The eye of merit

Chapter 32
Chapter 33

"Brother Yang, what should we do now?" After hearing Yang Xian's words, Lu Feng looked towards the sky. The sky was covered with dark clouds, thunder and lightning, and howling wind.

It's just that the two of them have gradually gotten used to facing the baptism of storms at sea for many days, so they both ignored the weather.

"This?" Yang Xian couldn't think of a good solution for a while. Looking around, the strong wind blew the trees to pieces, and the violent water rushed past the two. Now, the two can't even find a place to rest. less than.

"Brother Yang, let's look around to see if there are any caves on this island?" Lu Feng said, she still remembered that there were many caves in her hometown for passers-by to rest and shelter from the rain.

"Okay!" Yang Xian said. After he finished speaking, he looked towards the high mountain in the south of the island. It was a rocky cliff. If there were caves in such a mountain, it would be the most suitable for rest and shelter from the rain.

The two of them rested for a while and ate some food, and their physical strength recovered a bit. As for the wet clothes attached to their bodies, the two of them no longer cared. These days, they came here in wet clothes.

In other words, if it wasn't for the good physique of the two of them, even if they weren't swept away by the storm, they would already be sick!Of course, after Yang Xian felt it carefully, he once again realized the benefits of the golden light of merit. Those who have a lot of golden light of merit have better luck than ordinary people.

It seems that for a while, people with golden merits and virtues are favored by heaven!

This time, while walking, Yang Xian explained to Lu Feng some light-weight kung fu techniques; Lu Feng listened very carefully and learned it quickly; Yang Xian couldn't help sighing in his heart, just like ancient warriors, As long as you have a deep internal force, and then learn the moves in turn, it will come naturally.

Ten minutes later, Lu Feng was able to walk freely in the forest like Yang Xian. Yang Xian looked at Lu Feng's figure as if seeing an elf flying in the forest.

When the two approached the cliff, Yang Xian saw the caves on the cliff at a glance. Not to mention, there are many caves on this cliff, some big and some small, some exposed outside the cliff, some Hidden among the trees.

"Let's go up!" Yang Xian said, stood up and leaped several meters in an instant, his body was like a monkey, and he reached the cliff after a while, and the speed of Lu Feng following behind was no slower than Yang Xian's .

Yang Xian took a look at the entire cliff, found a cave sheltered from the wind, and jumped in. After he entered the cave, the world suddenly became much quieter. However, there was still a strong wind outside the cave, blowing the mouth of the cave. Trees swing wildly.

"Phew, there is finally a quiet place!" Lu Feng looked at the cave. Overall, the cave is a bit dark, but the cave is very warm, and the cave is relatively large, about forty square meters.

"Okay, let's rest for a while, I don't know how long it will take for the storm to stop!" Yang Xian said a little tiredly, he was really tired after wandering on the sea for several days.

After Yang Xian finished speaking, he found a place to sit down, closed his eyes and rested his mind; Lu Feng also found a place to sit down when he saw this, and entered into a meditative state according to the breathing method taught by Yang Xian.

"Concentrate on adjusting your breath, calm your mind!" Yang Xian recited these eight words in his heart, and instantly entered the state of one thought.

As time passed, Yang Xian's state of mind was shattered, and the scenes on the sea flashed through Yang Xian's mind, which was the real life and death.

Huge waves hundreds of meters high, storms above level [-], like thunder and lightning as thick as an arm!

When Yang Xian faced these natural disasters, he was hesitant and powerless, and could only drift with the wind. He didn't know how much sea water he drank, and he didn't remember how many times he had experienced life and death. Several times, Yang Xian wanted to give up. .

However, when he saw Lu Feng beside him, thought of his mother far away in his hometown, and Zhou Yao in the Pearl River, he persevered.

Facing life and death time and time again, and contending against nature time and time again, Yang Xian's determination became more and more firm.

"Boom!" Yang Xian felt a shock in his mind, and his heart calmed down again. He felt that his thoughts disappeared, even the last thought disappeared.

"Duan Mie?" A higher state flashed through Yang Xian's mind, and he knew that he had already begun to comprehend the state of Duan Mie.

Cutting off, this is a state, these two words summarize the artistic conception of practice, cutting off all thoughts, love, worldly desires, and the past, so as to achieve the state of returning to nature.

Of course, this does not mean that a person should be free from passion and desire. A wise creature has its own dignity, consciousness, worldview, and thoughts, and it is impossible to truly give up love and desire.

What a practitioner needs to do is to keep his heart in a state during the practice, in harmony with the heaven and the earth, so as to absorb the life essence in the nature of the heaven and earth, and use it to nourish his body and make his body healthy longevity.

By this time, Yang Xian's comprehension of Dao has also deepened. Not only has he touched the artistic conception of extinction, he has also gained a deeper understanding of the realm of one thought.

"Those who have one thought, keep one thought in their hearts, all thoughts will disappear, and only one soul will survive!" Yang Xian's thoughts flashed past.

The first step in training is to meditate and strengthen one's will. This is the same principle whether it is cultivating Taoism, Buddhism, or martial arts. It is said that warriors also have the will of warriors. Warriors have the intention of being strong. He wanted to become a martial arts master.

In the army, the artistic conception of martial arts is more thoroughly expressed. Anyone who enters the army only has the idea of ​​"defending the home and the country". Bring out your potential.

