Chapter 318: A Casual Poem On Enlightenment
After hearing the Centipede Demon’s words, I couldn’t help but sigh with emotion; alas… even two monsters have become so glib. If this world isn’t in the End of Dharma, then ghosts would truly appear.”
Seeing that this centipede was as glib and untruthful as that duck, Big Brother decided not to ask anymore. Whatever, he handed the centipede back to Xue Pan and said to him:
“Old Xue, this one is for you. If it’s not honest with you, you can eat it to replenish yourself, after all, you don’t naturally have eight kidneys like Big Brother, as strong as a fierce tiger. And your primary battle method consumes a lot of energy.”
Xue Pan’s mouth twitched upon hearing this, and he thought to himself; damn Big Brother, can you be any more inconsistent? When Younger Sister is around, you say you have eight kidneys, but when she’s not, you say… go to hell! If I had eight kidneys, why would I cultivate immortality? You…
Although he thought this way, Xue Pan, like Jin Buque, involuntarily drooled when he received the centipede.
Because they had been with me for quite some time, even though Big Brother didn’t say it explicitly, they understood in their hearts that I was providing them with a guarantee.
This is the same as the role of Erlang Shen’s dog. In Erlang’s own words: when I’m doing well, the dog eats what I eat; when I’m not doing well, I eat what the dog eats; and if there’s absolutely nothing to eat, then I eat the dog. Hehehe, a reliable ration for the march, and it even ensures freshness.
Of course, this is only done when they are not yet domesticated.
But if it’s after a long time, and the little duck and the centipede demon truly can treat my two brothers with their whole hearts, I think that even if my people starve to death, it would be difficult to do something like eating a companion.
It’s like one of Laozi’s clones; he raised pigs as if they were children. When they were fattened up and sold, he couldn’t help but cry, knowing that the pigs he raised would be slaughtered and eaten. Even though he knew this result before raising them, he still felt great pain at the moment of selling them.
If it weren’t for making a living, not only Big Brother, the True Self, but also any of my clones would find it difficult to do such things. It is precisely because of this that Big Brother and my three clones each achieved Dao in the end.
Because we all have one thing in common: we are not deluded by external appearances into mistaking them for our true feelings.
Some people like to eat dogs but don’t let others eat pigs, some people like to eat pigs but don’t let others eat dogs, some people are vegetarian and don’t let others eat meat, and some people eat meat and say that eating too much vegetarian food is also not good.
Everyone lives so unrealistically, trapped in their own wishful thinking and foolishly unaware.
Different cognition leads to different angles, and different angles naturally lead to different results.
No living being is born to be eaten by others, whether it is an animal or a plant, even an insect.
It’s just that mortals feel good about themselves, farming this and that to satisfy their own needs.
This is actually very normal, but when doing so, there is no gratitude, and it is felt as a matter of course, which is a bit detestable.
If you were a dog or a pig, what would you do?
When others want to harm you, you will instantly be consumed by fear and hatred, and then a large amount of negative hormones will be secreted from these emotions. Those who eat you will absorb this energy and incorporate it into their own bodies. Over time, this will cause significant irreversible damage to their bodies that medical science cannot fix.
This is retribution in kind, as the saying goes: it’s not that retribution doesn’t come, it’s just that the time hasn’t come. If it truly comes, you’ll report to the Underworld.
Worldly people are so foolish that they only become slightly sober after experiencing great disasters and illnesses. This is how “heart is not dead, Dao is not born” comes about.
Be grateful, grateful for the nourishment of all sentient beings, set your mind straight, and sincerely thank them for their help. Absorb their energy, and then take good care of your body and mind, so that your body is healthy and your soul is joyful, and use this method as a reward for them.
Accept everything, experience everything. With warmth in your heart, see through life and death. Great love knows no bounds, do not be attached to external appearances, without regret, this life is without remorse.
After Big Brother gave Awesome Duck and Bu Shoulu to Jin Buque and Xue Pan.
He casually composed a poem of enlightenment:
《Awakening》
Those lost struggle with good and evil, justifying and amusing themselves.
Before awakening, I asked who I was? After awakening, I know I am me.
The Great Dao is silent and cannot be spoken, for to speak of it is to surely divide right and wrong.
Understand principles, see true nature, maintain true stillness, and with ease, wisdom is attained.
Author: Chan Xin
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The story returns to earlier. After Xiao Ling’er put clothes on me and patted my buttocks, I washed up a bit and ate breakfast.
Leisurely, I arrived at the Wuji Realm’s compulsory nine-year education fee-paying school.
This task was originally supposed to be for Jin Buque, but today, coincidentally, it’s the season for all things to revive and mate, and he’s too busy to get away, so he entrusted this matter to Big Brother.
However, this is not the key point. The key point is that I don’t know what got into him, but he actually enrolled Awesome Duck in school before and sent him to attend. He said that the duck is still young and it’s important to prioritize education early on, starting with the children. Only in this way can Awesome Duck gradually establish correct and good moral views and values.
I really don’t know what this guy is thinking!
What kind of moral view can be established in childhood? He doesn’t even understand what morality is, let alone value orientation!
Wouldn’t one have to understand morality and values before they can be established?
But then again, if a duck doesn’t go to school as a child, the impact is indeed quite significant. Not to mention anything else, just not receiving basic education means that when he goes out into society in the future, he won’t be able to read a single character, and there will be many troubles. After all, if he wants to do some transactions or start some business in the future, and he can’t recognize a single word when signing a contract, then who else will be ripped off if not him? Who told you to be uneducated?
Believing in oneself is better than believing in anyone else. As the saying goes: the intention to harm others should not exist, but the vigilance against harm from others should not be absent.
The purpose of learning is not to earn a lot of money, nor is it to have more means in the future, but at least to be clear when others are trying to trick you.
Otherwise? Don’t talk about how many years this person has been your close buddy, and don’t talk about how your seventh aunt or eighth uncle would definitely not cheat you! Whether they cheat you or not, we don’t know, but whether they are cheated by others and then cheat you, that’s hard to say!
Therefore, believing in yourself is better than believing in anyone else. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t believe others, but rather that it depends on the matter. For other things, it’s fine to believe them to some extent, but for major decisions, you should also have a clear insight and perception. At the very least, before deciding to do something, you should be mentally prepared to either commit or not.
If you commit, then don’t worry about the final outcome, whether it’s good or bad, you can accept it with equanimity, then commit.
If you don’t commit, then don’t place your bet on others. There’s a difference between a gambler and a gambling king; a gambling king sets up the game, while a gambler enters the game. These are two different natures.
