Chapter 102: Symbols of Thought
The streamers and Lepeilian people clearly live in the same city, but every time they walk into the forest inhabited by the streamers in the future, they will have an illusion, as if they have broken into another world.
The atmosphere here is always fresh and clean, full of life, and even the flowers and plants seem to be much more brilliant than elsewhere. Streamers carefully inspect their habitats every day to ensure that the ecology is prosperous, the natural balance is not compromised in any way because of their presence. Everything here is carefully protected by the streamers.
After the number of Lepeilian people in Jianing City gradually increased, the birds and beasts that originally inhabited the empty city were scared away. They were chased by the hungry Lepeilians, and those who were lucky enough to escape gathered in the woods inhabited by the Streamers. Most of the beasts are sensitive, can sense the malice and kindness that emanates from people, and will instinctively stay away from danger and hide in places that give them a sense of security.
This situation always makes the future full of emotion: why can the streamers live in harmony with the beasts, but the Lepeilian people can't even tolerate their own kind?
Although many streamers know Mirai Sukaranna, the Streamers usually won't come over to talk to him if they don't greet them first. When they saw him, they mostly just smiled harmlessly from a distance, just like any other creature in the forest. Although the streamer people always take care of this forest carefully, they never regard themselves as the masters, so they never feel that they are an uninvited guest in the future, as if everyone is a member of nature, and there is no sense of disobedience.
Today, I had just entered the forest to distract myself, but I saw in the distance the child I hadn't seen for a long time, and the flaming child was standing beside a Boulder. Future wasn't sure if it was the Balder Priests, as the Boulders all looked alike, and he couldn't tell who was who. I remember that Mono said that the Boulders can read other people's consciousness and can also communicate their own consciousness to other people's souls, and this is how they communicate. Although the Boulders were able to read the consciousness of the Lypelians, unfortunately, the Liberians did not have the ability to sense the consciousness of the Bolders, so it was difficult for them to communicate properly.
Seeing that the child was silently communicating something with the Boulders, and looking very happy, the future was envious, and he involuntarily walked towards them. I was about to say hello to them, and by the way, I asked the child what happy things he was talking about, when suddenly there was a sense of oppression behind him that could not be ignored.
"Priest Sylven......" Future couldn't help but blurt out, and then looked back, and sure enough, it was him!
Priest Sylven looked down at him slightly, as awe-inspiring as ever, and even as standing behind him, the strong presence was hard to ignore. Recently, the Priests of Veloch and Priest Smog have been gone, and have long since gone out to find out the whereabouts of the other people, and most of the Sylvens and Boulders who are not convenient for stealth are left.
As usual, Priest Sylven nodded his head in response to the future greeting. Then he sat down on a flat rock beside him, the hem of his silver-white robe falling on the bright green grass, his bare feet half-hidden, and his body exuded an air of elegance and nobility. The sound of children's laughter, the chirping of birds in the woods, and the rustle of the leaves in the breeze were constantly heard. Priest Sirwin listened quietly all the time, and although he could not know what they were talking about, he felt extremely comfortable in the pleasant environment, and sat down on the spot.
This peaceful scenery is in stark contrast to the recent smoky miasma in Jianing City, how great would it be if Jianing City could also become like this? Thinking like this, the future unconsciously asked: "When I was in the Western Continent, I once heard Chi Mo say that there is no such emotion as hatred in the soul of the Streamer people, and there is no war in your homeland. Does this have something to do with the fact that there are no such words as 'war', 'hatred', 'class' and so on in the streamer's language, and if there are no more such words for negative emotions in Lepelian's language, will the war also die out?"
"No, language is just a symbol that conveys ideas. "The voice of the priest of Sirwin was very pleasant, like the water flowing in the mountains and forests, cool and comfortable. "It is people's minds that create the language they use, and no coercive regulation can directly change people's thoughts and emotions. However, language can influence thoughts to a certain extent and stimulate underlying emotions, and people's language habits will also change with the change of thoughts and emotions. ”
"In this case, it is almost impossible to change people's character by changing the language in a short period of time in order to eliminate war, right?" said Future with some regret. If you think about it, even if you force people to use certain words, it still can't change what people really think. As the priest said, language changes with the change of thought, and even if certain words are restricted, new words are created to replace them.
