There is a saying in Wang Yangming's Biography that needs to be honed in things. It means that you need to experience some things, gradually exercise yourself and hone your mind in things, instead of thinking in your head and honing in things. This is the best way to cultivate yourself.
Tao Te Ching says that five colors make people blind, five flavors make people lose their sense of taste, and five tones make people deaf.
I mean, in this secular world, things that look like * * * always make themselves lose their nature. Those external temptations will make your heart more impetuous, paralyze your emotions and calm your heart.
Tao Te Ching repeatedly emphasized that people should keep their true nature and live a simple life, that is, people can keep their simple hearts when they are tempted by these material desires. We won't make the wrong decision because of these external temptations.
There is a saying in China culture "Caigen Tan": Eyes and ears are thieves outside, and lust consciousness is thieves inside. It's just that the host is ignorant and sitting alone in the hall. The thief became a family.
The meaning of this sentence is that what the eyes see and the ears hear are all temptations from the outside world. People's secular desires and subjective consciousness are internal thoughts, as long as they can always stay awake, stick to principles and behave themselves. Then whether it is taken orally or applied externally, it will help you cultivate your self-cultivation.
What shapes * * * externally is easy to make your heart have some illusions. Only in the face of these * * * things, your heart is still awake, get rid of those delusions, even if it is self-cultivation.
In Confucianism's view, it is such a delusion to get rid of the normal needs of the heart. Keeping a clear head and still following principles is the best way to protect yourself.
We know the world through the five senses, and feel an atmosphere of the world through these five senses in life. Most people perceive the world through their senses when facing things with shapes and shapes. What they see and hear will confuse our original consciousness and make us have some inner desires and impulses, which will lead to more delusions.
And what we need is to keep our original heart no matter what the circumstances. Don't let these things affect your judgment of things. Keeping a clear head is the foundation of self-cultivation.
For example, in life, some people do wrong things because at the beginning, they are exposed to various forms of things. But his ability did not reach that level, that is to say, his desire and his ability did not match, and at this time he had been confused by the form of * * *.
So he desperately wants to satisfy his delusion, a desire for shapes and shapes of the world, and desperately wants to satisfy these things. When I can't reach my ability, my mind is getting stronger and stronger. He will do something wrong, immoral or illegal. This is the beginning of making a mistake and the existence of his whole psychological process. This article was originally written by Sinology Bookstore. How to understand the wisdom of Chinese studies in Caigen Tan?