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There is such a sentence in the "Altar Sutra": "The heart gives birth to all kinds of laws, and the heart destroys all kinds of laws." ”
If you think of sorrow, everything is sad; If you are happy, you will be happy in everything. The biggest enemy in life is not the way you see things but yourself. People are accustomed to thinking that their happiness and unhappiness are caused by the good and bad of external things, but as everyone knows, there is no good or bad in external things, and all good and bad come from the difference between good and bad in our hearts, and from the way we choose to know. You can change your perspective as long as you want, and you will find that what your world is like depends entirely on what kind of view you choose.
People's joys, sorrows, and sorrows are all generated by their own hearts. You are your world, and your world will be what you think of as it. There is nothing in the world to disturb mediocrity, the heart is to the sun, the world will be sunny, the heart is dark, the world will be dark.
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If a perception causes us pain, we can choose to look at things again and see things again with a positive, healthy mind. Nothing is innately supposed to be this way, or should be that standard and meaning, everything is artificially given, artificially conventional.
Western psychologists once said: "Nothing in itself does not cause pressure to people, what makes people feel pressure is the perception of it".
In the book "Emotional Self-Help", it is said that everything that will cause us troubles comes from the difference of concepts, so when we fall into anxiety, depression and other emotional distress, we should remind ourselves in time. The truth must not be like this, the worst and predicament I think and feel at the moment is just a vision of a catastrophic mindset of choice. I have to stop thinking, stop imagining, and everything will be fine.
(I recommend depressed friends to read two books "Emotional Self-Help" and "Depression Check-in Self-Help", the methods and guidance in the book I believe will be of good help to you.) ）
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All diseases are born of anger, and if you are not angry, you will not get sick. One day, a passing guest asked Confucius's students, how many seasons are there in a year? Confucius's students replied that there are four seasons in a year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. The guest said, "No, there are only three seasons in one year." The four seasons. Three seasons. The four seasons. Three seasons. The two people argued, so they decided to make a bet. Confucius's students thought they had won, so they took their guests to meet Confucius: Teacher, how many seasons are there in a year?
Confucius glanced at the guests and said, "There are three seasons in a year." The students were taken aback: how could it be? The guest was so satisfied that he went away happily. Wait for the guests to leave. The student asked Confucius, "Teacher, there are four seasons in a year, why do you say that there are three seasons?" Confucius said, "Didn't you see that the person just now was all green?" He is transformed by grasshoppers, and grasshoppers are born in spring and die in autumn. He has never seen winter, and if you talk about the three seasons, he will be satisfied, and if you talk about the four seasons, he will quarrel with him for a few days and nights, but it doesn't make sense.
By listening to this story, you can live happily without worries. There are a lot of three-season people like grasshoppers in this world. They cling only to what they see because they have not seen the facts that prove them wrong. So when you get angry with them, you're sorry for yourself. Indisputability is compassion, non-argumentation is wisdom, and ignorance is purity. Not looking is being at ease, forgiving is liberation, and contentment is letting go. Flowers are watered to death, fish are supported to death, and people are angry to death. People who are often angry not only have a bad mood, leading to depression and anxiety, but also their bodies are also prone to illness, either uncomfortable here or there. All diseases are born from anger, and if you don't get angry, you will get sick less. May you all be in good health and all the best.