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The alarm of the electronic watch rang in his ears, and after seven or eight rings, Lin Xu was woken up, first fumbled to turn off the alarm, and then pressed the button to enable the night vision function, the bright green dial light lit up, and looked at the display time, it was exactly three o'clock in the morning. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info rubbed his sleepy eyes and yawned as he sat up.

His electronic watch was a birthday gift from his parents on his birthday this year. There are many functions, in addition to being able to see the time, there is also a display of the date and day, and the ability to set alarms, as well as night vision.

In the dead of night, he was afraid that the alarm clock would be too loud and would wake up his family, so this time he only set the alarm on his watch. By the pillow, he sounded loud, but outside of his bedroom, there was no sound.

He was scheduled to get up at three o'clock in the morning, but he planned to practice at this time. This is a practice time that he sees from the "Qigong" magazine, called "Yin Shi faces south", according to the introduction of the article in the magazine, this sentence is still from the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing". In the ancient twelve-hour system, it is now between three and five o'clock in the morning.

The article also gives a more scientific explanation, saying that it is yang during the day and yin at night, and this time is the time when the yang energy is first born and vigorous after the handover of yin and yang in the sub-time, and it is not as troublesome as during the day, and the breath is chaotic, which is very conducive to practice. Moreover, practicing at this time can also make it easier to enter meditation. And Yin Shi is the time of the lungs, the lungs are the main body of qi, and the lungs are facing the hundred veins, so this time is also the best time to practice qi.

When practicing, facing south, it is also in line with the natural operation of heaven and earth. The article said that modern scientific research has proved that the meridians have obvious electromagnetic characteristics, and the acupuncture points are electromagnetic aggregation points, and there is a sensitive response to magnetic signals. When practicing, facing south, in fact, follows the direction of the geomagnetic field, prompting the earth to echo with the biomagnetic field of the human body, which is very helpful for practicing.

"The guidance of the husband does not consist in establishing the name of the things, painting the surface of the picture, but the nameless, or stretching, or pitching, or lying, or leaning, or hesitating, or walking, or groaning, or resting, all of which are guided. This sentence is a passage in "Hug Puzi and Farewell", which means that it is not necessary to set up a name, or imitate any action of pictograms, nor do you need to draw a special figure, but you do not need a name or any special shape posture, whether lying or sitting, walking or standing, no matter what posture, you can guide and practice qi.

Although Lin Xu's self-created internal skills are based on the theory of the three qi in "Hug Puzi and Don't Purpose", and the name is set as "The Secret of Hug Pu", he feels that the description of this paragraph should be done by those who have practiced to a high level. A beginner like him can't be too casual, so he still chooses the traditional cross-legged sitting, and especially chooses the corresponding time and direction of practice.

He sat down with the quilt in his arms, and first did "Red Dragon Stirring the Sea" again. When you are fully awake, you will pull down the quilt and sit facing south, holding your hands firmly on your knees.

He didn't fight with his sister for TV all day today, and when he went to bed at night, he discussed it with Lin Tong, and Lin Tong generously gave him the bed and bedroom. It's not that he has to be greedy for beds and bedrooms, it's that he doesn't want to be disturbed by his practice, so he needs a private and independent space.

Before going to bed at night, he was prepared, and he didn't take off his underwear as usual, and he wore autumn clothes and pants. At this time, after adapting, I didn't feel too cold when I pulled the quilt open. The posture of holding is to first bend the big fingers inward, and then cover the other four fingers and hold them into a fist.

This grip is also from "Holding Puzi", but it is not the content in "Hug Puzi, Farewell", but Lin Xu found it in another article in the magazine, which is called "Holding and Sticking to One", and saying "Hold the soul door, control the soul, the name is the grip, and this is also the soul of the household". It is said to be the method of grasping and solidifying, just like closing the door on the human body, which can calm the soul and stabilize the essence. When practicing, it is also very helpful to adopt this posture.

As soon as the posture was good, Lin Xu immediately closed his eyes slightly, adjusted his breathing to calm down, guarded the dantian, and began to prepare for cultivation.

The eyes are not completely closed, but slightly closed, leaving a small gap. Leave a line of visible light to prevent drowsiness during practice after closing your eyes completely. Moreover, if this line of light, if the angle is correct, you can just see the dantian part of the lower abdomen, which helps to keep the dantian.

For beginners, although they know where the dantian is, it is difficult to keep it. If the eye can see, it will help to improve attention and be able to hold on. This is "the curtain of the eyes, a ray of spiritual light dantian." ”

Lin Xu faintly looked at the dantian under his abdomen with the glimmer of light in his eyes, and his attention was also focused on this, and he gradually began to be able to hold on. Breathe evenly and steadily, listen to the sound of your own breathing, and gradually fall into silence.

Meditation is also very difficult for beginners to do. In a person's mind, countless thoughts will turn in an instant. Especially when there is nothing to do, when you sit still, it is easier to think wildly and have distracting thoughts. Because there is nothing to do and it is too boring, people tend to pass the boring time with wild whimsy and all kinds of ideas. Lin Xu often does this to pass the time when he stays alone on weekdays and has nothing to do.

But now if you sit quietly like this, if you don't have distracting thoughts, and your mind is pure, it will be difficult to completely contain distracting thoughts and do it easily. Fortunately, he also found several methods to help him enter meditation in the "Qigong" magazine. At this time, try them one by one, and gradually you will be able to control the distracting thoughts, and your mind will become more and more pure.

And when his mind becomes more and more pure, the dantian that his mind guards will become more and more able to keep. This is complementary to each other, the mind is pure and consistent, without distractions, and can improve the power of the mind. And to keep the dantian, finding one thing to concentrate on can also help effectively collect distracting thoughts.

Wait until you really enter complete meditation, your mind is pure, and your dantian is also stable. Lin Xu closed his eyes completely, no longer retaining that glimmer of light. Because the dantian has been stabilized at this time, there is no need for the help of that ray of aura. Moreover, the cultivation requirements at this time also require that you completely close your eyes.

"The three treasures of the ears, eyes and mouth, don't get through the occlusion, the real person dives into the abyss, and the floating is in the rules. This sentence comes from the "Zhou Yi Shen Tong Qi", which means that when cultivating, the three main external senses of the human body should be closed, and the consciousness should be concentrated in the deep part of the body, and the consciousness should be condensed and concentrated in the rules in a floating way. The "abyss" and "regulation" here both refer to the dantian. "Real person" and "floating" both refer to one's own will, and at the same time, it also shows a way of guarding the dantian. It is to imagine that one's dantian is like an abyss, and imagine that oneself is floating on the water.

There are three treasures of essence, qi and spirit in the human body, and in the Taoist theory of cultivation, the cultivation steps are divided into three steps: refining and refining qi, refining qi and transforming gods, and refining gods and returning to emptiness.

Lin Xu believes that the cultivation of internal strength is the step of refining and refining qi in the Taoist cultivation system. As for the remaining two steps, he didn't dare to think about it at this time.