Xuan Chu was surprised: "Doesn't sleeping less mean that you don't sleep enough, and people's spirits are not enough, why does the master say that you should sleep less and diet?" I still know a little bit about dieting, and I've even done Bigu......"

Zhong Liquan smiled: "Hehe, this girl looks like a sleepy worm, why do you ask to sleep less?" As people don't know, the average person's brain only needs to rest for 16 seconds a day, which can not only maintain the needs of survival, but the rest of the time is to dissipate energy outward with cranky thoughts. Sleeping too much time and dreaming outwardly. ”

Chu laughed and said, "Hahaha, master, you didn't coax me, how is this possible, you can rest in 16 seconds?" Hahaha, I sleep 16 hours a day and still doze off! Uh, but I have a lot of dreams......"

Zhong Liquan said with a smile: "Hehe, therefore, if you practice your skills unconditionally, you can get up and meditate after waking up in the middle of the night, and you can't fall asleep." The so-called "wealth, sex, fame, food, sleep, the five roots of hell", not being greedy for food and sleeping is itself cultivating the gong, and "not greedy for enjoyment" is the first step to overcoming oneself. It is also a prerequisite for revision. The purpose of meditation is not to prolong the time of meditation, but mainly to generate wisdom in concentration. As for the main points of how to cultivate in order to generate wisdom, we have already described it above, and it is also necessary to grasp the mutual roots of yin and yang and take the middle as the degree. ”

Xuan Chu suddenly realized: "So that's the case, I'll just say it, I thought that the cultivation was for the sake of being able to meditate for three days and three nights without moving!" ”

Zhong Liquan said with a smile: "Hahaha, in addition to opening up wisdom, another important role of the purpose of cultivation is not to be aware of the situation in the situation, and to be unmoved and unmoved in the situation. Only in the future when the soul comes out of the shell, it will not be led by any realm, and it will be able to access all dimensions of the universe without obstacles. If the concentration is not deep, and the mind is born when you see the environment on the way, and if you encounter the emotions of the situation, you will be bound by many obstacles, and it will be impossible to reach the various layers of the universe. ”

Lu Dongbin said with a smile: "Qi refining is a common opinion of Taoist people in the outside world, and in fact, Qi refining is also the basic cultivation method of Taoism. Because in the practice of the Fu Gong School, most of the time it is required to use one's own internal qi to complete. Because of the extreme importance attached to qi, the qi method, including spitting out the old and accepting the new, refining the internal qi, fetal breath, contemplation, keeping one, etc., and of course, the inner dan technique, which is the culmination of it, has been tried by Taoist priests of different sects in the past dynasties. Because of this, the Daomen also created a "Qi" character to show its difference. However, in society, it is not necessarily strictly used, but Qi and Qi are universal. It's a common combination of both. The rituals are held in an attempt to accomplish what cannot be accomplished by the forces of the ordinary empirical world through supernatural powers. The basic strength lies in the gods and immortals. Being able to summon them is the basic guarantee for the completion of spells and rituals. Therefore, the holding of any ritual must start with inviting the saints (inviting the gods to the altar), issuing officials, and summoning generals. ”

Chu said, "How do you please God? ”

Lu Dongbin said with a smile: "Summoning divine generals, broadly speaking, divine generals and immortal officials, including all the objects of service for the summoning in Taoist magic, including meritorious Cao, jade girl, etc., naturally also include marshals and generals summoned in various rituals. The latter is what is often referred to as a god in the narrow sense. No matter from which point of view, God will be a huge system with a clear division of labor, unique responsibilities, and complementary functions, which is an important premise of Taoism. Because all the calls for wind and rain, disaster healing, change and transportation, and even transcending the underworld, they are indispensable, and even the general Jiao sacrifice gods and the upper chapter table are indispensable to call them to be served. And to summon the envoys, there is another important theoretical premise, which is their own attributes: they are originally transformed by Qi, so it is possible to control them through the grasp of Qi. ”

Xuan Chu said: "But the last time Brother Nian Fu asked God, I didn't see God?" ”

Zhong Liquan said with a smile: "The gods are transformed by one qi, which is an important part of the Taoist belief in immortals, and it also embodies an important feature of Taoist philosophical thought. The Tao is ultimate and formless, but the Tao can be expanded into qi. In a sense, Tao and Qi can be equivalent. "Lao Tzu Xiang'er Note" pointed out: "Tao is also qi", it is also called "one", and "a scattered form is qi, and the gathering form is Taishang Laojun". In this way, the Tao, the Qi, and the God become one. This point is more philosophical in the "Cave Xuan Lingbao Immeasurable Human Grade Sutra" that came out at the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. And the "Three Caves Sect Source" included in "The Seven Signatures of the Cloud" also makes it very clear that this characteristic of qi makes it have a pantheistic color. This kind of pantheism is manifested in the concept of gods and immortals, that is, all gods can be incarnated from the Tao qi, and if people and all things can carry forward the essence of the inherent qi, they can also become gods and immortals. Divine generals are gods with specific functions, but in terms of being transformed in one breath, there is no essential difference between other gods and immortals. ”

Lu Dongbin said: "Tao is infinite, and qi is also infinite. The infinite Tao can satisfy all things; Infinite qi can be transformed into everything. Becoming everything is an infinity. If it is a god general, then the number of god generals also has infinite possibilities. As a result, different Taoist schools or different spell systems can build different god general systems (in addition to the common Gong Cao, Jade Maiden, etc., most of them are called general classes in the rituals), and they will not interfere with each other. Because the gods are transformed by one qi, they can be outside the human body or in the human body, so the concept of the gods in the Taoist body is formed. This concept can be traced back to the Taiping Sutra, or even earlier. In the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it has been recognized by all factions, and after the Tang Dynasty, especially after the development of the Northern Song Dynasty, the concept of the gods in the body is the consensus of the Daomen. The god in the body, the foundation is still in qi. Therefore, Sun Simiao has the saying that "God is the son of gas, and qi is the mother of God". ”

Xuan Chu smiled: "Hahaha, God is the son of Qi, and Qi is the mother of God?" Hahaha interesting......"

Zhong Liquan said with a smile: "Deification and gasification of God are two sides that complement each other. In the cosmology, the Tao Qi constitutes everything, giving life and energy to everything, and the Dharma is the same as the Dao, and there is a theory that the Dao Body Law is used, so that the summoning general, as an important link in the spell, can be explained by the Qi Theory together with the entire Dharma. "Dao Fa Hui Yuan" Volume 1 "Qingwei Dao Law Hub" said: Dao Guan Sancai is one Qi ear. The sky runs with qi, the earth happens with qi, yin and yang are miserable, the wind and thunder are turbulent with qi, the human body breathes with qi, and the Tao is sensed with qi. Those who hold good deeds, know that God is from Qi, Qi is from God, can not think of outside, can not think of inside, a Qi rushes to peace, return to the root, live and sit and lie down, if it exists, so those who raise it Haoran, apply it to the law, then use my true Qi, and the creation of heaven and earth. Therefore, shh Through the heavens and the earth, out of the dark into the light, ever-changing, who is not me? If there is no owner, the air is scattered and dizzy, when the line is held, the charm is the spirit, and it is lucky in case, I see that it is not possible. ”