Meditation I

Chapter 12

The perfection of moral character is to treat each day as if it were the last before death, without being too excited, insensitive, or hypocritical.

How many people who were famous during their lifetime were forgotten after their death
What is evil?Evil is actually something you often encounter.No matter what happens, you must remember in your heart: You have long been blind to evil.You can find it everywhere you look up or down, in ancient history, in the history of the Middle Ages, and in the history of our own time; in every part of the city. In every corner, in every place of the family, there are traces of evil.Evil is nothing new: everything is familiar to us, but fleeting.

How can the laws we follow perish?Unless it is the extinction of the impression (spark of thought) that has been inherited from it.But it's still within your powers, it just requires you to keep fanning these fires of thought.I can form an opinion about anything, and this opinion is what I should have.If I can do this, why bother?What is outside my mind has nothing to do with what is inside my mind. – if you can make that into your emotional stance, you will stand tall.It is within your ability to return to your original state of life, as long as you face all kinds of things with familiar eyes; because this is the key to your life recovery.

Extremely boring showing off and performances on the stage, such as weaving cattle and sheep, training with swords, guns, swords and halberds, throwing a meaty bone to a puppy, throwing bread crumbs to a fish pond, and ants working tirelessly to carry them around , rat-scareing bluffs, puppets rigged on strings—the list goes on.Then, in these things, you should show a good sense of humor rather than arrogant attitude. This is your duty; His things have the same value as himself.

Pay attention to what you say in your talk, and watch what you do in your action.On the one hand, it is necessary to discover its intention at the first time, and on the other hand, it is necessary to have a detailed insight into the deep meaning contained in the thing.

Is my intelligence adequate for this?If it is qualified, then I will make good use of it as a sharp weapon bestowed on me by the nature of the universe, and devote myself to my job.But if it is not enough, then I will either quit the job and give it to someone more suitable, unless there is a specific reason why I am not allowed to do so; or I will do my best and let others help me A helping hand, and this person must be with the help of my guiding principles, to do together what is perfectly appropriate at the moment and is in the interest of the general welfare.For whatever I do alone or in company with others should be directed towards one and only end, that is, what is good for and fit for society.

How many people who were famous during their lifetime were forgotten after death; and those who praised others are long gone.

It is a shame to be helped by others.Because, to perform duties is no different from the duty of a soldier to capture cities.So, if you can't go to the battlefield because of bad behavior, and you can only complete the mission with the help of others, would you accept it?
Don't get caught up in what hasn't happened, because if it's meant to happen, then you have to deal with it with the same rationality you have now for what's in the present.

Everything is connected.And the interrelationships in it are quite sacred; few things are separate from other things.Because things cooperate with each other and form the same universe (order) through mutual connection.In other words, there is only one universe, and this only universe is composed of all things, and there is only one God of the universe, and this God is omnipresent, pervading all things, and there is one entity, one law, and one common reason, and this One rationality is shared by all animals with the root of wisdom.Finally, there is also a truth in the universe, if all spiritual animals are of the same origin, and all have the same rationality, then it can be said that there is only one perfect state for them.

All internal matter will soon disappear in the macroscopic material world of the universe as a whole; and all external forms (causes) will soon be taken back into the rationality of the universe; finally, the memory of anything will also Will be lost in the long river of time soon.

For rational animals, following nature or following reason are the same thing.

You should stand upright, or use your strength to stand upright.

The constituent elements of a thing jointly construct the thing itself, and the rationality that exists independently also has a common destination.Because, they are all built out of a cooperative mechanism.If you regularly tell yourself that I am a member of a system of rational beings, then you will have a clearer understanding of this concept.But if you only say that you are part of it, then you have not loved your fellow human beings from the bottom of your heart; the charity and love in the world have not been able to move your heart of stone; At that time, you have not yet reached the state where you regard doing good deeds as your own mission.

What comes from the outside should be received with the part that feels it.The part that feels it can complain if it wants to.But still I cannot be harmed unless I consider what has happened to be a kind of evil.Not to think so is still within the scope of my control.

My persistence in goodness is not affected or disturbed by any words or deeds of others.As gold or emerald or purple always say: No matter what other people do or say, I am still a gem of the world, and my color never changes.

