Gu Deng agrees with this approach. Doing so is in line with the cause of the times.

Xiao Yuan also writes poetry. He asked me about my experience in writing poetry, and I said that writing poetry would be easier if I wrote a lot of dreams, visions in meditation, and perceptions of time and space into poetry and melted them into poetry.

Xiao Yuan said a very essential problem: it is not easy to convert dreams and illusions into words, and it requires talent.

I said, "Poetry should speak with imagery." The illusion itself is a picture, and the picture is expressed in imagery and imagery words, such talent, talent is the main, mechanics is secondary, but mechanics can also reach a certain realm.

I also read to them a number of prose poems that I had written, and explained the allusions and meanings in them. Although I write new poems and prose poems, there are many Buddhist and Taoist allusions in the poems, which need to be annotated.

Today, I also answered some questions from Taoist friends.

Putting here the question and answer between me and Dingxing may be inspiring to those who are on the path.

After reading the "Study of Cultivation", the Taoist friend asked: "In the "Study of Study", it is said: Once the entrance of the Danshi is revealed, it will be used to refine the spirit and refine the form. Ziyang's "Jindan Four Hundred Character Order" cloud: "The form of the god is separated from the two hexagrams." "The hexagram in Danfari has multiple symbolic meanings. The Kan hexagram symbolizes life and is the form; The hexagram symbolizes the merit for God. The form and spirit are the most basic concepts of the Dan Dao, and they are also the most basic elements of cultivation. In the Song Dynasty, Zhang Xujing Heavenly Master said:

When God came out of the body, he took it away, and God returned to his body and returned to his breath.

In this way, the morning and twilight are naturally born with a true child.

This is the mantra of the divine cultivation form.

In the Song Dynasty, Wang Chang's Dandao work "True One Golden Pill Jue" has the method of refining the gods for the sake of purifying nothingness, refining the qi of the fetus and returning the original method, and the method of refining the form of the dragon and tiger. Wang Zhenren believes that cultivating immortals must first refine the gods, and when the way of pure nature is cultivated, then come to refine the qi and form, and return to the original. This is a kind of masterful practice, just like Zen Buddhism's first enlightenment, enlightenment and then cultivation, from the "metaphysical" (divine) to the "metaphysical" (metaphysical)

I would like to ask the teacher a question above: What is the difference between the god who is out of the body and the pure child who is born behind?

I said: I didn't bother to answer your question for a while, and at the end of the year, I will answer it as the last question I will answer in 2017.

In fact, the god of "God is out of the body, and he will be withdrawn", in the original poem of Zhang Jixian Zhenren, refers to people's thoughts, not specific gods, and the energy information of the mind is naturally dispersed when the thoughts move. Those who have eyes can intuitively see the process of physical and mental energy and information dispersion when thoughts move.

Therefore, the cultivator must first stop thinking and restrain his thoughts. "When God comes out of the body, he takes it back" is the idea of reining in and scattering. Avoid the phenomenon of "dissipating the spirit and damaging the muscles and bones". "Natural innocence gives birth to a true fetus", and the innocence is the original god. When the essence of the primordial god is cultivated, it is the true fetus and the holy fetus. Just as the physical body with Dan is a divine pill, and the divine body with Dan is a holy pill.

Zhang Zhenren's poems have been further developed in practice, that is, the gods who are "out of the body" should be visualized and become "distracted", and the early stage of distraction is still an illusion of mental visualization, and as the realm of practice deepens, the illusion will become a god body with an image like "mind born body". This kind of illusionary practice is a common method commonly used in Buddhism. The meaning of the true womb of the child is still the ontological primordial spirit and its sublimation.

The original poem of Zhang Jixian's "Avenue Song" is:

The Tao is not far away, and in the body, everything is empty and not empty.

If sex is not empty and angry, the qi will return to the yuan and the sea will be endless.

If you want to get out of your body, don't leave something on the spiritual platform.

Things are confused in the body, dissipating the spirit and damaging the muscles and bones.

The spirit controls the qi, the qi retains the form, and there is no need for miscellaneous arts to live forever.

The technique is easy to know and difficult to understand, since it is not specialized.

Therefore, thousands of people learn, after all, there is no one or two percent.

If God comes out, he will take it, and God will return to his body with breath.

In this way, the morning is still twilight, and the child naturally gives birth to a real fetus.

We generally ignore the meaning of the preceding verses and use the later verses directly. is already in "use", and there is a certain difference from Zhang Zhenren's original theory.

Zhang Zhenren said earlier, "If you want to be out of the body, don't leave anything to the spiritual platform." At this time, "God does not come out" refers to the god of thought (sometimes also called "knowing God"), and sometimes it also refers to the ontological primordial god with the realm of practice. As long as the mind is pure and empty, that is, there are no desires or distracting thoughts, the gods will naturally cultivate in the body and will not come out.

