The simple life and the source of happiness save us the trouble of absorbing external objects, and open up the happy space for us to liberate our body and mind. "Simple life" does not mean that you give up the pursuit and give up work, but that we grasp the essence and focus of life and work, and get rid of the worldly and flashy chores in a way that separates you from the world.

Imagine, if our hearts are full of fame and fortune, and our minds are filled with wealth and lust, how can we enjoy the beauty of the country? Therefore, even if the flowers are splendid, they have nothing to do with you; No matter how pleasant the snow is, you can't see it! What's the pain? Why bother?! It is said that once upon a time, there was a great pearl Huihai Zen master, and his practice has reached a very high level, which is known from far and near, and many people come to consult Zen teachings. One day, an active lawyer from the sect came to visit Master Huihai.

Lawyer Yuanyuan asked Zen Master Huihai: "Zen Master, your realm is so high, what is the secret of cultivating the Tao?" ”

Zen Master Huihai replied: "I don't have any special method, I just eat when I'm hungry every day, and sleep when I'm sleepy." ”

Lawyer Youyuan was a little puzzled and asked, "Everyone also eats and sleeps, isn't that the same as the Zen master?" ”

Zen Master Huihai said, "It's different! ”

The active lawyer went on to ask, "How is it different?" Isn't it all about eating and sleeping? ”

Zen Master Huihai said, "Of course I am different from them. Ordinary people refuse to eat when they eat, and think about it in every way; I refuse to sleep when I sleep, and I think about it in every way, so it's different! "The Zen principle of Buddhism always uses symbols and metaphors to metaphorize profound truths in simple life experience, so that the world can comprehend and comprehend. In fact, life is originally very simple, eat when you are hungry, sleep when you are tired and sleepy, and no matter how simple things are, they are so complicated by us.

We run for fame and fortune all day long, making ourselves like a high-speed machine, and we think how hard we work, how hard we work, how hard we work, and in the end, we pay for our health with the money we earned when we were young.

Eating when you are hungry, sleeping when you are sleepy, simple and natural is a blessing. But how many people can follow this basic common sense? When it's time to eat, for work, for weight loss, go hungry; When he shouldn't eat, although he was full of wine and food, he insisted on eating and drinking heavily for entertainment, and ended up sick. What about sleep? The same is not guaranteed, or for overtime, for the so-called entertainment, often stay up late, all-nighters, how can you not get sick after a long time?

In fact, people can't eat well and can't sleep because they are under too much mental pressure and too much burden. The house always feels too small, the car always feels not as good as others, and the money is too little. When one desire is satisfied, the next desire will be derived immediately, and if you don't get it, you want it, and if you get it, you are afraid of losing, you always suffer from gains and losses, and your mentality cannot reach a balance, so you can't sleep and eat, and you are always troubled.

At this time, we need to keep our hearts simple, because simplicity is bliss.

Things in the world, no matter how complex and mysterious they seem, are actually very simple, and the key is whether they can see through it. Life itself is very simple, and happiness is also very simple, but people themselves think of them as complicated, or people themselves are too complicated, so they often don't feel simple happiness, they don't understand the meaning of life.

The wise ancients have long pointed out: "The taste of the world is strong, and you are busy without being busy." The so-called "taste of the world" refers to the comfortable material comforts, enviable social status, and prominent fame pursued by many people in earthly life. The "fashion" pursued by some people today is also a kind of "worldly flavor", the connotation of which is to put it bluntly, and it is not separated from material enjoyment and respect for social status.

Under the strong encouragement of the world, some poor people "thickened" and "thickened" the "flavor of the world" and frantically followed the fashionable life, and as a result, they "unwittingly fell into financial trouble". Although they are also working hard and often earn a lot of money, their income will never be able to keep up with the increase in consumer products. If they do not restrain their consumption and appropriately weaken the strong "flavor of the world", they will not have a truly happy life.

An article was published in the Philippine Business Daily. The author lamented that one of her friends who died of illness had been in service all his life, busy with work and socializing all day long, and he didn't even know what grade his child was in, leaving the biggest regret. The author writes that in order to accumulate more wealth and enjoy a higher quality of life, this friend finally lost his health and family affection. The mansion of tens of millions of yuan, which was still paying the loan, was once one of his proudest achievements. However, the grandeur of the mansion has not yet been felt, and he has left the world. The author asks: "What is the joy of such a life of pursuing things outside the body?" ”

This friend is obviously also a family with a "strong taste of the world", if he can take the "taste of the world" lightly, like Chen Meiling, "live in a house with just the right place, without a heavy financial burden, and when you have a weekend break, you can also travel as a family, enjoy flowers and plants...... "Wouldn't this be a comfortable life?"

Chen Meiling wrote: "'Life is simple, no burden' is a TV advertising slogan, but it could not be more appropriate in a person's life. Rather than being trapped in the confusion of wealth, status and achievement, it is better to live a simple life, stretch your body and mind, and enjoy the happiness of satisfaction that money cannot buy. ”

A simple life is the source of happiness, which saves us the trouble of unsatisfying desires, and opens up the happy space for us to liberate our body and mind!

Simplicity is to eliminate the complicated distractions of life and reject the distractions of miscellaneous things; Simplicity is also a kind of concentration, which is called "good snow flakes, do not fall elsewhere". In life, I often hear some people lament that there are a lot of troubles and unsatisfactory everywhere; It is also common to hear some people complaining that they are bored and that it is difficult to pass the time. In fact, life is simple and colorful, and the pain and boredom are just people's own, and have nothing to do with life itself; So whether you are happy and fulfilled depends on how you look at life and discover life. If you feel miserable, boring, and uninteresting, it's because you don't understand the reason for happiness!

Happiness is simple, it is a home-brewed wine, brewed for oneself to taste; It is a state of mind that needs to be experienced with the heart. Live simply, live happily, and you will find that happiness is what it is: "The crowd looked for him thousands of times, and suddenly looked back, but the man was in the lamplight." ”