really unattributable. Only when this last point is broken through is this the
real seeing essence, which is truly unattributable.
11. When turning the light around, you properly turn around the primary
unattributable light, so not a single conscious thought is applied.
12. What causes you to flow and revolve is just the six sense organs; but
what enables you to attain enlightenment is also just the six sense organs.
But the fact that sense objects and sense consciousnesses are not used at all
does not mean using the sense organs, just using the essence in the sense
organs.
13. Now if you turn the light around without felling into consciousness, you
are using the original essence in the sense organs. If you turn the light
around fallen into consciousness, then you use the nature of consciousness
in the sense organs. Herein lies the hairs-breadth's distinction.
14. Deliberate meditation is the light of consciousness; let go, and it is then
the light of essence. A hairs-breadth's difference is as that of a thousand
miles, so discernment is necessary.
15. If consciousness is not stopped, spirit does not come alive; if mind is
not emptied, the elixir does not crystallize.
16. When mind is clean, that is elixir; when mind is empty, that is medicine.
When it doesn't stick to anything at all, it is said that the mind is dean; when