Strangely, people seldom know the importance of lying in bed; In my opinion, the most important discoveries in the world, whether scientific or philosophical, were made by scientists or philosophers when they were lying in bed at two or five o'clock in the morning.
Some people lie in bed during the day, while others lie in bed at night. When it comes to the word "lying", there are only two meanings. One is physical and the other is moral, because these two actions happen to be consistent. I believe that lying in bed is one of the greatest pleasures in life; I think people who believe like me are honest, and those who don't believe are liars. In fact, they lie during the day, not only in expression, but also in morality. During the day, there are moral propagandists, kindergarten teachers and readers of Aesop's fables, but those who admit to me that one should intentionally cultivate the art of lying in bed are honest, and they would rather not read books such as Alice in Wonderland in class.
What is the significance of lying in bed to body and mind? Physiologically speaking, lying in bed means that we abandon foreign objects, retreat indoors and adopt the most suitable posture for rest, tranquility and meditation. There is a suitable and luxurious way to lie in bed. Confucius, the greatest life artist, "sleeps without a corpse" and lies on his back. I believe that one of the greatest pleasures in life is to roll up your legs and lie in bed. Only in this way can we achieve the highest aesthetic pleasure and intelligence level. Pay attention to the position of your arm. I think the best posture is not to lie upright on the bed, but to cushion it with a soft pillow, so that the body forms a 30-degree angle with the bed and put one or both hands behind the head. In this attitude, poets can write immortal poems, philosophers can put forward earth-shattering ideas, and scientists can make discoveries in planned times.
Strangely, people seldom know the value of silence and meditation. After a hard day's work, after meeting and talking with many people, after your friends told you meaningless jokes, after your brothers and sisters tried to persuade you to go to heaven, after all this made you feel depressed and unhappy, the art of lying in bed can not only give you physical rest, but also give you complete comfort. I admit that lying in bed has some effects, but the effects are not limited to this. If the art of lying in bed is properly cultivated, it should have the effect of purifying the soul. Many enterprises are proud of their busy careers and run around all day. I'm so busy that three phones have been dialing. Little do they know that if they are willing to wake up at one o'clock every morning and lie in bed for an hour, their profits will definitely double. What's the harm in lying like this until eight o'clock in the morning? It would be better if he put a box of fine cigarettes on the small table beside the bed and spent enough time getting out of bed to solve all the problems of the day before brushing his teeth. In bed, when he is lying straight or bent comfortably in his pajamas, he is not bound by that hateful wool underwear, or annoying belts or suspenders, suffocating clothes and heavy leather shoes; When his toes can be opened freely and the freedom he lost during the day is restored, only then can a truly business-minded person think. Because a person's thoughts can only be free if his toes are free, and he can have real thoughts if his thoughts are free. In this way, arrive at the office at 9: 00 or 8: 35 in the morning on time, supervise the subordinates like a slave, and "have nothing to do", it is better to go to the office at 10: 00 in the morning.
As for thinkers, inventors and idealists, lying still at one o'clock is particularly effective. A reader thinks about the material of his article or novel in this way, and he gets more than sitting at his desk all day. Because he is not disturbed by telephone calls, well-meaning visitors and daily chores in bed, he can see life through a piece of glass or a bead curtain, and the real world is covered with the wheel of poetic fantasy, revealing a magical beauty. In bed, what he saw was not the skin of life, but life became a more realistic picture, just like the great paintings of Ni Yunlin or Mitty.
So this is because when we lie in bed, all the muscles are at rest, the blood circulation is stable, and the five senses are still. Because of this physical silence, the mind can be more concentrated and not disturbed by foreign objects, so both the mind and the senses are more sensitive than during the day. All beautiful music should be enjoyed while lying with your eyes closed. Li Daiweng has said in his article On Willow that it is appropriate to lie still in the morning and smell the birds. If we can use the morning to listen to the music in the sky, it will be a lot of blessings! In fact, most cities are filled with birdsong, although I believe many residents don't feel it. For example, this is the voice I heard in Shanghai one morning:
This morning, I woke up at five o'clock, lying in bed, listening to the most comforting air music. I woke up as soon as I heard the sirens of various factories, with different sizes. After a while, it was the sound of hooves on Yuyuan Road in the distance, probably the morning exercise of foreign cavalry. In the silence of the morning, it is more wonderful to listen to the sound of hooves than to listen to Brahms' symphony. After a while, there will be three or five birds singing. Unfortunately, I haven't studied the sound of birds, and I don't know what it is, but I still enjoy smelling birds.
There are other sounds besides natural birds. At half past five, there was a knock at the back door of Xizai next door, probably because he came back from a night's sleep. There was the rustle of sweepers and bamboo brooms. Suddenly, the sound of two geese flying in the sky. At 6: 25, the machine rumble of the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo train bound for the West Station came in the distance. With one or two horns, there was a sound in the small room next door. At this time, families came back from the night village one after another, and the silence of the night slowly faded away. During the day, the mixed production of various human actions outside slowly increases and prospers. Then the servant also stood up, accompanied by the sound of opening windows, hooks, a cough or two, light footsteps and the sound of cups and plates. Suddenly, the child in the next room called "Mom"! This is the natural music I heard in Shanghai that morning.
Throughout the spring of that year, what I enjoyed most was to hear a kind of bird singing, which was similar to what I heard in the southern mountainous area when I was a child. The local name is Kaqiu, which may be a pigeon. His singing has four tones-do, mi and re-ti. The first two tones are combined, the third tone is two and a half beats long, and becomes a short low-order ti in the beat-and the fourth tone has a short pause. In this way, the four-tone Legato becomes a very beautiful tone, staying on a tall tree and spreading a unique sound in the air, which is particularly touching. Best of all, when a pigeon croaked three or five times near the ground, another pigeon's answer came from a tree a hundred paces away. This is naturally the chorus of the man and the woman, and it is the source of all sounds. After singing for a while, it was not harmonious. I was impatient here, and the tune was changed. The beat was fast, but the ending was omitted, and there were only three sounds: do, mj and R. Finally, it was boring, or. After a while. The song of this turtledove is the most beautiful of all birds, which left me the deepest impression. In addition, there are many birds singing. I don't know how to describe these songs except by music, but I know there are songs by magpies, orioles, woodpeckers and pigeons. The reason why birds come late is that they wake up late, which is nothing more than what our great artist and poet Li Daiweng pointed out. Other birds are most afraid of humans. When we wake up, we can't shoot bullets or throw stones. We can't be quiet for a day, so we can't even sing quietly and try our best. So it's not good to sing during the day, so get up early to sing. Only sparrows, that is, those who are not afraid of people, can sleep peacefully for a while.