自叻的一声落生之时，这识神趁此吸气，随吸而进，以为投胎之舍，而居于人心。从此以心为主，而元神失位，识神当权。
At the time of birth the conscious spirit inhales the energy and thus becomes the dwelling of the new-born.It lives in the heart.From that on the heart is master, and the primal spirit loses its place while the conscious spirit has the power.
然元神喜静，识神好动，动则不离情欲，昼夜竭耗元精，直至将元神之炁耗尽，而识神舍壳而出。
The primal spirit loves stillness, and the conscious spirit loves movement.In its movement it remains bound to feelings and desires.Day and night it wastes the primal seed till the energy of the primal spirit is entirely used up.Then the conscious spirit leaves the shell and goes away.
平素为善者，临危神炁清明，由上窍口鼻而出，所谓炁之清轻而上浮者，升天为五通之阴神阴仙。然元神既被识神所使，生平因贪嗔嗜欲而造诸罪业，致使临危神炁昏迷，则识神由下窍肛门随气而出，所谓神气昏浊而下凝者，堕于地府为鬼。此时不但元神丧失，而真性之灵慧亦因之减少，故祖师谓之到动时便不妙者，此也。
Whoever has done good in the main has spirit-energy that is pure and clear when death comes.It passes out by the upper openings of mouth and nose.The pure and light energy rises upward and floats up to heaven and becomes the fivefold present shadow-genius, or shadow-spirit.But if, during life, the primal spirit was used by the conscious spirit for avarice, folly, desire, and lust, and committed all sorts of sins, then in the moment of death the spirit-energy is turbid and confused, and the conscious spirit passes out together with the breath, through the lower openings of the door of the belly.For if the spirit-energy is turbid and unclean, it crystallizes downward, sinks sown to hell, and becomes a demon.Then not only does the primal spirit lose its nature, but the power and wisdom of true human nature is thereby lessened.Therefore the Master says, If it moves, that is not good.
今欲保存元神，非先制伏识神不可。然制伏之法，须由回光入手。当回光之时，使身心两忘，心死神活，神活则炁息运转无不玄妙，此祖师所谓最妙者也。然后使神潜于腹中，炁于神交，则神与炁和合凝集，是为下手之法。
If one wants to maintain the primal spirit one must, without fail, first subjugate the perceiving spirit.The way to subjugate it is through the circulation of the light.If one practices the circulation of the light, one must forget both body and heart.The heart must die, the spirit live.When the spirit lives, the breath will begin to circulate in a wonderful way.This is what the Master called the very best.Then the spirit must be allowed to dive down into the abdomen(solar plexus).The energy then has intercourse with spirit, and spirit unites with the energy and crystallizes itself.This is the method of starting the work.
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