Chapter 174: Seven Emotions And Six Desires
Actually, normally speaking, to be honest, it’s very difficult for a cultivator to be in a romance with an ordinary person.
This isn’t to say cultivators are arrogant after becoming immortals, but rather because cultivators and ordinary people have vastly different thinking patterns, which also leads to completely different perspectives on things compared to normal people.
Friends who have read some cultivation stories know that immortals are said to have no Seven Emotions and Six Desires. A cultivator’s Seven Emotions and Six Desires will gradually fade with each step forward in their cultivation, sigh… this is also unavoidable.
The Seven Emotions are: joy, anger, sadness, fear, love, hate, and desire. They represent happiness, anger, sadness, fear, admiration, disgust, and hobbies.
The Six Desires are: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and mind.
Sight refers to the desire to see, coveting beautiful appearances and strange objects.
Hearing refers to the desire to hear, coveting beautiful sounds and praise.
Smell refers to the desire for fragrance, that is, coveting nice smells.
Taste represents the desire for taste, coveting delicious food and a pleased palate.
Touch refers to the desire for touch, coveting comfort and enjoyment.
Mind refers to the desire of the mind, coveting fame, fortune, and sensual pleasures.
Many times, the boy wonders if he should stop teaching so much, not because he’s afraid of someone becoming an immortal, but because he knows why.
For example, among the Seven Emotions, happiness, anger, sadness, and fear are just emotions. Emotions are created by the mind; he has already completely counter-controlled his mind, meaning he is the king of thought control and can control emotions at will.
As for admiration, disgust, and hobbies, he can also completely control and change them with his thoughts, or rather, they are controllable.
To what extent should these Seven Emotions fade? They all become tools for cultivation.
As for the Six Desires, you don’t even need to think to guess.
So, strictly speaking, he no longer falls within the range of an ordinary person, at least judging by these Seven Emotions and Six Desires, it’s indeed the case.
No wonder he deliberately indulges in bad habits. Let’s say, how should such a person interact with ordinary people? He is both sentient and unfeeling.
He truly doesn’t know if teaching them will turn some people into his likeness. Moreover, he has already grasped the methods and states for the later stages.
If he continues to cultivate, will that person still be considered human?
If he were to teach things like breaking illusions, breaking through distracting thoughts, cultivating the heart, and correcting oneself, then teaching them would be fine.
He is truly reluctant to teach the methods for becoming an immortal, not because he is selfish, but because he cannot bear to.
A fellow Daoist once told him, “Being too insightful is not good; too much divinity and too little humanity. The mortal world is worth it, brother.” He remembered this deeply in his mind.
The only trace of fear the boy ever felt was the fear of teaching people to have only divinity and no humanity.
After thinking about these things, he sighed repeatedly, murmuring, “Demigod, at most I’ll teach them to be demigods. Leave half for the mortal world, sigh…”
Just as the boy was calmly contemplating how to organize a set of methods to turn people into a demigod state.
“Didi Fu Didi, Mulan flies a plane.”
The boy’s mobile phone rang again.
“Calling, calling, are you there, Big Brother?”
“I’m here.”
“Big Brother, Big Brother, how long do I need to cultivate these distracting thoughts?”
“Just cultivate for fun, until you are happy and no longer troubled.”
“Then what’s next, Big Brother? What’s next?”
Hearing this, the boy said irritably, “Get lost! Why are you always in such a hurry? Did you forget what I told you? Be down-to-earth; haste makes waste.”
“Hehehe, I’m just curious, Big Brother, don’t be angry.”
“Curious about feces, hahahaha.”
“By the way, Big Brother, I want to ask for your advice on how to truly understand a person. I feel like sometimes I don’t understand my family, or even my partner very well.”
“Haha, there are only six words: understand their heart, know their intention.”
“What does that mean, Big Brother?”
“Understanding their heart has two meanings: one refers to their temperament, and the other refers to what a person is thinking. And knowing their intention means understanding that person’s will, or what they want to express.”
“How can I see that, Big Brother? Damn, when I hear you speak, I feel the meaning is so profound. Before you said it, I never thought about it. After you said it, I feel this kind of knowledge is quite deep.”
“It’s not deep; it’s just a pattern. It refers to a person’s pattern of temperament and the pattern of their thoughts and intentions. Simply put, it means you can understand what kind of person someone is, good or bad, kind-hearted or malicious. Whether they are talking to you or doing something else, what they want to do, you know, that’s what it means.”
“Damn, this isn’t deep? This is psychology, right?”
“Actually, it’s not really psychology; it’s just the study of patterns, Daoist Studies. Once you understand one thing, you can understand everything, and then you can perceive some matters.”
“This, this is a bit invincible, Big Brother. If you can do this, when you come into contact with someone, you’ll know exactly what they want to do. Then this? How terrifying would that be?”
“Hahaha, it’s not terrifying; on the contrary, it’s normal. Haven’t you heard some Chinese Classics masters say that ordinary people are like children in the eyes of great cultivators? Every move you make is seen clearly by him; often, even what you are thinking, he knows clearly.”
“Does Big Brother know this method?”
“Do I need to ask?”
“Big Brother, I…”
“Hahahaha, it’s okay, cultivate your heart well. When your mind is calm, you will see everything clearly.”
“Hahaha, yes, I will strive to cultivate my heart and make my inner heart calm. Big Brother, I’m actually very curious about how you cultivate. You give me the feeling that you are too magical. This feeling is hard to describe, it’s as if, it’s as if you knew you would meet me, and you knew what I was thinking, and you guided my cultivation direction in the books.”
“Haha, it’s not that mystical. Don’t praise Big Brother so much; he doesn’t fall for that. Big Brother is just an ordinary person.”
“You’re lying~! If you said anything else, I would believe you. But if you say you’re an ordinary person, I wouldn’t believe it even if you beat me to death. From what I see in the books you write, you combine so many things and knowledge to write about them. This is not something a normal person can integrate and explain, and you explain it so clearly and intelligibly.”
“It’s nothing; it’s just a lot of learning and contemplation. When you understand more principles and see more things, everything connects, and you can naturally talk about them together. It’s not a strange thing, so don’t make a fuss.”
“Big Brother, to tell you the truth, sometimes, really, even though I’m a boy, I can’t help but like you, Big Brother. It’s not in a romantic sense, I mean, you, Big Brother, give me an indescribable feeling, one that can’t be described with words, it’s hard to say, very strange, as if you possess some kind of magic. The aura you exude from your books, even through the text, makes me feel admiration for you. I really can’t explain why.”
“Hahaha, stop flattering me; I don’t buy that. Just be kind, live happily without worries, do fewer evil deeds, and if you can avoid them, don’t do them. Then Big Brother will be very happy. Because happiness, the more you have in this life, the more you can say you haven’t lived in vain. Also, if your character is cultivated well and your virtue is upright. Cultivate properly in the world in a positive direction. Even if your strength is not enough, when it’s time to go, Big Brother will guide you in ascension. It won’t be optional for you not to ascend, because I am currently researching how to bring people to ascension, or how to send and receive them. Yahahahaha. When I figure out this Dao and cultivate it well, hehhehehehehe, then Big Brother will give you a dog leg to eat when he’s stewing Sky-Howling Dog~! Hahaha.”
