positive harmony pervading the body, its golden efflorescence suddenly
blooming.
3. Once "myriad pipes are all silent" and "the bright moon is in mid sky,"
you feel the whole earth as a realm of light. This is the opening up of the
luminosity that is the substance of mind, the proper release of the golden
flower.
4. Once the whole body is filled completely, you do not fear wind or frost.
When you meet things that make people feel desolate in facing them, your
vital spirit shines even brighter. The house is built of yellow gold, the
terrace is white jade; the rotten things of the world you bring to life with a
puff of true energy. Red blood becomes milk, the physical body is all gold
and jewels. This is the great stabilization of the golden flower.
5. The first stage corresponds to the Visualization Scripture’s technical
symbols of the setting sun, the great body of water, and the trees in rows.
The setting of the sun stands for setting up the foundation in the
undifferentiated; this is the infinite. "Higher good is like water,” flawlessly
pure; this is the ultimate. The master is the ruler that produces movement,
and since movement is symbolized by wood, it is represented by trees in
rows. The rows are in sevens, which stand for the light of the seven
openings of the "heart."
6. The second stage begins from the foundation; at this point the whole
earth becomes a jewel ground of ice crystals; the light gradually solidifies.
