Sometimes I have to sigh that there are still too few good people in this world. Because a lot of people who look good are either stupid or bad. Today, let's talk about what is kindness?
You think you know, I'm afraid not. For example, if you think that doing good is kindness, that's not right. For example, how do you define what is good and what is bad? Who is the good and who is the evil? Is this good thing good for you, or is it good for others? Do you think that a good heart is a good heart?
One
I believe that Wang Yangming will express great disapproval after knowing your point of view, such as he said "no good and no disgusting body"? Don't you think it's strange? Isn't the essence of the mind goodness? How can the mind be free of good and evil? What does Wang Yangming mean?
In fact, the role of the "ontology of the mind" in Wang Yangming's mental system is used to judge good and evil, just like a mirror, there is no good or evil in itself, but is used to observe good and evil. Therefore, we can only say that the mind and body are not good or evil, but have no good and no evil. In Wang Yangming's original words, it is: The essence of the human heart was originally Mingying without stagnation.
Because the mind and body are like mirrors, it is inevitable that dust will fall and be polluted. In Wang Yangming's view, people have selfish desires, and desires that are contaminated in the mind and body are dust. It is precisely for this reason that we need "qualities", we need to "remove evil for good", and we need to "go to people's desires to save heavenly reason". Until the light of the mind is restored, this process is called conscience.
The essence of the mind is conscience.
Two
I believe that some Daoist friends will ask, what is the use of knowing these "people who are also concerned"? A: Only in this way can we truly understand goodness.
There are two kinds of people in this world: hypocrisy and foolishness. The so-called hypocrisy is characterized by "inconsistencies in appearance", full of benevolence and morality, and making trouble in the stomach and singing dogs. Hypocritical people often wear a mask of kindness to wrap themselves, either to seek a false name, or to get the good name of a good person, in fact, the single-minded pursuit of goodness itself is not pure goodness, but also a desire. Or to reap the benefits and do business in the name of kindness to satisfy desires. They can't do the unity of knowledge and action, the same thing they say and do is actually a hypocrite, which is bad.
The so-called foolishness is "self-righteous goodness", and the biggest feature is honesty, love of face, right and wrong, no bottom line, often regard cowardice as kindness, which is stupid.
Honest people think they are good people, but they are not. On the one hand, it is because honest people do not distinguish between good and evil, it is easy to aid in abuse, and they are calculated by white-eyed wolves; on the other hand, because honest people lack thunderbolt means, and once they encounter things, they are helpless.
As a result, many good people in this world are either bad people or stupid people.
Three
So, what is true goodness? We may as well ask Wang Yangming to answer: Knowing good and knowing evil is conscience, and those who can distinguish between good and evil and can struggle with desire are truly good people.
Having a conscience in the heart is true and good.
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