If you can't do this, then as the thoughts arise, you can immediately collect your thoughts, and your divine will naturally return to your body. Thoughts are also God's signals, and they will also carry God's signals and energy. Therefore, "closing the heart" is also stopping the mind, that is, collecting the mind.

This is Zhang Zhenren's original intention. But we have changed in our practice, and in the process of collecting our minds, we can use the god of this mind and refine the god through visualization, and it will become the wonderful use of the divine cultivation of the Dan Dharma. Turning one's mind into distraction through meditation is what I'm talking about now. The true womb of the child is the body, and the distraction of the mind is used.

Last time, I told you about the difference between the ontological primordial spirit and the conscious view of the distraction. That's it.

After reading it, he replied: I am very grateful to the teacher. Last time, I answered by myself that "God out of the body" is the yin god, and the pure child is the yang god. Later, I felt that this didn't make sense. The teacher's explanation is thoughts, recognizing the gods, and distracting the mind, which is more reasonable from the context of Zhang Zhenren's whole poem, and it is also more reasonable from the practical point of view.

I think that as long as I practice steadily, everything can be solved, but my study is not as down-to-earth as the teacher, and I don't have to work hard to find the answer, I always want to ask the teacher what is ready-made, and this aspect needs to be improved. Of course, if you really have a problem, you still have to ask the teacher for advice on the basis of your own serious thinking.

I read the teacher's "Study Notes" carefully, and I regret that I didn't read it again earlier. This book can save beginners a lot of time and avoid many pitfalls on the way to study. I read the article in the WeChat account, and I also recommended it to my friends, I don't know if this book has been officially published, where can I buy it?

In the past year, I feel that I have made great progress, mainly through reading, and the insight has also promoted practice, and the new year is coming, I vow to focus on practice, supplemented by reading, and finish the practice time set every day, and then go to reading. Repay the teacher's selfless dedication with real progress. Thanksgiving.

A blogger mentioned that she was cured of depression. This information is valuable. The letter from the blogger is as follows:

Teacher Chen Teacher Cao, good afternoon, excuse me, I know about your blog and WeChat through studying the Wei Ding Bigu course, I have been paying attention to your articles, and I have gained a lot and solved many of my doubts in my spiritual journey, thank you!

Three years ago, I completely cured my gastrointestinal diseases and depression for more than ten years through fruit food and Bigu fasting, and since then I have continued to explore myself inwardly, Bigu and not eating is also a topic that I have been practicing, and my personal life has completely changed after Bigu, especially after reading your article on monasticism and marriage last year, life is even better, thank you very much!

Clean up the text messages, see this message, put it here, and inspire those who wish to be cured through Bigu. I have known for a long time that Bigu can treat depression, and this information is very valuable, and people with depression can try it.

Writing poetry:

"I Can't Find Myself in the Staggered Time and Space"

At the crossing, some people smoke, some people look at their phones.

I close my eyes and look at the sun.

The porridge of images can't feed the soul, and I can't find myself in the staggered time and space.

Once the news is published, it is immediately outdated, and the news found out from the "Book of Songs" is always news.

The high monk who entered the meditation was shaped like a tree, and the moment of Tubi suddenly realized.

Look at "my heart" in everything, like an adult watching a monkey act. There is a "me" in every thought, and there is no one who is the only one.

Those who look at me have fallen, and those who indulge me have attained nirvana. Wukong's old man whispered on the mural: "Child, there is no self, what do you see?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the mural fell off.

Archaeological experts determined that the tourists' breathing was too wet. No one knows that the old monk has done what he has done, the Dharma has been preached, the Sanskrit practice has been established, and there will be no aftermath.

The carriages of Dunhuang are still moving slowly. Since you are going to go into history, don't be in a hurry.

Today is the last day of 2017.

Looking at this year, what have you done?

I didn't read much, probably read more than a dozen books.

In terms of writing, I estimated that this year's diary has 2 million words. This "Study Record" is a work of preaching, and the content is very rich. In this year's "Cultivation Record", there are hundreds of spiritual poems by Teacher Zhang Yuxian, as well as my annotations.

In addition to writing "Xiu Xueji", he also summarized from "Xiu Xueji" and made essay collections such as "Every Day is a Good Day" and "Family Words".

This year, 1,428 questions from bloggers and Taoist friends were answered, and they were collected as "Hidden Meditation Collection".

In this year, he wrote more than 200 ancient style poems, mainly written during his study tour to Taiwan and his visit to Sichuan, all of which were collected in the "Study Record".

This year, he wrote new poems and prose poems, a total of 95 poems, which were included in the poetry collection "Fragrant Soul". In December, inspiration erupted, and he wrote fifty-two prose poems called "Whispering" and "Neighboring Void Dust Wisdom". The latter is still being written.

In this year, at the end of June, at the invitation of Mr. Shi Baofeng, he participated in the "First Cross-Strait Humanities Conference" with dozens of people from the mainland, including Master Xue Mo, Zen Master Zhaoguang, and Director Zhang Jizhong.

