Solar System Meditation
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Another internal alchemy process that relates to nature is called the Greatest Enlightenment of Water and Fire. This level of practices works with the energies of the Solar System.
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As with many Taoist alchemy practices, Nature is seen as a mirror of the physical body, and visa versa. Here, we think about our heart as the Sun. The sun is the center of the solar system, as the heart is the center of our physical and emotional bodies. Through intention, we teach and encourage our heart to shine love and joy on everything and everyone equally.
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As we develop and share that love, peace and joy with the world, it flows through us and we benefit as well. Just like the sun, we don’t want to pick and choose who we ‘shine’ on. We want to find ways to shine our virtues everywhere that we can.
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The sun seems like a very yang and expansive body of nature; and it is. It additionally has just as much of a magnetic, yin personality where, through gravity, it hugs and holds the Solar System in a balanced embrace. It’s a loving embrace that keeps our planets in perfect offer as they travel around the Sun. The organs of the solar system are the five internal planets: Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus and Mercury.
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-Adapted from The Alchemist’s Tao Te Ching:
Transforming Your Lead Into Gold
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