Chapter 22: The Demon Appears
Yin and Yang run in all four images, and mutual growth and restraint come first.
Heaven and earth have changed dramatically, and the avenue is invisible and courageous.
I worked as an assistant to Mr. Cao in the pharmacy for half a day, and I returned home at dinner time, and the chat with Mr. Cao this afternoon made me feel that I had gained a lot, and it was of great help to my future cultivation and growth.
In the evening, when I was eating at home, my mother, who was not very talkative, told me and my father a story, which touched me a lot, and the content of the story also helped me a lot in my future practice.
This story is about: in the afternoon meditation hall, the first monk is meditating, and a little monk is next to the first monk, but he is lying on the meditation bench to sleep, and he is snoring, and he is still sleeping very comfortably.
At this time, the old abbot pushed the door and walked into the meditation hall. When the little monk heard the sound, he opened his eyes slightly, glanced at it, turned over and continued to sleep. The first monk did not squint, seemed to have no distractions, and meditated there diligently.
I saw the old monk raise the incense board and beat it down! "Smack!" The incense board rests on the shoulders of the first monk.
The first monk was puzzled and couldn't help asking, "Master, I'm meditating and working hard, and he's sleeping, why don't you beat him, but you come to beat me?" ”
The abbot couldn't help but say, and it was a big board: "It's you who hit!" People are working hard when they sleep, but you are sitting here and playing delusions! ”
My mother said, "What is the purpose of studying? How would you feel if this board hit you? ”
Mom didn't say much, but it made me wake up suddenly, yes, when we are doing superficial practice day after day, but our hearts have been climbing outward, observing the mistakes of others, and comparing the faults of others, I feel that I am doing better. Slowly being anesthetized by the forms and appearances of the practice, and forgetting the original meaning of the mind.
I asked myself, now I have learned a lot of superficial kung fu, I can see the human body with heavenly eyes, I know the medical skills of Chinese medicine, and I can meditate on both sides...... I worked so hard to do this, and I was praised by others, so I thought that I had cultivated well, but I forgot what the essence of my cultivation was.
At this time, I gradually regarded these "appearances" as the practice itself without realizing it, as if as long as I completed these "lessons" every day, I was diligent, and I was one step closer to liberation.
As everyone knows, I have turned my practice into a new habit, or a "habit", thinking that I am "practicing" and "improving", but in fact it is only on the surface, and there is no change on the inside. What good is this kind of "practice" that does not enter the heart for us?
True practice is to "refine the mind through events", which is to constantly stay awake and subdue the troubles of the mind. When the Master hits him with a stick, you should ask yourself if it hurts, not that I am better than him. When you plant the right seeds, you will bear good fruits.
You don't need to numb yourself with your practice, you don't have to be deceived by the illusion of "practice", you don't deceive yourself, you don't deceive others, you live and become enlightened with your heart.
When I thought about this, suddenly, there seemed to be some kind of separation between my body from the inside out, and all the sweat pores on my body opened, and something seemed to be slowly emerging from my body, and I felt a sense of enlightenment and enlightenment in my heart.
There was a cyclone above my head that was spinning rapidly, and all I could hear was a "boom" in my head, as if something had cracked in my head, and it was evident from it.
When I used the celestial eyes to look around, I found that the objects and human bodies in this space were gone, but they had penetrated this space and seen objects in another space.
I hurriedly withdrew the Heavenly Eye, thinking to myself, could it be that the enlightenment just now made my Heavenly Eye Ability improve another level? Got to the next level? I didn't expect that a story that my mother told at the dinner table would inspire me so much.
I suppressed my excitement and went back to my room. Sitting in front of my desk, I observed the situation in the house with Tianmu, and found that the location of the whole building where we lived, in another space, here is a huge grassland, the warm sun shines on this grassland, the grassland looks more transparent, more beautiful, give me a crystal clear feeling, there is no trace of dirt here in this grassland.
Not far from the grassland, I faintly saw a large dense forest, and out of curiosity, my consciousness slowly approached the dense forest.
