Chapter 46 Meditation


    The content in the book is very simple, with only a few sets of breathing charts entering into concentration and a few pages of mind method annotations. It briefly introduces how to regulate breathing, stop, enter into a meditation state, how to abandon distracting thoughts, and enter into a meditation state of forgetting both the object and the self.


    After looking at the booklet with a few pictures and a few lines of words, I stopped talking.


    "Do you think it''s very simple?"


    Mo Hua nodded and asked, "Sir, is this just a primary meditation?"


    "No," Mr. Zhuang denied, "all the experiences and practice methods of meditation are in this booklet."


    Seeing that the ink painting was puzzled, Mr. Zhuang explained again:


    "It is natural to say that meditation is simple, but it is very difficult. The simplicity is that all the key points of this method are in this picture and these pages of experience, which are clear at a glance. The difficulty lies in the illusion of people''s minds. It is not that you can enter into samadhi by thinking about meditation, and you can forget both things and things."


    Ink painting was thoughtful, Mr. Zhuang continued to explain:


    "It''s like the world''s desires that can be seen through, but how many people can really see through in their hearts? Some truths seem simple, and people who understand can understand at a glance. People who don''t understand will never understand in their lifetime, and people who can''t understand will often think they understand."


    "The same is true for this meditation. If you can truly enter into meditation and abandon distracting thoughts, you will naturally learn quickly, but if you are full of thoughts and are full of distracting thoughts, you will not be able to learn no matter how you learn it."


    Mo Hua suddenly realized and frowned, "Then if I can''t abandon my distractions, will I not be able to learn it?"


    Mr. Zhuang smiled, "It''s not as difficult as you think. I have used this meditation for many years and summarized the simplest experience of entering into meditation, and there is only one sentence..."


    "You will be satisfied with your heart and do not deceive yourself."


    "The heart is smooth and natural without deceiving yourself..." Mo Hua muttered silently.


    "Whatever things in the world should be like, even what they are like, your own mind, whether they are irritable, quiet, tyrannical, decadent, upright, or despicable, even if they are unbearable, you must accept it calmly and don''t lie to yourself."


    "If you can do these two things, your mind will be like a calm water and a bright mirror, and you can enter into meditation more or less."


    Mo Hua realized something and began to read "Mediation Methods". After reading it for a while, he suddenly asked curiously:


    "Sir, will the meditation method be of any special purpose?"


    "No, the meditation method can only allow you to enter into meditation, restore your spiritual consciousness, and learn from the depths. It is only faster to enter into meditation and restore your spiritual consciousness. And the longer you learn, the better you may not learn."


    Mo Hua was stunned, "Will this be worse and worse as he learns?"


    Mr. Zhuang looked at the ink painting meaningfully, "You are still a child now. What you see, hear, think and think are relatively simple. There are not many distracting thoughts, and you may enter into meditation faster. When you grow up, you will see more things in this world. If you have more distracting thoughts, you will also have more worldly desires. If you want to enter into meditation, it will probably not be that simple."


    Ink painting suddenly came to an eye.


    Recently, I thought that I had seen and heard a lot, after all, I had memories of another life.


    But when I think about it carefully, he was in his twenties in his other life, but he actually had no experience, and he only had ten years of his life. The ages of the two lives are much younger than Mr. Zhuang, and their experiences and experiences are incomparable. It is not wrong to say that he is a "child".


    Mo Hua asked curiously again, "Sir, how is your meditation now compared to before?"


    Mr. Zhuang pondered for a moment: "I started to be in my teens and memorized various formation theories. After learning the formations in the first grade, I began to learn meditation methods and started to learn very quickly. Then, until I was a teenager, I learned this method better and better. I often finish drawing a set of formations and meditating for a cup of tea, and my spiritual consciousness will be filled."


    "When I was young and frivolous, my mind was unstable, so my meditation was gone. After that, my mind was in trouble and my mind was in a difficult state. I never calmed down and the method of meditation would not advance but retreat."


    "Now I have taken a lot of things indifferent, but this meditation method is no longer useful..."


