Complexity is the undertone of this world. Whether you like it or not, it is there, like a naughty child, full of energy and tireless, who will play some pranks from time to time and make your teeth itch. .
We are parents, we live a transparent life, we don’t quarrel with our children, we guide them without blocking them, and we make our children happy and we are happy.
In the past two years, Buddhism was a very popular rhetoric. At that time, many young people claimed to be Buddhists, but without the experience of being tempered by society, it was a bit false to say that they were Buddhists.
The focus of Buddhism is Buddha. The status of Buddha in the hearts of Chinese people is equivalent to the status of God in the hearts of Westerners. From this, the Buddhist system may be called the God system in the West.
Whether it is Buddha or God, they will only watch the happiness and suffering, the good and the evil in this world, and let the so-called fate go or go, and the so-called reincarnation.
They have neither great joy nor great compassion, but pity the world and all living beings with a big heart.
In fact, there are not just Buddhas or Gods, there are some people who are like this. They can see through the good and evil of human nature, see through the truth and falsehood, be willing to have no desires and demands, live a peaceful life with calmness and calmness. A stable life.
This is the real Buddhism. The Buddhism mentioned by hairless young people is just an excuse to save face or be lazy.
Nowadays, people no longer talk about Buddhism. What is eliminated is always outdated and replaced by more advanced sayings, living a transparent life.
It is said to be advanced because Buddhism is somewhat passive and avoids the world, while transparency is more active in the ups and downs of the world.
To live a transparent life is to finally understand the complexity, no longer be incompatible with the external world, no longer at odds with one's own heart, and live a peaceful and calm life.
Living a transparent life does not mean living a simple life.
Some people say that living a simple life means living a transparent life.
People in the mountains generally live like this. Can we confidently say that they live a transparent life? I think the answer is no.
Walden, written by the writer David Thoreau, drew a template for a simple life for the world. From food to clothing, from money to fame, Thoreau aesthetically told people that simplicity Life brings peace of mind.
"Walden" is extremely beautiful, and simplicity is also extremely beautiful, so some people imitate Thoreau, simplify life, and pursue spiritual enrichment.
We cannot praise such a person by living a transparent life. After all, he has the ability to live a life of feasting, fine clothes, and angry horses, but he chooses to live a simple life with a cup and a drink. This is a life of transparency.
Mr. Yang Jiang wrote this sentence when he was 100 years old:
"We were so eager for the waves of destiny, but in the end we discovered that the most beautiful scenery in life is actually It is the calmness and calmness of the heart... We once looked forward to the recognition of the outside world, but in the end we realized that the world belongs to us and has nothing to do with others. ”
It took a century of wind and rain to irrigate it. Only when you think about life can you gain a sense of clarity.
Compared with Mr. Yang Jiang, Mr. Qian Zhongshu is not considered to be a transparent person, and few people give him this label.
Mr. Qian’s life started very early and he would never succumb to social events that he could refuse. He is a giant of knowledge and a child of life.
Simplicity is just one of the many beautiful clothes of "living and transparent". It is a form, and it is not enough to become the whole of living and transparent.
Living a transparent life does not equal worldly success.
Worldly success cannot escape power and money after all, which undoubtedly paints success a little gray. After all, no one would put the laurel crown of being alive and transparent on Ma Yun’s head or Buffett’s head.
And people will put this laurel crown on Cai Lan's head.
Cai Lam has worked as a film producer, screenwriter, and wrote a column for Jin Yong Ming Pao. He also created the popular TV show "Undefended Tonight" with Ni Kuang and Huang Zhan. The three of them made jokes and laughed in the show. Jianghu. Later, Cai Lan entered the world of gourmet food and became known as the "God of Cookery".
Jin Yong commented on him this way:
"He has a wide range of knowledge. He knows everything about music, chess, calligraphy and painting, wine, sex and wealth, food, drink, whoring and gambling, literature and movies. He is good at movies, poetry, calligraphy, epigraphy, The art of eating can be said to be a first-class mastery."
Now that 80-year-old Cai Lam has not yet retired, some people advised him to enjoy his old age and enjoy happiness. He said that doing what you like means enjoying happiness.
Some people advised him to smoke less, drink less, eat less greasy food, and pay attention to his health. He should still eat and drink. Looking at his rosy face, his health is nothing more than that.
Cai Lam's life was successful, not in the secular sense, but in the otherworldly sense, and in living a transparent life.
Live a transparent life and seldom criticize or complain.
There are many possibilities for not criticizing others.
Maybe you don’t know what others are right or wrong, maybe you think others are right, maybe you think others are wrong, and you don’t want to argue, or maybe you allow others to express themselves and keep an open attitude.
People who live a transparent life often belong to the fourth type.
He has rich cognitive thinking. When others express different opinions or even act radically, he will keep his mind open and welcome complexity.
