Being a talent in the Chusheng Demon Sect

Chapter 1043 I'm going to reach the top!
"Listen not with your ears, but with your heart; listen not with your heart, but with your spirit. The ears stop at hearing, and the heart stops at symbolism. Spirit is that which is empty and awaits things. Emptiness is the fasting of the mind. Therefore, abandon intellectual desires, cleanse the spirit, remove impurities and burdens, cut off thoughts, and empty the mind, and the ultimate Dao will gather in your heart."

Lü Yang sat cross-legged, quietly contemplating.

Every three days, he would take out the Dragon-Dispelling Ruler and tap himself to ensure that his wisdom remained constant and his inspiration never ceased, so as to deduce the profound mysteries of the "Cleansing the Mind and Purifying the Impurities Chapter".

What is "fasting of the mind"?

"The fasting of the mind lies in discipline, in perseverance, and even more so in emptiness. It can withstand the vicissitudes of life, the turning of the sun and moon, and the birth and death of the world. It is a state of being undisturbed by external things."

“A cultivator who has achieved the Mind Fasting stage may have their physical body destroyed, but their spirit cannot be destroyed. Even if they die and their soul is scattered in the mortal world, their will can be projected in the dark side of the Sea of ​​Light for a long time. If they have a great opportunity, they can even be reborn in the dark side.”

Thinking of this, Lü Yang couldn't help but shake his head.

Because this level is actually very difficult.

At least it's not as easy as Tianhu makes it out to be. The idea that every ancient master has a fasting mind is purely one-sided and has no reference value.

Moreover, one's Dao heart can degenerate.

The most typical example is those great lords of the Fali Dao, who were sealed as stone statues, wasting their lives and barely surviving to this day, and their Dao hearts have been severely damaged.

So how is Xinzhai (a Buddhist practice) created?
The explanation for the "Chapter on Cleansing the Mind and Purifying Impurities" is as follows:
"Concentrate your will, let all thoughts follow each other, let all hearts return to one, see infinite light, establish the Dao heart, create a place of spiritual purification, build the foundation of the primordial spirit, and then you will have the ability to be the master of the Dao."

In short, it means to pour one's strongest obsessions and desires into the 129,600 mental thoughts that form the initial stage of the Heart Fasting, until all thoughts are tinged with the corresponding color, so as to trigger a qualitative change, build the Heart Fasting, and bestow a name upon the Dao Heart.

"Obsession, wish, dream."

As long as one is still human, these thoughts will inevitably exist, whether good or evil. The Daoist mind does not discriminate, but only judges the strength of the thoughts.

However, it's easier said than done.

In reality, this step is enough to deter countless cultivators, after all, it is no easy task to make 129,600 thoughts move at will.

People have too many distracting thoughts.

With 129,600 thoughts, there are 129,600 distracting thoughts, which change in an instant, like a herd of wild and untamed horses.

"The so-called obsessions and desires can only be subdued by a hundred, or even a thousand or ten thousand thoughts. How can one subdue hundreds of thousands of thoughts? Even if one succeeds in cultivation, as long as one's own obsessions waver in the future, all efforts will be in vain, causing one's Dao heart to regress and making it difficult to improve further."

This is different from spiritual practice.

In the pursuit of immortality and the Dao, many things, such as the supernatural powers of a Foundation Establishment True Person, are proven forever, just as the cultivation of a Golden Core True Monarch will never disappear.

However, the Daoist mindset is different.

It's fine to have a perfect Dao heart, but the practice of fasting the mind is a long process that must be maintained at all times, without any slackening for even a second.

Then the question comes:

"What are my obsessions? What are my wishes? What are my dreams deep in my heart? Are they strong enough to unify all my thoughts and build a 'temple of the mind'?"

Lü Yang closed his eyes and pondered silently.

There is no method of cultivation for this step.

Because this step involves finding "me," and every "me" is different; everyone has their own uniqueness.

They need to figure out one thing:
【who I am】

'So, for this step, I can only rely on myself.'

Calm and focused, memories of the past gradually surfaced. Through his cultivation over the past ten lifetimes, memories of countless lifetimes flashed through Lü Yang's mind.

From the initial transmigration, to the naive and bewildered mortal who was inexplicably killed, to the later seemingly foolish but actually wise and impulsive talent, to the cunning and calculating master who managed things step by step, and finally to the present self, it has all been only a few hundred years from beginning to end.

However, there are already a lot.

For him, at least as a time traveler, several hundred years was an unbelievably long time, leaving an indelible mark on his soul. "I"

Before he knew it, Lü Yang's thoughts began to coalesce, and as he pondered, a small house with four bedrooms and a living room gradually materialized.

Over so many lifetimes, he has done many things.

He has done evil and good, been regarded as a talent and treated others as talents, but these are all experiences. What kind of person is he really?
Am I a good person?
Don't make me laugh.

He might say it casually, just for show, but this time he couldn't fool Dao Xin; he was definitely not a kind person.

Am I a bad person?

"It can't be that bad."

He asked himself if he still had some principles compared to the people in this wretched place, even if they weren't high or flexible.

After a long while, Lü Yang finally let out a deep breath.

He has kindness and evil deeds, that's true. Although he's already a Great True Lord, in the end, he's just someone living in this wretched, deadly environment.

'An ordinary person.'

Lu Yang opened his eyes and looked at the small four-room house he had built from his thoughts. This was his meditation room, and his heart was only this big.

It can't accommodate too many people.

'I am not a great man determined to overthrow oppression, much less a saint with the well-being of all people in his heart. I oppose oppression simply because I am not an oppressor myself.'

"I respect those selfless saints, but I don't want to be like them. At most, I'll lend a hand when I can, say some nice things that don't cost me anything or require me to risk my life, and cheer them on, but I would never risk everything to follow them."

A vulgar, despicable, double-standard soul.

The house built by his thoughts trembled slightly, as if it would disintegrate at any moment, and a series of self-critical thoughts assaulted Lü Yang's mind.

But the next second.

"Can that be the same?"

Lu Yang stood tall and proud, gritting his teeth as he spoke to all those who looked down on him:
"I'm hypocritical, I'm vulgar, I'm despicable, but I just fucking want to live a good life! This idea is absolutely right no matter what."

If it's not my fault, then it must be the world's fault.

It's because this dog-eat-dog world makes it impossible for me to live a good life. No matter where I go, there are always people above me exploiting me.

and so--

"I want to climb to the top step by step!"

If this wretched place can't make my life better, then I'll find a way to transform it into the place I want, and build it with my own hands!
"Boom!"

In an instant, Lü Yang felt as if he were flying up from the spot, freed from the constraints of matter, and saw an endless, disordered and chaotic ocean of consciousness.

The dark side of the sea of ​​light.

Every intelligent being casts its own shadow on the dark side of the sea of ​​light.

However, only cultivators who have undergone a qualitative change in their Dao heart and established the Xinzhai (a Buddhist term referring to a state of spiritual fasting) are qualified to determine what their shadows on the dark side of the sea of ​​light truly look like.

A sudden realization dawned on me.

"With a heart full of light, what more is there to say?"

[Pursuing the Light with a Pure Heart]

Given time, if this Heart-Cleansing Practice can advance further and ascend from the [Pursuing Light Dao Heart] to become the [Primordial Spirit], then it will be the [Radiant Primordial Spirit]!
(End of this chapter)