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When your whole and complete heart/mind is in the center,
It can not be hidden or concealed -
It is known in your form's appearance,
It is seen in your skin's color.
When with virtuous Qi you meet people,
They will love you as they would their brothers.
When with wicked Qi you meet people,
They will harm you with their weapons of war.
Because the sound of that which is un-spoken
Travels faster than a clap of thunder.
The form of the heart/mind's Qi
Is brighter than the sun and moon,
More observant than a father or mother.
Rewards are not enough to encourage virtue,
Punishments are not enough to discipline excesses.
Qi's intent is attained, and the world obeys;
The heart/mind's intent becomes settled, and the world listens.
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Because they consolidate[R] Qi like spirits,
The ten thousand creatures are prepared for existence.
Can you consolidate[R] it?
Can you unify it?
Can you foretell bad fortune and good fortune, but without divining?
Can you then stop?
Can you?
How can you never seek it from anyone,
Yet attain it yourself?
Contemplate it, contemplate it, and again repeatedly contemplate it.
Should you contemplate it yet not comprehend it,
Know that ghosts and spirits can comprehend it.
However, it is not comprehended by the power of ghosts and spirits -
But by the utmost of essence's Qi!
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Once the four limbs are properly aligned,
Once blood and Qi are still :
Unify your intent, consolidate[R] your heart/mind;
And the ears and eyes will be restrained
Even though what is remote seems near.
Deep contemplation creates understanding;
Disdain and laxity creates worries;
Cruelty and arrogance creates resentment;
Worries and melancholy create sickness.
Sickness then causes death.