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Birth and death

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Tao Te Ching Chapter 50: Birth into Death

Born into death. There are three out of ten who are born; three out of ten are those who are dead; and there are three out of ten who are born and move in the place of death. Why? With its raw thickness. Gai Wen shan regents, lu xing does not encounter the tiger, into the army is not added to the army. The tiger has no horns, the tiger has no claws, and the soldiers have no choice but to tolerate their blades. Why? With its deathless land.

Literally:

From birth to death: three-tenths of those who die at the end of their lives; three-tenths of those who die in the middle of the way; and three-tenths of those who could have lived long but were driven by desire and put to death.

Why is that? It is because this kind of person is too lustful, too self-respecting, and often tired of life in the pursuit of pleasure, so he hurts life, so he returns to the road of death very early.

I heard that people with strong survivability are people who are good at creating living conditions, who will not encounter fierce rhinos and tigers on the road, and who will not be harmed by weapons when participating in war.

Do not give the rhino a chance to throw horns, do not give the tiger a chance to extend its claws, and do not give the weapon a chance to stab. Why? Because he's not going to put himself to death.

Although I often read books and often write, I am fascinated by the almost rough structure of the text, and I do not appreciate the overly elegant Confucian atmosphere. I always feel that the rough is powerful, and although the warm can be nourished, it is often general. Therefore, in my eyes, Guwen often has a different look and feel, which is different from everyone's atmosphere, and I am probably biased towards the perspective of the market.

There was a time when this chapter of the Tao Te Ching inspired me with infinite courage and strength, but the literal meaning of the interpretation was a beautiful misunderstanding. Oh, I can twist it into a way to die, and that's definitely an area of view that has nothing to do with health. Even now, I have read a lot of formal analysis, I can still turn this classic into such a paragraph: birth into death. Among human beings, three-tenths of those who can survive naturally, three-tenths of those who die naturally, three-tenths of them find their own death, and one-tenth of them cannot die even if they have experienced birth and death.

Well, many years ago there was a TV series, Feng Baobao's version of Wu Zetian, which has a song "Know I Am Ruthless and Affectionate", which can probably be analyzed to the generation and presentation of a strong situation.

Whoever is on the verge of a desperate situation will not be surprised in their hearts

Whoever is in distress will not be deserted around him

No aid, no care, that one dares to say that it will win

Whoever goes into the night doesn't want to be illuminated

Who can do me justice and listen to my heart quietly

Changing places for situations How to say that it should not be

People fade from heat to ice cold side is something I acknowledge

Who can assume that I am ruthless and affectionate

Well, back to how I understood birth into death as a beautiful misunderstanding. The meaning of its deathless land is: do not put yourself in the place of death. But my experience is to die and be reborn. In my opinion, in the desire for survival, there are three-tenths of the living beings who can be trained in life. In the desperate situation of death, there are also three-tenths of the dead who can be trained by the god of death. There are also three-tenths of the half-dead and unlattered guys who cannot be trained in life and death, and the remaining one-tenth are fearless life and death disciples who are equally trained by life and death.

Returning to the theme, if someone asks me: Can life be wasted? I will answer, yes, it is really possible, because it is a matter of my ass, everyone has a life, and it is not mine. If you were asking if my life was going to be wasted? I can answer this in detail. I can think about it, I can really think of it, but I can't. I used to do this for twenty years, putting myself to death in a vain state of mind. When I came to the door of death, I encountered extreme repercussions, and at that moment, I could not be relieved. I didn't expect that in the dead land that I had always longed for so much, this feeling of involvement that could not be relieved but arose was completely involuntary. It feels like you've hollowed out all your emotions and consciousness and made a distinction about yourself. I felt like I was forced, but I didn't really want to see such clarity. But the power in the underworld is far greater than any power you can imagine, and I have to face the most objective judgment, and I can't move a bit, and in the land of death it is a verdict that has nowhere to hide. I can't escape into any reason or emotion, the void is transparent, the scale is transparent, but this transparency is the golden bell cover that you can't resist. It is an individual who will eventually face it.

People are born with talents, such as this yin and yang world, black and white three-dimensional. Maybe I can't paint a more careful picture of a sense of body, a soul view of body and mind? The texture of man is nothing more than sentient and merciless. Let's put it this way, the heartless body is regarded as sentient beings, and sentient beings are regarded as ruthless beings. I think I'm still an obvious death, and the love of the dead is far from being comparable to a little yearning for life. But all my practice now is to be able to go with relief. Running without regret is the real love. In fact, people are afraid of both life and death, and the premise of wanting to die fearlessly is to have to be afraid of life.

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