Quote Originally Posted by Antares View Post
Destiny is a handful of forces one has a tendency to be influenced by.
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The bottom side is required for forming, in general, and the top side is required for consciousness of power available (potentially infinite).

The top side - higher consciousness - increase our ability to see the power available to us, thus we become aware how shaping our destiny is inherent within us from the very beginning. It's a matter to realize it. Then come the power of creation / transmutation / stating about the self.

Destiny (i.e. life) is a matter of choices.
My intuitive recognition:

* the bottom energy (lower tan t'ien): the basis (final forming)

* the middle energy (middle tan t'ien): the power (creation)

* the high energy (lower tan t'ien): quality (the essence and the creativity ultimate source)

Then:

if you need to make some, small, re-shaping to your results, get more jing (lower) energy.

if you need to establish or change your creation, get more qi (middle) energy.

if you recognize need for more quality, focus on shen (high) energy, the spirit, or in other word inspiration.

Destiny, then, is a result of the 3 energies entangled together: harmoniously or inharmoniously.