Chapter 179: The Loss of Inheritance
Cultivation is an extremely arduous process no matter where it is, this is true of Wang Ming's other world, and the same is true of the earth, hardship, suffering, cultivators must have great perseverance and determination, as long as this is the case, they can succeed in cultivation.
If it is said that enlightenment is difficult, then it is even more difficult to turn around. You don't see that many ancestors in history have enlightened the Tao, and they have lived in a thatched hut for more than ten years, and many of them have been cultivating for twenty or thirty years. If you turn around, then sermon and sermon are more difficult, what is sermon and sermon? In order to incarnate into hundreds of billions of sentient beings, to spread the Fa-rectification, to build a religious group, to build a dojo, it is also necessary to look at the foundation of sentient beings, and it is a thousand times more difficult to set up a teaching according to the opportunity than to turn around.
Taoism refining and refining qi, to clean the internal organs, the true qi is pure, far away from the sound, thin taste, before returning to the innate nature. Meat and fishy things are flesh and blood products, thick and turbid, digested and absorbed by the spleen and stomach, and the essence is acquired and dirty, and it is unbearable to use. Second, if you eat too much, you will produce phlegm and start fire, blinding the clear mind, and making people greedy and strife.
Dan Jing has clouds: the air is full of governors. If the spirit is sufficient, it will naturally break through the qi veins of the whole body and attain the Tao. Li Shizhen's "Eight Pulses of the Strange Classics": "The innate root of the eight veins is the ancestor of one qi." Mortals have these eight veins, all of which belong to the yin gods and do not open, but the immortals rush away with yang energy, so they can attain the Tao.
Ears discharge, mouth discharge, eyes discharge, heart and blood. Therefore, there is a precept in the Daomen: if it is not rooted in silence, it is evil magic. Lu Dongbin also poems: Taoists must first learn to be deaf.
Therefore, Guangchengzi taught the Yellow Emperor the method of enlightenment as: "The eyes do not see, the ears do not hear, the heart does not know, the eyes do not hear, the mind is quiet, the inside is cautious, and the knowledge is defeat." Patriarch Wang Chongyang's "Fifteen Treatises on Establishing Teaching" also taught the same thing: "Those who meditate, who are not speechless and have a straight body, and close their eyes, this is a fake sitting."
True sitter. It must be twelve hours, walking, sitting, and lying, in the middle of all movement, the heart is like Mount Tai, not moving or shaking, breaking the four doors, eyes, ears, mouth and nose, not letting the exterior scene enter, but there is the slightest movement and quiet thoughts, that is, meditation without a name. Whoever can do that. Although he is in the world, his name has been listed in the immortal position. You don't need to go far to others, you are a sage in your body.
A hundred years of success, shelling and ascending to the truth, a pill into a pill. iQue Eight Tables. Ma Danyang Zhenren once drank Qiu Chuji Zhenren, who had not yet attained enlightenment and thought about food: "Don't you hear that your heart can't exist in the past, and you can't have your heart now." The future is uncertain. Thou hast not been distracted. If a thought is not pure, how can it be enlightened? ”
As Huang Yuanji Zhenren bluntly pointed out: "In the matter of semen, there is no need for husband and wife to have copulation, that is, with the movement of this thought, the true essence is no longer kept, like going to the pill." ”
All the functions of the human body. All of them are restored in the state of tranquility, and all things also grow from the stillness, which is what Lao Tzu said: "People can always be quiet, and heaven and earth will return." "But. You must know that the stillness must be after moving, otherwise this stillness is not stillness, but withering, stagnation, and death, which is what Lao Tzu said: the moving, the foundation of stillness.
So, don't just meditate without exercising. To build a foundation, it is necessary to cultivate both movement and static. Movement to strengthen the body, quiet to meditate. I only know how to meditate and practice meditation, but I don't know how to practice martial arts to strengthen my body, sitting in meditation for a long time, my body is sick, how can the sick body carry the Tao, and the weak body is often invaded by demons, which is what the predecessors said, "meditation and solitary cultivation of qi turn dry".
Master Xuyun of the Republic of China once fell seriously ill after being diagnosed and almost died. Mr. Nan Huaijin talked about a friend who entered the middle yin and was almost reincarnated as a pig. This is the disadvantage of meditating and cultivating in the furnace. You must know that if you move, you will generate yang, and if you don't move, your qi and blood will stagnate, and your body's yang qi will be insufficient, and you will enter a delusion. Confused for a long time, easy to sit down, everyone thinks that the Tao is actually too heavy yin, the divine consciousness has been lost, and it cannot return to the body and die. Some people can come out of the yin god in the middle of the concentration, because of the lack of yang energy, can not turn yin, so they can feel the yin evil and the outer demons, and fall into the devil's way, and some people in the bardo, immediately feel the fate of reincarnation.
