"Diagram of Cultivation: Supreme Ultimate Primordial Chaos" - An Astral Map to the Inner Universe

I. Origin of the Scroll: The Pictorial Key to Cultivation

The "Diagram of Cultivation: Supreme Ultimate Primordial Chaos" is a unique product of the high-level integration of ancient Chinese cultivation culture and the philosophy of the Book of Changes. It is a cultivation manual that transforms the formless Dao into a visual diagram. It is not an ordinary painting but a "contemplation diagram" condensing millennia of wisdom from the Book of Changes, Huang-Lao Daoism, to the Internal Alchemy School. Its core function is to provide practitioners with a visualizable, contemplatable, and verifiable "inner landscape map" for their internal cultivation process. Every stroke in the diagram is a gateway to the source of life.

II. Essential Principles: A Holographic Model of Cosmic Order and Life Refinement

Using symbols such as the Supreme Ultimate (Taiji), Five Elements, Eight Trigrams, constellations, and cloud seal scripts, the diagram constructs a precise and dynamic energy model, typically containing three core layers:

• Center: The Image of Primordial Chaos (Hunyuan) and the Ultimateless (Wuji)
  The center often depicts a void circle or chaotic Primordial Qi, symbolizing the original state of the universe before the separation of heaven and earth or the division of yin and yang. This is also the state of "Primordial Qi" (Xiantian Yiqi) that the cultivator's mind seeks to return to—the starting and ending point of all creation.

• Middle Layer: The Mechanism of Yin-Yang and Five Elements Transformation
  Surrounding the center, the Supreme Ultimate's dual fish (Yin-Yang) flow along unique dynamic trajectories, their S-curve secretly corresponding to the Qi circulation along the body's Governing and Conception Vessels (Ren Du Er Mai). Around yin and yang, the essential meanings of the Five Elements (metal, wood, water, fire, earth) and the Primordial Eight Trigrams (Qian, Kun, Kan, Li, etc.) are distributed according to方位 (directions), precisely corresponding to the internal organs and acupoints of the human body. This reveals the correspondence principle of "the human body as a microcosm", guiding practitioners to harmonize yin-yang and integrate the Five Elements.

• Outer Layer: Celestial Constellations and Cultivation Acupoints
  The outermost layer is often encircled by the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions or specific stellar patterns, symbolizing the resonance between the human energy field and the cosmic energy field. The ingeniously concealed cloud seal characters, figures in guiding postures, or implements (such as cauldrons, elixirs) actually mark the crucial acupoints and the essential timing (Huo Hou) for the stages of cultivation: "refining essence into Qi, refining Qi into spirit, and refining spirit into void."

III. Application in Cultivation: Three Progressive Stages of Contemplation and Enlightenment

In actual practice, this diagram serves as a dynamic cultivation tool:

1. Laying the Foundation and Establishing Direction (Observing the Form): Beginners, by identifying the diagram's structure, establish a complete cultivation worldview and the mind-body correspondence model, clarifying the stages of practice to achieve "knowing the positions and guarding the center."

2. Concentrating the Spirit and Engaging in Visualization (Observing the Qi): During meditation, gazing at the Supreme Ultimate or constellations in the diagram aligns the practitioner's intention with the diagram's energy field, gathering the mind and spirit to induce internal Qi resonance, entering the tranquil state of "ultimate emptiness and steadfast quietude." This is "using form to guide Qi."

3. Verifying the Inner Landscape (Observing the Spirit): Advanced practitioners no longer need to look with their eyes. Relying solely on the diagram imprinted in their memory, they can "internally observe" the transformation of their essence, Qi, and spirit during deep stillness. They use the diagram's model to verify these internal changes, reaching the state of "oneness of mind and diagram, where the spirit roams with the diagram," achieving the remolding and sublimation of one's own life.

   
   

   
   

   Thus, the "Diagram of Cultivation: Supreme Ultimate Primordial Chaos" is a wordless classic of cultivation, a life program written in lines and symbols. It invites every viewer not only to look with their eyes but to experience and contemplate with their entire being. Within the diagram, we see not only the ancients' imagination of the cosmos but also their exploration and guidance towards the infinite potential inherent within life. It stands like a silent bridge connecting the finite individual with the infinite realm of the Dao, reminding us: the vastest universe is actually within our heart-mind (Fang Cun Zhi Xin); and the truest cultivation begins with the exploration of and return to this internal astral map.