Sean opened his eyes, feeling a small sense of joy in his heart.
It has been ten years since I came to Shambhala. After practicing with the wise man for ten years, he has mastered all the techniques of meditation and has initially understood the transcendent wisdom. What makes him happy every day is that his initial hunch is indeed correct - the last road is, in every sense, the most worthwhile road to take.
Although he has not yet completely freed himself from his delusions, he has been able to face everything calmly. He no longer pursues anything, just waits for everything to happen naturally.
And Moonlight...four months after they first met Liana, the two got married, built their own house away from the crowd, and enjoyed their world to the fullest. For a long time, Sean could only see the moonlight occasionally. But starting from the beginning of this year, the moonlight often appeared in Sean's place, sometimes even staying for several days in a row.
"I think I understand what you mean." At this time, Yueguang was lying on the couch with her head in her arms, looking at the beams, her eyes a little dull, "What did you say back then?"
"Some things are not as beautiful as you imagine." Sean just sat, his temperament changed compared to ten years ago - he looked more relaxed and sober. In his continuous practice, he regained the state of mind obtained by the "dream" wheel of the heart palace, and even went a step further beyond that, entering a realm that he had never expected before. The soul flows freely without any interference. Like a weathered rose in a vase, there is only time left before the body and mind fall off. However, due to the limitations of this world, he cannot perform the skills of the explorer.
"Yes! That's what it means - it's not as beautiful as imagined." Yueguang sat up a little excitedly, "Isn't this obvious? Why didn't I think of it at the time?"
After Yueguang and Lianna spent the first two years of their inseparable relationship, differences gradually emerged: Yueguang did not want children, while Lianna wanted to have many children. Moonlight loves to drink, but Lianna hates people who drink. Moonlight wanted to play an instrument, but Lian Na found it noisy. Lian Na wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with him, but Yue Guang couldn't think or say that much...
Lian Na started to yell at him, started throwing things, and started crying. Moonlight couldn't stand it and had to leave home often.
Sometimes, he envied his life with Winnie in the book. It seemed much smoother? Sometimes he wonders whether the life in the book is too ideal...
At this moment, he just felt extremely bored. He was even bored with himself when he was so excited.
However, he deeply remembered that what he was tired of back then was what Sean said, what the "wise man" said. He believes that sobriety and calmness are anti-human, and there can be no such transparent people in the world.
Until now, he feels that life itself is "anti-human". Transparency is the smartest way to live.
"I wish I had listened to you then."
"No," Sean said, "you're wrong."
"wrong?"
"Heartbeat is natural and cannot be said to be a bad thing."
Moonlight turned over and sat up, sitting cross-legged, holding his ankle - now he seemed willing to watch Sean play the role of a wise man.
"A cold person will definitely get close to a campfire. But if he thinks that the campfire is the best thing and even throws himself into it, then he becomes a moth, right?"
Yue Guang's whole body started to vibrate, and her eyes widened.
Sean smiled and continued: "So, of course you should warm yourself by the fire when you feel cold, but when you warm yourself by the fire, shouldn't you think that if it gets hot, you should stay away from the fire...
"You and Lina have spent many wonderful times, isn't that enough?
“If you hope to always be able to dig out the original happiness from this relationship, wouldn’t that mean you insist on warming yourself up by the fire in the summer?”
Moonlight was so excited that she turned over and stood up: "Why didn't you tell me this earlier?!"
"Why didn't you come and ask me earlier?" Sean asked calmly.
Moonlight was stunned. His eyes were straight, as if he was recalling what Sean had just said. In silence, he found a chair and sat down.
The oil lamp cast the moonlight on the wall. After a moment, he slowly said: "I understand."
Afterwards, Yueguang talked to Lian Na for a long time. The two of them calmly accepted the status quo, and he left that home. After moving to Sean's place, Moonlight was obviously a little depressed, as if the air on his shoulders was heavy, pressing on him all the time.
In order to lighten his mood, he also started to follow Sean to the Stone Palace.
One day, when the two were walking, Sean suddenly asked: "Are you leaving?"
"Let's go? Where?"
"Didn't I tell you that it would be easy to arrange that kind of life with Sean Dickinson?"
Moonlight recalled for a moment, then remembered that Sean was referring to the pie he first drew: He said he would take him to find the most beautiful girl on Broadway, bring him the most luxurious food and wine, take a sailing boat across the ocean, go fishing, Find killer whales, watch the sunset...
As a result, he followed Sean on a plane for three days, rode a yak for more than a month, passed through a wilderness where even cow dung was rare, and came to this place that almost no one knew about. I also experienced a broken love...
"It's best to travel after being disillusioned." Sean said, with a smile on his lips.
Moonlight blinked: "What's wrong, Sean? Are you crazy? Don't you continue practicing?"
"I have mastered everything the teacher said, and the next step is just to keep the habit. If you want to meditate, you can do it anywhere, it doesn't have to be in Shambhala.
"Besides, I've had enough of these ten years. It's time to go out for a walk."
After hearing what Sean said, Moonlight knew that he was serious. The tortured pianist caught up with his friend and grabbed his clothes: "Finally...finally!"
After returning home, they packed up their residence, packed their luggage, said goodbye to their teachers and friends, and left Shambhala with a team of eight domestic yaks.
Just like before, they passed through the desolate plateau, took various means of transportation, and returned to the bustling city.
Returning to the place of departure ten years later, Yueguang discovered how bad the air in the city was. If he is like a fish, then being in Shambhala is like swimming in a clear spring, and now he seems to have fallen into a sewage river. For the first time, the city made Moonlight not want to stay long.
He noticed that New York had built more tall buildings and had more cars on the road. As for Arkham Psychiatric Center, I am afraid that the two missing patients have long been forgotten.
This journey was originally going to start with looking for those two stunning beauties on Broadway, but Moonlight now had a different idea. After ending his relationship with Lian Na, he wanted to take some quiet time.
However, there is no reduction in other aspects. Sean, who lived a simple life like a wise man in Shambhala, was still as comfortable as a fish in water when he returned to the city. He obtained cash as quickly as possible (choosing one of many plans) and purchased a beautiful sailboat (White Wild Goose, Sean said she was the choice almost every time), bought the finest beef (matured in a ventilated storage cabin, great beef to eat during the trip!), caviar, foie gras, and All kinds of food and wine - it took three days to collect, and now the beautiful sailing ship also carries many "beautiful" things.
The day of sailing was sunny and the sky was rare in New York. Two "psychopaths" who had been found covered in black sweat in a bullpen on the outskirts of the city were now cleanly dressed, with happy expressions and sparkling waves on their faces.
Sean stared at the beautiful sailboats in front of him and suddenly said: "A poet once said that sailboats can sail into fairy tales, but ships cannot -
"What do you think?"
Moonlight laughed: "Indeed."
The two of them stepped onto the deck with the same bright mood, as if they were stepping onto shaky land and walking into the sea.
