The first layer is material life.
The second layer is spiritual life.
The third layer is soul life.
Material life refers to people's basic necessities of life; ? Spiritual life usually refers to academic literature and art; ? Soul life is the religious belief that people pursue.
People in the first realm are satisfied as long as they have a good material life, rich food, honor and wealth, and filial piety. People who hold this outlook on life are in the majority.
People in the second realm, those who focus on academic literature and art, devote all their energy to the study of knowledge and pin their hearts on literary creation and appreciation. There are many such people in the world, namely "intellectuals", "scholars" and "artists".
People in the third realm are people with religious beliefs. They are very serious. After crossing the first and second realms, they are more interested in exploring the meaning and essence of life and have religious beliefs.
There is a constant pursuit of material life in human nature. Dress decently, eat nutritionally, live comfortably and travel easily. Therefore, any behavior that inhibits people's pursuit of material things can be said to be inhuman. Therefore, the first realm of happiness is the material foundation, which means that people must obtain a certain material foundation before they can solve the problem of survival.
But material life can only be achieved by our own efforts, and the pursuit of material life requires people to pay the price.
If you want to enjoy a good material life, you have to give up part of your freedom. During working hours, people are subject to various restrictions and have to study and work hard.
The pursuit of material life is endless. More is more. If you are excellent, you will lose many lives and then lose yourself.
The second realm of happy life is artistic life.
People can survive after solving the problem of material foundation, but how to live better has always been a big problem for people to think about.
Many of us know that singing, dancing and watching movies will be very satisfying. This is the function of art, which can purify the mind and release the depression in the heart.
Modern people are generally nervous and anxious, do not know how to appreciate the beautiful scenery around them, lose the fun of life and lead a heavy life. Many people live in this busy world, and their hands and feet are constantly on the move. There is no time to look back and stop to enjoy the scenery. As a result, this originally rich and beautiful world has become empty in our eyes, leaving only haste and tension, toil and sadness. We think we have wealth, but in fact we are owned by it and become its slaves.
People need to save themselves. There are many ways to save yourself, such as crying, talking to three or five confidants, and drinking to vent, but these are all "self-abuse" self-help.
And art is the best way for people to save themselves. Art is the best way to vent.
When music, fine arts, novels, poems, essays and movies (especially good movies) are the spiritual teachers of their own lives, they will always accompany them, stay away from the secular world and immerse themselves in them, so that life will be less troublesome and more happy.
Appreciating art can make you happy, but what is happier is creating art. In the process of artistic creation, one's subjective world is completely involved, forgetting to eat and sleep, which is very satisfying. Therefore, we find a phenomenon that many artists live long because they have reached a very high level when creating, are fully free and relaxed, are far away from secular restrictions, feel incomparable happiness in artistic creation, and can achieve the role of supporting life.
Beauty is the main feature of art, and the beauty of art is the sum of all beauty. It is also a great happiness to dilute the ugliness of the world with beauty. Art belongs to people's spiritual world.
Simple material life without spiritual world is like a desert. Only spiritual life is an oasis in the desert, which can keep people young and make life full of fun.
The third realm of happiness is independent thinking.
Only by having an independent and free mind and a rich spiritual world, not just a body, but a soul and faith, can life achieve eternal happiness.