The following book says: "The key to health preservation is to clean up the heart and few desires. The husband is clean and the heart is few desires, and the work of being sacred is completed. However, if you want to be a widow, your heart is clear. In other words, if you want to make this heart pure with the principles of heaven and without any private ears of human desires. If you want to do this, and if you want to grow and overcome it, the root of the disease is always there, and it will not be extinct in the east and born in the west. If you want to peel and wash the publication before the desire of the public, you will have nothing to do, and this will make the heart unclear. And if you want to go to the house and search for it, it will be like a dog.
Lu Yuanjing wrote in a letter saying that the key to health preservation is to have a clear heart and a lack of desires. If you can achieve a clear heart and few desires, you can learn the skills of becoming a saint. However, the "purity of the heart" in the "clear heart and few desires" is not to live alone, but to make this mind purely the law of nature, to behave logically everywhere, without the slightest selfish thoughts of human desire.
The first sentence of the letter mentioned health preservation. There are two aspects to health preservation. One refers to the maintenance of the physical body and the use of time as long as possible. The other refers to the cultivation of the mind. Most of the health problems before the age of 35 are It comes from genes and is determined at birth. Most of the health problems after the age of thirty-five are caused by seven emotions, most of which are accessible to humans. After repairing, the problem of seven emotions hurting the body can be avoided to the greatest extent. For example, when many patients with malignant diseases enter the hospital, it is not because of the illness tortured to death, but because they scared themselves to death. Therefore, the mentality has a great influence on the health status. Yes, especially after middle-aged people.
A colleague used to raise a golden retriever dog , and then the dog got a malignant tumor. If this malignant tumor is acquired by a human, it can usually survive for half a year It's pretty good, the dog left after about a year and a half.Dogs don’t get entangled in encounters like humans. Dogs generally don’t get into their hearts when encountering issues. The injury of seven emotions has little effect on him, so he lives for a longer period of time. From the perspective of health preservation, cultivating xinxing is the foundation of our body. At least it is okay to enjoy life.
Lu Yuanjing went on to say that if you want to achieve a "clean heart and few desires", according to you, there are two ways. Let selfish desires grow out and avoid the greed, hatred, likes and dislikes that are extended by selfish desires from clinging to the mind and body; the other is to prevent selfish desires from germinating when nothing happens, that is, in the normal state, try to ensure peace of mind and body to prevent selfish desires from emerging.
But I think there are problems with both methods.
The former kind of curbing selfish desires is imminent, but human desires will emerge at any time, just like extinguishing a fire. The east is on the fire and the east is extinguished, the west is on the fire and the west is extinguished, chasing the fire and running around. There is no end to going. Isn't this exhausted?
The latter one prevents lusts from premature. Always be vigilant before lusts come. Can you create problems to solve them without problems? Isn't this tossing yourself? It's like "leading the dog to the hall and chasing it", barking the dog, then chasing it away, calling it again after a while, and chasing it away. Isn't it purely nothing to do?
Obviously, Lu Yuanjing has already had a certain degree of in-depth study of Yangming 's mind-learning , but he has been a little "helpful" when he uses his mind to cultivate his mind. The specific manifestation is that he thinks too much about "I" and "I". "It's just a part of the heavenly principles that should be so. Thinking too much on "I" stems from the idea of "seeking holiness" too sharp.
You must want this heart to be purely natural and without a trace of human desire.This is also the work of the holy. You must want this heart to be purely natural and without the slightest selfishness of human desires. To guard against the premature and conquer the time of Fangmeng, this is the result of " zhongyong" "beware of fear", " university" " to Zhigewu", but nothing else. Don't make any contribution. The husband said that those who "destroyed in the east and were born in the west" and "brought the dog to the house and chased them" are selfish and selfish. Today it is said that "health care is based on a clear heart and few desires." The word "health care" is the root of selfishness and will meet the will. With the root cause of this disease lurking in the middle, it is advisable for it to suffer from "destroyed in the east and born in the west" or "bringing dogs to the house and chasing them".
Mr. Yang Ming said that this heart achieves "the heart is pure and natural without the slightest selfishness of human desire" is the skill of becoming a saint. The specific practice method is to prevent selfish desire when it has not yet sprouted, and to contain it when it has just sprouted. This is the skill of "caution and fear" in "The Doctrine of the Mean" and "intellectual property" in "University". There is no doubt about this.
As for the "destroyed in the east and born in the west" and "bringing dogs to the church and chasing them", it is because there are still selfish desires in the heart, and it is because there is the idea of "pandering" in the heart to make trouble, "seeking sanctity" The idea of "Zhigong" is too sharp, which is only encouraged by the seedlings.
You said that the key to health preservation is to be free from desires. The word "health preservation" is already selfish and stubborn. The root cause of this disease is always lurking in the heart, and it is inevitable that there will be troubles of "destroying in the east and being born in the west" and "leading the dog to the house and chasing it away".
Here, Mr. Yang Ming’s criticism of Lu Yuanjing’s “health preservation” is based on Lu Yuanjing’s specific personal circumstances.If it is to prescribe the right medicine, for example, when facing a subordinate who is ill and insists on working, Mr. Yang Ming would probably say that not paying attention to health preservation (physical health) is also a selfish desire.
Whether you are too obsessed with "me" or too ignorant of "me", it is not based on reason, it is a manifestation of selfish desire. Therefore, this chapter should not one-sidedly understand that Mr. Cheng Yangming opposes health preservation.
Liu Changzhi
Confucian scholar and practitioner of Yangming Heart
WeChat official account: Liu Changzhi
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