(Inscription: Do the so-called Boxer Fist and the somersault clouds in Journey to the West really exist in reality? Or are they just ignorant superstitions and myths created by literature? These are neither superstitions nor myths, but after the veil of mystery is lifted, many people may be disappointed.) So it's better to keep a little mystery about some things in the world, and legends are more interesting than facts. ）

Of course, I can't ask for such an opportunity! Feng Junzi and Shang Yunfei are both mysterious existences in my opinion. And I still don't know the origin of the wind gentleman, in short, I think this person is a little more angry, what he taught me is really a bit of a duck. And Yunfei is different, he is a disciple of the famous Living Buddha, according to the current words, he is a serious professional background. If he is willing to stretch out his fingers, it is much better than me to fumble around on my own.

Yunfei taught me very simple, but it was much more detailed than what Feng Junzi taught, and he taught me the "Seven Branches of Sitting" and "Stopping the Heart and Resting".

Yunfei said to me: "Although walking, sitting and lying are all practices, but for beginners, meditation is the first level, how can you be upright, the gentleman doesn't even teach you how to adjust the body and sit, it's too unreasonable." As he spoke, Yun Fei found a flat place on the side of the road, sat down cross-legged, and beckoned to me, "Let me tell you about the most commonly used and most standard seven-branch sitting method." ”

The so-called seven-branch sitting method refers to the seven points of sitting: (1) Double-footed gam. (2) The spine is erect. (3) The left and right hands are knotted, and the lower abdomen is placed flat on the hip bone, and the palms of the two hands are upward, and the back of the right hand is flat on the left palm, and the thumbs are gently touched. It is called the Buddhist samadhi seal (fixed seal). (4) Stretch your shoulders. (5) The head is slightly closed. (6) Eyes half-open and half-closed. (7) The tip of the tongue touches the palate. When meditating, you must relax your whole body and smile slightly, you must not be too hungry, you must not sit in the wind, and you must not be forced to meditate for too long.

After Yun Fei finished speaking, I also sat down beside him according to his appearance, but I couldn't imitate it. My leg joints were too hard to coil like he did. He placed his right foot with the center of his foot facing up on his left thigh, and then he placed his left foot with the center of his foot facing up on his right thigh, and the legs were coiled together like a knot.

Yun Fei saw that I couldn't cross my legs for a long time, shook his head, and said: "Forget it, don't be so cross-legged, you put your left foot on your right leg and try it, well, it's barely possible, this is called King Kong sitting, put your right foot on your left leg, and call it Ruyi sitting." You just sit like this. Be aware that some people start to practice meditation and feel unbearable soreness in their legs every once in a while, pay attention to loosening their legs, relax their blood veins, and then continue cross-legged. Many people can't tie me, when I was a child, the master tied my legs with a rope, and I think you need to tie a bundle as well......"

Damn, I have to be tied with a rope to meditate? This is the first time I've heard of it. Yunfei taught me the "Seven Branches of Sitting" and then taught me the "Stop Your Heart and Rest". Yunfei explained to me in detail the four phases of Buddhism on meditation and pranayama, "wind, breath, breath, and breath". Wind phase: sound in and out. Wheezing: Silent but in and out. Gas phase: silent and unconscious, but the mind is rough. Phase: silent, not stagnant, not rough, floating in and out, if alive or dead. Only when the breath can the body and mind be stable can it be settled.

Yun Fei also said that if I really have a foundation in the past few days, I can verify the realm of "wanting to define" or "the first meditation has not yet reached the ground". After Yunfei finished speaking, he also told me not to tell the Wind Gentleman about tonight. Since he was kind enough to help me not tell the Wind Gentleman, he wouldn't tell. Anyway, the wind gentleman said that everything is whatever, and I don't think he will mind.

The change of events occurred on the night when Shang Yunfei taught me the "Seven Branches of Sitting" and "Stopping the Heart and Resting". According to Yunfei's teaching, "Seven Branches of Ruyi Sitting", after sitting, adjust the breath and breath, and the mind seems to come and go with the breath, and it seems to be nothing, and I really feel that it is "convenient" a lot. In this meditation, I don't know how long it took, I suddenly entered a strange state: I only felt that the world around me was quiet, time seemed to have stopped, and the breath seemed to have stopped to the very subtle point, almost imperceptible, and I didn't know where the thoughts of rest were. Just when I almost forgot about the existence of my body, a warm, numb and crispy feeling quietly appeared, gradually spreading all over my body.

