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The Secret of the Golden Flower: A Chinese Book of Life

The Secret of the Golden Flower: A Chinese Book of Life

Wilhelm, Richard
Jung, C. G.

Hardcover

General Eastern ReligionsTaoism

ISBN10: 1648371310
ISBN13: 9781648371318
Publisher: Allegro Ed
Published: Apr 12 2022
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

The Treasured Guide to Spiritual Growth and Enlightenment

The Secret of the Golden Flower is an ancient Chinese text, passed on for centuries, in which Taoist mystics reveal the path to true enlightenment. The first written version was believed to have originated with Lü Dongbin, a legendary scholar, poet, and spiritual master. Lü Dongbin was the founder of the School of the Golden Elixir of Life during the Tang dynasty. In the text, symbols for light represented awareness, which is normally directed outward toward externals. The method of redirecting one's consciousness inward towards the self through a straightforward form of silent meditation and breathing was known as turning the light around. Through this process of channeling energy beyond the limits of the discriminating intellect, one's psyche-indeed one's very fundamental being-can gradually open and bloom. This leads to a pure awakening of the mind and spirit. The result can be metaphorically pictured as a bright golden flower mandala, representing the rewarding end goal of a personal alchemy of inner transformation.

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