On the street outside the gate of Qingyang Palace, Yuan Changwen was sitting on a small horse with Lao Dao, waiting to pick up guests.

I have to say that Lao Dao seems to be calm and relaxed, closing his eyes from time to time, and looking at passers-by with a smile from time to time.

Yuan Changwen was very far away, and after sitting for a while, he couldn't sit still and felt uncomfortable.

Especially when passers-by look at themselves, they always feel like there are snakes crawling all over their bodies, and it is impossible to sit there motionless.

Lao Dao's deep voice came: "Young man, calm down and think carefully about why you feel uncomfortable." Is it because it's a shame to sit here, or is it really unwell?"

Yuan Changwen didn't answer, he actually wanted to tell the truth, but he just felt ashamed!

I graduated from a bachelor's degree in college, and I used to be a person with a monthly salary of 6000+ in the office, but now I sit here and set up a stall, or a fortune teller!

It's scary to think about, if you are seen by a colleague......

It's just that it's hard to say because of the situation.

"No, no, for the first time, I was a little unaccustomed, and I was a little thin-skinned, and I didn't dare to speak in front of the public since I was a child. Yuan Changwen said.

Lao Dao sighed: "Young man, you still haven't come to your senses. No matter what you think, when the thinking and behavior language in your head are not consistent, it will cause a lot of trouble and bring a lot of unnecessary discomfort.

For example, now, you obviously feel ashamed, but you change your mouth and say that you are thin-skinned. You go against what you really think, you get used to hiding yourself, you're used to pleasing others. The betrayal of oneself is the greatest betrayal.

You think it's beautiful and comfortable for you to talk like that. But in fact, doesn't the other party know what you really think? Boy, you have put too many unnecessary shackles on yourself. People are human beings, so why do you need to learn to be human beings?"

Yuan Changwen: "What does that long mean, I don't need to learn to speak at all, let myself offend people, speak ugly, and then have no friends, and everyone stays away from me?

Lao Daoyun was indifferent: "You have learned to speak, do you have a lot of friends? Everyone is really close to you? Then, you feel good when you talk like this? Not tired at all?"

Of course tired!

Seeing people and talking about people, and talking about ghosts, this is a skill, and the use of skills will naturally consume physical strength.

Moreover, many times you have to say some flattering words against your heart, and it is disgusting to think about it.

However, "Dao Chief, society is like this, it is easy to offend people when you speak straight, and you are not good in the circle." ”

Lao Dao said with a smile: "Telling your true feelings in your heart is two different things from talking." For example, just now, you can clearly say that you feel ashamed because of your academic qualifications or colleagues.

You need to tell what you really feel in your heart, not to change your words in order to please Lao Dao, in order not to make Lao Tao angry, to betray yourself. How do you know because of the other person's thoughts and feelings? How do you know that if you say it, the other person will be happy?

For example, what you just said is a dishonest person in the eyes of the old Tao. But in your opinion, you have maintained the face of the old way and maintained the harmonious atmosphere between the two of us. You see, the contradiction comes out, you go against your heart, make yourself uncomfortable, and you are not pleasing here in the old way.

Thankfully, if you tell your true feelings, no matter how the other person reacts, at least you won't feel bad. Young man, how can you possibly grasp the other party's reaction?"

Yuan Changwen was stunned and didn't know how to answer.

After a while, he said, "No, no." There is a problem with your interpretation, only the world of children distinguishes between right and wrong, and the world of adults is decent. The simplest example is if I meet a half-baked acquaintance and they ask me, 'How are you doing?' and then I tell me how I really feel, 'No, I have cancer.' ’

How do you ask the other person to answer? He couldn't just say take care and then turn away. But if he wants to comfort me, how can he comfort me, and what is the point of my answer, which is bound to embarrass him?"

Lao Dao: "The root cause of all this is unreal. Your true answer, but the other person is not real. He thinks the same way you do, 'I don't want to talk, but if I just turn around and leave, will it make him think that I can't be a man?'

If the other party is also real and expresses the true feelings of the heart, then there is no contradiction in all this. Maybe he didn't care about your cancer at all and just walked away with a simple oh. For him, you tell your true feelings, you say that you have cancer, and he doesn't care, so why be embarrassed?"

Yuan Changwen raised his eyebrows: "This ...... Isn't it too impersonal?"

Lao Dao: "If the human touch in your mouth refers to this kind of false coping, acting against your inner feelings, then Lao Tao can only say that it is indeed ruthless." This is also the reason why the world thinks that cultivators are ruthless and the way of heaven is ruthless. Not ruthless, but false feelings without masks.

In fact, all masters are compassionate, full of love, no matter what the case may be. Even in the face of death, the master is smiling, even loving the people who have harmed him. Now you can't understand this at all.

If you really keep facing the truth of your heart, then you won't feel that there is anything wrong with cancer at all. You will answer with a smile and even bless cancer, you will already know that everything in the world is a certainty, and you love everything, even cancer. ”

Yuan Changwen frowned, as if he was trying to digest all this.

Lao Tao continued: "What you are worried about is that after you tell your true feelings, the other party will despise, disdain, or even hate them. However, after you betrayed yourself, did the situation change dramatically?

When you try to tell the truth about your heart, you will find that there are so many cluttered thoughts lurking deep inside you. A lot of unconscious distractions come from here. Your fears for the future, your regrets for the past, all these things are here.

When you keep telling the truth of your heart, you analyze yourself layer by layer and see your true self. The most primitive and purest 'true self'. At this time, your words and deeds come from your 'true self', showing a sense of tranquility and nature.

Nobody hates this state of affairs, have you ever seen someone hate a great monk? They will say that even if they just sit next to the master, they feel that the world is quiet all of a sudden, and the noise in their hearts is gone. That's the power of the 'true self,' do you want to have that?"

Yuan Changwen nodded.

Lao Dao put one hand on his chest and saluted slightly: "Young man, then reject all falsehood, reject all untruthfulness." Every moment, your words and actions are expressing yourself. What kind of person you want to be is expressed in your words and deeds. From now on, become the one you dream of. ”

Yuan Changwen closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if he was making up his mind.

…………

More than an hour passed, and the two's booth finally welcomed a customer.

Of course, it was not the man who took the initiative to tell the fortune, but Lao Dao himself walked over and said, "Young man, you are in a state of confusion, sit down and let's talk." ”

The man was initially reluctant, politely refused, and prepared to leave.

But the old way made him hesitate: "I'll calculate the three things in the past for you first, if you don't allow it, you will leave immediately and not charge a penny." ”

Yuan Changwen took Mazha to the guests, and stood behind Lao Dao, like a Taoist boy.

It's just that this Taoist boy looks a little anxious.

The guest sat down and spoke first: "Tell me, if it is accurate, we will continue, if it is not, then don't delay my time." ”

Lao Dao smiled and said, "That's the way it is, I'll talk about your past first." Let me make a hexagram ......"

Unhurried, Lao Dao did not immediately start the hexagram, but lit a stick of incense and burned it quietly.

Take out the turtle shell and six copper coins, and ask the guests to put the turtle shell one by one.

"The tortoise can be psychic, and when it is contaminated with your breath, it will know your past. ”

After the guests put the copper coins into the tortoise shell, Lao Dao began to shake gently.

The tortoise shell of the white jade, coupled with the brass-colored ancient coin, makes the crisp sound very comfortable to listen to.

Soon, the hexagram was presented on paper.

The fountain pen used by the old way, on the yellowed sticky note paper, has a unique flavor, and it seems that even the smell of ink can be smelled.

I have to say that in this era, a good handwriting is absolutely amazing.