Chapter 47: Extraterrestrial Aesthetics
It dawned on me that the next volume of the Yin classics that Wang Yue had been hiding was in the ceiling of the warehouse.
Wang Yue looked at the ghost drawing on the wall and said, "If you really want to help me, take that book, and we'll go through it together." Let's see if we can crack it. β
I nodded, a little anxious, knowing that it was useless to stay here any longer, so I briefly comforted me for a few words, and then my heart moved, and I got out of the bardo realm. I opened my eyes and went back to my bedroom, where Li Damin was sitting and staring at me. When they saw me come back, they asked how it was.
I looked at him and told him what was going on, but I didn't mention anything about the Yin texts. This matter is too secretive, not to hide it from him, Wang Yue said that once this kind of classic book is born, it will arouse the greed of many people, compete with each other, and increase a lot of incidents. For Li Damin's sake, it's better not to know some things than to know.
Li Damin didn't suspect it, he was extremely interested in Wang Yue's bardo realm, especially the huge palace, the long pillars on all sides, and those screens shaped like a labyrinth...... These strange environmental elements made Li Damin extremely confused, and he said to me: "Lin Cong, I really envy that you can go in and out of those situations freely, I am fascinated, and I feel itchy to hear this." β
I smiled wryly: "What's there to be confused about." β
"It's different from the human world, isn't it fascinating?" Li Damin said yearningly: "My favorite movie is "Alien", in fact, when I was in junior high school, I began to study alien aesthetics. β
"What's that? Extraterrestrial aesthetics? What's that? I asked curiously.
Li Damin said: "You have seen "Alien", many elements and designs in it are different from the earth civilization, and it already has the appearance of an extraterrestrial civilization, the main reason why this work has been famous for centuries is that it is not just a design of a terrible creature, but the entire ecological environment about the alien, the birth history, the relevant civilization and artistic characteristics, etc., in short, it did not fall from the sky out of thin air, but was born and bred from a system. β
"What does this have to do with the bardo realm we are facing?" I asked.
Li Damin sat opposite, his eyes lit up, and he talked eloquently: "Since I encountered this incident, I have begun to think that the realm of bardo is actually a world, a large system civilization. Its place in human life, its role, its relationship with other intelligent life, and how does other life understand it...... The more we think about these settings, the more we can touch the deepest essence of them. It's not just a scene, it's not just a 'weird' to describe it, it's going to go deep and horizontal, which is what I mean by extraterrestrial aesthetics. Extraterrestrial aesthetics, to sum it simply, means that all civilizations except human civilization, including alien planets, or the underworld and the fairy world that we think of, have an aesthetic tone. β
"You believe in aliens?" I asked.
Li Damin smiled, quite a bit of a master's demeanor, and tapped his temples with his hand: "I only believe in logic." If it makes sense, there are no flaws and contradictions in the theory, and you say that human beings are crickets, and I also believe it. β
"What's the use of researching this?" I scoffed, thinking that he was thinking too far from the sword.
"What's the use?!" Li Damin snorted twice: "I'll give you an analogy, it's like Japanese cultural aesthetics, not only bushido, but also covers a lot of things, Shintoism, the worship of the emperor, samurai, chrysanthemums and swords, ancient myths such as Myoki God and Abe Eyei, and even Go, music, garden style, temples and so on." You see, we can now deduce its aesthetic tone from the bardo environment we have mastered, and then use theory to guide practice, fill in the gaps in our cognition, and find the law. β
I was a little stunned, and I couldn't help but admire: "The methodology you mentioned is actually very scientific. β
"Of course." Li Damin said: "And have you found it, Lin Cong, you have entered the realm of bardo several times, and you have seen and heard it in it, do you have such an intuition, when you enter a strange place, you will immediately feel that this is not the yang world, but the realm of the bardo?" β
I recalled carefully and nodded slowly: "Really." β
"Why is that?" He asked.
"Intuition?" I said, "It's all so weird and unreasonable. β
"Think about it," Li Damin's eyes lit up: "If you are an alien and travel to the earth for the first time, no matter which country or city you go to, no matter how the buildings change, you still have an intuition, well, this is the earth, and I am not on another planet." Right? β
"Perhaps." I nodded.