This feeling does not flow from the limbs of the body, but from the heart, which makes people feel very comfortable, and has a few nostalgia, almost unwilling to get up from sitting down, and wants to sit quietly like this. It turns out that meditation can also be a kind of enjoyment? No wonder those monks and Taoists have nothing to do with it! Just as I was immersed in it, my shoulders jumped involuntarily without warning. Immediately after that, from the shoulders down, the whole body began to tremble involuntarily. The tremor was subtle at first and felt very comfortable, but gradually something was wrong. The movement of various parts of the body is getting bigger and bigger, and it seems that there is an invisible force that is walking around the body at will, and it is not under my control. Luckily, I'm sitting cross-legged now, otherwise I might have danced.

I didn't stop for a long time, until Huang Jianfeng, who was on the top bunk, couldn't help but pat the bed board and said to me: "Shi Ye, why do you always turn over when you don't sleep? That's when I ended that strange state and came back to reality. Is this what Yunfei calls "wanting to define"? To be honest, that feeling was really good, but then the uncontrolled movement of the body was unexpected. After I made the decision, my legs were completely sore, and I straightened and straightened after massaging for a long time to recover, and after recovery, I felt that my legs felt very comfortable, really comfortable!

The next day, I wanted to find Yunfei and ask what was going on, but in the early morning, I unexpectedly ran into the Wind Gentleman at the stadium. The Wind Gentleman got up unusually early in the morning this day and seemed to be waiting for me at the stadium. Seeing me walk into the stadium from afar, he walked over and asked, "How has Ishino been calming down these days? It's the eighteenth day, do you have one more day to experience?"

Feng Junzi reminded me that time was really fast, and it had been eighteen days since he gave me the Zhuangzi. I originally wanted to ask Yunfei, since I met Feng Junzi, it didn't matter if I asked him, so I told him the original experience of meditation last night. I just remembered Yun Fei's advice and didn't tell him that Yun Fei taught me exercises.

After hearing this, Feng Junzi actually laughed at him and asked me with a smile: "Shi Ye, have you ever practiced qigong?"

The end of the 80s of the 20 th century was the beginning of the big 6 qigong craze in China. At that time, the qigong propaganda was not as magical and exaggerated as it was later, in short, there were qigong cures, qigong predictions, qigong dances, and qigong calligraphy. I remember once seeing a qigong master performing qigong calligraphy, he closed his eyes and waved it on paper with a pen in his hand, and according to him, qi walked freely. Thinking of my involuntary movements last night, I suddenly had an idea: if this kind of movement is only controlled by the hands, then can I also perform qigong calligraphy?

Seeing that I didn't answer, Feng Junzi continued: "Speaking of which, your situation is automatic. There are many ways to verify the realm of Yingning, and you have long expected it to be self-moving. ”

"As early as you expected?"

Feng Junzi smiled again: "When you were eight years old, you were sealed with a golden needle for ten years, although I accidentally unlocked it, but the flow of qi and blood was still stagnant. In the stillness, the qi flows naturally, and the meridians of the whole body are affected, and the ten ** will move spontaneously. The so-called Sakura Ning is Sakura scratching and then quiet. Now that you have realized what Sakura is, the next step is to seek tranquility in Sakura. But if you're always restless, I'm afraid you can go to the Divine Fist!"

"Punch the gods?"

Feng Junzi nodded: "It's the Divine Fist, have you heard of the Boxers? It's the gang that was known as Fuqing and Exterminating the West a hundred years ago." They call themselves the Righteous Divine Fist, and the supernatural power they call is this kind of automatic skill, but they call it the Divine Fist. Automatic is also a type of Qigong exercise, and if you decide to go down this path, you can join the Boxers. ”

The Wind Gentleman is so funny that he even pulled out the Boxers. I asked a little inexplicably, "You said I can also fight the Divine Fist?"

Wind Gentleman: "Since you're so curious, I'll let you experience it for yourself." Your current cultivation is not suitable for standing and meditating, but if you want to play the Divine Fist, you can try it standing up. Just relax and stand up, the mind is the same, what you did last night, you can do it now. ”

I've never tried it standing still, and since the Wind Gentleman wants me to try it, I'll try it. This is where the question comes. I still stopped, and when my mind was still, my shoulders moved almost immediately, and then my hands waved involuntarily. I was slightly closed, my eyes were slightly closed, and as my hands waved, I involuntarily turned in circles and walked away, and gradually my movements became bigger and bigger, and it was really like boxing.

I don't think it's an exaggeration when I sit cross-legged, but now that I'm letting go of my body and walking around, I feel very light and almost want to fly. Just as I was dancing, I suddenly heard the wind gentleman whispering in my ear: "The somersault clouds rise!" With this low shout, I involuntarily rushed forward with two steps, took off in the air, somersaulted, and then landed lightly (a bit of the feeling of light power in martial arts novels). One heel followed by two more heels, which are all moves that I can't normally do. At this time, I heard the wind gentleman shouting: "Enough, don't play tricks, let's get credit!"

