Chapter 7: Dreaming Back to the Ancients

Dreaming back to the primeval taste, but weeping for the king's death.

In this life, there are no regrets, and the bitter and sweet are comforted.

After lunch at home at noon, he returned to his room and sat cross-legged in the room to start cultivating. I silently recited the mantra in my heart, and soon entered a state of meditation.

With the extension of my meditation time and the usual practice of double discs, I have been able to meditate in the case of double discs for a long time, when the flickering feeling appeared again, my whole body fell into a deep dormant state, it is said to be dormant, but my various senses are extremely keen, at this time, I found that my breathing seemed to be about to stop, and the heart rate was gradually decreasing, only my stomach was running with the operation of my own internal mechanism, rising and falling regularly.

The time of cultivation always passed quickly, and before I knew it, I spent the whole afternoon in this state of meditation, because I found that meditation is the best way to relax and adjust my body to the best in a state of non-action.

After dinner, I talked to my parents about what I saw in the pharmacy in the morning, and told them that I had the idea of learning Chinese medicine, and that this Sunday there was a lecture by Dr. Cao at the Cultural Palace, and I wanted to attend the class.

I've been called out by Master for the past few nights, and I haven't slept much, so let's have a good rest tonight.

Thinking of this, I put down other thoughts, lay down on the bed with peace of mind, recalled the strange dream a few days ago, and I don't know what happened to the patriarch named Xun at the end, thinking about it, and before I knew it, I fell asleep again.

In a daze, I seemed to be in a dream, traveling to a stormy night, and the people of this period seemed to live in a primitive tribe.

In this year, the Yellow Emperor led the people of the Xia tribe to avoid wars and disasters, and the entire tribe began to move from south to north under the leadership of the Yellow Emperor.

In the middle of the transfer, there was a sudden heavy rainstorm, flash floods, water everywhere, adults and children were blocked by the rain and mountain torrents and could not move forward, in such extremely bad weather, whether it was adults or children, one by one frozen shivering.

In the dream, I was the person in charge of the fire in the tribe named Li, but the fire I carried with me was also extinguished by the rainstorm. People have no fire, there is no fire to start a fire, now people are cold and hungry, children cry and scream, women and children are lamenting one by one. At this time, the Yellow Emperor ordered everyone to stay in a large stone cave for a while, recuperate, and wait for the weather to clear before leaving, and at the same time everyone discussed the next step together.

Who knows, God seems to be deliberately against people, and for several days, the rain has been falling non-stop. People live in caves in the mountains, and hunger and cold are unbearable. But because of the loss of fire, it is impossible to make a fire for cooking and heating. People were so hungry that they couldn't support it, so adults began to eat raw meat, and the elderly and children had to soak mushrooms in cold water to eat, and the scene was miserable.

When I saw this, I was very anxious and wanted to make a fire by drilling wood for fire, but the firewood I brought was all wet, and I had been drilling for a long time, and I had not been able to drill out of the spark. Seeing that it was about to get dark again, I was so tired that I was sweating profusely, but it was useless, so in a fit of anger, I threw out the drill made of stone in my hand. Unexpectedly, the drill bit hit the rock of the cave, and there were many sparks splashed out.

My eyes lit up, my heart suddenly changed from sorrow to joy, and I forgot my fatigue, so I found a lot of rocks and hit each other hard, only to see sparks splashing constantly. But how do you make Mars burn? Again, this becomes a conundrum.

I was busy here, alarmed the Yellow Emperor who was resting not far away, and the Yellow Emperor found that I kept picking up the rocks on the ground and kept hitting each other, and I was also a little curious, and when I approached me and understood the reason for the matter, he said to me: "Li, don't be too anxious, you can shoot Mars from the stone, this is a great success." What to do next, how to save this Mars, we need to find more people to discuss together, after all, there is a lot of power. "The Yellow Emperor's encouragement has doubled my confidence. So, he ordered to find Chang Xian, Da Hong, Li Mu, Concubine, and others to find a way together.

Everyone, you and I don't stop talking, only Chang Xian lowered his head and didn't say a word. Everyone thought he was hungry and sick, and persuaded him to rest.

