GEOG 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Way Of The Celestial Masters, Wang Bi, Taoism
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Dao is the name of nothingness rulership is really about letting nature take its own course letting substance teach themselves. Non-duality between ti-yong yong reveal the underlying manifest substance ti give rise to the function. Qi the air, the gas (body becomes vessel of qi, and spirit becomes embodied qi) the vital energy / energy for life. Dieting eat less and less -> cultivate qi -> no need for food later when become immortal at some time food will be replaced with taste of qi. If used properly, can benefit people by protecting from demon. Outer : using oven (mix energy of metals) to make different types of medicine like elixir or cinnabar for longer life & immortality. Inner: daoist practitioners wouldn"t use material oven, but oven became our own body. Dao of great peace (taiping) they should replace the ruler. Dao of the celestial master (tianshi) saw themselves as advisors. Yellow scarf / turban rebellion - extinct active today.
