The General's Temple had never preached any doctrine of cultivating the mind. Even the so-called "three views"—one's worldview, outlook on life, and values—were products of the acquired Conscious Spirit at work. Put simply, they were models of thought shaped by learning about the world!
But to cultivators of the Daoist Tradition, such things were practically poison!
In the pursuit of learning, one gained day by day; in the pursuit of the Dao, one lost day by day. One lost and lost again, until one reached nonaction; through nonaction, nothing was left undone!
The Tao Te Ching had long since made that perfectly clear!
In cultivation, the first step toward entering stillness and seeing Heartlight was to have the Conscious Spirit step aside so the Primordial Spirit could emerge.
The so-called Heavenly Heart Light was Embryonic Light, the light of the Primordial Spirit. If the Conscious Spirit refused to step aside, how could the Primordial Spirit emerge?
The Conscious Spirit was nothing more than habits shaped by one's acquired personality, awareness, and thoughts. It could roughly be described as the conscious and subconscious minds together.
The deeper subconscious, on the other hand, was somewhat akin to the Primordial Spirit!
All that talk of cultivating the mind and shaping one's three views only strengthened the Conscious Spirit. The stronger it grew, the harder it was for the Primordial Spirit to emerge.
It was nothing but digging a pit for oneself!
In The Legend of the Condor Heroes, clever people like Huang Rong and Yang Guo could not learn the Ambidextrous Technique. Yet simple, guileless people like Guo Jing and Xiaolongnu mastered it.
The principle was much the same!
It all came down to nonaction, through which nothing was left undone!
Tang Changsheng's cultivation had now brought Fu Shi to heel.
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