Essay: Lose that certain self in this uncertain world

Essay: Lose that certain self in this uncertain world, Turnip/Photography

The opening chapter of the "Health Lord" of Zhuangzi says: "My life also has an end, and knowledge has no end." With there is no end, there is no end, and those who have known are gone! For the sake of good there is no near name, for evil there is no near punishment, the governor thinks that the scriptures, can protect themselves, can live a full life, can raise relatives, can do their best. ”

Although it seems to be saying "health", as long as we are alive, which one is not raising their own life and living with their own life?

As I grew older, I discovered more and more that the world was full of all possibilities and impossibilities. It turns out that the certainty of this world also stems from "not necessarily"!

Therefore, when I happened to meet the music scene of Dou Wei and the "not necessarily" band of the Black Panther Band in a bar in Beijing more than a decade ago, I just felt that the opportunity for people to meet was really ... not necessarily.

"My life also has an end, and my knowledge has no end." With there is no end, there is no end, and those who have known are gone! Zhuangzi and his old man seem to be saying that your life is limited, your cognition is limited, and the endless things you pursue, even if you catch it at the moment, will turn into nothingness...

"For the good there is no close name, for the evil there is no near punishment, the governor thinks that he can save himself, he can live a whole life, he can raise relatives, and he can spend his years." ——What is Zhuangzi talking about? ...... Pros and cons, priorities, let nature take its course, what can be obtained naturally, how much effort can not be obtained, there is a source of cause and effect, it is useless to be in a hurry, it is better to do it according to the "big law", where to go, where it is.

In fact, in this definite world, it is only the uncertain self that is lost, and when you are very sure and determined in your heart, it is no longer important whether the world is certain or uncertain, because it is difficult for you to be lost again. After all, only by making yourself more reliable, the world will be more reliable because of your reliability.

This world has always been an uncertain world, and where is the "definite self" that has been "lost"?!

It's your own! Your "self"!

In the "Zihan" chapter of the Analects, "The Son is absolutely four, no will, no will, no solidity, no self." Confucius was able to cultivate himself to the point of not being conjectural, not dogmatic, not solidifying, not resting on his laurels... Everything stems from Confucius's studiousness, selflessness and willingness to constantly break his original pattern... Layer by layer, keep playing big bosses! It's not someone else who has been playing, it's the real big boss—the "self" who gets along with himself every day.

I'm not here to sensationalize movies like "Deadly ID" or "Confinement Island" and split the personality. I just want to say that people are too egotistical and don't seem so interesting. Neither Zhuangzi nor Confucius were deliberate and pretentious people, and what they said was slightly understood and believed by the author.

Please don't be so "self-respecting", because in God, none of us are so important!

As Lao Tzu and his old man said in the fifth chapter of the Tao Te Ching, "The heavens and the earth are not kind, and all things are dogs; the saints are not kind, and the people are dogs." Between heaven and earth, what is its judicious? Void and unyielding, moving and healing. It is better to be poor than to keep the middle. ”

I also say less: "More words are poor, it is better to keep the middle."

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