Dong—!
In the future, the Daoist in black had divine light in his eyes, and his body radiated vast fluctuations outward.
The human heart was not yet removed, but the Heavenly Heart had arrived. This absurd matter, whether true or false, as long as it reached here, then here was true.
"I have one heart, coming from the past, not yet Da Luo, but already seeing the Heavenly Heart."
The future self spoke, and in the world of light, thunder rolled and lingered, accompanied by the sounds of dragons and snakes, and the ethereal howling of air. All sorts of phenomena seemed to be spoken by several illusions simultaneously.
The Five Direction Buddhas cast their gazes downward. The Joyful Buddha of the Southern Joyful World, the Immovable Buddha of the Eastern Wonderful Joyful World, the Amida Buddha of the Western Pure Land, and the Unsurpassed Accomplishment Buddha of the Northern Lotus World.
The Buddha Vairocana of the Central World, the Great Sun Tathagata.
The difficulty of one cause, the karmic consequences of ruin previously established, played a role in the attraction.
The Great Sun Tathagata of the future awakened because the karmic consequences were destined to occur at this time. His will also came from the past to this place because he also had karmic ties with Ji Xiang.
"We meet again. You have arrived in a future where you were supposed to attain the status of the Primordial Buddha."
The Great Sun Tathagata's voice was devoid of joy or sorrow. A Heavenly Heart expert projected their body into the future, and thus they were bound to arrive at this future. For immortals below the Heavenly Heart, the Heavenly Heart experts they saw had no distinction between past and future.
"You have lost the position of Primordial?"
The Great Sun Tathagata was meant to obtain the power of the Primordial, but the "person" who had arrived here had lost their own existence. Yet, the Great Sun Tathagata could still recognize Ji Xiang.
The nameless Ji Xiang did not speak, but quietly began to comprehend.
The Great Sun Tathagata sighed:
"Although in the past you lost your name, form, spirit, and even your own existence, it still persists in the future. Once reflected from the past, it is bound to succeed."
"But to speak truly, to gain the great power of the Heavenly Heart at the level of an immortal and successfully reflect the future, thereby destiny-ing the Heavenly Heart. Attaining the Heavenly Heart is the fruit, and comprehending the Heavenly Heart is the cause. Therefore, before becoming a Heavenly Heart, how can one first receive this fruit? Such individuals have been few since ancient times, and for this poor monk, it is also the first time to witness such a phenomenon, and the first time to be drawn by such karma."
Indeed, there have been few such individuals since antiquity. In terms of Buddhism alone, only Maitreya Buddha has exhibited such a transformed state, as seen throughout Buddhist scriptures.
Maitreya, in the future, forever in the future.
As for the Buddhas of the past, there have been many, many of them.
The Great Sun Tathagata bestowed a lotus seat upon the nameless Ji Xiang, and the golden lotus lifted the nameless Ji Xiang, placing him alongside the Five Direction Buddhas.
He did not make a move, because the nameless Ji Xiang at this moment was not worth his action. The opponent came from the past, and as long as this past existed, even if the future self was destroyed, it would be meaningless. The future was the future, the Heavenly Heart was set, and the opponent was destined to be immortal.
Moreover, the difficulty of one cause had begun. Once one strives for the Primordial, the cause arises, creating an infinite cycle and infinite regression. Time would continuously reverse to the previous moment until the desired cause was brought forth.
Although in the present instant, Ji Xiang lacked the power of the Primordial, and the position of the Primordial would not be attained, this karmic retribution had failed.
The past heart departed, and the future heart returned. The scene before them would happen again and again, until the moment the opponent attained the status of the Primordial.
The nameless Ji Xiang also noticed that the Great Sun Tathagata's attitude was abnormal, but at this moment, there was a more important question within the future self.
"I borrow the future self to comprehend Da Luo, but the future me, having already attained the Heavenly Heart, why does it have no will? Why is the future me that I see, reflected as the Heavenly Heart realm in the past, and yet before the Heavenly Heart in the future?"
The nameless Ji Xiang spoke, inquiring of the Great Sun Tathagata, the only one present who could speak.
The Great Sun Tathagata also wished to gain more insights. Facing this person who came from the past and was destined to become a Heavenly Heart appearing in the more distant future, he gave a truthful response:
"Northern Pole! You are also an emanation of the Thousand Light King Tathagata, and you should know! The Diamond Sutra states: The past mind cannot be obtained, the present mind cannot be obtained, the future mind cannot be obtained!"
"The same existence has different definitions in the past, present, and future. The future extends infinitely forward, and the past extends infinitely backward. Every moment in between is called the present. Therefore, there is no such thing as the present, only past and future."
