143. There is an opportunity to dominate the world in front of you

Why is it said that provoking the infighting of the heavenly brothers is the best way to knock them off the altar?

The so-called Brother Tian in history refers to "Brother Tian descends to the earth to possess the body", because Brother Tian himself was born locally, and he was no different from everyone else, and he suddenly stood up and called himself Brother Tian, and there must always be a reasonable excuse. Brother Tian claims to be the envoy of the Emperor of Heaven and can represent the will of the Emperor of Heaven, which is where their authority lies.

The emperor has the only will, and it is impossible to contradict himself and go back on his word. However, if two or several Heavenly Brothers appear at the same time, and their opinions differ or even fight with each other, then who can truly represent the Emperor of Heaven?

The answer to this question is not discussed, but fools can come to another conclusion - there must be someone who cannot represent the Emperor. The history of the Kingdom of Heaven explains this issue in this way, some people are not possessed by the heavenly brother at all, and some people are possessed by the heavenly brother and then left.

The most ferocious period in the history of the Kingdom of Heaven was the most turbulent and dark era. Presumably, people of insight represented by Feng Guoxin in the country today also have a good idea of what those so-called heavenly brothers are.

The history books of the Kingdom of Heaven clearly record the names and life of the heavenly brothers, only Tao Zhengong and Tao Xin. As for the other Heavenly Brothers, they didn't even have their names left, I'm afraid that's the reason.

The situation is the same for Ding Qi and the others, as long as there are disagreements and infighting between them, it means that some of them must not be able to truly represent the Emperor Tiandi, and it doesn't matter who is the true heavenly brother, maybe not!

Feng Guoxin did not know what the identities of Zhuang Mengzhou, Shang Ni and the others were, where they came from, what their relationship was with each other, and what was the purpose of coming here? According to the facts that had happened, the worst he could foresee was a war in the heavens.

Different Heavenly Brothers control the eastern, western, southern, and northern battalions, and have authority in their respective territories, but who is the supreme Heavenly Brother? The ambition to dominate the world will involve a civil war in the entire heavenly kingdom, as is the case in history.

In addition to the worst-case scenario, the second result is that the Heavenly Brothers will dominate one side and treat the major battalions as a kingdom under their control. This will divide the kingdom of heaven and will not be good for everyone, at least not if it is better now.

In the last case, the nine Heavenly Brothers are all in a group, and they choose to conspire in order to control the whole world. Then they will become high "gods", "mortals" who unite to rule the world. In reality, whoever has a "self-evident" divine authority is probably not a good thing for anyone else.

If you want to prevent the occurrence of the above three situations, the best way is to provoke the infighting of the nine heavenly brothers. To do this, we need to avoid a situation where the Heavenly Brothers are involved in a civil war among the people of the major camps, so we need to create an opportunity for them to gather in one place alone, and let the nine of them fight for a result.

Therefore, after the nine Heavenly Brothers arrived in the major camps, Feng Guoxin was so concerned about their gathering, and suggested that Zhuang Mengzhou compete for the position of "Heavenly Brother's Head". If a group of careerists really come, this is the best temptation and provocation, Feng Guoxin can be described as far-sighted. And Zhuang Mengzhou's reaction was to reassure Feng Guoxin, saying that they had no intention of dominating the kingdom of heaven at all.

After Zhuang Mengzhou explained the truth clearly, Shang Ni smiled and said, "No wonder you eat and drink every day to dispel their doubts?"

Zhuang Mengzhou sighed: "You have also read the history of the Kingdom of Heaven, if we come to the era of Tao Zhengong or Tao Xin, and there is no Tao Zhengong or Tao Xin in the world, I am afraid that we will inevitably have to be a heavenly brother who has made a difference."

The so-called inaction and non-action, the way of inaction also depends on when it is used, not to do nothing and leave it to fate, but to go with the flow. This is a difficult state to achieve, but we don't need to do anything more here. ”

Shanny: "That's what you did, but they're still not reassured." ”

Zhuang Mengzhou looked at her and said, "If there is an opportunity to dominate the world in front of you, will you be tempted?"

