Chapter 217: Changing Biological Laws
“Beep beep beep.”
“Are you there, Big Brother?”
“What is it, Younger Brother?”
“My stomach has been hurting for years and hasn’t healed. Do you have any methods to help me, Big Brother?”
“If you can’t even heal it with treatment, then try changing your habits.”
“How do I change them, Big Brother?”
“Adjust your spirit to joy, try not to get emotional over various things, then switch to a vegetarian diet for three months. ‘Meaty’ refers to pungent vegetables like garlic, leeks, and onions, anything with a strong smell and the ‘grass’ radical. ‘Fishy’ refers to meat. Give up both.
Eat vegetarian with a grateful heart. Every night before sleeping, relax your body, place your hands on your stomach to rub it, or just warm it. Chant the Rebirth Mantra for me. If you don’t know how to chant, just listen. If you don’t like monks chanting, find versions set to music, and hum along when you have time. Persevere for three months, and you should start to improve. Changing your diet can change the energy attributes you absorb.”
“Okay, Big Brother.”
“You must be obedient. If you can’t control yourself, then Big Brother can’t help you. Just remember this: if something can’t be cured, start by addressing your biological laws.”
“Big Brother, what should I do if my stomach hurts in the meantime?”
“Big Brother is not a doctor and generally doesn’t deal with these matters. Anyone who asks, I tell them to see a doctor. But since yours isn’t getting better, Big Brother can only offer advice. I can’t watch you continue to suffer. If your stomach hurts, first, soothe it, repent, and then communicate with the energy within your body. Remember, don’t babble incessantly. Just relax, repent in your heart, and don’t be superstitious.
If you still can’t control it, then shift your thoughts. Contemplate the Thought Sword, or focus on copying scriptures. If you don’t like copying, then trace Buddha Statues, go have fun. If you don’t want to do any of that, then Big Brother will have to give you two big slaps. Your body is not someone else’s. If you don’t guide and improve it, you’ll be the only one suffering.
If you can’t even persevere with copying scriptures or tracing Buddha Statues, the most basic method is for you to enter a realm and cultivate your mind. Refer to what I wrote about creating a realm to play and cultivate. Relax your body, let your mind go to a Chinese-style courtyard or any beautiful scene, let your soul be at ease, and work on both your soul and body.
“I understand, Big Brother.”
“Remember, your Big Brother is not a doctor, just a Zen Cultivator. I deal with the soul, not treating illnesses. When you ask me anything, I always start from the soul and supplement it with changing biological laws. This is what I consider the most awesome medicine. There’s no healthier or more scientific method than this. Also, if you hadn’t said you couldn’t cure it for years, I wouldn’t have taught you this method. It’s up to you.”
“Okay.”
“Mm, the simplest ways to cultivate the mind are these few. Choose a suitable one to do. Normally, one method is enough, but people’s hearts are chaotic now, and they’re lazy. You need to find one that suits you. Whichever you like, use it.”
“Big Brother, what do others always talk about when they say ‘Enduring Humiliation, Enduring Humiliation’? How do you endure that? Isn’t that suffocating?”
“That’s when you have no other option, using precepts to make you endure. Enduring things can reduce calamity.”
“Then, Big Brother, do you mean we should endure when we encounter things?”
“Endure what? That’s suffocating! If you hold it in for too long, won’t you get sick from it?”
“Then what should we do, Big Brother? Attack them?”
“No, aren’t you learning wisdom from me, you idiot? If you shift your thoughts, then you won’t feel suffocated anymore. You can even use it to train and control your emotions. So what’s there to endure? If you can change your thoughts, you don’t need to force yourself to endure. It will dissolve on its own.
“So that’s how it is. So people who don’t know how to change their thoughts just endure forcefully?”
“That’s right. Only those who can’t change their thoughts are called enduring. If you can change your thoughts, what is there to endure? If there’s no bad thing, what do you have to endure? You don’t need to endure this either. Encounter something, use it to cultivate yourself.”
“Big Brother, if you see a cockroach, do you kill it?”
“Why would I kill it?”
“Aren’t cockroaches annoying? And they often infest places, and can easily bring diseases. Aren’t you afraid?”
“Why would I be afraid of them?”
“Damn, Big Brother, you…?”
“Sometimes when I see them, I just play with them.”
“Aren’t you afraid they’ll mess with you?”
“Huh? Why would they mess with me?”
“They run around your house, eating things everywhere.”
“Let them eat. Don’t they have to eat too? And if I told them not to come, they’d decrease bit by bit. So I don’t usually drive them away. Occasionally seeing one or two is quite fun, like a little kid running around erratically, hahahaha.”
“Big Brother, I… you are truly fearless of life and death, without any resentment, afraid of nothing…”
“Why be afraid of that? Live when you should live, die when you should die. What’s there to argue about with a tiny creature.”
“Big Brother, I don’t have your realm. If I want to get rid of them, what should I do? Can I buy some cockroach poison?”
“It’s up to you. If you want to kill them, Big Brother won’t stop you. If you don’t want to kill them, no one can force you.”
“This, Big Brother, do you have a method to get rid of them without killing them?”
“Try other methods. Smells, for instance. Find something that smells pleasant that cockroaches dislike, and they’ll leave on their own.
“What should I use then, Big Brother?”
“You research it yourself. Once you figure it out, the cockroaches won’t come anymore, and you won’t have to kill them. There must be such things. This way, you can ensure there are no cockroaches consistently. Otherwise, no matter how much you kill, they’ll just keep coming back. That doesn’t solve the fundamental problem.
“Then truly, Big Brother, Big Brother, if I research this and develop something, can I use it to make money?”
“It’s up to you. Whatever you want to do, do it. Any method, if mastered, can bring you income. But I advise you, after making money, do some charity work like offering food when you have the time.
“Why, Big Brother?”
“If you drive them away, they have to find somewhere else to survive. Although offering food doesn’t necessarily mean feeding them, it’s about accumulating merit for yourself.
“Okay, Big Brother. If I make money using this, I’ll come and offer sacrifices to you later.
“You, first manage your body and mind. There are plenty of ways to make money. Master this, and you’ll see that southern cockroaches are plentiful, and northern ones aren’t scarce either. They are needed everywhere. There are plenty of opportunities for you to make money. When you make money, think of Big Brother. Big Brother thanks you, but don’t forget to do merit-generating deeds.
“Don’t worry, Big Brother, I’ll definitely listen.
“Hahaha, whether you listen or not is your business. Big Brother won’t interfere. However, if you turn bad and lose contact with Big Brother, I won’t talk to you anymore.
“I’ll remember that, Big Brother. Then you’re busy. Thank you for your enlightenment. Boundless Blessings.
“Boundless Blessings.”