When it comes to potential, everyone is no stranger to it. As I said before, the human body has unlimited potential. If a person’s strength can be gathered to a certain point, he can kill a tiger with one punch; According to a news story, after seeing her grandson being crushed by a car, an old lady had a thought, concentrated her strength, and lifted the car with her hands.

It can be seen from this that human potential is very powerful. Think about it, after Lu Feng comprehended the realm of one thought, he was able to pull up a shark with one hand. Therefore, the realm of one thought is to hold one thought in his heart and use pure thoughts to control his body .

Ordinary people have extremely complicated thoughts, one thought is not settled, and the next thought arises again, and will be affected by the world of mortals, resulting in various desires, such as greed for money, power, profit, and fame. Anger, madness due to emotion, all these are impure thoughts of mortals!
And those who comprehend one thought, their mind is like a bright mirror, and there is only one thought in their mind. At this time, they can perfectly control their body and exert powerful power.

He also said that the person who can truly control his heart and body is the real strong!
The famous Buddhist classic "Diamond Sutra" specifically talks about how to subdue one's heart. It clearly points out that as long as one can subdue one's heart, one can become a Buddha, attain the Tao, and gain great freedom and freedom.

The scriptures in the Diamond Sutra flashed across Yang Xian's mind, and he already understood how ordinary people can subdue their hearts, and those who can really subdue their hearts are the real outstanding people. The world is rich and powerful.

Think about it, because many people can't subdue their hearts, they always think about tomorrow and tomorrow, and push off today's things until tomorrow, but in the end, nothing is achieved!And those who can subdue their own hearts have a strong will, are strict with themselves, and follow their own planned path step by step, and finally achieve great things!

Thinking of this, Yang Xian's will became more and more condensed, almost forming a substance, and he felt that his spiritual power could almost come out through his body.

It is said in Dao Zang that after reaching the state of annihilation, the spiritual power will be condensed and come out through the body, and you can use your own thinking to sense everything around you, as if you have a pair of eyes behind you, which can be regarded as initially possessing the supernatural power of the wisdom eye in the Buddhist scriptures.

However, this is just a feeling that Yang Xian's mental power is coming out of his body, and he still needs to continue to practice; this kind of practice is also called strengthening the spiritual will by modern science, and it is also called developing the brain.

Modern science points out that the human brain also has infinite potential, and ordinary people can only develop [-]% or [-]% of it. If we can clear our minds, eliminate cause and effect, open up wisdom, develop brain domains, and activate potential, people can exert their full potential. strong power!
After figuring this out, Yang Xian converged his mind and began to comprehend the true meaning of extinction. It is not that simple to achieve extinction. There is a classic Zen saying in Buddhism, "The body is a bodhi tree, and the heart is like a mirror stand. Always wipe it diligently. Don't let it stir up dust!" These four verses express the practice method of extinction, which can also be said to be a practice method.

If a person in the realm of one thought can practice according to these four verses, he will definitely be able to cultivate into the realm of a bodhisattva, in a state of constant concentration, and never turn back; If the mind is not firm, or if you encounter violent emotional fluctuations, you will turn back into a mortal again, and after reaching the state of extinction, you will not turn back again. It is called a bodhisattva in Buddhists.

After Yang Xian comprehended the practice method of Buddhism, he turned to the practice method of Taoism. Taoism has a saying that there are three treasures in the human body, which are the essence, energy and spirit. Reached the state of annihilation.

As mentioned earlier, the realm of one thought, this point, whether it is Buddhism or Taoism, is interlinked. Buddhism has a famous classic Diamond Sutra, which specifically tells how to subdue one's heart to achieve the realm of one thought; Taoism has a book of morality The sutra also tells how to meditate and concentrate to achieve the state of one thought.

Continue to talk about the method of refining qi in the home. People who practice Taoism can only enter the next step if they can concentrate and meditate and reach the state of one thought. Progressing step by step, finally reaching the supreme state of the unity of heaven and man, breaking through the mortal relationship, and reaching the state of annihilation.

Therefore, this state of annihilation is also called the innate state in Taoism, and people return to the innate from the acquired; at this time, people can release their spiritual power, feel the world, use the power of the world for their own use, and temper the body. , strengthen the body, and use the power of heaven and earth to fight against the enemy.

Comparing the two, Yang Xian feels that Buddhism pays more attention to training the mind, while Taoism pays more attention to training the body, and both have their own strengths.

Finally, Yang Xian looked at his own merit scriptures again. After seeing it, he felt a little enlightenment in his heart. Only then did he realize that the merit scriptures are the real supreme scriptures and the general outline of cultivation. , and the method of refining the mind.

I don't know how long it took, Yang Xian slowly opened his eyes, feeling refreshed, his physical strength has fully recovered, and the clothes on his body have already been dried by the body temperature.

"Brother Yang, it's been seven days since you entered into samadhi, making people worry to death!" Lu Feng said angrily after seeing Yang Xian wake up.

"Ah! It's been seven days? Cultivation is timeless! This is true!" Yang Xian said in surprise, looking at Lu Feng, "Lu Feng, you must be starving, right?"

"It's okay, I can find something to eat by myself!" Lu Feng felt warm when he heard Yang Xian's concern.

"I'm really sorry!" Yang Xian apologized again, "I wonder if the wind and rain outside have stopped?" Yang Xian thought, if the wind and rain stopped, he would explore this mysterious island.

(End of this chapter)