Wang Yangming can be called an outstanding figure in Chinese history, he is not only a writer but also a military general, known as the first perfect man in the ages!During the Zhengde period, with a limited number of troops, Wang Yangming, with extraordinary courage and wisdom, successfully quelled the bandits that had plagued the four provinces of Hunan, Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangxi for a long time in just a few months. When the news spread, everyone applauded, but Wang Yangming was not intoxicated by this, but realized a famous saying that has been passed down to this day from the experience of pacifying the thieves: "It is easy to break the mountain and the thief is difficult."
He believes that the mountain thieves are nothing more than a group of inconspicuous villains, who can be easily defeated with the right means as long as they have the courage and wisdom. And what is really difficult to defeat is the thief in the heart, which is hidden in the depths of the individual's heart, and whenever people think they have gotten rid of the thief, it quietly jumps out and gives a fatal blow. It is a thousand times more difficult to break the thief in the heart than the thief in the mountain.
In order to defeat the thief in his heart, Wang Yangming also fell into a predicament. Wouldn't he be able to deal with those colorless and invisible inner thieves?
The thief in the mountain, the form is obviously easy to detect;The thief in his heart is hidden and hard to find. How to deal with those things that cannot be seen or touched?For the thief in the heart, you need to get rid of it with your heart. Before proposing "Gewu", we should first "Gexin", that is, pursue conscience and get rid of the "dirt" that blinds our hearts. So, Wang Yangming proposed: "Sit quietly and break the thief of anxiety;."The thief who gives up and gets it, the thief who breaks his desires;Practice on things and break the thief of hesitation. If all three thieves are broken, everything can be done. ”
So, how do we expel the thief in ourselves?As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles!Everyone is unique, and we need to figure out how we shape who we are today. Maybe that sounds complicated?In other words, it is to figure out how your behavior patterns are formed, why you have a violent temper, and why you are often suspiciousWhy is it ......Those behavior patterns that we hate but can't change are the thieves in our hearts!
How they are created, how they are repeated in us, and only by breaking these behavioral patterns that affect our growth can we trigger positive change and defeat the thief in our hearts!To break the thief of anxiety, one needs to sit down in serenity. Why be quiet?Because the heart is still, the true inner voice will appear, and the inner uneasiness and anxiety will be revealed, just as you can't see your reflection in a rushing river, but you can see it clearly on the quiet lake.
To break the thief of desire, it needs to be obtained in renunciation. The philosopher Schopenhauer once said: "Life is a mass of desires, if desires are satisfied, they will be boring, and if they are not satisfied, they will be miserable, and life is like a pendulum, oscillating between pain and boredom." "Most of human suffering stems from desire, which is actually the lack of the heart. What is discarding?It's obviously given up, why can you still get it?Desire is like dust that blinds the soul, and only by giving up desire can we see the heart!
To break the thief of hesitation, you need to practice Xi. As the saying goes, just talk and don't practice fake tricks, only practice don't say stupid tricks, and the combination of saying and practicing is the real trick!Some people know a lot of truths but can't live their own lives, is it because they don't know enough?Or do you know too much and don't know how to choose?Always hesitant and don't know which method to use?You can't live a good life if you understand the truth and don't put it into practice!The unity of knowledge and action can achieve all things!
All of the above are the tests of fate for us, and we can only complete them by ourselves. You can choose to escape, but you can't go far by bending over. It is the thief in our heart who influences us to make bad decisions, and the thief in our heart is the source of all suffering. A person's life is to constantly get rid of the thieves in his heart, and this is a practice. Destroy the three thieves, and everything can be done!