Chapter Two Thousand and Forty-Four

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In a sense, the power of a martial artist and the power of a transcendent person in the traditional sense are two completely different concepts!

Even in a sense, between the martial artist and the awakened one, there are two completely different paths!

However, no matter which path it is, the final result is the same, and it will eventually lead to power!

In fact, strength is also the simplest and most direct fundamental factor to measure whether a practice is correct or not!

In this world, it is difficult to distinguish right from wrong in a short period of time for many things......

To give a simple example, the policy of the country ......

The country's policy is often difficult to see the results in a short period of time, so whether a policy is right or wrong, often can only look at the results of the policy implementation for a period of time to decide, if the expected goal is achieved, then the policy is good, and on the contrary, if the expected effect is not achieved, then the policy has the need to adjust......

In fact, there is basically no so-called personal grudge between politicians who have reached a certain level, or even if there is a personal grudge, it is impossible to affect their judgment of the matter itself......

The officials who raise their personal grievances to the political level of decision-making are usually just some small people who do not enter the stream, because such small people usually have no qualifications to make major decisions, and some small decisions are actually nothing more than two parties in many cases, all of them play games on top of decision-making, one side supports, the other party must oppose, and one side opposes, the other side must support......

At the level of real politicians, the contradictions between each other are actually based on the political positions of both sides, or on the political propositions of both sides, in short, the ideological conflict is greater than the actual conflict, in any country, the real core level of officials, each of them hopes that the country can become strong, that is, there is no conflict between them on the common goal, but the reason why there is conflict between them is actually in the way to achieve the goal……

To give a simple example, just like when the war comes, there are usually two kinds of high-level people in a country, the main war faction and the main peace faction, these two types of people argue endlessly in the court, in fact, the purpose is not to fight with each other, but the two sides have different views on the situation of the war, the main war faction generally feels that the war must be carried out, and at the same time feels that the war can make the country profit, at least let the country reduce losses......

On the other hand, the Lords and Peacers believe that the situation on the battlefield is not optimistic, or they feel that war will not bring benefits to the country, but will cause the country to suffer, so they put forward the idea of peace, which is actually the idea of the two powers harming each other......

However, if after the outbreak of war, the war situation is really unfavorable to the country, then even the main battle faction will choose the main peace, and on the contrary, if the war situation on the battlefield is favorable to the country and the army has defeated the enemy, then even the most conservative main peace faction will not still be willing to negotiate peace, and there will be a change in thinking......

And the real difficulty is usually to make the initial decision......

In ordinary people, this kind of conflict is very difficult to arise, because many people themselves tend to follow the crowd, and in a family, usually as long as one person has an idea, everyone else will naturally follow the decision, and few people will raise objections......

But at the level of politicians, everyone has their own ideas, everyone has their own opinions, everyone thinks that their ideas are correct, at this time, the conflict of ideas is usually inevitable, and the idea of this kind of thing, many times in a short period of time can not see the result, no one knows whether a certain idea itself is correct, and practice is the only criterion to test the truth!

And if you want to realize your own ideas, then you must get the recognition of others through a variety of ways, and the more people who agree with you, the greater the possibility of the ultimate realization of the idea.

This is also the reason why no matter what level of decision-making, it is basically through voting in the end!

Because the way of voting is often the most democratic, in low-level voting, maybe public opinion will be swayed by many irrational factors, just like the brain-dead fans of many celebrities, but in high-level voting, every decision-maker is usually very rational, they are very clear about what they want to do, and they are also very clear about what their vote means, everyone knows very well what they are doing, and they also know the consequences of their decision!

The more rational people are, the more rational the decisions they participate in and the more rational they are in their final decisions......

And the national policy of each country is usually decided by the leaders of the highest level of a country, and it is almost rare for a country to have a wrong national policy......

Of course, there is such a thing as a strategy, and the result can only be known after it has been executed, maybe the result is good, maybe the result is bad, maybe the result is not bad......

But if you don't execute it, you will never know whether the outcome will be good or bad......

In a sense, when some strategies look good, but in fact there is no telling what the results are, the state usually adopts a method called a pilot to test, in short, it is to conduct a relevant test on a small scale, if the results are good, then expand the scope of the promotion, and if the results are not good, then simply terminate the experiment altogether......

And whether a policy strategy is good or bad, in the final analysis, it still takes time to verify!

Time always speaks for itself!

In the same way, whether a person is a talent or a mediocre talent, many times it is impossible to see on the surface, only let them compare horizontally, in order to draw conclusions, such as the students in the imperial examination, can only show that they have excellent knowledge, but whether they can apply what they have learned, usually can not be seen, only let them govern the side, and then after a period of time, and then look at their governing results, and then naturally be able to distinguish between talent and mediocrity......

The same is true for education......

