Chapter 85 Mirror
Why should we sense Li Daming? Because his condition is very strange.
The hand I was holding with Aba felt normal, but the hand I was holding with Li Daming was unusually cold, as if a chill was coming from his direction.
I slowly perceived Li Daming, and gradually an image of him formed in my mind. This image startled me, and the image in my mind quickly disappeared because I had a distracting thought of fear.
I quickly calmed myself down and continued to sense Li Daming, reminding myself not to panic.
The image of Li Daming in my mind gradually became clearer.
His image is very strange. The others are all trees, some big and some small, and the most beautiful tree is Teacher Afang. But Li Daming's image is not a tree, but a mirror.
It is not just a mirror, but countless mirrors nested in a circle, forming an extremely complex mirror system.
The big mirror contained the medium mirror, the medium mirror contained the small mirror, the smallest mirror was the size of a fingernail, and the largest mirror was the size of an adult. The strangest thing was that there was an image of Li Daming in each mirror.
Li Daming, who was as small as a mustard seed, and as big as a human, contained countless Li Damings. The mirrors reflected each other, forming an incalculable number of mirrors in geometric series. The number of Li Damings inside was boundless and incalculable.
The strangest thing is that all Li Damin have the same action, the same look, and the same expression. If you think about it carefully, it makes sense. Mirrors reflect each other, and all virtual images are reflecting the only reality.
At this moment, all the Li Damins had their eyes closed and their hands clasped in a lotus shape under their navels.
This scene reminded me of a time when I went to a huge temple. An entire wall was covered with statues of meditating Buddha. They were so densely packed, and all were in the same posture. It was extremely shocking.
I don’t know why Li Daming is like this, but one thing is certain, he is definitely not an ordinary person!
It is hard to say whether this state is related to the bardo state.
As I was thinking about it, a strange phenomenon suddenly occurred. In the smallest mirror, the smallest Li Daming suddenly opened his eyes. At the moment he opened his eyes, the countless Li Damings in the mirrors that were gradually enlarged opened their eyes. This scene was quite shocking, and I almost came out of my concentration.
I immediately understood that Li Daming on the smallest mirror was the only reality, and the Li Daming on other mirrors were just following its movements.
The youngest Li Daming was concentrating on thinking, and countless Li Damings, big and small, had the same expression.
My heart was in my throat, not because of fear, but because of an inexplicable shock, as if I had seen the God in the universe.
The youngest Li Daming closed his eyes, and all the Li Damings closed their eyes.
At this moment, I felt a burning pain from the psychic bracelet, and the tingling sensation on my skin brought me out of my state. My mind was in a chaos, and the image of Li Daming disappeared.
I took a deep breath secretly, my heart was wavering.
The music was not over yet, and the tempo gradually increased. Teacher Afang's voice floated over: "Students, you are doing very well. Keep the current posture and listen to the music below. Let's sing together."
The music heard a mezzo-soprano chanting scriptures, but no one knew what she was singing. The pronunciation was very simple, like that of a primitive man, with only a few syllables such as "gu", "ba" and "fa".
Everyone present couldn't help but sing along to the rhythm of the music.
Something was not right. I suddenly sensed that the box placed in the middle of the crowd seemed to be moving.
I didn't open my eyes the whole time, everything was just perception.
I immediately established a connection with the psychic bracelet and went to "observe" the box.
The box changed, branches sprouted from it, spreading at an extremely fast rate, and soon grew into a tree, a canopy with branches spreading out, covering all of our heads.
Others are not aware of this change, only I can "see" it clearly through the psychic bracelet.
On the branch of this big tree, there grew a huge purple fruit, which was estimated to be as big as a human. Suddenly, there was a "pop", and the surface of the fruit broke into pieces, with spider-like cracks all over the surface.
The next moment, the fruit burst and a person fell out.
I couldn't "see" any details about the man. I only knew that he seemed to have no hair, no facial features, and no clothes. He looked like a lifelike plastic man born from future technology.
He fell to the ground and slowly stood up. The details were blurry, but the outline was clear. He was an extremely strange existence.
He started walking and slowly came to Teacher Afang.
