In the previous article, I thought about the last question about what kind of person I should be for a long time.
That is: How to set such a goal for the entire life?
In fact, it is to answer the ultimate question: What is the meaning of human life?
Or a little further: What kind of person do you want to be?
Liang Wendao answered a similar question from a reader in One Thousand and One Nights, and I was deeply impressed.
In fact, only we know our own feelings and the most direct feelings about life. It is difficult for others to completely take in the experience.
When you ask others for answers, How can others have the right and ability to make a life choice for you?
He said: Based on his experience and thinking, the question of what it means to be a human being cannot be thought out, and reason cannot give you an answer. , being a person is a verb, it is a question of who you want to be
When you choose to be a certain kind of person and have a direction in life, you will feel at ease and comfortable in your heart. Even if you still have problems with the meaning of life at this time, it will be greatly relieved.
What kind of person do you want to be? Even if you can't do it in the end, it is a direction in life and a motto. When you have such a direction in life, you do it and you make it. Your problem will be better.
In fact, we are thinking a little deeper. Human instinct hopes that I will continue to learn, practice and grow throughout my life. There is always a goal in this process,
This goal is to become a real person. In fact, it is equivalent to the fact that when you are born, you have just begun. To become a person, the journey must be progressed slowly.
Life is a three-dimensional and dynamic process. When we grasp the problems of life, we should generally remember three points
1. Human life has levels
2. Human life has priorities
3. Human beings Life has direction
Human beings have three levels: body, mind and spirit.
The key lies in the heart, which has three potentials - knowledge, emotion and intention
People have the ability to know,
and for knowledge we need to distinguish between three Aspects: Information, knowledge, wisdom
There is a sentence in the poem "The Rock" that says, where is the knowledge we lost in information, and where is the wisdom we lost in knowledge?
The three levels of information, knowledge, and wisdom are clearly listed.
We receive all kinds of information every day, which is dazzling, but do we have knowledge?
Knowledge refers to what we learn in college or in society, in a systematic way. A kind of understanding within the professional scope
This kind of knowledge will definitely bring you ability and confidence in a certain aspect.
These three are a goal and a direction, that is, you have to move towards wisdom. Wisdom is a complete and fundamental understanding.
To put it simply, it is self-interest and then altruism
I am self-interest first, which is the most natural expression of human emotions
Then I am altruistic. When it comes to aesthetics, we have to transcend this consideration of interests. This is the emotional aspect
The emotional aspect will eventually lead to fraternity. You go beyond self-interest and altruism. You don't have to distinguish various specific conditions for everyone, and you can care about people universally. This is a kind of great love
p>means you can make your own choices. It emphasizes autonomy and freedom, and autonomy and freedom allow you to do good, but the degree is different at first. You become more and more independent and feel more and more free
This level of difference will change in nature after a certain stage. That is, my will seems to be intentional, but in fact it may not be intentional. I do a lot of things, and I don’t need to set my mind to do good deeds or help others, I just do it naturally. This is what Confucius said about following your heart's desires without exceeding the rules. Following the heart's desires means what I naturally do.
Not breaking the rules means that I will not violate the rules, that is, it is in line with what I should do - everything I naturally do is what I should do, and what I should do All done very naturally. This is already flowing smoothly.
This is the highest state of life. It is possible to train and cultivate the will in such a way that it should fully cooperate with nature and flow naturally
The heart has knowledge and will, and its direction points to the spirit.
Speaking of the spirit, it has a special feature, which is to connect people and ourselves. I belong to the same era as everyone who is still alive. There is a kind of interaction and communication between me and them, which can break down the differences between people, races, and countries. There is a kind of transcendence. Transparency, this kind of penetration is not the passage of time, but the passage of everyone in space.
Everyone’s situation is different. How to practice cultivation needs to be combined with your actual situation today. Starting from your family, most specifically the people related to your life, you start cultivating yourself from them and interacting with them
You must realize that this cultivation is A lifetime, and it is impossible to achieve perfection in a lifetime.
Because we can only be responsible for the "yourself" part and the "relationship" part between you and a specific person.
You can't do anything about the "him" part
Anyone we interact with, starting from family members, to getting to know a friend, all of this includes personal cultivation. In other words, any interaction with anyone or meeting a new friend is the beginning of cultivation. Each time you practice it your quality will improve more and more. This high degree of consciousness allows you to become the person you should be.
This is the most interesting and wonderful challenge in life. As long as you don't limit yourself, you are full of infinite possibilities.
Finally, I attach a poem about choosing a direction in life: "Not afraid of the wind and rain" by Kenji Miyazawa
Not afraid of the rain, not afraid of the wind
Not afraid of winter snow and scorching heat
Have a strong body
Not greedy, not angry
Always smile calmly
Eat half a liter of black rice a day, as well as miso and a few vegetables
Don’t overthink everything
See, listen, understand
Then Keep it in mind
Live in the shade of wild pine trees
A small thatched house
If a child is sick in the east
Go and take care of it Take care
If there is a mother in the west who is tired
Go and help her carry the rice sheaves
If there is someone in the south who is dying
Go and tell him not to be afraid
If there is a quarrel or conflict in the north
Just say it's boring and please stop
Cry during drought
Restless during cold summer
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Everyone calls me a fool
Neither praised nor suffered
I want to be
such a person
——Partial excerpts from "Western Philosophy Class", "One Thousand and One Nights" and "Braving the Wind and Rain"