How can I collect the gong now that my body is almost uncontrollable? The wind gentleman has not taught me either! Probably the wind gentleman suddenly remembered that he did not teach me how to collect the gong, and hurriedly shouted again: "Calm down your shoulders, open your eyes and exhale and collect!" As he stopped drinking, my movements stopped, and I opened my eyes to look at him.

"Ishino, you're too exaggerated, even the somersault cloud has been turned out, and you can go out and jump the gods. When the Wind Gentleman spoke, he looked obviously surprised, but there was a bit of banter in the surprise.

I was taken aback: "Somersault clouds? Are you talking about Sun Wukong's somersault clouds? That's 108,000 miles, I just had a few heels." ”

The Wind Gentleman sighed: "Say it, you probably don't believe that this is the legendary somersault cloud." What 108,000 miles, that's nonsense, it's really like that, it's almost a circle and a half around the earth, do you think you are a spaceship? Of course, the descriptions in the novel are all literati exaggerations. And the somersault cloud is not made up out of thin air, its realistic basis is what you just turned over. How's it going? Do you feel like you've found Brother Monkey?"

"That's what the somersault cloud is all about? It's the first time I've heard of it!

Feng Junzi pretended to be serious and said: "Do you think that those witches and gods who dance the great gods are all pretending? Let me tell you, there are many people who are really jumping! You can invite the gods to come up while jumping, and it is actually not difficult to invite the gods to come up, but the ones invited are either monsters or ghosts, which is what those scientific experts now call transient split personality." If you aspire to be a witch god, I can teach you, and with your natural abilities, you could become the best witch ever!"

"Phew, you're a witch. You can't teach me something useful and noble. ”

The Wind Gentleman smiled again: "Just kidding, from Yingning to Sitting and Forgetting, you must pass this level." Quiet and vivid, from the scratching back to silence, the kung fu is almost the same. Actually, what I'm going to teach you is Dan Dao, don't worry, the time will naturally let you get started. It is more difficult to move from movement to static than from static to dynamic, and it is the first step to restrain the air machine, from disorder to order. Your automatism is too violent, almost like you're punching the gods, which isn't normal. If Yunfei were here, he would definitely say that you had gone into an evil path. ”

"It's not normal!

As far as I know, you need to move into the static machine in motion, and this is simply tailored to your situation. You're ready to practice this set of five fowl plays. At the beginning, when I was boxing, I naturally entered the static qi during the movement, and the machine would naturally retract and not walk around. If you haven't practiced the five poultry operas, you can also try Tai Chi. ”

According to the words of the gentleman, I tried to practice the five fowl opera taught by Mr. Gao. At first, I was still doing the movements by myself, but as my mind became more and more calm, this movement became involuntarily, driven by an invisible force in my body. It's just that this time, I didn't jump around with my teeth and claws, but finished this set of five bird plays in a regular manner, and one section after another, until the fifth section was completed, and I stood up. I felt that although I didn't exert myself, it was an automatic work of my body, but after finishing the work, I also had a layer of sweat all over my body. There's an indescribable sense of pleasure in standing there.

I was a little excited and said to the Feng Junzi: "Elder Gao told me that I don't need to memorize the route of meridian guidance, and when I am familiar with the qi, it will move naturally. I just found the feeling of qi mobility, can I also cultivate innate vitality?"

Feng Junzi snorted coldly: "Innate vitality, do you think it's that easy?, I don't know about other sects, but if you want to learn Dan Dao with me, at least wait until Tongdu Zhuji completes Zhou Tian's training...... It doesn't matter if you don't understand it now, you'll know what the real air rotation is...... Don't be discouraged, you've done a very good job today, I really didn't expect you to look stupid, and your understanding is not bad. Remember: If you move your body again when you meditate today, don't leave it alone, and remember not to use external forces. ”

......

On this day, both of us were late for self-study, and we were caught and scolded by Mr. Sima Zhibei, who was inspecting the classroom. At the end of class at noon, Yunfei took the initiative to come to the door and ask me how I was meditating last night. I told Yun Fei about the quiet movement last night, but I didn't mention that the Wind Gentleman taught me to fight the Divine Fist in the morning. I kept an extra eye on it, just to know what kind of guidance he had to give to the Wind Gentleman.

