Chapter 15 Return to the Primitive
In many ancient texts, or in the words of wise men, we can hear a kind of persuasive words like children. They strongly advocate the return of human beings to the original state, and believe that the original infantile state is the best state of human beings, but the real state is from infancy to adulthood and back to infancy.
Just like a circle, it is a point from the beginning to the end, and this origin seems to be the same, but it is the origin after a week, and it is fundamentally different from the original origin.
The body and mind are the same, the unity of knowledge and action, can we always stick to the outside world and separate?
Can concentrating on the path of amazement and suppleness be as true, good, and harmonious as a newborn baby?
Can you keep its heart clear and bright so that it can stay forever?
Can patriotism and governance of the people listen to their pride, and force their own opinions? Is the obedience of inaction only a listener and an executor? When the gate of heaven is opened and closed, can the eyes, ears, nose, and everything be used only to accept it, without forcibly exporting the will and desire through these parts?
Everything is clear, insight into the world, the flow of desire, can you still be like a simple person and not use your wisdom to disturb the avenue?
These refer to the state of returning to the original point, but each step must go through the vicissitudes of the world before making a choice.
Why did the ancient sages, the great masters, want to return to their primitive state? Because acquired changes and cumbersome wisdom will only make people's lives more difficult. It will also make people be confused by all appearances and stay further away from the avenue, and all kinds of strife and chaos will arise because of this!
When you are covered in mud and struggle for life, you will not only suffer physically, but also mentally, and when you become one of the lowest members of the crowd, even if you have a good heart, you will be far away.
But children don't!
No matter how dirty your body is, as long as you give a smile to those children who have not been nurtured, they will not be indifferent to you. If you are willing to play with them, and let them let go of their natural vigilance, they will show their most sincere heart to communicate with you.
Tong Meng will not care if you are a dirty and bitter person, or a rich man in a suit and leather shoes, their mind and body are the same, they just want sincere kindness, they will not dislike your surface mud, they will not envy your appearance of flashiness, they treat the sincerity with sincerity, with pure childlike innocence and you happy communication, all their body movements are the expression of the heart, no different! So even the wicked have compassion when they see children! As the so-called sincerity is broken!
The adults rendered by the turbid world are different, they are divided into two, one layer of flesh and one layer of heart! They will cover up the dirtiness of their hearts with a gorgeous appearance, and they will cover up the evil of their hearts with an unpretentious appearance. So it's the same with other people. And they can only see the surface, not the inside! Therefore, they will fix you as a person according to the mud of your appearance, and then dislike, despise, and all kinds of ugly faces will appear on the outside, and they will see the flashy and dazzling appearance to grovel and flatter, maybe at this time they will behave particularly consistently!
Everyone will hate such a person who is divided into two, but everyone has become such a person, and envy the original state, but when they want to go back, they can't find the way, or maybe they find the way and don't want to go back!
The child's sincere heart treats everyone the same, and like the heart of a saint, he treats the people equally. Tong Meng's eyes are only kind, even if you are covered in mud, as long as you are kind, you can still play happily together! But if you are a person with a ghost in your heart, even if you have a glamorous appearance, you will eventually incur the disgust of Tong Meng, stay away!
Therefore, the saint, Tong Meng is the same, what he gives is sincere, and what he looks for is also sincere, and he will not be confused by appearances, so as to change himself.
But the saint is one from two, and from two to one. There is a difference between the human life that has been experienced and the child who has not experienced the human world!
Children's hearts are transparent, body and mind are one, and their hearts are bright for everyone to see, but they will be blinded by evil villains!
The hearts of saints are transparent, their bodies and minds are one, and their hearts are bright and bright for everyone to see, but they also make every evil villain afraid and far away! Because no matter how well the villain's heart is hidden, it will be revealed in the face, body, language, and action!
Based on this, the saint will see through the dark hearts of the villains at a glance, and then look directly at the darkest places in their hearts with calm eyes, and the eyes will shine into the depths of their dark hearts like a blazing sun, and the dark, damp and lightless hearts of the villains will give birth to fear, trembling... And then go far away, don't dare to make a mistake!
Therefore, the most important thing to return to the original state is to revert to the original state, to return, not to return, not to go to no return!
The world tries its best to hide their hearts, trying to show an unfathomable appearance, but it is often self-defeating and generous! And the saint will not hide it, as simple as a baby, and as deep as the sea!
The closest to the saint is the gentleman, the heart of the gentleman is clear, undisguised, and the blazing sun is integrated, upright, so that people can see the bottom of their hearts at a glance, and the heart can only be born of admiration and yearning! The villain saw that he was far away and did not dare to wade into his edge!
The most powerful defense is not the deepest hidden, but the invulnerable right in front of you, so that you dare not attack, you can only choose to escape! This is the way of a saint, the way of a gentleman!
Whether it is a congenital saint or an acquired saint, they can see the turbidity of the world clearly, know everyone's desires well, and experience and understand all the dirtiness, but they still choose to maintain integrity, keep their hearts pure, do not exceed the rules, do not excessively, and follow the road.
For example, the lotus flower that comes out of the mud is not stained, and the most important thing is to get out of the silt. The most difficult thing is to fall into the mud and can't get out, divided into two, but can no longer be one, so the two poles of yin and yang, can not be integrated, can only be swayed by the appearance of mortal dust, replaced, can not spy on the avenue in a lifetime, and then follow the avenue!
The experience of life from birth to death, and then from death to life, is inseparable from the original state, and from entering the world to leaving the world is just a journey!
Three thousand red dust passed away, and the nine flashiness disappeared!
Thousands of miles of mountains and rivers do not allow me, I allow mountains and rivers to be 100,000 miles!
People in the world only know the benefits of existence, and do not know the true meaning of beginninglessness!
Even if I am poor and dusty, I don't teach dirt to soak my heart!