(24 August 2020, 10: 50)
? Reading "With Mr. Ma", we can feel Mr. Yang Ming's accurate grasp of the focus and degree of horse research.
? After carefully reading Ma's letter, Mr. Yangming can feel that his calligraphy and literary talent have made great progress, but vaguely feel that he has not made much effort in becoming what kind of person. Compared with the flowers of vegetation, "Chiba is not real, but its flowers are actually rare." The more you pursue superficial things, the farther away you are from your ambitions.
? As we all know, deep roots will flourish, and only by laying a good foundation will trees thrive. However, the flowers of vegetation are different, and the more lush the flowers, the less likely they are to bear fruit. It is generally understood that the nutrition of vegetation is certain. The more flowers bloom, the more nutrients are absorbed, the less nutrients are used on the fruit, and the fruit is small and not full.
? People's energy is infinite. If you spend too much energy on aspects that are not conducive to self-cultivation, then your spending on self-cultivation will inevitably decrease. Take learning Yangming's mind as an example. I feel that the root of learning Yangming's mind is to cultivate the mind. I study every day, listen to the reading guide and read the original text every day, and insist on doing a good deed every day. He seems to be a good student, doing well in form, but he doesn't feel much knowledge in content. I'm upset myself. I study every day, but I can't see my self-cultivation. When something happened, I was beaten back to my original shape.
? Reflecting on one's own learning is only the pursuit of form, ignoring that the fundamental of learning lies in cultivating the mind and not working hard on it. Listen to the original, read the guide, only meet the eyes and ears, not even the brain. On the first day, I did a good thing, big or small, but I was only satisfied with doing it. I didn't really summarize it, nor did I really understand it from my heart. Then, just like a gust of wind, how can I fix my heart without leaving a trace?
? After reading the article "With the Horse", I feel that Mr. Yangming said that Ma's "calligraphy, painting and literary talent are all added to the past", just like me. To put it further, I didn't work hard enough. Before reading this article, I was really only satisfied with learning, doing is doing, writing is writing, using my eyes and tired my hands and brains, but I didn't take it to heart. Learning Yangming's mind is to cultivate the mind. If you don't cultivate your mind, you will only pursue formal things, and you will not learn well in the end.
? I have studied for about 200 days now, but looking back, I really can't remember what I learned. I don't feel any change in practice; Ask again if there is any big change, not much. All these show that there is something wrong with the focus of my study. When I reflect on myself, I only pay attention to my brain, but I ignore my inner cultivation and the most fundamental things. How can I learn well?
? After reading this article again, although I don't feel anything, I can clearly understand what the real purpose of learning is, so as to change my direction, concentrate my time and energy on cultivating my mind as much as possible, and pay attention to working hard inside.
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