Shang Ni pouted: "Which world to dominate, the outer world of the Qin Gao Taifang? I'm not interested, it's better to go back and dominate our class if you have this time!"

Zhuang Mengzhou smiled and said, "When you get outside, do you want to dominate the world?"

Shanny: "How is that possible? It's pure wishful thinking! I'm not an American imperialist, so I don't have that in mind." ”

Zhuang Mengzhou: "I'm afraid this is the problem, you can't dominate the world outside, so you won't even think about it." But here it seems possible, and if anyone is hot-headed, they might really think so. You're not tempted, but what about the others?"

Shang Ni put away her smile and said in a somewhat low tone: "None of the others, District Chief Zhu, will have this idea, after all, we are only here to travel, and our world is not here...... Besides, Fan Yang and Ye Xing are dead, and we don't have that kind of person. ”

Zhuang Mengzhou sighed: "The position where I stand is different, the vision is different, the ideas are different, this is not our world." But Feng Guoxin didn't know, and it was not only us who was worth worrying about, but also the careerists of the Kingdom of Heaven. Xian Hao's murder may have something inside, and that person may have also privately incited Xian Hao to do something. ”

Shanny: "It's been peaceful and peaceful here for 3,000 years, like the legendary Datong world, is there also a careerist?"

Zhuang Mengzhou: "Of course there will be, even if it is the Datong world, or even the ** society mentioned in the book, the theory has been greatly enriched in material, but there is another ** that must not satisfy everyone, it is ambition." ”

Shang Ni frowned and said, "Mr. Zhuang, what do you think is ambition?"

Zhuang Mengzhou: "My so-called ambition is a result that some people want. This outcome requires society as a whole to pay the price, but it is destined to be enjoyed by only a few. Speaking of this, the conversation changed again, "Xiao Nizi, are you not interested in the popular sense of success? Many people's circle of friends like to turn those things, and there are a lot of poisonous chicken soup." ”

Shanny quickly shook her head and said, "I've never been interested." ”

Zhuang Mengzhou asked, "Why?"

Shanni replied while thinking, "I can't tell, it feels like a pyramid scheme." Such as "How much is so-and-so's net worth, you have been abandoned by your peers", "Master xxx, you can earn xxx million a month", "What should you do before the age of xx", "What is the life after xx", ...... There's been so much of this stuff that I can't even remember the name.

They are promoting a single model of success, and they have to tell you what criteria you have to meet in order to be meaningful. And, as you said, if the criterion of success is defined as an outcome that costs society as a whole, it is destined to be enjoyed by a few. Then the vast majority of people in the world should be hopeless, which has defined their life as meaningless. ”

Zhuang Mengzhou nodded with interest: "Yes, go on, it's better to say some details." ”

Shanny was a little embarrassed: "The details, this, I want to think about it." Defining power as the only template for success, especially the sense of power that comes with wealth, is ostensibly a material criterion, but in fact it defines a spiritual criterion. It is always suggesting to you that as long as you don't meet this standard, you are a failure and should feel anxious...... I should know more about this aspect. ”

Zhuang Mengzhou: "Don't mention Teacher Ding first, say what you can think of yourself." ”

Shanny: "Actually, I have a question that I don't understand, for example, a certain boss Ma, I don't deny his success, but I always feel that it is problematic to only define his situation as success. If so, are all the employees who work for Boss Ma considered failures?

Besides, if dominating the world is the criterion for success, then is everyone else in Heaven a loser and a denied life? What is the meaning of such a world, and for whom does it exist? Mr. Zhuang, what do you think?"

Zhuang Mengzhou: "I'm afraid you still don't understand why there are those who have succeeded in learning chicken soup and only promote such a successful model." Many people actually don't understand the thinking logic behind it, and it's not just as simple as quick success.

Always telling people what makes it possible to be successful doesn't mean that everyone can be the same successful, and it's actually impossible. But it can propagate a subconscious that people recognize the self-evident status of those who are supposedly successful.

