"How big is it?" Facing my question, Gu Xindao's expression was a little strange. After a while, he said: "No one can tell clearly how big this place is. With my qualifications, I have only been here twice. But I heard some exchanges before, that..."
When Gu Xindao said this, he didn't seem to know what to say, but this aroused my curiosity, and he kept urging: "Brother Xindao, you should hurry up, I'm feeling itchy. of."
"I didn't know how to describe it before, so why don't I tell you a few facts like this. Someone crossed the mountain gate and was on a continuous mountain range. The beautiful scenery is like the Golden Summit of Emei. There are also ancient Taoist priests who opened altars to preach and preached. The meaning of the Tao is so mysterious and mysterious that people can’t understand it, but they suddenly understand it in their hearts, and the gain is great. But someone stepped through the mountain gate, and the place they were in turned out to be a vast desert. The sun rises and sets, and it also contains the Tao of heaven and earth. . . . There are many facts, but in short this is a place that cannot be explained clearly." Gu Xindao organized the language for a long time before he could roughly describe to me how big this place is.
I was shocked when I heard this. In fact, because my master disappeared, I went to search for the so-called Kunlun and couldn't find it. In my heart, I rejected the so-called space theory. Unfortunately, I still wanted to prove it and go to Chase it.
According to Gu Xindao, this ghost market has such a vast space. Is it trying to prove the theory of space to me? Or, the existence here is that as big as the mind is, the space will be as big as it is? It implies that the idealistic world of Buddhism is contained in the gravel, in a leaf. Whether it is big or small depends on your heart, the heart of the world, and then what will you see
But I didn't want to reveal my feelings, so I just said to Gu Xindao: "Those people you mentioned discovered the existence of Tao here, but we didn't find much in this ordinary town?"
Gu Xindao looked at me with a smile and said: "Put aside the transaction, calm down and appreciate this town. It is not without the Tao of heaven and earth."
Cultivation of the mind has always been a weakness of mine. Master said that it is because of my personality that I have too many worries and fetters. I am not decisive and cannot see clearly. Judging from Gu Xindao's expression, he is not a little bit stronger than me in terms of mind.
I listened to what he said, put aside the transaction and Kunlun for the time being, and began to appreciate this town carefully from the perspective of a bystander. After all, I am a cultivator and a Taoist priest. I can't help but pay attention to my Taoism. heart, even if the possibility of its perfection is slim.
In this way, I walked in this small town, sometimes stopping, sometimes meditating. Here, I saw the ordinary, the ordinary, the bustling and bustling, and the loneliness of the green lantern...
I don’t know how long I walked, but I suddenly found that I saw life or it was the world of mortals. When I experienced it from the perspective of a bystander, I found that all the trajectories of life are really just about finding the inner world in the ordinary. of tranquility.
Just like the relationship with your parents, you must be filial to have peace of mind.
Just like the relationship with your wife, you have to love to have peace of mind.
Just like the relationship with a friend, you must be righteous and you will have peace of mind.
Just like the relationship with your children, you need responsibility to have peace of mind.
All the emotions are blended together until there is no regret or guilt in the end. They will turn into a peaceful emotion, filling your heart, and finally transcending, because you are no longer burdened, you have done it to the best of your ability. Returned to a complete state!
And there is another kind of tranquility you must do, and that is your kindness to the entire human race. If you live up to others and are kind to others, your heart will naturally be peaceful and complete.
This is the true meaning of cultivating one's heart in the world of mortals, and practicing one's true nature in relationships. Don't be attached to cause and effect, live up to others, and do your best in every role...
This realization made me stunned for a moment. I suddenly understood why Master said that my feelings were too heavy and it was difficult for me to achieve consummation. Because of deep feelings, it is inevitable that there will be obsessions and desires. Just like my relationship with Ruxue, I If I love her, I will insist on being with her. Even if I can't stay with her for some reasons, it will be against my original intention. This will create care and fetters. A heart is not free and easy at all. Why? Perfect
I simply can't understand that I love her, that's it, that's enough, the rest is just a formality.
My love for her is a kind of inner peace, because my love is sincere. It is enough if I don't let her down. Being together is a kind of passion.
In this small town, I actually had such an understanding, but understanding is one thing, and being calm about this matter is another.
Here, I saw the gap in my heart, yes, it was a gap.
Seeing me standing there blankly, Gu Xindao asked me with a smile: "But you have some enlightenment?"
I nodded and said: "Yes, I have learned something! Suddenly I understood why Zhuangzi faced the death of his wife so calmly, because he was at peace in his heart and had nothing to bear. The fate was gone, so what was there to hate? He lived up to her in this life, and when he passed away, he did not need a funeral to express his care and obsession."
Gu Xindao suddenly asked me: "Then can you do it?"
I shook my head and said: "I am not that free and easy. So this is the difference between the mentality of a saint and a mortal."
Gu Xindao sighed quietly and said to me: "Let's go, we are almost at the market."
I was shocked and said: "This is obviously a clean town, where is the market?"
"What do you think? How do those people in the mountains and deserts get to the market? This opportunity to enlightenment is too precious. It is magical here. Even the evil ways have their own ways to understand, but you are destined to stay here. A short period of time. Core figures from the top come to this ghost market, sometimes not for trading, but just for enlightenment. I have been here once and know that the time is almost up, so I tell you that we are almost at the market." Gu Xindao is quite mysterious said to me.
I was confused, so I could only follow Gu Xindao Nobu. After walking too far, a round gate appeared at the end of an alley, just like the gate of an ordinary garden, but that gate was actually different from the mountain gate that I entered. Has the same breath.
I can't explain why I feel this way, but it does have the same aura.
Before I had time to ask anything, Gu Xindao had already said: "It should be that gate. After passing that gate, we will reach the market. It seems that you and I are both unlucky people in this ghost market. Alas... ..."
"Why do you say that?" I didn't understand.
"If you enter the market and the transaction fails, you will automatically leave this ghost market, and you will never have the chance to return to these places. In other words, the chance to meet your destiny is only in the time before going to the market. In the market, it is pure After the transaction, there is no such thing as chance, everything is clearly priced." Gu Xindao explained to me.
I said oh, and felt a little regretful in my heart. I could only place the news about Kunlun in that market. After all, this place is so magical. I am really confident that I can find the news about Kunlun here. Even though before trading here, the skeleton Guan'er poured n basins of cold water on me.
This alley is very deserted, but occasionally there are a few pedestrians who ignore us. I don’t have the confidence to encounter any fate, but it is less than ten meters away from the round gate. At that time, an old man passed me by.
I also passed him by indifferently, and I glanced at him curiously. He was a very modern person I met in this small town. Judging from his clothes, he should be like my master. He was a man of the same generation, maybe a little earlier, after all, he still had some characteristics of the Republic of China, so I took a look at him.
Then Gu Xindao and I walked towards the round door, but after taking only two steps, I suddenly heard a powerful voice in my mind (soul state): "That boy, stop."
I was suddenly very pleasantly surprised. People here ignored us. Gu Xindao said, if someone talks to you, then it is fate.
I turned around and found the old man looking at me from behind, his expression vaguely excited.
And I asked excitedly: "Sir, are you calling me?"
"Yes, it's you who is calling. Can you hear me when I call others? Don't call me sir, it sounds awkward. Just call me Lao Tao!" The old man put away his excitement and said to me calmly.