Like a sovereign ruling over his subjects, the mind controls all the or-gans in the body. When you are in a state of jing (stillness), your body will be in balance and harmony and there is little risk of coming down with diseases. Therefore, the most important is to regulate mental activity. Ac-cording to Dao De Jing, whoever seeks the origin of nature must first look at his own mind, and the regulation of mental activity is the ultimate goal for Confucianists and Buddhists as well as Taoists.
There are two methods to nourish the mind. The first method is to ook at the mind, and what you look at is called lingtai by Confucianists, ingguan by Taoists and lingshan by Buddhists. Direct the eyes, the ears and the tongue towards the mind. Concentrate on the mind all the time, no matter what you do. That is called dingxing (concentration). The second is to make the mind free of distracting thoughts. In so doing, you can find your physical movements and mental activity smooth and without obstruction.
