Re-recognize yourself 2: How to get rid of inner limitations and inhibitions
01 A few concepts that need to be upheld
(1) Knowing oneself is a matter of life and death
If you only regard knowing yourself as a very important thing, there is a good chance that you will give up halfway and will not be able to do it.
Only by treating it as a matter of life and death will we abandon our illusions and go all out.
(2) No longer superstitious about so-called authorities or teachers
We are not talking about new philosophies, new ideas, or new ways of leading to the reality of life.
What we explore and seek is the truth of life, because facing the truth is the only way to reality.
Therefore, on the road of exploring the truth, please do not be superstitious about the so-called authority or teacher, we must become our own authority, teacher, and become our own past apprentices.
(3) Please do not build a car behind closed doors
Our lives are made up entirely of relationships.
Without relationships with others and the world, our existence has no value or meaning.
Therefore, if we just sit in the corner and think or meditate, it is to do nothing behind closed doors.
It is only through what we think, think, and do in our networks of relationships, as well as through our inner ups and downs and fluctuations, that we can begin to understand and know ourselves.
(4) Stop blaming, criticizing, and self-identifying
No one is responsible for your own past successes or failures, and nothing is responsible for your current situation.
All of this is the result of our own choices.
For the past, any blame, criticism, and remorse are meaningless.
We need to remove our glasses with pertinence and filtering, stop identifying ourselves, and observe our thoughts and actions in the network of relationships truthfully and truthfully as a pure observer.
Without any judgment, just restore and show the events as they are.
02 We are all living in a limited and imprisoned reality
You may be complacent about your height of 180, until you meet Yao Ming, you don't know "there is a sky outside the sky, there is someone outside the people." ”
Or when you have to go through a low, narrow cave, watching a small man pass easily and flexibly, and you have to bend over, bow your head, and exert all your strength, you will feel that your height will also be limited at some point.
Similarly, only after the loss of love, you will feel the unforgettable heart of love.
Only when you ask others to borrow money will you understand the warmth and coldness of human feelings.
We live in all kinds of restrictions and confinements all the time.
Some restrictions and confinements are necessary, such as gravity, laws, and moral codes.
But some restrictions and confinements are deadly and terrible, such as disease, natural and man-made disasters, and wars.
But the most terrible thing is the shackles of the mind and the imprisonment of the heart.
That will make us timid and afraid, stuck in our own ways, clinging to the lack of shortcomings, and not daring to take a step beyond the thunder pool.
It not only prevents us from knowing ourselves, but also blocks the space and possibility of growth and progress.
We are constantly disturbed and controlled by external life, politics, and economy, and we are always in the midst of inner worry, fear, and sorrow.
Only when happiness is interrupted, or when we want to escape from misfortune and suffering, do we see and feel the fact that we are limited and imprisoned.
We either have to go against the grain, to escape from reality, to complain about ourselves, to get by, to accept the reality and fate of this sorrow.
Then blame your own inner turmoil and uneasiness on others, external circumstances, or economic conditions.
03 Live in the moment and face reality
When we are accustomed to our inner turbulence and uneasiness, it means that our hearts have lost their softness, swiftness, alertness and sensitivity, and have become rough, heavy, indifferent and dull.
Some people will indulge themselves in the intoxication of alcohol or the illusion of drugs, while others will become obsessed with religion and seek salvation and liberation from it.
It's like if we have a cancer on our body and we pretend not to see it, or desperately chant the mantra "Hurry up, hurry up," and it will really disappear.
Isn't that and self-deception?
In the face of inner turmoil and uneasiness, you can only face it, face it, and then observe and listen to what it wants to express.
In this way, we can see the essence of things, find the key to the problem, prescribe the right medicine, and take corresponding actions to get rid of the shackles and restrictions and return to a normal state of life.
The present is not a continuation of the past, nor is it the starting point of the future.
The present is the present.
Understanding this is the beginning of our freedom from all kinds of restrictions and inhibitions.
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