Classrooms, evening self-study classes.

Yuan Changwen began to sort out the product of this trip, his own elective course assignment, "I Ching".

Over the past 5,000 years, traditional Chinese metaphysics has risen and fallen in the course of history, but it has never declined. There are always people who know this thing, and there are always people who believe in it. Even today, when science is so domineering, these mysterious things still have a place.

Traditional metaphysics can be summarized into five categories: "mountain, medicine, life, physiognomy, and divination".

"Mountain" represents the cultivation of immortals;

"Yi" stands for Traditional Chinese Medicine;

"Life" represents the life of the country, the life of people, and the corresponding "luck";

"Xiang" represents Xiangtian (stargazing), Xiangdi (Feng Shui), and Xiangren;

"Bu" stands for divination.

Okay, our question is, are these mysterious things real, and are they accurate?

Second, why do these mysterious things predict the future?

Let's first take a look at how they work, knowing how they work, we can naturally peel back the cocoon and use logic to reason and judge.

But before we talk about these working principles, let's talk about the basics, and you'll need them when you talk about the principles later.

Let's take "divination" as an example:

We have all heard of the gossip, which are "Qian, Dui, Li, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Gen, Kun", and their hexagrams correspond to "Heaven, Ze, Fire, Thunder, Wind, Water, Mountain, and Earth".

What is a hexagram? It is a symbol of this hexagram, because when you explain the meaning of the hexagram to others, it has to correspond to real life. These are just basic hexagrams, and the extensions, such as colors, animals, numbers, etc., include almost all aspects of life.

The problem is that there are so many of these methods of divination, each with its own statement, and with mathematical calculations, the probability of getting each hexagram is not the same, and even with the method of easy counting of plum blossoms, there will always be only one moving line.

But why are they all accurate? There are completely different ways of divination, from jade, from time, from numbers, from copper coins...... But they all work out in the end, why?

There are two answers, one is that they firmly believe that the Book of Changes can be used to predict the future, and the sixty-four hexagrams can be used for divination.

The second is that they firmly believe that everything is connected, and you can get information from jade, and I can naturally get information from turtle shells.

The two "they firmly believe" can actually be summed up in one point, that is, I firmly believe that I can calculate accurately, so I calculate accurately.

But if I say this, you must say that I am talking about overlords.

Without worry, let's look at two examples.

I'll tell you a fortune, you will have a bloody disaster tomorrow, and you will be hit by a car when you go out. Okay, you listened to me, stayed home the next day, and naturally no car hit you.

Then you say, am I accurate or not?

Let's look at the next one.

I will tell you a fortune, and this week you will have great calamity. As a result, you didn't believe it at all, when I was farting, I forgot what I said after an hour, and nothing happened after half a month.

At first glance, it seems like I didn't know for sure. But is there another possibility, that is, I was right, and you changed it with your mind.

Ideas, or beliefs, are full of examples of how they can change the physical world.

The old woman, in order to save her child who was crushed under the car, lifted the car with her bare hands;

The convict was blindfolded, and the executioner only made a small cut on the convict's wrist, and a bucket was placed next to it, and the tap water was "ticking" there. The criminals thought that they were bleeding and were scared to death;

There were also two people who were accidentally locked in the freezer, and the next day they found that they had frozen to death. But in reality, the freezer was not running at all, but their bodies were covered with frostbite marks.

That's the power of thought, but a lot of people still don't believe it. We are taught from an early age that subjective consciousness cannot change objective facts.

For example, whether we believe in this table or not, it will always be here. No matter what we think in our hearts, repeat a simple experiment, as long as the initial conditions are the same, then the experimental results will be the same.

But in real life, most people pay lip service and believe in science. In terms of behavior, he has done a different set, always believing that thoughts can change facts.

When encountering difficulties and setbacks, most of them will fall into negative emotions and find it difficult to extricate themselves. If you really think that your inner thoughts have nothing to do with real events, then why get caught up in negative emotions?

Whether you are negative or positive, it will not affect the occurrence and transformation of real events, so why should you choose negative emotions?

Let's go back to the fortune telling.

In fact, in the industry of fortune telling, "iron mouth straight break" is not the highest level, I say you are sick, you are sick, I say you have a windfall, you have a windfall. This kind of "iron mouth straight break" has never been the highest level.

So what is the highest state?

It is useful, the hexagram I calculated is useful to you, and it can make you "seek good fortune and avoid evil", which is the highest level.

Seeking good fortune and avoiding evil is the essence of the whole traditional metaphysics, you see, the fate of the mountain doctor is divined, which one does not exist for the purpose of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil.

