Leisurely Cultivation Time

Chapter 101 Doubts about the existence of heaven

Ye Fei asked Xiao Yi to sit cross-legged first, then took out the prepared cinnabar and drew a rune on Xiao Yi's forehead.

"Ye Fei, do you still need to recite the mantra? Or practice formulas?" Xiao Yi asked Ye Fei as soon as the rune was drawn.

"What mantra? How can there be any formula? Where did you hear it?"

"It's all written like this in the novels. Taoism doesn't have such meditation mantras and heart-cleaning mantras. Don't monks always meditate and chant scriptures?"

"The novels are all made up by others. Can this be believed? As for Taoism and Buddhism, I don't know much about them, and I don't know what is the use of reciting mantras."

After a pause, Ye Fei said again: "From my understanding, when it comes to sitting quietly, the most important thing is the word "quiet". Quietness means letting go of the mind, and what are you talking about chanting mantras and formulas? The brain is all used, and the brain is active, so how can it be calm? Don’t you think so?”

"That seems to make sense." Xiao Yi nodded.

"The essence of practice is actually to be close to nature. Everything in this world is a part of nature, including us humans. But the development of human beings has begun to deviate from nature because of human desires."

"For example, after the life of all things reaches the end, they are decomposed by the earth, and then merged into the earth, becoming the nutrient of the earth and nourishing new life."

"But what about human beings? Why do the so-called fantasy of name and non-existence use a coffin, an urn, or even more exaggeratedly, a sarcophagus, how will the earth decompose him, and how will life start a new round of reincarnation?"

After hearing Ye Fei's words, Xiao Yi looked at Ye Fei strangely, scratched his head and said, "Imagination that doesn't exist? Haven't you met mountain gods before? There are gods already. Does it exist?"

"My opinion is that it doesn't exist. I told you last time that the mountain god I met was different from the mountain god shown in TV dramas. It was just a fantasy created by humans imposing their own humanity on him. And The real mountain god is actually the Gaia consciousness born in nature, without human selfish desires, and without distinction between good and evil, he is just following the laws of nature to develop nature."

"And all living things are part of nature, so we can naturally pray to the mountain gods. As long as they conform to the laws of nature, the mountain gods will respond."

"For example, if you pray for a good harvest this year, the mountain god will respond to you invisibly. Maybe there is no change on the surface, but when you harvest, you will find that this year's harvest will be better than before. This is within the scope of natural rules. The mountain god will invisibly affect the natural world.”

"Oh, so it's like this." Xiao Yi nodded, and he had a general understanding of the mountain god Ye Fei was talking about.

"What do you think is the essence of nature?" Ye Fei asked Xiao Yi.

"The essence of nature is reincarnation, complete food chains one by one, but even the top of the food chain will decline one day, and will eventually be decomposed by the earth and give birth to life again. I have taught it in the nature class of this elementary school."

"Yes, the essence of nature is reincarnation. Since nature itself has a complete reincarnation system, what else do heaven and hell need to do? Heaven and hell are just some people who are not firm enough, so they can only pin their inner thoughts on the illusory That's why I fantasized about the existence of heaven and hell."

"What are you doing?" Ye Fei just finished speaking, and suddenly found Xiao Yi staring at him with strange eyes.

"No, I just feel that you have changed a lot." Xiao Yi said with a smile: "Your world view was not like this before."

"The knowledge given to me by the mountain god has changed my view of the world. After being in touch with nature for a long time, my view of nature is different."

"I think you could be a philosopher now."

"Few people can accept my worldview. See how difficult it was for the country to promote cremation? My idea is more straightforward. I just bury them in the ground and let the earth decompose them. Others can't accept it."

"That's true." Xiao Yi nodded.

"Okay, let's not talk about this, you just need to understand the essence of nature, and then you have to let your mind completely empty, so that you can feel the nature."

"Then how do you let go of your mind?" Xiao Yi asked.

"Just don't think about anything."

"This seems a bit difficult. Unless you sleep, you will have some messy thoughts in your mind. Sometimes you will dream when you sleep, unless you go into a deep sleep."

"I can't do anything about this, or you can just try to sleep. I also figured it out by myself, and I didn't have anyone to teach me. I don't know how to do many things."

"No one taught you? What about the mountain god? How did you learn this knowledge?"

"Hmm~" Ye Fei pondered for a while and said, "I don't know how I learned it. Last time I went to Guling Village with my family for an outing, I somehow reached a sympathy with the mountain god, and then I suddenly had more knowledge in my mind."

It was impossible for Ye Fei to tell the story of how he got the jade ring, so he lied a little.

"Guling Village? Is it the village with a strange peach forest?"

Ye Fei nodded and said: "That's right, last time when I was washing my hands by the river, I accidentally plunged into the river. When I stood up again, this knowledge appeared in my mind."

"It seems that you are the legendary chosen one." Xiao Yi teased.

"It may be that the earth's environment has been severely damaged now, so the mountain god asked me to use the knowledge in my mind to change the natural environment." Ye Fei also said with a smile.

Then he said: "Okay, I won't tell you anymore. I have already told you the essence of practice, which is to follow nature and use the power of nature to achieve the purpose of strengthening oneself. But if you want to use the power of nature, you have to feel it." Communicate with nature, so the first point is to learn to sit still, as long as you calm down, the runes on your forehead will help you communicate with nature."

"Okay, let me try first." Xiao Yi nodded.

Seeing Xiao Yi close his eyes and try, Ye Fei also closed his eyes, but he didn't feel natural immediately, but thought about what he said just now.

I still remember when I got the jade ring for the first time, the message from the jade ring was that it came from the Ministry of Agriculture in Heaven, and it was a magic weapon for newcomers to the Ministry of Agriculture.

But the more he feels for nature, the more he doubts the existence of heaven. The natural world does not need the existence of heaven, let alone the existence of hell. It has a system of reincarnation and its own natural laws, and it does not need heaven and hell at all. intervene.

He also thought of the legend of the Heavenly Court. The Heavenly Court was enshrined as gods by some famous heroes and generals when King Wu defeated Zhou. Before the deification, everyone was an ordinary human being.

Ye Fei began to guess in his heart that maybe there is no heaven in the first place, and the so-called heaven is actually an organization established by some human practitioners in this world.

When I talked to Xiao Yi just now, I felt that it was very reasonable, and then Ye Fei became more and more determined in his thinking.

"Ye Fei, I still can't calm down, what should I do?" Just as Ye Fei was thinking about the Heavenly Court, Xiao Yi suddenly opened his eyes and said.

Ye Fei also opened his eyes and said: "Don't think about "quiet". Once you think about it, your mind will start to work. How can you calm down? Don't think about anything, just empty your mind."

"Okay, I'll try again."

"Don't call me later. I've already told you if I can. I can't teach you anything else. Think about it yourself. I'm going to start practicing myself." Ye Fei said.

"Okay." Xiao Yi responded, and then the two closed their eyes.

(End of this chapter)