From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Manali was angry, but in the blink of an eye, Jiang Liu's figure disappeared, leaving her with nowhere to vent her anger. She could only complain, "What an annoying guy!"

"You can't talk about immortals like that!"

Cheng Xiabing admonished, "All of this is a test from the immortals! And you, who have passed the test, are much more composed than that ladybug girl who used to jump around in the streets wearing a tight-fitting outfit."

Upon hearing the name "Ladybug Girl," Manali's face immediately turned bright red. Speechless, she exclaimed, "Mom, you're just like Jiang Liu—you have absolutely no sense of aesthetics!"

"That's because you haven't seen Eastern aesthetics!" Cheng Xiabing decided that she would definitely take her daughter back to China if she had the chance in the future.

Speaking of which, I came to Paris when I was sixteen, married Tom, and never returned to China... I wonder if my hometown is still doing well?

Thinking of this, Cheng Xiabing added, "Do you know why our bread is the best in all of Paris? It's because I used Chinese pastry recipes combined with Western pastry techniques."

"Really?"

Manali was curious.

"I teach you."

Cheng Xiabing took her daughter's hand and walked towards the kitchen. "Do you know? The immortal also told us that if we can treat everything in life and work as a form of spiritual practice, even a mustard seed can contain Mount Sumeru."

"What do you mean?"

"This is a very profound state of cultivation, which you may have reached."

"Have I achieved that?"

Manali was startled, recalling how Jiang Liu had touched her forehead last night, and how it felt as if all the cells in her body had come alive, forming a unified whole.

At that moment, she felt as if she had mastered the power of the entire universe, as if she could clearly feel the life rhythm of every cell in her body, as if she had embraced herself and become closely connected with the world, existing in harmony with the world!

"You remember now? You're very lucky. Not only did you meet an immortal, but you also received his guidance and experienced a realm that I never dared to imagine."

Cheng Xiabing said enviously, "You know, many people cultivate for over a hundred years and still can't have the same feelings as you."

Remember that feeling; it will make your future spiritual practice much more effective.

Whether you can reach that level again depends on your cultivation. What your mother can do is to formally teach you cultivation later, telling you the various key points of cultivation, so that you don't misuse your Qi and go astray.

Manali nodded and said, "Mom, are there many people like us in the world?"

"Not many, but not few either. It's just that in Paris... you rarely see any of our kind," Cheng Xiabing described the situation in the world of supernatural beings.

After leaving the bakery, Jiang Liu put the bread into his storage ring and quietly went to the police station. In the detention center, he met the Cardinal of Notre Dame Cathedral and Gabriel, who surrendered and admitted to being the Black Demon Butterfly.

Since there were no corresponding practitioners in Paris, how to deal with Jabeur became a problem. After all, during his time as the Black Demon Butterfly, apart from corrupting others into "performance artists," he had not actually caused any injuries or deaths. The police officers were unsure how to handle Jabeur and could only make him compensate those who had been affected by him.

The archbishop's embezzlement was a very serious matter, but due to his status as a cardinal archbishop, the matter was dropped and he was released.

Paris is so romantic!

Upon seeing the final outcome of the two men's actions, Jiang Liu shook his head but did not get involved, and his figure quietly disappeared.

Qi transforms and flows with the wind; human magnetism rotates with the field.

However, in a short while, they quietly returned to Cairo, Egypt.

"Brother Jiang, your eyes?"

In the library basement, Lu Jin was working with Duanmu Ying to study Siwon's body cells. When Jiang Liu returned, she was about to greet him, but she immediately noticed the difference in his eyes. Not only were they bright and restrained, but they also had a spiritual energy that shone through, like a blooming white lotus, making people stop and stare.

"Inner peace and freedom, outer worldly sounds."

Jiang Liu smiled slightly, serene and natural, making Lu Jin and Duanmu Ying feel as if they were seeing a Bodhisattva with a calm and natural demeanor and compassionate eyes.

Afterwards, Jiang Liu took out the genuine Map of the Three Realms and Nine Lands from his storage ring and recounted what he had seen and heard in Paris, as well as how he had come to understand the meaning of "contemplation" from this genuine Xuanzang painting.