People can't make up their minds in confusion, they die of coagulation of their qi and blood, and occasionally those who make up their minds will also have a serious illness. Practicing martial arts is the way to give birth to yang and healthy body, if the body is not healthy, and if yang is not born, it is difficult to enter the concentration, and occasionally enter the concentration, but also in the confusion, the people are in the confusion, the yin qi is thicker, and it is far away. In this way, the yang energy is strong and the yin is transformed, and the yin energy is transformed into Zen Yuesheng, the vitality is long, the dantian is blazing, the ten thousand holes are spring, the whole body is yang, such as the spring breeze, the whole body is beautiful and fast, and it is beyond words.
Therefore, the teachings of Patriarch Wang Chongyang are as follows: "Where there is action, do not work too hard, overwork will damage the qi, do not move, do not move, do not move, the qi and blood will stagnate if you do not move, you must move and be still, and then you can keep the usual peace." Patriarch Lu Dongbin also said: "The day is also moving, everything is moving, and I am also moving, and the night is quiet, everything is quiet, and I am also quiet." One movement and one stillness, and the growth and decline of things, the natural qi of this heaven and earth, the way of endless life.
Every time people in the world work day and night, night after day, it is against the natural qi of heaven and earth, it is contrary to the principle of human beings, and it is impossible to transform and educate itself. Therefore, the day is prosperous, the night is peaceful, solid and refined, nourishing and spiritual, there is no competition with things, the desire is pure, the mind can know the quiet, and you can hope for longevity. ”
There is another important point to pay special attention to in building the foundation, which is the so-called fire of the eternal Dan Sutra that is not passed on. Some people meditate and look at the dantian for a long time, and as a result, they get venereal diseases, some people meditate on the dantian for a long time, and later get high blood pressure and even cerebral hemorrhage and die suddenly, and some people go crazy on the canal car every day, which is caused by the wrong heat.
Fire is the mind, the real fire can be used for practice, and all fire will only burn the essence and blood. What is real fire? Huang Yuanji said bluntly: "The urgent heart is mortal fire, which is not only useless, but also has the danger of burning the body." The so-called not slow, do not forget and do not help, Si is a natural real fire. Sons, don't seek quick results. It is important to know that those who are in a hurry are not a big tool, and those who are aggressive have no great success. Therefore, it is said: condense its spirit, soften its will. If the cover is not condensed, the Dan will not gather; If the intention is not soft, the fire is not pure, the fire is not pure, and Dan is difficult to achieve. It is necessary to be humble and retreating, with a little self-cultivation and self-improvement, if it is small, it will be tilted, and if it is large, it will die.
Therefore, it is said: "Those who are strong will not die, and I will think that I am the godfather." "Scholars should know that when they have not attained the Dan, they should be relieved of it with a humble heart; After the vested Dan, raise it with a gentle intention - be careful not to think too much, arrogant and self-reliant. This is the key to the key, and scholars know it! Otherwise, if you are full of delusions, where will the Tao exist? To refine in this way is to refine blindly. A piece of strength, though it is still mournful; Cultivating in this way is blind cultivation. "Carrying the river cart goes mad because of the eagerness of the heart, and the evil fire burns the essence. "Singing the Mantra" also teaches the fire: "Even if it is the fire, it must be ordinary, have a heart or not, do not forget or help, listen to its own use, it will come naturally, and the salary will be rotten." The saying of two inches is misleading.
This boastful and self-exaggerating person, making such a discussion, confuses scholars, and thinks that alchemy is even difficult. I don't know! Woohoo, I tried to read the Danjing books, and they all said that there must be a secret transmission of the fire, and they teach each other from heart to heart. I think my son is good, so I break it with a word, and spread it to the world, I don't know how much thought scholars saved! ”。
In summary, the true fire of the foundation. The key lies in the idea of keeping the knack of practicing the exercises: "do not be slow or slow, do not forget and do not help, seem to be guarding but not keeping, intentional or unintentional". It's not just about doing kung fu and having the mental strength to do anything. The mental strength should be light and natural. Shourou. Otherwise, it is "the heart is involved in things, the fire is in it, and it will shake its essence", so Lao Jun wants to be the high-grade precept in the precepts: "Do nothing; Weakness in the walk; Defend the female, don't move first", and Ma Danyang Zhenren also has a precept: "The qi in the body cannot be dispersed." The god of the heart is incomprehensible. Why don't you get angry? Doing nothing.
