I attained immortality in the real world.

Chapter 25 The White Lotus Conceals the Truth
"call!"

Chen Jingchang exhaled a breath of stale air.

Relax your body and mind, clear your mind, and sit cross-legged in the lotus position to enter a state of tranquility.

The ears can still hear the surrounding sounds, but they don't pay attention to them. The brain doesn't interpret the information contained in the sounds, guiding itself into a detached state.

First attempt to enter a meditative state: failed.

Second attempt to enter a meditative state: failed.

On his third attempt to enter a meditative state, Chen Jing recalled the feeling of his previous meditation sessions.

While reading on a leisurely day, I heard a strange and gentle melody. My attention was drawn away as if by a whirlpool, and my senses gradually drifted away from myself, entering a state of complete absorption.

When climbing a mountain to watch the clouds, I look in the direction of the clouds but my mind is blank, and I am not actually looking at the clouds. My body becomes numb, as if my soul has left my body.

In an instant, as if a bubble had burst and lightning had flashed, Chen Jing's consciousness entered a meditative state, the first time he had consciously sought to achieve this state.

"print!"

In a mere instant.

Chen Jing's consciousness then exited the meditative state.

However, as one gradually accumulates more insights by forming the Lotus Seal, one will eventually reach the state of constant samadhi. At that time, as long as one forms the Lotus Seal, one can remain in a state of deep meditation.

"It seems I'm either one of the 79% who can't even set foot in the immortal realm, or one of the 16% who've gone mad, or one of the 2% who have actually cultivated..."

Chen Jing took a small step out of the cultivation manual, and while the iron was hot, he relaxed his mind and tried to enter meditation again. This time, the duration was a little longer, like the blazing sun steaming thin mist, or water dripping into an iron furnace.

Then, on the third successful entry into meditation, just like the first time, it was like a flash of lightning, and I instantly fell out of the meditative state.

After successfully entering a meditative state three times, he was no longer able to enter a meditative state, as if he had exhausted his strength and could no longer climb a step.

I went out for a stroll, enjoyed a moment of leisure, watched the passersby and admired the scenery, and then I was able to enter a meditative state again.

In a blink of an eye!

Over the past three days.

Chen Jing either didn't log into the One Dimension, or went out for a stroll to enjoy the scenery and relax, or he was meditating.

The duration of meditation became longer and longer, until it became difficult to perceive the length of time. It felt as if a long time had passed, yet also as if it had only been a blink of an eye.

In the evening of the third day.

Chen Jing formed the Lotus Seal and entered a meditative state instantly.

This meditation was different from previous ones. I felt as if I had forgotten my body, yet I was clearly aware that my soul had not left my body.

Consciousness exists on the boundary between chaos and clarity, still within the body, yet its connection to the body is severed.

Constant!
The lotus flower is used as a seal.

Consciousness changes from dead to alive, becoming capable of thinking in a meditative state.

However, because the connection with the body has been severed, the brain is less willing to provide assistance, and one can only think one thought at a time.

After a moment of deep contemplation, Chen Jing deliberately ended his meditative state, opened his eyes, and exclaimed with delight, "First step: entering meditation, done!"

Entering a meditative state! It's not actually a rare ability; quite a few people have mastered it, and many have even reached a more profound level.

However, these people seem to be entering meditation for the sake of entering meditation, even dividing it into detailed states of meditation, rather than to achieve other goals after entering meditation.

No one knows how many such people there are. Nor do they know whether they are enjoying themselves and experiencing the strange state after entering meditation, or whether they are not thinking, not listening to the scriptures, not knowing the Dharma, and have gone astray without realizing it.

Anyway, Chen Jing's purpose in entering meditation was very simple: to cultivate immortality, to break through limitations, and to practice the visualization method. "………………"

"Contemplation is seeing and thinking."

"If you cannot enter a meditative state, and your thoughts are scattered and your mind is cluttered, whether you are visualizing the Milky Way, the universe, or yourself, all the images will vanish the moment you stop visualizing."

"Only by first entering a meditative state can the things one contemplates become inner visions. They become clear when one thinks about them and become lucid when one remembers them, as if they were imprinted in one's dantian or planted in one's sea of ​​consciousness."

Having completed the first step of cultivation, Chen Jing naturally began the second step.

Recalling the Lotus Heart Seal, Part One – The Contemplation Method of the Unintentional White Lotus Hidden Truth.

Although he didn't have Zhu Kui's ability to memorize everything he saw, his memory was still quite good, and he could still remember the content related to visualization.

Once again, form the lotus mudra with your hands and enter a meditative state. In a void space perceived by your mind, visualize the white lotus in the diagram attached to the first page, and construct an inner landscape with each thought, to serve as the place where you will hide your true essence.

"My heart creates its own scenery, and a white lotus blooms in the void."

Visualization is not difficult; at least, it's extremely easy to get started. With your mind as your brush, even someone who is completely clueless about drawing can visualize any exquisite pattern.

Chen Jing used his mind as ink to continuously outline a white lotus. As the lotus petals grew, the lotus platform began to take shape. Suddenly, a strong sense of weakness struck him, so Chen Jing had to retreat into a meditative state and rest for a while before continuing his visualization.

One day later.

In the void of consciousness, a white lotus flower was successfully planted.

Chen Jing's figure became slightly thinner, but his eyes became clearer and brighter, and he could sense a white lotus in his mind at any time.

The inner vision of a lotus is different from memory; it is not a vague concept. The lotus petals, the lotus platform, the color—everything is very clear, as if there really is a lotus in your mind.

"Step two: Visualization, done!!"

"........."

"The first chapter of the Lotus Heart Seal corresponds to three steps, with only the final step remaining: Concealing Truth!"

"The lotus has form, yet it has no form; it has no pure or defiled thoughts, no emotion or feeling."

"Hidden true self, separation of appearance and reality, the legendary autism training method."

Chen Jing recalled the first chapter of the cultivation technique, carefully studying every word and phrase, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

The former two only have a threshold for cultivation, while the hidden truth involves spiritual transformation. If a solid foundation is not laid, it may lead to mental illness later on.

As for the Hidden Truth technique, the final step of the Heartless White Lotus Hidden Truth visualization method is naturally far more difficult than the first and second steps. Chen Jing rested for a whole day before starting the third step of cultivation.

"Buzz!"

Chen Jingguan contemplated the inner lotus flower, and began his hidden cultivation the instant he did so.

The heartless white lotus was instantly dyed with seven colors: muddy yellow, jet black, turbid red, indigo, and so on.

A pure white lotus without a heart, once it has a heart, naturally becomes an ugly lotus of seven desires and evil.

The inner vision of the white lotus corresponds to one's true self. As long as one is not a newborn baby, one will have seven emotions and six desires, so how can one be pure and flawless?

You can see lust and greed in various colors, as well as resilience and perseverance. The heart has no inherent good or bad, it's just not very clean.

The color that the white lotus is tinged with at this moment is a reflection of Chen Jingyu, a reflection of his heart.

Only when one's original mind is without desire can a divided mind arise. Although one cannot eliminate the seven emotions and six desires, one can hide them.

The third step, Concealing Truth, simply involves gathering all the colors of this seven-colored evil lotus into the lotus platform, transforming it back into a heartless white lotus. Then, no matter what happens, the colors will not leak out, and that's considered the basic completion of cultivation!
Therefore, hiding one's true nature is a technique of controlling the mind, making oneself a controllable autistic person.

(End of this chapter)