坐时用目垂帘后，定个准则便放下。然竟放下，又恐不能，即存心于听息。息之出入，不可使耳闻，听惟听其无声也。一有声，便粗浮不能入细，即耐心轻轻微微些，愈放愈微，愈微愈静。久之，忽然微者遽断，此则真息现前，而心体可识矣。盖心细则息细，心一动则炁动。定心必先之以养炁者，亦以心无处入手，故缘炁为之端倪，所谓纯炁之守也。
In sitting down, after lowering the lids, one uses the eyes to establish a plumb-line and then shifts the light downward.But if the transposition downward is not successful, then the heart is directed towards listening to the breathing.One should not be able to hear with the ear the outgoing and intaking of the breath.What one hears is that it has no tone.As soon as it has tone, the breathing is rough and superficial, and does not penetrate into the open.Then the heart must be made quite light and insignificant.The more it is released, the less it becomes; the less it is, the quieter.All at once it becomes so quiet that it stops.Then the true breathing is manifested and the form of the heart comes to consciousness.If the heart is light, the breathing is light, for every movement of the heart affects breath-energy.If breathing is light, the heart is light, for every movement of breath-energy affects the heart.In order to steady the heart, one begins by taking care of the breathenergy.The heart cannot be influenced directly.Therefore the breathenergy is sued as a handle, and this is what is called maintenance of the concentrated breath-energy.
子辈不明动字，动者，以线索牵动言，即制字之别名也。即可以奔趋使之动，独不可以纯静使之宁乎?此大圣人，视心炁之交，而善立方便，以惠后人也。
Children, do you not understand the nature of movement? Movement can be produced by outside means.It is only another name for mastery.One can make the heart move merely by running.Should one not also be able to bring it to rest by concentrated quietness? The great holy ones who knew how the heart and breath-energy mutually influence one another have thought out an easier procedure in order to help posterity.
丹书云“鸡能抱卵心常听”，此要诀也。盖鸡之所以能生卵者，以暖气也。暖气止能温其壳，不能入其中，则以心引炁入。其听也，一心注焉。心入则炁入，得暖气而生矣。故母鸡虽有时外出，而常作侧耳势，其神之所注，未常少间也。神之所注，未常少间，即暖炁亦昼夜无间，而神活矣。神活者，由其心之先死也。人能死心，元神活矣。死心非枯槁之谓，乃专一不二之谓也。
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