119. Opening the “Gate of Heaven” for Spirit to Enter Life through Death

¹ Quiet sitting requires that we give our physical body a chance to transform and evolve naturally. The goal of quiet sitting cannot be attained in a mere one hundred days, or a year, or even two years.

¹ 靜坐時一定要聽其生理上自然的變化與改造，但不是一百天、一年、兩年就能達到靜坐的目的。

² If you prefer not to participate, then so be it. But once you receive the “Touch of Dao,” it is time to make quiet sitting a part of your daily living.

² 因此不參加則已，一經點道，就要把靜坐視為生活的一環。

³ The “Touch of Dao” is the key step to the “Supreme Truth-Blossom Vehicle Method.” It means opening the “Gate of Heaven”^[27] so spirit-consciousness can endure death unscathed and return to its origin.

³ 「點道」，是法華上乘法門中最重要的步驟。點道就是打開「天門」，使得靈識得能出生入死，返本還原。

⁴ In the process of cultivation, you make yourself receptive to the primordial Qi. You allow God’s perfect spirit-yang Qi to enter through your “Gate of Heaven” and merge with the subtle workings of yang qi you have perfected in your own body.

⁴ 在修煉過程中，「天門」被打開可以使人接引祖炁，使　上帝的靈陽真炁，經由天門進入，而與自身修得之陽氣調和運化。

⁵ As time passes and your practice deepens, your “refined self” or “conferred spirit” ^[28] can come and go as it pleases.

⁵ 日久功深，你的「二我」或者「封靈」可以來去自如。

The Men’s Sixth Chinese Original Quiet Sitting Xianxiu Class and the Women’s Ninth Chinese Original Quiet Sitting Class, December 19, 1987

先修六、坤九期正宗靜坐班－民國七十六年十二月十九日