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An Inspiration from the Story of Zhuge Liang Enraging Zhou Yu
By Xin Ming
(Clearwisdom.net) In the classic Chinese novel, Romance of the Three
Kingdoms, there was a story about personal rivalry between Zhuge Liang, the
most famous military strategist in Chinese history, and a less talented military
strategist, Zhou Yu, who saw Zhuge Liang as his archenemy. In the story, Zhuge
Liang did not kill Zhou Yu, but he defeated him in three consecutive battles
with his ingenious strategies, which severely injured Zhou Yu's pride and caused
him to die of anger. Why on earth would a man die of anger? Analogically speaking, a human body can be thought of as a carriage pulled by
five horses, namely the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys. A person's
Primordial Spirit has a direct influence over these five organs. When Zhou Yu
was enraged, his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys were also enraged.
Because these five organs dominate a human body, Zhou Yu's entire body down to
every single cell was enraged. A human body consists of cells. In other words,
cells are building blocks for a human body. When Zhou Yu was enraged, each and
every cell in his body was enraged. The enraged cells then began to hurt each
other. When every brick in a building is shaking and disconnecting from each
other, the building will collapse. When all the cells disconnect from each
other, a human body will fall apart and die. Teacher said, "Throughout history the Tao School has considered the human body a
small universe: It believes that the exterior of the universe is as big as its
interior, and that its exterior looks the same as its interior." (Lecture
Eight of Zhuan Falun) Teacher said, "Sakyamuni also spoke of the theory of three thousand worlds. He
stated that, in our universe and our Milky Way, there are three thousand
planets with living beings that have physical bodies like our human race. He
also stated that there were three thousand such worlds in a grain of sand. A
grain of sand is thus just like a universe, with people having wisdom like
ours, planets, mountains, and rivers. It sounds quite inconceivable! If so,
think about it, everyone: Is there sand in those three thousand worlds? And
are there another three thousand worlds in any one of those grains of sand?
Then, is there sand in those three thousand worlds? Then, are there still
three thousand worlds in any one of those grains of sand? Accordingly, at the
level of Tathagata, one is unable to see its end." "The same is true with human molecular cells. People ask how big the
universe is. Let me tell you that this universe also has its boundary. Even at
the level of Tathagata, however, one will regard it as boundless and
infinitely immense. Yet the human body's inside is as big as this universe,
from molecules to microscopic particles at the microscopic level. This may
sound very inconceivable. When a human being or a life is created, his unique
life elements and essential quality are already composed at the extremely
microscopic level." (Lecture Two of Zhuan Falun) Cells, molecules, atoms, atomic nuclei, electrons, quarks, and neutrons that
make up a human body are different layers of the universe. Particles of
different layers work independently, but they are also part of the whole
universe of a human body and are controlled by a person's Primordial Spirit. On the other hand, when we are truly kind to others, our heart, liver, lungs,
spleen, and kidneys are also kind. When we treat others with sincerity and
honesty, our heart, liver, lungs, spleen, and kidneys are also sincere and
honest. When we tolerate others, our heart, liver, lungs, spleen, and kidneys
are tolerating too. When our heart, liver, lungs, spleen, and kidneys become
kind, truthful and tolerant, the fiver organs are in harmony. When the five
organs are in harmony, the flow of our meridians will be running smoothly, the
external evil spirit will be unable to invade our bodies, and we will become
healthy. When we are in good health, we won't need to go see a doctor or take
any medicine. In fact, millions of Faun Gong practitioners have become
physically healthy and strong because they believe in Truthfulness, Compassion,
Forbearance, Falun Gong's cultivation principles. Nowadays when people say "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance is
good" or "Falun Gong is good," they charge righteous thoughts and
sense of justice in themselves. Naturally their five organs will benefit from
the good energy of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance is good" and
"Falun Gong is good." According to traditional Chinese medicine,
"With righteous spirits inside, a person's body will be spared from the
evil's interference." If a man is able to do so, he will be spared from
illness, disasters, or bad luck. There is a Chinese idiom, "The gods will ultimately reward kind people
and punish bad people." Actually, when a person has kind thoughts, each
particle in his body becomes benevolent. His heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and
kidneys will also become kind and they will be in harmony. No one can attain
this harmonious state with money. One is already being rewarded when one
develops kind thoughts. On the other hand, when a person develops a bad thought,
each and every cell in his body becomes depraved. His heart, liver, spleen,
lungs, and kidneys will also become depraved and start to hurt each other. His
health will be in jeopardy as a result. With this in mind, a person is
immediately rewarded for his kindness and punished for his depravity.
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