"The most important thing that people need to change is their thinking. "For thought determines behavior, and behavior determines the state of existence." ”
"Is the reason why the streamers can get along so well because of their thoughts?"
The priest seemed to be aware of the troubles in the future, and he slowly explained: "On the surface, each streamer is independent, but in fact, we still have a common soul, and that is the soul of the streamerstar. Because what we are guarding is always the same, there will be no conflict. ”
"Common Soul...... Guarding the same thing?" Mirai pondered this intriguing sentence carefully, and seemed to understand it a little, but he couldn't fully comprehend it. At this time, I suddenly remembered what Shi Jiayan once said: Sometimes we have to look at ourselves with the help of other people's eyes, so that we can see the real self...... If you want to change yourself, you must first understand yourself, don't you? So, he quickly asked, "Although I am Lepelian, I don't understand why we always like to trap ourselves in never-ending hatred and war?
"From the perspective of the Streamers, the Lepelians are a race that is extremely sensitive to both 'fear' and 'want'. Priest Sirwin's expression was indifferent, even when he was evaluating a race that had been hostile for thousands of years, there was not the slightest resentment in his tone, as if he was just saying that "this meadow is green".
"Does the priest mean that the Lepelian people are insecure about their own state of existence?" At this moment, a bright light suddenly flashed in the future heart, and there was a feeling that he was about to break out of the fog.
Priest Sirven was noncommittal, and continued: "This is a bondage imposed on the Lepelian by a culture of slavery, which fills the souls of the people with thoughts of fear and want. People are afraid of hunger, of poverty, of being constrained, of death...... Therefore, they will desperately fight for food, plunder wealth, enslave others, and seek immortality...... Although there is also a great power in the soul of the Lepelians, the vast majority of Lepelians do not make good use of that power, nor do they realize how powerful the power of the soul is. Only when people's souls are filled with gratitude and sharing can they create a peaceful and prosperous life, and only when people no longer fear death can they attain eternal life. Because the state of people's lives is the true portrayal of their souls and thoughts. ”
"True peace and abundance can only be achieved by freeing ourselves from the thoughts of fear and want, and learning to be grateful and shared...... I see!Thank you, Priest!" Future suddenly brightened up, stood up excitedly, and as Murdi used to do, bent down deeply, and made a solemn Lepelian salute to Priest Sirwin, and then turned and ran away eagerly towards the way he came.
Mirai lived in a courtyard in the palace with a few friends, and when he hurried back from the streamer, only Kama and Yan Shu were in the courtyard, and Sang Wu and Mo Di were not there. Karma was sitting on the stone chair, looking at Yan Yu, who was busy on the side, and asked curiously, "What is he doing so seriously?"
Karma looked back and smiled, "Toys." ”
"Play, toys?" "Miku thought he had misheard.
"You heard it right, it's a toy, the kind of thing that only a few years old kids play with. ”
"Why do you want to do that kind of thing?" the future wondered, it doesn't seem that there are very young children in Jianing City at the moment, right?
"Some time ago, when you were in Sambiland, we went to the forest on the other side of the hunting grounds. Ever since he had seen the Streamer kid and learned that what he had met in the fog wasn't a ghost, he had been thinking about these things a lot. Kama looked at Yan Shu's rugged and arrogant appearance, and couldn't help laughing, "I didn't expect Yan Shu to like children so much, it's really unseemly!"
"This ...... It's not true, is it?"
I really didn't expect that they would treat the child as an ordinary child, and make toys for him, and they didn't know what to say in the future. How do you explain it to them? Is it true that the child is not real at all? But that doesn't seem right, right? Even if he was real, he wasn't what he really was. In the future, I will spend more time with the streamer people, and I will naturally know more about the streamer people than others. Earlier, he had heard from the streamer that the child actually did not have a fixed physical form, and there should be many reasons why he appeared in the current form of the Lepeilian world, maybe this appearance is closer to the outer outline form of the streamer or the Lepelian people, and it is easier to communicate with them, right? Of course, there are more reasons that cannot be understood in the future, and how can he explain to others things that he can't even explain to himself?
After thinking about it, I finally had to give up. Anyway, if the child is not necessarily a child, they may not believe it, so it is better to let it be.