In the past year, he has participated in two academic conferences and scientific research activities related to Bigu initiated by Professor Jia Lijun. Once in mid-February and once in early August. Bigu and scientific research, this topic can continue to be explored.

In this year, in August, I went to Chengdu, Sichuan, and taught the "Qi Pulse Technique" method to ten Taoist friends for the first time, and taught 36 "Qi Pulse Recipe Lingying Poems" for two days. The Dharma is taught privately and not publicly. And went to Mr. Yan Xin's hometown to visit with Taoist friends, and the sky appeared Ruixiang. It is recorded in the "Study Record".

After that, he went to the Malkang Tibetan area with Taoist friends.

In September of this year, I went to Mount Tai to visit friends.

In the winter of this year, my father-in-law passed away, and during the old man's illness, I served and fulfilled filial piety with Chengyuan. I lived in the Northeast for nearly a month, during which I had some insights into life, and wrote "Whispering" and "Neighboring Void Dust Wisdom", which are full of Zen and have a lot of thoughts on life and death, spirituality, reincarnation, and liberation.

There are dreams, interiors, feelings, feelings, righteousness, and mysteries in these poems, and I want to explore the way to promote the Tao through new poems or prose poems. Explore "spiritual poetry, self-nature poetry", poetry has religious thoughts and realms, to have religious compassion and wisdom, but also to have extraordinary insight and self-wisdom. I'm doing these explorations.

During this year, I didn't paint much, but my realm improved; I have worked the post, and the realm of calligraphy has also improved.

In the past year, I have been chasing dramas with my wife and watching hundreds of TV series, which is very rewarding.

The most valuable thing I did this year was to ask Teacher Zhang Yuxian to write 20 more mantras for the practice of Qi Pulse Formula, which is the same as what I had written before, a total of 55 poems. I have annotated these fifty-five poems. The annotation is in the "Study Record".

In this year, I also asked Mr. Zhang Yuxian to write 72 Lingying poems for 36 Taoist Shengzhen, 36 Taoist and Taoist classics, which are very precious and magical. These spiritual poems will be handed down from generation to generation. These contents are all in the "Records of Study". In 2018, I continued to ask Mr. Zhang to write Lingying poems for the 36 important terms of Dandao.

In the past year, I have written a number of "Qi Pulse Hand Songs", a total of 18 songs from the previous ones. Self-contained. In the future, I will note and interpret myself, and it can be regarded as a unique work completed before the age of 50.

In the past year, a small group of practical Taoist friends "Little Friends Group" has been built, which is not open to the public, but is just a small platform for private communication between fellow Taoist friends. It's a small thing to do with the help of the Internet. But most of the content posted in the group is in the "Study Record", but it was released earlier.

This year, I bought 3,000 books, read them by myself, and also provided them to many Taoist friends who like to read to go to my "Yisheng Culture Bookstore" to Taobao for the second time. I have looked through the catalogue of these 3,000 books, and I have obtained a great deal of information. Reading the table of contents of books is the basic method of reading books.

Ordinary days, doing ordinary things.

To sum up the past is to illuminate the future.

I like to read and write poetry. Reading poetry is very perceptive, and can appreciate the subtlety of all kinds of poetry, whether it is thought or writing. Writing poetry, I lack talent, and I also need mechanics. mechanics, it is not easy to become a first-class poet, because writing poetry requires more talent.

In 2018, I will devote more time to reading famous poems from ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad, and to organize my long poem "Krishnamurti" completed in 2015.

I would read the whole Ramayana, the whole Mahabharata, I would read the great poems of Homer, the Divine Comedy, Faust, Don Juan. Can read a large number of poetry collections.

If time permits, I have to finish reading the complete works of the Lord of Huanzhu Mansion, and there are many immortal ways to do so. The owner of the Pearl Building, not only has the inheritance of the Wuliu faction, he has visited many peerless masters, studied the "Daozang", and also devoted himself to practice. He melted his life's gains into Xianxia and Sword Immortal, who can see the Immortal Dao Mind in it?

May I be everyone's guide, enter the immortal world of the Lord of the Returning Pearl Building, and obtain the magic and enlightenment.

In 2018, I will continue to communicate with my friends, and the Q&A will be collected into a "Practical Collection".

In 2018, I will participate in the commemorative ceremony of the 30th anniversary of the revival and construction of Faquan Temple by Teacher Zhang Yuxian, and will visit the northwest of Dao.

Continue to write the "Records of Study" and communicate with Taoist friends.

Do everything you need to do and complete yourself in everything. This is also a spiritual practice. A person's life, whether ordinary or brilliant, is composed of such a thing one by one, and in essence, it is emptiness, and seeing the emptiness of the essence is also unloading the grinding plate of attachment.

When I got up early, I saw an old man walking in the morning sun, listening to Yang Kun's song. Yang Kun sings about loneliness in the song, and the old man dissolves loneliness in a walk.

The sun understands the human heart and shines brilliantly all the time.