Until the end of life, perhaps we still don't know what the meaning of life is.
This life is like a big dream, why are we here?
Kazuo Inamori said that we live in an era of unrest, and the world is confused, and we cannot see the future clearly.
The material is abundant, but the spirit is empty, the consciousness is abundant, the etiquette is very lacking, the action is free, and the feeling is very closed. Many people cannot find the meaning of life, lose the direction of life, and live as so-called hollow people.
Either you are carried forward by the way of the world, or you work hard for worldly achievements and live a miserable and unhappy life.
Regarding the question of the meaning of life, Kazuo Inamori summed it up in eight wordsElevate the mind and hone the soul.
To put it simply, it is to be a little purer when the soul is born at the time of death, or to welcome death with a better and nobler soul.
There are many hardships in life, there are many unpleasant ones, and when we are not living well, we will inevitably complain.
Why should we come into this world to suffer? Decades ago, the writer Shi Tiesheng was paralyzed in both legs, couldn't find a job, and didn't know what to do, so he went to the altar of earth to think about life.
He thinks about life and death, and finally comes to the conclusion that a person is born, which is no longer a matter to be debated, but only a fact given to him by God. When God gave us this fact, he had already assured him of the result in passing.
Therefore, death is a thing that does not need to be rushed, and death is a festival that will inevitably come. Heaven has thrown us into this world full of desires, and let us be fascinated and trapped by desires.
Some people spend their lives in the pursuit of wealth, status, fame, and indulge in pleasures, but have to experience a lot of unsatisfactory experiences. The long is suffering, and the short is life.
The process of life itself is like a sandpaper for honing the soul, people improve their minds, cultivate their spirits, and pass away with a higher level of soul than when they were born, but many times, many of us forget about the soul, and are always confused by things outside the body, diligently seeking money, fame, and fortune, even at the expense of violating our conscience.
Therefore, there are always two paths in front of us, the human spirit can become rich or barren, can become noble or humble, and the soul can be high or low. It all depends on our attitude towards life and on how we are prepared to live our lives.
So how should we hone our souls?
A person's life is largely the product of his thinking, and what kind of person you want to be is up to you. In college, self-cultivation is the first priority in life, what is self-cultivation? It's just what you want to be, and you try to make yourself like that. And the first priority of self-cultivation is inspiration, you have to know what kind of person you want to become, and then you can work towards this goal.
But when people come to this world, they may not have figured out what they really want, and they are forced to plunge into life and be dragged forward. When we didn't understand what we wanted to do, we hastily found a job because of life, and even when we didn't understand marriage, we were forced to get married hastily under the pressure of the world.
And some things, once they get caught up in it, it may take more energy and courage to get out of it. When Sheng Hefu graduated from university, it coincided with a difficult period of employment, he had no way, and he was not hired for many employment exams, which made him suffer from a beating, and even wanted to join ***
Fortunately, he chose another path, otherwise there would be no later Kazuo Inamori. Indeed, many times we may not know what kind of life we want, but we must know what we hate. Some people are forced to live under pressure, and choose what they don't like, and end up regretting it for life.
Maugham said in "Blade" that I am not afraid of taking the wrong road, and I can't find what I want on a certain detour in life. So, if you don't know what kind of life you want, don't be afraid to take the wrong path, try boldly, and don't stop because you're worried that life will be short.
Kazuo Inamori put forward a rule of life in "The Law of Living", that is, only what is actively pursued can be obtained. If you don't even know what you want to be, then you really will never be there. Life is a long road, bumpy and rugged, many people don't know what they want, just walk because of the pressure, ** a lot, and finally forget the most important thing in life.
So, even if we know what we really want, we have all sorts of problems as we move forward. Maybe sometimes you have walked for a long time, made a lot of efforts, but you can't see any gains, so you wonder if you are on the wrong path, is this kind of life or work not suitable for me?
In addition to self-doubt, we also face judgment from others, doubts from others, and pressure from the world, which can make us give up our perseverance. Kazuo Inamori said that he would never follow the wave. You must keep your original self, because even if you give up on yourself, it will be easier for others to trample on your dreams, trample on your dignity, and even trample on your personality. When you go with the flow, dreams become a joke.
If you want to be the person you want to be, you have to take the paths that no one else has taken, and go through the hardships that no one has experienced, so that you can finally get what you want.
There is a saying that if you know a lot of truths, you still can't live this life. If a person only knows, but does not act, then this knowledge is meaningless and not really knowing. No matter what kind of life you want to live, it won't come for no reason without corresponding actions.
Kazuo Inamori said that to do things well, it takes a lot of energy, and this energy can only be generated by self-stimulation and self-combustion. The best way to burn ourselves is to enjoy what we do, so we have to do what we want to do instead of being forced to do it. Only love can be reached, although slow, like is the best motivation.
Many people find work miserable precisely because they are not doing the work they love.
In addition to perseverance, we also need to keep sharpening ourselves, making ourselves better and better, and letting our souls change in a better direction, which is what we need to sharpen. How can I sharpen my mind and purify my soul?
Kazuo Inamori summed up 6 points:
Only hard work in life can make us have a clear conscience and peace of mind, and only by working hard enough can we get what we want. Whatever you do, you have to work hard enough to get what you want.
However, many people's efforts today are only for the sake of self-moving, and this kind of effort is a false effort, and this kind of effort only touches themselves, and it is not really beneficial to our lives.
Only humility allows us to see our own shortcomings. Only when we know our ignorance will we keep seeking. Pride makes it easy for people to become arrogant, and it is easy for people to fail to see their own shortcomings. In fact, in this world, everyone has a lot of problems, and no one is perfect except God, so there is nothing to be proud of.
Shi Tiesheng said that what people can't do is a limitation, and it is a disability. What can a disabled person be proud of? We can only strive for salvation.
Socrates said that a life without reflection is not worth living. Only in introspection can we know how to change and know that the problem is in the first place. Many problems in this world are due to a lack of self-reflection, and without self-reflection, there is no self-renewal.
People must know how to be grateful when they live, and they are already happy when they live. A person who does not know how to be grateful will find it difficult to appreciate the beauty around him, and he will feel numb to what he has. They will be accustomed to the efforts of others.
What is goodness? Shi Huai, the author of reverence for life, said that goodness is to help the growth of life, but to inhibit the development of life. So to do good is to give everyone the strength to be themselves. Many times, being yourself is also a kind of good.
Don't let emotions dominate your life, be the master of your emotions, not the slaves of your emotions. Many of people's troubles are actually emotional troubles, and these troubles are often self-inflicted.
As long as we strive to achieve these 6 improvements, we can become better and better ourselves. As Kazuo Inamori said, there are two invisible ropes in life, one is called [fate] and the other is called [cause and effect].
Everyone comes into this world with their own destiny, as you will find when you look back at yourself. But we can always do what we want to do, and eventually those things will also come into contact with the fruit, which is cause and effect.
As far as cause and effect are concerned, our lives are actually completed by ourselves, and what we will live is also determined by ourselves, and from this point of view, the meaning of life is also given by ourselves.
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