Chapter 4 Mindfulness Mantra
Under the sun at noon, Lu Yanning, who came back from dinner, was already sweating profusely.
When he returned to the yard where his master lived, he saw that the yard gate was still closed. He probably hadn't come back yet. He didn't think much about it. He pushed open the yard gate, walked to the tea table in the yard, picked up the boiling kettle and made tea.
Fortunately, the tea table in the yard is placed under a lychee tree. This lychee tree is quite thick, with tall houses and lush branches and leaves, blocking the hot sunlight.
In the south, it is quite common to plant fruit trees such as lychee or longan trees in the yard. Of course, the premise is that there must be a yard. However, even if there is no yard, it is common to plant fruit trees in front of and behind the house.
This is the more practical place for southerners, and they do not waste land!
In addition, the gate of the courtyard was not closed, and there was a hint of breeze blowing in, which was not too hot.
After drinking tea for a while, Lu Yanning felt a little sleepy. After thinking about it, he still didn't enter the room, but slept on the table and fell asleep. He was doing business and had long been used to sleeping wherever he could. After all, he didn't usually go back to the dormitory to take a nap.
Maybe it was related to the morning tossing and having a cool breeze in the hot weather, or maybe it was both, Lu Yanning fell asleep quickly in a daze.
When he fell asleep, Lu Yanning had a dream, dreaming that he had achieved great success in his magical skills, defeated many masters, and became a hero in his power, and eventually became a great hero.
However, no matter how beautiful a dream is, it will wake up.
Rubbing the saliva at the corner of his mouth and rubbing his arms that were pressed a little numb when he was lying down, Lu Yanning sighed and looked up. The sun blocked by the lychee tree was still above his head. He only slept for about half an hour.
After thinking about it, Lu Yanning ran over and took the cushion, put it under the shade of the tree, and prepared to practice it for a while. After all, if you have the opportunity to get into internal strength, how can you be willing to do it without practicing or practicing something?
After drinking a few cups of tea, Lu Yanning sat on the futon, closed his eyes and started practicing.
After a long time, Lu Yanning sighed and sat back to the table and started drinking tea. Why? Because it was still the same as in the morning, there was no progress. It was either full of distracting thoughts or random thoughts or wanted to fall asleep.
Lu Yanning thought about what his master said before leaving the door in the morning, "I love to practice, but I don't practice and leave." He stood up and walked towards the yard gate. However, when he was about to step out of the yard, he stopped again and thought: "It's easy for me to take this step, but I gave up after only a long time of practice? My martial arts dream was shattered like this? No! I will definitely not! From the master's instructions on me to practice the Yijin Jing, I can see at a glance that I usually like to blow the wind after sweating. Master must be really master. If I really miss it, wouldn't I regret it for the rest of my life?"
After gritting his teeth, Lu Yanning turned around and sat back at the tea table, "No, I can't just leave like this. I'd better wait for the master to come back and ask what to do. Besides, I haven't learned the master's set of boxing yet!"
I took out my miscellaneous mobile phone worth half a month’s salary and found it was still early, and it was only less than 2 o’clock in the afternoon. There was nothing good about the mobile phone, so continue practicing?
He did it when he thought of it, and Lu Yanning sat on the cushion again and practiced one word!
It is said that hard work brings rewards.
However, it seems not very effective at this moment. After repeated tossing, I still can't calm down, either with distractions or drowsy.
There was no way, Lu Yanning could only sit and sit for a while, and then stand up and take a walk.
If outsiders think of this situation, it seems like a fool, or is it because of something that causes restlessness?
It was difficult to wait until after four o'clock and almost five o'clock, Master Guo came back.
As soon as he entered the yard, he saw Lu Yanning, but Taoist Guo smiled and joked: "Ah, haven't left yet?"
However, Lu Yanning ignored Master's jokes and asked seriously: "Master, why can't I visualize the flame ball when I practice internal skills? Why can't I think about it when I sit down? Why don't I think about it when I sit down or doze off?" Then he said with a little aggrievedness: "I have been practicing for a day, and I don't feel the fever in my dantian. Master, do you think I'm not suitable for practicing this? Why don't you teach me boxing?"
Taoist Master Guo looked at Lu Yanning seriously, walked to the stool next to the table and sat down, waved to Lu Yanning, and said, "Come here, sit down, I'll take your pulse."
Lu Yanning walked over with a little nervousness, sat down, stretched out his hand and placed it on the table.
Master Guo stretched out his thumb, middle finger and ring finger, and three fingers gently placed on his pulse door. After a while, he frowned slightly, took his hand away, and said, "Switch to the other hand."
Lu Yanning quickly changed his hands and placed them on the table.
