太上老君說日用妙經 (Lao Jun Explain the Inner Daily-Use Miracle Scripture)

太上老君說日用妙經

老君曰:
日用者,飲食者定,
鎮日獨坐,莫起一念,
萬物俱忘;存神定意,
口唇相黏,齒牙相著;
眼不視物,耳不聽聲;
一心內守,調息綿綿,
微微輕出,似有如無,
莫教間斷;自然心火下降,
腎水上升,口內甘津自生,
靈真附體,自知長生之路;
十二時辰常要清靜;靈臺無物謂之清,
一念不起謂之淨;身是氣之宅,心為神之舍;
意行則神行,意住則神住,
神住則氣聚;五行真氣,結成刀圭,
自然身中有身;行住坐臥,
常覺身體如風之行,腹內如雷之鳴;
沖和氣透,醍醐貫頂,自飲刀圭,
耳聽仙音,無絃之曲,不撫而自聲,
不鼓而自鳴;神氣相結,如男子懷胎;
得觀內境,神自言語;是虛無之宅,
與聖同居,結成大丹;神自出入;
與天地同年,日月同明,脫離生死矣;
每日修教有損失,十二時辰常要清淨;
氣是神之母,神是氣之子;
如雞抱卵,切要存神養氣,能無離乎妙哉;
玄之又玄,人身中有七寶,
是為富國安民,精氣盈滿也.
故曰:心.腎.氣.血.腦.精.髓.
是為七寶,歸身不散,
煉成大丹,萬神盡登仙矣.

太上老君說日用妙經終

English Translation (by free.000angels.com)

As to what should be done in a day, when the eating and drinking has been arranged, let one sit straight with his mouth shut, and not allow a single thought to arise in his mind. Let him forget everything, and keep his spirit with settled purpose. Let his lips be glued together, and his teeth be firmly pressed against one another. Let him not look at anything with his eyes, nor listen to a single sound with his ears. Let him do the Inner-Guarding with single mind. Let him regulate his breath to make it soft and continuous, and let the out-breath be very slight, now seeming to breathe, and now not. In this way the Fire of heart will descend, the Water of the kidneys will rise up, the saliva will be produced in the mouth, and the real efficaciousness becomes attached to the body. It is thus that one will naturally know the way of prolonging life.

During the twelve hours of the day let one's thoughts be constantly fixed on absolute Purity. When there is nothing at the Spiritual Platform it is called Clarity; where one thought does not arise, it is called Tranquility;

The body is the house of the breath; the heart is the lodging of the divinity. As the thoughts move, the divinity moves; as the divinity moves, the breath is distributed. As the thoughts rest, the divinity rests, when the divinity rests, the breath is collected.

The true powers of the five elements unite and form the boat-like cup of jade, (after partaking of which), the body seems to be full of delicious harmony. This spreads like the unguent of the chrismal rite on the head. Walking, resting, sitting, sleeping, the man feels his body flexible as the wind, and in his belly a sound like that of thunder. His ears hear the songs of the Immortals, that need no aid from any instrument; vocal without words, and resounding without the drum. The spirit and the breath effect a union and the bloom of childhood returns. The man beholds scenes unfolded within him; Spirits of themselves speak to him; he sees the things of vacuity, and finds himself dwelling with the Immortals. He makes the Great Elixir, and his spirit goes out and in at its pleasure. He has the longevity of heaven and earth, and the brightness of the sun and moon. He has escaped from the toils of life and death.

Do not allow any relaxation of your efforts, During all the hours of the day strive always to be pure and undefiled. The spirit is the child of the breath; the breath is the mother of the spirit.

As a fowl embraces its eggs, do you preserve the spirit and nourish the breath. Can you do this without intermission? Wonderful! wonderful! The mystery becomes still deeper!

In the body there are seven precious organs, which serve to enrich the state, to give rest to the people, and to make the vital force of the system full to overflowing. Hence we have the heart, the kidneys, the breath, the blood, the brains, the semen, and the marrow. These are the seven precious organs. When they return the body does not disperse. Refine them into the Great Medicine, then the myriads of spirits will all ascend to Immortality.