Soon my eyes appeared in this dense forest, and in front of me was an endless sea of forests, lush and dense, blocking my view. In this dense forest, towering trees appear one by one, and in the depths of the dense forest, there is a small stream, and the clear water can illuminate the human figure. I walked aimlessly through the dense forest, and I don't know how long it had been.
Suddenly, a terrifying eerie laugh came from behind my conscious body: "Ahhh The sound kept vibrating into my brain, making my head crack with pain.
When I looked back, I didn't find anything, but the eerie feeling was uncomfortable, and the sound was still echoing in my ears.
At this moment, I instinctively clung to my mind and quickly mobilized the speed of my own exercises, and when the exercises suddenly accelerated, I was able to resist the impact of the sound on my brain.
It was almost a meal before the sound slowly faded away, and not far in front of me, a black figure slowly emerging from the void stood not far in front of me, but I couldn't see his face clearly, only a black humanoid figure appeared there.
The chaotic figure stood still in front of me, and at this time, a black fog slowly overflowed from behind him, mixed with red lightning in the black fog, and the figure on the other side did not speak, but he raised his hand and pushed the black mist towards me.
When the black mist mixed with red lightning approached my body, I clearly felt a feeling of suffocation around my body, as well as a numbness on my skin, and then I felt a wave of vertigo in my head.
The black mist slowly wrapped me, so that the body could not move a little, just when I was about to lose consciousness, at some point on my body surface appeared a circle of golden halo, the appearance of this halo made my mind keep a trace of clear, at this time I will slowly open the right hand on my side, concentrate the energy in the body in the palm of the right hand, and use my mind to control the energy in the palm of the palm to shoot out, attacking the black mist around the body.
Under the impact of my energy, the black mist began to slowly dissipate until it finally disappeared completely.
As soon as the black mist cleared, my consciousness was able to move freely, and I quickly swung my hand to slam the energy into the figure in front of me, who had vanished and let out a grim smile before my attack reached the shadow.
A chilling voice came from the place where the black shadow disappeared: "It's been almost 10,000 years, and I finally found you, hahahahaha..."
I looked around and asked, "Who are you?" Why are you attacking me? Can you explain this to me? ”
I heard a voice around me: "You will know who I am, but I will give you a chance, as long as you give up your cultivation, I will not appear in front of you again, and I will never interfere with you again, what do you think?" ”
I sneered firmly in the direction of the voice, "You are too ridiculous, how can you make me give up my cultivation?" No matter how much you interfere with me, you can't shake my firm heart of cultivation. ”
The voice continued to come from the surroundings: "Okay, then let's wait and see, I will appear from time to time until you give up your cultivation!" I'm not going to stop! Will be back! Quack! ”
The laughter grew smaller and farther away, until at last it was completely inaudible. My consciousness was still standing in place, observing the dense forest around me, and I didn't notice any sound.
I retracted my Heavenly Eyes, and I was still sitting in the seat in front of my desk, although my body was still here, my soul showed a kind of fatigue, and my spirit was also a little lost, and there was a faint sense of detachment.
Looking back on the experience now, it's really a bit creepy, but luckily the black mist that enveloped my consciousness body was repelled, otherwise something might have happened tonight.
Maybe because the energy consumption just now was a bit huge, even with my body I felt very tired, and I fell asleep after lying in bed for a short time.
There was nothing to say all night, when I woke up leisurely, I looked at my watch before five o'clock in the morning, and my body was still a little tired, so that people were reluctant to get up, I lay on the bed and thought about the evil black shadow that appeared last night, and I couldn't help but have some doubts in my heart, I didn't know what was going on.
In order to understand the doubts in my happiness, I quickly sat up and entered a meditative state, wanting to ask my master what was going on.
As I entered the state of meditation, the moment I entered the meditation, my consciousness immediately appeared in the chaotic space of the Master, and the figure of the Master stood not far from me, quietly waiting for my arrival.
