I am cultivating the golden elixir path in the heavens

Chapter 8: The difficulty of entering Taoism makes the seven disciples of Quanzhen doubt their lives (Seeking follow-up reading)
Li Qingtian: “…”

Am I explaining it too profoundly?

Or is it really related to talent, and none of them are suitable for practicing Taoism?

Or can you learn from yourself, blending the yin and yang inside and outside in the rain, and thereby enter the Tao?
"You can try my method of entering the Dao..."

Li Qingtian slowly explained the method of blending internal and external yin and yang, and said that this method could lead to enlightenment.

Practicing Taoism may require a lot of talent.

But it should be possible to make up for one's shortcomings with hard work.

"Thank you, Junior Master, for teaching me the Dao!"

Ma Yu and the other seven showed joy on their faces. The path of their junior master's uncle had been proven, and it would be easier to follow this path to success.

All the methods for practicing Taoism are available.

The false teachings are three hundred articles, the true teachings are just one sentence, and the junior uncle has already told me the specific method to enter the Tao.

Ma Yu and the others naturally wanted to give it a try.

"If we can succeed in entering the Dao, we will embark on the path of immortality and can practice magic like our junior master and become true Taoists."

I probably used to be a fake Taoist priest.

Seeing that entering the Tao is right before your eyes, who wouldn’t want to practice Taoism?

The junior master is in front of you, the Dharma has been taught, the chance to become an immortal has arrived. Once you enter the Tao, you are no longer an ordinary person, and the great road is right in front of you.

"I'll be the first to try to enter the Tao." Qiu Chuji said first. He was quite enthusiastic.

Li Qingtian didn't say anything. To him, it didn't matter who came first. To enter the Tao, one needs to rely on oneself, not external forces.

"With my current state, I cannot lead others into the Dao. If you want to enter the Dao, you can only rely on yourself."

After he gave instructions, he stopped asking questions and went on practicing on his own.

"We will keep in mind what Junior Master said."

Ma Yu, Qiu Chuji and others had no objection.

The master leads you in, and cultivation depends on oneself.

It was already a great opportunity for them that their junior uncle could teach them the inner alchemy practice method without reservation.

There was no rain that day, so it could only last for one or two days.

When Qiu Chuji sat cross-legged in the rain with full confidence, he imitated Li Qingtian to blend the yin and yang inside and outside.

Half an hour, an hour...

After two hours, there was no sign of enlightenment at all.

"Junior Brother Qiu, how do you feel?" Ma Yu asked quickly. He was eager to know the results of Qiu Chuji's practice.

Qiu Chuji was confused by the heavy rain, "Brother, I didn't feel anything, am I... not very talented?"

Ma Yu: "..."

This is not a question of whether their qualifications are poor or not, but a question of how much it undermines the confidence of the rest of them.

We don't know whether you are qualified or not, but you definitely didn't succeed.

"I'll be next."

Ma Yu looked determined. Although he was also afraid of becoming like Qiu Chuji, he still wanted to give it a try.

The chance to become an immortal is right before your eyes, how can you not try?

On the second day, it was raining heavily again, and at the same time, Ma Yu began to comprehend what his junior uncle had said about the fusion of internal and external yin and yang, and the feeling of yin and yang being in harmony.

"There is yin and yang outside, and yin and yang inside, and the inside and the outside merge and change..."

Ma Yu continued to empty his mind, trying to merge himself with the outside world, so that he could achieve the state of unity between man and nature as described by his junior uncle.

Half an hour, an hour...

"Hmm?" Ma Yu couldn't help but secretly doubt, "Why is there no response?"

He continued to hold on, letting the heavy rain pour down on his face.

A feeling of frustration and irritability surged into his heart, but after two hours, Ma Yu finally couldn't hold on and fell down.

When Ma Yu opened his eyes again, he was already lying on the bed, "Did I... faint?"

Obviously, he was unsuccessful in his attempt to enter the Tao.