Mu Xin, who wrote "Cars, horses, and mail are all slow, and you can only love one person in your life." was born in a scholarly family, with a wealthy family, no worries about food and clothing, and studied poetry and painting.
Unexpectedly, he had a bad fate. He was banned for 22 years, criticized, and beaten. Faced with all kinds of misfortunes, Mu Xin did not complain to anyone. He just wrote, "I take a shower in the morning just to wash away the night." ”, “I am the one in the dark with heavy snowfall.”
In a simple sentence and an understatement, a lifetime of complaints turned into one word "night" and "darkness". In addition, we rarely see him complaining about life and criticizing society. He turns all suffering into thoughts about life.
When Chen Danqing met Mu Xin, he was impressed by Mu Xin's elegant character and profound knowledge, and he invited Mu Xin to give lectures. Unexpectedly, Mu Xin, who was suffering from hardships, explained it in a humorous style, which attracted everyone's applause.
In the face of misfortune, some people choose to criticize, accuse, and complain, but Mu Xin chooses to welcome fate and fight against the current in the sea of ??suffering.
People who live a transparent life know how to look at problems from multiple perspectives and thinking modes, criticize less, complain less, and face life with a smile.
Live transparently and be able to accept uncertainty calmly.
We encounter too many uncertainties in life.
On the way to work, I encountered a traffic jam;
I had arranged a trip to catch up with the bad weather;
A lover who was passionately in love said that he wanted to break up. Break up;
With a sure contract, Cheng Yaojin came out halfway.
Faced with all this, we lament our bad luck, and even suspect that God is playing tricks on us, but people who live a transparent life, face these, but take it lightly, because this is the true appearance of the world. .
Just as Su Shi wrote, "Everywhere in life, we know what is the same. It should be like a flying dragon stepping on the snow and mud. Occasionally there are fingers and claws left on the mud, and Hongfei is counting things."
Everything is accidental, good or bad.
Uncertain because it is accidental.
Uncertain because it is complicated.
For Chinese people, nothing is more familiar than playing cards and mahjong. Even though they only have 54 and 152 cards respectively, these extremely small numbers contain endless changes. Who draws the cards first, whether the cards are played, and how the cards are played all affect the ending, and the resulting consequences are endless. The coefficient of certainty is high.
Some people will become frustrated when they lose, or even behave abnormally, swearing and fighting. This is what we often call poor brand quality.
Some people win or lose equally. Qingfeng Danyue, what he plays is not the game of cards, but the mentality. He knows that winning and losing are common. There is no one who always wins, and no one who always loses.
Usually many people passively accept uncertainty. They only have plan A and no plan B. People who live transparently not only have alternative plans, but also take the initiative to control uncertainty.
Wei Xiaobao in "The Deer and the Cauldron", whenever he encounters something and can't make up his mind, he rolls the dice to decide the final choice.
It may seem like this is a joke, but it’s not necessarily true. The choices we make are usually those we are familiar with, and we always deliberately avoid the other path.
Rolling dice will give both options equal chances. People who live a transparent life will accept their choices calmly and calmly.
Based on this, every time Wei Xiaobao makes a decision, he is always clean and tidy, without any sloppiness, and has a sense of peace. His life is also a transparent life.
The scientific magazine "Nautilus" once put forward this statement: Complexity represents youth and vitality.
I deeply agree.
Complexity is the undertone of this world. Whether you like it or not, it is there, like a naughty child, full of energy and tireless, who will play some pranks from time to time and make your teeth itch. .
But what can I do? Smart parents will understand and accept their children if they don’t quarrel with them. They can use sparse words instead of blocking them and guide them, so that their children can live freely and they can live more freely.
Once you understand this, you will understand why there were so many talented people in the Song Dynasty, and there were so many fresh, transparent and open-minded poetry masters.
Zhao Kuangyin's "release of military power over a glass of wine" pushed the literati onto the political stage.
They have always been simple literati. On this platform, what they have seen most is the darkness of human nature and the complexity of society. They finally understand that the world is not just black and white, and they also understand that to achieve a great thing, How naive it is to rely solely on kindness.
So we see that Su Dongpo, Yan Shu, Ouyang Xiu, Wang Anshi, etc., after being baptized by the court, their vision has broadened, their minds have broadened, and they have become transparent.
So we see that Ouyang Xiu wrote "When you see the country and sing about it, how can you come without being relegated".
Fan Zhongyan wrote, "As long as you have nothing to do, your heart will be filled with white clouds."
Su Dongpo wrote "Let's try new tea with new fire, and poetry and wine take advantage of the youth."
There is nothing better than living a transparent life, facing life actively and calmly, it does not mean simplicity, It does not mean worldly success, and there will not be too many criticisms and complaints.
In fact, living transparently is just one sentence. It is not simple, but complex. It is sophisticated in mind and simple in form.
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Text | Daniel Li
Editor | Drizzle
Typesetting | Drizzle
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