Reproduced from:
Fabrizio Pregadio, Awakening to Reality: A Taoist Classic of Internal Alchemy
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This innate knowledgeThe term "innate knowledge" derives from one of the main Confucian texts, the Mengzi (chapter 7): "What one is able to do without learning is called innate capacity; what one knows without pondering is called innate knowledge." of the celestial mind, this true knowledge of the mind of the Dao, can make one transcend the ordinary and enter sainthood, rise from death and return to life; therefore they are represented by the image of the Medicine.
When quiescence culminates and the ten thousand conditions are at rest, the innate knowledge of the celestial mind and the true knowledge of the mind of the Dao have a particle of radiance that reveals their origin; therefore they are represented by the image of the birth of the Medicine.
The innate knowledge of the celestial mind and the true knowledge of the mind of the Dao are the white within the black; their movement is generated from quiescence, just like the source of a stream; therefore they are represented by the image of the source of a stream where the Medicine is born.
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