“The golden flower symbolizes the quintessence of the paths of Buddhism and Taoism. Gold stands for the light, the light of the mind itself; the flower represents the blossoming, or opening up, of the light of the mind. Thus the expression is emblematic of the basic awakening of the real self and its hidden potential.
In Taoist terms, the first goal of the Way is to restore the original God-given spirit and become a self-realized human being.”
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