Is it because of lack of understanding, wrong posture, or restless mind?
"Brother, are you awake?" Qiu Chuji and the others had been guarding and did not dare to leave. "How do you feel?" They all wanted to see whether Ma Yu had achieved enlightenment.

If Ma Yu can do it, then it means they can do it too; if Ma Yu also can't enter the Tao, then it may not be their problem.

"I got sick."

Ma Yu said bitterly, he just felt uncomfortable all over.

Especially the throat feels like it’s being cut by a knife.

The rest: "..."

Everyone wants to know about your entry into the Tao.

Who wants to know if you are sick?

However, seeing Ma Yu's weak appearance, Qiu Chuji and the others had already guessed the result.

Even if the head master were to step in, it wouldn't work.

"We have all followed the method that Junior Uncle-Master told us, but it is still so difficult to enter the Dao. It turns out there is a reason why there are no true Daoists in the world."

Qiu Chuji sighed, "This true way of cultivation, this great way to become an immortal, is indeed not something that everyone can cultivate. Even with the same method, different people may not necessarily be able to achieve enlightenment."

If you don’t enter the Tao, it cannot be considered as practicing Tao.

Even if the chance to become an immortal is right before your eyes, you still cannot grasp it.

As time went by, throughout history, there were fewer and fewer practitioners of Taoism, some even disappeared completely.

The reason why we don’t see true practice today is not because it doesn’t exist, but because it is difficult to get started.

Qiu Chuji and Ma Yu both had a deep understanding of this.

Being caught in a heavy rain has no other effect except making you sick, and there is no such thing as entering the Tao.

It was as if it was just rained, nothing else was there.

He didn’t even see the shadow of Tao, let alone entering Tao and building the foundation in a hundred days.

At this moment, they all began to doubt their lives.

Am I not suitable for practicing Taoism? Is it because I don’t have enough talent? Is it because I can’t seize the opportunity?
In this life, I can only practice martial arts for the rest of my life?
Or do you hope that one day you can achieve enlightenment through martial arts?
I'm afraid it's all in vain.

……

"I think it must be because we are too poorly qualified, or we are restless, or we are unlucky..."

"In fact, Junior Master has been practicing and meditating for ten years before he finally attained enlightenment. It is normal for us to lose this time."

It is normal to fail once, just like my junior uncle who failed to enter the Tao for the first ten years, but he entered the Tao the last time, and that’s enough.

Compared with the perseverance of our junior master, everyone's temporary failure is only temporary and nothing to worry about.

After comforting each other, Ma Yu, Qiu Chuji and the other seven regained their confidence and were full of faith in practicing Taoism again.

"If Taoism is easy to cultivate, the world would have long been dominated by practitioners, rather than a bunch of eccentric and uncouth people making a mess of the world." Ma Yu concluded, "Perseverance is the key. You need great perseverance and wisdom to achieve enlightenment."

Now that they have obtained the method of practicing Taoism, Ma Yu and his companions plan to comprehend it day after day and keep trying to enter the Tao.

With the experience of their junior uncle as a lesson, they were all looking forward to entering the path of cultivation, and the visible goal was right in front of them.

But if they persisted for ten years, Ma Yu, Qiu Chuji and others would feel a little overwhelmed.

No wonder everyone practices martial arts.

"If people in the world learn the path of poverty, it is like falling into the path of demons."

Ma Yu and the others were eager to enter the Tao, but they failed. Li Qingtian naturally knew the result.

His method can be copied, but his perception and state of mind cannot be copied by everyone. This is why, although Taoist scriptures from ancient times to the present have recorded methods of practice, it is difficult to find successful ones.

Everyone has their own faces and hearts, so we can't generalize.

One day, Li Qingtian suddenly felt something, and on a whim, he wanted to learn another technique.

Flying technique!
Or it is called riding on the clouds.

This is standard equipment for those who practice Taoism and a must-have when traveling.

Even the appearance of the practitioners must be arranged. "Although I don't have the method to fly in the clouds, I can still study it."

Aren’t all Taoists able to gain enlightenment through meditation?

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