Chapter 2 Visualization
And the next thing Green has to do is visualize. There have been many attempts to visualize Green. For visualizing Green's previous life, I have not asked anyone to discuss it. Different people have different understandings and opinions about visualizing, and as for right and wrong, the benevolent and the wise have their own opinions.
One is that some people think that visualization is about looking first and thinking later. For example, if you are in front of the TV, you focus on the screen and watch the program on the screen for a while. Then close your eyes and you'll see the remnants of the TV show in front of your eyes.
In the same way, if you put the visualized object or picture in front of you, concentrate on it for a while, and then close your eyes, then the residual image of what you have seen will appear in front of your eyes. Continue to look at this afterimage, and this is "viewing", and thinking about the meaning of things while "looking" is "thinking".
In his previous life, Green heard that there was a little monk who had a particularly strong mind, and he visualized a bright moon in the void. After returning from the tea effort, you can still see a bright moon hanging in the void.
However, there are also many people who do not agree with this kind of visualization, thinking that such visualization is meaningless, and many people will feel dizzy when they first start practicing, and many people are already very tired from studying or going to work, and this kind of visualization cannot make people relax at all, and it will become a burden. There is no promotion value.
There is also a view that some people think that visualization is "thinking" first and then "seeing". It is a kind of understanding of all things in heaven and earth. By constantly deepening the understanding of a certain thing, people add branches and leaves to their imagination and gradually enrich their images. And the process of thinking in the mind is thinking. And what comes out of the imagination is viewing.
In terms of "thinking", there are different behaviors and understandings. Some people are imagining out of thin air, and these people are trying to conceive in their minds, using their brains to imagine that something has gone from having no image to having an image. Of course, there are many difficulties in this method, one is that there are many distracting thoughts, and even if there are no distracting thoughts, it is very difficult to visualize a thing in its entirety, often thinking of this side, that side collapses, and when you think of that side, this side collapses again.
For example, when visualizing a lotus flower, someone will imagine the lotus flower in the lotus pond or picture, or by feeling, and concentrate on thinking about it and make it shine, which is very difficult. In this process, most people will find that it is not difficult to imagine an abstract lotus flower out of thin air, but once they start to be concrete, they will start to think about it in detail. For example, when you think about the petals, you will find that the other ones are blurred or even fragmented, and when you think about the lotus platform, the petals are blurred again, or even withered. And if you visualize something that is already illusory, such as holy ruyi, Avalokiteshvara, seeds, and so on, then the idea will be more varied, and it will be more difficult to think that it should be like this for a while, and feel that it should be like that for a while.
The other method of "thinking" is to pay more attention to abstraction and artistic conception. The core of it is, I think what is a lotus, what is a lotus, I think what is a Buddha and what is a Buddha, it doesn't need to be too fine, as long as there is something that can make you concentrate, and then as your understanding of this thing deepens, and then you continue to give it a new image and a new meaning.
In addition to these traditional visualizations, there is a more concrete approach. It is called the breath view.
First of all, sit down cleanly, the so-called clean is the preparation for sitting down, such as taking a shower, doing what you need to do, making phone calls after you should finish so as not to worry about it when you sit down, and so on.
Then close your eyes, or half-close, as the traditional saying goes.
Inhale normally and feel the feeling of the airflow passing through the nostrils, but pay attention to the fact that your attention should not follow the airflow into the body and follow it into the body at the same time, but should always be at the junction of the inside and outside of the nostrils. The body is placed on the lips and under the nose where the skin is, and the normal exhalation also feels that the air flow passes through the point of attention (the junction between the inside and outside of the nostrils or the skin above and below the lips and nose), and when exhaling, the attention should also be fixed on the point of attention, and not drift outside the body with the exhalation. Then complete a breath and count one in your mind.
Count from one to ten, and then from ten to one, for three rounds (i.e., sixty breaths).
In the process of counting the breath, pay attention to your mind should be like a stake on the beach, the tide rises and falls, and the position of the stake never changes - in other words, the tide is the breath, the stake is the point where your attention rests, and you have to experience the touch of the air current, the temperature, and all the conditions you can feel at the point where your attention rests, but your attention cannot move with the breath.
With proficiency can slowly increase.
In fact, no matter what kind of thinking you have, it's the same as physical exercise, and without continuous contact and about an hour of practice every day, it's useless to come up with an effect.
Green felt that the last one was the foundation, which could help to settle down, purify thoughts, and visualize the artistic conception of the monstrous waves shattering the void and condense a self-immovable artistic conception.
In his previous life, Green had obtained a very magical visualization map, which was a master that Green met during a mission in the Middle East, and if it wasn't for a teammate's long-range sniper, maybe Green would have died.
At that time, Green faced a famous master Ula, and at that time, a face Green was directly hypnotized, of course, it was very difficult to hypnotize and control a person like Green who had experienced life and death, and Ulla did not think about controlling Green at that time, but directly in Green's mind, forming an illusion and distracting Green's attention. If it weren't for his teammates who performed a ranged snipe, Green would have been planted that time.
It was the first and only time Green had come into contact with this kind of soul and spirit in his previous life, and it was through that time that Green began to wonder if the many miracles in Taoist and Buddhist texts were real. Only then did a follow-up attempt.
And whether it is folklore, or a well-known master, hypnosis expert, etc., Green who can visit has not let go, but only a few of them can use a special environment, and even some can only carry out a short period of slight hypnosis on Green under special conditions, and there are also hypnosis from the perspective of relaxing the body and being beneficial to the body, otherwise it may not be effective.
This made Green wonder if Ulla was gifted. Why is there only one who can, and it is known that Ulla can even control the movement of metal needles in the air. It's a real ability.
It's a pity that Ulla is dead, and it's impossible to determine if it's a natural ability or if there's some secret.
But Green was unwilling to give up this bottom clue, and Green spent a lot of effort investigating Ulla's experience and collecting Green's relics.
Finally, Green discovered something different, that is, there was a broken stone chip in Green's relics, and there was a star map on this stone tablet, which looked very ordinary at first glance, but as long as you focused on it, you would feel that the stars on it would move.
Although Green knows modern technology, through the principle of optics, it is easy to design some cards, so that people can look at them from different angles, there will be different scenes, or focus on the picture as if it comes to life, there will be various dynamics.
But this was the only thing Grimm found in Ulla's relics that was somewhat special, so Grimm was willing to believe that this was the magical item.
And afterwards, Green proved through many arguments that this is not at all any of our existing astrological charts, so Green went from skeptical to determined.
And in the subsequent visualization, it was proved that this object was indeed extraordinary. This picture seems to have a mysterious aura, which is very attractive and always makes people want to explore it. And by paying close attention, it didn't take long for Green to find this astrological chart magically imprinted in his heart.
Speaking of which, did Green succeed?
Actually, no, because although this diagram was imprinted in his mind, every time Green contemplated it, it would work, and then faster and faster, until it collapsed.
And Green will also feel dizzy and lose his concentration after he finishes because he may be concentrating.