You are Niu Huanxi, aren't you?

For example, listening to music, reading novels, or watching movies and TV shows can affect your mood through lyrics, melodies, plots, and so on, thus influencing your emotions.

It can make you feel excited, angry, sad, or happy and moved.

You then generate the emotions the author intended by empathizing with these elements.

You are then led by external energy, which is the best manifestation of "the heart follows the environment's turn," being driven by external things.

However, practitioners shield themselves from all external influences and seek inward, meaning all actions are determined by their inner selves.

They feel no pain when injured, no sadness when suffering, and no joy when happy. Or rather, they can arrange for themselves whatever emotion they desire.

It doesn't matter what they hear, see, or think. They change the outcome by changing their thoughts instead.

The so-called cultivation of the self, or "True Self," is actually the cultivation of the genuine self. It is what I call the self that completely controls its own thoughts.

When you can completely control your thoughts, you can see the so-called laws of karma and thus fully grasp your own destiny.

You will then know what cause you plant today and what effect it will bear tomorrow.

This pattern is also common in life, but many people do not observe it carefully.

If you wish to cultivate the self, remember these three points: "Innocence," "Purity," and "Childlike innocence." These are essential.

These three "trues" are actually innate qualities. They stem from instinct, meaning they are things brought by our innate nature, unaffected by later experiences.

No matter how much hardship or suffering a person endures, if these three qualities remain within them, they are destined to have a connection with immortality.

People, if they want to achieve sudden fame, must have their own unique characteristics, or "labels," something that makes them stand out, which is what I call "the movement of Dao is reversal." It's about having distinctive traits.

For example, wearing a cassock and burping, or wearing a Taoist robe and rambling incoherently, or yawning and farting during a live stream.

Is that normal? No, right? Heh, but in some people's eyes, this is called supernatural, capable, having special abilities, immortal, divine, and even farting. They believe, watch, and become fans. They'll buy whatever is sold because it's magical and powerful. Buying a stone makes you awesome, and buying wood makes you God.

Why? Because whether it's stone or wood, they claim it has been imbued with magical powers.

It can help you improve your education and even help you get married.

Fun, right?

Why do some people genuinely feel their luck has improved, while others feel it's useless?

It's the same principle as believing in something.

But some people say they believe too, so why doesn't it work for them?

Because it's about probability! Out of a thousand people, there will always be some whose luck improves during a specific period, and others who remain unchanged.

If you ask why, they might tell you your heart isn't sincere, or give other reasons.

They'll raise another point to deflect the issue of the magical artifact not working, so you continue to believe.

When you're finally so deceived that you stop believing, then it's over.

There are also some people who, under the guise of having a celestial connection, take your money, set up a shrine for you, and give you a few books. Then they tell you to practice on your own.

Heh, frankly, they're just forcing you to imagine things. When you dwell on something for a long time, you'll naturally become a bit different from ordinary people.

If you constantly think about one thing, you'll even dream about it. It's a simple principle.

It's the power of belief and the Law of Universal Attraction.

But some people, after all this, still can't even become a Spirit Medium, and the person who taught them will say it's not your time yet.

What do you mean "not your time yet"? Why set up a shrine if it's not your time? Why the back pain and butt pain, and sometimes farting in your sleep?

Actually, they're just too lazy to do anything.

Then some people say they aren't lazy, so why do they have these characteristics?

It's related to your own behavioral patterns, an imbalance of internal energy, it's that simple.

Look at all the young Spirit Mediums all over the streets now, spreading from the border regions to all over the country.

What kind of people are generally becoming Spirit Mediums?

Lazy people who have nothing better to do at home, housewives, receptionists at beauty salons, massage therapists, and all sorts of oddballs.

In reality, it's all caused by restless minds. When the mind is unsettled and agitated, it disrupts the body's energy, leading to various reactions. Doctors can't find anything, so they say, "Oh, you have a celestial connection, someone is bothering you, making you pay money to set up a shrine and go down this path."

Generally, people who tell you this say the exact same thing. This is a unified scam tactic in this industry. If one person says it and you don't believe, then several others will say it, and you'll surely believe. Eventually, one of them will make money off you, depending on who has the right approach.

Of course, they'll tell you the money isn't for them, but for setting up the shrine, and so on. They're actually instilling other beliefs in you, making you willingly give them money and even thank them.

Some friends might ask, are there any real Spirit Mediumship Disciples?

Certainly, there are, but very few. And real Spirit Mediumship Disciples are more like inheritors of a belief system.

But there aren't many anymore because it really doesn't make much money.

True cultivation in Buddhism and enlightenment is similar; they don't seek wealth by helping people, nor do they create offerings for gods, immortals, or Buddhas.

In the end, they spend it all themselves, right? Do you even need to think about it?

They tell you about buying incense, buying offerings, and so on, and that they also need to eat.

Does that sound reasonable? What's the reality? Which deity needs your mortal offerings? A pile of folded paper becomes gold? A pile of incense sticks lit and inserted becomes incense smoke?

Are you crazy, or are the gods crazy?

If you were a true god, why wouldn't you just draw a hundred wealth-attracting talismans yourself? Or conjure up something like the "Five Ghosts Transporting Wealth" technique, wouldn't money just come to you then? Why would you still need to extort it from people?

To put it bluntly, isn't this just a transaction?

You buy, she sells. Got it?

What true cultivator would care about the money in the pockets of ordinary people? Any major tycoon could be a disciple, and the money they offer in a year is more than you could earn in a lifetime. Why would they be bothered by a measly amount from you?

The more capable a cultivator is, the less they care about anything in the mortal world, including money, women, fame, or power.

This is because all of these belong to desire. Cultivators need to break free from desire; only by breaking free from desire can they avoid accumulating any karma.

Even if they touch upon another's karma, they won't suffer any backlash.

Also, the true meaning of incense offerings is continuation, or rather, inheritance. It's not about burning incense and lighting fires.

And merit isn't about doing things for money. What kind of merit is it to do things for payment? That's called a transaction, okay?

Merit means helping someone without expecting anything in return. You help them simply for the sake of helping, without a single condition or expectation. That's what's called merit.

With such great virtue, people will naturally provide for you. If you're going to openly charge for solving problems, what good are you? Wouldn't it be better to just burn offerings to the gods directly? What are you even talking about?

What's up? Are you Niu Huanxi? Are you more effective than a god?