The Book of Changes tells us that everything in the universe is alive, that is, a life-centered cosmology. The revelation of the Book of Changes is that all people and all things have life and exist equally in the universe. All things in the universe are not only alive but also spiritual, and the lives of each individual are closely related, all things are interdependent, inseparable, and interact with each other, and if any part of it is completely opposed, it cannot survive and cannot exist as itself.
The Book of Changes holds that heaven is the Father and the earth is the Mother, and we live according to them, and our mistake is to deviate from the laws they have revealed to us, and we have no reason not to fear them. When we are faced with difficulties and great disasters, we must adjust our behavior to be in line with heaven and earth, and strive to follow the path, so that we can live in relative peace and harmony.
The life-centered cosmology of the Book of Changes is also the source of traditional Chinese medicine, that is, the various organs of the human body interact with each other, and there is an organic internal mode of operation, and any part of the operation will affect the health of the person
Group photo with Li Liulian, Dean of Henan Anyang Branch of Zhuxia Zhouyi Cultural Research Institute].
The life-centered cosmology of the I Ching is the source of Confucius's Analects of "people-oriented", and it is also the source of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching's culture of the unity of nature and man. For us personally, we need to learn to remind ourselves from time to time and learn to live a virtuous way.
The Book of Changes, whether from the principle of righteousness or the number of symbols, teaches us a value-centered outlook on life. The ultimate purpose of life in the world is to realize self-worth, and this value is to seek truth, goodness and beauty. It teaches us to demand truth intellectually, to seek the truth of life, to pursue the beauty of human nature emotionally, and to demand the goodness of human beings to get along with all things in terms of will. Such a view of life requires us to always put the practice of virtue first in our lives!
The I Ching gives us the inspiration that the values of life are not inside or outside. If we are outside, fame, fortune and power can bring us everything and make us happy, so that the value of life belongs to only a few people. Because the opportunity and luck to get fame and fortune are destined to belong to a few, and fame and power give people only a momentary satisfaction of the senses, not a real joy from the heart!
The Book of Changes tells us that the value of a person lies in the cultivation of virtue, and there is no high or low occupation, but a high or low personality. A virtuous person, he is loved everywhere, he brings benefits to others everywhere, such a person is popular everywhere, and his life value is very high. No matter what kind of profession you are, a gentleman is respected, and a gentleman is virtuous, so the value of life is not inside or outside.
From the inspiration of the Book of Changes, it is also believed that the value of life lies in the development of virtue, a person without virtue is very terrible, he will go the other way, virtue is to follow the way, the value of life is to strive to make their behavior in the way, get along with others, to be kind, to get along with nature, to respect nature!
Isn't it terrible for a person who has no virtue to get along with others, to be self-oriented, to get along with nature, and to take profit as the mainstay?We only respect the great virtues of the sages in history, because what they do is "the worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world", which is the highest point of virtue, and such a state is the selflessness in the I Ching. When a person reaches selflessness, in fact, his words and deeds are for the sake of others, he has surpassed the ego, and the ego has a lot of desires, and more often than not, such desires are based on self-interest.
The most important inspiration of the Book of Changes to us in life is that the ultimate value of life is to constantly surpass ourselves. All the wrong behaviors of man are because man cannot reasonably control his desires, so he cannot reasonably control his desires, because he cannot correctly understand himself, cannot know himself, and because he cannot understand nature and the universe. Because of our experience, all that our reason can grasp is itself finite, full of change, and cannot explain why it exists, which requires a transcendent understanding.
If people want to learn to transcend, they must be humble, learn to let go of themselves, learn to reflect, reflect, find mistakes, always adjust their mentality, correct mistakes, approach to the Confucian "heaven" and the Taoist "Tao", and use this Tao to demand themselves and regulate themselves, and finally be able to achieve what Confucius said about seventy without exceeding the rules and doing what he wants!That's the highest state of life!
Li Chuang (Li Enchuang), female, Han nationality, was born in Wancheng District, Nanyang City, Henan Province in 1985. Descendants of Li Yongqing during the Daoguang period. At present, he is: the founder of "Shande Society", a senior metaphysician of China Zhouyi, a senior ** teacher of China Zhouyi, an encyclopedia of famous Zhouyi, and a member of the organizing committee of the 5th China Zhouyi Famous High-end Forum.