the female
element of wood is the moon.
So this is liver yin qi.
If the outer sun and moon
do not mingle their lights the inner water and fire do not
‘copulate’ and prenatal true vitality [yuan qi] cannot manifest.
Outer sun and moon, meaning the light of left and right eyes.Their "lights of inner water and fire" means the light of yang qi (the right eye as water, the tiger) and the light of yin qi (the sun, left eye as fire, dragon).
So the Moon is yin qi as Wood but the light of the yang qi (moon as right eye, yin shen) is the "Sun" hidden within the Moon of the lower tan t'ien.
yes this is very fascinating. So when the "generative force" is replenished - the yin qi - then the light of the yang qi manifests as the yin shen.
Since is it the light of the Lower Tan T'ien as yin qi restored - then it is still the light of the Moon as yin shen even though it is from the hidden yang qi within the water.
In the same way unless the
generative force has been fully restored to its strength at
puberty it cannot produce the light of vitality which is
white like moonlight.
So at first this light of the yang qi is seen just internally as the relative void but only when the yin qi is fully restored does the yuan qi manifest - the light is then seen externally as well.
nature-vitality which is negative
So Nature-Vitality is one half of the prenatal vitality - and so it is Earth or Yin, negative, it is activated when the yin qi is restored.
prenatal true nature-vitality in (essential)
nature whose light is like moonlight
So this is the Moon hidden within the Sun of the heart and the Sun hidden within the Moon of the lower tan t'ien (water).
A white light from the heart illuminates all
Things
It's quite fascinating that "inner water" is used only once in the Taoist Yoga book but "inner fire" is used 33 times!
In other words the "inner water" is the "fuel" that is close to the fire.
When (essential) nature and (eternal) life unite in the
confused state in the cavity of vitality (under the navel) the
least carelessness on the part of the practiser may cause his
failure to keep them together there; spirit will then leave this
centre and the most precious thing will drain away at night.
This is the most critical moment when he will either preserve
or injure (eternal) life....
When the practiser first achieves the state of stillness he
realises only minor serenity which lasts one day in which
dullness and confusion cause him to be unconscious, like
a dying man who is breathless.
This is as far as I got in the training!
in the first phase heaven begets the element of
water in the pupils of the eyes which are linked with the
kidneys;
by drawing the pupils of the eyes close to each other
in order to bring the cavity of vitality (under the navel) into focus
Both heart (house of fire) and breath should
be frozen in the lower tan t’ien; although the (vital) breath
may leave it occasionally, the heart should never stray from
it. The heart and the pupils of the eyes should always con¬
centrate on that centre until the postnatal (vital) breaths
return and stay there to sustain prenatal vitality which will
nurture and develop the seed that causes the light of the
elixir to manifest.
that is the original cavity of spirit
(yuan shen shih or the ancestral cavity, tsu ch’iao); its
left and right sides are linked with the pupils of the eyes by
two (psychic) channels; and it is also connected with the
heart. 1 Hence it is said that essential nature is (in) the heart
which manifests through the two eyes.
So the pupil of the eyes are the "inner water" as kidney qi - yin and yang - brought together as "true" generative force - yuan qi - hidden in the water (ambrosia, elixir of light).
This negative state comes from an interruption of the inner (vital) breath which
stops giving support to spirit fixed in the cavity of vitality
(below the navel) thereby cooling the inner fire in the lower
tan t’ien and preventing the light of the elixir from mani¬
festing.
He should then concentrate on spirit
(between and behind the eyes) and drive it down into the
cavity of vitality (under the navel) where spirit and vitality
become inseparable,
So we have heart, spirit, fire, yin qi (left eye pupil), yang shen, SunLower abdomen, water, yuan qi, and yang qi (right eye pupil), yin shen, Moon
From the centre of the brain the channel of function
(jen mo which has joined the tu mo in the brain) descends
in the medulla oblongata to link with the hsuan ying cavity
(the mysterious bridle behind the heavenly pool in the palate)
which is connected by a fork with the upper jawbone where
true vitality (see note 4 page 6) can (easily) find an outlet
to disperse. Under the hsuan ying cavity is the throat by
which the channel of function goes down in the pulmonary
artery, the right ventricle of the heart, the hepatic artery
under the diaphragm where is a cavity called chiang
kung (or the solar plexus) which is under the heart, thence
down to the cavity of vitality (or the lower tan t’ien below
the navel) before reaching the testicles from which it
returns to the cavity of mortality (at the root of the penis).
True nature is prenatal vitality [Yuan Qi] in its cell (ch’i pao) on the top of the medulla oblongata. ...In nocturnal emissions the generative fluid carries with it (some) vitality which thus leaves its vibrating cell in the centre of the brain to pass into the spine and then reach its base to drain away. It is this vitality which animates spermatozoa which, in its absence, become lifeless and non-reproductive. This cell is linked with the brain above it, the base of the spine below and the whole nervous system in the body and is the source of the vital energy of life.So "into the spine" should be the Governing Channel while the channel of function is in FRONT of the spine.
So there are the "two" channels that go down - the yin and yang qi - after splitting from the pineal gland - just as they "split" to go to the two eyes.
‘Freezing the fire’ means that both eyes in unison look
down into the cavity of vitality (the lower tan t’ien under
the navel) which is called the gate to life (ming men) which
is below and behind the navel and below and before the
kidneys,
Fire - yuan Shen= yin qi moonWater - Yuan Qi = tiger
This is prenatal vitality in the prenatal state which in fact is wholly positive vitality, or positive spirit
Yuan Qi and Yuan shen -
When life-vitality meets nature-spirit they unite and stay in the same cavity
This rolling of the eyes will cause spirit and vitality to
unite into one single gem which is called the prenatal true
seed (hsien t’ien chen chung).
So the Yang Qi of the Yin shen (yuan shen, right eye Moon, water) and the yin qi of the yang shen (left eye Sun, fre)
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