2019-07-27 Ancient Innocence Theory - The Power of Innocence (5) Xu Wenbing and Liang Dong Dialogue on "The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic"

2019-7-27:

Chapter 5: Live a quality life

1. Don’t indulge in lust, and don’t let God run away from your eyes—— "Desires cannot strain one's eyes":

1. "Desires cannot strain one's eyes, and lust cannot deceive one's heart" is actually a summary of the first paragraph of "The Theory of Ancient Innocence". The origin of this sentence is that Huangdi asked Qibo: I heard that people in ancient times lived a hundred years old in the Spring and Autumn Period, but why do people nowadays lose their mobility before they are fifty years old? Here, what Huangdi saw were superficial things. First, the life span was short - half a hundred years; second, the function of the body was declining - all movements were declining. Qi Bo not only paid attention to the quantity of life, but also the quality of life. Therefore, he proposed that people should live to the age of 120 and emphasized that people should live happily. If their desires cannot be satisfied and their wishes cannot be realized, they will always be It's very depressing and distorted, and you'll feel so miserable that you would rather die than live.

2. The word "desire" is a "valley" and a "owe". When the valley is dug, it needs to be filled up. Therefore, desire is the desire to be enriched and satisfied. However, we must learn neither to indulge nor to suppress it, because when it is suppressed, it will express itself from another channel. For example, if a person has been hungry for many days, he will go to two extremes. One is that he is hungry, and the other is that he eats non-stop. Both of these manifestations are abnormal reactions that occur after the desire for hunger is suppressed. This kind of allergic reaction is called "appetite". "Appetite" refers to excessive liking, or a special hobby.

Why do we need to add "its purpose" after "desires cannot work"? Originally, desire is unmoving, but after it becomes a special hobby, it begins to be tempted. The eyes are the windows to the soul. When the heart is moved, the pupils will dilate. This state is called trance. Therefore, after "tiring your eyes", you will be tempted. It will "hurt his spirit".

3. Those who have been staring at the TV or computer screen are actually in a semi-crazy state.

2. Don’t be tempted by anything - "Luxury cannot deceive one's heart":

1. "Luxury" originally means excessive. Traditional Chinese medicine calls these excessive and excessive external climate changes the "six evils", including: wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, and fire. This does not mean that wind or rain will cause illness, but it means that the changes in the outside world are too drastic and your own resistance is too weak, so you will get sick. Later, the word "yin" specifically refers to excessive sexual life.

"Confusion" means uncertainty. "No confusion at forty." After the age of forty, people will know what kind of person they are, what kind of woman they should find, and they can make a decision. "To confuse one's mind", in layman's terms means "to be spoiled for choice". Now that one is unmoved and firm in the face of temptation, this is called "not to be confused".

Only a person who has experienced many things and has seen countless experiences and has achieved "samadhi" can be considered truly samadhi.

2. After experiencing "desire", people who have reached the state of great enlightenment and concentration have reached a higher level of physical and mental health. This is called "sexuality and evil cannot deceive their minds." If you are like a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder, who often thinks over and over again, thinks forward and backward, and thinks about things left and right, but in the end is still undecided and worries about gains and losses, this is "confusion" and cannot make up his mind. In fact, this is a sign of unhealthy physical and mental health. .

3. Most people can be divided into three types: "foolish, wise and wise" - "foolish, wise and wise":

1. "Foolish" refers to the mind and mood. Or the idea is stuck in a corner and can't get out, and the idea is stuck in the corner, which means that the thinking is stuck. For example, the kind of person who doesn't look back until he hits the wall, and who even hits the wall and says that his head is not strong enough and will continue to hit it.

"Wisdom" refers to smarter and more understanding people who know the changes in tangible matter. They are more open and understanding than "foolish" people. When they saw that this road was impassable, they chose other roads.

"Xian" refers to a person who has developed wisdom. "Xian" is a higher level than "wisdom". For example, a person who plays blind chess without chess pieces or a chessboard without making a bad move is called a "sage".

Four. Tiredness is due to attaching great importance to material things - "Unworthy, not afraid of things, so it is in line with the Tao":

1. "Xiao" is a common holiday The word means "crumb".

The original meaning of "not worthy of things" is "disdain for things", which means that the pursuit of material and material desires is not very strong and does not take them seriously.

The traditional Chinese character for "fear" is "fear". When the bird stops, looks back and forth, and opens its eyes wide, that state is called "fear." It is a state of being stunned or with eyes wide open after being stimulated by shock, fright, or fear. In short, it touches you.

