"Everything has a phase, everything has a form..."
"This is the foundation and origin of everything, and it is also the reason why we can stand here and communicate with each other today."
Standing in the middle of the secluded courtyard, Pei Wende seemed to have returned to the time when he and Hui Ji were debating together in Weishan.
"But if that's all..."
“The world is just a chaotic unknown, not the orderly order we can see today.”
At that time, Pei Wende did not have any advanced debate skills, nor did he have the kind of eloquent and fascinating eloquence.
Therefore, in the face of Huiji's debates with tricky angles and even distorted the facts, all Pei Wende could do was to strengthen his materialistic view of his previous life and believe that all the mysteries in this world are knowable.
The reincarnation pursued by Buddhism and the detachment pursued by Taoism are just practicing certain known rules.
Even from an extreme point of view, the 21st century in which we will live in the future is not the heaven and pure land that the ancients strived for?
Therefore, as long as human beings master enough truth and technology, there is no need to place their hopes on illusory gods and Buddhas. Sooner or later, they will create their own Buddhist kingdom on earth and pure land in heaven.
"There must be some inevitable relationship between everything."
“This kind of connection is neither good nor bad, good or evil, whether we notice or discover it or not, they exist forever.”
"The Shurangama Sutra says that all living beings have come from the beginningless time, and all kinds of confusion and karma are natural, like the accumulation of evil."
"The Tao Te Ching says that there is a mixture of things, born in advance of heaven and earth, lonely and lonely, independent and unchanging, moving around without peril, which can be the mother of the world. I don't know its name, but it is called Tao."
"In other words, Buddhists call this connection between all things 'cause and effect', while Taoists call it 'the great road'!"
As Pei Wende talked about his ideas lightly, he once again had a deeper understanding of the "Dragon Slaying Art" he had learned in his previous life.
"There are three thousand Tao. Everything from the rotation of the stars day and night to the encounter between you and me today can actually be regarded as a manifestation of 'Tao'."
"Then the next question comes..."
"Since we can't change the 'Tao' that existed forever since the beginning of chaos, can we use these 'Tao'?"
There was a slight pause in his tone. Pei Wende looked at Ping Yi and Shu Er who were gradually lost in thought, and couldn't help but nodded.
"The answer is of course yes."
"Since 'Tao' exists objectively, then we can naturally use these 'Taos' to change ourselves and the world."
"Open the nine orifices, learn Tao and Dharma, and allow yourself to evolve towards a higher species level. What you are using is the way of evolution and learning."
"Refining magic tools and forging spirit treasures extract the steel and elixirs you need from minerals, using the most basic methods of smelting and creation."
"But is the 'Tao' you are learning and mastering now the true Dao?"
"Today you can think that the nine orifices are the innate body. It is unknown whether there will be ten or eleven or even more perfect innate ways in the future?"
"Just like you think today that steel is extracted from ore and food is grown from the land, who knows if steel can be extracted directly from the air and food grown in the future?"
"No one knows this, and no one can know this."
"So in order to prevent ourselves from going astray, we must use a dialectical method to understand everything in this world."
"Although everything in the world is universally connected, the world itself is eternally developing. We can never explain everything in the world with just one constant cognition..."
"Just like the interweaving of cause and effect will give rise to new cause and effect, and for example, although there are three thousand Taoist teachings, there are eight hundred side sects..."
"Theoretically, as long as we are alive and as long as this world has not returned to death again, we will never be able to touch the real 'way of truth.'"
"Because knowledge can never be learned, and the myriad avenues can never be explored..."
"What we can do is let ourselves change with the changes in everything, and move step by step towards that 'high road' that can be infinitely close but never reach!"
At this moment, Ping Yi, who was extremely knowledgeable, suddenly raised his hand to interrupt Pei Wende's story, indicating that he had questions to ask.
"explain!"
Ignoring the dissatisfied look on Shu Er's face next to her, Pingyi raised her question in an excited and confused tone.
“If everything is eternally evolving, how do we define the boundaries of this development?”
"In other words, how can we make sure that we are approaching the 'big road' instead of standing still or even turning our backs?"
When he said this, Pingyi thought of the "future" he had seen, which seemed to be the turning point in the development of his own destiny.
"This is a good question. It involves the relationship between quantitative and qualitative changes."
"Because there is no absolutely 'correct' answer to the development of things. All of the three thousand avenues can lead to enlightenment."
"And their development process is not achieved overnight, but a gradual process..."
"Just like the futures you see, they are actually a process of quantitative change."
“Only when these quantitative change processes accumulate enough to form a general trend, will there be a qualitative change that is almost reborn.”
"Although qualitative changes cannot be stopped, those quantitative changes are not static..."
"In other words, it is precisely the continuous accumulation of quantitative changes that will lead to the emergence of new qualitative changes."
"It's just like you and your brother have the same body, but different experiences have led to your personalities being completely different, and this difference will get bigger and bigger as you grow older."
"The same is true for the 'futures' you see..."
"The constant accumulation of quantitative changes has a subtle influence on your thinking, and ultimately led to your decision to 'split from the Hyade Star'."
"Even if this 'split' requires one's own death as the price."
Looking at Ping Yi who was gradually showing a look of surprise, Pei Wende had to admire the other party's high level of understanding, which was simply the highest among all the people he had seen.
"Are you saying that the 'future' I see can actually be changed?"
Pingyi murmured in doubt, and the confusion on Pingyi's face gradually turned into disbelief, because she thought of what Pei Wende said before about someone deliberately arranging her future.
"At least from a fortune-telling perspective, I don't believe in that kind of destined 'future'."
"Because if there really is a destined 'fate', then what you see now may not be me today, but a tyrannical demon who kills innocent people."
"Even I, who was born with a cruel nature, can change my 'future' of becoming a demon..."
"How can you be bound by the 'future' you see?"
"The reason why you think those 'futures' are unchangeable is because you haven't really made up your mind and taken the right approach."
Instead of directly stating his guess, Pei Wende just guided Pingyi to continue thinking.
"As long as you have that idea and awareness, it's never too late to start making changes."
"As for ways to change the future?"
"If you are interested, I can start with the basic life skills later and explain them to you bit by bit."
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