Each of us is a mixture of contradictions, sometimes gentle and kind, sometimes numb and indifferent, sometimes compassionate and open, sometimes conformist. According to the Buddhist master Pemachudro, this is all because the energy of life is dynamic. I love this explanation because, for my part, I can feel the changing atmosphere of lifestyle in today's information age almost every day.
In the face of a changing environment, our emotions naturally change with changes in lifestyle. Sometimes I often ask myself, where do we go in the face of the changes in our emotions brought about by these changes? The answer in my heart is: learn to live in the rhythm of life.
Before I learned to relax in the restlessness of life, I was an acute child. I feel sick when I see someone cut in line, miss a bus, or even a mobile step counting app that doesn't go to the scheduled number of steps. Not only that, but I've always felt like I've lost my life. It seems that I am making plans every day, but after completing the plans, I don't have the desired sense of accomplishment.
If someone told me I needed to stop and experience the unpredictability of life's presentation, I would think my life was clumsy and unreliable. Every day I struggle between what I want and what I don't want, but no matter how hard I try, my emotions are still stuck.
Sometimes, I also ask myself, since the dynamic energy of life is endless, wouldn't it be self-contradictory to find that peace in this basic context?
It wasn't until I practiced myself through meditation and began to learn to focus on the present moment that I realized that feeling the uncomfortable energy, not struggling, feeling everything exactly as it was, that I could reap the peace.
So I began to change my strategy for dealing with all kinds of discomfort, no matter what I felt, I would relax and slowly relax, close to the changes that I had felt uncomfortable in the past. Slowly I learned to live with the changing qualities of life, and I took this dynamic energy as a natural part of my own life.
So whenever I go to a roadside stall to buy breakfast, I no longer worry about someone cutting in line and delaying my time. I will experience an unpredictable fate of encountering different people every day when I am in line. When faced with others in line, I always hope that fate will be better for this young man, and hope that he will not be late for work.
So whenever I'm on my way to the bus stop, I'm faced with a train I just missed, and I don't worry about being late for some places. Instead, I experienced my rapid breathing and unconscious nervousness in my body as I caught the bus. In the face of the missed train, I don't think about being late, I think that the next train is likely to appear as soon as possible.
So whenever I find that I haven't reached a specific target step today, I don't worry about my health anymore. Instead, we simply enjoy the convenience brought to us by the development of science and technology, and believe that daily exercise will bring benefits to our bodies. I don't think about how successful I am at completing my goal steps, I just try to live a different life every day.
We all need to be able to see only the first sight when facing the ever-changing life every day, and the strength of the first sight is our courage to face an unpredictable life; we all need to break through the choice of escaping pain every day, and the firm strength is our determination to jump out of the comfort zone; we all need to relax in the daily restlessness, and the curiosity is the wisdom that we learn to live with impermanence.
We are not static, and in the rhythm of our lives, all that is needed is for you and me to remain open.