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Title: | "Turning the Light Around" in 'The Secret of the Golden Flower' | Contributor(s): | Cott, Christopher (author); Rock, Adam John (author) | Publication Date: | 2011 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12757 | Abstract: | The 'Taiyi jinhua zongzhi', known in the West as 'The Secret of the Golden Flower', is a key text of Daoist psychological transformation. Utilizing detailed qualitative techniques, the authors extract its primary elements and present a set of five themes of spiritual cultivation: 1) refining the material soul into the spirit soul and consciousness spirit into primordial spirit; 2) refining the illumination of consciousness into that of inherent nature; 3) harmonising the breath; 4) combining water and fire; and 5) joining Heaven and Earth. The first two describe the process of "turning the light around," a meditation that reverts the outward flow of consciousness to develop the inherent potential that is obscured by ordinary cognitive processes. The other three describe a sequential process that occurs when "turning the light around" is put into practice. | Publication Type: | Book Chapter | Source of Publication: | Living Authentically: Daoist Contributions to Modern Psychology, p. 79-100 | Publisher: | Three Pines Press | Place of Publication: | Dunedin, United States of America | ISBN: | 9781931483209 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | HERDC Category Description: | B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book | Publisher/associated links: | http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/152333379 | Editor: | Editor(s): Livia Kohn |
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