{"id":412,"date":"2015-01-16T10:23:15","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T08:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zinaidastoenescu.com\/outer-alchemy-and-inner-alchemy-within-the-chinese-tradition-of-taoism-part-iii-2\/"},"modified":"2015-01-16T10:23:56","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T08:23:56","slug":"outer-alchemy-and-inner-alchemy-within-the-chinese-tradition-of-taoism-part-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zinaidastoenescu.com\/ro\/outer-alchemy-and-inner-alchemy-within-the-chinese-tradition-of-taoism-part-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cOuter Alchemy\u201d and \u201cInner Alchemy\u201d within the Chinese Tradition of Taoism – Part III"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"L_Asie\"Chinese alchemy has always been closely related to the teachings that find their main expression in the early doctrinal texts of Taoism. Abandoning oneself is a concept which refers to harmonizing one\u2019s physical body within the natural surroundings, as to create the support to transcend one\u2019s nature. Inner Alchemy is the process of transforming oneself, of reaching the primordial state of \u201cchaotic order\u201d, and being completed through involution or return and ultimately regeneration.<\/p>\n

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The alchemical doctrine as revealed by the Taoist texts reveals a superior knowledge of mastering the elements of the inner landscape according to the dynamics of the outer cosmic energies. The way of \u201cKeeping the One\u201d is the sublimation of the unrefined nature until attaining immortality and transcending one\u2019s limitations, through the practice of awareness and the alchemy of the elements as the master Chuang Tzu \u2013 viewed in the Taoist tradition as incarnation of Lao Tzu \u2013 spoke to the mythical ruler, the Yellow Emperor:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI tell you the supreme Tao. This is the essence of the supreme Tao: Confused! Obscured! This is the principle of the supreme Tao: Chaotic! Silent! No sight, no hearing; in silence embrace your spirits and your body will become spontaneously sound. Be calm, be pure, do not overburden your body […] and you will enjoy Long Life!… I Keep the One so as to remain in harmony!\u201d18<\/sup><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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  7. Stephen Eskildsen, Asceticism in Early Taoist Religion, p.91, State University of New York Press, 1998<\/li>\n
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  14. Daoist Identity, History, Lineage and Ritual, Fang Yankou and Pudu<\/em>, p.228 Edited by Livia Kohn and Harold D. Roth, University of Hawai\u2019i Press, Honolulu, 2002<\/li>\n
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  17. Kristofer Schipper, \u201cTaoist Body\u201d Ch.8, Keeping the One<\/em>, p.159, University of California Press, London, England<\/li>\n
  18. Kristofer Schipper, \u201cTaoist Body\u201d, Ch. 8, Keeping the One<\/em>, p.149, University of California Press, London, England<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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