Chapter 416: The Truth of Cultivation
Master Qiu Shan Zhenren, who never returns at night, has always believed that cultivation is the most simple thing.
He believes that the purpose of cultivating the Tao at the beginning was just to find ways to prolong life and reach the so-called "immortal" realm.
But as time passed, gradually, people's goals changed, and the most simple Xiandao culture suffered the impact of the strong column.
People's simple concept of immortal Taoism has been transformed into a pursuit of supernatural powers and spells.
The traditional way of cultivating immortals could no longer satisfy the ever-expanding desires of cultivators, so all kinds of spell cultivation became the goal of most people's cultivation.
And the purpose of Qiu Shan Zhenren is to regain the simple way of cultivation.
Words such as "the Tao is the way, the very way", "the road is simple", and "the heavenly machine is a decisive battle" show the simplicity of the "Tao", but as a cultivator, one should have a wide range of knowledge, because "a battle of heaven" requires profound knowledge to understand.
Otherwise, he will give the cultivator the true recipe of the Dao Method, and he will still not know it, and he will even hold the true recipe in his arms, and sigh that it is a fake method of the side door.
So, what is the most simple Taoism? People have to explore the true meaning of Taoist practice.
For many years, people's method of cultivation has been Neidanshu.
I remember that there was once a cultivator who said that the Inner Dan Technique was not as good as his Earth Immortal Technique, but Qiu Shan Zhenren did not dare to agree.
Everyone knows that no matter what happens, it is constantly changing, and nothing is immutable, and the Inner Danshu is the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancestors of the Daomen, and it cannot be used as a measure of immortal art because of the cultivation achievements of cultivators.
As the highest peak of Dao cultivation for more than a thousand years, the Inner Dan Technique is based on the cultivation and health preservation experience behind him.
First of all, the Inner Dan Technique of the Daomen is an essential explanation of the cultivation of the Daomen at the level of Taoism. And this essential explanation has made people less confused on the way to practice, and has paved the way for cultivators.
Secondly, as the oldest cultivation method of the Dao Gate, it pays the most attention to the issue of inheritance, and if there is no inheritance of the Dao of the Master, even if you get a full set of cultivation methods, it will be in vain.
However, the Inner Dan Technique, as a shortcut to ascending to immortals, is more relaxed for the inheritance issue, no matter what the teacher transmits, as long as the cultivator has the true secret, can believe in the Tao, and practice hard, he can get a certain harvest.
But why do some cultivators say that Neidan is not good?
The reason is simple, it is efficacy.
Is it true that the efficacy of the Inner Dan Technique is not as good as that of the Gu Immortal Technique?
Not so, but because many of the majority of cultivators have forgotten the simplicity of that eternal lineage in the depths of their souls.
Taishang Laojun once revealed that the way of cultivation is "human law earth, earth law heaven, heaven law Tao, Tao law nature", in fact, cultivation is a natural thing, but most people cultivate the Tao, it is indeed for the sake of cultivating the Tao.
Don't cultivate for the sake of cultivating the way,
Cultivation is a natural one,
If you can understand monasticism,
Food, clothing, shelter and transportation are among them.
Many seekers go to seek the Tao with a golden bowl, and they also say that others are conservative. Because the Dao exercises are so easy to obtain, many cultivators practice this practice today and that tomorrow, unable to concentrate on the same and do not regard the Tao as a precious thing.
There are also many cultivators, who only look at but do not practice, the Dan Sutra of the past dynasties, due to the different paths, the nouns, the terminology is naturally different, and because of the factional inheritance, the development direction of the exercises is different, therefore, many cultivators are stuck in the "law is not clear", and can not practice hard, so as to be ambitious.
What's more, blindly pursuing the so-called divine power and Taoism, ignoring and disdaining some basic things, how can there be great achievements in such a Taoist atmosphere?
Some people may ask, what is the real "simple Taoism"?
In fact, the real "simple Taoism" is "truth". Cultivation is also called cultivating immortals and cultivating truth.
So, what exactly is true? Qiu Shan Zhenren thinks that "the immortal way is noble, and the immortal path is happy", and this is the truth.
