wolf road

Chapter 9 Wolf Spirit (9)
All things in the world will enjoy peace and happiness if they can be satisfied, and greed will inevitably bring disasters. In the first episode of "Dream of Red Mansions", people were dissuaded because they thought the official position was too small, so they advised people not to try to climb up because they thought the official position was too small, and ended up violating the national law and going to jail.Thousands of years ago, Lao Tzu, the originator of Taoism, said: "Which one is closer to the body than the name?"Which is more body or goods?What is the disease of gain or death?If you love very much, you will spend a lot of money, and if you store too much, you will die heavily. Therefore, if you are content, you will not be humiliated.That is to say, which is more dear, fame or life?Which is more precious, life or goods?Which is more harmful, gain or loss?Excessive greed for fame and wealth will inevitably lead to a higher price; excessive accumulation of wealth will inevitably lead to even heavier losses.Therefore, if you know enough, you will not be humiliated; if you know enough is enough, you will not encounter danger, so that you can maintain long-term peace.The greatest scourge is not knowing how to be satisfied, and the greatest fault is insatiable desire.

To be truly contented is not an easy task.The most important thing is to maintain a psychological balance and not to compare blindly.As the saying goes, it’s not enough to compare with the top, and it’s more than the bottom. I have a job, a house, and my wife and children’s well-being.Psychological balance is a kind of rational balance, a lofty state after personality sublimation and spiritual purification, and the crystallization of generosity, foresight and wisdom.To achieve psychological balance, we must first treat ourselves correctly.It is important for people to have self-knowledge. Those who know others are wise, and those who know themselves are wise. Understanding is more difficult than knowing.The second is to treat others correctly, and then to treat society correctly.If you treat these three correctly, you will maintain a happy state of mind forever without knowing it.

Those who are contented are always happy, contented and contented, and their hearts are always at ease.Living alone in this vast world is like a drop in the ocean.The world is big, time is long, things are vast, and goods are so profitable. If you can't be content, you will never be satisfied.A person who knows how far he should be satisfied will always be satisfied.

Only get the benefits and enjoyment that you should get, and never make extra and excessive demands on the society.Obtain benefits and enjoyment through honest labor, and do not seek benefits and enjoyment by illegal means.While pursuing one's own interests and enjoyment, respect the public interests of society and the interests of others at the same time.The above requirements are the social morality that a civilized and healthy society should have, and the code of conduct that every member of society should abide by.Considering issues from the perspective of the meaning and value of life, and implementing the principle of contentment and contentment, is to ask people not to simply take material desire and self-interest as the value orientation of life, but to go beyond material desire and self-interest and pursue human spiritual and moral values.Mencius said: The reason why human beings are different from animals is that they are similar to animals because they are full of warm clothes and live in leisure without education.

We often say that those who are content are always happy.It means that contented people are always happy because their minds are free from fetters.As everyone knows, only when you are satisfied and know where you are, you will not seek troubles and humiliation yourself, and you will be happy.

The phenomenon of dissatisfaction and shame is not uncommon in our daily life.In the shopping malls, in order to earn excess profits, they know that they can't do it, and they use the inferior to replace the superior, steal and plunder, bully the market, and even kill themselves.Those in the officialdom don't know what level of official they are, they don't concentrate on seeking happiness for the people, but they concentrate on working for themselves.They play tricks, or find ways, or take refuge in mountains, or pull gangs, and even use money to buy, use color, use power, use force, and so on, to create some dirty officialdom, ridiculed by people, and eventually punished by law. .

In the field of love, there are always some men and women who do not keep their duties and cannot stand the temptation. They eat from the bowl, look at the pot, and stage some tragedies and absurd dramas that should not have happened, which makes people despised.There are many other stories of dissatisfaction and humiliation that are manifested from time to time in this and that scene, so I won’t repeat them here.Because of dissatisfaction and not knowing where to stop, he violated the laws of things and the rules of being a human being, causing his morals to collapse, his reputation to be ruined, and everyone to criticize him.

Human desires can expand infinitely, but because personal abilities are limited, desires should also be limited.A person who does not understand the limitations of his own abilities and indulges his desires will inevitably run counter to his desires and be punished by objective laws.In a sense, human civilization is formed in the struggle between those who are satisfied and those who are not.Because of contentment, great governance and prosperity have been created, countless capable men and sages have been created, countless ancient stories have been created, and the continuous civilization of mankind has been achieved; because of dissatisfaction, the tragedy of decline and death of various ethnic groups has been brewed, and fraternal cannibalism has been caused. It led to the ruin of heroes and the downfall of the royal family; because of dissatisfaction, I don't know how many tragedies have been brewed.

