When I was young, I read "Journey to the West", and I preferred Monkey King to be powerful and uninhibited, and regarded him as an idol in my heart.
When people reach middle age, they only understand when they read "Journey to the West" again that in the world of gods, demons and monsters, there are seven emotions and six desires, greed, hatred, and hatred, which are no different from the human world.
As Lu Xun commented on "Journey to the West":"Gods and demons are all human, and the spirit is also sophisticated. ”
The hero Sun Wukong, who was obsessed with him when he was young, also fell from the altar of "perfection", and evolved step by step with a stubborn image to become more powerful.
Once in the company of demons, and finally cultivated into a Buddha, what did Sun Wukong rely on to complete the counterattack in our eyes?And how did he shake hands and make peace with the world around him?
From a stone monkey to a fighting Buddha, the energy of this character, the miracle created, let the audience feel that it is a hearty way to live.
Sun Wukong is a stone monkey bred by a fairy stone on Huaguo Mountain, not long after he was born, he discovered the Water Curtain Cave with his courage and became the Monkey King.
was originally in a blessed land, supported by the audience monkeys, and lived a fairy-like life, but he worked hard, trekking through mountains and rivers, just to learn the art of immortality.
After returning from school, he disturbed the Dragon Palace in order to win the gold hoop stick, overturned the underworld in order to cancel the book of life and death, and was sued to the Heavenly Palace by the Dragon King and the King of Hades.
The Jade Emperor had the intention to capture him, and Tai Bai Xing was merciful and proposed to recruit him and title him "Bi Ma Wen".
Bi Ma Wen's work is very easy, in the airborne system, there are many demons and monsters who can't envy the good things, but he dislikes the lowly official position and can't get on the stage, so he returned to Huaguo Mountain in a fit of anger and proclaimed himself "Monkey King".
The Jade Emperor then named him the "Monkey King" and ordered him to take care of the Pan Tao Garden and enjoy the official lu. As the manager of the peach orchard, he not only ate all the big peaches in the garden, but also made a big disturbance about the peach banquet, just because he was not invited to the banquet.
Receiving a vocation, enjoying an official position, and living a chic and comfortable life, why does Sun Wukong still frequently make troubles, is it just because of face problems?
Sun Wukong is active and adventurous by nature, and charging into battle is the job that suits him, but the ones assigned to him are all idle jobs. Isn't it sad that he is a hot-blooded young man, but he is allowed to enjoy his old age in peace?
The joy of life lies in doing what you love in the right place.
For Sun Wukong at this stage, what kind of system and what kind of work is idle is not what he really wants in his heart, how can he enjoy it with peace of mind?
Later, Sun Wukong was pressed under the Wuzhi Mountain by the Buddha because of the havoc in the Heavenly Palace, and was enlightened by Guanyin Bodhisattva, escorting Tang Seng Xitian to learn scriptures and becoming a "bodyguard".
Ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties on the way to learn the scriptures, difficult and dangerous, he never flinched, compared with the previous entry into the heavenly palace, he wanted to leave at every turn, it can be said that he was determined, which just shows that learning scriptures in the west is a career that he truly recognizes in his heart.
Only when a person combines love and work can life be more brilliant.
As Schopenhauer said:"There's no real fun if there's no real demand. ”
A person who can't find real joy at work, even if he has money and leisure, is just a hollow person.
Just like the Buddha, in order to become a Buddha, he resolutely gave up the supreme royal throne and chose to practice hard under the Bodhi tree and transform the world everywhere, which was the fulfillment of his wish.
It can be seen that no matter how high the position is, if it is not the real need of the heart, it will only bring pain to oneself. If the Buddha is like this, Sun Wukong is like this, and so are many people in reality.
The position is not the more idle the better, nor the higher the better, only by recognizing the career that you really love in your heart, and finding the position you are willing to pay for, can you achieve new heights in life.
Sun Wukong loves to make friends.
Before entering the Heavenly Palace, he swore with the Bull Demon King and other demons as brothers, eating, drinking and having fun every day;After joining the Heavenly Palace, he was keen to make friends with all kinds of immortals.
Because of violating the rules of heaven, Sun Wukong was crushed under Wuzhi Mountain, but the former sworn brothers never visited him for a moment, and the situation can be described as bleak.
Later, Sun Wukong Bao Tang monk Xitian learned scriptures, passed through the Flame Mountain, and borrowed a banana fan from the Bull Demon King to extinguish the fire. The Bull Demon King not only didn't borrow it, but also fought with Sun Wukong, just because the Bull Demon King thought that Sun Wukong had harmed his child Red Boy.
The former sworn brothers, goodbye is already an enemy, and the fight is life-and-death, until Nezha subdues the Bull Demon King, and the fight ends.
On the way to learn the scriptures, there are many immortal friends who lend a helping hand to Sun Wukong like Nezha, and Erlang God is also one of them.
There is a nine-headed insect in Bibo Lake who steals relics, steals the queen mother Ganoderma lucidum, and does evil. Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie fought with him for a long time without distinguishing the winner, and it happened that Erlang God and the six brothers of Meishan passed by, so they worked together to subdue the monster.
