Chapter 124
"As long as you work hard, we will see you again one day!"
After Li Qing left the forbidden area, he returned directly to the surface. The surface of the desert star was still covered with yellow sand, which was a desert planet with ecological imbalance.
Li Qing stood on a sand dune and sent a message to the others.
A moment later, a few people replied to Li Qing. From the reply, everyone found only some sporadic fragments.
"Brother!"
When Li Qing received a reply from Li Zhu, a cute little loli flashed in his mind. He thought, "I don't know how her practice is?"
"Let's go back and have a look!"
Li Qing soared into the sky and turned into a stream of light, which broke through the sky.
In just half an hour, Li Qing arrived at the desert city.
The high-level monks in the Desert City all left, looking for fragments left by the UFO.
Li Qing flashed, and came to the sky above the City Lord's Mansion, and then flashed again, and came to the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion.
At this time, Li Zhu practiced swordsmanship in the backyard.
Li Zhu sensed the fluctuation of the source power. She looked up and saw a familiar figure. She said happily, "Brother, are you back?"
"Yes!" Li Qing nodded gently and exclaimed, "I've practiced well."
When Li Zhu heard Li Qing's praise, she was extremely happy and had a bright smile on her face.
In just a short time, Li Zhu has become a first-class martial arts monk.
Next, Li Zhu asked some questions about practice.
"Brother, I have never been able to calm down. What is the reason!"
"I will read you a passage of scripture."
"good!"
"Subhuti asked, "World-Honored One, good man, good woman should be able to develop the Bodhicitta, how should she stay? How to subdue her heart? The Buddha answered, good man, good woman should be able to develop the Bodhicitta, so should she stay and subdue her heart."
"Not?"
Li Qing shook her head secretly and thought to herself, 'It seems that her understanding is still a little poor. If it were Huang Rong, she would understand it at first.'
For some reason, Li Qing thought of Huang Rong again, and he thought to himself, 'I don't know where she is?'
In the scriptures, every question and answer, the Buddha has already told Subhuti how to subdue his mind, that is, "you should stay in this way, and subdue his mind in this way." It's that simple.
However, the world is unclear, so the Buddha can only give another explanation.
The heart is like a mirror, placed there, clear and clear, and can illuminate everything.
If the mirror is clean and bright, everything can appear in the mirror.
If the mirror is covered with dust, it will not be able to reflect everything.
The method of practice is to wipe off the dust on the surface of the mind, so that the mind can be restored to its smoothness and brightness like a mirror.
Li Zhu said that her heart cannot be quiet or calm because her heart is covered with dust.
Li Zhu felt a little disappointed when she saw Li Qing's expression. She asked, "Brother, am I very stupid?"
"No!" Li Qing said, "You are not stupid, but you have too little theoretical knowledge and don't understand many things."
"is that so?"
"I won't lie to you!" Li Qing said, "Like me, born in Tianquxing, and on Tianquxing, I can receive a good education and learn a lot of knowledge, so I know a lot."
"Oh!" Li Zhu responded, and she looked at Li Qing with bright eyes and said, "Brother, teach me."
"Okay!" Li Qing said a word and asked back, "Do you know what the purpose of practice is?"
“Be stronger!”
"Okay!" Li Qing was speechless.
"Brother, am I wrong?"
"Yes!" Li Qing gently patted Li Zhu's shoulder as he spoke, and said, "Although your cultivation level has reached the first level, your body is still too stiff and has not softened yet."
“Is there any?”
"You are too nervous, you have to learn to relax."
"Hmm?" Li Zhu thought.
Li Qing said again, "You said just now that your heart cannot calm down. That's because you don't know what quietness is, and you don't know that there are many levels of quietness."
"There are many levels of quietness?"
"Yes!" said Li Qing, "If you don't understand this, you can't really get started."
"Brother, what are the levels of jing?"
"Quiet, there is scattered tranquility, ordinary tranquility, peaceful tranquility, and focused tranquility."
Li Qing patiently explained, "What is scattered tranquility? For example, if you sit blankly and think of messy things in your heart, this is scattered tranquility. In this state, your mind will become more and more upset."
"I understand this!" Li Zhu said.
When Li Zhu was a beggar, she would always sit alone. At that time, she would stare at the sky, stare at the crowd, or think about it.
Li Zhu asked again, "What ordinary quietness?"
"Ordinary tranquility is one level higher than scattered tranquility. For example, quiet fishing, quiet writing, and quiet painting, this is ordinary tranquility."
"Quiet fishing?" Li Zhu had never caught fish and didn't understand.
Li Qing said, "When fishing, you must keep quiet and maintain a certain concentration. You must put your energy on the hook, feel the movements of the hook with your heart, and wait slowly for the fish to take the hook. After the fish is hooked, you must observe patiently and wait until the fish bites the hook completely before you can lift the fishing rod."
"So that's it!" Li Zhu said, "Brother, I want to go fishing!"
"If you want to fish, you can only go to the sea to fish."
"Then what is tranquility?"
"The peaceful tranquility is very close to the concentration of tranquility. In this state, the body and mind are very quiet and there are very few thoughts."
"oh!"
"Concentrated quiet means putting your mind on one thing."
"Yeah!" Li Zhu nodded gently and thought carefully.
"Concentrated tranquility is the realm that we practitioners pursue. Only when our concentration improves will our concentration improve."
"Yeah!" Li Zhu nodded, she listened very seriously.
Li Qing also said, "If you want to gain concentration, you must learn to relax. Do you know what relaxation is? How to relax?"
There are two more questions.
Li Zhu shook her head gently.
"When your concentration improves, you will slowly feel the state of your body. You will feel your body very nervous and your body is very stiff. The opposite state to tension and stiffness is a relaxed state."
"Yeah!" Li Zhu asked, "How to relax?"
"You have to feel your body with your heart, suggest yourself, and relax your body layer by layer."
"For example, you focus on your forehead and hint yourself, relax your forehead, and then, layer by layer, relax your eyebrows, relax your eyes, relax your nose, and then your shoulders, and the whole body."
"I understand!" Li Zhu said, "Relaxation is to enter into tranquility and to reach a state of tranquility."
"No!" Li Qing said, "Relaxation is not to enter into tranquility, but to achieve a state of tranquility."
"Ah!" Li Zhu was shocked.
Li Qing also said, "By relaxing, improving your concentration, this is the purpose, so you must feel your body with your heart and the process of slowly relaxing your body."
This time, Li Zhu understood, "The process is the key?"
"Yes! You need to experience the process of relaxation. During this process, your concentration will gradually increase. Only when your concentration is improved will your mental strength gradually increase."
"So, this is meditation?"
"Haha!" Li Qing smiled, because Li Zhu finally understood.
Chapter completed!