The Way of the Golden Elixir

The Seal of the Unity of the Three (Cantong qi), Poem 81

Cantong qi: The Seal of the Unity of the Three, vol. 1

Reproduced from:

Fabrizio Pregadio, The Seal of the Unity of the Three: A Study and Translation of the Cantong qi, the Source of the Way of the Golden Elixir

Golden Elixir Press

This alone is the wondrous Art,
veritable, genuine, free of untruthful words.

Millions of generations have passed it down,
yet still it gleams asking to be investigated,
brilliant as the stars of the Milky Way,
luminous as a river that runs home to the sea.

Ponder it intensely,
look at it all around, and above and below:
at one thousand changes, it is still vivid and splendid,
at ten thousand transformations, you can still behold it.

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