Unexpectedly, Chang Xian stood up suddenly and said loudly to everyone: "I thought of a way!" As he spoke, he untied his waist, tore it with all his might, took out a ball of tidbits from his waist, and said to me, "Li, you put these reed tidbits under the stones, and then hit the stones to make fire." I took the tidbits he handed me, arranged them neatly according to his suggestion, and then hit the stones, and the sparks splashed more and more on the tidbits, and I hit the stones more quickly, and the sound of igniting the reeds became louder and louder, and I blew lightly with my mouth, and with a puff of smoke finally burst out of the flames on the tidbits.

The fire was successful! With the fire, people have the hope of survival, and also have the motivation to survive, and the adults and children in the stone cave are all cheering when they see that the fire has finally been successful. The Yellow Emperor held a special celebration party for me, gave me a great credit, and named me "Huozheng".

I invented the "stone to make fire", so that people no longer worry about saving the fire, which greatly facilitates people's production and life, and no longer because of the rain and snow, and people endure hunger and cold, because the fire is red, so at that time people called me "Red Emperor", and at the same time the Yellow Emperor gave me a name, called Zhurong.

At that time, the Yellow Emperor was in the Central Plains, and there was a clan leader named Chiyou in the south, who often invaded the Central Plains and made it impossible for the people in the Central Plains to live. The emperor ordered the people of the Central Plains to unite, led by Zhu Rong and several other generals, to crusade against Chiyou. Chiyou people are numerous, especially his ninety-nine eighty-one brothers, all of whom are dressed in animal skins, wearing horns, and can spray dense fog from their mouths, and their skills are high. At the beginning of the war, the Yellow Emperor's troops lost their way as soon as they encountered heavy fog, and the troops lost contact with each other and did not care for each other. Chi You's troops took advantage of the situation to pounce on them, defeating the Yellow Emperor's troops and fleeing north until Zhuolu stopped. The Yellow Emperor was surrounded by Chiyou in Zhuolu, and he didn't dare to fight for a long time, but later, he built a guide car, and he was no longer afraid of dense fog.

I saw that Chiyou's subordinates were all dressed in animal skins, so I offered another plan to teach my subordinates to light a torch and set fires everywhere, which burned Chiyou's troops and fled in embarrassment. The Yellow Emperor drove the guide car and led the troops to chase south, crossed the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and rushed to Lishan, and finally killed Chi You. Because I invented the tactics of fire attack, I made great contributions, and the Yellow Emperor rewarded me heavily.

When the Yellow Emperor's troops returned to the court, they passed by the mountains south of Yunmengze, and the Yellow Emperor called me to him and deliberately asked, "What is this mountain called?"

I replied, "It's called Hengshan." ”

The Yellow Emperor asked again. Do you know where this mountain came from?"

I replied, "In ancient times, the heavens and the earth were chaotic, like an egg. Later, there was a Pangu clan, which opened up the world and opened up the world, and there were living beings. He lived for 18,000 years, and after his death, he lay on the land of the Central Plains, with his head facing east, and became Mount Tai; The toes are in the west, and they become Huashan; The abdomen bulged and became Songshan; The right hand faces north, and it becomes the Heng Mountain; The left hand faces south, and it becomes the Hengshan Mountain in front of you. As soon as he finished speaking, the Yellow Emperor immediately asked: "So, why is it called Hengshan?"

I immediately replied: "This mountain lies between Yunmeng and Jiuzhi, like a scale, which can weigh the weight of heaven and earth, and measure the morality of the emperor, so it is called Hengshan." ”

The Yellow Emperor was very happy to see my answer, and said with a smile: "Okay! You are so familiar with the affairs of the South, I will entrust you with a heavy responsibility!" But the Yellow Emperor did not say what the heavy task was.

The team was stationed in Hengshan. The Yellow Emperor ascended to the highest peak and was worshipped by various tribes in the south. At that time, many clan leaders gathered together, and everyone was very happy, and Zhu Rong played the music of the Yellow Emperor's own music on a whim. The Yellow Emperor's concubine also stepped on the beat and danced. When everyone saw it, they all jumped around the Yellow Emperor.

