In the car returning from the flower market, Li Xuan suddenly triggered an inspiration and fell into an epiphany. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda passed on to Li Xuan a piece of video information in a timely manner, which was the image of Taishang Laojun preaching to the immortals in the immortal world back then.

I saw Lao Jun wearing a Taoist robe, sitting cross-legged on the high platform, and a mysterious word came out of his mouth

"The way of heaven is like a bow and the higher one, the lower one lifts it, the surplus loses it, and the insufficient one makes up for it. The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is more than is lost. The way of man, otherwise, the loss is not enough to give more than enough. Who can have more than enough to serve the world, only the Taoist. It is not afraid of the saint, and it is not necessary to be successful, and it does not want to see the virtuous. ”

It can be said that fairness and justice are an important part of the avenue built by Taishang Laojun.

"Tao" is the origin of all things, representing not only the foundation of all things, but also the totality of all things in heaven and earth.

In reality, the Tao represents harmony, peace, and justice.

From the "way of heaven" to the "way of man", there is a way of fairness, which is a crucial law of the three thousand avenues.

"Heaven is fair and selfless, so there is no beauty and evil, and the earth is fair and selfless, so there is no small and big thing. ”

It means that God is just and not partial, so that there is nothing good or evil that is not covered by the heavens. The earth is just and there is no partiality, so no matter whether the form of all things is big or small, there is nothing that the earth cannot carry.

The so-called way of fairness is the law of balance in nature, and by extension to human society, it is the principle of equality.

These days, Li Xuan has been studying the ecological balance of Aqua Blue Star, and is committed to protecting the endangered and rare wild animals on Aqua Blue Star. Today, he has always insisted on fair trade in the process of buying flowers, which inadvertently triggered the way of fairness. This is a good thing that many immortals in the immortal world have not encountered. Li Xuan's understanding can be said to be otherworldly.

Fairness in the road of fairness refers to impartiality and impartiality. Flat refers to the average of all participants' attributes. The public is fair and reasonable, and can be widely supported;

There is no absolute fairness due to human differences, only relative fairness. The Buddha said that all beings are equal or fair: that is, the reality of all dharmas is equal or fair in causal law, but immorality must be strictly eliminated, which is also an ideal ultimate goal.

When talking about the way of heaven, Taishang Laojun said that the road of heaven is like a bowstring, which is high and lowers it, and lowers it, and raises it;

The natural law of balance is to reduce what is more and make up for what is insufficient. But how can we emulate nature's law of balance?

Comparing the way of heaven to drawing a bow is a wonderful metaphor for Taishang Laojun: when drawing the bow, it is to lower the high end at the same time, lift the low end, shorten the long part and widen the narrow part.

"Equilibrium" here refers to a trend, but no matter how high it is, it will not be lower than the original low, and the gap still exists, but it must be controlled within the scope of "equilibrium".

From the perspective of the natural phenomenon on the surface of the water blue star, the result of sun exposure and rain is to constantly make up for the low river valley by constantly making up for the high of the mountain river. The process is enduring. But if the entire surface of the water blue star becomes a complete slab, there will be no mountains and rivers, and there will be no advanced civilization. Therefore, the orogenic movement is constantly generated from the interior of the water blue star to highlight the gap between high and low.

Appropriate disparities are the fundamental drivers of development. Without the difference in the potential of the positive and negative electrodes, there would be no current generation. But if this gap is too large, it can destroy the entire system. Therefore, in a certain sense, "Dao" is a process of seeking global equilibrium when the specific details are uneven.

The nine-palace diagram in the Book of Changes is such a typical example: "Forty-two is the shoulder, eighty-six is the foot, the left three is the right seven, the nine shoes are one, and the fifth is in the middle palace." "No part of the whole system is the same, but the sum of horizontal, vertical and oblique is the same, and it forms a whole harmony and equilibrium between discordant and unbalanced individuals.

The purpose of equilibrium is to maintain the existence of the system, but if the equilibrium is overemphasized to the point of egalitarianism, the impetus for development will be lost; imbalance is the source of the motive force for development, but the result of over-seeking this motive force will make the system unbearable and disintegrate. This is the relationship between "movement" and "stillness" in the avenue.

Although there are various imbalances in the local area, from the perspective of the whole and the overall situation, the "way of heaven" is the most balanced.

In the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching, the position, weight, and orientation of each hexagram yin and yang are different, but on the whole, the position, weight, and direction of yin and yang are absolutely balanced.

Therefore, the way of heaven is a process of constantly seeking equilibrium in the current situation of imbalance. What is lost is what is lost and what is lost is the "surplus food form" for the "Tao", and it is precisely the part that has been suppressed and has not been able to develop normally because of the existence of the "surplus food and surplus form".

And the "way" of man is not enough to give more than enough.

For everyone, there will be this situation where "the loss is not enough to give more". People who like physical exercise have more than enough physical strength and lack of other things, and those who like to use their brains have more intelligence and less intelligence elsewhere. Including all kinds of living habits, personal hobbies, personality trends, etc., they will consciously or unconsciously always do those "excessive" things, and not do those "insufficient" things.

"If you love much, you will spend a lot, and if you hide much, you will die." "Everything, whether it is good or bad at the beginning, will go too far at the end. As long as you go too far, you will be judged by the "way" of nature.

"Who can have more than enough to serve the world, only the Taoist. ”

Therefore, a person who cultivates the "Dao" can take the initiative to reduce his excess part, because he understands the rules of this "Heavenly Dao".

Tangible things such as money, utensils, fame, and merit are what the world is keen on, so it is necessary to "take them in the right way." This "way" not only refers to the way and method of "taking", but also the question of the degree of "taking". The infinite expansion of desires makes oneself angry and resentful, which violates the "Tao".

"It is not to be ashamed of the saint, to succeed and not to be punished, and it does not want to see the virtuous. A "saint" is a person who does things, but when he finishes it, it is finished, and there is no need to emphasize that it is "me" who does it. If he does a good deed, he will have merit, but he doesn't care about this merit at all, he only wants the overall benefit and does not talk about personal gains and losses. Why? Because he "does not want to be good" - he does not want others to see, think, admire, or even praise him as a "good" person.

Li Xuan realized this, realized that he was too persistent in the pursuit of merit, and naturally making merit in gestures, words and deeds is the highest realm.

The way of fairness, from the perspective of personal cultivation, needs to be "pampered and not shocked". Because praise and criticism can make people's hearts unbalanced, especially praise makes it easier to lose people's nature.

"If you are not virtuous, you will not fight the people. With "virtuous", there will be a difference between "unvirtuous". With this distinction, people are artificially hierarchical. When there is a distinction between high and low ranks, everyone will compete for the top. In fact, the group of people fighting is getting farther and farther away from the inner nature of the "virtuous" and is only fully exposing the ugliness of human nature, which is not the original intention of the "Taishang Sage" to implement "Taoism in the world" and "morality in the world".

With Taishang Laojun's continuous explanation of fairness, Li Xuan's perception became deeper and deeper.

When the pheasant drove the car to the door of the villa, Li Xuan woke up in time, feeling that the operation of the Xuanhuang merit recipe was more balanced, almost in line with the way of heaven, and the temperament of the whole person also changed a little. (To be continued.) )