Since ancient times, what kind of education is the best for students, has always been a topic of debate, whether quality education is better, or test-oriented education is better, itself is a difficult topic to conclude, although the vast majority of people on the surface agree that quality education is better than the latter, but in fact, test-oriented education is still unshakable in a short period of time, because this education method itself is the most direct way to measure a learning ability, as for quality education, although it looks beautiful, But there are also many disadvantages, although the score does not tell the problem, but the score is often a fair thing!

Westerners and Easterners have different social structures and completely different social mores......

In a sense, the way of education will naturally be different, which in itself is that there is nothing to criticize too much, and blindly imitation will not have any good results......

Only practice can draw the best conclusions!

In the same way, the same is true on the path of cultivation!

Since ancient times, there has been the concept of so-called cultivation!

What does the so-called cultivation mean, in fact, it is to find the truth through the way of cultivation!

The truth here is usually two aspects, one is the truth of the self and the other is the truth of the world!

The truth of the self is an inner manifestation, and the truth of the world is the external objective factor!

And this is the so-called difference between internal cultivation and external cultivation!

The pursuit of internal cultivation is to strengthen one's own will and spirit, strengthen one's inner soul, so that one's soul can achieve the purpose of independent existence through practice, and even travel through the soul to travel the heavens and the earth, go to the heavens and the sea, pick up the stars and take the moon!

This kind of cultivation is a typical way of cultivation for cultivators, what they pursue is to let their souls not depend on their own bodies, and to reach a certain realm, they can achieve the so-called soul shelling, that is, the soul directly exists from the body and interferes with reality, of course, generally speaking, the soul that has reached this state will not be called a soul, but will be called the so-called primordial god!

Yes, Genshin!

Monks who have cultivated to a certain height, for them, the body is not a necessary existence, although for them, their original body is still very important, but it is not an indispensable thing like ordinary people, especially when their Yuan Shen power reaches a certain strength, they can even be easily reincarnated, and in a short period of time to recover all their past memories, and have their own full power, because their power itself is bound to their own Yuan Shen, So even if you change your body, you can still have great power......

This kind of cultivation itself is actually a kind of self-cultivation, which does not need to rely on any external objects at all, it is true in itself, and after cultivating to a certain extent, it can even interfere with time and space, and create things in the void!

The so-called external cultivation is the opposite, their cultivation needs to be completed with the help of external objects, and their strength is based on the strength of external objects......

Just like scientists make weapons and firearms, and develop various black technologies that act on the military, in fact, they all belong to the process of pursuing the real world, through understanding the real world, understanding the laws of the real world, and finally realizing the understanding and application of the laws, and then producing powerful weapons such as firearms......

Of course, strictly speaking, scientists are not considered cultivators, because in the final analysis, their power is still based on external objects, or in other words, their power is purely based on external objects!

And in the true sense of the word, external cultivators, even if they don't take the route of soul cultivation, they won't focus on the creation of tools, for them, they are the best weapon!

Yes, you are the best weapon!

And the most typical external cultivation is actually the so-called martial arts cultivation!

Martial arts practice and cultivation in the traditional sense are two completely different concepts!

In the traditional sense, cultivation is a kind of cultivation of one's own soul, a kind of cultivation of discovering one's own extraordinary power, simply put, a kind of soul through strengthening, separate from the body of the cultivation of the way of practice, the ultimate goal of this practice, is to let oneself truly reach the point of immortality, any body, there will be a day of aging and decay, if the soul and the body are forever bound together, then the soul will naturally decay because of the decay of the body......

And if the soul reaches the point where it can exist independently through cultivation, then even if the body is decayed, the soul can still be separated from it and exist independently, or find a better body to live in, and in this way, it can achieve a state of near-immortality......

On the contrary, the practice of martial arts is just the opposite, the essence of martial arts practice is to make the body extremely powerful by polishing one's own body, so that the body that will soon age will become longer and more powerful through practice, and then continue to explore one's own potential, so that one's soul and body are completely fused together, and then exert the special effect of soul power, constantly transform one's body, make the body become extraordinary, and finally realize the immortality of the body. And then to achieve a state of near-immortality......

At the end of the day, in essence, they serve the same purpose, but they are used in completely different ways!

If it is said that immortality is on the other side of an endless river, the cultivators of the Yuan Shen system, what they pursue is to constantly improve their water nature, so that they can easily survive and move forward in the endless river without the need for a boat......

As for the practitioners of the martial arts department, what they pursue is a completely different way, their thinking is very simple, that is, they will keep building and building the ship they are on, and build and rebuild the ordinary ship, and finally they are even willing to use themselves as the material to build the ship, realize the combination between the ship and the person, and then rely on the giant ship they have built, cross endless occasions, and finally reach the other side!

In fact, this is the most typical difference between the two!

One is the excavation of one's own soul, the exploration of the transcendent power that exists in nature, and the other is the excavation of one's own body, through exercise, after exercising the body to the extreme, after allowing one's consciousness and body to be perfectly integrated, to achieve a transcendent state!