The future is not a certainty, never has been, and there is no fatalism. Those who believe in fatalism do not believe in fatalism in their bones.

For example, if you believe that you are a rich man all your life, this is your life, and you are rich! Then why are you still anxious? Why are you constantly in negative emotions?

Don't you believe in fatalism, then you should believe that everything you are doing now is on the way to the rich, then you should be content and chic to do anything, because fate, you will definitely have money, so what are you worried about, enjoy what you do?

For another example, you believe that you are destined to be a poor person in this life, destined to be at the bottom of society, with no money and no connections, and you are struggling for life all day long.

Then you shouldn't complain, you shouldn't be full of violence, and you shouldn't be depressed. Because you believe in fatalism, what you do cannot change anything, and even what you do is predestined. In that case, you should spend your life peacefully.

So, no one really believes in fatalism.

However, if there really is someone who can reach the state of life that I just mentioned, then congratulations, you have already attained enlightenment and attained immortality. Because this is what Lao Tzu said about "non-action", "non-action" is not the inaction of action, but the inaction of the heart. To eat is to eat, and to walk is to walk.

Since fatalism does not exist, the future is not a certainty, and the mind can influence the material world, then, in fortune telling, the person who decides whether it is right or wrong is no longer the fortune teller, but yourself.

If you don't want that catastrophe to happen, it won't happen.

Hearing this, you may say, no, last time there was a fortune teller, who said that I had a catastrophe and let me break my fortune to avoid disaster, but I didn't believe it, and it turned out to be really a catastrophe. How can this be explained, I obviously don't believe it, why did it still happen?

My explanation is that you don't believe it, but you don't believe it completely. You're skeptical, and you're terrified of the catastrophe. You often think about that calamity, and you think about it with a sense of fear, and then your mind starts to spread, imagining what will happen after that calamity, and the more you think about it, the more detailed it becomes.

This just shows that the mind can change the material world, and if you imagine it with fear, you will attract these things to you, and then you will be doomed. In the end, the fortune teller was given one more example of accurate calculation.

Of course, it's not just about breaking the bank, fortune tellers sometimes make you do some strange things.

For example, at one o'clock in the middle of the night, when the children and uglies intersect, let you go to the river and release 7749 carp, for example, let you put a gossip mirror on your balcony.

These are all to make you believe that by doing these actions, you can avoid disaster.

It's all the power of thought!

The mind is so powerful, why don't we use it? Why don't we use it in our lives?

I am rich, I am happy, my family is harmonious, and I am immune to all diseases......

Why can't you believe in your heart what you have done and done?

In fact, there is an old saying that has been revealing this fact:

Faith is spirit.

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Sprinkled, Yuan Changwen wrote down this understanding and handed it to the teacher.

Originally, it was just to hand in the homework, and I didn't think much about it.

But the teacher actually thinks that it is rare for a student to have such a feeling.

Coupled with Yuan Changwen's special plagiarism method before, the teacher is sure that this student does not understand the Book of Changes, at least he has his own perception in the area of divination.

The teacher deliberately asked Yuan Changwen to read it out in the last elective class.

Now, all the students who participated in this elective course know that there is a student in the Eighth Company of the Engineering Department who is very good at fortune telling.

First of all, the cadets of the same company will be publicized in the dormitory.

Then the cadets of other companies inadvertently chatted about it as a talking point.

There are also fellow villagers, who even boasted, "If you have anything to do with my fellow countryman, my fellow will tell fortunes, and he was invited by the teacher to give a speech in public!"

Inexplicably, Yuan Changwen took the title of fortune teller.

Of course, more jokes, in the boring life of the military school, to spice up the atmosphere.

But some people don't think so, the senior brother of the 12th Company of the command department is also a lover of metaphysics, and even paid more than 60,000 apprentices to learn art.

Dragon and Tiger Mountain, draw charms.

looked at this senior brother, holding his own spell notes, saying that he was exchanging experiences with each other.

Yuan Changwen suddenly didn't know how he should respond.

The senior brother was enthusiastic, and even left his notes, saying that it was not easy to meet people in the same way!

Yuan Changwen was like this, embarrassingly accepting the spell notes that he couldn't understand at all.

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Heaven.

Xiaoyu snuggled in Yuan Changwen's arms, pouted, and said, "Changwen, when are we going to travel again?"

Yuan Changwen touched Xiaoyu's hair, and for some reason, he was always difficult to let go of Xiaoyu.

To tell the truth, Xiaoyu's figure is not good, and her face is just above average. But every time I see another woman, I always feel a kind of estrangement, and I try to avoid it.

