Chapter 29: Confused
After returning to his residence, Yuan Shu fell into confusion!
When he was a normal person before, Yuan Shu felt that life was quite stressful, but the world was still quite beautiful, and there were beautiful things to appreciate everywhere. When he started practicing, he felt that the world was full of dangers, and the more beautiful things were, the more dangerous they were, and he suddenly felt a huge pressure to survive.
So, he couldn't help but sigh, "How should I practice in order to get out of my current predicament?"
"Cultivation is actually very simple!" Lei Zhen said, "As long as you can achieve 'unity of body and mind', you can be at your disposal in this world!"
"If it's really that simple, how did you end up like this?" Yuan Shu was a little skeptical.
"Ahem, if I had listened to my master well, I wouldn't have fallen to the point where I am now!" Lei Zhen was a little embarrassed, "So, I only repeat what my master said now!"
"Okay, then tell me, what did your master say!" Yuan Shu asked curiously.
"Cultivation is the 'unity of body and mind', this thing sounds very simple, but it is very complicated to do!" Lei Zhen explained little by little, "First of all, you have to understand your 'heart'! 'Huangliang Dream' is actually a means of 'asking the heart'! After you understand your original 'heart', start to build a foundation, alchemy, and become enlightened!"
Yuan Shu nodded, "It sounds really easy, then why do some people say, 'Cultivators are like cow hair, and those who have attained enlightenment are like scales and horns'?"
"This just sounds easy, the first step of the 'conscience' alone can block countless people!" Lei Zhen was a little lonely, "The road has love, and there are 3,000 roads to enlightenment! But countless people cling to the road and get lost in the road, so they are crushed to pieces, and the road is difficult! Just like me! Just like those people who are 'extremely affectionate' you said!"
"How can 'conscience' be so difficult?"
"It's not difficult to 'ask the heart,' but it's easy to be paranoid!" Lei Zhen explained, "Have you ever heard of 'love turns into hate'? 'Love' is a good thing, but in the end it becomes 'hate', isn't it ridiculous? The heart is 'love,' but in the end it gives up 'love' and becomes 'hate'! This is paranoia at work in it!"
Yuan Shu was speechless, "A slap doesn't make a sound, 'love becomes hate' The other party must also have a problem!"
"That's not right!" Lei Zhen denied Yuan Shu's statement.
"What's wrong?" Yuan Shu was speechless, "Everything in the world will have cause and effect, and there will be a reason!"
"Alas, so it will become paranoid!" Lei Zhen said, "Cultivation is actually just a person's thing! No matter what kind of 'mind' you have, in the end it only works on yourself! No matter whether you love or hate, no one else will get anything from it, only the experiencer will taste the sweetness or bitterness in it! Therefore, the real practice is to 'not forget the original intention'! Start to love, always love!"
Yuan Shu thought about it carefully, "The plot you said seems to be a bit like Xiao San!" He said again, "It's like Xiao San's unrequited love!"
"The great taboo in cultivation is to change the order every day! It's like if you plan to build a house, but you plan to build a villa today and a wooden house tomorrow! Then in the end, you can't build anything. It's the same with practice! Whether it's love or hate, it's not the result that matters, it's the process! Practice, practice, the important thing is to do it. Lei Zhen was speechless, "You go east today, go west tomorrow, and in the end you can only stand where you are, you can't go there!"
Yuan Shu savored it carefully, "What do you mean by a road to the black?"
"The dead end you are talking about is paranoia! If you cling to this, it will inevitably end up being 'love turns into hatred' and 'grudges become demons'!" Lei Zhen was a little anxious, "Do you know what 'kindness' is? The real 'kindness' is for all people, whether you are a good person or a bad person, they will be good to you!"
Yuan Shu said disgustedly, "Isn't that a 'good old man'?"
"You have to understand that 'Heaven is selfless'! No matter what others do, these things will eventually have cause and effect and fall on their own heads!" Lei Zhen explained, "If you are involved in it, the things you do will not change anything! Because the final result, those things of yours, will only change yourself! Not others!"
Lei Zhen finally summed up one sentence, "It is others who make this world chaotic, but it is you who makes this world even more chaotic! So, don't make a mess of this world, because you are the unlucky one in the end! Think about what happened to you in the 'Huangliang Dream'!"
Yuan Shu thought carefully about Lei Zhen's words, and thought of what happened in the 'Huangliang Dream'! He felt that it was not unreasonable for him to be angry to death in the 'Huangliang Dream', looking at the bad things he had done, he was deserved to die by being angry!
However, he thought of another question, "I don't want to bully others, what should I do if others bully me?" He gave an example, "Just like Li Yun and Longwu, those freaks, what should I do when I meet them? They all plan to kill me, and if I don't fight back, there will be no way to live! Speaking of this, I'm very strange, didn't I say, 'After the founding of the People's Republic of China, you are not allowed to become a spirit,' why are there still so many strange things in this world?"
"What the great man said will definitely have an effect!" Lei Zhen said, "Back then, the great man packed up all the cultivators, not only the spirits were gone, but also those righteous paths! Now, the great man is long gone, and his words are not so binding! Now good and evil are parallel in the world, and the cultivation of the righteous path is far more difficult than the evil path, so the righteous path is not obvious, and the evil path prevails!"
"I don't care about these, I just want to know, I met them, what should I do?" Yuan Shu was a little anxious!
"Actually, it's very simple, the cultivation is actually really simple, as long as your heart is in place, the speed of cultivation can be described as 'a thousand miles a day'!
"Really, fake?" Yuan Shu looked incredulous!
"What my master said will definitely not be wrong!"
"Then what should I do now?" asked Yuan Shu.
"Continue to ask your heart and seek your heart!" Lei Zhen said very resolutely!
"Don't say those big and empty words, specifically, what should I do?" Yuan Shu felt a little dizzy!
"'Ask your heart', it's your own heart, how to ask yourself! Can't you ask me!" Lei Zhen was depressed when asked! "All I can say is that you'd better follow the right path and don't get contaminated with those side doors!"
"Partial doors? are those 'seven emotions and six desires' methods you said?" Yuan Shu was very curious! "Then tell me, how do you practice, so that I can take those detours in the future!"
"Hehe, I think you want to try those side doors!" Lei Zhen saw through Yuan Shu's tricks at a glance, "I won't say more about Li Yun's example, I'll give you another example! When people encounter difficulties, they usually have two choices: first, give in to difficulties! Second, they are unwilling to suffer and face difficulties! But these two belong to the side door! The right path is, laugh at difficulties!"
Yuan Shu nodded, "Cultivators are just different, and the way they look at problems is rather strange! What you said seems to be something that only neurological patients do!"
"It doesn't matter how you do things, the most important thing is not to be troubled by the outside world! How to do it is secondary! Therefore, locking in the 'seven emotions and six desires' is the top priority!" Saying this, Lei Zhen smiled, "When you see more in the future, you will naturally understand where your heart should be! Now, you should repeat yesterday's practice!"
Yuan Shu listened to Lei Zhen's words, nodded helplessly, he listened to so much nonsense, and finally practiced, he really didn't understand, what was the use of those nonsense!
After a night of speechlessness, Yuan Shu spent a night in practice!