Chapter 24: The Meaning of Necessity
But how can I find a way out of it? It's not just that I don't know the way out of idealistic nothingness, I don't even know how to find a way, because here I can only feel my mental activity, and there is nothing else material or action to feel. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
If only I had been brought in by Miss Kanako that morning and asked for a way to get out, I regret it in my heart.
I reimagined the table, chair and bench in my mind, but I undoubtedly failed again, perhaps because of my lack of practice, and the gap between the "God" who was able to create the underworld in my mind and the Creator of the underworld who was unknown (including the creator of the underworld of all civilizations, large and small).
Of course, I couldn't be frustrated by the fact that there was too much difference between my practice and the gods, it was completely unpleasant, and I began to meditate on how to get out of this place, and since I could only think here, that is, only active thoughts, then I didn't have to doubt that there was any other way, and I had to start from the thinking point of view to examine myself.
But apparently it's not that simple, I didn't really leave after thinking about "leaving", this is really not a place where all wishes come true, I "sighed" in an inexplicable way.
Is it necessary to think about Kanako's beliefs in order to react in this pure idealistic nothingness? After all, this place belongs to Miss Kanako, and it dawned on me in an instant.
Then, without having to think about anything, I "heard" Kanako's call: "Miss Alice? ”
"Ahh I finally saw someone," I cheered slightly, conveying my thoughts, "Is it Miss Kanako?" ”
"Sure enough, Miss Alice," Kanako's thought responded, "and it wasn't entirely unexpected. ”
"Oh? Does Miss Kanako already understand what's going on? ”
"I didn't know, but I roughly understood it when I found you."
“?”
"I thought you would be included in the new hell of the underworld of Shikihime."
"It's the underworld I'm most familiar with, and it's not surprising if I go there, but I've come to my senses now, it's impossible for me to go to that eastern underworld, and if I was accepted into heaven and hell before Miss Kanako's ceremony, it's much more likely that I'll be accepted into heaven and hell, but it's more likely that I'll be reincarnated directly without realizing the underworld." As I spoke, I conveyed to Kanako all of her thoughts about the underworld, cultural areas, and living beings.
As if digesting my chaotic feelings, it took me a long time before I regained Kanako's thoughts: "Well, it is basically the same as I thought, and the role of the underworld, as I told you, is not a necessary place for the rotation of life, the underworld is a transit place for people to review what they have gained and lost in life, and the act of reincarnation does not require the participation of the underworld, and the creation of every underworld is related to the vows of gods or people." ”
"I understand."
"It's an unexpected situation that you weren't included in the well-known new hell of the underworld in Shikihime, and it would have been a great deal that Miss Alice was accepted into the Eastern Underworld based on the fact that you have lived in Gensokyo much longer than you have lived on the continent to the west, but this did not happen, proving that your will has been stereotyped into your free will since before you entered Gensokyo."
"I think so, too."
"It's not good or bad, but all the people who want to find you can't find you, and many people are very troubled."
"Is it Patsy?"
"Of course, including Miss Pache of the Seven Witches, in fact, I am also looking for you, after all, I am partly responsible for that situation."
"I can't blame you, it's not a matter of responsibility, I think the development of fate must have its meaning, it's just that I don't understand it deep enough, and I can't blame anyone for it."
"It seems that Miss Alice's state of mind has become more transparent, which shows that the role of the underworld is very important - ah, although I did not create the underworld, the realm of the mind has played the role of the underworld at the same time that you have been incorporated."
"So, I'm Miss Kanako's first client of the underworld?"
"Yes, it's the first and the last."
"Miss Kanako doesn't plan to establish the underworld under her own god beliefs?"
"I never thought about it, a long, long time ago, the reason why I put my belief in the gods into this already existing Eastern Underworld was at first because I did not understand the necessity of the underworld, and I thought that the life and death of believers could not be interfered with by me, and then because there was no need to create another underworld, and the well-known underworld had integrated my beliefs, including almost all the Eastern gods, even though each god still retained its own characteristics, but they all agreed on the concept of life and death, The underworld gradually became the underworld shared by the Orientals. ”
"So, the underworld was created very early?"
"Very early, until I learned that the underworld existed, it was already there."
"Perhaps, it's the underworld created by some Buddha, because I feel that the atmosphere of the underworld is very much in line with the concept of Buddhists."
"It's possible, but there's no point in pursuing the issue."
"Satisfy your curiosity."
"So, I'm curious about what is the point of people choosing Heaven or Hell if God's Kingdom of Heaven and Hell are as you can see."
"If the gods don't know what the gods think, I don't know either, but the idea that the good will ascend to heaven and the wicked will go to hell forever is a very intuitive and direct concept, and for most people who don't know anything, this is enough to make people self-disciplined."
"What I know is only what I imagine, the meaning and function of heaven and hell for the living are indeed as you said, but for the soul at the end of a lifetime, heaven and hell cannot be used as a means of punishment or reward, because reincarnation does not need these, and punishment or reward has no meaning for life after reincarnation."
"Miss Kanako said this, and I think it is true, just like the underworld we have seen, what the soul needs in the end of a life is not punishment or reward, but to see itself clearly."
"Therefore, whether good or evil, if they go to hell, it is because of their own choice, which is undoubtedly exquisite," Kanako, who did not understand herself until a moment, immediately expressed her appreciation for heaven and hell in her mind, "The significance of a good person's choice of hell is that it makes a good person realize the purposelessness of life, but it also makes people awaken to the absoluteness of sin; And even if the wicked choose the kingdom of heaven, under the light of God's all-pervasive heart, everyone must dig into their hearts to see everything clearly, right and wrong are not the meaning of heaven, and let people realize that facing the next life is the goal of everything, and this idea of good and evil but no good and no evil is indeed taken for granted by that God. ”
The only thing I can understand about the thoughts conveyed by Kanako is that heaven and hell have their own meanings and functions for both good and evil, and under the heart of God, people are also divided into two categories, good and evil, which is a classification that does not have to be compromised and cannot be compromised, because under the belief spread by the only god of faith, people are either good or evil.
Kanako continued, "I almost forgot the subject, I'm here for you. ”
"Ah, yes, I think you already understand the reason why I will be included in the prototype of Miss Kanako's 'Underworld'."
"Yes, this may not be an accident, although I didn't quite understand the meaning of the spiritual realm beforehand, but I may have sensed it in the dark, which is why Miss Alice is here."
"Is that so? Did Miss Kanako also grasp the trajectory of fate? ”
"It's hard to say, and it's impossible to say."
"In any case, I would be glad that I didn't have to wash everything away and start over, because magic does not belong to any underworld, and no underworld can help me to keep the tenacity of my heart."
"I don't think you have to crave the help of the underworld with the cultivation you already have. Even if she does die, there's plenty of hope that Miss Alice will return to her present state - but it's all up to you. ”
"I'm not going to risk it if I can avoid it."