After hearing this, Yun Fei frowned and said in a deep voice: "Shi Ye really didn't expect you to be so diligent, according to your statement, it is to enter the 'first meditation has not yet reached the ground', in this concentration, there are often 'moving, itchy, cool, warm, light, heavy, astringent, slippery' eight feelings, called 'eight touches'." The easiest of these eight touches is the 'moving touch'. It's normal to be moved, but listening to your description, it's probably 'evil touch'. There are many crooked ways in the world, and all the gods who fight God Boxing and jump are all from this (it turns out that Yun Fei also knows how to fight God Boxing). Fortunately, you are not deeply enchanted, don't worry. If it's still like this tonight, you leave it alone, I'll help you. ”

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The breath has been subtle, as if there is no mind, there is no thought, there is no presence, and it is omnipresent, and it moves in stillness, and it moves from the shoulders, and the whole body sways more than once, and it is difficult to restrain itself. This is how I felt when I meditated that night. At this moment, a faint chanting sound suddenly came from behind the ears. I sat with my back to the wall, and behind the wall was Yunfei's dormitory next door, listening to the sound from Yunfei. The low chanting sound was unusually clear in my ears, and although I couldn't understand a single word, it felt like Sanskrit music from outside the world, and the listening center was extremely peaceful. In this silence, the movement of my body had quietly stopped, and a layer of white light was enveloped in front of me.

This white light gradually rose, like a harmonious holy realm, bathing me in it. In the center of this realm, the mind is extremely stable, and naturally gives birth to a feeling of happiness, only to feel that there is no discomfort and no unhappiness in the upper and lower parts of the body. In this piece of comfort, there is a sense of joy flowing from the heart, like the ice and snow in the middle of summer, like the heater in the harsh winter, which cannot be described and cannot be spoken. The scenery also became clear in the light in front of me. My eyes were slightly closed, and everything in the dormitory was in front of me, and even the surrounding walls were no longer obstacles, and the entire dormitory building and the entire campus were vaguely visible......

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"Light, joy, happiness and the merits of the heavenly eye. You're a great kid! "This is the second day, the dusk wind gentleman listened to me finish talking about the strange feeling of yesterday's time, and said without yin or yang.

I was still very excited at the time, and I didn't notice that when the wind gentleman mentioned the word "Tianyan", he did not use "supernatural powers" to describe it, but "merit". I described in detail the feeling of joy and joy that I had never experienced in my life, and it was simply wonderful! As I spoke, the gentleman's expression was not right, his eyes became more and more serious, and he stared at me with a frown. I thought he was strange and stopped talking and asked, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

The Wind Gentleman shook his head with a straight face: "There's nothing wrong with it! But Shi Ye, do you have something to hide from me, Shang Yunfei, when did that kid intervene, you didn't tell me, did you?"

"Wind gentleman, how do you know that Yun Fei intervened, and Yun Fei told me not to tell you. "I'm embarrassed to hide it from the gentleman.

The Wind Gentleman asked rhetorically, "How do I know?" The state of concentration you just mentioned is not at all the 'sitting and forgetting' that Zhuangzi said, it is clearly the 'first Zen' of Buddhism. There are many kinds of meditation realms where outsiders seem to meditate, and the difference is too great. The first level of the four meditations and eight determinations is the first meditation of life and joy. I don't believe that you verified it yourself, but is there anyone else who can teach you besides Yunfei's fake little lama? Shang Yunfei has taught you everything, you'd better say it carefully. ”

Feng Junzi asked me very embarrassed, Yun Fei asked me not to tell Feng Junzi, but let Feng Junzi see through it, I hesitated for a moment, but then replied: "Yun Fei taught me 'stop the mind and breath' and 'seven branches of sitting', and he told me that I need to use pranayama and body adjustment to match. ”

Feng Junzi sneered: "I thought he would tell you about the Stages of the Path to Bodhi It turned out to be the mental method of the Tiantai Sect. Since this kid is meddling, he still wants to hide his secrets!" As he spoke, he sat cross-legged on the ground. This sitting method is exactly the same as the "seven-branch sitting method" taught by Yunfei.

I widened my eyes and asked, "Feng Junzi, you also know how to sit on these seven branches, why didn't you teach me earlier?"

Feng Junzi: "Of course, Buddhism and Dan Dao cultivation are of course different, and the introduction to Dan Dao naturally has its own natural set of procedures, and it is not yet time to teach you." Alas, forget it, this is not a Buddhist meditation, nor is it an evil way, refining and refining qi from meditation, collecting medicine and returning to the furnace, although I have not heard of anyone trying it, but I think it is not impossible. In two days, I will teach you the foundation building kung fu of Dan Dao. ”

The Wind Gentleman said to give me nineteen days, and sure enough, it was nineteen days. In the past 19 days, although I have not experienced what it means to "sit and forget", the gentleman of the wind has inexplicably said that I have confirmed what "first Zen". He seemed a little dissatisfied, but he was able to accept my current situation and finally decided to preach the Dharma. Feng Junzi said that in two days, I passed on the kung fu of Dan Dao to build the foundation, but the plan did not change, and the unexpected situation delayed Feng Junzi's plan. And this accident greatly shortened the time that Liu Yiyi stayed in the Qingying Mirror.