Reading poems for you, I loved this passage so much.
Su Dongpo was a genius. In the era in which he lived, his reputation had reached its peak. However, many of his worries are no different from those of ordinary people today. He wrote such a letter to a friend, the content of which was roughly:
? I have something small to ask you to ask about. I want to take up a position in a prefecture and county in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. I heard that there is a vacancy in Siming County, Zhejiang in April next year, but no one has been appointed yet. Please inquire in the court to find a way. If you have any news, I will send you a message. Last time I saw you, you didn't pay much attention. I can't ask for help from Siming for too long this time, for fear that others will also seek this position. By then, it will be even more hopeless. This may be a bit harsh on you, but when it comes to finding a job, you must not just run around and hope to get it easily.
? Perhaps, no one will believe that this is a letter written by Su Dongpo. In several other letters, he recounted how he suffered from hemorrhoids. There are also many letters, just like our parents today, worrying about the future of their children.
? Su Dongpo was a great writer, calligrapher, painter, and excellent politician, but he was also an ordinary father and an anxious official. He never hides his ordinary side and never avoids problems. He admitted that he was powerless and had to "be an idler" with "a harp, a pot of wine, and a stream of clouds." From "a piece of harp", he found the melody of life; from "a pot of wine", he enjoyed the taste of life; from "a stream of clouds", he understood the way of nature.
? Reading the words of Fei Yong, a doctoral supervisor at Jinan University, I instantly found a close friend. I couldn’t help but excerpt the whole paragraph. My diary is for myself to read, and there is no suspicion of plagiarism. When I encounter sentences and articles that I like, I am afraid that I will forget them after reading them, and one day I will never find them again. For such a small reason, During the excerpting process, savoring it carefully is like drinking a pot of wine, which is full of mellow flavor.
? When I was in middle school, I read "Ode to the Former Red Cliff". There was a passage in it with three meanings, which influenced me for the rest of my life, or in other words, cured me for the rest of my life. This passage is: "If you look at the things that have changed, you will see that heaven and earth cannot last for a moment; if you look at the things that don't change, you will see that things and I are endless, and how can we envy it! Let's look at the world of heaven and earth. Everything in this world has its own owner. If it is not mine, I can’t take any of it. But the breeze on the river and the bright moon in the mountains can be heard by the ears and become colors by the eyes. There is no restriction on taking them and using them without restraint. Exhaustion is the infinite treasure of the Creator, and it is the perfect fit for me and my son."
The first meaning in this passage is "change and immutability", everything is the same. Change, but also constant. This allowed me to develop a method of observation. While seeing changes, I also saw changes. Later, I liked the Diamond Sutra and was able to understand emptiness, which was related to my thinking about Su Dongpo's meaning in middle school. This makes me often remind myself that beyond the limited, there is actually infinite, and we must see the infinite. The second meaning is "everything has its own owner". If it's not yours, you won't get any of it. This makes me learn not to be greedy and learn to do subtraction. Be content with your own duties. The third meaning is that no matter how we are, nature is always around us and will always accompany us. This is an endless treasure that we can use inexhaustibly. This taught me to return to nature all the time. I like traveling and observing various interesting phenomena in nature.
What do you think of “healing”? If a person wants to develop healing abilities, what are the core elements?
When I use the word healing, I want to express three meanings. First, our body and mind are flawed and imperfect, and need to be healed frequently. Second, we often focus on medical healing. Whenever we encounter problems in our body or mind, we go to the hospital or go to a pharmacy to buy medicine. We often forget that both the body and the mind have the function of self-healing. After a while, It will heal on its own, no medicine is needed.
When I say the word healing, I want to remind us that we have the ability to heal ourselves, and we should let this function work. Third, when I say the word healing, it means more that we have the ability to heal ourselves. When there is a problem with our body and mind, in addition to medical treatment, we can also use our thinking, meditation, aesthetics and other behaviors to , heal yourself. In this sense, a person's self-healing ability determines his happiness. The reason why Su Dongpo is happy is that he has a method of self-healing, which can be called "healingism."
If you want to generate healing power, the core element is: love for life and living.
