Chapter 603: Zhuangzi talks about the relationship between the mind and reality
"The inner world influences reality?" Sun Bin asked.
Zhuangzi explained: "Because! When we do something, we usually think about what we should do, and then we do it. Isn't it? ”
"Oh?"
"So! It is the mind that influences reality, not exactly the reality of life that influences and changes the inner thoughts and practices. ”
"Oh!"
"Everything we do is influenced by what we think in our hearts. What is in mind, actually! It's the outlook on life, the world, and the universe!
What is outlook on life? It is a person's view and attitude towards life, which is called outlook on life; What is worldview? It is a person's view of the world, the view of people, and the view of the social environment.
What is cosmology? It is a person's thinking about heaven and earth, the sun and the moon, the starry sky, the origin of human beings, and human beings on these issues, which is called the cosmology ......"
"Oh?"
"Only when we have a correct outlook on life, the world, and the universe can we live clearly. Otherwise? It's not clear how to live! So! We are not swayed by real life, but by our inner thoughts. I was swayed by my outlook on life, my world, and my cosmology......"
"Oh!"
Hearing Zhuangzi say this, Sun Bin seemed to understand a lot.
He looked at Zhuangzi with a smile on his face at first, as if he was watching a joke or a joke. But! Soon he changed his attitude. He retracted the smile on his face and became very serious and serious.
"If you say? Is it reality that has changed our lives, so? It is also because the idea was wrong. Zhuangzi continued.
Sun Bin interrupted and asked, "How do you say this?" ”
"If! It's real life that makes us change our lives, change our way of life, and change everything. So? It's that the education we have received is wrong! ”
"Huh?"
"Because! When we engage in any career and behave in the world, we generally do it according to what we think in our hearts. Isn't it?
Where do our thoughts come from? It's because we're educated. We received the education of our parents and the people around us, or the influence of the people around us. And then! We think that's the right way to live.
Outcome! When we follow that method to engage in life and manage life, we find that it doesn't work. Why doesn't it work? Because! What our parents taught us, and those around us, are all wrong, and not the best way to deal with real life.
Or rather, we can't cope with the life we face.
So! It's not reality that changes us! But! Our previous thinking was wrong! We are changing ourselves because we are looking for the right way to live, and we are correcting the wrong ideas in our hearts.
Other words! We are correcting our erroneous outlook on life, the world, and the universe......"
Sun Bin did not stop Zhuangzi's explanation, as if the students were listening to the teacher's lecture, listening very carefully, and interjecting one or two sentences from time to time, interacting.
"I hear you say that, and I think it makes sense! No! That's what it is! ”
Sun Bin combined his life experience and said: "I studied behind Guiguzi, and I have always regarded Pang Juan as my senior brother and believed in him. So! forgot about his jealousy, and fell in love with his Pang Juan. If I don't treat him as a senior brother and treat him as someone else, I may be wary of him! Alas! Education kills! Why didn't I use my brain? Didn't you guard against him? ”
Zhuangzi also smiled and said, "Taoism thinks! Brothers and sisters, parents and children, should not be trusted. Taoists think! The most trustworthy people in the world are ourselves!
But? Other doctrines, such as Confucianism, simply do not allow Taoists to speak such things. They insist that our parents are selfless, and the family is loving each other. Obviously not!
Some parents are not selfless, while only a few parents are selfless and think about their children. Most parents are selfish, selflessness is their means, and selfishness is their end. From the perspective of children, too, many children grow up to rebel.
Parents and children cannot trust each other, so where can we trust our brothers and sisters? Parents and children can't believe in everything, where can we still trust our senior brother and younger brother? Parents and children can't trust each other, so where can we trust the people around us? Isn't it? ”
"Oh?" Sun Bin felt a little disagreeable and wanted to defend himself, but was stopped by Zhuangzi.
"Taoism does not mean to teach others not to trust others, let alone to trust others unconditionally. But! We need to trust others sensibly, not easily! That's what it means! Do you understand?
And most people understand that Taoism advises others not to trust others, but only to believe in themselves. The Taoist believes that the most trustworthy person in this world is himself. Saying that the family is demagoguery, so! Do not allow Taoists to preach, prevent Taoists from preaching.
Don't? What did the Taoists say wrong?
We don't even believe in ourselves, are we still mixed yarn? Isn't it? ”
Without waiting for Sun Bin to speak, Zhuangzi continued: "Taoists believe that the person we believe in the most is ourselves. But! In addition to ourselves, the people in the world who are worthy of our trust are our parents! Our mothers are more trustworthy than our fathers!
Of course! Not absolutely! Some mothers don't have fathers to be trusted. And most mothers are worthy of our trust. They are the most trustworthy people besides ourselves.
Other words! In addition to being the most trustworthy ourselves, our second option is our father. The third option is our children. The fourth option is our brothers and sisters, and the fifth option is blood relatives of common blood. Then there are the people around us, the people who live in the same area as us, and then again! It's people who share common interests. And then! It's the people of our home country......
Taoism does not teach others not to trust others, but teaches us not to trust others easily, to believe in others blindly.
Taoists simply tell the truth and expose the nature of human nature!
And other schools of doctrine are fooling people, saying that human nature is good and people's hearts are good. In fact! They either fail to see the essence of human beings, or they are deceiving people. Human nature is selfish! Selflessness is the means, selfishness is the end! ”
The lovely maid quietly brought two cups of tea, put them on the table, and quietly withdrew.
She is used to it, and Mr. Sun likes to be in a daze like this. If you hide and peek at him, he will still have a smile on his face and a moment of sorrow!
People who don't know Mr. Sun may still think that Mr. Sun is mentally ill if they see Mr. Sun like this.