After taking the pulse, Master Guo asked, "Did you always have weak body when you were a child? Uh, you are more afraid of cold than others?"
"Yes, yes, that's what it has been since childhood. Usually, you must wear one more piece of clothing than other friends, otherwise I will catch a cold." Lu Yanning answered honestly, but sighed in his heart: "Awesome! You can tell by taking a pulse!"
Master Guo thought for a while and said, "As for the physique of southerners, it is normal to have heavier moisture. Even if you often blow air conditioners and drink cold drinks, you are practicing the Yijin Jing, which is not supposed to be. Have you ever had any special situations in you?"
Lu Yanning thought about it seriously, but had no idea. He shook his head and said uncertainly: "It seems that there is no, right?"
Taoist Master Guo looked at Lu Yanning, a disciple whom he had just accepted yesterday, and clicked his left thumb on the other four fingers. Lu Yanning always looked familiar when he looked at it, like a move that was often made by fortune tellers on TV. Suddenly, he felt that his master was a bit like a charlatan. But he thought about it but was disrespectful to his master, so he stopped thinking about it.
After a while, Master Guo asked, "Did you fall into the water when you were a child and almost drowned? Well, you should be about four to five years old?"
When Lu Yanning heard the words of his master, he suddenly remembered it and said in surprise: "It's true! When I was less than five years old, I went to the stream with my mother to wash clothes. My feet slipped and fell into a puddle below the stream. I remember I drank a lot of water and was sick for a while. But I couldn't remember the specific ones clearly. I was too young at that time. How did you see this, Master?"
Master Guo nodded and said, "Well, that's reasonable. I saw that you had practiced the Yijin Jing and sweated every day. Although you used air conditioning to drink cold drinks, and the general physique of southerners, it was not like this. I just took your pulse and found that there was a heavy damp and cold air in your body. So, I used Qimen Dunjia to calculate it, and it was true."
"Your body is too cold and damp, and it is in the root. Although you practice the Yijin Jing, you probably won't practice for too long, and you can't excrete the cold and dampness in your body, so it's more difficult than ordinary people." Master Guo did not ask Lu Yanning to wait for a long time, and continued, "It's okay, you should continue practicing. Don't stop the Yijin Jing. As for drowsiness and want to sleep, it is because your mind is too light, coupled with the dampness and turbidity in your body. And the distractions are so many, most people do this, but I will teach you a calming mantra. It will be helpful when you practice the exercises. As for the principles inside, you don't need to know for the time being, just do as you do. If you can persist, I will continue to teach you. If you feel that you can't stand it, you'd better give up early and don't waste time."
Lu Yanning hurriedly said, "Master, don't worry, I will stick to it! Please teach the mantra of calming the mind."
Master Guo slowly recited a mantra, but it didn't last long: "A thought does not move, and no thoughts come. It's so happy to be pure and have few desires! I will calm my mind, and I will undoubtedly have no guesses. Enter the Tao and climb the rooftop! Go up to the rooftop!"
The speed and rhythm sound quite comfortable.
Lu Yanning recited it with his master several times and then remembered it. There were not many words, and it was not difficult to remember it after understanding the meaning.
Master Guo saw that his disciple remembered it, nodded and said, "This mantra is called the Heart-Station Mantra, also called the Heart-Clearing Mantra. Reciting it several times before practicing can achieve the effect of restraining the mind and calming the mind, and allowing you to enter the state of practice faster and better. Of course, if you encounter some things that make you upset and you can't calm down, you can also recite it. It can help you calm your mind."
"Okay, thank you Master! I've recorded it." Lu Yanning replied seriously.
Master Guo waved his hand and said, "Let's do it now. If you have nothing to do, go back first and come over when you have time. If I'm not here, you can practice your own qigong in the yard. I've been fasting recently and there's no fire here, so I won't leave you for dinner. Go back early."
Lu Yanning seemed to understand and asked, "Master, butt? What does it mean?" He really didn't understand.
"duang", Lu Yanning was touched by the head, and only heard from his master: "It is the pioneering pi. Generally speaking, it is pronounced bi (the fourth pronunciation), fasting, which means not eating. In the future, you will tell you that you can leave after you practice it."
Lu Yanning touched his head, stood up and bowed, and said, "Okay, goodbye, Master." Then he said goodbye, rode his second-hand bicycle, and ran away, as if he was afraid of being knocked again.
Taoist Master Guo just smiled and looked at his disciple who was running away in a panic, watching the disciple leave. Jing stood for a while before turning back into the room.
This apprentice seems to be OK at the moment, but if you have to observe the details, you still need to observe again. Although the hexagrams are very good, there are times when the divination technique is wrong.
Chapter completed!