Dao, very Dao, very famous, very famous. This sentence, I believe most Chinese is familiar, because it is so famous.
Many translations of "Tao, Tao" translates as: Tao, cannot be said in words, and what is spoken is not the Tao. The meaning is that the Tao is unspeakable, and it can be said that it is not the Tao. This is also true, but since the Tao cannot be expressed in words, how do we know that there is this "Tao"? Therefore, there is another kind of analysis, as a practitioner, the understanding of this sentence is: The Tao can be cultivated, but the Tao is not immutable.
An example is relatively easy to understand: Zhuangzi once went to the mountains to see the lumberjacks logging, and one of the trees was very leafy, but the lumberjacks did not cut it down, but cut down a straight tree on the side, so Zhuangzi asked these workers what was the reason? The workers said that the tree could not be used as a material for building a house, so the life of the tree was saved.
Then, Zhuangzi went out of the mountain to his friend's house, and the friend was very happy and was ready to kill the goose to entertain him, and the servant asked two geese, one would bark, and the other would not bark, which one to kill? Friends say that killing the one will not bark, because the goose that can bark can protect the family.
Therefore, Zhuangzi's students were very confused, and asked him that yesterday's big tree was saved because it was not timbered, today's big goose was killed because it was not timbered, the tree was born if it was not timbered, and the goose died if it was not made of wood. Zhuangzi said that he would treat it morally and not with things.
Even if Zhuangzi said this, I think everyone will also have doubts: then how to choose such a dilemma in the future? Should it be made or not made? In fact, there is no certain rule, depending on the specific problem, in fact, everything is changing, not set in stone, so it is called the very Tao. For example, you set up traffic lights to make traffic orderly, red lights stop green light line, otherwise violations of traffic rules will be punished. But there are some situations, such as sending an emergency patient to the hospital and running a red light, which can be exempted from punishment. For example, men go to the men's toilet, women go to the women's toilet, under normal circumstances, men will not go to the women's toilet, and women will not go to the men's toilet. But sometimes the women's toilet is lined up, and the men's toilet is empty, and the women will also go to the men's toilet, which is called the very road, it is according to the specific situation.
Of course, many things are much more complicated, and it is really difficult to grasp in life, what to do? This requires cultivation, enlightenment from the tao, because those who have cultivated the tao, they see through the essence of things, they open up wisdom, they will go with nature, go with the flow and make choices that are suitable for the present, so it is called the tao, that is, it can be understood by cultivation. If you look at the five thousand words of the Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu's words are very concise, but full of profound meaning, and non-practitioners and non-practitioners cannot understand.
Therefore, Zhuangzi also said that he would treat it morally, serving all things and not being bound by all things. Ordinary people, on the other hand, do not cultivate the Tao, and are often enslaved by all things. For example, after many people have money, they are afraid of the depreciation of their assets, so they always worry about making money with money to make more money, so in the end you have money? Or does money take over your entire world? Servant or service?
There are also very wise people, when they have accumulated wealth to a certain extent, who embark on the path of monasticism, to feel this way, but the way, the extraordinary way, and finally they serve things without serving things, not being burdened by money, and money is used by me and not owned by me. This is exactly what is said in chapter 41 of the Tao Te Ching, that the sergeant hears the tao, acts diligently, and these people have the upper root organ.
Therefore, the Tao can be tao, the tao can be cultivated, in the past it was called the tao, those who have attained enlightenment are called the cultivation of the tao, called the Tao, and the monks who have realized the Tao are also called the high monks of the Tao. The Tao does not abandon everyone to abandon themselves, ordinary people are also cultivators, and finally preach, so the goal of practitioners is ultimately to preach the Tao, of course, some people may feel that this is a bit mysterious, so leave it alone.
Looking at "name can be named, very name", it means: name, things can be named, but its name is not set in stone. If this sentence is understood, it will be of great significance to the life guidance of our ordinary people.
Here I want to talk about a very important topic, that is, the management of emotions, any scripture is to guide our life, practice. This sentence is very important because we often get angry and lose our temper in our work and life, because we are caught up in the concept of a name, that is, this name is quite in the middle.
For example, we often judge in our hearts because of something or a certain sentence, so emotions arise. Like children procrastinating on homework, old mothers always love to nag, leaders are always self-righteous, etc., are not examples of such things abound in life.
