The human mind comes out of thin air, and it does not know where it is going. All thoughts are based on what you experience, what you see, what you hear, that is, on the past, and thoughts grow out of their own like grass.
Every grass has its own life, and the mind has its own life. In and out of the mind, as long as you have the past, the mind will give birth to thoughts, and it will live in its own way, not only internally, but also externally between people and things.
When a person's mind is flying, you can see the presence of thoughts, you can see that his face is constantly changing, so you ask, "Do you have anything on your mind?"”
When you enter a mountain forest, you will feel silence, when you pass through a strange rock, you will feel irritable, and when you are with someone who is not at peace with your heart, you will feel uncomfortable and nervous. As you enter the temple, you will feel a sense of tranquility and relaxation.
When one is gone, walking easily and walking with your eyes open to something unfinished, the mind is not inside, but will be released, and you will feel differently when you stand aside. Thoughts exist, like dust in the void, and thoughts penetrate you.
When you talk to someone, you pass on your thoughts to the other person, your sadness, your joy affects the other person. These thoughts are like second-hand meals, second-hand cars, second marriages, or more hands, traveling through and passing through in everyone's mind.
Some people eat these thoughts as gifts and accept them with joy, while others reject them and let them pass by. You can't stop it, but you can't let these scraps affect you.
A person who is good at thinking will not borrow from outside, he will produce his own fresh and sprout-like thoughts.
You have to learn to create your own thoughts. A new idea created by you has great potential, such as fresh jokes beyond the imagination of others, unexpected decisions. Because you're creating your own beauty.
All other people's thoughts are not your own, and that may allow you to integrate into society, but it will not take you to the next level. Only if you keep thinking can you finally break through the mud that seals the doorway and let the spring gush out.
Don't underestimate the power of thoughts, if you are not aware enough, then other people's minds will push you into other people's paths, which are not suitable for you, and when you turn back, you are lost.
Your whole life is like a fallen leaf blown around by the wind, and when you hear a thought, you change your whole life pattern.
Your heart is occupied by external objects, you forget where you are going, and you change direction in a daze and without realizing it. That thought is like a reins to your nose, and you become a cow that follows that thought. And along the way, you are influenced by another thought, and you look in another direction, and your whole life is an accidental event.
Thinking is a quality that you are born with. It means keeping your own awareness when connecting with external objects and when you encounter problems. A problem arises at this moment, and you look at it with your full awareness, and then a fresh flower opens up from the heart, and this is thinking, which is based on the present moment, based on the emptiness within you.
But that's not the case with us now, when a question is asked, you already have an answer in your head, and the answer pops up before you even think about it. Someone asks you, "What does sea water smell like?"You won't hesitate to say, "Salty!".”
You definitely and mechanically gave the answer, but ......Is it your own mind?
The teacher drew a curved shape, filled in a few stars on the edges, and asked you what is this curved shape?You will say, "It's the moon!".”
Your mind is just a memory-based and an answer that has already been prepared. Who gave you these?Parents, books or others?You treat these as treasures. The mind is like that, when you have something, the mind loses interest, and this "knowing" is actually a bondage, and the more you carry, the more bondage you have.
Can't you answer: "The sea is the taste of your own taste!".You can also answer, "It's your own eyes that are crooked." "Your wisdom is bound by the past, just like the caged chicken in Zhuangzi's pen, the turtle raised in the sacrificial altar, no need to forage for food, how beautiful!There are so many ideas that can be used at the right time, why think for yourself?
A thinking person uses his consciousness every time he has a problem, and vividly faces the present moment and the problem. The transition from borrowing ideas to thinking for oneself is a small but worlds of difference.
A person who is full of other people's thoughts is just a huge memory, just like a computer full of unwanted files, and a person who thinks is like chatgpt.
A person who lives as a memory, if you ask him a new question, he will be at a loss;If you ask him a question to which he knows the answer, he will answer it immediately, and this is the difference between a scholar and a person who really knows, who really knows and who can think.
If you transform yourself and turn all your borrowed thoughts into your own, you will have a glimpse that will pass like a lightning bolt that illuminates your night, but will disappear again.
Keep you fresh until the moon rises in your heart and shines on the earth, then the illuminated world will be yours. At this time, there is a word called "enlightenment".