"The first realm of the work of the mind is to refine oneself, and there are three layers inside, the first level: meditation, the second layer: nourishing the mind, and the third level: refining nature. ”

It was already dark, and the moon hung high on the branches of the trees on the top of the mountain.

In the Flying Dragon Pavilion, under Xie Lingyun's listening, Nanyangzi said carefully: "Let's first say that the first layer of meditation, the cultivation of the mind starts from the quiet, if the mind can't be quiet, then the sexual power will never be gained. "Tao Te Ching" cloud: 'To the extreme, keep quiet.' The Confucian "University" has a saying: "Knowing and stopping is followed by determination, and then being ......fixed can be quiet", and the Buddhist "Theory of Enlightenment" says: "Stopping is fixed, contemplation is wisdom, and all good laws are born from cultivation, and they are all taken by meditation." ’

Whether it is meditation or stillness, they are all the same thing, getting rid of distracting thoughts, so that the state of mind is temporarily freed from distraction and drowsiness, presenting a state of stillness without thinking, so that the consciousness of the gods abdicates, and the primordial spirit is pure! ”

The so-called 'Dharma first and then stop', the three schools of Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism all have their own methods of entering meditation, and they are different, Taoism has listening, counting, and following the rest, Confucianism has the heart fasting, and Buddhism has the white nose and meditation ......"

At that moment, Nanyangzi explained the three stages of meditation one by one, and then explained and taught some key points of cultivation, as well as the most important mental method, Xie Lingyun heard it clearly and understood, and said, "Master, then I'll try." ”

"Okay, as a teacher, I will sit here and protect the Dharma for you, and your heart can rest at ease. Nanyangzi smiled.

Xie Lingyun nodded, put his hands on his knees, closed his eyes slightly, and began to cultivate.

The first-order "Mind Regent" is skilled, because concentrating and pranayama are the starting points for cultivating nature and life, and now Hengbao is practicing every day, and he naturally has the foundation to exercise for many years, otherwise he would not have succeeded in performing the rat attraction method before.

However, in fact, ordinary people can't control their thoughts at all, thinking about the past, thinking about the future, being happy and sad for a while, this state of distracting thoughts jumping around is called "scattered"; and occasionally there is no scattering, and then immediately drowsy, this state is called "grogginess", and then falling asleep, and after a while, the mind will continue to scatter, so many dreams are born.

Every day, all living beings are either scattered or drowsy, and there is rarely an ethereal and awake time, and "the true people of the ancients do not dream when they sleep", and real people do not dream when they sleep, unless they do it intentionally, which is precisely the function of the mind.

Among so many meditation methods, Xie Lingyun likes to use the Taoist method of listening to breathing, paying attention to his breath and not letting every breath slip away, but his mind does not want to control the length of his breath, nor does he control the rise and fall of his thoughts, but just let them rise and fall naturally, and finally his state of mind returns to a quiet state.

"Huh, huhu......" Between the breath and the breath, Xie Lingyun's heart flashed one after another, there were arguing with Guo Denggao and Mo Yunfang in front of the yamen during the day, there were old people laughing and twisting their buttocks, and there were other ......

Gradually, all thoughts fell like rain, and his heart was like water, and he successfully captured his mind. Of course, this time the goal was not only to this step, so he continued to move towards the second order of "Reaching the Void Pole".

"No eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind, no color, sound, fragrance, touch......"

Buddhism's doctrine of consciousness-only has five kinds of mind, namely eye, ear, nose, tongue, and body, and these five senses receive all kinds of information from the outside world, and then the sixth consciousness processes these perceptions. Sometimes a person gets "distracted," for example, by not hearing the call of the person next to him, or not seeing the movement of the person in front of him, precisely because the sixth consciousness does not pay attention to the reports of the first five consciousnesses for the time being.

In Taoism, these five consciousnesses are collectively called "Zhishen", and the sixth consciousness belongs to "Yuanshen".

Knowing the gods will control whatever the wind and grass does, not only disturbing the original spirit, but also dominating the body and even emotions. "To the Void Extreme" is to get rid of all the outer edges, so that the consciousness of the gods temporarily fades, and all the primordial gods are the masters, so that the monk's state of mind can be more clarified, and the state of meditation can be more maintained.

The master said that the best and easiest way to learn the second level of cultivation is the "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra" of Buddhism, Xie Lingyun has no view of the door, and recited this scripture silently over and over again, trying to tell the gods to retreat first, but slowly, there are some strange painful sensations all over the body, itchy soles of the feet, cold back, and astringent nose......

"Ake, this is the qi and blood evil in the body fighting, and the gods and gods are fighting, you just need to stick to your heart and let them go. The master's kind voice suddenly came into Xie Lingyun's heart, and he should have seen his strange situation, and said: "If you are in severe pain, open your eyes, and you must not be reluctant! Jinggong must be accumulated slowly, and it cannot be expected to be achieved overnight." ”

Just now, the master mentioned that there will be these phenomena, and only when the body is free of pain, peace and comfort, can it be regarded as the void stage. If you don't have enough mental qualifications, or if you encounter a demonic obstacle, but you insist on holding on, you will be tortured and become insane at any time.

“...... Color is emptiness, and emptiness is color...... It can get rid of all suffering, and it is true ......"

After listening to the master's words, Xie Lingyun's heart tightened and relaxed, and as he continued to recite the scriptures silently, the pain dissipated one by one, and his body gradually became comfortable......

Fifteen years of learning have not been done in vain, Nan Ke's dream has not been done in vain, after all those abnormalities have disappeared, the god seems to have fallen asleep!

