Wandering

Chapter 24

Things are mixed, congenitally born.I don't know its name, but I force it to be called Tao!
Laozi and his predecessors are wise and extraordinary.However, the wonderful pen took five thousand words, and he didn't make it clear what he wanted to talk about. He only reluctantly called it "Tao".It seems that some things are difficult to accurately describe in words.Feng Junzi once said that I was lucky enough to meet a man with good eloquence, and he always tried to explain many of my problems. up.

What is panacea?Is it a conscious energy?It may be a purely idealistic existence, because only the alchemist himself can feel it, and another person cannot verify it with means beyond spiritual experience, let alone use any experimental equipment to detect it.

what is a babyIs it an energetic consciousness?Or is it an existential consciousness?Its origin predates the existence of our being, but reappears in the day after tomorrow.It may have materialistic elements, and it is another form of rebirth after returning to basics.

But is this the case?I can say yes or no, I can only barely express it in this way.The practice of a practitioner is not necessarily a skill cultivation, but in the end, it is more of a cultivation.Since ancient times, the highest question pursued by Taoists is becoming a fairy?Is it immortal?What is behind the word "immortal"?
All Taoism, in the end, is faced with philosophical thinking that goes beyond science.Find the philosophical origin behind idealism, materialism, consciousness, and existence.There is no answer to this question in the laboratory, but a long time ago, people tried to verify it from their own hearts, so religion came into being, and there was Allah, God, Buddha or Tao.The reason why Laozi and Confucius are saints is also because of this.

However, there is another group of people in the world who adopt the method of demonstration, use themselves to demonstrate, use their mind or body, and over time, they form a series of rituals or means. This is practice, and there are various schools of practice in the world.Gradually, the means replaced the purpose, and what many practitioners pursued was only magical powers.

Junzi Feng did not tell me this passage, but I thought of it when I was meditating.Feng Junzi said that I was impatient because of the whistling, and I needed to sit quietly for a while to calm myself down before going to practice.As a result, I sat in the classroom and thought about it so much. This may be the first time I have consciously realized it since I learned alchemy.The reason why I can think of so many messy things is entirely because of the political teacher on the podium.Now I'm taking a political class, but the teacher didn't talk about the textbook, but digressed while talking.

Our political teacher, surnamed Tang, is a little old man in his 60s and a national special-grade teacher.According to his age, he should have retired with honor long ago, but the old man still insisted on teaching for another three years, saying that he would finish teaching the last class of students.Mr. Tang's lectures are very strange. He doesn't bring textbooks or lesson plans, goes to the podium empty-handed, picks up a piece of chalk and starts to give lectures, and often plays freely.Principal He and the director of teaching prescriptions have a lot of opinions on this old man, but they can't do anything about him. Teacher Tang is the only person in this school who has privileges and doesn't care about the authority of the school leadership.

Old man Tang has been a teacher in this school for more than 40 years.His disciples are all over the world, many of them are now in high positions, and there are many high-ranking officials in the provinces and ministries, but they have always respected the old man.The old man was once beaten as a rightist, lived in the bullpen of a cadre school, and was paraded through the streets with a high hat.But this old man Tang is different from Principal Liu back then. His body is strong and strong, and he is still alive and kicking.Such a person doesn't take the principal seriously, and the school leaders have no temper at all, they can only mutter behind their backs, and the education bureau above can't do anything about this old man.

Teacher Tang was standing on the podium and expressing emotion: "The education you have received is a failed generation of education. It can only cultivate craftsmen, but not masters! I have been teaching for more than 40 years, and I will use the textbooks you use. Let’s just say, the previous content will be replaced with a new one in a few years. Teachers cannot teach students eternal thoughts, but they are always teaching these dogmas that are doomed to perish... I suggest that the content of politics classes should be reformed, what? The content of ideological education and revolutionary history is too small. At least half of the class hours should be devoted to teaching three very important knowledge—etiquette, logic, and philosophy! If you don’t study these three courses, you will be disabled after graduation! Saying that he is a student of my teacher Tang, I don't want people to know that what I teach is trash."