After dancing happily, the Yellow Emperor told everyone to calm down and said: "Since I took the throne, I have been leveling Yu, killing Chiyou, formulating the calendar, inventing writing, creating music and rhythm, compiling medical books, and having ancestors to breed silk, and set the system of clothes. From now on, Huo Zhengguan Zhurong guarded the south. "Only then did I know that the Yellow Emperor said that he was entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and this is what happened.

After the Yellow Emperor left, I was left in Hengshan to officially manage the affairs of the south. I live on the highest peak of Hengshan Mountain, and I often visit the people everywhere. When I saw that the people here often ate raw food, I told them to make a fire and taught them to cook it before eating. I saw that the people here were touching in the darkness at night, so I told them to use torches and pine lights. When I saw that there was a lot of miasma, and there were many mosquitoes, and the people were often sick, I told them to light a fire and smoke to drive away mosquitoes and miasma. The people respected me very much, and every year after the autumn harvest, they came in droves to worship me. Everyone said: "Zhu Rong, we are prosperous, life is good, you have brought us so many benefits, we thank you, we want to respect you as the emperor." You use fire to transform, and the fire is red, so let's call you the Red Emperor!" Since then, I have been respected by everyone as the Red Emperor.

Because I teach people to use fire and to keep it, people worship me very much. But out of jealousy, the co-workers of the same tribe couldn't look at me, thinking that everything in the world is inseparable from water, why do people worship only fire and not water, the more he thinks about it, the more angry he becomes, the more he thinks about it, the more unpleasant it becomes, and he will trouble me when he has nothing to do, and always want to oppose me.

At that time, Kunlun Mountain was the birthplace and birthplace of Chinese civilization, so the most important fire was kept in the mountain, but because of the jealousy of the Gonggong, the jealousy made the Gonggong begin to gather the water of the four lakes and five seas to rush to Kunlun Mountain, wanting to extinguish the fire on Kunlun Mountain, and suddenly the whole Kunlun Mountain was pitch black. I was also very angry when I learned that the co-workers were going to flood the Kunlun Mountains, so I rode on the fire dragon and fought with the co-workers.

The water always flowed low, and the flood fell from the Kunlun Mountain, and I led the tribe to take the opportunity to attack, and each person had a torch and deflagration, which burned the Gonggong and others to the ground, and the tribes led by the Gonggong were defeated by us.

Gonggong was unconvinced, looked at Buzhou Mountain not far away, a crazy smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he flew into Buzhou Mountain. At that time, Buzhou Mountain was in the northwest of Kunlun Mountain, which was the passage between the human world and the heavenly realm, and if the people on the earth had any grievances, they could sue the heavenly realm through Buzhou Mountain.

Buzhou Mountain is Optimus Prime, also has the effect of harmonizing the yin and yang of the world, people at that time called "Buzhou Mountain" as the sacred mountain, and worked together to break the pillar of Buzhou Mountain, there was a space crack in the sky, it looked as if the sky collapsed a hole, so the space turbulence was generated, bringing irreparable disasters to all things in the world, the earth fell into cracks, the mountains and forests burned into fires, the flood gushed out from the ground, countless lives were devastated, countless ancient beasts were also crying incessantly, and the deaths and injuries were innumerable, The co-workers also died of hatred because they broke the mountain.

When I saw this kind of scene, I was also on the spot, looking at the chaos of heaven and earth caused by the suicide of the co-workers, and I was anxious and guilty, but I couldn't do anything, so I could only stand in place and look at the spatial crack in a daze, helpless.

At this time, Nuwa Niangniang, who happened to be near Kunlun Mountain, saw that people had suffered such a strange disaster and felt extremely sorry, so she picked five-colored divine stones, set up a furnace, melted them into slurry, and used this stone slurry to repair the cracks in the space.

After Nuwa Niangniang's painstaking rectification, the spatial cracks were finally repaired, the earth was filled, the flood stopped, and the creatures in the world lived a peaceful and contented life again.

I hugged my fists and thanked Nuwa Niangniang for saving the world, but Nuwa Niangniang shook her head and smiled bitterly, telling me to be good in the future, and then turned away.

Because of my war with the Gonggong this time, although the Gonggong was defeated, it also broke through a catastrophe, so it was ordered by the Yellow Emperor to be beheaded!