Li Damin said: "This is because, no matter which country or nation, fundamentally speaking, they are all people of the earth, and they are all born in this environment. Therefore, if we find the tone of the bardo realm, we can find the laws and secrets of its formation. β
I sat there and didn't speak, I was extremely shocked by Li Damin's remarks, and I had to play with many things.
I seem to vaguely know how to wake up Liu Yang in the Skyclave.
The realm of the bardo, the underworld, including the so-called Skyclave, in fact, belong to parallel worlds, and the reason why they are called "worlds" is that they all have a unified tone, which runs through every detail of the world......
Li Damin and I didn't speak, we were all thinking quietly.
For the first time, I realized that my previous way of understanding the world was too naΓ―ve, and my worldview was quietly changing, and I realized how to see the essence from the phenomenon.
I came back to my senses and remembered that the second volume of the Yin text book was still hidden in the warehouse, and I couldn't sit still. Do you want to tell Li Damin about this? He and I are inseparable, and I don't have a chance to do anything.
Li Damin said: "Can't go to class tomorrow?" β
I just remembered that I still had to go to work, and the two-day weekend white horse passed in the blink of an eye. After going through so many things, I am now more and more annoyed with the 9-to-5 job, and I feel that staying in the unit, in addition to earning some money, is really a waste of time and life. After Li Damin spoke, we all came into contact with the civilization of another world.
After seeing the wider world, let's go back to work, spend our days stumbling, and look at those faces every day, it's simply torture.
But then again, is it okay not to work, not to mention anything else, my mother is still lying in the hospital, and without this input, I can't afford to pay the monthly medical expenses.
I sighed and said, "Can I do it without going to work?"
Li Damin touched his chin, and after a long time, he also sighed, saying that there was no way.
I suddenly had a plan, and I would find an excuse to sneak out after work tomorrow and take out the book in the warehouse without noticing.
At that moment, I had dinner with Li Damin, and he kept talking about his own ideas, and I listened to them with relish.
In the evening, this kid bought a case of wine and came back, and when we drank and were dazed, Li Damin rubbed his hands and laughed: "I said Lin Cong, why don't you lend me that bracelet to wear?" β
I suddenly sobered up: "What? β
"I don't mean anything else," Li Damin said, "The bardo realm I heard you describe is so funny, I also want to go in and see what it's like, and my heart is itching and uncomfortable." β
"I'm really embarrassed by this ......." I don't want to lend it to him, but Li Damin has helped me from beginning to end, and after being busy, there is no credit and hard work, and it doesn't seem good to refuse.
Li Damin used the strength of the wine to be coquettish: "I'll try it once, and if it doesn't work, this time." Please. β
The first time I saw a man coquettish, I got goosebumps all over my body, "I said Damin, you are really open-minded." β
Li Damin laughed: "Borrow or not, right?" β
"Gotcha." I said, "Then you can try it." I pressed the clasp, and with a "snap", the bracelet went down. I handed him the bracelet, "Try it." β
Li Damin couldn't wait to put it on his wrist, and threw the wine bottle: "Go!" Enter the inner room, I will work on Wang Yue, learn from you, and see if I can enter her bardo realm. β
I'm starting to find it interesting, so let's try it. Personally, I don't think the chance of success is very good, I have reached some kind of agreement with the psychic bracelet, and I can use it to channel, which may be unique, if it only recognizes me as a master, it is not impossible.
When I came to the bedroom, Li Damin sat in front of Wang Yue seriously, I smelled a strong smell of alcohol exuding from him, I drank a lot of wine just now, I hesitated and said, "Is it okay to drink?" β
"It's okay, I'm sober." Li Damin said.
Li Damin closed his eyes and stared, and I whispered next to me: "Now focus all your attention on the bracelet and keep this bracelet." β
"Hmm." Li Damin said with his eyes closed.
Suddenly, I noticed that his aura had changed, and it was hard to describe what he had become, like a monk who had been enlightened for many years sitting in front of him.