teachings as they were practiced in the Completely Real school of Taoism,
says, "What the three teachings esteem is calm stability. This is called being
based on calm. When the human mind is calm and stable, unaffected by
things, it is merged in the celestial design."
12. The state where "heaven is open, earth is broad, and all thing? are just
as they are" is described in graphic detail by the nineteenth-century
Completely Real Taoist master Liu I-ming in his Awakening to the Tao,
wherein he speaks of emulating heaven and earth: "If people can be open
minded and magnanimous, be receptive to all, take pity on the old and the
poor, assist those in peril and rescue those in trouble, give of themselves
without seeking reward, never bear grudges, look upon others and self
impartially, and realize all as one, then people can be companions of
heaven. If people can be flexible and yielding, humble, with self-control,
free of agitation, clear of volatility, not angered by criticism, ignoring insult,
docilely accepting all hardships, illnesses, and natural disasters, without
anxiety or resentment when faced with danger or adversity, then people can
be companions of earth. With the nobility of heaven and the humility of
earth, one joins in with the attributes of heaven and earth and extends to
eternity with them."
13. "Reversed gazing" means turning attention to the source of awareness;
it is one of the standard expressions of the golden flower technique.
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