"Cattle!"

Duanmu Ying gave a thumbs up, "Swapping the real thing with a counterfeit and even ripping off a cardinal, you're something else!"

"What do you mean by 'pitfall'? It was that cardinal who stole from the place and even shone a bright light at me. Who can you blame? Besides, this is originally from our land. Xuanzang's childhood name was Jiang Liuer. Once this original map of the Three Realms and Nine Lands is in my hands, it is a return to its rightful owner!"

Jiang Liu spoke with great conviction.

"what--"

Duanmu Ying drew out her words, her eyes showing disdain, but she didn't ask any further questions on this point. She simply said, "Can I also learn inner peace and outer worldly sound?"

"Yes, but we need to determine the five elements within our bodies first, otherwise—"

"The conditions for practicing the Dharma you've comprehended are damn harsh!" Duanmu Ying immediately lost interest, but she knew perfectly well what was going on:

The hardships of spiritual practice must be endured alone!

"The Twenty-Four Devas... Female Guanyin..."

Lu Jin then compared it with Journey to the West and asked Jiang Liu, "Brother Jiang, in Journey to the West, Guanyin Bodhisattva is depicted as a woman, and she is never described as having a male appearance. In addition, the guardians of Mount Luojia in the South China Sea include the Black Bear Monster, Mucha, and the Dragon Girl, as well as the Twenty-Four Heavenly Kings."

Leaving aside the names of the deities in Buddhism, when Guanyin and the twenty-four heavens are placed in the human body, they refer to the thirty-three vertebrae of the human spine.

When a person reaches adulthood, the sacrum and coccyx fuse, leaving only the twenty-four vertebrae of the spine clearly defined. Is that the reason?

"You got it right!"

Jiang Liu pointed to the Three Realms and Nine Maps and laughed, “If you cultivate the method of contemplation that I have come to understand from it, you will be able to observe freely within and observe the world outside. If you are a man, you will be able to cultivate a female Guanyin in your mind; if you are a woman, you may be able to cultivate a male Guanyin, thus fulfilling the principle of Yin and Yang.”

# Chapter 789 Cultivating the Six-Foot Golden Body —

"It turns out that the Dharma contained in this map of the Three Realms and Nine Lands is not the sixteen-foot golden body Dharma, but the Dharma of contemplation."

Lu Jin took the map of the Three Realms and Nine Lands and examined it carefully, but he did not understand any method. He only felt that the map had a lot of charm - the imitations were just average to him.

This can be seen.

Ordinary people, even those who are skilled in Qi cultivation, will find it difficult to discern any methods from genuine artifacts unless they have cultivated a trace of spiritual light within their ancestral aperture.

"No, it is indeed the Sixteen-Foot Golden Body Method. Contemplation is only one of the foundations for cultivating the Sixteen-Foot Golden Body."

Jiang Liu explained, "I already have some ideas about cultivating this sixteen-foot golden body—"

Uncle Nine said at the time that the cultivation of the sixteen-foot-tall golden body relies on absorbing the power of worship from all living beings, integrating it into oneself, and enlightening the spirits and thoughts of others, thereby cultivating the Dharma body. For oneself, it is to cultivate a golden body; for others, it is to seek to enlighten all living beings and awaken them.

However, after cultivating inner insight and outer perception, one can use these to enlighten one's own thoughts and seek self-awakening.

Therefore, the correct order for attaining the sixteen-foot golden body is—

First, practice the Sumeru Dharma, focusing on the body, spine, and posture, to lay a solid foundation for later receiving the Twenty-Four Devas.

He then practiced the Heart Sutra, focusing on the Mind-View Pagoda, and erected a celestial pagoda with twenty-four stories high.

Finally, through the practice of contemplation, one achieves inner peace and manifests thirty-three emanations. Twenty-four deities suppress the spine and pagoda, seeking constant awareness of freedom. The nine emanations merge into one, seeking constant Avalokiteshvara.

By persevering and enlightening one's own thoughts, even worshipping oneself is a form of faith, and one can attain a golden statue.

