The essence of past and future refers to some kind of change.
And if everything loses change, then the above three points will be meaningless, and time will seem to not exist.
In the endless dead lake, the young man was facing such a situation at this moment.
Here, there is no past and no future, because nothing will change.
The past may still exist, but it is the past in his memory. All he has left now is the present, that is, the present world!
Lin Xiaolu stood in the middle of the lake, with his hands behind his back, looking at the darkness at the top of the sky, thinking about the Book of Changes over and over again in his mind.
He no longer knew how much time had passed, but he had calculated that since the last time he attempted suicide, he had slept a total of 2,365 times.
He wasn't sure if he counted correctly, and he didn't know how long he would sleep each night, but this was the only thing he could do, count the times he slept, and try to remember the people he dreamed about.
He hasn't practiced Kung Fu for a long time because it makes no sense.
He has basically calmed down now.
From despair and madness, to despair and calmness, to despair and madness, to despair and calmness, repeated hundreds of times, in the end... he could only stay like this.
What's interesting is that he hasn't changed much. He hasn't grown a beard or gotten older. Everything is the same as when he first entered this world. It seems that from that moment on, he only has the present, neither There is no past and no future.
In such eternal loneliness, he gradually discovered that recalling the past could not help him pass the time, but would instead make him fall into pain and a nightmare of longing.
So he began to remain still and began to think of himself as a stone.
If he can, he will sleep. When he wakes up and cannot fall asleep, he will stay still and sit in a daze.
If he stays still, he will start to think carefully about the I Ching in his mind, because it is the only thing that he has not yet solved and can distract his loneliness.
In this way, he, who had already memorized the entire text of the Book of Changes, reviewed and reasoned it over and over in his mind, from Zhouyi, to Lianshan, to Guizang, chewing on it over and over again. It seemed that only in this way could he no longer feel so lonely.
And this method would eventually get boring. After thinking about it over and over again for an unknown amount of time, but to no avail, he collapsed again.
He roared hoarsely in the field, beat the lake surface over and over again, and ran aimlessly with all his strength until all his strength was exhausted.
The young man may have really gone crazy. In the endless loneliness, he gradually gave birth to another personality of his own, a personality named Lin Jingluo.
Lin Xiaolu didn't know how this guy appeared, nor why this name separated from his subconscious. He only knew that this guy had been very calm about everything around him since he was born.
Whenever Lin Xiaolu was in extreme pain, Lin Jingluo would appear, accept the pain on his behalf, and then quietly savor the loneliness without crying or making a fuss.
In the endless years that followed, Lin Jingluo began to appear more and more frequently, and eventually the two personalities would even communicate with each other, which also relieved Lin Xiaolu from some of his loneliness.
In this way, in the long flow of time that seemed to be still, the two personalities discussed the I Ching word by word, discussing abstract concepts such as the past, future, and present.
Originally, Lin Xiaolu thought that his future life would be dependent on his personality, but he soon discovered another point, that is, Lin Jingluo was different from him... he would age.
Yes, although his appearance has not changed, as time goes by, Lin Jingluo's tone has obviously changed from child-like at the beginning to an old man in the end, and his words have become more and more sophisticated. He is wise, and his understanding of the Book of Changes is far better than that of Lin Xiaolu himself.
For example, he said:
"The past, present, and future actually refer to time itself, but time may not exist, but our consciousness feels that they exist, so the past, present, and future may not exist. The exploration of these three is actually It’s an exploration of the mind and consciousness.”
For another example, he also said:
"Xiaolu, I'm so envious of your past. Unlike me, I've only known you since I was born. Maybe you will be the only one left in my future. So, for me, the past, present, and The future is all yours."
Lin Xiaolu likes Lin Jingluo very much because he is the only one who can accompany him.
Facing the eternal loneliness, all his bravery was meaningless, but the appearance of Lin Jingluo gave him a hand.
Therefore, when Lin Jingluo was already old and overwhelmed and was about to die, Lin Xiaolu burst into tears.
He didn't know how long he waited before Lin Jingluo was born out of extreme despair, but in the end he left him.
He hates so much, hating why he can't die or grow old, but his personality can.
The sky and earth are dark and yellow, the universe is vast and wild,
The sun and moon are full, the stars and constellations are spread out,
Cold comes and summer comes, autumn harvests and winter hides.
The laws of all things in this world, in this world, and in myself, do not change even a little bit!
Lin Jingluo died, and Lin Xiaolu's only friend here was gone.
Before he died, he, who had studied the I Ching all his life, said this to Lin Xiaolu:
"Xiaolu, I'm sorry that I can't continue to accompany you. Maybe your soul can no longer bear my operation.
Everyone has a lifespan, so does the universe, and so do I. But unfortunately, Wangchuan is not, and you are not.
I already know my name, why it is called Whale Luo? It is because in your subconscious mind, you have heard a story, a story about a whale falling and all things coming to life.
That’s why you named me Whale Luo.
Maybe, subconsciously, you hope someone can save you.
But I'm sorry, I'm not that person.
Finally, for so long, I haven’t learned much about the past, present, and future. Just one sentence:
Don't dwell on the past, live up to the present, and don't fear the future. "
After saying this, Lin Jingluo disappeared forever, and Lin Xiaolu returned to where he started.
He did not split into other personalities, maybe because he had grown up, maybe because he was used to it, he just continued to stay aimlessly in this world.
He didn't know how far he had traveled, nor how long he had stayed. Even every time he slept, the number of times he dreamed of those people became less and less.
But somewhere, he felt something new, something inexplicable.
He began to think about his own martial arts, where he came from, and how his inner strength was generated.
In a long life, the past, present, and future are interspersed as cause and effect.
And in this world where cause and effect does not exist, I no longer need to follow cause and effect.
Past, present, future, is time.
The basic meaning of time is cause and effect, because there is a cause before there is an effect, and the cause comes first and then the effect.
And if there is no cause and effect, then everything is empty.
So this side of the world is empty.
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I don’t know how much time and years have passed.
When Lin Xiaolu and even Lin Jingluo began to gradually forget, he entered a half-dream and half-awake state.
He saw a stone changing, corrupting, breaking in the eternal heaven and earth, and finally turning into soil, continuing to exist as something else.
He saw a point, and that point was himself.
This place is empty, with no concepts of past, present, and future. However, because of my appearance, this place has changed, from nothing to something, from zero to one. Because I am different from the stone, I have Thoughts, they still remember the past, but stones cannot remember the past and cannot retain the past.
Just like this world, because of my appearance, because I remember the past, and can feel the present, and I live in this world, this world has cause and effect, has time, has the past, and now, Basic concept of the future.
Therefore, it can be understood backwards that the final definition of the past, present, and future is actually people's thoughts and perceptions, that is, their own thoughts and perceptions, because they remember the past and feel the present.
Even if one day you die, your consciousness disappears, your soul is reincarnated, and your body becomes a part of the world and becomes like a stone, but stones have a future!
A stone cannot remember the past, nor can it feel the present, so it only has the future, and therefore it is incomplete.
And your own consciousness can remember the past and feel the present. Similarly, after you die and turn into stone, you will have a future.
Therefore, consciousness and perception are the past, present, and future, and your consciousness is contained in the entire universe, the entire heaven and earth, and is a part of all things in the world. Therefore, the past, present, and future that you perceive are actually The entire universe, the past, present, and future perceived by the entire world!
And the appearance of my own consciousness and perception...isn't it exactly what I look like!
Therefore, I am the past! You are now! You are the future!
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Do you know how to say hello to light?
See you in the darkest places.
——Lin Xiaolu
