Only by recognizing the original law behind the appearance can we have the wisdom to avoid disasters and be blessed.
Everything we see is only the appearance, behind the appearance there is an evolutionary process that is easy to ignore, and the truly intelligent people know how to put aside the appearance to see the essence and find the original law behind the things.
Why many people like to read history, because in the events of history, we can find the epitome of life.
Someone once said that the world is a continuous cycle.
Some phenomena of history will appear in life in the same way, even if the times change and the mode of life changes, but the law will never change, just as in life, we will also find the shadow of history.
And reading history is to look at the present from the past, from the successes and failures of the ancients, to find the laws that are not easy for others to perceive, to use this law to plan their own lives, to use the examples of the failures of the ancients as their own vigilance, and to use the successful examples of the ancients as their motto.
Just like the story of "Cu Ding Xie Niu" in Zhuangzi, Cu Ding slaughtered the cow for Wen Huijun, put the knife into the body of the cow, and cut the cow very skillfully, and the sound was in line with the syllables, which was in line with the dance steps and rhythm.
Wen Huijun asked him happily, "It's really good, how did your technology get to such a point?" ”
Ku Ding put down the knife and said: "I like the way of nature, not in technology, when I first started slaughtering cattle, I saw a cow, after three years I saw not a complete cow, and now I rely on my heart to understand, and I don't need to rely on my eyes to observe, the cognitive effect of perception has long stopped, just the activity of the mind." Relying on the natural texture of the cow to split the gap between the bones and bones, insert the knife into the gap between the bones, and operate along the natural structure of the cow, I have used this knife for nineteen years, and there are thousands of cattle slaughtered, but the blade is still like a new grind on the grinding stone. ”
In this story, Cu Ding is a highly skilled cattle slaughtering chef, his technology has reached the realm of the Tao, and behind this phenomenon, not only because he has the skill of practice, but also because he understands the entire texture and skeleton of the cow, and masters the whole set of textures and laws of the cow, then he can be at ease when doing things, so that the cow is naturally liberated, which is the achievement after grasping the law.
Whether it is slaughtering cattle or being a person, in fact, the truth is the same, as long as you can grasp the root cause behind it, you can reasonably plan your life.
There is such a sentence in "Cai Gen Tan": it will be interesting, and the smoke and moon of the five lakes will be in the inch; the machine will be broken, and the heroes of the ages will be mastered.
If I can understand the fun contained in the space between heaven and earth, the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers from all over the world can accommodate my heart. If I can see through the machine in front of me, then the hero Haojie of eternity can be mastered by me.
In the key places, we can solve the key problems, and anything that appears is not for no reason.
If you want to avoid future disasters, you must also start from the root cause, which is the key to solving the problem, grasp the core of the problem to clear the layers of fog, and things will naturally be solved.
There is a saying in the Tao Te Ching: For it is not to be done, and to cure it is not chaotic.
The meaning of this sentence is that the problem should be dealt with before things germinate, and the governance of things should be before the chaos has started.
The appearance of things is only the state that appears after the formation of cause and effect, and before this process, the core of the problem already exists, and only the core is the root of the problem.
The ancient king of Chu wanted to hire Chen Zizhong as prime minister, and Chen Zizhong went home and said to his wife: "I have become Xiangguo today, and I can take a four-horse cart when I go out tomorrow, and every meal has the taste of mountains and treasures and seas." ”
His wife said: "Riding in a four-horse car, what makes you feel comfortable is only the body, the table full of mountain treasures and seafood, let you feel delicious is just a piece of meat, now when you ride the car is comfortable, when you eat meat delicious, then you will bear the responsibility for the rise and fall of the Chu country, chaos and disasters, I am afraid that you will not even be able to save your life in the end." ”
So the husband and wife, in anonymity, went to water the orchard for people.
Chen Zizhong's wife was able to see the root cause of things and avoid the occurrence of disasters, because in ancient times, there were many people who could save their careers, and those who were discredited and killed by careless words were innumerable.
And his wife understands the truth of the chaotic world, even if he enjoys the taste of the mountains and the sea at the moment, going out in a four-horse carriage, but the next moment may be because of his own mistakes and lead to his life, his wife is the wise man who can break the law and give life a refuge.
Therefore, the root of solving the problem is to find the core behind it, to control the root of things, and to see the cause and effect before it is formed, so that things can be planned in a good direction in a timely manner.
As Cai Gen said in the talk: If you can understand the fun between heaven and earth, then the scenery of all over the world can be accommodated in your heart, you can see through the machine in front of you, and the heroes of the ages can be mastered by themselves.
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