366. The purer one's cultivation, the closer one is to the Heavenly Dao.
The cleaner the cultivation system, the better—the cleaner, the closer to the Dao. In ancient times, one had to burn incense and bathe for three days, and pay attention to their meals before worshipping gods, Buddhas, and immortals. The higher the level of one's cultivation, the more concerned one becomes with the impurities of the human world. The Buddha's cultivation system, as a whole, severed ties with the mortal world—leaving home, abandoning one's wife, and distancing oneself from worldly power. The less one engages in the mortal world, the closer one gets to the Dao. Vimalakirti, a lay Buddhist in the later period of Mahayana Buddhism, although highly accomplished in cultivation, returned to the mortal world to use worldly methods to guide sentient beings. To cultivate upwards, one must become increasingly pure, closer to the Dao, and thus able to utilize the power above—the power of being far removed from the mortal world.
367. The purer one's spiritual practice, the less able one is to guide others in the human world.
The cleaner one is, the closer one is to the Heavenly Way, and the more one can utilize the power above—but the further one is from the mortal world, the less one can approach ordinary people or enlighten the world. Cultivation is divided into two parts: cultivating from the bottom up requires severing ties with the mortal world; cultivating from the top down requires approaching the mortal world. When the Heavenly Way influences the human world, a dilemma arises—influencing the human world, the ghost realm, the animal realm, and the demon realm, the cleaner something is, the less it can come into contact with impure things. Vajrapani—after the Buddha's death, there were celestial beings who tormented him; believers who went to reason with him were attacked by impurities and died. Taoism uses black dog blood and excrement to purify the body. Most powers above have limited or even completely sever ties with the impure powers below. To harness the power above in the human world, one needs to be clean enough—being clean enough makes it impossible to understand the impure behaviors and thoughts of humans.
368. What kind of people does Heaven want? (Heaven's Solution for Humanity's Salvation, Version 1.0)
Even Heaven is troubled—for tens of thousands of years, it has been unable to resolve the contradiction between cultivating upwards from the mortal world and cultivating downwards from the mortal world. Too pure, and one cannot descend; too impure, and one cannot ascend. Heaven breaks down the task—what kind of person is needed to guide humanity?
1. Possesses knowledge of the Heavenly Dao—clear about all dimensions.
2. Heavenly Dao Ability - Able to draw upon the power of all gods, Buddhas, and immortals.
3. Possess human knowledge - one must live like a human being and understand human psychology, thinking, behavior, and nature.
4. Harmony through the interaction of opposing forces – transforming two contradictory things into a unified whole.
5. Experiential practice - the law of positive feedback. If you don't feel anything after three or four times, you're unlikely to believe it.
6. There are many apples - after you finish learning, you have to do your homework, you need enough cause-and-effect collisions, and all living beings help you experience the human world.
369. Visualized Cultivation
Some interfaces lack the positive feedback principle—beings who know the method can persist in cultivation for tens or hundreds of thousands of years without needing positive feedback. This won't work in the human realm—it's essential to ensure they experience something. With all three systems working together, it should take one to two months for someone to experience a physical sensation (heat, numbness, seeing or feeling things). Without physical sensations or change, how can anyone believe? Doubt will sever all spiritual life. Previously, all heavenly cultivation lacked visualization—you didn't know your progress or the location of the golden light. Without a traceable system, problems arise. Releasing hundreds of thousands of animals didn't change fate. Everything is traceable—a visualized cultivation system.
370. Heavenly Dao Upgrade and Human Transformation Solution Version 2.0
The first knowledge transmission—for example, even though I haven't studied Buddhism throughout countless reincarnations and have been learning Taoism in the heavens, it doesn't prevent me from understanding Buddhist scriptures immediately. The higher realms are in the Buddhist realm—quantum entanglement; although we are geographically separated, it doesn't affect the transmission of knowledge. Seeing something and knowing how to proceed but not understanding why—this is one form of transmission.
