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I studied and taught abroad and found that foreigners liked Taoism over Confucianism.
They feel that Confucianism is an ethical dogma, and there is a lot of pressure to learn Confucianism, because the morality of filial piety and faithfulness cannot be completed in a lifetime.
If you think about moral requirements all day long, you will feel that there is a lot of pressure in life; in the relationship between people, from near to far, there is always a tension.
On the contrary, Taoists attach more importance to the liberation of the individual mind, and wisdom is needed to attain liberation.
If we look at it separately, Confucianism values moral practice; Taoism attaches importance to wisdom, wisdom liberation.
Do you ask a person to be enlightened? The two words of enlightenment are manifestations of wisdom.
Later, zen buddhism came in, and I hit it off with the Taoists, preferring the liberation of personal wisdom.
But how can one attain intellectual liberation?
Can I get wisdom by reading every day? Or after a major test or setback, can you suddenly become enlightened?
These are all worth exploring.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="22" >1 There are only two tragedies in life</h1>
The British writer Oscar Wilde said: "There are only two kinds of tragedies in life, one is to get what I want, and the second is to get what I want." ”
The first kind of "can't get what I want", such as not doing well in the exam, failing to find employment, and not succeeding in going abroad, this is a situation that everyone understands.
The second kind of "get what I want", why is it also a tragedy to get it?
Because I found out that I made a mistake, it was different from what I originally thought.
How many such misunderstandings in life are really ironic.
If you have been pursuing the goal for a long time, and the results you get are the same as I thought, this is called the success of the heart, no matter how hard you try, you feel that it is worth it;
But usually we encounter a situation where we get a result and find that the gap between what we got and what I originally thought was too big, and that is tragedy.
So life becomes a lot of illusions to comfort the current tense and painful situation in the heart.
Like this concept, there is always a bit of a Q attitude, as if living in the world do not have to work hard, do not need to strive for various achievements?
In fact, it's not a question of whether you want it or not, it's about whether you can understand this realm.
Let you not, you still want to, after understanding, even if you do, you will not care about the result.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="158" >2 Everything is relatively illusory</h1>
So what does a philosopher like Zhuangzi value?
On the one hand, through rational understanding, there is a delusion between all opposites.
What distinguishes between the opposite is what humans do.
We should respect the actual situation of each individual, and appreciate and appreciate our current situation, without envying others.
You know, envying others is a never-ending, futile thing.
On the other hand, inner cultivation is required.
Zhuangzi emphasized fasting and sitting and forgetting.
When it comes to heart fasting, the average person only knows that fasting is vegetarianism, but the real fast is the heart fast.
I think of one time when I gave a speech to a religious group.
Before the speech, several people in charge, all of whom were highly respected friends, invited me to eat vegetarian food. After eating, a senior asked: How do you feel about vegetarian food?
I said, I usually eat meat, and now that I eat such a vegetarian diet, I don't feel wronged. He smiled.
Because I think that eating vegetarian food is a grievance, and such a vegetarian diet is delicious, and it is not aggrieved to eat, which can dissolve the pressure of vegetarianism.
For Zhuangzi, what is important is the heart fast:
The mind should fast, eliminate all kinds of desires, all kinds of prejudices, all kinds of deviations, and let the mind enter a state without distractions.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="159" >3 Sit there and forget yourself</h1>
The next step is to sit back and forget.
What is sitting and forgetting?
Sitting there forgetting yourself.
If you try to sit and forget, it is problematic; you also need to forget, and forget to forget.
Otherwise, tell yourself all day long that I am going to forget everything, and the last thing you can't forget is the idea of forgetting everything.
I can only say a few words about the process of practice here.
Well, now you can really forget everything, and your heart is like water, very clear.
We know that when the water is still, it can be seen as a mirror to see a person.
Just like the story of the daffodil, when it reaches the water's edge, the water must be still, and it can see its own beauty, so that it does not want to leave, and finally becomes a daffodil. This is, of course, a myth and legend.
Water must be still in order to reflect everything in the world;
Do not forget that if the human spirit is quiet, the role of this mirror far exceeds that of water, and the truth of everything in the universe can be seen.
Therefore, Zhuangzi said that there is great beauty in heaven and earth.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="160" >4 distance produces beauty</h1>
How do you know that there is great beauty in heaven and earth?
In fact, when we live in the world, do we feel that the world is beautiful?
Not necessarily, because we have too many complicated thoughts.
Most people live in the world, in a hurry, and don't know what to appreciate.
We travel to Europe and have this impression.
You arrive at an ancient castle, walk on the street to marvel, such a beautiful castle, preserved for hundreds of years, still maintain the style of the Middle Ages, really beautiful!
You see the local residents and tell him that you are so happy that you can live near such a beautiful castle.
What do they say? Is it beautiful here, how can I not think? Because he grew up there, he didn't feel beautiful.
Distance creates beauty.
We feel beautiful there because you don't have a practical mindset and you don't want to get any benefits there;
But for the local resident, the interests cannot leave his life, and he must know where the post office is and where the bank is.
For him, the street was just a place to meet the needs of life;
And for us, we didn't invest in that street, we kept our distance from it, and we were able to see it with an appreciative eye.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="161" >5 Looking at the present 30 years later</h1>
The truth is that we live in one place, coming and going in a hurry every day, and it is not easy to perceive the beauty there.
On the contrary, when you leave there, memory will make us aware of the true beauty of that place.
So, can you look at the present with the mood of the future?
This is the wisdom of the Taoists.
You have to practice often jumping out of the current situation.
If you look at today with the eyes of 30 years later, you feel how precious it is, if nothing else, just being young will make people extremely excited.
So why don't you cherish it now, why complain?
Therefore, the wisdom of Taoism is very practical and can make people change their mood immediately.
When you can feel the beauty of heaven and earth everywhere, heaven and earth do not speak, but give you infinite pleasure.
The important thing is to experience, and after experiencing this beauty, you know what life should do.
This is the wisdom of Taoism, on the one hand it is very detached, on the other hand it is very real; you cannot really cherish the present without going through the process of detachment.