12. The Tao and the Ideal Country (I)
Ideal country, ideal country, let alone realization, whether it can be found is a big problem.
Fan Ren, don't expect me to make it clear, this is the most mysterious part of the book.
The most important chapter of the book, Meditation and Sleep, is actually very unsatisfactory. My most creative formulation: meditation is not necessarily meditation, any activity has the possibility of meditation. One thing, as long as you devote yourself wholeheartedly and enjoy it, even if you play mahjong, you have the opportunity to be quiet.
I'm very impatient with rubbing hemp, I don't know why, as soon as I sit on the mahjong table, my head hurts, maybe the nature of the spirit will not calculate, and playing poker feels good. Those who have made significant contributions and achievements in the history of mankind must have been inspired and persevered in the midst of meditation. For example, when Chen Jingrun was doing Goldbach's conjecture, others thought he was nervous. Before each battle, Lin Biao could stand in front of the map for a day. If you keep an eye on the state of your soul, you will surely discover the secret of meditation.
In fact, the ideal country is hidden in it, and everyone's ideal country is very different.
In ordinary activities, meditation is unattainable, and you don't even realize it, this is the secret of the ideal country.
At the moment of near-death, people will have the feeling of being in silence, and the time may come and they will finally realize life and death.
Meditation is the initiative to seek meditation, so it is the most difficult, and it really requires the right people at the right time.
There are also basic skills in meditation, if you have a sore back after sitting for a while, then it is better to exercise first. If you owe a lot of money and run away, then it's better to smooth out your life first. The realm is to be improved step by step. Some people can sit by the sea for a day, and some people like fishing, which is naturally suitable for meditation. Some people like sports, some people like to play chess, and the characteristics of the spirit are different, so how can meditation be generalized. Therefore, if you are engaged in a work that suits your own primordial spirit, then the work is easier for you to attain the Tao than meditation.
Why do people care if others like it or not, it seems that they can be happier if they like it, and the communication between people is a process of energy exchange. This is my theory of soul charging. The human soul is always charging and releasing in the activity. In a favorite environment, energy will be replenished in the person you like, and in a nasty environment, in a nasty person, energy will be lost. People argue with each other, no one can convince anyone, and everyone loses energy. Wang Lang can be said to be dead by Kong Ming, which shows the huge loss of energy. The original service staff in Beijing have all practiced a stunt: first learn not to get angry, and then get angry to death. is also, talking to people every day, and being angry can't resist anymore. What I want to talk about here is the ideal country, the composition of the ideal country, everyone is different, because everyone receives different information after birth, the body is just a hardware, and the ideal country can almost be equated with self. In modern society, if there is no disaster or disease, the threat to physical safety is very small, and death is a distant thing. But the ideal state needs to be defended at any time and is a major factor in the sense of security.
Let's first enjoy the clip of scolding Wang Lang to death in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms:
Wang Lang: "It's Zhuge Kongming?"
Zhuge Liang: "Exactly!"
Wang Lang bowed on the horse. Lang said: "I have heard the name of the public for a long time, and I am fortunate to meet you today." Since the public knows the destiny of heaven and the current affairs, why should he raise an unknown teacher and violate my borders?"
Kong Ming said: "I am edicted to beg for thieves, what does it mean to be nameless?"
Lang said: "The number of days has changed, the artifact is easier, and it is natural to return to the virtuous people."
Zhuge Liang: "Cao thief usurped the Han and dominated the ** plain, what is a virtuous person?"
Wang Lang: "En! Since Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling, yellow turbans have been rampant, and the world is strife. The society is in danger of accumulating eggs, and the living beings are in urgent need of being overhanged.
I, Emperor Taizu Wu, swept away the Liuhe and swept the eight wildernesses; Ten thousand surnames are devoted to the heart, and the Quartet looks up to Germany. It is not taken by power, but it is also the destiny of heaven.
My ancestor Emperor Wen, Shenwen Shengwu, inherits the unification, should be Tianhe people, Fayao Chan Shun, and is in China to the borders of all countries, this, is it not the will of heaven and people? Today, the public has great talents, holds great weapons, and compares himself to Guan Zhong and Le Yi, why should he be forced to act against the principles of heaven and against human feelings? Don't you hear the ancients say: 'Those who follow the heavens prosper, and those who go against the heavens perish.' 'Today, my Great Wei has a million armor and a thousand good generals. However, how can the fluorescent light of rotten grass be compared to the bright moon in the sky? If you turn against your armor and surrender with courtesy, you will still not lose your position as a prince. Isn't it beautiful to have national security and folk music!"
