After two days like this, Luo Yin finally adapted to the endless changes in the starry sky map, and no longer felt dizzy.

At this time, he began to think about how to write down all the changes, "It is better to start with the part, memorize the change trajectory of each star, and then finally the stars converge, and you can naturally clearly understand the changes in the entire starry sky." ”

Thinking of this, he began to observe the starry sky, intending to choose a star with the simplest and easiest trajectory to remember.

"That's it!" he cursoled through the entire starry sky, finally finding the simplest one, and began to carefully observe its changes.

When he remembered the trajectory of the simplest one clearly, he took this star as the center and incorporated every star around it into his observations.

Observations, memories. From the point to the surface, from the surface to the entire starry sky.

When you practice hard, time always flies, and a month passes in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Zhang Xingzhi came to Luo Yin's room and saw that he was intently observing the starry sky map, without noticing his arrival at all. He smiled slightly, coughed and said, "Apprentice, how are you observing?"

Luo Yin heard coughing and talking, and only then did he wake up from his concentration. He stood up and saluted to Zhang Xingzhi, "Master, the disciple has clearly memorized the changes in the entire starry sky map, and is about to start trying to visualize it in his heart. ”

"Oh, I remember it so quickly. Tell me, how do you remember it?"

"Although this starry sky map is as vast as a sea of smoke and has thousands of changes, no matter how vast the sea of smoke is, it is also composed of grains of smoke and dust. Therefore, the disciple began to observe and remember the changes of each star, and when the trajectory of all the stars was clear in his heart, the whole starry sky map was naturally in his heart. ”

Zhang Xingzhi looked at the disciple in front of him, and couldn't help but look a little differently, although he had average talent, this understanding was quite good. You must know all the changes in this memory starry sky map, but the difficulty of getting started with the "Heavenly Mixed Yuan True Sutra" is far more difficult than that of other sects to remember the geography of mountains and rivers and the image of the immortal Buddha.

It took him more than three months to write down the star map, and he didn't expect that he had found the breakthrough at the beginning, starting to memorize from point to surface, but the memory was completed in one month.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xing's heart couldn't help but feel a little relieved, this disciple didn't choose the wrong one, and it is unknown whether he may be able to really explore the scenery after Jindan in the future. Thinking of this, he encouraged his disciples a few words, and began to explain to Luo Yin the method of visualizing the starry sky map and the key points that need to be paid attention to.

"The first step in visualizing a starry sky map is to empty your mind, free from distractions, and eliminate all distractions. You sit down cross-legged on the bed, put your hands on your lap naturally, palms up, and then close your eyes and start to let go of all thoughts, forgetting all things in heaven and earth, forgetting yourself, forgetting your practice, forgetting your visualization, forgetting everything, until your whole mind is at peace. ”

Luo Yin followed what Zhang Xingzhi said, sat on the head of the bed with his palms up, closed his eyes and began to meditate, trying to forget everything.

But after a while, all kinds of thoughts came to his mind, including his views on visualization, his expectations for cultivation, and his desire for immortality......

He tried hard to forget all this, tried hard to tell himself not to think about anything, but unfortunately, the more this happened, the more distractions in his heart became, resulting in him not being able to reach the state of stopping water at all.

He opened his eyes, sighed, and said, "Master, when a disciple meditates, he is always unable to meditate, and all kinds of thoughts are constantly lingering in his heart. ”

Zhang Xingzhi: "It's always the case for the first time, just practice more." The more astute the person who meditates on this process, the more difficult it is for them to do it, because they have too many thoughts and too many thoughts, and it is difficult to remove the distracting thoughts in their hearts. ”

"What should the disciple do?"

"Don't think about anything, meditate quietly, don't deliberately think about getting rid of distracting thoughts, don't deliberately think about meditating, and don't think about other things. When you empty your mind and body, you will naturally be able to achieve a state of tranquility. When you can calm your mind and stop being affected by distractions, you can start visualizing the starry sky. Otherwise, if the mind is not quiet and is constantly disturbed by distracting thoughts, it will not be possible to visualize successfully. ”

"You practice on your own, and come back to me if you have any questions. After Zhang Xingzhi finished speaking, he left the room, leaving Luo Yin to practice alone.

After Zhang Xingzhi left, Luo Yin returned to the bed and sat upright, seriously recalling what Zhang Xingzhi had taught just now.

He has understood that the key to meditation is not to think deliberately, not to deliberately forget, and not to deliberately remove distracting thoughts, because all deliberate and wanting to remove distracting thoughts is the greatest distraction.

After thinking about it again, close your eyes and stop caring about all the thoughts in your heart, and keep your mind alone. Whether it is the memories of the past or the expectations for the future, they no longer care about it, let them linger in their hearts.

Gradually, all thoughts slowly dissipated in his heart, his mind was blank, there was no more thought, and he fell into a state of emptiness.

Suddenly, a thought crossed his mind, just now he seemed to be empty in his heart, he was happy in his heart, and he knew that he had touched the threshold.

It's just that his thoughts were together, and distracting thoughts were numerous, and he instantly retreated from his state of tranquility.

"I've found my way, and I should be able to try a few more times. With thought to himself, he began to try again.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month passed, and he finally reached the realm of concentrating and calming his mind, and at this time, he could already start visualizing the starry sky map.

......

On this day, he sat quietly in the room, his eyes closed.

In the empty silence of my mind, a shining star was moving endlessly, cutting a beautiful arc.

He opened his eyes, exhaled, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said happily in his heart: "Finally visualized a star, and successfully took the first step, now it's time to visualize other stars and integrate them into it." ”

"Once this first stroke is made, it will be much easier in the future. It's just that if you want to completely visualize the starry sky map, you have to build it all in one go, otherwise you will have to start from scratch if you fail. ”

Thinking of this, he closed his eyes again, emptied his mind, and began to continue to visualize in his mind. Time kept flowing, and he was immersed in cultivation, not realizing how much time had passed.

From the very beginning, I can only visualize one star, to visualize the neighboring stars into the system, and then to the continuous improvement of each star, and gradually build a nearly complete starry sky map in my mind......