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In the Great Cavern without borders, the road of forms is natural and spontaneous, nothing corrupt or stolen ( ); footprints and traces in the unrelenting vastness of the deep desert, the boundlessly swirling mud torrent is the cavern's constant energy of ultimate before (); in the midst of a dazzled and indistinct trance of things, essence arrives into perfection in stillness; ascending from Yin and surrendering into Yang, the Qi of Original Mystery is an unbroken continuum of thusness; following the Qi that carries life, the Great Cavern sends out shoots and buds of vapor; glittering crystal brightness exists in the embryo, the spirit Qi a source spring in the deep pool abyss; the three and the five already noted, the seven and the nine appear linked together and marching in continuous succession; the Qi divided into seeds at the riverbank, water and fire transform and give birth to life; strong or weak, firm or soft, the effective work of the Dao is wholeness in the emptiness, arriving from the root to the tips of the horns, natural and graceful, poised in Heaven's midst, life born and following through transformation, awakened into an understanding of spirit immortality. Golden rays in the East, dragon's fiercely burning treasure, talisman of numinous energy teaching the West; thunder appears in Southern mountains, yellow banner fluttering and tumbling, surrounded by the ring of the great subtle profound; on the road crisp and clear through the emptiness, surrendered into the Qi of the Perfected, tinkling embroidered brocade carts with golden horses and Jade ropes; how should we travel on this imperial tour, flowing circuit soaring through the eight directions, the work of masters, the work of fathers? Devotedly following on the road into Ultimate Before; the subtle mystic wonder of the Dao exists in the here and the now, an always hidden secret that is not able to be communicated; assisted from above by the platform terrace Emperor, our road is straight, bright