Especially the kind of hot, sexy, long-haired, tall girls, it is always an inexplicable discomfort.

There will be no such girls in the military academy, but sometimes people from outside will come in, maybe from the newspaper, maybe from the double support, maybe from the art troupe.

Yuan Changwen kissed Xiaoyu's forehead and said with a smile: "Okay, where do you want to go?"

Xiaoyu: "I don't know, Changwen, you choose a place." ”

Yuan Changwen didn't have much impulse to travel now, but he didn't want to refuse Xiaoyu's request, and said, "Or, will we leave it to God?"

"Don't!"

Xiaoyu immediately sat up and stopped: "Don't be random! What if it's a toilet man again? I don't want it, looking at those moves, I'm embarrassed!"

Yuan Changwen: "Okay, don't." So where do we go?"

Xiaoyu: "Otherwise, let's go to Heavenly Court, and by the way, we can also see the Great Sage." The last time we got married, the Great Sage was very emotional. ”

Yuan Changwen didn't care, and said, "Okay, maybe we can go to a few more places." ”

Xiaoyu: "Yes, go to a few more places, and then there is no need to take so long every time." After more than 20 years, it is difficult to change. Let's just set the time for a few years, be a kid, and play around. ”

Yuan Changwen hadn't thought about it, every time he extended the time as much as possible, unless he didn't have enough time to sleep, it was almost twenty or thirty years of travel time.

Being a kid? Seems like a lot of fun.

Yuan Changwen: "What about you, too?"

Xiaoyu: "Of course, I was cute when I was a child. Hee-hee, I haven't seen Changwen look like when he was a child, I'm going to pinch it when the time comes. ”

Yuan Changwen: "Well, when I was a child, my memory would dominate. ”

Xiaoyu: "I don't want your memory, I just like to watch Changwen have no memory and then be teased by me." ”

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"Memory deprivation!"

"The trip begins!"

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Heaven.

Xiaoyu is six years old, and Yuan Changwen is seven years old.

"Changwen, come here, the Great Sage will come in a while. ”

Although Yuan Changwen was a child, he looked serious and said, "Sister, don't mess around, the Queen Mother's peach party is about to start." ”

Xiaoyu stuck out her tongue and said, "Don't you go!" The great sage will come over in a while, and then stop the fairy to pick peaches. Hehe, I haven't seen the Great Sage up close!"

Yuan Changwen looked disdainful: "What a great sage, isn't it just a splash of monkeys, claiming to be a Monkey King...... Okay, okay, Ah Mei is not angry, I won't say it, I won't say it. ”

Xiaoyu pouted, unhappy.

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Heaven.

The two came back soon, but Xiaoyu said coquettishly: "Changwen is the worst, he has been bullying me!"

Yuan Changwen smiled, after all, he was one year older, and in the humble and strict environment of Heavenly Court, the eldest brother was like a father!

Xiaoyu: "No, I want to be bigger than Changwen, and I want a mild environment." ”

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Traveling, the fairy world.

Xiaoyu is six years old and Yuan Changwen is five years old.

"Changwen, come to me!"

Yuan Changwen: "Sister Xiaoyu! Where are you! It's so dark here! I'm afraid!"

Xiaoyu deliberately didn't make a sound.

Yuan Changwen had small arms and legs, ran a few steps and didn't dare to run, and roared with a crying voice: "Sister Xiaoyu, where are you!"

Xiaoyu pinched his neck and pretended to be rough: "Whew...... Imp ......"

Yuan Changwen sat on the ground and shouted in horror: "Sister Xiaoyu!

Xiaoyu held back a smile and continued to say roughly: "Grown up...... You want to marry Sister Xiaoyu...... You know what?"

Yuan Changwen: "Don't, Sister Xiaoyu only knows how to bully me! I don't want to marry her!"

Xiaoyu pouted, unhappy.

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Traveling, the Demon Realm.

Xiaoyu is five years old and Yuan Changwen is four years old.

"Changwen, look, demon horns, I actually have two horns. ”

Yuan Changwen: "What's this, don't we demons all have two horns?"

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Traveling, the Bodhi world.

"Ouch! Changwen, your little brother is so small and cute!"

Yuan Changwen said in a milky voice: "I also want to see my sister's little brother!"

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Traveling, the divine realm.

"Wow, Changwen, this is a unicorn! Also, I actually have wings! However, I still prefer black wings. ”

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Traveling, who knows what the world.

"Haha! Changwen, I turned out to be a butterfly demon, and these wings are much better looking than angels!"