The students wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh after hearing this passage. What kind of teacher is teaching what kind of students? No wonder there are people like Feng Junzi and monk Yunfei in our class.Teacher Tang also said loudly on the podium: "It is said that China is a country of etiquette, fart! Let me ask you, from childhood to adulthood, whether at school or at home, who has received systematic etiquette education?...China now The only place where etiquette education is given is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Before the diplomats go abroad for the first time... they don't know how to observe the rules, how can they understand the righteousness of the family and the country in times of crisis?... Sacrificing one's life to blow up a bunker and blocking a bullet hole in one's chest is education, but There are more important things, such as talking, walking, queuing and eating, which are so common to the bones, that no one teaches them."

The education of walking and eating is more important than the education of sacrificing one's life to blow up a bunker?This is what old man Tang dared to say. If it was another teacher, I would probably pack up and go home early.The old man became interested today, and he talked endlessly: "Education is not just to tell students what is right and what kind of thinking they should have. It is to teach students how to think and to find a kind of thinking. No If you study logic, it will be difficult for you to know why others have such thoughts, but if you do not study philosophy, you will have no soul....One idealistic Hegel is greater and wiser than a hundred vulgar materialists. The dean who is in charge of your ideological education will definitely not exceed the realm and depth of his thought than that of Lao Tzu more than 2000 years ago..."

Old man Tang mentioned Lao Tzu, and that's when my thoughts slipped away, and I remembered the alchemy I learned.My four-door twelve-floor alchemy practice has reached the realm of "big medicine", not far from "spiritual pill", but I still don't know what this "spiritual pill" is?
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"Shi Ye, let me ask you, what is madness?" This is what Feng Junzi said to me yesterday under the Zhuangyuan Bridge.

Crazy?That word sounds ghastly!In many martial arts novels and Kung Fu works, when it comes to going crazy, the martial arts will be ruined at the slightest, and your life will be lost at the worst.But I don't know what it means to be obsessed, so I can only ask Feng Junzi: "Is there a mistake in practicing, such as practicing Qigong?"

Feng Junzi: "Don't talk about qigong with me, I don't know much about that! A stray breath is called a deviation, and it has nothing to do with being insane. Behavior and insanity are completely different things, and they are not as scary as the legends say.... Shi Ye, you Read what's in this paper."

Feng Junzi pulled out half a crumpled newspaper from under his buttocks, I took it and flattened it and said: "The ICBC branch president embezzled public funds for gambling..."

Feng Junzi: "Going off because of greed."

"Young and promising department-level cadres ruin their careers for their mistresses..."

Feng Junzi: "Because of lust."

I put down the newspaper and asked, "They are not practitioners either, so why is this called madness?"

Feng Junzi: "It can be said to be yes or it can be said to be no. Fire escape is a term for alchemy, which refers to wrong thoughts when picking herbs to form alchemy... Bewitching is a term for meditation, which refers to the illusion of the mind when one is indulging in it and cannot break it. It’s not terrible to go into the devil’s realm. If the fire is not right, it’s likely to be a waste of medicine, and you need to start over. Into the devil’s realm, it’s just that your meditation practice has not improved, and your mind can no longer seek liberation.”

"It's no big deal? But I've heard that being insane is terrible!"

Feng Junzi smiled lightly: "It's just a rumor. There is a saying that how many people become immortals since ancient times? You and I have never seen real immortals with our own eyes. But, have you ever seen a person who really practiced and walked into magic? See with your own eyes learning alchemy or Did you lose your life or get injured while meditating? Don’t say you haven’t seen it, you haven’t even heard of it.”

"But I've heard that people who practice qigong become insane."

Feng Junzi: "If you don't practice the Tao, you will be insane. This has nothing to do with practice, at least it has nothing to do with the alchemy. Of course, if you encounter evil spirits and heretics, it is not easy to be brainwashed by evil people. I once told you about the catastrophe. There are thirteen heavenly kalpas in the twelve-storey gate. The first kalpa is the kalpa of lust, which is trapped by desire; the second kalpa is the kalpa of the body, and the disease of withdrawing from the body; If you can’t survive the catastrophe, it can only mean that you are sick from the beginning, either physically or mentally.… Letting you read this newspaper is to let you know that you will become obsessed if you don’t practice, and the insanity in practice is just Another reflection of your disability."

