There are many common things in the world, and most ordinary people will suffer from them and make regretful actions. Once something is done, it will be harmful to oneself and others. In order to seek salvation and inner peace, people will burn incense and pray to God to bless themselves.
People in the world believe that the more incense is burned, the gods will bless them, and they will be able to live a stable life. Providing to the gods is a virtuous act. However, there is a popular saying among the people, "The more incense you burn, the more ghosts you will provoke." Incense can attract gods and ghosts, but the more incense you burn, the better.
Burning incense and worshiping Buddha is a kind of understanding among people in ancient times when their thinking was backward. They believed that if you give benefits to the gods, the gods will definitely bless you and protect your wishes. The wisps of green smoke rise slowly, seeming to bring the wishes of the incense burner to the sky, telling the gods what they want.
Human desires are endless, and if the gods satisfy one of their wishes, then the second, third, and even countless more will follow. In this way, if the gods cannot restrain their inner desires, they will be exhausted and even fall into the trap of desire.
The old fisherman's wife got a footbath as a gift from a goldfish, and she got out of control. She wanted a house, beauty, power, everything she could think of, and finally asked the goldfish to serve her. The insatiable desire eventually caused the old woman to return to her original state of nothingness. This is the outcome of greed.
People are like this. Under the control of desire, it is always difficult to stick to their true intentions, and evil cannot suppress good. Many people are so eager to succeed that they burn incense everywhere, hoping to meet the noble people in their lives. Of course, every time you succeed, you may not be begging for a noble person, but may also be a kid who urges you to die. Opportunities are accompanied by dangers.
Burning incense may summon gods or ghosts; it is obviously gods who are invited, but ghosts may come. This is how people get along with each other. What you get in exchange for your sincerity may not be cherishment, but may be exchanged for hypocrisy. Your original intention is to burn incense to make friends with the gods who protect and help you, but the smell of incense also fascinates ghosts and ghosts.
Some people repay kindness and value friendship; some people are greedy and value profit. You want to make sincere friends, but the people who come may be enemies. Just consider whether it is beneficial. You can have expectations, but don’t rely too much. The most important thing if you want to succeed is to rely on yourself, and don't always think about relying on others.
People's hearts are separated by the belly, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false. Not everyone in this world treats each other sincerely. Some people always have ulterior motives and have strong purposes in their interactions. It is difficult for you to tell what is hidden behind other people's passionate skin, whether the other person is a human or a ghost, and whether they are real or fake to you.
Who in this world will be able to put down what they are doing when you need help the most, come to you as soon as possible, and help you without hesitation? What happens to only a few relatives and friends besides parents. Helping others is a matter of affection, but not helping others is a duty. Relying on others is a variable; relying on yourself is the only way to be practical.
At this time, if you burn incense everywhere, what you can attract may not be gods, but may be evil ghosts that eat people. This society is full of people who flatter others and look down on others. When you are at the top of your game, there are a lot of guests and people surround you; when you are in a trough, there are only a few people and people walk around you.
The more difficult it is for you, the more others will want to gain more benefits from you, depriving you of everything and leaving you unable to stand up. When people are in high places, there are always people who are the icing on the cake; when people are down, there is no one who can help them in times of need. This is reality. The more depressed you are, the more evil spirits you will attract by burning incense.
There is mutual benefit between people. It is easy to share joys and sorrows, but it is difficult to share weal and woe. Even if someone reaches out to you, they can only pull you and help you once. They cannot help you wholeheartedly this time. It is better to burn incense everywhere and ask for help than to get out of the predicament on your own, so that you can have a better life.
Thrush Sparrows have different voices, golden roosters and crows have different nests. Tigers and leopards form groups because they have equal strength; rats and ants form a nest because they have the same ambition.How strong you are, you will make friends with strong people; if you are capable, you will know successful people. People communicate with each other based on value. If you don’t think about it yourself, it’s useless to burn incense and worship Buddha.
When it rains, you can hold your own umbrella and don’t have to wait for anyone; when something goes wrong, you can solve it yourself without asking for help. On the road of life, we often walk alone. Human relationships are cold and warm, and the world is hot and cold, just like people drinking water, they can only know it by themselves. Only by relying on yourself in everything can you find a way out. Burning incense and worshiping Buddha and counting on others will only lead to death.