The Second Day of Heavenly Dao Ability Application—To apply Heavenly Dao abilities, one must be extremely pure, yet completely ignorant of the human world. The solution is to use field energy. Human knowledge requires time to accumulate—throw me into the human world for 100 lifetimes of wild growth, playing various roles. When my human knowledge reaches a certain level, Heavenly Dao knowledge will be transmitted from above, and then what happens to the Heavenly Dao abilities? Through field energy.
371. Special Field Energy
A good feng shui environment brings comfort to both body and mind—visiting famous mountains and temples when feeling irritable is like using positive energy to cleanse away negative energy. In certain environments, ghosts and highly skilled individuals can perform certain actions—for example, in some houses, ghosts can take out clothes and slam doors; that's their energy field. If you offer two steamed buns and a bottle of wine while burning paper money—the ghost might get angry and throw the bottle away because the place has been burning paper money for a month, creating a strong ghostly energy field. Outside that energy field, it can't move the bottle.
372. How Shizhongxian Uses the Power of the Heavenly Way to Guide Sentient Beings
First, constantly changing the body—but very weak because it's too heavily tainted by the human world. At least when a master is on it, you can hear things, and when they attach themselves to the eye sockets, you can see some things. Second, the vast majority of Heavenly Dao methods are used in the Celestial Hall—completely changing the aura of the Celestial Hall to be unrelated to the human world, making it like the Celestial Realm. Humans in the Celestial Realm can use magic, but all those above are not allowed to use magic in the human world—just a slight shift. When analyzing and solving problems, you only need to do it in one field. Human knowledge accumulation is impossible—it's impossible without the accumulation of time and years. Heavenly Dao abilities can be handled in your Celestial Hall or Buddhist Hall without problems—instantly changing the Buddhist Hall into the Buddhist Realm, the Dao Realm, the Celestial Realm, or the Ancient God Realm. A master will help with the energy conversion of this field. In this way, you have both human knowledge and Heavenly Dao knowledge and abilities—you can fully use your power within a certain area, and your energy is greatly reduced outside that area. Sensible cultivation—if something works well, you will naturally feel it due to fate. Visualized cultivation—visualizing some aspects of the Heavenly Dao.
373. The most important condition for saving and transforming all sentient beings in all realms (or Heavenly Dao 2.0 version).
1. Knowledge and ability of the Heavenly Dao - You need to know the highest level of knowledge, which will be transmitted to you by people outside the system.
2. Using the power of a higher plane—requires supernatural abilities to allocate.
3. Understand all the rules of this world.
4. Solve all the rules – use energy to achieve harmony.
5. Democratization and Democratization of Supernatural Powers - enabling ordinary people to understand and apply the knowledge in a way that they can comprehend.
The previous methods of cultivation were inadequate. After the masses learned about the Heavenly Way and acquired its tools, their first priority was to change themselves. After changing themselves, they should use the Heavenly Way knowledge and tools to help and guide more masses—this requires many guinea pigs for experimentation. The Heavenly Way knowledge has been disseminated, but has it been popularized? No—it needs explanation and guidance. Since ancient times, only one master has appeared every few hundred years—only those with wisdom can understand and apply it. The problem lies in popularizing the Heavenly Way knowledge—has everyone been able to understand it? Buddhism and Taoism are methods of transcending the world for cultivation; if they are only suitable for transcending the world, they are not universal rules. The combination of Heavenly Way knowledge and human knowledge must first be able to solve life's problems, finances, family, spouse, children, parents, kinship, work, and interpersonal relationships. The vast majority of students use their own money to try and change themselves with the tools—each cultivation session means a decrease in wealth, and before they can even improve, they have already spent a lot of money. Those with low blessings or heavy karmic burdens cannot be improved in a few sessions—they cannot lose the opportunity to use the tools because of poverty or heavy karma.
