Ten Days End

"Abandon the "residual thoughts" in your heart?"

Aries frowned slightly after hearing this, as if he couldn't understand the meaning of this sentence.

"Yes, child." Aunt Tong nodded, "As long as you can abandon the residual thoughts in your heart, you will definitely be favored by the Mother Goddess."

Aries' eyes became more complicated, as if there were many things he couldn't figure out. Not only him, but even I was confused after hearing what Aunt Tong said.

After a long time, Aries asked:

"Most people would say "abandon distracting thoughts", why do you say "abandon residual thoughts"? "

"Child, "distractions" are "residual thoughts." Aunt Tong explained patiently.

"Since "distractions" are "residual thoughts", why do you avoid a commonly used saying and choose this rare saying?"

"Child... After you have been exposed to many religions, you will find that the saying "distractions" is not accurate, and the meaning it wants to express is not as thorough as "residual thoughts."

"Then in your opinion, what does "distractions" mean? What does "residual thoughts" mean? "Aries asked again.

Jiang Ruoxue and I gradually lost the conversation, and the conversation between Aries and Aunt Tong was heading towards a strange angle.

No... they didn't seem to be talking.

Instead, it was like some kind of "discussion of the Tao".

"Child, you are very curious, which is a very valuable quality." Aunt Tong said kindly to Aries, "From the literal meaning, "miscellaneous thoughts" refers to "impure thoughts" or "bad thoughts". And residual thoughts do not express this meaning, it refers to "other thoughts" or "extra thoughts". "

"I don't understand." Aries said, "If what you said "abandoning residual thoughts" means "removing all thoughts in the heart", how can such a person succeed? "

"Isn't "no desire and no desire" the greatest success?" Aunt Tong said, "All the people who are struggling in this world, their ultimate goal is actually to "have no desire and no desire", do you believe it?"

"What about people who make money? "Aries asked, "Is the ultimate goal of all people who want to make money also to be free of desires?"

"Making money is to buy what you need. When you make enough money and buy enough things, you will be free of desires." Aunt Tong answered.

"What about people who enjoy themselves?" Aries asked again.

"People who enjoy themselves want to enjoy more happiness. When they have all the happiness in the world, they will no longer want to enjoy themselves, and then they will enter a state of free of desires."

"What about people who want to live?"

"It's all the same, child." Aunt Tong smiled, "If you really have "free of desires", living and dying are just a state. People who have abandoned their remaining thoughts will not feel the fear of death, nor will they feel the loss of leaving the world."

"Absurd." Aries said, "If a person abandons all thoughts in his heart, there is no difference between him and a corpse. He wants nothing and does nothing. How can he still be called a person? "

"Child..." Aunt Tong's eyes were filled with compassion at this moment, "The reason why you think so... is because you can't give up all the "residual thoughts" in your heart, and you haven't tried the state of "no desire, no demand", so you naturally won't understand. "

"I really can't understand it." Aries said, "If all the people in this place have no desires as you said, in my opinion, they are not transcendent, but resigned to their fate. The existence of the "End of the Land" itself is based on mistakes and lies. The more the other party oppresses, the more we have to resist. "

"So... is this the reason why you can't let go of the "residual thoughts" in your heart?" Aunt Tong asked again.

"Yes." Aries nodded, "I have abandoned all the "miscellaneous thoughts", but the "residual thoughts" are not okay. I need to leave the purest thought to keep me going. "

"Hey..." Aunt Tong smiled and shook her head, and her expression was like looking at an ignorant child.

"If you come to help me, I will find a way to repay you at some point in the future. "Aries said again, "If you are here to persuade me to give up for some purpose, I suggest you leave now."

"Everyone in this world has their own choices, how can I persuade you to give up?" Aunt Tong smiled and shook her head, "I'm just worried that the "remaining thoughts" in your heart will eventually turn into "obsessions", making you completely crazy in this hell-like place. Even if you are like this, you will not give up?"

"Yes." Aries nodded and said, "Either crazy or destroyed, I'm afraid there are only these two ways."

Aunt Tong shook her head, once again stretched out her hand on Aries' chest, and said again: "Child, if you can't make the remaining thoughts "disappear",Then find a way to make it "stable". "

"Stable...?"

"A stable and powerful afterthought is enough for you to get to the end." Aunt Tong said, "The Mother Goddess will protect you."

"So what exactly is the "Mother Goddess"? "Aries asked again, "Is it some kind of god you believe in?"

"Some kind of...?" Aunt Tong smiled kindly, and then said, "Child, the "Mother Goddess" is everything. She is the beginning of everything and the destined future. She exists in this land and in the outside world."

"It sounds omnipotent, so where is she now?" Aries said, "I despise her so much, will she come out to punish me?"

"How could that be?" Aunt Tong said, "We are all children of the "Mother Goddess". Even if she is really dissatisfied with what you said, she will never be really angry with you. She loves you. I can clearly feel the kindness of the "Mother Goddess". "

Aries seemed to be a little interested in what Aunt Tong said, but he soon noticed the two necklaces hanging around Aunt Tong's neck, and his eyes became cold again.

"Does your "Mother Goddess" know that you betrayed her?" Aries asked again.

"Betrayal...?" Aunt Tong was amused by Aries' words, and then stroked the Buddhist beads and cross on her neck, "You said these two necklaces? How can this be considered betrayal?"

"A loyal minister does not serve two masters." Aries said, "If you want to promote your "Mother Goddess" here, you should not believe in other religions."

"But we are all children of the "Mother Goddess." Aunt Tong said again, "I said that the "Mother Goddess" is everything in the world. She agrees to the emergence of these religions, which proves that she agrees with me to believe in these religions. Only by believing in all the powerful religions in the world can I vaguely feel the will of the "Mother Goddess"... Child... I am not betraying her, I am trying every way to get close to her."

"Okay. "Aries nodded helplessly, "Your logic is self-consistent, I have nothing to say, but if your "Mother Goddess" can't help me, she is no different from a corpse on the street to me."