Section 4 Don't be obsessed with everything
There are no standard answers to many questions, and we don't have to fight to understand that everyone's insistence is reasonable, and the result is that "the public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable".
There were two little monks who quarreled over a trivial matter, and no one would let anyone.
The first little monk angrily went to the master for comment, and after listening to his words quietly, the master solemnly said to him, "You are right! So the first little monk ran back triumphantly to preach.
The second little monk was not convinced, and also came to the master for comment, and after listening to his narration, the master also solemnly said to him: "You are right! After the second little monk left happily, the third little monk who had been following the master finally couldn't help it, and he asked the master in puzzlement, "Master, don't you usually teach us to be honest and not to tell lies that violate our conscience?" But you just said to both brothers that they were right, isn't that contrary to your usual teachings? After hearing this, the Master not only did not get angry at all, but smiled and said to him, "You are right! ”
The third little monk suddenly realized at this time, and immediately thanked the master for his teachings.
In fact, from everyone's standpoint, they are all right. It's just that because everyone insists on their own ideas or opinions, they can't put their hearts and minds into the shoes of others, so there is no way to stand in the position of others to think about others, and conflicts and disputes are inevitable. If you can have an empathetic heart and think about others first in everything, then many unnecessary conflicts and disputes can be avoided.
Therefore, it is not advisable to argue about right and wrong in everything, and sometimes it can cause unnecessary trouble or harm. For example, when you are misunderstood or blamed by others, if you want to explain or fight back repeatedly, the result may become more and more black, and the matter will become bigger and bigger. The best solution is to be more open-minded and not have to bother with it.
In March 2002, a tourist found a tombstone in Mount Catani, Italy, which recounted how a man named Toby was eaten by a tiger.
Since Mount Qahtani is located on the outskirts of Syracuse, the city-state where Plato traveled and taught, some archaeologists believe that the tombstone may have been erected for Toby by Plato and his students.
The inscription goes something like this: Toby was on a study tour from Athens to Syracuse, and while passing by Mount Catani, he spotted a tiger. After entering the city, he said that there was a tiger on Mount Kadtani. No one in the city believed him, because no one had ever seen a tiger in Mount Katani. Toby insisted that he had seen the tiger, and that it was a very majestic tiger. But no matter what he said, no one believed him. In the end, Toby had to say, then I'll take you to see it, if you see a real tiger, you should believe it, right?
So some of Plato's students went up the mountain with him, but they went around every corner of the mountain and found not a single hair of the tiger. Toby swears to heaven that he did see a tiger under this tree. The people who went with him said, "Your eyes must have been blindfolded by the devil, and you should not say that you have seen a tiger, or the people in the city-state will say that Syracuse has come to a liar."
Toby replied angrily: How could I be a liar? I really saw a tiger. In the days that followed, Toby, in order to prove his honesty, said that he had not lied and that he had indeed seen the tiger. But in the end, people not only hid when they saw him, but also called him crazy behind his back. Toby came to Syracuse to study with the intention of becoming a learned man, but now he is considered a madman and a liar. It was too much for him to bear. To prove that he had indeed seen the tiger, on the 10th day of his arrival in Syracuse, Toby bought a shotgun and traveled to Mount Katani. He was going to find the tiger, and he was going to kill it, and he was going to bring it back to Syracuse, so that the whole city could see it, and he was not lying.
But he never came back. Three days later, a pile of torn clothes and one of Toby's feet were found in the mountains. It was verified by the city-state judge that he was eaten by a tiger weighing at least about five hundred pounds. Toby did see a tiger on the mountain, and he really wasn't lying.
This inscription gives the world a revelation that many misfortunes in the world have occurred in the process of rushing to prove themselves right to others. The kind of person who is in a hurry to prove it is actually looking for a tiger that can eat itself.
Friend, have you ever sought out that tiger to prove your correctness or innocence? In the face of facts and truth, the true wise man goes his own way and lets others judge him.
Life requires the courage to be confused, it is rare to be confused, and it is difficult to find confusion. In real life, we often compete to see who is more shrewd than whom, and we must strive to understand things, but in fact, the higher realm than understanding is: it is rare to be confused. A "rare confusion", but there are many things in the mortal world.