Chapter 3

【Note: This chapter discusses the origin of mental power and creative inspiration. If you don't like it, you can skip this chapter and go straight to the main content!】

Shengshi is a college student who has written web novels. One day, a new neighbor moved in, holding a book he claimed was "The Method of Cultivating Mental Power," and invited Shengshi to practice it together, saying that Shengshi had a good foundation. Shengshi immediately thought of a classic line: "Young man, I see that you have a remarkable bone structure, a rare talent for martial arts! I have..."

To be honest, when Shengshi was young and naive, he also harbored heroic and chivalrous sentiments. He saved up money to mail himself "The 18 Dragon Subduing Palms" and "Lingbo Weibu," and after school, he would tie sandbags to his legs and jump into sand pits to practice lightness skills, always believing that as long as he worked hard, he would succeed. He even dreamed of himself being as light as a swallow and flying.

I believe many people have had similar experiences, but as they grow older, they realize that it was just a childhood pastime, and no one takes it seriously. So when the neighbor suggested that Shengshi cultivate mental power, he felt that the old neighbor was insulting his intelligence. How could mental power exist in this world? Shengshi immediately used modern knowledge to criticize and educate the neighbor.

The neighbor didn't get angry and said something that left Shengshi speechless. At the time, he didn't think too deeply about it, but now, recalling the neighbor's words, they made sense. The neighbor said:

"Don't you believe in the existence of mental power? For example, if your hand is injured, you will feel pain, but if someone is playing cards and chatting with you, you will feel the pain lessen or disappear. This is due to your own mental power. People who don't understand might say it's a distraction, but that's correct; attention is a form of mental power or willpower!

If you keep thinking about how painful the wound is, your mental power will have a negative effect, and you will feel the wound more painful. These are common knowledge, but if you delve deeper, no one can explain why. It's actually extremely weak mental power.

No matter what illness, if it's hard to cure, doctors won't tell the family, and they will tell the patient to adjust their mindset, stay positive and optimistic, which helps with recovery and treatment. Medicine can't explain why. Some people are very optimistic and believe they will recover, and their condition may improve even if it's a terminal illness.

Some people are very pessimistic and always worry about their condition worsening. As a result, their mental power has a negative effect, and they unintentionally collapse their own body with their own mental power.

This is what people call a bad attitude, pessimism, and negativity, which actually produces negative mental power, though they don't realize it. The condition worsens with their mental power, just like when you think about how painful the wound is, it will be more painful. Your mental power will directly affect your body and change some functions.

Of course, although everyone has mental power, without special cultivation, one's mental power can only slightly change oneself. The strength of mental power varies from person to person, and some may not even feel it, like having a low foundation in cultivation.

After sitting in meditation and sensing mental power, one enters the first level, where they can effectively self-hypnotize. If the first level is cultivated to the extreme but mental power is insufficient, one can use psychological suggestion and other means to hypnotize others with their cooperation, which is the realm of hypnotists.

Only when mental power is cultivated to the second level and can leave the body can one forcibly hypnotize others and even possess some abilities beyond human cognition, which are the legendary special abilities, but almost no one can reach this level.

The old neighbor said that this ability was called "mental cultivation" in ancient times and "special ability" in modern times. However, many people now use the guise of special abilities to deceive others, making it even harder for people to believe in the existence of special abilities. In fact, true masters rarely show themselves and do not seek wealth!

For example, in 1986, there was a lightness flying competition organized by Washington for people with special abilities. In 1949, Zhu Xiuhua used mental power to possess and revive. In 2004, during the construction of a bird's nest in Kyoto, the demolition of the Ming Dynasty's Nian Sheng Temple encountered strange events, resulting in two deaths and 70 injuries, and the project had to be relocated. There was also Chen Jun from the Tang Dynasty, who lived for several hundred years and was a mental cultivator who met with an accident.

Another example is that mental power has been used to hypnotize and anesthetize patients for treatment since 1850, with a history of several thousand years. However, due to the weak mental power of the practitioner or the strong self-protective mental power of the patient, the effect could not achieve complete anesthesia.