I nodded: "Then you mean that cultivators don't have to worry about going crazy?"

Feng Junzi: "Yes, don't even think about it, just do your own thing well. I tell you this, mainly to teach you the formula of fire. There are three kinds of formulas between big medicine and panacea. They are taken , heat, smoke and add..."

The formula to be adopted was originally taught by Feng Junzi to me, and the four-character formula of "sucking, resisting, pinching, and closing" is adopted.Think about it too, how can there be great medicine if you don’t take it?As for the heat, there are two kinds of slow fire and martial fire.Use martial fire when body and mind are not in harmony, but use gentle fire when body and mind are already in harmony.If the mind is not scattered, it is a fierce fire, but if you can't remember it, it is a gentle fire.Wuhuo is before the alchemy, and gentle fire is after the alchemy.Pumping and Timing is the kung fu of warming and nourishing the inner alchemy. It is called pumping when the body is still and calm, and it is called Tim when the mind is not moving.The appearance of the so-called elixir means the harmony of body and mind, and the blending of spirit and spirit.

It seems that this passage of formula is very difficult to explain. After Feng Junzi finished speaking, he was sweating, and I only listened to it half-understood.After listening to it, I asked again: "What is the unity of body and mind?"

Feng Junzi pointed to my forehead: "The body is your own, and the heart is also your own. Why ask me if the body and mind are compatible?"

I patted my forehead and laughed: "That's true, I'll know when the time comes!... Is it really what you said to be insane?"

Feng Junzi: "Those who slander alchemy, or those who slander the practice, often say that it is idealism and superstition, and those who practice will go crazy. But think about it, if there is no practice in the world, how can it be possible?" Demon Realm? If someone thinks that insanity exists, they must first admit that there is a great way of supernatural powers... You can't just blame one and say nothing about the other....This is logic!..."

Feng Junzi talked about idealism and logic yesterday, and today Mr. Tang talked about idealism and logic in class, which triggered my thinking.What Feng Junzi said yesterday was half-understood, but today, after listening to Mr. Tang's words, my heart suddenly moved, as if I understood something.

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In the middle of the night, sit quietly.

The great medicine has been found, keep the inner scene of Yuanshen, soothe the nerves, let the breath stay, and keep the spirit and spirit in one.At this time, the five sense organs of the body have been forgotten in the silence, and another kind of pure consciousness appears in the Niwan Palace at the top gate.There is great movement in stillness, and the gathering of five tones, five colors, five flavors, and five qi.The primordial spirit keeps close to each other, so that the primordial qi is in harmony with each other, and suddenly feels that the greatness is insignificant and hazy.What does it feel like?Before gathering the medicine, the feeling is extremely quiet, when the medicine is obtained, the feeling is great movement, but at this time, the feeling is neither moving nor still, just like the chaos has not yet opened.

What is chaos?Chaos is the infinite, the way of life.This Wuji is not the movie "Wuji" made by a director surnamed Chen later, but has no beginning and no end.How to explain it?People are conceived by the blood of their parents, but before the blood is conceived?What is the state of man?Some people say that there is no!The answer is correct, that is, there is no, the innate soul is in Wuji.The Wuji of Wuji is the Wu of non-existence.

A small aperture appeared in the chaos, and gradually became clear, like a mysterious pearl condensed.If the body does not move but the spirit is still, the mind does not move but the mind is still, and the self-conscious mysterious pearl is gradually formed.This is the phase of Dan Cheng.

It's hard to describe what this panacea is, but it's a kind of conscious energy.Energy comes from vitality, and consciousness comes from the primordial spirit.I feel that it is a kind of existence for me, and it can also consolidate the consciousness in the fixed state to its carrier. This is called the harmony of body and mind.The inner alchemy is the body and mind that is at ease in the body.