When Master saw me appear, I was about to speak, but he immediately waved his hand at me, and said with a somewhat serious expression: "You don't need to say more, I already know what happened before, I didn't expect them to find you so quickly, it seems that we have to speed up." ”
Before I could ask Master, Master explained to me, "The person who appeared last night has a very special identity, a person from an evil force, and I will tell you more about this when I have time." But this demon has some relationship with you, his previous life was the co-worker who knocked down Buzhou Mountain, after the fire god Zhu Rong killed him, his soul didn't know what method was used, he still retained the memory of the past, and he could find you to seek revenge, it seems that there must be some reason and conspiracy behind this, your cultivation path will be more dangerous in the future, you must always be vigilant. ”
I asked Master again, "Master, what is the golden halo that appears on me?" It was that halo that protected me from being attacked by the other side. ”
Master smiled: "That golden halo is an energy protection shield that I gave you, and when your cultivation grows to the point where you can protect yourself, this cover will naturally disappear, but there is also a limit to the energy shield, that is to say, if the other party's ability exceeds that of me, the master, the energy shield will not work, so you still have to pay more attention." ”
After speaking, Master used his divine sense to probe my situation again, and found that there was nothing wrong with my body, and he was relieved.
Master changed the topic and said to me: "Disciple, your current level of Tianmu has reached the level of discernment, you will see different creatures and different forms of material existence in different spaces, but you should not move any mind, your mind must be stable, so that what you see is real, if you see something magical or beautiful, as long as your heart moves, the scenery will change immediately, you have to pay special attention!" Remember! No matter what you see, don't move your heart and don't rejoice so that you can continue to improve. ”
I listened carefully to Master's teachings, and I was apprehensive about what happened tonight, and secretly thought that I was fortunate to have the energy protection shield given by Master, otherwise it would be really dangerous tonight, and I would have to be more serious and diligent in the future, and I couldn't always trouble Master like this.
I asked Master a few more questions I had encountered in my cultivation, and Master answered them all for me, and in the end, Master saw that the time was not too early, and Master sent my consciousness back to my body.
I slowly opened my eyes and looked at the clock at exactly seven o'clock, but my whole mind was still thinking about the questions that Master had answered for me, because there were some things that I needed to comprehend and understand by myself.
In the process of my internship in the pharmacy, I experienced several patients, and I deliberately did not use the method of opening my eyes to identify the symptoms according to the method taught by Mr. Cao, and found that most of the human diseases were the same as the dialectical method taught to me by Mr. Cao.
Through the comparison of the heavenly eyes and the actual illness, I found that there is a deeper cause for the illness of the human body, that is, I found that some major diseases are also directly related to the cause and effect of the person's past life, and it is not entirely caused by some emotions and mental problems of the person in this world.
Through the two-day internship on Saturdays and Sundays, my medical skills have improved again, and the past two days have been very fulfilling, and because of my excellent performance in the pharmacy last week, more people have come to the pharmacy to see a doctor and buy medicine this week, and my nickname of "little miracle doctor" has begun to spread outside.
In addition to coming to the clinic every day for practice, Mr. Cao has also prepared a large number of medical books for me in the past few days, including about Western medicine, which is said to allow me to be compatible with animals and develop in an all-round way.
In the past few days, due to my Heavenly Eye level, I have reached the realm of discerning vision, and I have found that the black qi in the patient's body is not the root cause of the disease, and there will be a strange spirit lying there in the deeper space of the lesion, which is the root cause of the illness caused by that spirit.
Some spirits can communicate, and most of the illnesses have a cause, and that strange spirit can be understood as the cause and effect of what was owed to people before.
As long as the reason behind this is solved, people's diseases can be cured without cure, but it is difficult to do so, because debts cannot be repaid.
Now Tianmu has reached the level of discernment, which also makes me more sober and clear about my goals, and I will continue to move forward towards that beautiful tomorrow.
As I ascended to the level of my Heavenly Eye, I saw more and more scenes from other dimensions, and I came into contact with more and more objects or living forms in other spaces.
