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Chapter 2 immortality is possible

Meditation and Immortality 南怀瑾 1301Words 2018-03-20
Quite a few people have asked these questions countless times in my lifetime.A person who has been a doctor for decades, if he does not have the benevolent embrace of a religious person, sometimes he really hates himself "why didn't he learn spring plowing at that time", and is too lazy to talk about pathology; Refused to cooperate.Although I am not a doctor, I really lack the patience to answer these confusing mental illnesses in detail. Sometimes when people ask these questions, I immediately say: When did you really see immortal people in the world?Apart from what others said: a certain person in a certain place has lived for hundreds of years, and Guang Chengzi and Xu Shu are still living on Mount Emei and Mount Qingcheng, absolutely no one dares to personally invite an immortal god to meet people.Secondly, I would like to ask: Do you think that sitting still is cultivating the Tao?What is Tao?How to fix it?Why do you want to practice and meditate?There are almost five pairs of answers out of ten, all for the purpose of "curing illnesses and prolonging life" and "eliminating disasters and prolonging life".When it comes to meditation and Taoism, most of them want to know the method of meditation, and how to get through the second meridian of Rendu and the eight meridians of Qijing, or the three meridians and seven chakras of Tantra.But they have all forgotten the highest principle of practicing Taoism for immortality and meditating in order to get through the two veins of Ren and Du - the basis of philosophical theory.Because a person cultivates Taoism for his own immortality, this shows the extreme display of human selfishness.If opening up the Qi meridians in the body is the fruit of Dao, then this Dao is, after all, the crystallization of materialism.Dao, is it mind or matter?Most people are unwilling to go here for in-depth research.

So, is it impossible for human beings to live forever?otherwise!otherwise!In this question, we must first understand two different contents: (1) The so-called long life is an extension of "cure disease and prolong life". A person has learned a lot of knowledge necessary for health preservation, so that when he is alive, he will be free from disease and pain, and live happily. To die happily without bothering oneself or dragging others down is the most difficult happiness in life. (2) The so-called immortality does not refer to the eternal existence of physical life, but the eternity of spiritual life.But what is the so-called spiritual life here?Its noumenon is the origin of life that exists independently beyond mind and matter; its functions and phenomena are the existing state of life and psychological consciousness.What is the state of mind?That is another very troublesome and complicated issue, which will be discussed slowly later.In fact, the so-called Taoism since ancient times, and even the highest requirement of any religion, is to find this thing and return it to this state. However, due to differences in cultural systems and regional languages, various methods are used to express it. meaning only.

So, can Dao be fully cultivated? Is the "immortality" technique of "curing diseases and prolonging life" really possible?As far as my knowledge is concerned, I can boldly say: there is a way to cultivate, and "immortality" is possible.But it must be understood that this is, after all, a matter of personal birth, not a career of joining the world to benefit others.If you want all kinds of satisfaction in real life, and at the same time want to become a god with "immortality", then you will only ask empty questions, and there will be no results. There is a story recorded in "Shuo Yu": There was a famous public official who heard that there was a Taoist who had lived for more than 200 years and was still very young, so he asked him to ask for advice on the secrets of Taoism.The Taoist said: "I have never been close to women in my life." After hearing this, the giant man said: "What's the point of that? Why should I practice Taoism?" More is greater than the demands of men and women.At the same time, it is even more necessary to understand that wanting to achieve "immortality" is the greatest desire in life, and of course it is also the biggest obstacle to practicing Taoism.In this world, if a person wants to learn a certain specialty, he must give up other aspects of development, let alone reach a realm beyond ordinary people?The Taoist "Yin Fu Jing" said: "One source of absolute benefit, ten times the use of teachers." If you don't stop the worldly desires, but also want to achieve the way of transcending the world, this is absolutely impossible, at least for me. This is what I know, and beyond that I don't know anything.

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