Author: Shuimuran
This article is selected from Shuimuran's new book "Awakening in the World"
Everyone lives in a " Circle ", this circle is people's thinking and cognition.
Life is a game that keeps "breaking the circle", opening the circle of cognition outwards one by one until you see the truth and the truth!
Schopenhauer said: The largest prison in the world is human thinking.
The greatest sorrow in life. Due to the preconceptions of education, we have formed the " cognitive small closed loop " prematurely, and we are tightly confined in it, and our vision is also locked.
The greatest luck in life is to meet such a person or thing, which allows us to clearly see the limitations of our "cognitive small closed loop", and thus break through the outside world, and the component is larger, " cognitive closed loop ".
as shown below:
from Comfort zone , fear circle , then to Learning circle , , growth circle , and finally to free circle !
so-called free is attain enlightenment Nirvana!
Let's explain it in detail:
Think about one sentence: If everything in your head is right, why are everything you don't want?
People always regard the boundary of their own vision as the boundary of the world. Because you can't feel/see, just pretend that they do not exist, which is equivalent to locking yourself in a cage. This is the cage of thinking and the prison of cognition.
People are firmly imprisoned by it, Wherever your eyes go is, there are walls, will never get out of it, and you will imprison yourself for life.
saints and scriptures from ancient times, both at home and abroad, are teaching us how to break free from this illusion:
Buddha said: all ordinary people do not know that human beings are aggregates false combinations, but have the function of seeing, hearing, feeling and knowledge. They are stubbornly in this way. All troubles and obstacles arise from this, and there are greed, anger, and ignorance.
means: we ordinary people only see the world, but do not understand that this world is fictionalized by our organs (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, etc.). We are concerned about many things in the world, such as fame, wealth, love, etc., and it is difficult to give up, and endless troubles are born from this.
The "Tao Te Ching" says: colors make people blind, sounds makes people deaf, and the five flavors make people feel refreshed. Our eyes, nose, tongue, ears, etc. combine to build a virtual world that envelops us, blocks the real world, and deceives our brains.
The Heart Sutra says: sees that the five aggregates are empty, and overcomes all sufferings... without eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind, without color, sound, smell, taste, touch and law. means that when we close our six senses and then perceive the world, we can see the real world and relieve the pain of life.
" Diamond Sutra " says: All appearances are false. If you see that all appearances are not appearances, you will see Tathagata . All the appearances you see are projections deep in your heart. When you can penetrate various appearances and see their essence, you will see Tathagata.
" Zhouyi " says: Those with deep desires have shallow secrets. means: the heavier the desire, the less people can see the truth of the world. We are all blinded by desire, and thus fall into a huge "thinking cage", just like a blind man touching an elephant.
" Bible " says: They have eyes but don't look, they have ears but don't listen. Even if everyone has eyes and ears, they turn a blind eye to the truth and ignore it.
Life is a practice. The highest level of practice is actually to open this cage of thinking, no longer stick to one's own cognitive limitations, and examine oneself and the world with an open eye, and many things will suddenly become clear! It’s like pushing away the dark clouds and seeing the sun, allowing you to see through the true meaning of all things and the truth of life in an instant, it’s simply wonderful.
If you carefully check the mistakes we have made in the past, you will find that most of the mistakes are brought about by this kind of " Thinking Cage ". This is not intentionally destroyed by others, nor is it brought about by the environment. Therefore, people spend their entire lives paying for their "thinking limitations".
The following picture shows the state of most people:
They are busy running every day, their eyes shining, looking for gold and bread on the ground, just wanting to get the small benefits in front of them, but they can never see the key that can open their "mind prison".
In this era, information dissemination is highly transparent and developed, and everyone seems to be able to obtain various information anytime and anywhere. In fact, the more we can see anything in such an era where everything can be seen, the more we cannot see anything, because we are deeply trapped in the torrent of information, and people's distracting thoughts and desires are aroused, and all we see are absurd and delusions. In this era of bright world and bright sun and moon, we have all become blind people with open eyes!
If there is a mental barrier, there will be prejudice. Prejudice is the most insurmountable mountain for everyone. People who have prejudice in their hearts will never see the truth.
Prejudice will one day cause us to be bruised and bruised. Only when people suffer from complete pain can they reflect on themselves. Only by letting go of prejudice and opening the cage of thinking can we see the essence and truth of the world.
There is a saying in "The Godfather": People who see the essence in one second and people who can't see the essence of one thing clearly for half their lives will naturally have a different fate.
The most terrible thing in the world is not that you can’t find the answer, but that you are full of standard answers and your mind is full of "I know.
1 Every cent you earn is a monetization of your understanding of the world, and every cent you lose is because you have a flaw in your understanding of the world.
you You will never make money beyond your cognitive range unless you rely on luck, but the money you earn on luck will often lose by strength in the end.
The future world will be divided into small cells, the same people are placed in the same cell, the walls of the cells are very solid, and everyone lives in their own information cocoon (Cognitive Prison) . These people affirm and recognize each other, have a common sky, and then use short videos/live broadcasts/games/online shopping, etc. to make them have fun, and finally fold them up.
With the cooperation of the algorithm, the future content production and push mechanism will be more clever, and they can accurately place what they want most to each cell. These people will be fed and delivered in the future.
So, 99% of people will evolve more and more stupid, worthless, and are low-cognitive people; in the end they become pets with no thinking ability and are kept in captivity. Only 1% of people will evolve to become smarter and smarter, lead the progress of society, and are highly cognitive people.
shuimuran often says: The future world is composed of 99% of stupid people and 1% of smart people. All competition in the future is actually a competition to seize the " cognitive highland ". In short, it is the 1% of people who try every means to capture the " mind " of these 99%.
The most terrifying thing is that if you have good luck and have achieved certain success and recognition through luck, then you will be completely done because you will live in a huge false appearance and be self-righteous. One day you will encounter major setbacks or encounters, and reality will slap you heavily and wake you up.
Finally, I would like to share with you a passage:
There is a state called awakening. If happiness cannot awaken you, then use troubles; If troubles cannot awaken you, then use pain; If pain cannot awaken you, then use disease; If disease cannot awaken you, then use life; All encounters are just to influence you. All the ups and downs are just to awaken you. I can't tell you what awakening can get. But I can tell you what awakening allows me to do. I can be content when others are greedy; I can be peaceful when others are angry; I can be stable when others are afraid; I can be liberated when others are troubled; I can be awakened when others are ignorant; I can be hopeful when others are despair; This is awakening.
The most rare thing in life is "sober in the world"
The master is profound and relaxed, and the mediocre are superficial and painful!
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