On this day, when I just entered the state of meditation, my heavenly eyes saw a vast sea in front of me, the sea looked very gentle, giving me an urge to hug, standing on the beach, the sea water is like a pair of warm hands, gently caressing you, let me deeply feel the depth of the sea.
The water was unusually clear, shining in the setting sun, the waves jumped like a naughty child, and the water was covered with a golden light.
Just as I was enjoying the beautiful scenery in front of me, there was a black mist in the haze on the shore of the sea, and the figure that had appeared last time in the black fog appeared in front of me again.
When he appeared, he found a single-pointed halberd in his hand, with a blue glow in his eyes, slowly approaching me from far and near.
At this time, he held the single-pointed halberd between his two hands, pointed at me, and a black ball of energy appeared at the sharp blade of the halberd, and after a while, the diameter of the energy ball slowly increased, and when it grew to the size of two footballs, he shouted "Hi! "Pushed the black energy mass towards me.
When I saw this, I immediately used the exercises, concentrated my own energy, and shot towards the black energy ball, and when my energy collided with his black energy group, my energy was slowly swallowed by the black energy group on the opposite side.
Seeing this, I was shocked and secretly said no! My skill seems to be inferior to his, the pressure in front of me is getting bigger and bigger, and I keep urging the energy in my body to compete with the black energy ball.
When the black energy approached less than a meter in front of me, sweat had begun to seep out of my forehead, and just when I didn't know what to do, a chaotic white mist appeared not far to my left.
Out of the chaotic mist came a figure familiar to me, it was my master, the master raised his right hand, grabbed the black mist with one hand, and shouted at the same time: "Knot!" Extinguish! The black ball of energy disappeared in an instant.
Looking at the figure in the sea again, when I saw my master coming, without any hesitation, my figure threw itself into the sea, and disappeared into the vast sea in a short time.
The pressure in front of me disappeared, I knelt on the ground sweating profusely and panting, Master slowly helped me up from the ground and said to me, "If you really cultivate, you will encounter demons!" ”
I asked Master, "Master, what kind of evil forces are they?" Why did you come to fight me three times and twice, and that black shadow's skill is much higher than mine. ”
At this time, Master explained to me, "The forces represented behind that black shadow should not be underestimated, we call them the 'Evil Heaven Alliance', their power is beyond your imagination, they are composed of negative energy factors on this earth where we live, and their evil tentacles have reached many distant galaxies in the universe. And we cultivators are the defenders of this earth, defending this earth from being invaded by external forces, and at the same time, we also represent a force, and that evil force has been fighting with us for thousands of years. ”
Puzzled, I said to Master, "Since they represent evil, that is, evil demons, then why don't those righteous beings at a higher level care?" ”
When I asked this, Master's expression became extremely solemn, and he said, "You can't know this yet, you have to remember that everything in the world has a reason, there is no such thing, it must be certain, and everything that happens has a reason behind it. ”
Master told me in a serious voice, "As a doer, you are all people with a background, a person with a mission, a person who serves with the light of the world, a human being who guides the human beings of the earth, and a real person who leaps forward to a new civilization. ”
I understand what Master means, that is, no matter what kind of mission God has given you, you will be subjected to different forms and degrees of trials and painful trials. will be confirmed in trials and trials.
Each practitioner can identify themselves in relation to their personal experience of cultivation and history of suffering and suffering.
When Heaven wants to give you blessings, he is talking about the real blessings - to open up your wisdom, to let your life grow, to let you preach on behalf of Heaven, to educate sentient beings, so that you can realize your existence for God through karma, to achieve some compassionate salvation, or to establish virtue, meritorious service, and speech, so as to achieve the purpose of educating sentient beings.
And you are the one who comes by wish, you will face the test of blessing from heaven and wisdom from heaven, tempering you with extremely unreasonable personnel, and testing you!
But if you can be alert in the present, you can go against your habits and let your mind open up infinitely, and when you are stimulated by unreasonable people, unreasonable things, or unreasonable circumstances, it is to increase your virtue and expand your mind.