374. Focus of Popularizing the Heavenly Way 2.0
All those with the ability to spread the Heavenly Dao work for free and eventually die from exhaustion. We need to enable them to use the knowledge and power of the Heavenly Dao to earn money, creating a positive cycle—solving family problems while using surplus money to try out Heavenly Dao tools. We don't want them to become some kind of sage or expert who talks about lofty things all day long—only a very few with the affinity and understanding can change their fate; the vast majority are powerless to change it. Heavenly Dao 2.0 aims to solve the problem of how everyone can earn money using Heavenly Dao knowledge. Most ways of earning money are not Heavenly Dao ways—they say they're too tired and don't want to flatter, but you have no choice; the human working environment is not the Heavenly Dao working environment. If we cannot create ways to earn money and support families based on the Heavenly Dao, it's pointless for those who do dirty, tiring, and inhumane work to put down what they have and study the Heavenly Dao. In the early days of the People's Republic of China, prostitutes didn't sell their bodies; we needed to point out a path to non-prostitution. In Heavenly Dao 2.0, when earning money through Heavenly Dao tools, we should serve all beings and see their problems—these beings are our destined clients. We should use the knowledge, laws, and human knowledge of the Heavenly Dao to help them solve one problem after another in their lives. When you solve the problems in the lives of hundreds or thousands of people, you will definitely have a clear understanding of how to live in the world.
Before Heavenly Way 2.0, all methods of Heavenly Way to guide sentient beings were like casting a wide net—knowledge was passed down, but whether people received it, understood it, comprehended it, or whether it was right or wrong, was unknown. For thousands of years, only those with innate wisdom achieved enlightenment. We don't want a Wang Yangming or Master Hongyi to appear only every few centuries—don't ordinary people have a chance?
375. The Importance of the Cultivation Environment for All Beings to the Heavenly Dao Version 2.0
Heavenly Way 2.0 must solve the problem of massively liberating people in the human realm—it must solve the problem of the cultivation environment for all sentient beings, allowing them to enter a stage of abundant positive feedback, enabling them to use Heavenly Way knowledge to earn a living, benefit others, and have ample practice opportunities. Heavenly Way 2.0 must achieve this. All current methods of liberation only slightly improve upon the integration of human and Heavenly Way knowledge—this is insufficient; it cannot change the entire interface. Sages descending to earth merely spread their ideas without creating an environment—cultivation without an environment ultimately cannot solve the problem. We must enable countless ordinary people to establish their own spiritual centers—not only to survive but also to extensively apply Heavenly Way knowledge. Heavenly Way and Human Way must be mutually integrated.
376. Why do people burn paper money?
Burning paper money is a law—the destruction in the mortal world represents the birth in the underworld. Burning gold ingots in the mortal world has weight in the underworld—one gold ingot is worth one tael (approximately 50 grams), so 1000 ingots are worth 1000 taels (approximately 500 grams), which is too heavy to carry without considerable strength. The underworld has its own financial system—all money originates from the mortal world.
377. Which paper offerings are the most practical to burn?
Heavenly Bank banknotes are worthless—hundreds of billions are useless. Money for graves is only useful in the lower realms of the ghost world; those closer to the human world don't need it. Silver and gold bars are more useful—gold bars and gold ingots are universal currency; foreign ghosts burn gold ingots for convenience. Fruit supermarket—draw many things on it, and after burning it, it transforms directly into those things in the underworld. Spending money to buy two or three thousand gold ingots might not be enough. Generally, burning two or three rolls (three sheets per roll) is sufficient. A small amount of gold bars will also be burned—they are more suitable than gold ingots there; they prefer the hard paper texture and are used to buy larger items.
