久之，命宫元神化成真炁，斯时用河车转运之法，炼之而成金丹，是为转手之法。
In time, the primal spirit transforms itself in the dwelling of life into the true energy.At that time, the method of the turning of the millwheel must be applied, in order to distill it so that it becomes the Elixir of Life.That is the method of concentrated work.
金丹既成，圣胎可结，宜行温养道胎之功，是为了手之法。
When the Life Elixir pearl is finished, the holy embryo can be formed; then the work must be directed to the warning and nourishing of the spiritual embryo.That is the method of finishing.
俟婴儿炁体既全，再用出胎还虚之功，是为撒手之法。
When the energy-body of the child is fully formed, the work must be directed that the embryo is born and returns to emptiness.That is the method of ending the work.
此为千古以来大道次第，长生不死成仙作圣之实法，非空说也。
From the most ancient times till today, this is not empty talk, but the sequence of the Great Way in the true method of producing an eternally living and immortal spirit and holy man.
然工夫至此，则群阴剥尽，体变纯阳，变识神为元神，方可称为变化无穷跳出轮回六通之金仙耶。若不用此法修炼，何人能逃出生死之途也。
But if the work is so far consummated, then everything belonging to the dark principle is wholly absorbed, and the body is born into pure light.When the conscious spirit has been transformed into the primal spirit, then only one can say that it has attained an infinite capacity for transformations and, departing from the cycle of births, has been brought to the sixfold present, golden genius.If this method of ennobling is not applied, how will the way of being born and dying be escaped?
修行次第一：聚光
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【元神识神第二】
2.The Primal Spirit and the Conscious Spirit
吕祖曰：天地视人如蜉蝣(蜉蝣，水虫也，朝生而暮死。)大道视天地亦泡影。惟元神真性，则超元会而上之。(按一万八百年为一会，世所谓天关于子会而闭于亥会。略言之，十二会为一元，即十二万九千六百年，天地当合闭也。此言惟炼成真性，能超出天地轮回之外。)
Master Lu-tsu said, “In comparison with heaven and earth, man is like a mayfly.But compared to the great Way, heaven and earth, too, are like a bubble and a shadow.Only the primal spirit and the true nature overcome time and space”.
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