In practicing alchemy, what is the difference between having pills and no pills?This is a boundary line, which is very clear.For example, I don't have to use meditation to find divine consciousness, and then use divine consciousness to display supernatural powers.The spirit pill and the primordial spirit are one, as long as the mind is everywhere, the spiritual consciousness can be locked, and it is always there when walking, sitting or lying down.It's no wonder that since ancient times, Dancheng has been a teacher, because only with Dan can he cast spells at will.The performance of any Taoism requires the control of the mind and consciousness, and the spirit pill is the root hub of combining the spirit, otherwise it will be very troublesome.I don't know about other sects, anyway, this is how I feel.

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After the alchemy, according to Feng Junzi, he will teach me a spell within ten days and teach me how to use the Qingming Mirror, and then I will go to Qiyun Temple to find a Taoist priest to ask for a sigh, and seven days have passed by this time.

Junzi Feng didn't say much when he saw that I had achieved alchemy in seven days. After school that day, he asked me to bring the Qingming Mirror to the Jushui River.The reason why I didn't go to Zhuangyuan Bridge was because the place was not open enough. Now we are standing on the pebble beach where I used to practice "Donkey Rolling".The first thing he said to me while standing by the river was: "You are a miracle. I have never seen someone who has become alchemy so quickly. You have been practicing alchemy for less than a year. Thank you for your good luck. You don't have to. After passing through the Heavenly Tribulation of the Demon Realm, I got the Huangya Waidan again. But too much luck is not a good thing, so I won’t say much about it... Let me ask you, now that you know why the master often teaches his disciples spells after the pill is completed, right? "

I nodded, I knew this without him telling me.Feng Junzi said again: "There are many rules in the world of comprehension, and this is also a rule. There are always reasons for rules. But I am a person who does not always follow the rules. In fact, I have already taught you. I have taught you two kinds of rules. Spells, one is the three-dream Dafa of the world, and the other is the Indian Kha Fist. You are already proficient in the three-dream Dafa of the world, and now I will tell you the usefulness of the Indian Kha Fist.”

Feng Junzi talked about the rules of the cultivation world, and admitted that he did not follow the rules.Also, I have never seen him abide by the rules other than the three major precepts of that day.When it came to Indian Kaquan, I couldn't help but interjected: "The name of Indian Kaquan is too ugly. It sounds like Ah San. Can you change the name?"

Feng Junzi: "You're right, I also think it's ugly. Let's change it today. The last time you punched the wall, how about calling it the wall-breaking fist?"

"Okay, Wall Breaking Fist sounds much better!"

Feng Junzi also smiled: "Break the wall boxing. What I want to tell you today is that the wall-breaking boxing is not just the wall-breaking boxing. As long as this kind of boxing is changed a little, it will become a housebreaking. The best partner, that is - the wall-breaker!"

"Wallbreaker?"

The smile on Feng Junzi's face became stronger, and the smile was a bit evil: "This wall-breaking boxing skill is not actually on the fist. One is because you have the body protection skill of the golden dragon lock jade pillar, and the other is that you have practiced mind power. Why does this thought power only need to be used on the fist? It can also be used on the whole body, because the golden dragon lock and jade pillar protects the whole body. In the same way, you can punch a hole in the wall with one punch. And entered?"

"Through the wall? Robbery!"

Feng Junzi suddenly winked at me: "Hey, in the Qiyun Temple, the Qiyun Temple is just bricks and tiles. I don't think the wall is made of steel plates, right? You just want to break the wall, and the wall-breaker's Which room can't you get in?"

"Doing this? It's inappropriate, right? I'm here to save Xixiu, not demolition! Didn't you say that you can't cast spells in the downtown area... The Taoist priests of Qiyun Temple dare not do this, but if I do, they will It will be stopped with magic."

Feng Junzi: "I'm not asking you to break the precept, but just to provide you with a reference idea. In a word, if you want these Taoist priests to be afraid, you have to make the incident as big as possible. If being polite is not the answer, you have to think about it." There is a way to make trouble, and then learn to be smarter."

Why do I feel more and more wrong when I hear Junzi Feng's tone?He said that he was not good enough to intervene, so why is he a little afraid that the world will not be chaotic when he is instructing me to save him?Is it possible to do this?I was a little thoughtless when I went to steal things with him last time, but luckily there was no danger.

(End of this chapter)