Yuan Changwen looked at the ancient books, some of which were inherited by his teachers and some were inherited by his friends.

A lot of ancient texts describe emptiness, nothingness, and non-dualistic awareness. It seems that in the end, the cultivation of spiritual masters is the same way.

If there really is something that is everything, then everyone will inevitably end up in the same place.

Carefully looking through the ancient books, I found several different cultivation methods, and I didn't know whether they were useful or not.

"Ask yourself who I am: from Ramana Maharshi, find a piece of paper and find a pen, then keep asking yourself who I am, write down the answers you come up with, and then overturn your conclusions. If you are able to write some kind of definitive answer, there is still a way to go. ”

"Self-analysis: from "JedMcKenna", also written with a pen, constantly asking oneself what is true, and then trying to overturn one's conclusions, all the way to the end. For example, 'here's a tree,' so how do I make sure 'here' and 'this tree' are real?"

"Testimony: From "ZhuangZi", Butterfly Dream or I Dream of Butterfly? The one you think is yours, not you. The you think 'you think it's you' is not you. See yourself through the eyes of others, separating you from the 'not-you' at all times. ”

"Inner Body: From EckhartTolle, feel your body, hands, feet, knees, chest, etc. There will be a slight tingling sensation, and it is necessary to maintain this attention, anytime, anywhere, even when communicating with people. This feeling does not come from the outer body, but from the inner body. ”

"Wu Wei: From "LaoZi", don't think with your brain, follow the 'Tao' and act. Clear your own thoughts, trade-offs, etc., feel the existence of the Tao, and let the Tao drive the ship of life. Like water, which flows with the topography, we have to follow the 'Tao' and flow. ”

Yuan Changwen rubbed his head, and he didn't know how to choose for a while.

Thinking back to the teacher's teaching, "What would you have done without this?"

At that time, he had not yet stepped on the peak of the empire, but he was already well-known and belonged to the best of the younger generation. But it's just the best, and for the championship of the youth competition, I am very nervous and even develop into a pathological panic.

Teacher: "What would you have done without this title?"

At the time, I was panicked because the youth championship had been my goal for so many years. Without this title, it would be difficult for you to imagine your situation. Being ridiculed, lost, humiliated?

In the words of the teacher, everyone has their own favorite troubles, and everyone thinks that they can live well after killing delusions, but no one has ever thought carefully about what is called delusion. The simplest, imagining that you will be rich in the future, this is delusion.

But is it delusional to imagine that you will be able to eat enough tonight? Is it delusional to imagine yourself going to for a while?

Any thought is delusional, because there is no such thing as a thought in itself.

So, what would you do without that thought?

At that time, I didn't understand it thoroughly, and I lost the championship of the youth competition, and even the third place. Looking back a few years later, these titles are dispensable and not that important.

When he thought he had seen it through, the teacher continued, "It's not killing or getting rid of, it's just a different kind of thing." Just imagine, what would happen to you if your mental power was wasted at this time?"

What will happen?

What else can be done but fear?

As a person who specializes in spiritual power, if his mental power is abolished, it is equivalent to an athlete breaking his leg and a writer becoming an idiot. This situation has always been a situation that I try to avoid, let alone think about it.

If your spiritual power is abolished, then ...... It's terrifying to think about, trembling all over, imagining that I can no longer climb the peak, and that I can only be reduced to a certain place in this life, doing a job that barely survives alone.

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What could be more terrifying than this?

Thinking about the day I stepped into the spiritual power cultivation, it seems that I have set a goal for myself, and the ultimate goal is of course the peak. Then step by step, it is broken down into small goals, and by the achievement of these small goals, you can promote your own spiritual path.

"What would you have done without this?"

This sentence of the teacher is still applicable to this day.

Whenever I think I have seen through the world, I ask myself this sentence, and I will find that there are still things that I can't let go. For example, the previous family, I would be worried about this and that, anyway, I didn't dare to let go completely.

Set some kind of boundary for yourself, identify yourself as having to have something. From honor, goals, and responsibilities to eating and sleeping.

If it is in the scientific community, this is of course a good thing, and it can move forward with current scientific research projects faster, more steadily and more accurately.

But when it comes to spiritual cultivation, it's counterproductive.

Any restriction is a cocoon.

The teacher has been freeing himself from his attachment to things, but there are some attachments that he is not willing to get rid of at all. For example, family members, don't look at the fact that they have left the territory of the empire, but if they really receive a distress message from the family at this time, they will definitely go back immediately.

Moreover, attachment to these things is what constitutes us, and it can even be said that we are these attachments. Whenever you want to get rid of these attachments, it is quite uncomfortable and painful.

For example, the teacher once asked, what would happen if my mental power was wasted? At that time, in addition to fear and panic, I would subconsciously think about the way out in the future. For example, you should learn a trade, or you should find a job with some of the qualities you have.

At first, in the face of this kind of problem, I took the form of avoidance. The presence of the teacher makes it necessary for him to face these fears. However, thinking about another way out is just a diversion and making yourself think that it is not important to waste your mental power.

I just found something else to replace it.

Give up any means, face your fears, and then you will find that these fears are self-inflicted. Because of my own attachment, because of the boundaries I set for myself, in other words, these fears are also myself.

I am made of fear.

"The one that destroys the question is never the answer. ”

I understand this sentence of the teacher a little, but I can't fully grasp it yet. Because not all problems can be explained by this sentence.

Set boundaries for yourself and make yourself a limited individual. But after giving up all boundaries, what is left of you? Who is yourself at that time?

Is a self who obeys the law the same person as a self who does not obey the law?

Yuan Changwen didn't have any idea about these things now, but he had a hunch that when these problems were solved, it would be the day of breakthrough in cultivation.

The teacher seems to take a lot of things very lightly, even if it is death, it is also a topic that the teacher often touches.

"For the whole world, death is the most reliable companion for the old man. ”

"If you die tomorrow, how important is it?"

Yuan Changwen sometimes thinks about death, which is a relief. But sometimes thinking about death is a kind of fear. I didn't understand what was going on, and the teacher always laughed at the question and didn't answer it.

Don't look at yourself as the first spiritual master of the empire, that was after the teacher left, and there is still a big gap between his current height and the teacher.

In the empire, he can no longer find an opportunity to break through, and he can't even find a reason to break through. Coupled with that sense of unreality, Yuan Changwen knew that he had to make a choice.

In fact, the choice has been made a long time ago, but it has been cutting off those things that stand in the way.