Myriad Paths

The other party suddenly switched from gossip to the main topic, which made Li Qi a little confused, but he immediately realized that the previous stories were just foreshadowing.

In the final analysis, Lingdao encountered the same problem as Li Qi.

Wang Dun continued: "The Far North Demon Clan lives in a bitter cold land and cannot get enough material life all year round. Therefore, the most common way for them to spend the winter there is to gather together and listen to the sermons of the elders of the clan. , which also allows them to develop the characteristics of not caring about material enjoyment, but paying more attention to spiritual enjoyment. "

"However, after being separated from the body for the first time, they encountered a problem, that is, although the spirit can exist on its own, it cannot perceive itself. To be precise...the spirit can only perceive itself. Li Qi, do you understand?" Wang Dun looked at Li Qi and asked.

"Of course I understand. I have thought about this issue before." Li Qi smiled.

This is indeed a problem. The spirit can only perceive and exist on its own, but cannot confirm the existence of other minds. This is also the basis for the birth of the devil.

The devil focuses on self-perception and self-existence, so much so that it completely ignores the existence of other spiritual entities. This is why the devil always does extremely ridiculous things, because they don't care about the feelings of other spirits.

All this is just because the mind only has the ability to perceive itself, but not the ability to perceive the outside world. Only matter has the ability to perceive the outside world.

Each of us can intuitively perceive that we have spiritual experiences from a first-person perspective.

However, when I look at other people, it's like Li Qi looking at Wang Dun. Li Qi can only see Wang Dun's body and confirm the other person's existence physically, but he can't feel Wang Dun's inner experience and can't confirm it. Wang Dun's spiritual existence.

This is the so-called asymmetry of mind perception and is one of the essential properties of the mind.

In the past, Master Nanhua of the Taoist sect had discovered this, so he came up with the idea of ​​"Zi Fei Yu, how can you know the joy of fish?" 'Did Zhuangzhou dream of butterflies, or did butterflies dream of Zhuang Zhou? ’ question.

Each of us is necessarily not someone else, so we are bound to be unable to perceive things other than ourselves. This is a great difficulty for pure spirit.

"This almost caused the spiritual path to completely merge with the demonic path, and almost caused a catastrophe. However, fortunately, in the end, the spiritual path found a way to observe other minds, which is now the 'Tao Principle Reader'."

"With the 'Tao Principle Reader', Ling Dao can clearly perceive the existence of other spirits and the existence of the material world, so this kind of thing becomes the eyes, ears and other senses of people in Ling Dao. , and evidence to prove the existence of others to maintain the stability of the spiritual path.”

"And for those of us with material bodies and material senses, we don't need to use this thing. It's meaningless to us. It just increases consumption." Wang Dun spread his hands.

Having said this, Wang Dun immediately asked: "So, Li Qi, can you tell me why you have a Taoist reader? You are using this thing to replace your material senses. Why, does this have anything to do with your identity as a witch? Very inconsistent?"

But Li Qi did not answer this question. Instead, he said: "We will talk about this later. I dare to ask Brother Wang, how does this Dao Principle reader do it? How can it confirm the existence of the outside world?"

"You already have a Dao reader, don't you know it yourself? Of course it is through verification of the Dao." Wang Dun said matter-of-factly.

“Only pure thinking and logic can exist in the spirit, but these things in pure logic can have wonderful correspondences with the real material world. Isn’t it enough to prove the strange connection between spirit and matter? "

Li Qi nodded in agreement.

Pure logic can indeed wonderfully reflect the physical world, such as mathematics.

A priori things in mathematics can always be reflected in the material world, but anything that can be established in mathematics can basically be established in the material world.

This is the mapping relationship between logic and the world. In the final analysis, this world follows logic, even if the logic itself is not complete.

