The place where we ate that day was a small noodle shop. The store was very small, with only four tables. The boss, chef, and waiter totaled just two people.
I was just halfway through my bowl of noodles when Zhang Wenwen raised a question that was extremely philosophical and metaphysical.
I have to say, this is a very good question.
To be honest, I have been thinking since I was a child. If people stay in the grave after death, why do people say that after death, they go to the underworld, take the Huangquan Road, go to Wangxiang Terrace, and cross the Naihe Bridge?
Moreover, this is basically a road with no return. As the saying goes, if you climb to the Wangxiang Tower, it will be difficult to return to the world.
But if a person goes to the underworld after death and never comes back, what happens to those left in the grave?
Let's not talk too much about Zhao Laowu who played mahjong on his own grave last time. How did he do it?
I once talked with Uncle Ma for half a night about these issues, and finally I had a vague understanding of them.
Yes, I only have a partial understanding of it, because he said a lot, but I still don’t quite understand it.
So I told Zhang Wenwen what Uncle Ma said, which was regarded as popular science.
I told her that after death, people do go to the underworld, but they also have to stay in the grave to guard the body, the house, and the descendants.
Otherwise, why would we talk about the ghost house?
If people go to the underworld after death, then what kind of graveyard feng shui do we pay attention to?
As we all know, humans have three souls and seven souls.
After death, only the soul remains.
These three souls are the heavenly soul, the earthly soul, and the human soul.
Among them, the heavenly soul is also called the "soul of the past", which is the main soul of a person. After death, the heavenly soul returns to heaven, and it is also the heavenly soul responsible for reincarnation.
The earth soul is also called the "karma soul". It is the awakened soul of human beings and returns to the underworld. Because the earth soul can know the cause and effect, good and evil of the main soul in this life, it is the earth soul that is judged in the underworld. At the same time, we invite people to go to the underworld to investigate things. Ghost is this earthly spirit.
The human soul is the "corpse guarding soul", which is the human soul that wanders in the cemetery and makes the grave its home. Because the human soul represents the physical body in this life, Yinzhai Feng Shui affects future generations by "keeping the soul of the corpse".
To put it simply, after a person dies, the soul of heaven returns to heaven, the soul of earth returns to the underworld, and the soul of man returns to the tomb.
Uncle Ma also gave me an analogy, saying that Tianhun is like this computer host, and all information is stored in it.
The earth soul is like a USB flash drive. If you put something in it and plug it into the host, you can read the downloaded information and upload the data of this life.
When a person is reincarnated, the heavenly soul and the earthly soul need to come together in order to carry the cause and effect and all the memories of the past lives, so the heavenly soul and the earthly soul are together in all lives.
But the human soul is different. It is a spiritual body that bears the "feng shui energy".
Generally speaking, before reincarnation, the heavenly soul and the earthly soul merge into one and come to the family of the person to be reincarnated. Then part of the energy from the ancestral lineage of this family will be separated to form a human soul, which will enter together with the heavenly soul and the earthly soul. physical body.
Therefore, the feng shui of ancestral veins will indeed have a very important impact on people.
Because the human soul in us originally carries the spiritual energy of the earth's veins, if something goes wrong with the ancestral tombs in the Yin Zhai, it will naturally show up in future generations.
However, human souls are usually very honest and like to live like other people. They are not interested in those enemies, creditors, revenge, profit and cause and effect.
They just quietly inherit the energy of the earth in the cemetery, carry the virtuous virtues of their ancestors, enjoy the offerings of their descendants, and at the same time protect their descendants.
If future generations do not pay tribute properly, or even cut off the offerings, and do not repair the tomb, then just wait for the ancestors to get angry, and the consequences will be really serious...
Because this offering is not only for the "corpse guarding soul", but the "karma soul" in the underworld will also receive a share. If it is broken in front of the human grave, it will be broken in the underworld. Do you think he can stop looking for you?
But the human soul does not always exist, and will slowly dissipate as time goes by.
As someone has said, there are actually two deaths for a person. The first time is the death of the physical body, and the second time is when no one in this world remembers you. If you cut off the sacrifices and offerings, then the human soul will dissipate.
As for the earth soul, all memories will be cleared when reincarnated, just like a USB flash drive is formatted and turned into a blank piece of paper. This is the function of "Meng Po Soup".
Only the Heavenly Soul will forever carry our memories of countless lives, cause and effect reincarnation, and possess incredible magical functions.
Because Tianhun originally represents the meaning of communicating with heaven and earth, but it is restricted by the laws of the material world, and Tianhun is usually latent.
Many of our subconscious thoughts or behaviors in daily life, such as a flash of inspiration or a strong intuition, are actually the influence of the heavenly soul.
Another example is when we are in an abnormal state of mind, such as sleeping, drunken, or insane, the heavenly soul will show our "nature", which is the so-called "true self".
Some people who are born with strong inspiration will always dream of some weird things. In fact, it is their soul doing its own thing in other dimensions, but we are just sensing it.
Some people will also predict what will happen in the future in their dreams, or dream of gods, which are also inspired by the heavenly soul.
Another thing is that things that happened in our previous lives sometimes burst out in our subconscious and appear in dreams. There are even people we have never met, but they have a strong sense of familiarity.
In fact, these are memories that we have been awakening for many lifetimes. However, due to the shackles of the physical body, it is actually impossible to awaken them. They will only appear in our minds momentarily.
I talked to Zhang Wenwen about science for a long time, but she listened in a daze, and finally asked me a question.
"Why is what you said different from what I searched on the Internet? It seems to be similar, but there are some differences."
I could only sigh and tell her: "That's because these opinions are summarized by different people, so there will be differences. Even the opinions of various sects are different, so you don't have to take me seriously." Take this as the truth, don’t argue with me, just consider it a reference. After all, we still know too little about the truth of life and the truth of the universe."
Zhang Wenwen asked again: "Tell me, is the grandma who accompanied Xiaoling on the train just now, a human soul or an earthly soul? According to what you just said, there should be a grandma Xiaoling in the underworld, and there is another grandma Xiaoling in the human world." Yeah, two different souls."
I thought about it and said, "It should be that her earthly soul did not go to the underworld because of her strong obsession. Even those who died violently did not have the earthly soul enter the underworld, so they merged with the human soul and wandered around the world..."
"but……"
"Shut up……"
I covered Zhang Wenwen's mouth: "If you ask again, I will have no choice but to send you to the underworld."
"What are you doing?"
"Ask the Lord of Hell!"
I couldn't help but smile bitterly. Don't talk to me about these things. It is estimated that even the experts in Longhu Mountain may not be able to understand them. If she insists on getting to the bottom of it, she really can only ask the Lord of Hell...
The two of us were chatting here, quite quietly at first, but we still attracted the attention of an old man in his sixties next to us.
He hadn't come up to me yet. He sat there and listened quietly for a long time. Then he suddenly got up and came over and sat across from me.
"Young man, what you said is quite clear. Let me ask about something. Do you think this person really has no memory of his previous life after death?"
"Uh... generally no, but there are exceptions. What do you want to ask?"
"Well, to tell you the truth, I often come to this noodle shop because the taste of this noodle is very familiar. I feel like it was made by my old mother who has been dead for more than 20 years..."
"Uh...you mean, you suspect that the chef in this restaurant is the reincarnation of your old mother?"
Before he could answer, a young man came over with a bowl of noodles and placed it in front of the old man.
"Egg persimmon noodles, as you said, add more chopped green onion."