Kong Ming laughed in the car and said: "I thought that you, as an old minister of the Han Dynasty, would have a high opinion when you came to the front of the battle and faced the soldiers of the two armies, but I didn't expect to say such vulgar words!" I have a word for you to listen to:
At the beginning of Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling in the past, the Han dynasty declined, and the eunuchs caused trouble; The country is in turmoil, and the Quartet is disturbed. After the Yellow Turban, Dong Zhuo, Li Ju, Guo Yan and others rose up one after another, kidnapped the Han Emperor, and brutalized the creatures.
Therefore, above the temple, the rotten wood is the official, and between the places, birds and beasts eat Lu; As a result, the wolf-hearted dogs are violent, and the servants are in power. As a result, the community has become a mound and ruins, and the common people have suffered a lot of suffering.
At this time of national crisis, what did Wang Situ do? I know the life of Wang Situ. You live on the coast of the East China Sea, and you are filial piety and honesty for the first time; It should be Kuang Jun to assist the country, An Han Xing Liu; When will he help the rebel thief and conspire to usurp the throne! The sin is so great that heaven and earth do not tolerate it!
Wang Lang said, "You ...... Zhuge villager, you dare!"
Zhuge Liang said: "Shut up! You shameless old thief! Don't you know that all the people in the world are willing to eat your flesh raw! Dare to rap here!
Fortunately, the will of heaven is endless, and Emperor Zhaolie inherited the unification in Xichuan. I am now at the behest of the heir to raise a teacher to fight against the thief. Since you are a flatterer, you can only hide and shrink your head, and beg for food and clothing; Dare to falsely claim the number of days in front of our army! Hao Shou Pifu! Bearded old thief! You are about to return to Jiuquan, at that time, how will you see the twenty-four emperors of the Han Dynasty?! Two ministers and thieves! You have lived in vain for seventy and six, and you have not made an inch of merit in your life, you will only shake your lips and dance your tongue to help Cao Weiabuse! A dog with a broken spine dares to bark in front of our army! I've never seen anyone so brazen!"
Wang Lang fell from his horse and died. The ideal country collapsed in the collision.
Attacking the city is the bottom, attacking the heart is the top, and the ancients are honest and do not deceive me.
The above is not to make up the number of words, but mainly to change the brains of everyone and relax, because the topic below is too heavy.
For example, self-esteem, for example, is the inevitable cornerstone of everyone's ideal country. Take a quiz to see where he stands in the Ideal Country. Let's say you're walking down the street and a stranger stops you and tells you that you just need to kneel down and kowtow to him and give you 100 yuan. I don't think anyone would agree to it, or even give him a second slap. But if you change the amount to 1000, 1W, 10W, 100W, 1000W, 1000W, 1000γγγγ how will you choose? If it's not a stranger, an old classmate, the second laizi next door, a leader, or a God of Wealthγγγγ how will you choose? If you are waiting for a sum of money to save your life, how will you choose? As far as I am concerned, except for my parents, elders, gods, and Buddhas, I will not kneel to anyone else. Don't think it's nonsense. For example, Wen Tianxiang has faced this choice, such as Fang Zhimin, he can also choose. In the Qing Dynasty, when there was no hair, everyone had to choose. If the belief in self-esteem is the foundation of your ideal country, then you will not give up no matter what, giving up is equivalent to losing yourself, and giving up self is what is the meaning of existence.
This test is also a test of your knowledge of the Tao. If you don't realize that the Tao is above all else, then it's easy to give up the Tao and become obsessed with mortal pleasures. and lose the possibility of entering Elysium.
Take another quiz, if you go out and meet God, God decides to give you a reward, 1, so that you can attain the Tao, but your life will remain the same. 2. Become a billionaire and king.
You can't have both. The question is which is the bear's paw?
There is a saying in the Bible that the chances of a rich man going to heaven are smaller than a camel going through the eye of a needle, and it seems to be true. In a society where the gap between rich and poor is too large, the rich are guilty of original sin.
The paradox is that the composition of the ideal country is sometimes not necessarily reliable, and even absurd. Just like the indoctrination of advertising now, many times the ideal country is brainwashed, or to some extent, the ideal country is completely brainwashed. For example, if you watch too many films, television and books that scandalize China, and then you are bombarded by foreign advertising and literary works, the concept of admiring foreign countries will be solidified, and once the human brain nerve is solidified, it is almost irreversible, which constitutes an unshakable component of your ideal country. If you hear the opposite, you will definitely scoff at it, and you will have a choice to accept information from the outside world. Pay special attention to this: what is reasonable in your ideal state and what is imposed.