In today's society, everyone is pursuing "promising".
I hope I am talented, I hope I will gain fame and fortune.
The result is often too much force, which backfires in reality.
As early as 2000 years ago, Lao Tzu admonished us:
"The Tao often does nothing and does nothing."
He believes that the best state of life is not to force it, but to follow the trend.
Be slower, quieter, and softer, and you will be able to obtain the highest level of life energy from the state of non-action.
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Slow, can accumulate energy
Although it is hard to find thousands of waters, the sand is blown away and the gold is reached.
- Tang Liu Yuxi, "Waves and Sands: The Eighth"
Lao Tzu said in the Tao Te Ching:
"The wood of the hug is born in the end of the millennium; The nine-story platform starts from the soil; Great oaks from little acorns grow.. ”
Anything tall takes time to build slowly.
Towering trees are raised from saplings, and high-rise buildings must also lay a good foundation on flat ground.
Things are like this, and people are still like that.
Make good use of the power of inaction, do not fight, do not act rashly.
As time goes by, when the time comes, you'll get a satisfying answer.
When it comes to the "Eight Masters of the Tang Dynasty", the most nonexistent is Su Xun.
Although his name is not as loud as his sons Su Shi and Su Zhe, his literary achievements are not low at all.
This is due to his decades of hard work, but also because he is never impatient and moves slowly in his time zone.
When Su Xun was young, his qualifications were mediocre, and when he failed to take the scientific examination for the first time at the age of 18, he was reluctant to take the exam again.
Although he scoffed at exam-oriented education, he did not give up reading outside of scientific examinations.
At the age of 27, Su Shi was born, and the ideal in Su Xun's heart was once again stimulated.
He burned hundreds of articles he had written and re-read them from scratch with classic books such as the Analects and Mencius.
He also set a rule for himself that "don't write when you're immature", and silently accumulated energy in the process of hard reading.
20 years later, Su Xun's literature reached the realm of "passing through the six classics, the theory of a hundred schools, and writing thousands of words in an instant".
His articles were circulated all over the world, and he was also warmly sought after by literati and scholars.
Ouyang Xiu admired his political views very much, and praised him as "a talent comparable to Jia Yi".
And it was Su Xun's slowness that allowed him to concentrate on learning, and finally achieved himself.
Lao Tzu once said:
"A late bloomer."
The bigger the device, the longer and slower it takes.
The so-called "late bloomer" is just accumulating enough energy to make it a dazzling existence.
The inaction of ordinary people often starts from slowness.
Conform to the law of time, do not pull out the seedlings to grow, and do not rush to achieve results.
Keep moving forward, and you will always reach your desired destination.
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Still, it purifies energy
Yamanaka 习静观朝槿,松下清斋折露葵。
——Tang Wang Wei "Cumulus Rim Sichuan Zhuang Works"
With the development of the times, our life is getting faster and faster.
Circling around various vanity fairs every day, people are easily entangled in negative energy, resulting in physical and mental exhaustion.
But Lao Tzu said:
"Who can stop turbidity, and be quiet."
If you want to make the murky water clear, just wait quietly.
And if people want to keep their hearts pure, they also need to make good use of the power of quiet.
Only by not being arrogant or impatient, calming down and sinking, can people truly accept all things and live a state of inaction.
Tao Yuanming is the founder of pastoral landscape poetry and is known as the spiritual destination of literati doctors.
He was born in troubled times, and when the temple was muddy, he still kept himself clean, and refused to bend his waist for five buckets of rice.
He has been an official several times, but he has always been concerned about the mountains and forests, and has left a pure land for himself in his heart.
Tired of the ups and downs of officialdom, he simply retreated to seek the tranquility he longed for.
Even if he is not good at farming, and the fields are "full of grass and beans and seedlings", he does not change his original intention, and influences countless people with his optimism.
Someone asked him if he would regret giving up his career?
But he just smiled and replied:
"But the wish is not violated."
A few houses, a few acres of fields, in the longing life, he finally harvested inner peace and lived a leisurely life.
Taoism has a very important idea called pure and quiet non-action.
When the mind is calm, one can focus on what one wants to do.
Learn to do nothing, no longer deliberately pursue results, and everything will fall into place.
In this impetuous world, instead of fighting against the world, it is better to calm down and realize your pursuit.
Be yourself immersively, and you can live freely and stylishly.
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Soft, can strengthen energy
The rigid is not strong, and the soft is difficult to destroy.
If you don't believe it, you will open your mouth and look at it, and your tongue will fall first in your teeth.
- Song Xin Qiji, "Fortune Operator: Tooth Fall"
People live in the world, and they are strong in everything, but they are just wasting energy and causing themselves to suffer greatly.
Really smart people never fight hard, but choose to be soft.
seems to be inactive, but he can invisibly win the respect of others.
Being kind to others is actually making you better.
There were two famous painters in the Qing Dynasty, one was named Jin Dongxin and the other was Wang Zheng.
Jin Dongxin's painting skills are superb, but he is very modest, Wang Zheng feels that he is cozy, and he is very unaccustomed to him.
Every time they met, Wang Zheng would make sarcastic remarks, but Jin Dongxin still had a gentle attitude and never fought back.
Once, the two attended a banquet at the same time.
After three rounds of drinking, someone proposed to compose a poem with the title of "catkins".
Wang Zheng deliberately competed for the first place, wanting to embarrass Jin Dongxin, so he blurted out:
"Flying catkins are red."
When the crowd heard this, they looked sarcastic, because the catkins were clearly white.
Wang Zheng knew that he had lost his words, and suddenly woke up, feeling embarrassed in his heart.
But Jin Dongxin didn't take the opportunity to mock, but said:
"The sunset shines back on the peach blossoms."
As soon as this sentence came out, it not only skillfully resolved this crisis, but also sublimated the artistic conception of the poem.
Wang Zheng admired it in his heart, and never slandered Jin Dongxin again.
Lao Tzu once said:
"Water is soft but strong, and people are beneficial if they don't do anything."
Water is the softest thing, but it can drip through stubborn stones, and people believe in doing nothing, which is also infinitely beneficial.
People with soft hearts are actually like water.
It seems to be boneless, but it is firmer than anyone else, and it seems to be indisputable, but in the end it can win everything.
In life, if you are gentle in everything and have a mindset of doing nothing, you will definitely be able to make a difference in the end.
Chuang Tzu said:
"If you don't do anything, you will be quiet, and if you don't do anything, you will do everything."
In today's increasingly involuted environment, people who are bent on pursuing results often do not get good results.
On the contrary, the part of people who are inconspicuous and just want to live a good life in the moment finally live the life they want.
In this world, the power of immobility can moisten things silently.
The heart is like a floating cloud, and the meaning is like flowing water.
When you understand inaction, you can do everything.