Taoism and Zen
By Yeiazel
The liberation of the mind
Legend has it that Li would have been one, long ago, the disciples of Lao-Tzu person, the patriarch of the Taoist. Li was a scholar of great beauty, extremely elegant. He was quite proud of himself, especially his body which he maintained with eternal youth gymnastics Taoist. He had, apparently, very popular with the ladies ... His powers were great. Doctor, herbalist and magician, he knew how to prepare the elixir of the five elements, sovereign remedy, he had always at hand in his gourd. He also knew all about the art of astral travel. But he had not reached the highest degree of spiritual realization, perhaps hampered by a certain narcissism, and did not even coined an immortal body.
In his hermitage, the beautiful Li had a disciple whom he often confided the task of watching over his body when he was traveling in the astral. He lay one night and said to his apprentice:
- My spirit will fly to Mount Hua where there will be a great confabulation of immortals. I hope to get my Master and still drink the nectar of his words. The journey will be long and dangerous because I will cross mountain passes windy infested with demons. If within six days I did not open his eyes, you will destroy my body. I will then be no chance to return and I do not want an evil spirit possesses him. But wait well As the first rays of the sun is raised, the morning of the seventh day, to light the funeral pyre.
During the sixth night, the brother of the disciple came to tell him that their mother was dying, she had claimed. He had to act quickly, it does not surely happen overnight. The young fan was so distraught at the thought of arriving too late. He said that the spirit of his master was probably a prisoner somewhere or had lost its way. He thought he would never return. As dawn was near, he piled wood, placed the body on the pyre and set them on fire. Then he ran to the bedside his mother.
Just before the first rays of the sun does come lick the top of the mountain, the spirit of Li flew over the shrine. When he saw the fire burn the night, he realized that his body went up in smoke. He said it was a lesson of fate, he was freed from this body which he had been too attached. But he had to find another one to complete his spiritual evolution and achieve immortality. He did not lose the knowledge he had acquired in this life and forget that it probably reincarnated by natural means. Sometimes it takes more than a lifetime to remember what we already know! He must now find a body before her psychic powers not dissolve. And if he did not before dawn, his mind would lose power to animate a corpse still warm. He was left with very little time.
He looked desperately around in a body that was appropriate but found none. Some bodies were too cool and stiff, others had not yet been completely abandoned by their owners! The horizon paled, the spirit of Li panicked. Then he saw a soul escaping from his carnal. He rushed into the body. Was that of a deformed beggar with a monkey face!
And in this unsightly body that the spirit of the beautiful Li reached its goal. Thus, as fond of repeating the wise Chinese
all men want to be delivered from death,
but they can not free themselves from their body!
So why one of the Eight Immortals has the appearance of a lame beggar and hunchback. It is popular as the Tié Kuai Li Li at the stand of iron. He is the patron of the poor and physicians.
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