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Rectifying Body and Mind · Inner Cultivation

Rectifying body and mind (修正身心, xiūzhèng shēnxīn) and inner cultivation (内功, nèigōng) are equivalent terms in the Lifechanyuan system, two phrases for the same foundational practice of building the inner life. Xuefeng grounds this in a classic maxim:

"One who can rectify body and mind will find that true essence and true spirit dwell within, and that great talent and great virtue flow forth from within."

In Lifechanyuan's framework, inner cultivation is not a martial or breathing technique but a state of being: a grand and noble qi, an ordered chaotic stillness — serene enough that Mount Tai could collapse before one's eyes without a tremor, deep enough that a blade at the throat draws only a peaceful smile.

The distinction between those with shallow versus deep inner cultivation runs through all of one's attitudes and behaviors: those with shallow cultivation excel at technique (showing off, contending, performing), while those with deep cultivation excel at the Way (creating, following the current, emerging powerfully when the moment calls).

The path to cultivating inner power is identical to rectifying body and mind: be truthful in all things, listen to the teachings of sages and saints, cultivate the Mahayana aspiration, walk in God's way, act with transparency and integrity, order the consciousness, and embody truth, goodness, beauty, love, sincerity, and trustworthiness.

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