Seeing that Li Qi understood this, Wang Dun continued to explain: "So, this is very simple. If logic can be mapped to reality, then you only need to understand the logic and then map it to reality to understand the nature of the real material world. This is the Tao Principle Reader. The reason why it is called this is because Lingdao believes that Tao is logic and logic is Tao. "

"If the world operates according to logic, such as the existence of the law of cause and effect, then logic is undoubtedly a priori and guiding. Then such a thing cannot be called Tao, and what can be called Tao? "

"If such a thing can be called Tao, then it must comply with the rules of logic. As long as it is verified and communicated through logic, it is naturally possible to observe other people's minds to determine the existence of other people's minds, isn't it?"

Wang Dun said this.

Li Qize fell into deep thought.

After thinking for a while, he suddenly realized it, and then he clapped and cheered!

I see!

How wonderful, how wonderful!

Tao principles can be compared to language.

A language must comply with certain rules before it can be understood. If it is a so-called private language, which is purely subjective, if it does not have any rules, you will not be able to understand it after a while, so this Planting things cannot be understood and cannot be communicated.

Once language has rules, then these rules must be public. As long as it can be understood by yourself, it can in principle be understood by others, then it is not a private language.

Through this method of proof by contradiction, it can be proved that the so-called private language does not exist, and there cannot be a language that in principle can only be known by myself, but cannot be known by others.

In other words, there cannot be a ‘Tao’ that only I can understand and others cannot.

When we use language, or other things, such as mathematics and Taoism, to express our inner feelings, it must abide by the rules of a language. It must be public and can be understood by others. , otherwise, the language cannot be understood by others, and you cannot understand it yourself.

The significance of this kind of language, or Taoist communication, is not that it reflects our inner secret concepts, but that it is an activity and a practice, and the significance of language lies in its usage in practice.

This kind of Taoist communication is a manifestation of behavior. We use language to report and describe. Language is always a manifestation of action, an activity and a practice.

All activities and practices must be implemented and there is no doubt about it.

Therefore, the question of questioning whether other people's minds exist is not an object of knowledge or theorizing.

There is no point in questioning this.

For example, if you throw out the skeptical argument that other people don’t actually have minds, who do you expect to listen to this skeptical argument?

You said that other people may not have souls and are all puppets, or they may all be reflections of your own heart. So when you ask this question to other people, you expect these puppets to listen and explain it to you, right?

If you expect this, do you already subjectively believe that other people have the ability to answer and think?

Or, from the perspective of others, you are a puppet who does not necessarily have a soul. So to me, this question is thrown by a puppet. A puppet says that we are puppets?

So, it's not worth bothering with.

Such skepticism will make any communication between people meaningless.

Therefore, we can believe in the other through 'language' or Taoism, and use the other to provide guarantee for the objective reality of the world. Although the inaccessibility of the other's heart is irrevocable, an absolute The transcendental self is not the whole of the objective world, because it has been disproven through the logic of Tao principles.

Li Qi suddenly realized it and exclaimed: "Wonderful!"

This exchange directly deepened Li Qi's explanation of the vision of information flow to a new level.

So that's it.

Just from this conversation, Li Qi suddenly gained a new understanding, which can be used next time!

Traveling can indeed increase your knowledge!

"Okay, okay, let's go back and digest it slowly later. Li Qi, let's talk about why you have a Taoist reader. This thing cannot be made by the magic method." Wang Dun Smiling to calm down Li Qi, he asked the question again, and in an aggravated tone.

Obviously, he was a little suspicious of Li Qi's past several times.

"Haha, now that the doubts in my mind have been solved, there is no harm in telling Brother Wang that this Taoist reader also came from a similar predicament." Li Qi said with a smile, feeling very comfortable.

He got a second weapon against the devil!

The devil is the ultimate solipsist, which is also the essence of the devil's way, that is: "Everything in the world is the spiritual projection of 'I', and everything in the world has no meaning except 'I'."

Using this, the demon even created the ‘Desire Realm’, an existence that encompasses all reality.

And now, the spiritual path has given an answer that can confirm the answer of other spiritual existences. Although the devil may have 10,000 ways to refute this answer, it is not important. Li Qi only needs to have this answer in his heart.

"Similar dilemma? How can I talk about this?" Wang Dun was confused.