When I was beheaded, the Yellow Emperor walked up to me, handed a bowl of wine to me, his voice trembled a little, and said: "There is a law between heaven and earth, everything in the world must follow the law, the so-called state has a national law, and the family has a family law, you made a big mistake this time, I can't show favoritism as a tribal leader, brother, you go all the way, we are still good brothers in the next life!" I took the wine bowl and drank it all, looking at the weeping clansmen around me, and I couldn't help but cry like rain.

He said loudly to the Yellow Emperor and all the clansmen: "I am fortunate to be able to work with the Yellow Emperor in this life, and I am fortunate to be born and die with all the brothers. ”

The big knife waved down, time seemed to stand still at this moment, the whole world was quiet in an instant, I suddenly woke up from the dream, slowly opened my eyes, my eyes were full of tears at some point, thinking back to the scene at that time, every scene and every fresh life are vivid, as if it happened in front of me, I feel the same.

I don't know if this is a real dream, but this dream and the dream I had the other day gave me a real feeling, as if I had experienced it myself.

I actually dreamed of the Yellow Emperor? This dream is a bit outrageous, could it be that the things of ancient times and the things in legends have really happened? Are they all real historical events? Is it also true that Nuwa Niangniang mends the sky? This is incredible, isn't it, is there really an unimaginable existence in the world? Is there really a celestial realm?

These questions flashed back and forth in my brain, and I kept thinking about these questions, could it be that cultivation is to move towards a higher realm? Ascend to a higher level?

Master told me that the ultimate goal of cultivation is to get rid of this sea of suffering, so where do you go after you get rid of this sea of suffering? How can the world in which people live be called the sea of suffering? I couldn't make up my mind, and I thought that this question should be answered by the master.

I sat up and looked out the window at the bright moon. I can't help but ask myself, what is the meaning of life? Where am I going?

At this time, looking at the bright moon in the sky, in my eyes, it seems that this bright moon is gradually getting bigger, just when I was standing under this bright moon in a daze, there was a strange feeling in my body, a kind of ethereal spirit that seemed to be born out of nowhere, what I didn't know was that the operation mechanism of the exercises in the body was slowly speeding up the flow speed, and the direction of running was the opposite direction of the usual exercise route!

At this time, I had a feeling that I had a sense of pride somewhere deep in my heart, and this feeling was unusually strong, which made me feel like I was looking down on the world.

Just as I was immersed in this feeling and my brain began to become ethereal, suddenly, my main consciousness was pulled by a huge force, and I once again entered the chaotic space that I was extremely familiar with, and Master was standing not far away, looking at me with a somewhat stern face.

My heart was a little apprehensive, because I had never seen such a look from the master, and before I could speak, the master walked up to me and said solemnly: "Apprentice, your understanding is good, and being able to move your exercises in the opposite direction under the moonlight means that you have improved again." However, at the same time, you have a very bad heart, that is, your pride has appeared, and if you don't wake you up in time, you may make even greater mistakes in the future, so that you will be jealous. ”

I whispered this "jealousy" with a puzzled expression, so Master explained to me the root of jealousy and some ways to harm and overcome jealousy, and Master said, "Everyone has jealousy, but everyone behaves differently, some are strong, some are not so strong, but they are all manifestations of jealousy. ”

Master said that this jealousy is based on a kind of comparison. Comparison, simply put, is a kind of separation, but in fact it is a kind of struggle. A person who compares is a person who constantly asks for it outward. The more you ask, the less you can't, the more you don't have enough, the more you have to ask for it, just like drinking seawater when you're thirsty, and the more you drink, the thirstier you get. As a result, it becomes an undesirable suffering.

If we can't ask for it, it becomes a kind of resentment, and then a kind of hatred arises, which is connected together and becomes an obstacle for us. This is where people's suffering lies.

What we don't have, what we lack. What we want is always what we don't have. And what we have, we don't cherish. This is a kind of greed, comparison. And what we want, but we don't know how to cultivate and raise ourselves, and we just want to pray from others or take it by force. In the end, you will understand that you can't ask for anything from the outside. Even what you have gained will eventually be lost!