In fact, this is all in the middle of the name, it is our definition of things, this definition is called procrastination, nagging, self-righteousness. But in fact, everything has its positive meaning, such as the positive meaning of procrastination: will enjoy, break the time phase, calm, elegant, etc., obviously a child is very calm, elegant but you say that it is procrastination; moreover, the positive meaning of love nagging: fraternity, carefulness, kindness, enthusiasm, love, good old man, good expression, patience, obviously a patient old mother but you say that you are nagging; moreover, the positive expression of self-righteousness: active thinking, clarity, unique insight, assertiveness, firmness, the present, wisdom, Obviously, the leaders of the family are very present and wise, but they are said to be self-righteous. So if you replace procrastination, nagging, and self-righteousness with positive expressions of calmness, patience, and wisdom, you will feel different and you will not be angry. Through these examples, everyone understands that although we have given things a name, that is, a definition, this definition is not immutable, this is the essence of things, which is also the core of Lao Tzu's words to us. When the definition does not work, the infinite is seen, the thing itself has no meaning, all the meanings are given to him by people, once we see the limitations of the definition meaning given, we understand the meaning of the non-name, when the non-name is presented, the infinite possibilities of things come out, which is what the ancients said, the benevolent see the wise.
Here are some positive expressions of some of the words we use most often:
Arrogant positive expression: taste, self-confidence, art, personality, height, talent, excellence, excellence.
Positive expression of unconfidence: humble, cautious, low-key, empathetic, inclusive, reserved, soft, easy-going, easy-to-accept.
Positive expression of the aggressive mouth: good eloquence, independent thinking, lively and cute, strong logical ability, learned, stance, creative.
Positive expression without initiative: low-key, cautious, calm, down-to-earth, strategic.
Impatient positive expression: efficient, bold, vigorous, self-motivated, positive, enthusiastic, optimistic, heroic, personality, vitality.
Focus on negative positive expressions: the pursuit of perfection, prudence, high awareness, strong insight, strong sense of distress, keen.
Positive expression of words and deeds: flexible, free, free, performance art, creativity, dualism, informality, atmosphere.
Positive expression of dependence: trust, belief, bird-to-people, gentle, simple, simple, considerate, give others a chance, good at respecting others, single-minded.
Positive expression of escape: strong execution, high security awareness, strong self-protection, and caution.
In life, how many times we label ourselves, and any label is staining our own seeds layer by layer, all of which are false and illusory. These words give ourselves a positive expression, and these words add to our breadth, our inner flexibility. In the company of life, learn to express in more language, learn to express in a positive way, Lao Tzu also talked about the content of psychology.
"Nameless, the beginning of heaven and earth, famous, the mother of all things"
The root of heaven and earth is nameless, the name of all things is given by people the day after tomorrow, when all things are named, things begin to evolve continuously, so it is said that there is a name for the mother of all things.
"Therefore there is always no desire to see its beauty, and there is always a desire to see its wonders"
Desire refers to subtle, tiny thoughts. Desirelessness is to merge with the Tao in the way of human-heaven unity, to observe the movement of the origin of the universe, and to have desire is to consciously observe the orderly changing state of things after the name in the state of human-heaven unity. This sentence speaks of the practitioner's state of work, and only in this state of work can one realize the wonder and compassion of seemingly non-existence and non-existence. Therefore, the ancients paid attention to practice is this truth, and the avenues are outside the text.
"The two are the same name and the same name, the same name is mysterious."
This desirelessness and desire are two sides of the same coin, which cannot be completely separated, so it is called the same and different name, then in the process of practice, to gradually experience it, there is no absolute nothingness, the ancients called non-empty emptiness, in the process of cultivation, from this desire to desirelessness, from Taiji to the state of wuji, it is called Xuan.
"Mysterious and mysterious, the door of all wonders"
Xuanzhi and Xuan, that is, the two non-void voids are constantly being transported, then they will be incarnated and fissioned into endless new things, called the Gate of Wonder, the magic is the process from wuji to Taiji, the process from nothing to existence, the universe is silent at the beginning, empty, things are incarnated from nothingness, and now the universe is still constantly reincarnating new things, which is because the infinity of two or more different spaces is in transit and split phase. Using this principle in this chapter, the cultivators have designed a set of cultivation methods, so that our bodies can also produce split phases, change the cellular structure of the body, and constantly remove bad information and energy, so that our bodies are getting younger and healthier. Of course, this requires a very deep chance and a sincere heart to obtain the True Transmission of the Master.