When people cultivate the Tao and become immortals, they are required to live with a positive and detached attitude towards life.
Human life is born from the spirit of heaven and earth, which is not easy to obtain and should be cherished.
Some cultivators often say that others have wasted their lives on fame and fortune, but in fact, why didn't their own cultivation waste their lives on meditation and cultivation?
Cultivation is mainly composed of two aspects: the cultivation of mental character and the cultivation of physical life, and the improvement of mental character is the foundation for cultivating material life.
The moral standard of cultivating the mind is to learn and cultivate the same virtue as the "Tao", to get rid of all selfish desires, to be indifferent to fame and fortune, not to be burdened by external things, so that life can be maintained, this is the cultivation of health preservation.
At the same time, cultivators should also do a wide range of good deeds, benefit others, accumulate merits, and the cultivation of life is based on moral cultivation, through a certain practice method that conforms to the way of health preservation to promote the health and longevity of life, and finally achieve the unity of god form and become immortal.
On the other hand, many cultivators regard meditation and hard realization as the most important thing in their lives, getting up before dawn in the morning to meditate, and meditating at night when they stay up.
Practicing three dogs in winter and three summers in summer, they have nothing else to do in their lives except meditation.
So what exactly are they cultivating?
Qiu Shan Zhenren thinks this is a "demon in the heart".
Because their lives do not conform to the laws of health preservation, they can live forever just by meditating and practicing qi?
In fact, the real cultivation should be a kind of attitude towards life and life, plus a little health law, not supernatural powers and spells.
The method of cultivating the mind that is not spread by the Taoist sect is the method of health preservation.
Daomen health science has many incisive expositions on the close relationship between people's mental activities and diseases. For example, in "Su Wen", "anger hurts the liver, fear hurts the kidneys, thoughts hurt the spleen, and sorrow hurts the lungs", "violent happiness and joy, joy at the beginning and joy after rejoicing, all hurt the essence, and the essence is exhausted, and the body is destroyed", etc., which shows that emotions can lead to diseases and affect health.
There are five difficulties in health preservation, the name is not a dilemma, the joy and anger are not a second dilemma, the voice and lust are not a third dilemma, the taste is endless is the fourth dilemma, and the mind is not worried about the five difficulties.
These discussions clearly point out that changes in psychological mood are one of the important factors affecting health preservation.
The ancients believed that the primordial spirit was the master of life activities, and maintaining a calm and mental balance could maintain the innocent vitality, make the five organs peaceful, and help prevent diseases, improve health and prolong life.
On the contrary, it will lead to emotional internal injuries, such as anger hurting the liver, joy and sadness, thinking hurting the spleen, sorrowing the lungs, fear hurting the kidneys, and even inducing various physical and mental diseases.
Half of health is mental health, half of the disease is mental illness, the so-called "all diseases begin in the heart", in fact, people's mental outlook, that is, psychology and soul not only determine people's health, but also determine people's work, family, interpersonal adaptation and all aspects of life, and these are closely related to people's mood, mentality, joy, anger, sorrow, worry, diet, sleep, and then closely related to various risk factors, which can be said to affect the whole body.
People have seven emotions and six desires, and under normal circumstances, they cannot get sick, but the abnormality of people's emotions can show a variety of pathologies and cause a variety of diseases, and there are many such stories in life, which are very inspiring to people.
The main methods of psychological health preservation are:
1. Kindness is a nutrient for psychological health
If we are kind, we will be happy with the happiness of others, and if we are willing to help the poor and help the poor, we will always have a sense of satisfaction in our hearts; if we are kind, we will be kind to others, and we will be willing to get along with each other, and we will always have a sense of happiness in our hearts; if we are kind in our hearts, we will be upright and upright, and we will be willing to open our hearts to others, and we will always have a sense of ease in our hearts.
In short, a person with a good heart will always maintain a calm state of mind, which can adjust the flow of blood and the excitement of nerve cells to the best state, thereby improving the body's ability to resist disease.
Therefore, kindness is an indispensable high-level nutrient for mental health.