"You have already reflected the Heavenly Heart and come from the past. Is not this moment's you precisely your present future mind? The past mind, the present mind, the future mind, cannot be obtained, because there is always one mind that eternally exists, and two minds that eternally perish."
"Of course, in the world today, there is still one person who truly possesses two minds, which has astonished and flustered me."
That person was Christ, who had once almost transformed his single mind into a second spirit. Since that incident, the Great Sun Tathagata had gained immense enlightenment.
The Great Sun Tathagata fell silent.
The Eastern Akshobhya Buddha spoke, "Let me tell you about the calamities I encountered in the past."
"When a person in the past attains the Heavenly Heart and becomes a future self, the calamities that occur in the future where the future self resides are reflected into the past. This is the calamity that someone, somewhere, at some time, must experience. However, the future can also be altered by the Heavenly Heart, just as we have done, or as Christ did."
"If this reflection is successful and recognized by the future, it becomes fixed, and the so-called calamity of the past disappears."
He spoke with implication, and the nameless Ji Xiang understood the meaning of the Buddha's words.
The past could reflect the future and modify past calamities in the future.
As long as the future recognized that one had never been harmed, then the calamity would not have occurred in the past.
Heavenly Heart experts, excluding the Yuqing cultivators, although they could modify karma, they could not truly revert themselves to the past. However, they could still achieve similar feats by remaining in the future.
The Eastern Akshobhya Buddha fell silent.
The Western Amida Buddha spoke, "The Venerable Ananda said: Be cautious not to dwell on the past, nor to wish for the future. The past is already extinguished, and the future has not yet arrived. For the present dharma, one should also contemplate it."
The Western Amida Buddha fell silent.
The Southern Joyful Buddha spoke:
"Admonish all sentient beings to be cautious not to dwell on the past, nor to place all their hopes on the future. Whatever has passed has been discarded, and the future has not yet arrived. Even for all the present dharma, one should contemplate it properly, not dwelling on the past, nor on the future. Every thought is in constant flux, and in every thought, there is nothing that is firm and unchanging."
The Southern Joyful Buddha fell silent.
The Northern Unsurpassed Accomplishment Buddha spoke:
"One thought of ignorance means Prajna is extinguished; one thought of wisdom means Prajna is born. Therefore, having seen the future, all things are within a single thought. Now, within the future self, the Heavenly Heart has been achieved, and the past has been recreated, all within a single thought."
"One is the Heavenly Heart, having only one heart. Two is the Heavenly Heart, one is difficult to observe, its heart unseen."
One Heavenly Heart has one eternally existing heart, which is the object of pursuit, and also the essence of spirituality condensed by the individual's past and future. Outsiders cannot see it, nor know it, nor accept it. Each Heavenly Heart's eternally existing heart is a manifestation of their will on behalf of heaven, a thought focused to the extreme, possessing the power of creation, karma, and endless life.
The words of the Buddhas illuminated Ji Xiang's mind.
One heart eternally exists, regardless of past or future.
One eternity, only at the beginning and end.
Therefore, what does it mean to comprehend Da Luo?
Da Luo refers to the heaven beyond heaven, the collective term for the Three Pure Heavens, and also represents all things within and outside the world. Thus, Luo Tian encompasses all heavens, and Da Luo Tian encompasses all heavens.
In the realm of Da Luo, there is no true ruler, only the Qi of the Great Brahma, encompassing all heavens. It exists before the absence of all things and the highest. This also represents the abilities possessed by Heavenly Heart experts who comprehend Da Luo, reversing cause and effect, placing the effect before the beginning, and existing before all things.
"Therefore, if I know that I am the Heavenly Heart, then my comprehension of Da Luo means I have already become Da Luo before I began comprehending. It is because I am the Heavenly Heart that I have my Da Luo."
"Borrowing the future self to achieve the Heavenly Heart, and the future self also borrowing the past self to achieve the Heavenly Heart, is not a reflection, but a mutual shining."
"It is just that I 'feel' I have not yet known the realm of the Heavenly Heart, but I do not want to 'feel' this way."
"The Heavenly Heart is not in the future, the Heavenly Heart is in the past and future!"
Blue smoke emanated from the seven orifices of the nameless Ji Xiang.
A red cloud appeared, its crimson color filling the world of light.
Above the heavens.
Beyond the future.
A hollow sensation came once more, from the future, also in the past, above the heavens, within something unchanging, within the thought of heaven or the Heavenly Dao.
The third resonance between heaven and man!
The nameless Ji Xiang received the resonance, and that thought at this moment ascended above the highest heavens.