If he was at the first stage of meditation, he could still faintly hear some sounds around him, but now he couldn't hear them at all, maybe there was a sudden thunderstorm in the sky, and he couldn't make any noise, not only his ears, but all the other outer edges were also temporarily blocked.

One of the most important results of the second stage of meditation is the inward vision, which allows the monk to see the inner view of his internal organs and the meridian tunnels, which is undoubtedly of great help in cultivating life skills.

To know whether the Dao has now entered the state of the void, you can find out by trying.

Well, let's see if I'm full of economy! Xie Lingyun thought about it, a little divine light arose, and the inner vision was actually to let the Yuan Shen probe the information from the body, which was usually extremely difficult to detect, but now his outer edge was covered......

That little bit of divine light slipped away, wandering around the body, and suddenly, the Yuan Shen saw a clear internal scene, a beating heart, a constricted lung, and a river-like meridian and blood veins......

Watching the blood and qi flow endlessly, Xie Lingyun felt very novel and interesting, twelve meridians, eight strange meridians...... It turns out that the meridians that can't be found in the other world are like this, invisible but existing, and only the primordial gods can see them. This time, many of his previous doubts were solved, especially some medical questions, and he got answers.

However, he searched his stomach and looked at it for a while, but he didn't find the existence of ink, and he smiled in his heart, and that little divine light slipped back to the original god, and all the interior scenes disappeared.

It's quite easy to "reach the void extreme", continue to practice! Enter the third level of meditation, and it is also the most reluctantly lower level of "keeping quiet".

At this time, Nanyangzi looked at his beloved disciple with a stroking beard, relieved and surprised, he could see that Ah Ke had cultivated to the second order.

Generally speaking, it is very difficult to succeed without spending a month or two on "Reaching the Void Extreme", plagued by those strange feelings, the vast majority of ordinary people will not be able to set foot in the second order in their lifetime, Senior Brother Ake took two months, Second Senior Brother used one month, and he himself used half a month back then, so he has the name of "genius"; It is worthy of being a talent of the Immortal Buddha, and it is worthy of his cultivation for many years, hehe......

But the old man's white eyebrows suddenly pulled high, and the look on the old man's face changed, but he saw Xie Ke'er's body suddenly move, and his head tilted back slightly, it turned out to be!

"Ake, don't be reckless, don't be in a hurry to get out of the body!" Nanyangzi immediately closed his eyes, and used the power of the divine soul to persuade him, although he had no life skills, his sex skills were still in the third realm of the Dao realm, and the only remaining ability could still do this.

"Tranquility" is a state in which the mind is empty and quiet to the extreme, and if you want to enter this state, you must achieve the important cultivation results of the third order, and the spirit is out of the body.

When the primordial spirit is separated from the body, during this period, the primordial spirit will naturally no longer be affected by the consciousness god that remains in the body.

However, it is not a child's play to come out of the primordial spirit, there are too many dangers of all kinds, usually the monk only dares to come out of the primordial spirit in the meditation room at first, and he has to make many preparations to protect the body and soul in advance, but there are no talismans, no formations, no incense, and no lights around......

Especially this is the first time, if it comes randomly, it will damage the original spirit, and it will affect the life!

Hearing the master's words, Xie Lingyun had no intention of stopping, he was not a person who was eager for quick success, but there was really no problem, the first time he officially cultivated sexual skills and came here, he didn't feel difficult at all, but felt that he was in a good state. And compared to being in the meditation room, he felt more comfortable on the top of the mountain, Yecheng Mountain was still his own territory, and it was a night when the yin qi was in full swing, and the master was guarding beside him, what was there to be afraid of? Anyway, his Yuan Shen was not afraid at all.

After all, you have to practice this "keeping quiet", you have to give it a try!

Among the several methods introduced by the previous master, he liked the Confucian method of sitting and forgetting, "Zhuangzi" cloud: "Yan Hui said: 'Falling limbs, degrading wisdom, detaching from form to know, the same as Datong, this is called 'sitting and forgetting'." ”

Yan Hui said: "Forget your body, get rid of your mind, the primordial spirit has left the body, there is no consciousness brought by the consciousness of the god, and it is one with the void, which is called 'sitting and forgetting'. ”

The secret is hidden in the meaning of the words "fallen limbs, degraded wisdom", Xie Lingyun thought that he opened his eyes, got up and walked out of the Flying Dragon Pavilion, and walked towards the cliff in front of him step by step.

Yanzi, if you think of this kind of bad trick, you really have to "abandon your cleverness" to do this kind of stupid thing of "falling your limbs...... When he came to the side of the cliff, he looked at the bottomless valley, then he turned around, and fell backwards with open hands, and suddenly fell from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the valley—

Huhuhu! The incomparably real wind was blowing and whistling, as if he was about to fall to death, his primordial spirit immediately shook a little, and his consciousness was also recovering, his fallen body was swinging, and his breath was disordered...... Calm down, calm down!

Since you want to be smart, then fall to your death, I don't care about mountain people!

He was strong-willed, stabilized his mind, and all his thoughts were concentrated on the top door of his head, and with the momentum of the fall, the divine light of the primordial god poured out little by little, let's go!

Suddenly, it seemed like something had broken free......

The feeling of an instant, the feeling of being out of shape, Xie Lingyun blinked an eye, and saw the Flying Dragon Pavilion in front, and a young man in a Confucian shirt in the pavilion was sitting opposite the master, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "Master, I ran out!"

Nanyangzi opened his old eyes as if he had a feeling, looking at the void behind the apprentice's body, he was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed dumbly, laughing happily and with surprise and joy-

"Haha