Human desire is like a bottomless pit, and thousands of gold and silver are difficult to fill. The ancients have always stressed that we must be pure in our hearts and abandon our attachments, but few people can do it. In order to satisfy desires, whether it is the ancients or the present, they are always the servants of the past, willing to be slaves of money and fame. Therefore, Huang Shigong said: "Suffering is not bitterness in many wishes, and sorrow is not sad in dispersion." "Then, man, how can we get rid of the pain of desire, from sorrow to happiness, and get the relaxation of the heart?
The "Sushu" is said to have been written by Huang Shigong (a figure more magical than the ghost valley) at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and the full text is 1336 words, which contains the author's four major ideological systems of self-cultivation, self-discipline, life for people, leadership strategy, and governance of the country and security. It is regarded by the people as a strange book, a heavenly book, and some people say that the plain book is the first strange book of strategy in the world, and the secret book of strategy. The first granter of the Sushu was Zhang Liang, and after Zhang Liang obtained the Sushu, he used the wisdom of it to assist Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, in fixing the world, so posterity said that reading the Sushu "can be the master of the emperor", so how magical is it?
It is said that small plots, middle plots, and big plots are plotted. This book is about the management of people's hearts, people-oriented, simple throughout the book, the words are pearls, the sentences are classic, the philosophical guidance is very grounded, not so much a book of heaven, but rather some of the big truths in life, but also a common and often need to introspect our lives. Another very practical aspect of the book is that it points out some minefields that the world should avoid, as well as coping strategies. Today, we will begin to learn the essence of the plain book one by one, and see what is called true foresight. If you can learn one or two, you will benefit for life!
Classic Quote XXVIII: "Sorrow is not bitterness in many wishes, and sorrow is not sorrow in dispersion."
The meaning of this sentence is that the most painful thing in the world is that it is difficult to fill in the desires; the saddest thing in the world is the spiritual separation.
"What the heart covets, it does not have anything to do; it is intended to do what it wants, and it does not do what it wants." The two cannot be satisfactory, and they are self-suffering. The heart, the lord of the body, if the heart is confused, the body cannot be refreshed, the spirit is dissipated, and sorrow and disaster arise naturally. ”
"The five colors are blinding, the five tones are deaf, and the five flavors are refreshing." This is a passage from the Tao Te Ching, which means that the world of colorful flowers and flowers is dazzling; the noisy rush of the orchestra makes people deaf; the taste of mountains and treasures of the sea, fine wine and delicacies, make the population unrecognizable.
We always let life carry too many loads, reluctant to this, reluctant to that, and in the end it can only be ourselves who are crushed.
It is said that there was a merchant in Yangzhou, one day he and a few companions returned to their hometown by boat, who knew that when the boat reached the middle of the river, it suddenly broke, the water went into the boat, and seeing that the boat was about to sink, everyone jumped off the boat and prepared to swim to the other side, but this Yangzhou man, although desperately swimming forward, swam very slowly, and the companion asked him: "Your swimming skills are better than ours, why are you behind us today." The Yangzhou people said with difficulty: "I have silver money wrapped around my waist, it is very heavy, and I can't swim far." "Hurry up and throw it away." His companions urged him, but he shook his head, reluctant to throw away the belongings, and gradually he swam slower and slower, almost exhausted.
Everyone quickly swam to the shore, seeing that this Yangzhou man was about to sink, so everyone shouted at him: "Throw away the money, why are you so stupid, you can't even save your life, what is the use of this money?" But he was reluctant to throw away the money after all, and after a while, he sank and drowned.
A person who goes on the road with too much baggage is doomed not to go fast, and only by unloading the burden on his body can he go faster. People, it is a good thing to have appropriate desires, because desire is the driving force for pursuing goals and moving forward, but if you fill your heart with too many desires, it will only increase the burden of moving forward. The more greedy people are, the heavier the burden attached to their hearts. For someone who truly enjoys life, anything that is not needed is superfluous. Proper letting go is a kind of freedom, a kind of peace after penetrating human nature.
Normal desires are all people have, less selfish desire is not to destroy human desires, but to oppose indulgent desires, people want to live freely to maintain the needs of the senses at a basic level of survival, must not be happy with the pleasures of the senses, forget the trade-offs. Because we are calm and unsatisfactory, and certainly will not let others be profitable, life can naturally be easy and leisurely, so as to free ourselves from the abyss of pain.
The Book of Plains can solve almost all the scale problems encountered by people walking in society. It teaches you to "do whatever you want."