My hair stood up all over my body. I was in the most awkward situation now. Judging from the current situation, Teacher Afang didn't know, and it seemed that I was the only student who could sense this monster.
I could neither speak nor run away, and I had to pretend I didn't know and sway my body and chant like everyone else.
The monster stood in front of Teacher Afang and looked at her. Suddenly, it did an incredible move. It reached out its hand, picked a fruit from Teacher Afang's tree, and ate it with a crunch.
I'm sure this monster has no mouth, no facial features at all, so how did it eat the fruit? I was confused and bewildered during the whole process.
The monster ate the teacher's fruit, and then went clockwise to the second student, who was squad leader Wang.
Wang's tree was very pitiful. It was small and short, and bare. There was nothing on it. The monster flew over and came to the next person. It turned slowly. Some people had fruits, but they were very small. The monster didn't mind and ate them. He didn't eat too much, and only ate one person.
In this way, it came in front of Li Daming. When the monster saw Li Daming, it seemed a little puzzled and stood still and stared at Li Daming.
Li Daming’s countless mirrors suddenly opened their eyes, and billions of Li Damings looked at the monster together!
I was "observing" from the side, and the scene made my hair stand on end. It was the first time I saw such a strange sight, and my throat started to tickle.
The monster and Li Daming stared at each other for only a few seconds, then the monster passed by Li Daming and moved on to the next person. The next one was me.
I have made up my mind. I cannot see my image and I don't know if I am also a tree. If the monster dares to pick the fruits from my tree, I will not let him succeed at all costs, even if it means disrupting the classroom order!
Who knew that the monster seemed to have not seen me at all, and just flew past and moved on to the next one.
So far, he has passed by two people, one is squad leader Wang, a dry tree, nothing. The other is Li Daming, countless mirror images. However, no matter who it is, the monster will at least stay in front of them for a moment to observe. But it passed by me directly, as if I didn't exist.
I wondered what I looked like in the eyes of this monster. Why did I seem to not exist at all?
The monster circled around, ate what it was supposed to eat, and then returned to the center of the circle, climbing up the trunk and hiding among the branches. The tree shrank rapidly, like a video being played in reverse, shrinking and shrinking, returning to the box, and finally disappearing.
Just then, the music stopped abruptly.
Teacher Afang said softly: "The experience is over, everyone open your eyes."
I slowly opened my eyes, and all my senses seemed to come back to life: the bright and airy classroom, the classmates around me, the amiable teacher Afang... including the touch of the carpet under my butt, and my legs that were numb and sore from sitting cross-legged for so long.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Aba rubbed his eyes and said, "Teacher Afang, why do I feel like I had a very long dream?"
Teacher Afang smiled and said, "Mandala meditation is actually a kind of dream. It is not as deep as deep sleep, nor as shallow as dozing. The frequency band it is in will make you feel particularly relaxed and comfortable. How do you feel now?"
Aba said: "It's like taking a cold shower on a hot day. It's very comfortable."
I turned my head to look at Li Daming. Li Daming was still sitting cross-legged, touching his chin with one hand, thinking.
"What's wrong with you?" I asked.
Li Daming winked at me and said, "Don't ask yet. Let's talk about it when we get back."
Another student suddenly raised his hand: "Teacher Afang, I feel very tired and weak."
Teacher Afang smiled and said, "This is an energy detoxification reaction. You have been in a chaotic state for too long. Now, after the spiritual experience of the mandala, the energy of mindfulness flows in your body. Those viruses and negative energy can no longer stay and will be revealed. As long as you persist for a period of time, you will find that your body is getting better and better."
I had some doubts. Why did I feel that this weakness was related to his fruit being eaten by a monster?
I am not an expert, so I dare not jump to conclusions. I can only remain skeptical about this matter.
And I think that what I heard and saw during meditation just now should not be told to others, including to Li Daming. It's not scary or weird, but this matter is too secretive, like prying into someone else's privacy. It's enough to know it yourself. It's immoral to talk about it everywhere, and it will make people hate and suspicious.
After the course ended , Teacher Afang left first because she had other classes. She left us to discuss and said that if we had any questions, we could consult her in the group.
I quickly pulled Li Daming aside and asked him in a low voice what happened just now.
