Many of us are people of faith, which is a common normal phenomenon in foreign countries. Some of us mention faith and feudal superstition, which is an incorrect way of understanding. People with faith know the word "practice". Many people think that practice is to eat vegetarian food and recite Buddha's name, and meditate in meditation. This is just a partial view. The word "practice" appeared hundreds of years ago. The correct definition of practice should be: to correct one's wrong mentality and behavior.
In fact, the real meaning of practice is just a few simple words: preserve the laws of nature and eliminate human desires. In the past forty years of reform and opening up, our material resources have been greatly enriched, and the economic conditions of many people have been greatly improved. But what is the soul that is brought to us at the same time? Fear, panic, vanity, deception, comparison. Everyone is thinking about missing the kind of life they used to be. Work hard, endure hardships, be honest, trust, keep trustworthy, and help each other. Faced with many phenomena in life now, many people have to ask what is wrong with people’s hearts. Why is
? Many people not only ask the previous question. In the past, good and bad were as distinct as black and white. Now even the good ones are not dared to say that they are good, and some of the bad ones are generously put on good coats. The fairness of the past is never seen again, and the justice of the past is rarely seen. There is only money in people's eyes, and in this world where interests are paramount, people's hearts are no longer so important.
We lost our eyes by the bright lights and wine in front of us, and we lost our hearts by the smell of copper. We clearly know that many things are wrong, but we still have to do them against our will. Because this is the case nowadays. If you don’t follow the crowd, then you are an alternative in everyone’s eyes.
No matter what situation a person is in (rich, poverty, good, good, and unfavorable), he can maintain a state of freedom and peace and happiness. To put it bluntly, no matter whether you are doing well or not, you will always keep your heart strong. To do this, you can be called a "gentleman", that is, a person with a healthy mind. If you want to achieve such a mental state and spiritual state, you must use two words - practice.
"Knowledge" and "action" are the same thing, just like the front and back sides of a coin. Both are unity and a whole. In the same world, it is different in the eyes of different people. The human mind is actually more like a canvas and paint, while cognitive ability is like a brush. Different people will have different reactions, feelings and experiences when facing the same thing or the same scene, because everyone will create "works" different from others in their hearts. True loyalty, true filial piety, true morality, and true conscience are all from the inside out. They are not established by external applause, nor disappear by external blows.
Many people leave their practice in superficial form. It is believed that burning incense and worshiping Buddha on the first day of the lunar month is to practice. I believe that eating vegetarian food and avoiding the six meats is to practice. I think buying fish and releasing animals is a kind of practice... So it is too simple to see in the eyes of these people. Do not restrict the external form when practicing. The main purpose of practicing is to cultivate the mind. Living Buddha Jigong is such a typical example. The wine and meat pass through the intestines and the Buddha stays in his heart, and everyone in the world is like me.
Many people seem to be good men and women who eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha's name, but their hearts are full of greed. Many of the high-ranking officials who have been dismissed believe in Buddhism. While being corrupt, they also under the banner of believing in Buddhism, hoping to get the blessing of Buddha. Isn't this a kind of irony or a joke? The ancients have long expressed the meaning of practice to us, that is, "loyalty, benevolence, etiquette, wisdom, and trustworthiness". However, with the development of the times, we have not only lost our thoughts, but also my thousands of years of culture.
It is not easy to cultivate your own heart. You must first dare to take on the responsibilities we should have, be able to truly distinguish between good and bad, and be able to do whatever you want in the face of right and wrong, and go with the flow. When facing the current people's hearts are not as good as ever, you must maintain your own clear stream. Thoughts will determine whether we can go longer. We have seen the ugliness of human nature. Do we have to defile our souls again?
Have love in your heart is a kind of goodness. There is a saying: Don’t do good because it’s small, and don’t do evil because it’s small. Today's society is a society that lacks love. One thing we often say is: Are there fewer good people or are there bad people getting older? Many unfair phenomena in society have always existed, and they are becoming more and more intense. Forcibly occupying parking spaces, the elderly cannot get real punishment for stealing things, and the treatment of officials and civilians is just a microcosm of today's society. In the decades of reform and opening up, we have lost too many things, and we need to make up for the lesson of human nature in a timely manner.
When morality cannot become a standard for measuring people, the imperfection of legal system has caused our current environment. The only thing we can do is to cultivate our own heart.
Strengthen your own spiritual management and truly use your own thoughts to restrain your behavior. Should we passively accept other people’s explanation of the world, or should we actively construct our own “world of meaning”? The most important sign of a person's spiritual adulthood is to realize that the thoughts and ideas given to me by others or society are just one of many optional concept systems, and it can be questioned and tested.
Put aside our unrealistic desires, normal desires can satisfy our own lives. Establish a correct outlook on life, values, and love, let yourself know what is true right and wrong, black and white, different from the world, do not follow the crowd, truly cultivate your own heart, and truly see through the essence of human nature. Then your life will be rich and colorful and truly full of love.