"It's like this. I had an adventure in the past, and I was accidentally contaminated by a drop of the five yang demonic blood..." Li Qi began to tell.

"Contaminated by the demonic blood of the five yins? How can you still live?!" Wang Dun was shocked!

He is still alive after being contaminated by the demonic blood of the Five Aggregates. How fierce is this?

You want to know, what kind of existence is the five-aggregate demon?

The four demons of the devil.

The leader is naturally the self-transformed demon, who can manifest all kinds of terrifying and strange shapes to scare practitioners at night, or manifest the five wonderful desires to disturb Bodhisattvas, or transform the human heart of the world to make great offerings. If the practitioner is greedy, If you make offerings, you will lose your Taoist mind and become a demon of illusion.

The other three demons are:

The demon of troubles is one hundred and eight kinds of troubles in the body, which can annoy the minds of all living beings, steal their wisdom and life, and make it impossible to achieve Bodhi.

Death demons, those who cut off people's lives and cause death, can cause the four major elements of sentient beings to scatter and die at an early age, making it impossible for practitioners to extend their wise lives.

The five aggregates of demons are the accumulation of the five aggregates of form, feeling, thought, action, and consciousness, resulting in the painful consequences of life and death. This law of life and death can take away wisdom and life, and can cause all kinds of obstacles to sentient beings.

The four demons are the nightmare of countless practitioners, and have ruined the Taoist hearts of countless people. They are all real giants in the demonic path, wandering in the heavens, spreading demonic thoughts, and countless worlds have fallen into their hands, unable to extricate themselves.

If a drop of blood from the Five Aggregates Demon falls on a seventh-grade person, it should be directly dissolved, and the body and mind will fall, and he will never be reincarnated. How can he still stand up and laugh with others?

Not to mention the seventh grade, even the fourth and fifth grades can't find a way to survive.

"Brother Wang is serious. That is not the real five-aggregate demon blood, but the purified and inactive five-aggregate demon blood. Although it is also very dangerous, its power has been greatly reduced." Li Qi explained quickly.

Mahakala holds a kabala bowl in his hand, which contains the blood of the four demons. He often drinks this blood from the bowl, which symbolizes the demon-suppressing power of his Buddhist protector.

What Li Qi came into contact with was a drop of blood spilled from this bowl.

"Purified? Impossible! Who has the ability to purify the blood of the Five Aggregates Demon? That's the Five Aggregates Demon! Who can have such ability?" Wang Dun didn't believe it.

Li Qi uttered three words:

"Maikala."

When the word Mahakala came out, Wang Dun was speechless and didn't know what to say.

In the end, he could only hand it over: "Brother Li's encounter was so bizarre, it's really amazing."

"Getting back to the subject, anyway, after I came into contact with that drop of five aggregates demon blood, the five aggregates were blinded, lost all perception, and lost the ability to observe matter." Li Qi said.

"Understandable, but... you were able to survive in that desperate situation. Did you develop this Taoist reader from scratch? Or was it inherited by accident?" Wang Dun asked curiously.

He has completely understood.

Li Qi had also been exposed to pure spirit and created a Taoist reader himself.

"It's not like starting from scratch, because I have made speculations about the pure spirit before. That time it just forced me to conduct research in that area again." Li Qi said modestly.

Wang Dun was in awe: "I actually started from scratch. Brother Li is really awesome. He is so talented. I don't know if I would like to reward you with honor. Come to my society and tell us how we did it at that time? Don't worry, My academy is in Dongyu, and I won’t miss Brother Li’s reward!”

"Today's conversation with Brother Wang has already benefited me a lot. If we can really exchange information, what's the harm in telling a few things? No reward is required. I should be preparing ships in Dongyu today, waiting for you to be free. I can do it anytime." Li Qi readily agreed.

The two chatted happily and seemed to hit it off immediately. Neither of them ever suspected that the other was lying. They each agreed on the next meeting and then said goodbye.

However, as soon as he turned around, Li Qi's expression darkened.