Zendord · Realm of Deep Absorption
丹成氣歸，神自潛藏，息微如無，
身心雙忘，自然入定。
As elixir forms and qi returns, spirit turns inward. Breath becomes imperceptible, body and mind dissolve — absorption arises naturally.
As the elixir forms and qi returns, the spirit turns inward, breath becomes imperceptible, and body and mind dissolve—absorption arises naturally.
歸根曰靜，靜曰復命。
"Returning to the root is stillness; stillness is returning to life."
— 道德經 · Tao Te Ching, Chapter 16
Three Understandings of Samādhi
鬆動與內煉後，氣息內斂，神意止息，靜中之定自然而生。這是整個三階修行自然流向的終點，非起點。
After dynamic release and refinement, qi retreats inward, mind ceases. True stillness unfolds — as destination, not starting point.
並非打坐用力所得，而是「不為而定，不求而現」。強求入定是最大的障礙，放下對定的渴望，定才能顯現。
Not forced through posture or technique — it arises through non-doing, uninvited. Desiring absorption is the greatest obstacle.
當真氣歸根，意念不起，心神無擾，即為「神氣歸藏」之狀態。這是生命能量最深層的休息與回歸。
When qi returns and thoughts cease, the spirit becomes undisturbed and hidden within — the deepest rest and return of life energy.
Four Stages of Meditative Absorption
脫離感官欲望，生起喜悅與輕安。仍有思維活動，但已從日常心識轉入修行境界的初門。
Withdrawing from sensory desire, joy and ease arise. Thought still moves, but ordinary mind has given way to the first gate of practice.
思維活動自然止息，由定境本身生出更深的喜悅與輕安。意識統一，不再散亂。
Thought naturally ceases; a deeper joy and ease arise from unification itself. Consciousness is unified, no longer scattered.
粗重的喜悅消退，剩下微細的寂靜之樂。正念清明，覺知穩定而不被境界所動。
Coarser joy fades; a subtle quiet happiness remains. Mindfulness is clear, awareness steady and unmoved by experience.
苦樂俱捨，唯剩清淨平等之心。呼吸極微，身心如空，覺性純粹而明亮。
Both pleasure and pain are relinquished; only pure equanimity remains. Breath is imperceptible, body-mind like space, awareness pure and luminous.
功成而弗居，是以不去。
"Achievement without possession—thus it endures forever."
— 道德經 · Tao Te Ching, Chapter 2