There is a standard that defines certain talents as successful and deserving of being sought after and respected. What they say and do represents the standard of success in life, and it is taken for granted. Then they shouldn't be questioned and deserve everything, because you want to be like them......"

Shanny: "I kind of understood, but I feel like your words are a bit twisty. ”

Zhuang Mengzhou: "It's really a bit of a twist, it's not good to say it too clearly, let's talk about the history of the kingdom of heaven." shouting the slogan of benefiting the world, but doing things that only you can dominate the world...... It is precisely because there have been too many lessons and so many costs that there is today's Datong world.

But no matter what the world is, it's inevitable that there will be a few careerists, even if it's just daydreaming, think about it, right? The reality here makes it impossible for them to achieve that kind of ambition, but here we are, things may change, things may happen, at least some people will think so. ”

Shanni looked at the "History of the Kingdom of Heaven" on the table and said, "History is really important!"

Zhuang Mengzhou: "Of course history is important! Some people always think that history and other studies are meaningless, and they only need to understand the present and the future, and there is no need to know the past.

However, history is the preservation of the wisdom of countless generations and the summary of countless experiences and lessons. And there are too many lessons to be learned, at a price that the present generation can no longer afford. ”

Shanny: "Let's talk about success, how can we really achieve personal success under the premise of social success in this heavenly kingdom?"

Zhuang Mengzhou: "Raise the heaven and the earth, grasp the yin and yang, breathe the essence, and guard the gods." ”

Shanny: "You're too mysterious! Can you speak in the vernacular?"

Zhuang Mengzhou: "The vernacular is actually simple, it may be more appropriate for you to ask Mr. Ding." The highest standard of psychology for personal pursuit is the ultimate completion of self-realization. What kind of world do you want, how do you face this world, do you have this world? It is both realistic and detached.

If you think about it carefully, what is the purpose of Teacher Ding's creation of the secret method?"

Shang Ni's brows tightened: "You don't talk enough! According to this statement, people can still live without eating, drinking, or working hard, as long as they are mentally satisfied, can they achieve self-realization?"

Zhuang Mengzhou smiled helplessly and said: "Who said that Teacher Ding doesn't eat, drink or work hard? I know his life experience, and I have hardly seen anyone who works harder! He is also in the hospital class, and he is also pursuing success of social significance."

Saying this today is not to persuade you not to strive for realistic success after you go out, you should dominate your class or dominate your class, but you must see the reality clearly and know what self-realization is.

Like the people of this world, they must first make their lives rich, enjoy the peace of this world, and then have a better understanding of the world and the meaning of life, and find their true selves. Then who's to say that they don't work hard and don't succeed?"

Shanny: "You still don't know enough! What is self-actualization, how can we find our true self?"

Zhuang Mengzhou: "Let me give you an example. What if it's a book or a story, and the story has a world where there is an opportunity to dominate the world, but the protagonist fails or does not dominate the world?"

Shanny: "Someone will scold the protagonist, it's not stupid or stupid, in short, it's not good to see him,"

Zhuang Mengzhou: "But in reality, there is a person around you who has not or failed to dominate the world, will you be unhappy with him because of this? Of course not! Why is this?"

Shanny: "It's different, watching the story will bring in the protagonist, empathize, like experiencing another life, this is the function of learning works." Someone wants to dominate the world in the story, how can you not let him succeed?"

Zhuang Mengzhou: "You're right, this metaphor can answer the question just now! Who defines the protagonist, is the author? That's just a perspective, if you change the perspective, everyone is your own protagonist."

Whether from a psychological or philosophical point of view, man has two selves. The first self code name A is the person you want to become, that is the ideal self, and the second self code name B is the person you can become, which is the real self.

Some people think that if A is B, it is a success in life to be the person he wants to be, and the same can be said for it. But there are still people who take it for granted that this is the ...... of finding oneself and finally completing one's self-realization."

Shannie chimed in, "Isn't it?"

Zhuang Mengzhou: "Of course not! If someone wants to dominate the world, but they really dominate the world, is it self-realization? In other words, if someone just wants to eat and wait for death, and the result is really eating and waiting for death, is it also self-realization?