The Bull Demon King once participated in the party in Bibotan, and Sun Wukong not only sighed that the Bull Demon King did bad things, which was caused by befriending the nine-headed insects.
In the final analysis, the different circles of choice will lead to different paths in life.
As the saying goes, what kind of circle you join, what kind of person you will become, and whether you become a demon or a Buddha is a choice.
If Sun Wukong had not befriended all the immortals who had attained positive results, and had been in the company of some evil demons, the outcome could be imagined, and perhaps, he would also become one of the demons.
It is precisely because of the enlightenment of Guanyin Bodhisattva, the persuasion of Tang Seng, and the help of fairy friends that Sun Wukong gradually embarked on the right path in life.
Confucius's Family Sayings has a saying:
Traveling with a gentleman, such as entering the room of Zhilan, if you don't smell its fragrance for a long time, you will dissolve with it. Swimming with the villain, such as entering the abalone, does not smell its smell for a long time, and also dissolves with it.Get along with a gentleman of good character, and you will become excellent too;With villains with bad character, you can also become very bad.
When I was young, I thought that eating, drinking and having fun was the best way to make friends, but I didn't realize that there was a magnetic field between people until middle age.
I tried my best to enter certain circles, thinking that I had mastered excellent connections, and in the end, everyone was scattered, and it was only myself who was hurt.
Clarify your circle, walk with the excellent, and be with the strong, so that you can make yourself better.
A high-quality circle is the magic weapon to broaden the breadth of life.
When Sun Wukong was apprenticed to learn art in Qicun Lingtai Mountain, Bodhi Patriarch asked him what his surname was.
He replied, "I am inhuman." If anyone scolds me, I will not be angryIf someone beats me, I won't be angry, I'll just accompany me. Lifetime sexless. ”
At this time, Sun Wukong is like a child, full of innocence and friendliness to the world.
After learning a skill, he relied on his high skills and named himself the Monkey King, on a par with the sky, and his arrogance was clearly revealed.
When he was drunk and died in the underworld, he said: "My old grandson is beyond the Three Realms, not in the Five Elements, and is no longer under his jurisdiction, how can he be hazy and dare to hook me?"”
When talking to the Buddha, he said nothing: "The emperor will take turns to do it, and he will come to my house next year." ”
If a person does not know how to restrain his words and deeds, it is the beginning of disaster.
Sun Wukong was pressed by the Buddha at the foot of Wuzhi Mountain for 500 years, and after Tang Seng rescued him from the mountain, his heart was still difficult to change.
In the fourteenth time, Sun Wukong only cared about his own strength and beat six thieves to death, Tang Seng complained that he hurt people's lives, he ran away in anger, and returned to Tang Seng after the persuasion of the Dragon King of the East China Sea.
He took a fancy to the gold-inlaid hat in Tang Seng's baggage, but after wearing it, it became a golden hoop to restrain himself.
There is a big difference between being constrained and not being constrained.
The six-eared macaque is a copy of Sun Wukong, the same appearance, the same skills, he originally wanted to take advantage of the gap between Tang Seng and Sun Wukong, instead of Sun Wukong to learn scriptures, and achieve positive results.
I didn't think that his temper was too big and his motives were not pure, so he couldn't hear Tang Seng call him "splash monkey", knocked Tang Seng to the ground, and was finally trapped in the golden bowl by the Buddha and killed by Sun Wukong.
Some people say that the six-eared macaque is the demon in Sun Wukong's heart, and killing the six-eared monkey means killing the demon in Sun Wukong's heart.
Tang Seng once said: "The heart is born, all kinds of demons are born;."The heart is extinguished, and all kinds of wear and tear are destroyed. ”
When Sun Wukong completed the task of learning scriptures, was named "Fighting to Defeat the Buddha", and asked Tang Seng to remove the golden hoop on his head, he found that the golden hoop had long disappeared.
It is precisely because of the way to learn the scriptures that Sun Wukong continued to polish his temperament, and in the end, the demon in his heart was destroyed, so he would not be bound by foreign objects.
As the old saying goes: "If jade is not cut, it will not be made." ”
Rough stone can only be carved into beautiful jade if it is polished smooth and faded from its edge. The unruly stone monkey can only cultivate into a Buddha after polishing his mind again and again and fading away from arrogance.
On the road of life, how can this not be the case, after the growth of one thing and one thing, the more you cultivate yourself, the more depth your life will be.
Guanyin Bodhisattva said that without Sun Wukong, the matter of learning scriptures from the west cannot be done.
Without his brave and warlike personality and increasingly transparent exquisite heart, it would be difficult to maneuver on the road of learning scriptures rampant with demons, and it would be even more difficult to achieve a career.
At the end of "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong was promoted to a great position, and in terms of the chaos when he entered the WTO, he lived a high-level self.
I like a quote very much:The so-called heroes of the world are all trained little by little, and the so-called wonderful lives are all out step by step.
From the hard study in the cold window of childhood, eager to study, to the high-spirited and fearless when he was young, and then to the cautious and ...... the overall situation in middle ageIt is all about fighting with life again and again, and practicing oneself again and again.
The highest way to live in life is to do what you love, to cultivate yourself and achieve yourself in the midst of hardships and difficulties.
May you also find the way you like to live and live a wonderful life.