    Mr. Zhuang felt a little moved. He came to his senses, but found that he had said too much without realizing it. He still looked at Mo Hua as if he was listening to the story with relish. He knocked Mo Hua on the forehead and said, "Study hard." "Oh," Mo Hua then calmed down, and slowly studied the meditation method.


    The key points of the meditation method are mainly to abandon distracting thoughts, clear minds, and enter a state of forgetting both the self and the body.


    In the ink painting, according to the method in "Mediation Method", meditated quietly, without thinking about anything, and slowly entered a state of meditation.


    After entering the state of meditation, I can indeed feel relaxed all over my body, as if I have escaped from the cage of my body, and my mood suddenly becomes wide open. The spiritual consciousness consumed by drawing the formation before is also slowly retracing, and the recovery speed is much faster than before.


    But the state of entering into meditation is very shallow. After meditation, I can’t meditate for a cup of tea, and my mind is slightly floating, so I withdraw from the state of entering into meditation.


    Mr. Zhuang, who had been keeping his eyes closed, saw this and opened his eyes and said:


    "It''s not bad to be able to reach this level for the first time. Once you master it in the future, after drawing the formation, you only need to meditate and enter into the meditation, and you will naturally achieve twice the result with half the effort."


    "Thank you sir!"


    Mo Hua was very happy. Before, he could only practice formations on the monument of the sea of ??consciousness. The progress of practicing formations during the day was very slow. Now that he learned to meditate, his spiritual consciousness can be restored as soon as possible. Even if his background is not as good as that of those disciples of aristocratic families, his diligence can make up for his shortcomings, and he may not be much worse than others in the future.


    Mo Hua asked again, "Sir, I understand the meditation method. What is the visualization method mentioned before?"


    Mr. Zhuang lay leisurely on the bamboo chair and said, "Guess what is the visualization used for?"


    Mo Hua thought for a while and said, "Meditation is used to restore spiritual consciousness, so is visualization used to enhance spiritual consciousness?"


    "Yes," Mr. Zhuang nodded, "There is no skill in practicing spiritual consciousness in the cultivation world. The powerful monks in ancient times have created visualization ideas to enhance spiritual consciousness by visualization."


    “Is the visualization method different from the exercise method?”


    "The visualization method is a simplified, unstable method that can increase the spiritual consciousness, but it is not a method of cultivating the spiritual consciousness." Mr. Zhuang said.


    "The spiritual power is visible and can be seen. It can be used to activate spiritual weapons, use Taoism, and have meridians to follow, but the spiritual consciousness is different. The human sea of ??consciousness does not have meridians, so it can see the trajectory of the spiritual consciousness. Therefore, there is no stable way to cultivate spiritual consciousness."


    "The only thing that can quickly improve the spiritual consciousness is observation. Observation contains the rules of the heavenly way or the powerful spiritual consciousness, patterns, words or ancient objects, can be assimilated with it to a certain extent and gradually enhance the spiritual consciousness."


    "But this kind of visualization varies from person to person, and the cultivation effect of different people is different. The visualization diagram that can be used for the cultivation of visualization is extremely scarce even in those aristocratic families, so it is not widely spread in the world of cultivation, and it cannot be extended as a stable way of practice like martial arts."


    "What are you thinking about..." Mo Hua murmured.


    Mr. Zhuang hesitated for a moment and said with a slightly serious expression:


    "Although visualization can enhance spiritual consciousness, you''d better not use it. Even if it is used, you should be careful and not rely entirely on it."


    Mo Hua said in confusion: "Is it because I am not talented enough, so will it be backfired?"


    Mr. Zhuang shook his head, "This has nothing to do with talent. The visualization diagram reflects other people''s spiritual consciousness and others'' understanding of the way of heaven. In other words, what is visualized is the "Tao" of others, or some non-human "Tao". Once the spiritual consciousness is addicted to it, it will often have extremely terrible consequences."


    Ink painting feels solemn in his heart.


    Mr. Zhuang waved his hand, "It''s too early to tell you these things. You just need to concentrate on learning the formation. You may not be able to encounter things like visualization pictures in the future."


    After saying that, Mr. Zhuang asked Mo Hua to practice meditation several times. When it was getting late, he asked Mo Hua to go back.


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