Your "mind" is defeated and becomes smaller and smaller, or is it the reverse vigilance, your compassionate persistence, which makes your "mind" bigger and bigger, and the mind is the same thing as your spiritual wisdom.
In the face of any sinister situation, in the face of evil people, bad people who bully us, attack us, hurt us, we can be grateful for these causes.
And because of the transformation of seeing these blind spots of inadequacy, life has immeasurably pure brilliance, and then there will be great blessings behind it! These blessings may be the causes for physical and mental peace, the fulfillment of life, and the existence of God through you for compassion to be fulfilled.
He will give you unlimited chips and unlimited resources, but he must go against your habits and test you! You have been defeated, you are an ordinary man, and you will sink forever in the six realms of reincarnation.
If you have not been examined, but have been transformed, then you are the messenger of heaven and the messenger of love! In this cause, let us see that our compassion is insufficient, that our mind is insufficient.
These various physical and mental discomfort reactions of varying degrees and persecution, blows and insults from many sides. You can say that it is okay to eliminate karma, you can say that it is okay to repay debts, you say that it is tempering, anyway, it is cultivating you, exercising you, and achieving you!
Therefore, for those who have attacked, persecuted, and insulted you, you should not be hateful, but grateful! At the same time, the majesty is with you! For those who undermine people's faith, we must resolutely eliminate them, and we must not let them pollute the earth.
Master continued: It is through them that they are blessing and elevating you, and without their tempering of you, how can you grow? If everything follows you, then you will never be trained to grow up, and you will always be a mortal. Not many people know what this means.
How can there be sweetness without bitterness? How can there be happiness without pain? Just like there is no night, how can there be day? Without demons, how can there be Buddhas, the two opposites are unified, each other is their root, and they push each other to interact with each other and eliminate each other.
And the Dao Walker is to transcend the relative existence, so for the hardships and pains of adversity, we must fully accept, bear calmly, and even enjoy happily, can not resist, cannot refuse, can not linger, let alone hate and resent, but should be grateful and grateful!
This is the standard of a true Dao walker, and it is also the place where ordinary people and good people are surpassed. As for why this is so, it is obviously the need to transcend the contradiction and enter into harmony and unity, but also the need to transcend oneself and integrate into the universe, but also the need to be with God Allah and the divine body with the immortal Buddha, is it real gold or broken iron? It must be tested!
In addition to calmly bearing the pressure and suffering brought about by adversity, we should also reflect on our own mistakes and shortcomings in the painful ordeal, and improve our willpower, endurance and broad-mindedness to tolerate everything through adversity and pain.
Including the penetrating ability of problem cognition and the deep concentration of not panicking in distress! At the same time, comprehension can not be less, and the epiphany that understands the truth of life in the universe is the best growth of life, and it is also the only way to enter the Cosmic Golden Avenue!
I listened quietly to Master's teachings, and knew that I was extremely lucky to be able to become a cultivator in this life, and to be a qualified Dao practitioner, I should also see myself more clearly, find out my own shortcomings, and improve more quickly.
Master finally said to me, "What you have to pay attention to now is to keep improving, keep your mind, and the demons will still appear, so you should hurry up and improve as soon as possible, as your level increases, you will have new abilities and energies." ”
I nodded firmly to Master, and at the same time assured Master that I would diligently practice, and I asked Master to rest assured that I would become the protector of our earth!
Master smiled at the end, slowly disappeared beside me, and my consciousness returned to my body, once again falling into a state of forgetting both things and self, and the exercises in my body were running according to the practice route, repairing and replenishing the damage and energy in my body.
As I meditated, I wondered in my mind what my Tao was. I was thinking back to Master's words, and from Master's words, I deeply realized that my Tao is actually my current life, and in this seemingly ordinary life, I realized my own Dao, because the Great Dao is invisible, and since it is formless and substantial, it is not in the form of cultivation, this is the real Dao invisible...
When I recovered from the meditation state again, it was already the morning of the next day, and the warm sun was shining on my body, and people were living and working as usual, but they didn't know that there was a group behind them to protect them.