It's February, and it's fast. The 2024 Spring Festival is getting closer and closer. Another year older. Does age lead to an increase in wisdom? I do not know.
A ** on the Internet, a young man, who is said to be still a teacher, because the other party drove in line, he got out of the car, stopped in front of the other party's car, was angry, and smashed a hole in the car. The driver of the other party was a 71-year-old man.
Right or wrong here, regardless of age. When you are controlled by anger, you are no longer yourself. You will regret it later, but you will do it again. Emotions are out of control not because of the moment. It's the idea. Ideas come from memory, from experience.
I remember that the master in "Zen Menzi" said:If you are not afraid of thinking, you are afraid of being late, what is reading? Thinking is the first thought. Let's say you see this bowl, and when you see this bowl, that's the first thought. But after you see this bowl. You'll find, oh! This bowl is so big! Then, it's so cold in your hands, hey! What am I going to do! How to do it! You have added a lot of your own opinions and emotions to this bowl, which is the second and third thoughts. The first thought is not terrible, but the second and third thoughts are terrible. We say fighting delusions, or rather, putting it on a series, and you can put it down when you see it at first glance.
This is an interpretation of the process of loss of control from the perspective of practice. It's not the happenings that get out of control, it's the thoughts. Not the first thought, but the judgment that follows.
There are always people in life that we like and people we hate. In the same way, you will be liked or hated. We wonder why we have this idea. Originated in**. In the virtual world, the nature of human beings is magnified. You look at the **, and a disgusted thought arises in your heart. I don't like it to be so explicit, I don't think it's good. But forgetting the first thought, it is actually a fantasy. There is no personal judgment.
When we are carried by thoughts, our joys, sorrows, and sorrows will also change. At this time, thoughts dominate one's life, and thoughts are dominated by the outside. The outside is just the appearance, and the inside is the environment. Only when you return to yourself will you change your mind. Stop the first thought. Here's the cup, that's the table. And then there was no more. Whether they are beautiful or ugly is not something to consider, only existence.
Then back to everything you hate. What makes you like and what makes you hate. How was dualistic thinking born? out of jealousy; Derived from comparison; the doting and neglect that stems from the original family; It comes from clinging to one's own right and the wrong of others; Arises from the inability to perceive the rise of thoughts. It comes from a lack of wisdom, from the world we want to see. Stemming from feeling smarter than others, etc. As long as the source is found, there will be no dislike and liking. Being itself is beautiful, good, and compassionate.
I remember that in "The 24 Most Amazing Lessons in the World", it is written: It is with our thoughts and consciousness that we infuse our bodies with energy such as hope, courage, confidence, enthusiasm, and vitality. Of course, the mind also brings about sickness, sadness, burnout, disappointment, deprivation, and all kinds of limitations, which are brought about by the wrong way of thinking, which can have a devastating effect on our world and make it disharmonious.
We have to learn to break through the limited thinking and change the inner world, so that we can change the external world. The outer world has not changed. It's just a different angle. a body that grows before the age of 30; Mindset for growth after the age of 30. That's what time is all about.