Chapter 216 The Emperor's Discussion of Taoism (1)
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Emperor Xiaoyao thought for a while and began to say: "Eight stars to nine stars is a qualitative improvement. It requires entering the Taoist gate and breaking through the realm, so as to touch the true meaning of the nine extremes between heaven and earth. ★So, if you want to break through to nine stars,
You must realize the Tao. And to realize the Tao, you must first understand what the Tao is. I think you probably don’t really understand what the Tao is, right?”
Seeing everyone nodding, Emperor Xiaoyao smiled and said, "Then I, the emperor, will first tell you what Tao is!"
Emperor Xiaoyao takes good care of everyone who is still in a low level and speaks every word very slowly——
"What is Tao? Tao is the origin of all things. It is an eternal and absolute metaphysical existence. It transcends the empirical categories of time, space, motion and cause and effect. It is an absolute reality that is invisible, inaudible, indescribable and inconceivable.
"Is it too mysterious for me to say this? Then let me put it in a way that you can understand.
"Tao is natural. Nature is Tao. Natural is self, itself; however, this, this, and that.
"All things are not what they are. For example, the sun and the moon shine by themselves without being burned, the stars sequence themselves without being arranged, the animals arise by themselves without being man-made, the wind moves by itself without being fanned, the water flows by itself without being pushed, and the grass and trees flow by themselves without being pushed by people.
Self-generated, self-breathing without breathing, self-heartbeating without heartbeat, etc. It cannot be said that everything is like this on its own.
"Because all things are not things, they seem to be governed. Everything is the same and follows uniformly, without exception. This ruler - assuming that there is such a ruler. In fact, I believe that there is such a ruler.
——It is neither born nor destroyed, has no form or form, its bigness has no outside, its smallness has no inside, it is all-encompassing, it is eternal and unchanging, it is called Tao.
"You, me, all things, are all Tao. Everyone has his own Tao, and every thing has his own Tao. Therefore, there is the theory of the three thousand Tao. Metal, wood, water, fire, earth, darkness, light, etc.
etc., are all one of the three thousand avenues.
"There is no higher or lower level of Taoism, only different levels of understanding."
"For example, you," Emperor Xiaoyao looked at Feng Feng, "have understood some of the ways of wind."
"And you," Emperor Xiaoyao looked at Ziying again, "have understood some of the ways of ice and snow."
Then he said to everyone——
"It's just that you think it's just training, practicing fighting spirit, practicing exercises, practicing fighting skills, and then improving your level and realm, improving your strength. As you don't know, even though what you are practicing now is only about wind, ice, fire, and poison.
The skin, in fact, contains the Tao.
"Tao is as vast as a galaxy, unfathomable. Different realms have different cognitions. No one can understand it to the end. For you who don't even know what Tao is now, it is even more difficult to understand. I will just keep it simple.
Let’s talk about it.
"For example, the wind. When it is gentle, it is like a beautiful woman coquettishly charming; when it is violent, it is like a mad demon who can wipe out everything; when it is silent, it is impossible for people to perceive... These are the various forms of wind. Understanding the wind,
It is to understand all the forms of wind in the mind, and when one day masters the mystery of its contraction and release, you can think of the wind and even transform into the wind.
"Xiao Yan, for example, you used the ruler shadow to defend against the self-destruction of the group of golden figures. Although it seemed to be just your instinctive reaction at the time, if you hadn't been immersed in the ruler path for many years, you had unknowingly realized some of the ruler principles.
Tao, you can't have such an instinctive reaction. (To be continued.)