Asking About Longevity: Chapter 297 Picture of visualization

Chapter 297 Visualization Picture

Mo Hua couldn’t help but open his mouth.

He didn’t expect that the world of cultivation was so big and there were so many monks that he would be lucky enough to be the first to try something new.

Mo Hua is in a dilemma. He doesn’t want to eat crabs. He has no lessons learned from past mistakes. Once the method is not used properly, he will suffer a bad stomach.

"Then what should I do?" Mo Hua asked, "One day, my consciousness will be eroded by evil thoughts, I will lose my original intention, and I will really turn into a man-eating kid."

Mr. Zhuang glanced at Mo Hua and said, "Don't be unreasonable. You've eaten the living kid, so what do you think about the distracting thoughts after death?"

"The most you can do is..." Mr. Zhuang thought for a moment and came up with a word: "Eat without converting."

“Eat without converting...” Mo Hua thought about it for a while and then he understood.

 “Indigestion?”

Mr. Zhuang nodded, "You are right."

Mo Hua was relieved and asked other questions:

"Sir, where did the visualization map come from? Also, you said that there is danger in the visualization map. Is this kid the danger in it? Is it the 'inhuman' way you said? All visualizations Are there any such brats in the pictures? What should I do if I encounter them again in the future? "

Mo Hua’s voice was clear and he asked a long list of questions in one go.

Mr. Zhuang couldn't help but rub his forehead.

There is a clever disciple who is also in some troubles. He thinks quickly and has many questions, and it is difficult to answer them.

Mr. Zhuang thought for a moment and decided to start from the most basic level, then asked Mo Hua:

“All the extraordinary power of monks relies on three things. Do you know what these three things are?”

“Is it spiritual consciousness, spiritual power and physical body?” Mo Hua replied.

Mr. Zhuang nodded, "Yes, any ability of a monk is based on spiritual consciousness, spiritual power and physical body."

“Martial arts uses spiritual power to stimulate the physical body, magic uses spiritual consciousness to condense spiritual power, formations use spiritual consciousness to communicate with the way of heaven, and formations to transmit spiritual power. This is generally the case for other monastic disciplines, but the emphasis is different.”

“Whenever you encounter any weird or bizarre things in the world of cultivation in the future, if you are unable to grasp them or have no clue, you can consider them from these three categories.”

 Ink painting suddenly realized.

"The little ghost in the visualization picture has no body and no spiritual power. Is it pure spiritual thought, or the power of pure divine consciousness?"

"That's right." Mr. Zhuang said, "In other words, the so-called visualization diagram is just a medium for carrying spiritual consciousness. What the picture carries is the residual spiritual consciousness of some monks due to fate, or some non-human beings. It’s a divine thought born by chance.”

“These spiritual consciousnesses are also spiritual thoughts. Monks often call them evil objects or ghosts.”

Mo Hua asked: "Can these evil things and ghosts be eaten?"

Mr. Zhuang tapped Mo Hua’s little head and said, “Don’t be greedy and think about eating everything.”

Mo Hua smiled sheepishly.

Mr. Zhuang warned: "These evil creatures and ghosts are also divided into strong and weak ones. The green-faced little ghost you encounter happens to be relatively weak, so it can be eaten by you. If you encounter a strong one, you don't know who will eat whom."

 “How strong can it be?” Mo Hua was a little curious.

Mr. Zhuang's eyes flashed with deep fear, and he said in a solemn tone:

　　“Very frighteningly strong.”

 The ink painting also looked stern.

Even the enigmatic Mr. Zhuang finds it scary?

Mr. Zhuang glanced at Mo Hua and thought for a moment, and thought it would be better to give Mo Hua a heads up first.

Originally, the realm of ink painting was low and far away from these things, but now he can find a visualization picture inexplicably and swallow the ghosts in the picture. He may not know what he will encounter in the future.

Mr. Zhuang still likes this young disciple very much and does not want him to fall into an eternal disaster due to ignorance and fearlessness.

 “There are some dangers in this world that you cannot see.” Mr. Zhuang said.

“Ancient temples on barren mountains, dusty caves, and ancient underground tombs are often inhabited by some unspeakable evil things or ghosts. They feed on people’s spiritual consciousness and are good at defiling people’s hearts.”

"A monk with a weak spiritual consciousness cannot see or touch these things. He may not even know how he died when he is about to die. Either his spiritual consciousness is swallowed up, or the sea of ​​consciousness is occupied by evil things. I don't know. I felt controlled by him and became a puppet like a living dead."

"There are also some existences that survive longer, with overwhelming spiritual thoughts that are almost immortal. With the spiritual consciousness of monks, they can't even be seen at all. Some monks are in awe and respect them as 'ghosts and gods' or 'evil gods'. He paid homage."

“However, most of these ghosts and gods are evil in nature and have treacherous thoughts. The monks who respect them often do not end well..."

“Whether it is a weaker ghost or an extremely powerful ghost or evil spirit, if it exists in the world, it must have a shelter, and this shelter is a visualization map.”

“That’s why I’m telling you that the visualization diagram contains dangers and inhuman ways…”

Mo Hua was frightened when he heard this, but he also wondered:

 “Are they all hidden in the picture?”

 Can such a big picture be accommodated?