It is normal for people living in society to have emotions and desires.As long as these desires conform to the laws and regulations of the country, the laws of the development of objective things, and the aesthetic psychology and moral evaluation of the vast majority of people, they should be respected and there is no need to criticize them.This is the necessary basis for maintaining the stable and harmonious development of society.A person's legitimate desires should be respected if they are realized through their own efforts; if they are not fulfilled due to various reasons, they should also be respected, sympathized and encouraged.But if one indulges one's desires without limit, endlessly pursues interests one does not deserve, and even tramples on the law and human nature, how can one not be condemned by public opinion, sanctioned by law, and punished by history?Can such a person be happy?Shouldn't such a person be humiliated? !A person is like this, so is a nation or a country like this!

To be content does not mean that people will lose their ideals, lose their ambitions, stay behind and not innovate.Continuous progress and innovation are not only the source of motivation for individuals, but also the prosperity of a unit, a nation, and a country. It is the root of not being beaten or humiliated.Contentment and dissatisfaction are two aspects of a problem, which are dialectically unified, and they must operate on the track of objective laws, within a certain time and space, and within the scientific rules of the game that are recognized by most people.Otherwise, you can only bring shame on yourself.

The happiness of modern people and the modernization of basic necessities of life are beyond my imagination.However, modern people encounter more and more complicated problems, and many psychological problems have also appeared.

If I ask Lao Tzu to feel the pulse of the psychological problems of modern people, he will smile and say that this is related to the living environment.With such a fast pace of life, such fierce competition, and such urgent pursuit of fame and fortune, it is not surprising that modern people suffer from anxiety, depression, paranoia and other mental diseases.

Lao Tzu believes that life is accompanied by hardships and hardships, because people have to struggle to live, and the process of struggle is not smooth sailing.The era in which Laozi lived was not peaceful and prosperous, and of course he also suffered a lot.Did Lao Tzu think that life is so painful and take extreme measures?He didn't, not only did he not choose to commit suicide, but he cherished and cherished life even more. It is said that Lao Tzu lived to be more than 100 years old, which shows that his wisdom of correcting psychology can be regarded as a great wisdom!
In fact, today's knowledgeable people, even those who are knowledgeable, the more education they receive, the more complicated their mentality sometimes becomes, and the expectations of themselves, relatives, and society are higher.In the fierce social competition, if you don't actively adjust your mentality, how can there be no problems?

In terms of psychological balance and personality training, Laozi not only teaches people who only know utilitarianism and continuous improvement, but also teaches people to be indifferent, to retreat, and to be free and easy.Lao Tzu found that all things in nature are bustling and bustling, but in the end they all quietly return to their original origin.This means there is stillness behind the turmoil of all things, which is rebirth. This is a kind of law, also known as permanence.

Lao Tzu said: To the extreme of emptiness, to keep quiet.This is a classic saying that can be studied and read forever in the living wisdom library of modern people, and it is very important for modern people to maintain psychological balance.

Zhixuji is to control, adjust, dissolve, and clarify all kinds of acquired desires, prejudices, and scheming, because these things often make your original pure and pure heart turbulent, muddy, and evil.What Lao Tzu emphasizes is not to be vain for a while, but to practice and cultivate for a long time, so as to reach the extreme, that is, to reach the highest level.To keep quiet means to face all temptations, to keep quiet, to stick to it!Du is honest.That is to say, people should stick to this word honestly—quiet.

Be content without being humiliated, know that you will never die.Lao Tzu asks people the question: Which is more lovely, fame or life itself?Which is more valuable, life itself or money and property?Which is more harmful, gaining fame and fortune or losing your life?Lao Tzu tells people: Too much love for fame will definitely cost a lot, and too much wealth accumulation will definitely cause big losses.If you know that you are satisfied, you will not be humiliated, and you know that enough is enough.

He Shen, a corrupt official in the Qing Dynasty, was an official for more than 20 years.The property he embezzled is about 2000 million taels in silver. If calculated by today's rate, He Kun's embezzlement amount is about 12 billion yuan.If Lao Tzu came, he would probably say three words to He Kun with a sneer.The first sentence is: Skynet is restored, sparse but not missing.The way of heaven is like a big net, and those who do a lot of evil cannot escape the punishment of heaven.The second sentence is: a house full of gold and jade, nothing can keep it.A person full of gold and jade, who can keep it through the ages?The third sentence is: Wealthy and proud, blame yourself.After getting rich and powerful, but then becoming arrogant and reckless, isn't it the fault of oneself in the end?
In fact, although it has been more than 200 years since we left that era today, the psychology of contemporary corrupt officials is also similar to that of He Shen, fantasizing about relying on power and relying on relationships to protect their greed.On the contrary, the result still responded to those few words of Lao Tzu. "Laozi" said: Therefore, knowing enough is enough, always enough.It means that only contentment and contentment can be permanent satisfaction.

(End of this chapter)