This reading is from chapter 3 and 4 of the teachings found in the text, The Secret of the Golden Flower, and explains in detail the method of 'turning the light around'. Translated by Thomas Clearly. According to Cleary, this text is is a lay manual of Buddhist and Taoist methods for clarifying the mind. A distillation of the inner psychoactive elements in ancient spiritual classics, it describes a natural way to mental freedom practiced in China for many centuries. The golden flower symbolizes the quintessence of the paths of Buddhism and Taoism. Gold stands for light, the light of the mind itself; the flower represents the blossoming, or opening up, of the light of the mind. Thus the expression is emblematic of the basic awakening of the real self and its hidden potential. The text was written by means of the spirit-writing (fuji) technique, through two groups, in 1688 and 1692. After publication of the translation by Richard Wilhelm, with commentary by Carl Gustav Jung, it became modernly popularized among Westerners as a Chinese "religious classic", and is read in psychological circles for analytical and transpersonal psychology considerations of Taoist meditations.
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Anandamayi Ma ~ On Rebirth
The Practice to Liberation ~ Anapanasati ~ Teachings of the Buddha
The Way of Self-Inquiry ~ Drg Drsya Viveka ~ Advaita Vedanta
Madam Guyon ~ The Prayer of the Heart ~ A Short and Easy Method of Prayer
Song of Mind (Xin Ming) - Master Niutou Farong - Zen Buddhism
Longchenpa ~ Samsara as Like an Echo
The Stillpoint ~ A Guided Meditation ~ Samaneri Jayasara
Ajahn Pannavaddho ~ The One Who Knows ~Thai Forest Tradition
Lama Yeshe ~ Experiencing Silent Wisdom
Naropa ~ Mahamudra Summary
Evelyn Underhill ~ The Mystic
Rumi ~ A Gold Mine ~ Sufi Mystics
Nisargadatta Maharaj ~ Turn Within ~ Advaita
Yoga Nidra with Gentle Rain ~ Relaxation and Healing
Atmananda Krishna Memon ~ Mind as No Mind ~ Advaita
Ajahn Lee ~ The Art of Letting Go ~ Theravadin Buddhist Forest Tradition
Krishnamurti ~ The Quiet Mind
Ramakant Maharaj ~ The Inner Master ~ Advaita
The Secret of the Golden Flower ~ A Synthesis ~ Inner Alchemy
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