Chapter 328: Fighting Heart
Competitiveness is also vanity.
It is a psychological state of human beings, whether ancient or modern, whether men and women, young and old, rich and poor, rich and low, all have self-esteem, if self-esteem is distorted, it is vanity.
Vanity is a distorted self-esteem, it is an excessive manifestation of self-esteem, it is a character defect that pursues falsehood, it is an abnormal emotional and psychological state that people exhibit in order to achieve honor and attract universal attention.
Vanity is manifested in behavior, mainly blind comparison, even great joy, too much emphasis on other people's evaluation, too strong desire for self-expression, strong jealousy, etc.
People with strong vanity have a strong dependence, lack of independence, and think they are "lacking" in ability.
People with vanity have stronger self-esteem than the average person, but due to dependence, they lack self-confidence, outwardly manifested as excessive self-esteem, overly sensitive to certain things, concerned about others' evaluation of themselves, and internally manifested as inferiority, not believing that they can achieve their wishes through hard work, and hoping to get what they want through a quick way.
This kind of dependence is caused by the parents' incomplete and incorrect education, often the parents also have vanity, dependence and do not know it, generally this kind of parents pay attention to the cultivation of children's morality, but do not know how to cultivate children's ability, or their ability is not very strong.
a thirst for vanity, a pretension to one's appearance, knowledge, role, possessions, or achievements; The vanity of craving praise or praise refers to the state of mind that protects one's self-esteem in a false way.
There are two manifestations:
One is to use unscrupulous means to strive to make oneself stronger than others, and after being stronger, one is happy and satisfied in the gap with others;
Second, when you are limited by conditions and cannot make yourself better than others, you will feel torture and pain in the gap with others.
A person with a strong sense of vanity actually lives a very tiring life, because he lives between extreme self-confidence and extreme inferiority, and there is no middle ground.
"To die is to save face and suffer to sin", this is an old saying, which largely sums up the psychology and behavior of such people.
As it has been said, "Vanity can hardly be said to be an evil deed, but all evil deeds revolve around vanity, and are only a means to satisfy vanity." โ
To overcome vanity, we must distinguish the boundaries between self-esteem and vanity, correctly recognize our own strengths and weaknesses, we must be an honest person, and we must cultivate our own realistic qualities.
Some people very much want to be respected and appreciated by others, but often fail to do so, an important reason is that they fall into the mistake of vanity.
Vanity is a psychology that ostensibly pursues glory and brilliance.
People with a high sense of vanity often regard fame and fortune as the internal motivation that governs their actions, and they always care about what others say about them.
As soon as others deny themselves a little, they think that they have lost their so-called self-esteem and cannot stand it.
Vanity refers to the brilliance on the surface, and vanity is the psychology of pursuing the brilliance on the surface.
Vanity is an excessive pursuit of honor, it is a deformed reflection of the sense of moral responsibility in the personal psyche, and it is also a bad psychological quality, and its essence is the emotional reflection of egoism.
Everyone is more or less vain, men mostly pursue their own fame, status, etc., and women pursue more of their clothes and appearance.
Taishang Taoist Ancestor said: "Rare goods make people rule with saints, for the belly and not for the goal, so go to the other and take this."
Admiration for vanity is a small moral degradation, and a large one leads to the abyss of sin.
In particular, people who are overly infected with vanity always proceed from some personal motives to pursue a temporary, superficial, and false effect, and even engage in deception and fraud, and completely lose the ability to evaluate their own behavior from the social value of their behavior, and the purpose of their behavior is only to obtain honor and attract universal attention, and to gain the appreciation and envy of those around them.
There was a story about a male peacock whose long tail shone with golden and verdant colors that was difficult for anyone to describe, even in words.
It is jealous by nature, and when it sees people dressed in fine clothes, it pursues them.
Peacocks cherish their tails very much, and when they inhabit the mountains, they always choose a place to rest their tails before they settle down.
One day it rained, wetting its tail, and the birdcatcher was coming, but it still cherished its beautiful long tail, refused to fly away, and was finally caught.
The story is a metaphor for people who sacrifice their lives and freedom for meaningless and beautiful ideals.
Vanity is an excessive expression of self-esteem when the pursuit of things of general worthlessness is developed into what appears to be good wishes, and in this sense vanity is manifested as a pathetic and even immoral social emotion that often leads people to act irrationally and immaturely against the social path.
Nowadays, a pervasive vanity refers to the perverted pursuit of fame, which will cause the world to form an unpragmatic and pompous style, so that individuals lose the basis of life, and thus fall into intrigue, because one person's vanity and the vanity of another cannot coexist, only hurt each other, and the list goes on.
Vanity seems to have a strong sense of honor, but it is actually a reaction against moral honor.
In fact, there are often scenes in the world: the king builds a magnificent palace not to live, but to show his pomp and circumstance to others.
Vanity is the most harmful, and if you want to live happily and easily, you must recognize its essence from your heart and strive to get rid of and stay away from it.
Vanity, psychologically, is a character defect that pursues vanity.
