Miao Wei on water: the spirit of water, the wisdom of water, the power of water, is nothing more than the best teacher in life

Water is the source of life, nurturing life, nourishing life, and enlightening life.

Taking water as a teacher and observing the water to enlighten the Tao is an important way to Chinese right mind and self-cultivation throughout the ages.

The spirit of water, the wisdom of water, the power of water, is nothing more than the best teacher in life.

Water is an indomitable pursuit.

The Analects of Zihan says, "The son is in Kawakami, and the deceased is like Sifu!" Day and night".

Hundreds of rivers go east to the sea, and the water knows that its road is far away, and it does not dare to stop for a moment.

Life is like flowing water, even if everyone is the same 24 hours a day, and the results of life are very different, the root cause is that everyone has a different attitude towards life.

The confused, the fearful, the lazy are often satisfied with today's achievements and stagnate, and they will be confined to a small world, turning into a pool of stagnant water, and going dry and dilapidated.

The determined, the brave, and the enterprising will always move forward day and night towards the goal with a galloping posture, surging strength, and diligent spirit, and become the tide of destiny.

Water is a force of softness and rigidity.

Soft or strong? During the Spring and Autumn Period, Chang Feng was sick, and Lao Tzu asked Yan, "Sir, what is the disease, can you speak to the disciples without leaving behind?" Chang Feng opened his mouth and showed Lao Tzu: "My tongue exists? Lao Tzu said, "Yes." "My teeth are there?" Lao Tzu said: "It's over." Chang Feng: "What does the son know?" Lao Tzu said, "Isn't the existence of the tongue of the husband a servant with his softness?" Isn't the death of the tooth its own gangye? Chang Fengyue: "Hi! Yes. The affairs of the world have been exhausted, so why repeat the words? "The survival of the tongue and the death of the teeth tell us that the strong are ultimately weak.

The Tao Te Ching says, "Man is born weak, and his death is strong; the life of grass and trees is also fragile, and his death is also withered; therefore, the strong die, and the weak are born." ”

The world is weaker than water, and the strong mo can win.

Water to soft and rigid, soft and rigid, weak to strong, this is the principle of dialectics, but also the law of nature.

The so-called water mill work, the most valuable is to accumulate over time, persevere, set the goal, push forward bit by bit, and accumulate more size work, in order to be able to work for a long time.

To be a man and do things, they should be like water, and they should reap eternal achievements with weak strength.

Soft in the rigid attack can not be broken, rigid in the soft is not strong, rigid and soft at the same time, with soft ke just can reach the harmony, keep the principle, the director is not hindered.

Water is inclusive and broad-minded.

People go high, water flows low.

"I came to ask Wu Yu to say that the clouds are in the blue sky and the water is in the bottle." Water can go up and down, up into clouds, down into rain and dew, can be as high as low, can also be round with the square.

Water is good for all things, and altruism is the most praiseworthy quality of water, as the ancients said, "to the river to send guests away, out of Yue run the people's fields."

Today, people sing the praises of this altruistic character of water, "If you are high, I will never drown your strengths; if you are low, I will come and never expose your shortcomings; if you move, I will go along, and I will never leave you alone; if you are quiet, I will keep and never disturb your tranquility; if you are hot, I will boil, and I will never hinder your enthusiasm; if you are cold, I will solidify, and I will never be indifferent to your coldness." ”

To be a person, you must have the same feelings as water, like a clear spring, at first glance unfathomable, but pure and transparent, always treat people with sincerity, be true to people, treat things with kindness, have the same grace as the sea, tolerate people's faults, tolerate people's shortness, tolerate people's length, beauty and beauty, with a broad mind and temperament, to win the respect and trust of others, their own achievements will be natural and natural.

Water is the purest and purest heart.

Good is like water, water is the best purifier.

No matter how dirty things are, as long as they are in the water, they can always be rinsed clean.

From the surface, the water is dirty and dirty, in fact, its essence, the water is pure and clear, and then the turbid water, as long as the time is enough, it will become clear on its own, no matter what it is mixed with, the water can finally be separated from other things, return to itself, no matter how it circulates between heaven and earth, the water has maintained its purest nature and nature.

"There are winds and waves, no tides and water leveling", without the interference of external objects, the water has a "flat" realm.

Just as a human being, a truly enlightened person is good at governing himself, and is good at correcting himself and being righteous.

People's state of mind should be like water, even if it contains a lot of dirt, it is still necessary to be ice and jade, not to be stained with dust, to temper the concentration of the heart like stopping water and the ability to purify itself, to adhere to their spiritual world and value coordinates, not to shake their own hearts for external objects, not to rejoice in merit, to make noise, not to rush to achieve quick success, to be frivolous and exaggerated, not to go with the flow, to follow the clouds, to maintain the modesty of "not arguing" and "benefiting all things", and to maintain the tranquility of still water flowing deeply and sinking into self-reality.

Water is a fleeting passing time.

The green mountains can't cover it, after all, it flows east.

How many sages and sages have lamented that flowers and flowers are flowing and years are merciless, and we often regret that youth is easy to pass away and Shaohua is difficult.

The water flowed even more when the knife was cut off, and the river flowed eastward.

Life is like a wave, passing in waves, it is impossible to pull back, this is a one-way train that can only move forward and cannot retreat.

Water is the most important component of life, and time is the most precious treasure of life.

Years like water, life seems to be long, but yesterday has passed, like a dream, tomorrow has not yet come, is a mystery, only today really belongs to themselves, and even can be said to truly belong to themselves at this moment.

The deceased cannot be traced, but the comers are just around the corner.

Do not dwell on the gains and losses of the past, and do not hesitate because of the unknown in the future.

"Advise the king not to spare the golden robe, and advise the king to spare the youth."

We must live in the present, cherish the present, let the years flow gold, and take every step of the road of life.

Looking at the water, tasting the water, and realizing the water, I feel more and more that life is like water, and water is like life.

The Tao Te Ching summarizes that there are seven "water virtues": dwelling in a good place, having a good heart, being kind and benevolent, saying good faith, governing righteously, doing good deeds, and moving good times.

We must learn from the water, walk toward the water, and write our own life like water.

(Author: Miao Wei, deputy secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee, who presides over the daily work)

Source: Rule of Law Daily, March 20, 2022, page 8

Editor: Ma Qiufang