Lu Jin suddenly realized and said, "So, Uncle Jiu... no, it should be that during the process of the transmission of the Dharma Aspect Sect, some of the monks had misunderstood it, so that Uncle Jiu knew the wrong version of cultivation, and even thought that it was impossible to cultivate it at all."

However, to cultivate a golden body that is sixteen feet tall, there is absolutely no need to draw upon the power of others' worship!

However, one needs to enlighten one's own thoughts...

But it's not easy either.

For ordinary practitioners, the most fundamental thing is to make their inner vision constant and permanent, and to fix the five internal organs in the center of their body.

If this step is not achieved, how can one cultivate the true sixteen-foot golden body?

Not to mention that one must later practice the Heart Sutra and comprehend the methods of inner insight and outer observation of the world.

"So, drawing power from worship was the wrong path from the start?" Duanmu Ying asked.

"Not really."

In Jiang Liu's view, existence is its own justification.

This is not to say that the existence of "criminals" or "the entire sex" is justifiable, but rather that the existence of these people and things can serve as a warning to people.

The existence of criminals prompts insightful individuals to consider the reasons behind their occurrence, in order to address the problem at its root.

The emergence of Quanxing will cause righteous practitioners to not only fight against them, but also to think about how to prevent others from joining Quanxing.

of course.

Few people think this way, but it certainly exists.

This is also the true meaning of "existence is its own justification".

The same reason.

The power of worship is also an objective reality, a spiritual force that can be collected and carried by people.

The object of worship can be a person, a sculpture, an idea, a concept, a kingdom, a region, or even a civilization!

"Therefore, as long as someone can make the whole world flourish and develop, they can gain the worship of the vast majority of people in the world. Combined with the Dharani Mantra of the Secret Whole Body Relic Casket of the Tathagata's Heart, they may be able to forge Amitabha."

“Amitabha? What’s that?” Duanmu Ying didn’t understand for a moment when she heard the name.

"It is Amitabha Buddha!"

During his time in Yuhang, Lu Jin had also learned about Buddhist scriptures and knew that Amitabha Buddha was not only a mantra chanted by monks, but also a "Buddha." The meaning of Amitabha is "immeasurable," so Amitabha Buddha is also known as the Buddha of Immeasurable Light, the Buddha of Immeasurable Life, and the Buddha of Immeasurable Light.

"Sixty trillion nayutas of Ganges sands yojanas, that is the height of Amitabha Buddha's Sambhogakaya, an unimaginable number."

Jiang Liudao said, "The physical laws of the real universe cannot support such a tall body without it collapsing. The only energy that could possibly create such a body is the power of worship from all living beings."

Therefore, Amitabha can also be said to be a state of being, a sublime state that not only helps oneself to become a true being, but also helps all sentient beings in the world to awaken to become immortals, Buddhas, or deities.

The same principle applies to the methods of introspection and external observation.

Guanyin cultivates herself, with the twenty-four heavens presiding over her, attaining prajna wisdom and cultivating a free and unfettered mind; Guanyin saves others, cultivating a discerning eye to see the entire universe, saving both herself and others, and cultivating a reward body.

It can be said that, between Taoism and Buddhism, Buddhism's research into the power of worshipping sentient beings is indeed more profound than Taoism's, but unfortunately—

It's too religious.

But as long as the religious connotations are removed and people are taught to work together to achieve a goal, wouldn't that also inspire a corresponding power of worship?

"However, on the other hand, the power of worship among all beings is ultimately the spiritual ideas and beliefs that they uphold. If one's own beliefs run counter to those of all beings, one may be swept up by the power of worship and lose one's 'self'."

At this point, Jiang Liu took the map of the Three Realms and Nine Lands that Lu Jin handed back, rolled it up, and said with a smile, "So, it's better to forget about deliberately doing good deeds to gain the worship of all living beings and forge a reward body, lest we be swayed by faith. It's better to act according to our own wishes."

"I certainly don't have a way of defining the five internal organs as the central palace within a hundred years."

Duanmu Ying stretched and pulled Jiang Liu into the laboratory, saying, "Didn't you cultivate the 'Insightful Eye'? Help me study Siwon's cells."