Mr. Zhuang shook his head, "Although they are called visualization pictures, they may not all be pictures. Some murals, stone statues, weird patterns, etc., may be objects of visualization, but monks are accustomed to collectively refer to them as 'visualization pictures'."

Mo Hua nodded and couldn't help but feel that it was an eye-opener.

With Mr. Wu Zhuang's guidance, he would never have known these monastic knowledge. If he really encountered a powerful ghost, he would probably die without knowing how.

Mo Hua asked: "Does this knowledge also belong to the common sense of monasticism?" "These are not common sense of monasticism," Mr. Zhuang said, "but the secrets of monasticism. They are from some ancient families who are proficient in spiritual consciousness, or ancient sects who have inherited formations. The secrets known to the disciples are unknown to ordinary monks."

Mo Hua nodded frequently and took this rare secret of Taoism seriously into his heart.

 Except Mr. Zhuang, no one can say this to him.

"do you understand?"

 “I understand,” Mo Hua said, and then he remembered something, “But…”

Seeing that he was hesitant to speak, Mr. Zhuang said helplessly: "If you want to ask, just ask. Don't hold it in your heart."

Mo Hua smiled brightly and said: "Thank you, sir!"

Then he began to ask: "When I saw this visualization picture, I saw a Taoist boy at first, and then when I looked at it, the Taoist boy turned into a little ghost. Why is that? Does every visualization picture have two appearances? "

Mr. Zhuang glanced at the ink painting in surprise.

He never mentioned such a subtle thing, and he could think of it himself in the ink painting. He was indeed very talented and had a very high level of understanding.

Mr. Zhuang smiled slightly and said with approval:

“Everything in the world has both its appearance and its true nature, and this is especially true for visualization pictures. All the scenes in the picture are their appearances, and beneath the appearances, there is the true nature of spiritual thoughts.”

Mo Hua thinks along Mr. Zhuang’s words:

 “Then the little Taoist boy in the visualization picture is the appearance, and the green-faced little ghost is his true appearance?”

Mr. Zhuang nodded, "Not bad."

“Are all visualization pictures divided into appearance and true form?”

“Yes, but it can’t be divided so simply.” Mr. Zhuang explained patiently:

“In some pictures, the appearance is the true nature, while in some pictures, the true nature is just a deeper appearance.”

 “Appearance and true appearance, true appearance and apparent appearance…”

Mo Hua thought for a while and felt a little dizzy, so he asked:

 “How can I tell the difference?”

Mr. Zhuang raised his slender fingers and said slowly:

“The first is to rely on spiritual consciousness. If your spiritual consciousness is strong and stronger than the spiritual thoughts of ghosts or evil objects in the visualization pictures, you can see through their reality.”

“Second, based on experience, if you see more visualization pictures, you can intuitively identify some truths and falsehoods, and see through some appearances.”

“The third is to rely on the understanding of the way of heaven. The deeper the understanding of the way of heaven, the closer you are to the essence of the great way, and the more you can see the true nature hidden under the appearance.”

“Of these three points, the first point is the most direct, the second point takes time, and the third point is the most difficult.”

"Perception of the way of heaven..." Mo Hua pondered for a moment and wondered: "How can we improve our understanding of the way of heaven?"

Mr. Zhuang said: "The first thing is to look at the character, and the second thing is to look at tempering."

Mo Hua frowned and thought carefully for a moment. Suddenly his eyes lit up and he said:

“Meditation improves the mind, and formation sharpens the understanding?”

Mr. Zhuang didn't expect him to reveal it immediately, so he nodded and said, "Yes."

Mo Hua thought about it from beginning to end again, and gradually understood:

"My spiritual consciousness is strong, and because I meditate and draw formations every day, I have a deeper understanding of the way of heaven, so I unknowingly saw through the true nature of the green-faced kid. The green-faced kid got into my sea of ​​consciousness, Want to eat my consciousness..."

"But..." Mo Hua looked puzzled, "Then the Third Master also has strong spiritual consciousness, why can't he see through the true nature of the visualization diagram?"

Mr. Zhuang said calmly: "Although his spiritual consciousness is stronger, his mind is too greedy and greedy, and his understanding of the way of heaven is too poor, so naturally he cannot see through it."

Mo Hua understands.

It seems that the nature of mind is still very important, otherwise it will be easy to be blinded by lard, blinded by appearances, unable to see the true nature of things, and thus deviate from the way of heaven.

After this conversation with Mr. Zhuang, Mo Hua understood a lot and said sincerely: "Thank you, sir!"

Mr. Zhuang’s eyes were a little deep and he asked, “Do you know why I’m telling you so much now?”

 “Because I asked you…”

Mo Hua said silently in his heart, but he knew that since Mr. Zhuang asked this, it must not be that simple.

 He can ask questions, and Mr. Zhuang can answer or not answer.

Mr. Zhuang answers more questions and answers less questions. There is a lot of care in choosing what to answer.

Mo Hua reviewed Mr. Zhuang’s answers in his mind again, and felt that Mr. Zhuang’s answers were all related to ‘spiritual consciousness’ and ‘the way of heaven’.

 But why he said this, Mo Hua couldn't figure it out for a while.

Mr. Zhuang was thoughtful when he saw the ink painting, but his little brows were furrowed and he looked a little confused. He stopped being pretentious and asked meaningfully:

 “Building the foundation is the foundation for building a great road...”

 “Have you thought about what kind of foundation to build?”

 (End of this chapter)