The real criterion is, if A is another person and B is yourself, would you like to be with him for the rest of your life? In the real world, there may not be such another self, but in the spiritual world, you must be inseparable from him.

If anyone wants to have the power to kill everything, everyone will obey their will, or if they have the ability to sleep with everything, everyone will obey their will. But he can't really be with such a self, either he has been killed by another self long ago, or he has long been erased from his self-consciousness.

Your own world, the other self that you most want to be with and can be with, is the self that everyone is looking for, and this is not talking about finding a partner! Under this premise, if you can finally become such a person, you will complete self-realization.

If he fails to achieve this premise, no matter how successful he is in his own opinion, he will never be able to resolve the internal conflict, and the more successful he is, the more he denies himself.

To give another example, if someone scolds corrupt officials and profiteers every day, but if he has the opportunity himself, he actually wants to be a bigger corrupt official and a more successful profiteer, as long as he is not discovered.

Self-actualization does not come without a price, and it takes effort to hope that what appears and what does not appear in your world. And this kind of effort is everyone's true cultivation and cultivation. ”

Shang Ni blinked and said, "I understand what Feng Guoxin is doing!"

Zhuang Mengzhou: "After talking for so long, you finally understand?"

Shanny: "I have one last question, it's not about here, it's still the chicken soup that I just talked about. When you say that there is a single criterion for success, you are establishing the status that the so-called achievers want.

If they achieve their goal, the vast majority of people are destined to fail to complete self-realization, or even find themselves, and they will inevitably feel pressure and anxiety, and the contradictions and conflicts will become more and more serious, how to solve them?"

Zhuang Mengzhou: "This is a dead knot that can't really be solved. But people's attention can be diverted, and contradictions can also be diverted, such as to ethnic issues, racial issues, religious issues, and even sexual orientation issues...... If you really can't, move on to the interests that have been created, such as entertaining or entertaining to death. ”

Shanny: "You eat and drink every day, but you see a lot of things." ”

Zhuang Mengzhou: "I'm giving you a few words by the way, there are many things that you can't always understand, otherwise how can you be an uncle to your peers? As for Lao Tan and them, I don't need to say more." ”

Upon hearing this, Shang Ni smiled happily again: "Yes, Bi Xuecheng, Meng Huiyu, and Ye Yanxing are all in their third year of college, but I am already a senior uncle! ”

Zhuang Mengzhou: "Let's not talk about this, let's continue to study dried lyrefish." ”

Shanny: "Drink this cup of lyrefish tea, or it's going to be cold." ”

Zhuang Mengzhou had a carved bamboo cup in front of him, and the water was not soaked in tea, but five dried lyrefish were placed. As soon as the boiling water is washed down, the dried lyrefish turns in the cup with the flow of water, and gradually becomes lifelike.

Zhuang Mengzhou drank the cup of tea, chewed the dried fish and ate it, nodded and said, "It's really good, it has a unique flavor...... Little Nizi, what does this dried lyrefish remind you of?"

Shanni: "Scallops and shiitake mushrooms are dried and then sent out, and the taste is fresher and better." ”

Zhuang Mengzhou: "There is no MSG here, dried pire can be used as natural MSG, I see that they like to put a few sticks to improve the freshness when making soup." ”

Ding Qi and the other four masters and apprentices had a soup for dinner that day, the soup consisted of egg drops, tender edamame, and monk bamboo shoots, a few drops of pumpkin seed oil, and a small handful of dried piper fish to taste. They finally ate the legendary dried lyrefish, which is produced in the waters of this area, and is dried in a process that has been passed down for thousands of years, and put into the soup to enhance the freshness.

The days are so pleasant, the local people change their tricks to make food for a few heavenly brothers, look at the recipes of each meal is very thoughtful, and all the daily necessities are also the best.

Ding Qi said during the meal: "My unintentional action last night shook the people of the villages, and we are now worshiped as gods by the locals. But what kind of people are we, we have to know in our hearts, what we can do and what we can't do, what do you guys think?"

PS: I'm sorry, but this chapter is almost all dialogue, and there is no plot.