"Fear" is the word "Gong" at the top and the word "心" at the bottom. "Gong" refers to the use of rope to tie things. The cowhide rope used to be specially used was called "Wei", and "Wei Bian San Jue" means that the books in the past were all bamboo slips, and the cowhide rope that tied the bamboo slips was called "Gong". Wei". Therefore, "fear" refers to the feeling that your heart seems to be tightened by a rope and is lifted up.

"In harmony with the Tao" means the same as "harmony between heaven and man". The change of heaven and earth is called "Tao". The so-called "conformity with Tao" means that what you do is in line with the natural changes of heaven and earth.

2. Whether we are fools, wise men or wise men, we should neither disdain nor be afraid of things. We live in this material society, we need them, but we can’t let them entangle your heart too much. Therefore, the real enlightenment of wisdom does not rely on reading, but on the inherent things in the brain. After practicing and mastering, it will be like electromagnetic waves. , it clicked through. This is called "Hui Ran's independent enlightenment".

5. Those who are virtuous will gain something - "So those who can live a hundred years without losing their actions":

1. "Virtue", next to the two people, with another underneath Have a heart. Those who carefully understand the changes in the way of heaven and do things in line with the way of heaven are called virtuous people. Those who are virtuous will gain something.

A truly moral person must actually be wise. He or she is not tired, nor is everyone else tired, nor does he feel uncomfortable among the crowd.

6. Whether a person has "wisdom" is not important. What is important is that he must have "wisdom" - "virtue is not in danger":

1. Whether a person has "wisdom" "It's not important. What's important is that you must have "wisdom." For example, in the past, the old people were illiterate and had never read books, but when they were raising children, they would know the following sentence: "If you want your children to be safe, they must be hungry and cold." This method of pulling children is in line with the law of heaven, and it is called "Dequan".

Dequan means that in addition to doing things in line with the way of heaven, you must also master the way of heaven as fully as possible and always do things that are in line with the way of heaven. Only in this way can you be "not in danger".

"Virtue is not in danger", one sentence sums up the problems we have when we want to maintain good health, want to be healthy, want to live a long life, and want to live a quality and quantitative life.

2. Being apostate or not fully understanding the way of heaven is called "bad virtue"; not knowing the way of heaven is called "immoral".

7. Choosing a name must also be in accordance with the laws of heaven:

1. You cannot choose your first or last name, it is determined when you are born. But generally after you go to school, you can choose a name for yourself. You can decide this "name" yourself.

2. In ancient times, only your parents or elders could call you by name, while your peers or juniors could only call you by your first name to show respect.

3. People are changing. He is that person in one state, and he is another person after this state. We cannot use one word or one name to summarize a person's whole body.

4. Some people are famous by their names; some are famous by their characters; and some are famous by their nicknames.

8. A person may be "in danger" at any time while alive:

1. "Danger" is a pictographic character. The above is the state of a person on the edge of a cliff, which makes people feel nervous. Look, if it's hanging, it might fall down. Therefore, there is an idiom called "Dangerous as an egg", which is like stacking eggs one by one.

During the internship, I discovered that human life is so fragile and "dangerous". Therefore, it is a great blessing to be born as a human being. Therefore, we must be kind to life and to the soul. Take good care of yourself.

2. There are no old or young people on the Huangquan Road. From babies as young as a few months to young adults, they will die at any time.

9. Others can hurt you because you have something that can be hurt:

1. A morally sound person, or a person who is physically and mentally healthy, is seeking from within. people. He will not resort to external force, has no feeling of hatred for other people's behavior, and does not expect others to give him anything, so he will not complain, so you can't hurt him. In other words, if you are hurt by others, it is Because there is something about you that can be hurt.

If there are no internal ghosts in the house, there will be no outsiders. Only if you have that self-loathing and self-hatred factor in your heart can others hurt you.

2. A healthy person, in addition to living comfortably himself, will also make those who come into contact with him feel comfortable as well.

Feelings and Questions in Chapter 5:

"Desires cannot strain one's eyes, and lust cannot deceive one's heart." This chapter feels like it talks about an issue of "degree".

According to Baidu Encyclopedia’s explanation: Degree is the unified category of quality and quantity. It is the limit, range and scope of things that maintain their quality and quantity. The fundamental sign of the difference between quantitative change and qualitative change is: whether the change of things exceeds the degree. In practice, if the principle of moderation is not mastered, the phenomenon of "too much is not enough" may occur.

Just like the social market, if producers are too greedy and produce too much, causing supply to exceed demand, it will lead to a group of self-interested consumers not buying or buying less, thus forcing production On the contrary, if consumers are too greedy and consume uncontrollably, resulting in product shortages and supply exceeding demand, then the consumers themselves will suffer from the subsequent price increase.

From this point of view, everything has its own set of laws for survival. The best way is to act according to the changing laws of heaven and earth, know moderation, and keep your heart.