Chapter 5587 (Five Thousand Five Hundred and Eighty Seven) Cultivation

The brown-handed man said, “Does it feel wrong just because you said you think it’s okay for me to be more absolute?”

“That’s right.” The Gray Hand said, “It’s like going against some habit of mine.”

“So, it seems that you have developed this habit for a long time and it is difficult to change?” the brown-handed man asked again.

“Yes.” The Gray Hand Man said, “I do feel that way, but before today, I didn’t have the habit of speaking without saying absolutes.”

The brown-handed man said, “If that’s the case, can it be considered a habit of ours not to make absolute statements?”

“Just now you and I both thought it was a habit, right?” said the man with gray hands.

The brown-handed man said, “Yes, but you didn’t seem to realize that you were being controlled, right?”

The Gray Hand Man said, “If I hadn’t said that in absolute terms, I wouldn’t have found it.”

The brown-handed man asked again, “What do you think now?”

“It just feels like this has become a habit of mine, and it seems like it’s not up to me to decide?” said the man with gray hands.

“I feel like I can’t help myself,” said the brown-handed man.

The Gray Hands man said again: “It’s involuntary. Is this really a habit that belongs to you and me?”

The brown-handed man said, “I wonder if once a habit is formed, the owner of the habit will also feel involuntarily.”

“Generally,” said the gray-handed man, “but it should be different from what you and I feel, right?” The brown-handed man said, “I think that even after a habit is formed, the owner of the habit cannot help it, but even if one does not follow the habit, generally speaking, it will not be as uncomfortable as I did just now. I admit that even under normal circumstances, after a person has formed a habit, if the person does not follow the habit, he will feel awkward, but that awkward feeling is probably different from the discomfort I felt.”

Gray Hand Man said, “I also think that the awkward feeling you are describing is probably different from the discomfort I feel myself.”

“How do you think it’s different?” asked the brown-handed man.

“Maybe one is just temporarily uncomfortable, and the other has to get used to it?” asked the Gray-Handed Man.

The brown-handed man said, “The temporary discomfort you mentioned is for general situations, but having to follow the habit is for special situations like you and me, right?”

The Gray Hand said, “Yes. Even if a person has a habit, if he doesn’t follow it once in a while, he will feel uncomfortable temporarily. After a while, this discomfort will usually disappear, right?”

The brown-handed man said, “Almost. But our situations are different. It seems that we both have to make up for it. I have to, otherwise I really can’t stand it. It seems that you are the same, right?”

“Me too.” The Gray Hand Man said, “I think your situation and mine are similar.”

The brown-handed man continued, “Just now I thought that I would take the initiative to continue this habit. So if I really continue this habit of not speaking absolutely in the future, does it count as my initiative?”

The Gray Hand Man said, “If you can refuse, then it’s your own active choice, right?”

The brown-handed man said, “Yes. If you can’t refuse at all, then you are passive? But, it seems that my thoughts are exactly the same as what I can’t refuse? Can I say that?”

As soon as the brown-handed man finished speaking, he felt that his statement was not reasonable enough, so he added: “It seems that this cannot be said.”

(End of this chapter)