Heart fasting, "fasting" means clearing the heart, and heart fasting refers to inner emptiness and tranquility. It was first published in "Zhuangzi's Human Life": "Only the Tao gathers emptiness, and the emptiness is also fasting." It means: the avenue is empty and quiet, and people's hearts must be empty and quiet to combine the avenue. Therefore, the true fasting method mentioned by Taoism is not external vegetarianism, but internal purity, which is the lofty meaning of Taoist cultivation.
Second, forget.
To forget is to forget. See "Master Zhuangzi": "If you break your limb, you will know it. If you leave your shape, you will be the same as Datong. This is called sitting and forgetting. " It means: the limbs are useless and motionless, wisdom is unnecessary, the heart is pulled away from the body, and the heart is on the road of omnipotence, which is called sitting and forgetting. The sitting method of Taoism at this time is not the cross-legged meditation method of Buddhism later, but sitting on a bench or floor.
Thirdly, the Governor.
An edge regulator refers to a regulator vein that follows a middle path or runs in a cloud. See "Zhuangzi, Master of Health": "The length of destiny means that you can protect yourself, end your life, support your relatives and spend your years." It means: following the middle way (or running the Du meridian) as a way, you can maintain your body, improve your life, support your loved ones and enjoy your life. Zhou Tian, the governor in the cultivation of later generations, took this as the theoretical basis.
Fourth, guide
Guide, that is, guide the limbs to open meridians. Zhuangzi. The cloud deliberately said, "The bear is spread out by birds only to live longer. This tour guide, a fitness person, is also Peng Zushou's favorite. " It means: climb a tree like a bear and hang yourself, spread your wings and stretch your legs like a bird. This is for longevity, and it is a hobby for people who guide sports, keep healthy and live a long life, Peng Like Zu. During the Three Kingdoms period, the Five-Animal Play spread by Hua Tuo was a kind of Taoist teaching method.
Five, take a deep breath
Exhale refers to inhaling clear air and exhaling turbid air. Zhuangzi. Deliberately "cloud:" boasting about breathing, spitting out the old and absorbing the new. "It means: breathe, spit out polluted air, and suck people clean. This is the way to adjust the breath in Taoist practice. This is the origin of the breathing method after Wen Jia's trial.
Sixth, the interest in listening
Listen, also known as "listen". It refers to listening to the breath in silence so as to concentrate on the road. See "Zhuangzi on Earth": "Don't listen to your ears, but listen to your heart; Don't listen attentively, listen attentively. " It means, don't listen to breathing with your ears, listen to breathing with your heart; Don't listen to the breath with your heart, listen to the breath with your heart. Because at this time, the heart and the heart are together, and the heart is already together, so I don't listen with my heart but listen with it. This method is also a kind of Taoist pranayama. The purpose of listening is to achieve unintentional listening; The internationally popular method of interest calculation is intentional interest calculation. Comparatively speaking, listening to information is easier to enter silence than counting information, and the level of silence is deeper.