Let's put it simply, for example, people who are truly righteous will not only take out their precious possessions and share them with others; They will also share something more precious to others, which is joy, which is called "rejoicing" in Buddhism.

What is "rejoicing"? To put it simply, it is to be happy, and when you see others getting benefits, you are happy; Others are praised and rejoiced by the leader.

It's a purely mental activity, seemingly simple, but it's actually very difficult to do. Because we ordinary people are often not only unhappy when we see others getting benefits, but we will be jealous; It's already good to be able to be free from jealousy and be calm.

When you see that your classmates have scored 100 points in the exam, you are so happy that you can't close your mouth; When you see your neighbors living happily, you dance with joy; When you see that the teacher has been rated as an excellent teacher, you are elated, and you are happier than himself, and most people don't seem to have this habit.

In fact, it's just a mental activity, no effort, no money, no time, so why can't we do it? That's what our jealousy is doing.

When you see that others have benefited, when even a little heartfelt joy can appear in your heart, it means that the jealousy is gone; When we can be happy and happier than the beneficiaries themselves, then we will be happier than the gods.

If people can be happy with everyone's happiness, then won't we be happy like gods all day long? Sharing the happiness of others will make others feel great about us, and it will also make others happier.

If people are so happy every day, they will definitely be loved by everyone; Without the torture of jealousy, the mind is relaxed, happiness and kindness are enough to make people's body qi and organs smooth, and those problems in the lung system will disappear, I'm afraid you can't cough out if you want to!

When Master said this, I interrupted Master's words and asked, "Master, is this mind still connected to your body?" ”

Master nodded and said, "Of course there is a connection!" The connection is not small! ”

It turns out that when people themselves are looking for the benefits of others, they will invisibly moisturize their skin, and the so-called "lungs are the main skin" people's lungs will naturally become better.

Some people will ask, "I'm just a very gloomy personality, and now I'm in a very poor physical and mental state." I can't help it, I can't do it when I'm angry, it's hard for me to do it when I'm giving and rejoicing, the realm is too high. How do I start to reverse this gloomy personality? ”

The answer is: learn to find the good in others. This is relatively easy to learn and do. You treat others as our God, how can we complain? How can you not see the benefits of heaven? You can find the benefit of others, that is, you can breathe with the heavens and connect with the spirit, and the diseases of the lung system will be cured.

Diseases of the lung system are not terrible, because they are very easy to find, and if they are found, they have the possibility of being cured; What is scary is the sub-health state of the lung system, because it is so difficult to detect. For example, if someone has bad skin, most people think it is a symptom, but who would think that it is related to the lungs?

Nowadays, people, because they are women, want their skin to be better, whiter, and prettier, and think that beautiful looks mean everything?

In fact, the key depends on whether her soul is beautiful or not! Because a beautiful girl's soul must be beautiful, and she is born from her heart. Nowadays, people emphasize good skin, and there is some truth to this.

The fur, every pore is the opening of the lungs, and they are all breathing. It is said that two workers in a nail polish factory abroad joked that worker A applied nail polish to worker B, but as soon as he applied it, worker B died. How did he die? The pores are all blocked, and people will suffocate to death even if they have a mouth and nose to breathe.

Pores are the maintenance station of our skin, three steps and one post, five steps and one whistle, always exchanging substances with the outside world through subtle breathing, excreting waste, and maintaining our skin. Pores can only work properly if the lung system is working properly; Skin can only be good if every pore is good.

So, having good skin, to some extent, means that the person's lung system is healthy, and a healthy lung system means that the person is easy to see the good in others. In other words, only people who can see the good in others on a regular basis will have healthy skin!

Seeing that I was listening carefully, Master continued, "I have just briefly explained to you some of the superficial phenomena and results caused by jealousy, and now I will talk about the greater harm of jealousy. ”

The Chinese nation has always been known for its kindness and generosity, tolerance as a virtue, and jealousy as a shame. A broad-minded person will sincerely admire and praise the merits, strengths and achievements of others, reflect on his own shortcomings, learn from others, and concentrate on his own career.

Jealousy stems from narrow-mindedness and selfishness, only those who are not virtuous, short-sighted, will be jealous of others, they see that others are good, they feel very sad in their hearts, today they are afraid of who surpasses themselves, tomorrow they are worried about who walks in front of them, and they will not have peace in their lives.