Why is God not ignorant? Nothing to do. Those who walk to sit and lie down, and do not remain in the Tao. Walking is sufficient for the smooth road, living is calming the mind in the void, and sitting is pranayama in the stretch. Lying down is immersed in the valley. For a long time, without interruption, all day long like a fool. The word "nothing to do" is the key to maintaining true fire. True fire must stick to the path of humility, the way is based on weakness and humility, and humility is the first merit of monks. If people are not humble, they will have air floating in the chest, so they want to come out of the mouth, which is the "empty stomach and high heart" of the Zen patriarch who scolded people, which must be fire and evil, and cannot be used for practice. On the contrary, the dantian is angry, and he is naturally modest and silent, that is, Lao Tzu said "humble and solid", at this time, the real fire is full of spirits, and it is a good time to practice.
A person can maintain the true fire in daily life, and even if it is not used for practice, it has half the effect of practice. The reason why it is said is only half, as Huang Yuanji Zhenren said: "Concentrate on its spirit, soften its meaning." If the cover is not condensed, the Dan will not gather; If the intention is not soft, the fire is not pure, the fire is not pure, and Dan is difficult to achieve. Here, in addition to "if the gods are not condensed, the Dan will not gather", there is also a key, which means to keep the lower dantian or acupoints, that is, the Dan Jing says "into the fire", and "into the fire" and "collecting medicine" are inseparable, otherwise it can only be "strong and prosperous, and the kidney qi is just raised".
There is no difficulty in collecting medicine, the eyes are slightly upward, and when the qi arrives, the true qi has already been carried up. Pay attention to the mind to be light, still only slightly upward, otherwise the meaning is heavy and evil: "Yang Sheng medicine, always to sit dignified and cross-legged, call it up, the upper is invisible, suck it down, and the lower is not like, look up slightly with the eyes, that is, take it." This one is taken, not to run the river car, but only in a thought back to the light, and to return to the Ding furnace. If you push too hard, you are afraid that the fire will be raised the day after tomorrow, and Dan will be hurt again." Here we should pay attention to the timing of collecting medicine, Huang Yuanji Zhenren clearly pointed out: "The ordinary man of the ridiculous world, with the spirit of unrefined at all, suddenly meditated, and suddenly saw the external yang erection, and thought that the yang was born medicine."
How do you know that this is the acquired consciousness for it, and all the people who are moved by the fire, how can it be used as medicine? Life needs to know the movement of the true yang, more than one essence, qi and god are all in it. We must first clear our minds and thoughts, clear our hearts with few desires, hold our breath from our mouth and nose together, and then see the true breath, the fetus breath is born, the original spirit is out, and the vitality is melting. From this, add the fire retreat charm, bathing and warming the method, there is a congenital bit of true yang, the phenomenon of spiritual light, with it as medicine, you can drive away the evil selfishness of the body, take it as a pill, and you can achieve the law of the future. Before the time when the rest stops and the fetus is seen, it will be empty and the furnace will be empty, and the fire charm will not be used in vain, and it will not become a pill in the end. That is to say, there is a Dan, but also a phantom Dan ear, not only can not be channeled, but there are also those who can't prolong their lives.
In short, the intersection of Xuanqi and Xuanhuang is nothing more than sweeping away the yin qi and revealing the sunshine alone, just like the blue sky and white sun. Where the breath stops and the fetus moves, the mouth is full of real jin, that is, the production of the essence of the test. It can be seen that the time of collecting medicine is when there is fetal breath, and the sign of fetal breath is the appearance of a mouth full of sweet saliva. The content of fire and medicine collection in this paragraph is for reference only, because some of this aspect is outside the theory and falls on the method, so each school may be different, and it is still mainly based on detailed empirical evidence. All in all, if a monk first cultivates a period of humility and true fire in his chest, and then cultivates kung fu, he will get twice the result with half the effort.
On the whole, the cultivation laws of the earth should be slightly deficient than those on Wang Ming's side, and the foundation building on Wang Ming's side still doesn't have to be so troublesome, whether it is the use of drugs or the development of the body and brain, it is much more advanced than that of the earth.
This is not difficult to explain, why there are very few cultivators on the earth now, and this is all because the cultivation method is gradually falling behind.
Everything pays attention to progress, as well as systematization, Wang Ming's world has already systematized all the cultivation methods, but there is no here, this is the crux of the problem, without systematization, it is destined to not be promoted.
It's like doing business now, or doing research and taking classes. When a new research or product comes out, if the later theoretical and planning work is not done well, the promising product or research will not go far, this is the reason.
The same is true for cultivation, the reason why so few people in modern countries believe in these or practice cultivation is because they have not systematized and simplified these obscure cultivation rules, so that they have gradually been lost in thousands of years of inheritance. (To be continued......)