A wealthy person with a reading panel

Chapter 81: Aren’t You Going to Become a Monk? (Please Read)

Zhou Qing re-read the wording of his private message, which was quite polite.

"Maybe the time is too short, and also..."

He thought for a moment, switched back to WeChat, and re-edited the message in the dialog box where he was chatting with his secondary account. He summarized his understanding of meditation and the economy of emptiness and clarity in recent days, and sincerely and politely expressed his desire to communicate with the other party.

After writing it, I checked and revised it again. After making sure there were no problems, I copied it, changed the salutation at the beginning, and sent the private message again.

After finishing his work, Zhou Qing felt that he couldn't pin all his hopes on this.

He searched online for psychologists with real expertise in meditation and found a mixed bag of results.

I found a professor in the psychology department of a certain university who had many titles, clicked on his Zhihu homepage, read all his answers and articles, searched for his account on Douyin, and roughly browsed all the videos he posted.

Such experts checked a few more.

Finally, Zhou Qing summed up a truth: when it comes to seemingly metaphysical disciplines like spiritual cultivation and mental state cultivation, most so-called experts prefer theoretical research.

The result of purely theoretical research is that it is easy to talk big and recite by rote without any real substance.

It is even easy to go astray or even become "obsessed".

"In the real world, besides me, who else can truly cultivate immortality, Buddhahood, or godhood?"

"That's all nonsense."

Zhou Qing curled his lips, reported a bunch of accounts, web pages, videos, and chat groups, and then blocked and closed them all.

"It's really hard to find a master in the real world."

"That's true. After all, it's an unpopular field. Few people are researching this field, and even fewer have real talent."

He sighed for a moment, then opened Bilibili and Douyin, only to find that there was still no reply.

In fact, he was not sure whether these Taoists and monks had any practical knowledge, but compared with those theoretical experts, they at least looked like they were practicing in the mountains.

Specifically, once we communicate, we will be able to tell it apart.

"Forget it, it's getting late, and I have more important things to do in the afternoon."

Zhou Qing turned off the tablet, sat quietly for ten minutes, then prepared to change clothes and began to adjust his body and mind according to the steps.

When I stood up, I suddenly caught sight of an object on the desk - a Doucai Gaoshi cup.

After moving here from the camphor tree house, this cup has been placed here. Because the price is right, he plans to give it to Boss Ruoshui as a return gift next time.

Ok?
Zhou Qing suddenly raised his eyebrows and thought, how could I forget about Boss Ruoshui? She is so powerful and has such a wide network of contacts, maybe she knows an expert in this field.

Moreover, she is from Beihu Province, which has many famous Taoist and Buddhist mountains, such as Wudang.

He picked up his phone from the pile of books on the coffee table, found Jiang Ruoshui's WeChat, and typed, "Ruoshui, do you know any Taoist priests or monks with real talent and knowledge?"

Ever since that day when he suggested calling Boss Ruoshui "Ruoshui" directly and affectionately, and the other party agreed, Zhou Qing slowly changed his attitude towards her. He no longer treated her as a senior boss, but as a friend of the same generation, and as a woman.

The two of them chatted occasionally afterwards, and he was always straightforward, saying whatever he wanted to say.

Except for the panel-related ones, I never hide anything.

I can feel that the other person feels the same way - well, it seems like she has been like this since the beginning.

Jiang Ruoshui replied after half a minute: "Just to confirm, you're not planning on becoming a monk, are you?"

Uh……

Zhou Qing smiled at her reply. He typed, "Of course not. I've been researching the 'clear and transparent' state of mind lately, and I'd like to discuss it with someone who's more knowledgeable."

Jiang Ruoshui: "That's fine. I know Taoist Master Wang Yunyi from the Wudang Qinghua Taoist Temple. When my grandmother was alive, I would accompany her to the Qinghua Taoist Temple to burn incense every year. After she passed away, I stopped going, but I would donate money."

Then she pushed a WeChat business card over.

Jiang Ruoshui: "It's this WeChat. He's in his fifties, lives in the mountains all year round, and has a legitimate master. He doesn't seem like a fake Taoist priest. Although he doesn't have a Weibo account or take videos like many young Taoist priests do nowadays, he is also very proficient in using a smartphone."

Zhou Qing believed in her judgment and immediately looked forward to clicking on the WeChat business card and sent a friend request.

The other party passed it quickly.

Taoist Master Wang Yunyi was a talkative person. Perhaps because of Jiang Ruoshui's introduction, he did not hold back when chatting with Zhou Qing about things in Taoist practice such as emptiness, clarity, and purity.

The two of them chatted back and forth via voice messages for half an hour.

Zhou Qing gained a lot. In order to have a thorough discussion, he even called to postpone the afternoon spa treatment to the evening.

Later, after he asked the other party, he directly sent a video call and the two communicated face to face.

After a while, Zhou Qing asked, "Master, in the real world, is there really anyone who can enter a clear and bright state of mind at any time?"

Wang Yunyi shook his head and said, "How is that possible? Reality isn't fiction. My master is over eighty years old this year and has practiced Taoism his entire life. He's considered a Taoist master, but he says he can only occasionally achieve a truly clear and tranquil state while meditating. I'm not very gifted... After quitting the internet for a while, I can easily achieve a calm mind, but to achieve a clear and tranquil state through meditation, I'd have to go up the mountain. After all, I'm not at the same level as my master."

"Up the mountain?"

"Yes, going up the mountain means just like what my master did before, going to the most remote mountain, farthest away from the world, to live, and to cast away all worldly distractions... In Buddhism, this is called 'cutting off worldly thoughts', and in Taoism, it is called 'going up the mountain to observe tranquility'... There is also a saying, 'How can one become an immortal without going up the mountain?'"

"Going up the mountain is very hard, and it usually takes at least half a year... Anyway, I lived in the mountains for more than two years before I first achieved enlightenment... Now it's not popular to say that word."

"Let me say this quietly: reality is reality after all. Even the highest state of mind is only for regulating the body and mind. If you can endure the hardships of the mountains, you can indeed prolong your life... Other things are of little use."

……

Taoist Master Wang Yunyi is so enthusiastic and thoughtful.

At the end of their conversation, he even taught Zhou Qing how to meditate.

He even told Zhou Qing some of their sect's secrets to suppress distracting thoughts.

At that time, Zhou Qing was wondering how much money Ruoshui had donated to their Taoist temple to enable him to achieve this.

We chatted from about 12:40 noon until 4:30 in the afternoon.

After hanging up the video, Zhou Qing sat there and went over his gains in his mind. He then took out his tablet and compared and sorted out the knowledge and information he had searched online before. Combining his own exploration and experience during this period, he gradually had a clear idea of ​​what to do in the next stage.

He took out his notebook and began to summarize:

"If we take a broader perspective and look at this issue from a higher perspective."

"First, we must clearly understand that the real world is materialistic and view the relationship between the human body and consciousness dialectically."

……

This summary fascinated me.

In the meantime, Jiang Ruoshui sent him a message asking how he was doing, but he didn't reply for the time being.

More than fifty minutes later, he contentedly put down his pen and picked up his phone to type: "I've gained a lot, Ruoshui, thank you!"

Thinking of that Taoist priest Wang Yunyi who had been talking so much, he couldn't help but ask, "How much money did you donate to their Taoist temple to make him so warm and considerate to me?"

　Fellow Taoists, remember to come and read it tomorrow!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)