If you could pour a bowl of wine and sit by the long river of history to drink with your ancestors, many people would surely want to have a long drink with Su Dongpo. Even though we are separated by thousands of years, we can find many similar dilemmas. How to survive the successive ups and downs in life and cultivate calmness and optimism? From Su Dongpo, we see the answer.
? "Su Dongpo never avoided the problems in life. He always faced them honestly and solved them one by one with a lifestyle of 'being an idle man'. I regard Su Dongpo as The lifestyle of an idle person is called "healism". In other words, Su Dongpo practiced a "healism" solution to the troubles in life, which made his life rich and happy." (Fei Yong)
? Su Dongpo’s exclusive healing program is first based on insight into the truth of life. In 1093, having survived the darkest moment in his life, he wrote "Xing Xiangzi·Reminiscences of His Feelings" on the occasion of the spring breeze. The opening chapter revealed an atmosphere of endless melancholy: "The clear night is dust-free, and the moonlight is like silver. When pouring the wine, you must Full of ten points. The vain pursuit of fame and fortune is nothing but a dream." The same is true for its essence. In the face of ultimate death, everything is just a passing cloud. And real life is complicated, and there are too many things that cannot be explained by reason. The achievements that people pursue persistently often turn into desperate situations that trap them.
? In the bottom line of this poem, he felt helpless: "Although I hold the article, who will kiss me when I open my mouth?", and a sense of loneliness arises spontaneously. But I still advise myself to "stay with Taotao, be happy and innocent. When you go back, be an idler. Play a harp, a pot of wine, and a stream of clouds."
? Romain Rolland said: "There is only one kind of heroism in the world, which is to still love life after seeing the truth of life." This is the case for Su Dongpo, no matter the worry of life or the difficulties of life, adversity does not matter Instead of sinking into despair, he became filled with compassion and love.
? “The most profound qualities of Su Dongpo are compassion and love. Happiness is only a superficial thing. Because of compassion and love, Su Dongpo’s happiness is not frivolous at all. Because of compassion, Su Dongpo’s happiness can infect us beyond time. " (Fei Yong)
Compassion made Su Dongpo no longer obsessed with his own gains and losses. He saw more people's joys, sorrows, and joys. A boating experience made him understand that if the wind comes true, I will do whatever I want. , the journey is smooth, then there must be people who are going in the opposite direction and suffer from the headwinds. Why not deal with the smoothness and reverses of life calmly and magnanimously? And love enables him to "awaken the ordinary things in mediocre daily life with the power of beauty, making everything shine, and turning the years into trickling water, clear and blooming" (Fei Yong).
? Su Dongpo longed to "be a leisurely person", but this "idleness" does not mean doing nothing, but letting the trees sway into the door of his heart, so as to be alert to the absence of the soul caused by the busy world, and always maintain the purity of the soul. Unrestrained. "A piece of harp, a pot of wine, a stream of clouds" is exactly the methodology he uses to remind himself and heal himself.
? "A piece of piano" represents the cleansing of art. In ancient times, it was said that "a scholar never withdraws his harp and harp without any reason." The sound of the harp can always soothe people's inner turmoil.
Su Dongpo also admitted that the sound of the piano can "dispel my grievances and wash away my discord." Perhaps when we have difficulty controlling our emotions, we might as well go to the art of purity to calm ourselves down and slowly unblock the knots in our hearts.
"A pot of wine" is forgetfulness and self-liberation, and "a little drunk" can cure all unhappiness in the world. "When you are drunk in front of the flowers under the moonlight while holding a cup, don't ask about the prosperity and decline. How many people can know this joy? How long will it take if you don't drink wine when the flowers are blooming?" ("Poppy Beauty: Holding a cup to persuade the moon in the sky") Too sober On the contrary, it is easy to suffer, so it is better to relax your mind and enjoy yourself in time.
"A stream of clouds" is a natural scene that runs through every moment of life. Clouds are above, streams are below, and people are constantly flowing among them with the four seasons. Maugham said: "If a person can observe fallen leaves and flowers, and appreciate everything from the subtleties, life cannot do anything to him." This sentence is clearly proved by Su Dongpo.
No matter how ups and downs life is, if we can, like Su Dongpo, have "a qin, a pot of wine, and a stream of clouds" to heal ourselves, every moment of life will shine.