Chapter 32 Realm
In an instant, the white sky was filled with crisscrossing light, some as wide as a long river, some as thin as silver threads, intertwined with each other until the end of the field of view. It was like a three-dimensional net, all-encompassing.
This big net is not still, but is constantly moving, but reaches relatively stillness in operation, which contains a rhythm and beauty that cannot be described in words.
These lights are the manifestation of the law, which is based on his imagination and is true and true.
Li Qingshan stood up and looked down. The same was true for the white earth. He seemed to be in an endless giant formation.
Yes, isn’t this world just a huge magic circle?
Strong winds and rains, lightning and thunder, rivers and rivers rush, and everything resurrection - all are manifestations of the effect of this magic circle.
The core of the magic circle is "Tao".
Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things. Three thousand great ways, the world of stars, gods, immortals, Buddhas and demons, everything is included.
Even in the Earth in the previous life, the extremely grand universe was not the same.
People understand and apply the rules, from stone axe pots to rocket spacecraft, constantly approach the ultimate rules, understand the Three Thousand Avenues, and become the master of the world.
It’s just that the individual is too weak to accumulate strength, so there are no ruthless characters like “Gravity Emperor Newton”, “Relative Immortal Einstein” and “Communist Red Light Buddha Marx”.
But this world is different. Individuals can accumulate strength and wisdom and become incredible existences.
So he also understood what a human immortal is, what a true immortal is, and what a Bodhisattva, emperor, and great saint are at a higher level!
Taoism divides practice into four major realms: refining essence into qi, refining qi into spirit, refining spirit into emptiness, refining emptiness into Taoism.
There is no need to talk about refining essence into qi. As his soul becomes great, he reaches the extreme of refining qi into qi and turning into qi into qi and becomes the so-called "human immortal".
Although I have not been able to completely transcend the world, I have already had the word "immortal". I can finally recognize the existence of some laws, that is, seeing the Tao.
If you want to survive seven heavenly tribulations and become the so-called "true immortal", you need to refine your god and return to the void.
Empty means emptiness; emptiness means Tao.
That is to approach the Tao, use the Tao, and obtain the Tao. You can naturally live forever. Calling the wind and rain is essentially different from casting spells. Just "calling" is enough. The Dao will naturally respond to them, just like in this formless realm, which is the so-called "the mouth is in the heavenly constitution".
The person is extraordinary and abandoned. No matter whether he was a human or a demon before, once he took this step, he would have only one another. They could understand mortals. But mortals could not understand them.
But this is still not the highest level. Eight heavenly tribulations, refining voids and combining Taoism is the ultimate pursuit.
At this point, we no longer use rules, but directly become the incarnation of certain rules and the spokesperson of the great way. For example, the great way of freedom in the Great Free Heaven, the Xuanwu Way of Emperor Zhenwu, etc.
The Tao is immortal and the body lasts forever. Therefore, the great saints can only be suppressed, not eliminated.
A bird flaps its wings and can temporarily overcome gravity, but even if it gathers the power of all human beings, it cannot eliminate gravity. It can only temporarily overcome the influence of gravity like a bird, using other laws with the help of other laws.
Refining the emptiness and combining the Tao does not mean being ruthless and without nature. Otherwise, it is not being combined with the Tao, but just being assimilated. It is just like he always controls the worlds of the five continents based on his own will, rather than becoming a part of the world's will.
So he clearly realized that his great freedom would sooner or later give up. Although the path opened up by his predecessors made it easier for future generations to take, it also blocked the last step.
The great saints, Bodhisattvas, and Emperors are all pioneers of the great way, so they can be called "big". The original meaning of Bodhisattva is "people with great enlightenment".
He also understood why this "formless realm" was used as the last level of the eighteen levels of hell. All colors are removed from here, and relying on the "feeling, thinking, action and consciousness" on it has lost all support, which is naturally a reversal of dreams.
He was also glad that he was not a true Buddhist disciple, otherwise it would be difficult to reach the final certainty of the Four Empty Stomatisms - neither thinking nor non-thinking.
"Non-thinking" means not thinking, but not thinking is also thinking, and you still can't let go, you can't forget, you have something to do, and you have attachments to appearances. Therefore, it is not enough to just not think about it. You must have "Non-thinking" in order to have no worries in your mind and be able to break the appearance.
The "Four Meditations and Eight Stomatisms" also belong to the category of thought and also to the form.
For a Buddhist disciple who devotes himself to Buddhism and practices to such a state, it is more difficult for him to let go of Buddhism than ordinary people to let go of a hundred ex-girlfriends or ex-boyfriends. The more determined he is to let go, the deeper his obsession will be, and the less he cannot communicate with the formless realm.
Li Qingshan didn’t have this worries, it was just a tool. If it was useful, it would be used. If it was useless, it would be thrown aside.
All dharmas are empty in appearance, but they are not Dharma.
He felt very regretful again. Once he knew very well that he would lose all these understandings and the realm would immediately regress.
This is not because of anything else, but because of insufficient strength.
In the formless realm, everything is inexhaustible, it is neither born nor destroyed, neither increasing nor decreasing. It can support this state and visualize the three thousand great ways at will.
If you are in the form/world and try to maintain this state, you will be able to consume his essence in an instant.
Can those monks and great masters in the previous life still be able to enter a state of concentration if they don’t let them sleep for three days or drink a pound of strong wine? If they are rolling in the downtown world and the temples all year round, can they still be able to enter a state of concentration?
The answer is of course no.
You must have the six senses of purity, regular work and rest, light diet, give up all the pleasures of ordinary people, and devote all your energy to your practice in order to maintain diligence. If you suddenly fall into your arms when the night is quiet, you may not be able to control your beauty.
This is the limitation of human beings. A state without power is hypocritical. As long as it is still a mortal body, don’t say anything about great enlightenment.
But at least one kind of confirmation and an answer, knowing what direction to go, then all the hard work will not be in vain.
So now, it’s time to meet that “old five”!
Li Qingshan looked back suddenly, all the light disappeared, and everything returned to pure white.
A stone sculpture appeared in front of me, which was a three-headed and six-armed stone monkey, quietly squatting on the white ground.
The stone monkey has a strange shape - six monkey claws cover the eyes, ears and mouths on the three heads respectively - but it is not very tall, only as tall as waist-length, and even a bit funny and cute.
But it felt like it was part of this formless realm, without any abruptness.
Four words appeared in his mind: "Refining the emptiness and communicating the Tao."
He let out a sigh, reached out and knocked the monkey's head three times, dongdongdongdongdongdong!
Chapter completed!