With the advent of anesthetic drugs, the practice of mental cultivation and symbolic medicine became increasingly marginalized. In the end, few people had the perseverance to practice such a tedious and boring thing. These will be gradually revealed and introduced later, including the techniques of symbolic medicine and hypnosis. However, without the guidance of a mental cultivator, do not imitate the symbols, or you will bear the consequences. Fellow practitioners of mental cultivation, please do not disturb. This is a method of mental cultivation that can be passed on to the secular world. Even if you cannot cultivate mental power, it can definitely strengthen your body and mind.

Mental cultivators focus on cultivating mental power, which is the concentration of the body, mental power, and consciousness to form a force. When the mental power of the body, mind, and consciousness is concentrated and mature, it can exert a powerful signal and force. This requires constant practice to concentrate the body, mind, and consciousness, resonating to produce a powerful wave, mutually influencing and achieving mental power.

Using mental power on oneself to change some physical conditions, for example, in a hot environment, one can use mental power to disperse the heat, imagining oneself at the seaside. Using mental power to control the body's temperature, one can feel some coolness.

In reality, this is called a psychological effect, like when a finger is injured, and one uses mental power to reduce the pain. These are common knowledge, but there is no scientific explanation. Even if the blood circulation slows down, what force causes it? It's actually mental power.

However, if the first level of meditation fails to sense mental power, the second level of mental power acting on oneself cannot be cultivated. Therefore, not everyone can cultivate mental power.

As the saying goes, if you don't believe in the existence of love, how can you feel the power of love? Taoism talks about transforming the void into reality, and Buddhism talks about cultivating the false to return to the true. Only by believing can it exist.

The void enters the body, using the void to practice reality, condensing reality to return to the true, and finally achieving great success, all of which are called the methods of cultivation. In fact, it's the same theory as mental power, using the void to practice reality, condensing reality to return to the true, and ultimately achieving the great way!

However, some people are born with a certain ability, where their mental power and consciousness form and leave the body during sleep, allowing them to see many things they usually can't see, and even have premonitions and foresight. For example, scenes in dreams can become reality, and many things that are hard to explain by common sense are actually the instinct of mental power and consciousness.

I believe some people have experienced this. As the saying goes, "What you think about during the day, you dream about at night." When you think about something and fall asleep, you may unintentionally enter a meditative state, where your mental power and consciousness form and leave the body, reaching the place you want. However, everyone considers it a real dream.

Imagine if you try to close your eyes and imagine something during the day without the help of mental power, how could you have the realistic scenes in dreams? In a certain sense, sleep is a form of meditation, and meditation is close to sleep.

Meditation must reach a state of "no self," where "no self" means no material self, allowing one's consciousness to become an independent spirit beyond the body. In simpler terms, it's about minimizing the sensations of the body and maximizing the perception of the spirit.

When the practitioner truly enters a meditative state, they often experience mental peace, and the influence of the surrounding environment on themselves is minimized. The sound of cars passing by outside will gradually weaken, even to the point of not being heard.

Or, if you usually get distracted easily and can't persist in doing things for long, once you enter a meditative state, the flow of time becomes less noticeable, and you can maintain the same state for a long time without realizing it.

In fact, what the neighbor said is not a secret. You can verify it yourself. As the saying goes, if you don't believe in the existence of love, how can you feel the power of love? Belief is the key.

Using the void to practice reality, condensing reality to return to the true, the methods of mental cultivation are the same as those of Buddhism and Taoism. Although both schools have countless disciples, the truly powerful ones are not discovered by the world. Just because you can't do it doesn't mean others can't, and just because you don't know doesn't mean it doesn't exist!

After Shengshi crossed over, he took the method of mental cultivation from the old neighbor and began his journey of mental cultivation!

PS. This work is an ancient fantasy novel. Of course, you can read it for entertainment, or you can try sitting in meditation, which can boost your spirit and has no negative effects. There are resources online that you can check for the methods mentioned.

What level you can reach depends on your own talent. Please approach mental cultivation correctly, as it can strengthen your body and mind and make you feel refreshed. A positive mindset is key. If you think too much and have greedy desires, you may fall into delusion. However, remember, do not try the soul-summoning symbols or high-level secret techniques mentioned in the book. Some have been altered, and if you imitate them, it could lead to unimaginable consequences. You will bear the responsibility. (End, the next chapter 'Main Content' is even more exciting!)

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