gets a strong stem. The stem meanders move first through murky water, then by ever clearer water, he can in this case the water flows - the stalks growing in the unstable area of ​​the water inside (water symbolizes emotions) and is thrown back and forth. He can because he has a solid ground of by being firmly rooted.