The bodily exercises are necessary because it is believed that the mortal body is only a cocoon TB166 and that the spirit needs a vessel „to lodge in“, because if the Taoist can not reach the level of transcendence were the spirit can ascend to heaven and his body dies beforehand, he can not reach immortality, thus the body needs to be preserved. ELT631 and is necessary to survive. ELT 622. Furthermore immortality could also be described as a transcendend state of mind, which due to meditation and high concentration is able to evoke a state of escatic trance and therefore the immortality does not just means the no-death of the body but is more likely to be a state of mind. In particular a state of mind where one is more at home in the transcendence
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There are countless recipes for Taoist immortality elixirs which should prolong ones life, made up from cinnabar, which is believed to contain large amount of solar energies, and mercury are contained within those elixirs. Those „timeless“ entities , like the sun which plays a big role in Taoism, should radiate ones body and revivy it, needless to say that those are indeed highly toxic. The alchemy in Daoism tried to uncover these mysteries of the world with the sole goal to reach immortality. TB175 Due to the refinement of raw ingredients the ultimate essence of the world should be discovored. In general the alchemy served as a metaphor how our existence is linked to the Dao. GC48 Those elixirs should evoke transcendent states of mind and the transformation of the body. Two very important aspects in regard to attain …show more content…
„(...) The interior one is inactive (wu wei 无为) (...)“ means that the mind is not acting, it is just transforming in accordance to the Tao but doesnt take any kind of initivate. „The interior one is without form (hsing 形) and substance (chih 质) and yet it fully exists (...)“ means that the mind is nothing you can see or grasp, but that fully exists, without the mind the body is just vessel. „ (...) the interior one concerns the affairs of the etherial body( fa shen 法身) (...) “ means that the mind is needed to transcend and to
There are countless recipes for Taoist immortality elixirs which should prolong ones life, made up from cinnabar, which is believed to contain large amount of solar energies, and mercury are contained within those elixirs. Those „timeless“ entities , like the sun which plays a big role in Taoism, should radiate ones body and revivy it, needless to say that those are indeed highly toxic. The alchemy in Daoism tried to uncover these mysteries of the world with the sole goal to reach immortality. TB175 Due to the refinement of raw ingredients the ultimate essence of the world should be discovored. In general the alchemy served as a metaphor how our existence is linked to the Dao. GC48 Those elixirs should evoke transcendent states of mind and the transformation of the body. Two very important aspects in regard to attain …show more content…
„(...) The interior one is inactive (wu wei 无为) (...)“ means that the mind is not acting, it is just transforming in accordance to the Tao but doesnt take any kind of initivate. „The interior one is without form (hsing 形) and substance (chih 质) and yet it fully exists (...)“ means that the mind is nothing you can see or grasp, but that fully exists, without the mind the body is just vessel. „ (...) the interior one concerns the affairs of the etherial body( fa shen 法身) (...) “ means that the mind is needed to transcend and to