Sitting and forgetting longevity

Chapter 7 Bleeding into the Body
Not long after, the three-month drought rained down with thunder and lightning.He immediately ran to the gap on the right side with joy, and washed the dirt that had accumulated on his body for two or three months with the rainwater that had leaked in.After washing, I felt refreshed and comfortable, and the fatigue of the past few days was also a lot lighter.

That night, he slept comfortably and peacefully under the sound of rain, dreaming of green trees and safflowers all over the mountains and plains.

I just didn't expect that it rained for five days and five nights, but it was not small at all!
Liu Qinghuan sat on the stone in the cave, looked out at the gray sky from the gap, and sighed.This whole year is really like a lot of natural and man-made disasters. Either the drought does not stop or the next time does not stop. God is going to kill people!

Fortunately, this cave is high on the left and low on the right, the rainwater that leaked in accumulated a small pool below, and the excess was immersed in the rocks.

In the past few days, Liu Qinghuan has not been idle.He had already made up his mind to settle down here, and naturally he had to take good care of the cave.

Throw all the stones on the left that can be moved to the right, and use the stones that cannot be moved as tables and benches, barely leveling out an open space.I washed the bedding and clothes, and hung them on the branches on the ground. When they were dry, they laid them on the boulders. After that, they put on a layer of hay, and it was a comfortable bed.

There is still some horse meat. He was very economical along the way, and there is no shortage of food for the time being. It should not be too difficult to go to the mountains to find some food after the rain stops.

But if the rain continues like this, it is very likely to cause floods. Two days ago, he got out of the cave and looked at it. The creek under the mountain had swelled into a river.The ancients said: After a major drought, there will be major floods, and major floods are often accompanied by plagues, and the more people there are, the more dangerous it is. He is alone in this barren mountain, so he doesn't have to worry about these, just think of Tongda City at this time. But somehow, a situation occurred, and he thought that the Fu family could safely reach Tongda City.

Originally, he only planned to escape the war and famine and go out here, but now it seems that he will have to live for a while longer.

With nothing to do, Liu Qinghuan remembered "Sit and Forget the Longevity Sutra".He took out the remaining pages and the book, and looked at them again, and determined that "Zit and Forget Longevity Sutra" was the real original, so he put away the remaining pages and read only the book.

It is rare for him, a little beggar, to recognize the words, and the words in this book are extremely obscure and profound, and he can read them as big as two.

The heavy rain finally subsided on the eighth day, but it continued to rain non-stop.

Walking out of the cave, I saw the mountains in the rain hazy towering, the air was clear, with the coolness of early autumn.The half-dead trees and weeds on the mountain were moistened, and they were all dyed with fresh greenery, as if they could be seen stretching their branches in the rain, stretching comfortably.

Soon, he found a field of wild taro by the stream at the foot of the mountain, and found a large field of mountain chestnut trees behind the mountain, and all kinds of wild vegetables came out after the rain.The wild animals in the mountains gradually increased, and occasionally animal footprints were seen by the stream.Once when I was picking mushrooms in the mountains, I encountered a black bear. He was so frightened that he turned around and ran away. Fortunately, he was far away, and the black bear did not catch up.

Afterwards, Liu Qinghuan became more cautious when entering the mountain. Not only did he bring the knife with him, but he also did not dare to wander around the mountain when he had nothing to do.

He found a large rock to block the entrance of the cave, and then supported the arched wooden board on the gap in the top of the cave, so that it would not only provide light but also block the wind and rain.He dug a few traps by the stream, and occasionally caught a small animal such as a hare. In this way, he finally stopped worrying about food and concentrated on studying the scriptures.

The "Sit and Forget Longevity Sutra" begins with a sermon. At the beginning of learning the Tao, one must sit peacefully, close the mind and leave the realm, without attaching to a single thing, entering into nothingness, and the mind then joins the Tao.Because the state is created by the mind, only by closing the mind, making it spotless and transcendental, can we return to the mind and body of tranquility and nothingness.Faith and respect, breaking the relationship, closing the mind, simple things, true view, peacefulness, and attaining the Tao, there are seven levels in total.

Next, I will talk about how to cultivate the Tao, how to sense the qi between heaven and earth, and how to introduce qi into oneself to practice.

Liu Qinghuan couldn't quite understand those Daoist texts, but the meridian map beside it was clear at a glance.

He sat down with his legs crossed as shown in the picture, to sense the so-called qi, but after sitting for only half an hour, his legs felt numb, and people could no longer sit still, even the breath Disordered.

However, he has nothing to do every day except to eat and eat, and because of his eagerness to become an immortal, he enjoys meditating endlessly.One month, two months, such a boring thing made him stick to it.

By the third month, Liu Qinghuan was able to sit for two hours without feeling tired, and his breathing began to follow what was written in the book.

Although the qi was still not sensed, in the process of meditating, Liu Qinghuan felt more and more peace of mind, and he felt that he had made great progress. He devoted a lot of time to meditating every day.

Lonely in the mountains, but also quiet, the hustle and bustle of the world is gone, little Liu Qinghuan often climbs to the big tree at the entrance of the cave, reads the scriptures to the sound of birds and insects, and meditates under the tree, his heart is as unstained as a mirror. dust.

Winter comes and spring comes, and half a year has passed in an instant.

This morning, Liu Qinghuan sat cross-legged under the big tree outside the cave, breathing and breathing according to the scriptures.

The rising sun slowly rose from the east, and the warm sunlight shone on him through the branches and leaves.

In March, all things are new, green trees are shading in the rolling green hills, and wild flowers of red, yellow and splendid bloom all over the mountains and fields, blooming with vigor and vitality.

The breeze blew softly, Liu Qinghuan slowly closed his eyes, and his body and mind slowly entered the realm of nothingness.

I don't know how long it took, a hint of warmth suddenly appeared in the lower abdomen Dantian, more and more, until it converged into a stream, circulating in his meridians.

Wherever the light-blue warm current passed, all the internal organs were nourished, until it merged into the Baihui acupoint on the top of the head, and then flowed back down, slowly returning to the dantian.

Liu Qinghuan slowly opened his eyes, his eyes were clear and clear, and he sat quietly for a long time before he recovered from the mysterious realm.

The scenery in front of me was still the same as before, but it was a little different.He saw that on a weed in the distance, a crystal drop of dew slowly slipped from the tip of the leaf; the branches and leaves of the big tree swayed in the morning wind, and the veins on the leaves were as clear as before; an ant held a seed high, drilling into a small hole in the ground.

Liu Qinghuan raised the corner of his mouth, joy welling up in his heart.He seems to have inadvertently reached what the book says about absorbing the air into the body, and since then he has truly stepped into the threshold of cultivation.

When he lowered his head, he noticed that his whole body was covered with a layer of greasy black mud, which smelled extremely fishy.

Liu Qinghuan quickly got up and rushed towards the stream, and once again found that her body was much lighter than before, she jumped higher, ran faster, and seemed to have a lot of strength.

After washing himself in the creek, Liu Qinghuan couldn't wait to return to the entrance of the cave and sit down, wanting to feel the warmth in his body again.

(End of this chapter)