What's more, if they are driven by jealousy to frame good people and do all the bad things, even if they gain power for a while, they can only end up making themselves alone, and they will definitely not be able to escape the punishment of karma, because the laws of heaven are restricting everything.

In ancient China, there was a "Romance of the Gods", at that time, the original Tianzun sent Jiang Ziya down the mountain to be responsible for the gods, and Shen Gongbao was Jiang Ziya's younger brother in the story of "The Romance of the Gods", and Jiang Ziya apprenticed to Yuan Shi Tianzun together.

When Shen Gongbao knew that Yuan Shi Tianzun sent Jiang Ziya down the mountain to help Zhou destroy Shang and seal the gods, he was very jealous, and he asked Jiang Ziya and said, "Which one do you want to protect?" Jiang Ziya said: "I am now the king of Baowu, the king of extermination, and I should go to heaven to hang the elephant." Wu Wang De is matched with Yao and Shun, and he is benevolent and Tianxin; The king has no way, and the situation is gloomy, and this is gone. Shen Gongbao said: "Now I want to keep the soup and support the king." You have to help Zhou, and I will restrain you. Jiang Ziya said: "Where are you talking!" How dare you violate the dignity of the teacher? Besides, how dare the people of the Mandate of Heaven rebel! Shen Gongbao said angrily: "Jiang Ziya, I expect you to protect Zhou, how much skill you have, and you have only been practicing for forty years." How can you compare to me taking off the head, throwing it into the air, and putting it back into the neck, still returning to the original and regaining my ability to speak. What can you do, dare to protect Zhou Zhou! Jiang Ziya ignored him, and Shen Gongbao left with hatred.

Since then, Shen Gongbao has been deliberately against Jiang Ziya, instigating the immortals of the Three Mountains and Five Mountains to repeatedly want to kill Jiang Ziya, once after being taken by Yuan Shi Tianzun, he was ready to order the Yellow Turban Lux to press Shen Gongbao under the Qilin Cliff, Shen Gongbao swore to Yuan Shi Tianzun: "If the disciple wants to make the immortal family block Jiang Ziya again, the disciple is willing to stuff his body into the Beihai Eye." "Yuan Shi Tianzun just released Shen Gongbao.

However, Shen Gongbao did not repent, and continued to sow discord, allowing the Tongtian Sect Master to set up a Ten Thousand Immortal Array to deal with Jiang Ziya and others, causing great difficulties for King Wu. Shen Gong Leopard helped to abuse, full of evil, Yuan Shi Tianzun knocked him down with the Three Treasures Ruyi, and killed his mount Tiger, and said to Shen Gong Leopard: "You once made an oath to go to the North Sea Eye, and today you have no resignation." "Ordered the Yellow Turban Lux to roll up the Shengong Leopard with a futon and take it to stuff the Beihai Eye, and the Shengong Leopard can be said to have suffered by himself.

There is a poem that says: "It is ridiculous to teach Shen Gongbao to protect the soup and destroy the king of martial arts." Who knows the sea today, and doesn't know the vicissitudes of the red sun. ”

When I heard this, I also understood what Master said about the great harm caused by this jealousy, and finally reminded me solemnly: "Apprentice, you must remember that this jealousy is very harmful, if you don't cultivate your own heart, your cultivation will become very fragile in other aspects, so you must pay more attention and let go of this heart completely!" ……”

Seeing that I understood this truth, Master said with relief: "The time is almost up tonight, the sky is about to dawn, you should also go back, at the time of separation, apprentice, you should remember that our method should not pay attention to tangible things, but work more on your own heart!" As soon as Master finished speaking, I saw that the scene in front of me was changing rapidly, and I couldn't help but feel dizzy in front of my eyes, I closed my eyes tightly, and when I opened my eyes again, I found that I was still standing in front of the window, and my eyes were still looking at a bright moon in the sky.

Although the sky is already bright, but the message that the moon transmits to me today is so different, I have never felt this feeling before, the moonlight on my body feels, my whole body is warm, indescribably comfortable, the mechanism in the body is running rapidly, the mechanism is running in time and time is very mysterious.