378. The Etiquette of Burning Paper Money
Burn money four times a year—Qingming Festival, Ghost Festival, Cold Clothes Festival, and before the Spring Festival. Send it to the grave before the festival ends. Don't burn too much—it adds weight. The ghost says, "Burn several plastic bags"—2000 yuan is too heavy to carry, and a whole bunch from the supermarket is too much to take away. Burning it near the grave is like burning it up to their fence; burning it elsewhere makes it too heavy to carry. A skilled person has a fixed spell—with two fingers together and a thought, the burned money turns into a small whirlwind, then into money threads that fly to the skilled person's treasury. No need to carry it. Previously in China, they provided the venue—they would buy up a mountain, fence it off, and bribe the public security, fire department, urban management, and village officials, so burning there was fine. Now in Thailand, you can burn it freely.
They prefer hand-folded gold ingots—the paper is slightly stiff, and the ingots are large. Machine-folded paper is too thin, it breaks after only a few uses, there's waste, and if flattened, it won't dry when burned into gold sheets. The vast majority of ghosts are unemployed and hungry—a small number have jobs, and an even smaller number become underworld officials (underworld civil servants earn three to five gold ingots a year). Repaying underworld debts with 3000 gold ingots is equivalent to a ghost's salary for 1000 years—so many things can be negotiated. The lower levels suffer more than the upper levels because without suffering, many things cannot be discussed. Over there, people of different faiths don't burn paper money, but that doesn't stop them from asking for money.
379. The ancestors were in different states in the lower planes.
While under punishment, one cannot receive money—upon entering the concentration camp, one must leave at dawn but cannot use magic; one must carry 3000 gold ingots to find someone. While free, one may go hungry or have work. Spiritually cultivating ghosts must be placed in temples—in the Dharma realm, graves are small, dark huts without windows. The graves are damp and leaky. The grave determines where the spirit resides and bears the karmic burden—it has nothing to do with whether the ghost lives there. Houses can be burned, but a land deed is required for the land to be established. Houses are replaced every three to five years. In some places, the custom is to place the tombstone on top of the grave, leaving no exit—the grave cannot even enter.
380. Will ancestors starve to death if descendants don't burn paper money?
Not starving to death—eating handouts. Aborted fetuses remain as chubby little balls, never growing; some, even teenagers, grow into half-grown boys in the underworld, wearing rags and scavenging for food. It's all about how much suffering they endure. Only the suffering ghosts in the underworld want to be human, only the suffering people in the human world want to be ghosts. Hundreds of ghosts live together in family ancestral halls, a magnificent sight.
381. Some Taboos Regarding Burning Paper Money
Before 2020 (now the laws of heaven and earth have changed), the best places to burn paper money outside were crossroads or temple entrances—the five directions of earth spirits converge at the intersection of the underworld. Draw a circle with the opening facing west and place paper money ingots inside. Write the destination on the paper money bag along with a petition. Have the underworld messengers deliver it or have a wise person deliver it—if you don't trust the underworld messengers, have a wise person from your own family deliver it. Light incense, respectfully invite the immortals, and throw the incense into the fire. Before the Spring Festival of 2018, all the paper money at the crossroads had been burned and there was no place left, so I drove over several piles of extinguished paper money—I haven't felt comfortable on the back of my neck since, being chased by ghosts. Even if you think you've finished burning the contents, pressing, stepping on, or fiddling with them will cause problems—don't provoke them.
382. Why is burning paper money only considered within one's own three generations?
It's down to grandparents—whoever comes after that won't give it. In 2019, it was still possible. In 2020, the pandemic caused many deaths, and there were many obstacles in the underworld—even calling for help couldn't get anyone to come. In Zi Wei Dou Shu, the Shen Palace is the gate of ghosts—ghosts gradually emerge during the Shen hour. During the Shen and You hours, the Sun star can be worshipped, but the Fire and Wood positions cannot (the life force cannot be worshipped). Before, when helping with burning offerings, we would first prepare a circle and incense to respectfully invite the spirits—now, we don't respectfully invite them anymore; we just light incense and throw it up, and the list is thrown into the fire, becoming a document where a master returns it one by one. After 20 years, things have changed again—now, no matter what method you use, you can hardly burn offerings yourself unless it's at a grave.