This is like Heaven mixing with Earth the yang in the middle of Heaven ☰ enters the palace of Earth ☷, so that the trigram of Earth is filled in and becomes Water ☵. When the celestial (yang) is overcome by the mundane (yin), reality is obscured. His outbreath and inbreath merge together into a stage of supreme peace. The method of inner development which produces a divine Immortal uses man's ability to 'reflect back his brightness to light up within. There is a saying: As you breathe, so the firm and yielding rub against each other, so they form the very image of Qian and Kun, opening and closing. The last four pictures show the path of nondoing. Ten Oxherding pictures - The first six pictures show the path of doing. The dragon tree with six dragons and four bells (Click to enlarge) The six trigrams are matched with the 30-day moon cycle to symbolize the advancement of yang energy. It is the sacred vessel.Ī fire spitting dragon is a metaphor for the yang breath of the firing process. The Water of Life is flowing from his vase The fire phases of the moon matched with the trigrams (Fire and Water are not really part of the firing process, but everything draws its motion from their function they enable the movement of yin and yang throught the six other trigrams)įire of the human mind (The vice of Envy by Giotto (Arena Chapel, Padua, Iyaly) Trigrams Li (Fire) representing the sun and Kan (Water) representing the moon, symbolize the medicine The Great Immortal does a “Wrapping Heaven ☰ and Earth ☷ in His Sleeve” trick.
They have the same face, symbolizing that this occurs in a person who performs the firing process God the Father, representing Heaven, giving the Breath of Life to Christ, representing Earth.
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