Hello everyone! New Zealand junior

[Winter]

I'm not certain what exactly brought me here. 

I grew up Christian, turned away, found esoterica, and then found the Tao De Ching. It blew me away, and ever since, I've felt like there has been a pit in my chest when not pursuing it. I'm here searching for resources to deepen my understanding on a fundamental level and meet some like-minded people.

All the way from New Zealand

[BigSkyDiamond]

Welcome!  This forum is a great resource for Tao Te Ching.  

[Cobie]

 

3 hours ago, Winter said:

… the Tao De Ching. It blew me away …

 

Hi antipode, it’s summer where I am (the Netherlands). Welcome to the forum. Great you love the DDJ (Tao De Ching). There are all sorts of very different views on the forum. Enjoy. 
 

 

Edited Tuesday at 06:42 PM by Cobie

[Nungali]

Kia Ora  Winter       

 

 

 

 

I can see you place from here  . 

[ZiDuDuRen]

Hey there.  New Zealand here as well.  I can't recommend the teachings of Yuan Tze (and Ren Xue) highly enough.  He's based in N.Z and I believe he is likely one of the best teachers alive today.  

 

Check out the Ren Xue TV channel on youtube, there are some great little documentaries on there.

https://www.youtube.com/@RenXueTV

 

https://www.renxueinternational.org/

 

[Winter]

Thank you all! I have just received two translations of Secrets of the Golden Flower and intend to study these over the coming weeks! 

I'm excited to get to know people here better and journey with you all!

[Cobie]

 

10 hours ago, Winter said:

...  Secrets of the Golden Flower and intend to study these over the coming weeks! 

 

Enjoy.  Spoiler alert 

 

Spoiler

The Golden Elixir is you, your own fundamental nature. 

 

 

Edited 14 hours ago by Cobie

[Cobie]

reminded me of this picture:

 

On 09/12/2023 at 4:01 AM, Trunk said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 9 hours ago by Cobie

[Cobie]

According to Cleary (see text in the picture above) “golden flower” conceals the words “one light”.  Interesting, but untrue.  
 

What’s translated by Cleary as ‘The Golden Flower’, in Chinese characters is 金 華 (jin1 hua2).   

華 (hua2) quintessence (the  fifth element in addition to the four elements, i.e. you yourself). 

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/華#Chinese . 

Ergo 金 華 (jin1 hua2) ‘Golden You Yourself’.

 

 

Edited 8 hours ago by Cobie

[Nungali]

1 hour ago, Cobie said:

According to Cleary (see text in the picture above) “golden flower” conceals the words “one light”.  Interesting, but untrue.  
 

What’s translated by Cleary as ‘The Golden Flower’, in Chinese characters is 金 華 (jin1 hua2).   

華 (hua2) quintessence (the  fifth element in addition to the four elements, i.e. you yourself). 

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/華#Chinese . 

Ergo 金 華 (jin1 hua2) ‘Golden You Yourself’.

 

 

 

 

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