Vanity is an ordinary psychological state of human beings, everyone has self-esteem, and they all want to be recognized by society, which is a normal psychological need, people with strong vanity are not through real efforts, but use lies, speculation and other abnormal means to pursue reputation.
The manifestation of vanity is multifaceted: the ability to perceive oneself, The level is overestimated; they show off their strengths and achievements everywhere, they like to listen to praise, and they hate criticism to the core; they often boast of their power in front of outsiders and do their best to flatter their superiors; they don't know how to pretend to understand, and they slap their swollen faces and become fat; they come from poor families but they are extravagant and arrogant to catch up with the times; they are competitive everywhere, they feel that they are better than others everywhere, and they are pretentious; they blame others for their mistakes in life and never look for their own reasons; they also look for all kinds of excuses to cover up their shortcomings; they are jealous of other people's talents, talk long and short, and play right and wrongใ
People with a strong sense of vanity will unconsciously infiltrate selfishness, hypocrisy, fraud and other factors in their thoughts, which are incompatible with virtues such as modesty and prudence, fairness, and not seeking fame.
Vain people do good deeds for the sake of praise, and are complacent about praise and success, even at the expense of deception.
They try their best to cover up their shortcomings, and they don't like or learn from each other's strengths.
Young people are in a period of physical and psychological maturity, and this vain mentality is very harmful to teenagers who are eager to be motivated and are in the process of growing up.
Vain people are strong on the outside and hard at work, and they dare not open their hearts, which brings a heavy psychological burden to themselves.
Vanity can only be satisfied for a while in reality, and long-term vanity can lead to the breeding of unhealthy emotional factors.
With physiological development, the self-esteem of the teenager is also developed and significantly enhanced.
With the physical and psychological maturity of people, people's social awareness ability and self-awareness have gradually improved, and individual socialization has begun.
With the development of self-esteem, vanity begins to intervene in the emotional realm of the person. Vanity is actually a distorted sense of self-esteem.
People with high self-esteem are more concerned about their reputation, prestige, etc.
Doing good deeds and being happy in the heart is an expression of a sense of honor; cherishing honor and taking care of one's dignity is a normal requirement for maintaining one's self-esteem; and doing good deeds for the sake of praise and even deception is a manifestation of vanity.
Self-esteem is earned through humble, enterprising, authentic efforts.
Self-respecting people do not cover up their shortcomings, but learn from each other's strengths; they do not exalt themselves through powerful relatives and friends or by lowering others; they do not pretend to understand and talk exaggeratedly; they do not blame others for their failures and unsatisfactory achievements; they can carry out profound criticism and self-criticism to improve themselves.
There are both positive and negative sides to herd behavior.
It is necessary to vigorously publicize a good fashion in society, so that people feel an invisible pressure, so that conformity can occur.
If some unhealthy and unhealthy tendencies in society are allowed to run rampant, it will also create a kind of pressure and cause some weak-willed people to drift with the tide.
Vanity can be said to be the deterioration and expansion brought about by the negative effects of herd behavior.
For example, people are popular to eat and drink and talk about pomp, housing to talk about spaciousness, and play to talk about high-end.
In order to avoid being ridiculed by others, people who are outdated in their lifestyles ignore their own objective reality, blindly and arbitrarily design, slap their swollen faces and become fat, and make the people and money miserable, and they are in debt.
Therefore, people should be sober-minded, face reality, seek truth from facts, proceed from their own reality to deal with problems, and get rid of the negative effects of herd mentality.
Needs are the reflection of physiological and social requirements in the human brain, and are the basic driving force of human activity.
Human beings have physiological needs related to the maintenance of the organism and the continuation of race, such as diet, rest, sleep, and sex, social needs such as communication, labor, morality, beauty, and understanding, material needs for air, water, clothing, books, etc., and spiritual needs for understanding, creation, and communication.
A person's life is spent in constant satisfaction of needs.
But after all, human beings cannot be equated with animals, in a certain period or under certain conditions, some needs are reasonable, some needs are unreasonable, for a teenager, the requirements for normal nutrition are reasonable, regardless of the actual needs are unreasonable.
The need for clean, tidy, status-appropriate clothing is reasonable, but the need to pay too much attention to the appearance and wear gold and silver is unreasonable.
We must learn to be content and happy, and think more about what we have in order to achieve our own psychological balance.
The realization of self-worth cannot be separated from the needs of social reality, and it is necessary to base our understanding of self-worth on a sense of social responsibility, and correctly understand the connotation of power, status, and honor and the true meaning of personality self-esteem.
Many people's attitude towards life, future, and life is excessively pursuing external vanity, talking about pomp, ostentation, eating and drinking, and comparison is a symbol of fashion, otherwise they will be ridiculed because they can't keep up with the situation, which provides soil for the growth of vanity.
Only by focusing on reality, integrating one's own ideals with the future of the country and the nation, and overcoming difficulties and obstacles on the road through arduous efforts, can one realize one's lofty ideals and aspirations.