In those years, the cultivators we cut together

Past, future, its essence refers to some kind of change.

And if everything loses its change, then the above three points will be meaningless, and time will also seem to cease to exist.

In the endless dead lake, the young man is facing such a situation at this moment.

Here, there is no past and no future, because nothing will change.

There may still be a past, but it is the past in his memory, what is left of him now—only the present, that is—the current world!

Lin Xiaolu stood in the middle of the lake, with his hands behind his back, looking at the darkness at the top of the sky, thinking about the Book of Changes in his mind over and over again.

He no longer knows how much time has passed, but he has calculated that since the last time he tried to kill himself, he has slept a total of 360 times.

He's not sure if he's counting wrong, or how long he sleeps, but it's the only thing he can do, counting the times he sleeps, trying to remember the people he's dreamed about.

He has not practiced for a long time, because it is meaningless.

Now he has basically calmed down.

From despair and madness, to despair and calm, then to despair and madness, to despair and calm, repeated hundreds of times, and finally...he could only stay like this.

What's interesting is that he hasn't changed much, neither grows a beard, nor grows old, everything is the same as when he first entered this world, as if from that moment on, all he has left is the present, neither Past and no future.

And in such eternal loneliness, he gradually discovered that recalling the past could not pass the time for himself, but would instead plunge him into pain and a nightmare of longing.

So he started not moving, started to think of himself as a stone.

If he can, he will go to sleep, and when he wakes up, if he can't fall asleep, he will not move, just sit in a daze.

Staying for a while, he will start to think carefully about the Book of Changes in his mind, because this is the only thing he has not untied and can entertain his loneliness.

In this way, he has already mastered the full text of the Book of Changes by heart, replaying the reasoning in his mind over and over again, from Zhouyi, to Lianshan, and then to Guizang, chewing it over and over again, it seems that only in this way can he not be so lonely anymore.

And such a method will eventually get boring, after going through an unknown period of repeated thinking, but without any results, he collapsed again.

He roared hoarsely in the arena, beat the lake surface over and over again, and ran aimlessly with all his strength until all his strength was exhausted.

Perhaps the young man has really gone crazy. In the endless loneliness, he gradually gave birth to another personality of his own, a personality named Lin Jingluo.

Lin Xiaolu didn't know how this guy appeared, and he didn't know why this name was separated from his subconscious mind. He only knew that this guy had been very calm about everything around him since he was born.

Whenever Lin Xiaolu was in extreme pain, Lin Jingluo would appear to accept the pain on his behalf, and then he would not cry or make a fuss, enjoying the loneliness quietly.

In the endless years after that, Lin Jingluo began to appear more and more frequently, until the latter two personalities even communicated with each other, which also relieved Lin Xiaolu of part of her loneliness.

In this way, in the long flow of time that seems to be static, the two personalities are discussing the Book of Changes, discussing abstract concepts such as the past, future, and present.

Originally, Lin Xiaolu thought that his future life would depend on his own personality, but soon he discovered another point, that is, Lin Jingluo is different from himself...he will grow old.

That's right, although the appearance hasn't changed, as time goes by, Lin Jingluo's tone obviously changed from childlike and naive at the beginning, to an old man at the end, and the words he said became more and more serious. He is wise, and his understanding of the Book of Changes is far better than Lin Xiaolu himself.

For example, he said:

"The past, present, and future actually refer to time itself, but time may not exist, but our consciousness thinks they exist the same, so the past, present, and future may not exist. The exploration of these three is actually It is an exploration of mind and consciousness."

For example, he also said:

"Xiaolu, I am so envious of your past. Unlike me, I have only known you since I was born. In my future, I may only have you alone. Therefore, for me, the past, present, and The future is all about you."

Lin Xiaolu likes Lin Jingluo very much, because he is the only one who can accompany her.

In the face of eternal loneliness, all his bravery is meaningless, but the appearance of Lin Jingluo gave him a hand.

Therefore, when Lin Jingluo was already old and was about to pass away, Lin Xiaolu cried loudly.

He didn't know how long he waited for Lin Jingluo to be born out of extreme despair, but in the end he still left himself.

He hated it, hated why he couldn't die or grow old, but his personality could.

The heaven and the earth are dark and yellow, the universe is wild,

The sun and the moon are in full bloom, and the celestial constellations are listed,

The cold comes and goes, the autumn is harvested and winter is hidden.

The laws of everything in this world, in this world, and in myself, have not changed even the slightest bit!

Lin Jingluo died, and Lin Xiaolu's only friend here left.

Before he died, he who had studied the Book of Changes all his life said this to Lin Xiaolu:

"Xiaolu, I'm sorry, I can't continue to accompany you, maybe your soul can no longer bear my operation.

Everyone has a lifespan, so does the universe, and so do I, but unfortunately, Wangchuan is not, and you are not.

I already know my name, why I call it Whale Falling, it is because in your subconscious mind, you have heard a story, a story about a whale falling, all things are born.

That's why you named me Whale Fall.

Perhaps, you subconsciously hope that someone can save you.

But sorry, I'm not that person.

Finally, for so long, I don’t understand much about the past, present, and future, just one sentence:

Don't think about the past, don't live up to the present, and don't fear the future. "

After saying this, Lin Jingluo disappeared permanently, and Lin Xiaolu also returned to the original point.

He didn't split into other personalities, maybe he grew up, maybe he got used to it, he just continued to stay aimlessly in this world.

He didn't know how far he had traveled, nor how long he had stayed, and even every time he went to sleep, the number of times he dreamed of those people became less and less.

It's just that somewhere, he felt something new, something inexplicable.

He began to think about his martial arts, where he came from, and how his inner strength was generated.

In a long life, the past, present, and future are all interspersed as cause and effect.

And in this world where cause and effect do not exist, I don't have to follow cause and effect anymore.

Past, present, future, is time.

The basic meaning of time is cause and effect, because there is a cause and then there is an effect.

And if there is no cause and effect, then everything is empty.

So this world is empty.

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……

I don't know how much time and years have passed.

When Lin Xiaolu gradually forgot even Lin Jingluo, he entered a half-dream and half-awake state.

He saw a stone, changing in the eternal world, decaying, breaking, and finally turning into clay, continuing to exist as another thing.

He saw a point, and that point was himself.

This place is empty, there is no concept of past, present, and future, but because of my appearance, this place has changed, a change from nothing, from zero to one, because I am different from stone, I have Thought, I still remember the past, but the stone cannot remember the past, cannot retain the past.

Just like this world, because of my appearance, because I remember the past, I can also feel the present, and I live in this world, so this world has cause and effect, time, past, now, Basic concept of the future.

Therefore, it can be understood inversely that the ultimate definition of the past, present, and future is actually human thoughts and perceptions, that is, one's own thoughts and perceptions, because one remembers the past and feels the present.

Even if one day I die, my consciousness disappears, my soul is reincarnated, and my body becomes a part of the world, like a stone, but a stone has a future!

A stone cannot remember the past, nor feel the present, so it has only the future, and therefore it is incomplete.

And one's own consciousness can remember the past, and can also feel the present. Similarly, after death, it becomes a stone, and there is a future.

Therefore, consciousness and perception are the past, present and future, and your own consciousness is contained in the entire universe, the entire world, and is a part of everything in the world, so the past, present and future that you perceive are actually the past, present and future. The entire universe is prehistoric, the past, present, and future perceived by the entire world!

And his own consciousness, the appearance of perception... Isn't it exactly what he looks like!

Therefore, I am the past!I am now!You are the future!

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Do you know how light and light say hello?

See you in the darkest places.

——Lin Xiaolu