The master power of the universe does not disturb itself; I mean: this power does not frighten itself, nor cause itself pain.But if someone else comes to frighten or cause pain, so be it.Because this ability itself does not generate its own opinions, it will not go astray.Within the range that the body can bear, it should be allowed to survive like this. This is not asking for trouble.If the body really suffers, it should also be allowed to express itself.A weak soul is very susceptible to the sins of intimidation and pain, and will completely form a bad impression of these negative things, but if the soul stays away from the aforementioned negative impressions, then it will not fall into the abyss of pain again.The ruling law originating from the soul itself has no desires or desires at all, unless it deliberately sets a certain need for itself. Therefore, it can not be hindered, and the only thing that can bother and hinder it is itself.

Happiness is a good god and a good thing.So what are you doing?Oh, daydreaming?If you are so, then I implore you in the name of the gods: Go away, for I will not dream.However, you still come again according to the old way, I will not be angry with you, just ask you to leave.

Is anyone scared?But without change, how is the world constructed?What can be done to make it more pleasant and harmonious to the nature of the universe?Can you take a bath without making wood into a bathtub?Can you get nutrients from unprocessed food?If anything doesn't go through a certain process of change, I'm afraid it can't be used by us, right?Don't you realize that change, both to yourself and to the nature of the universe, is inseparable?

The matter of the universe carries away all objects like a flash flood, because its nature is to be unified and cooperate with the whole, just like the internal connection and cooperation relationship between the parts of our body organs.How many Chrysippuses, how many Socrates, how many Epictetus has the flood of time swallowed up?You still look at everyone and everything with the same thought.

The only thing that troubled me was the fear that what I was doing was against the laws and conventions of mankind, or that the way I was doing it was contrary to it, or that the timing of it was inopportune.

The time will come when you will leave all memories behind, and yourself, by others.

think more about what you think is the best

It is human nature to treat those who make mistakes with forgiveness and forgiveness.You will do so if you think that the wrongdoers are your fellow men, and that they do it without knowing or knowing it, and that you will all die before long.Most importantly, he did you no harm, because he did not deprive your reason of its former goodness.

The cosmic inner nature from the cosmic entity, like wax, is now molded into a model of a horse, then the sculpture of the horse is destroyed, and remade into the model of a tree, then a man, then something else things, and each of these things retains its shape and posture only for a very brief period of time.For these sculptures, it is not painful to be destroyed, nor is it when it is shaped.

A sad look is not natural; if it is done too often, it will cause all beauty to disappear, and in the end there will be nothing left but a lack of recovery.Rather try to derive from this fact its anti-rational rationale.For, if we no longer have the knowledge of doing wrong itself, is there any rationality that can continue to exist?

Reason, which governs the whole of the universe, will change all the things you now see, and form other forms of new things out of the original substances of these things, and these things will be replaced by other newer things.Such a reciprocating cycle, the world is always changing and new.

If someone offends you, the first question you have to ask is what idea of ​​good or evil he held that caused him to commit this wrong.The reason for this is that if you understand his sense of right and wrong, then you may feel compassion for him, and then you will feel relieved and no longer angry.Because the root cause is under the wrong concept of right, wrong, good and evil, you will feel that there is no difference, or not much difference, between what you have done and what he has done, so you should forgive him.However, if your understanding of good and evil is different, you should treat those who are trapped in wrong views of right and wrong better.

Don't think too much about what you have, think more about what you think is the best and most beautiful thing, and then reflect on how passionately you would go after them if you didn't have them now.In the meantime, just be careful not to overdo it, no matter how enthusiastic you are, because it can upset you when you don't get them.

You can take care of your heart.It is a nature of the governing rational principles that a man, in doing what he ought to do, is sufficient not only for self-satisfaction but also for peace of mind.

Stop unrealistic fantasies.Don't be led by the nose by it.Cherish what is in front of you and focus on the present moment.Take the time to understand all kinds of things that happen to you or others.Divide each object into apparent (formal) and substantive.Think about the last time you left.Let a person's mistakes stop where they are.

When others speak, listen attentively.Let your understanding go deep into the inner depths of things, both what is done and who does it.

Use simplicity, gentleness and humility to cultivate your body and mind, and ignore things between good and evil.To love humanity itself.Follow the will of the gods.The poet once said: All things are governed by laws. —It is enough to remember that all things are governed by laws.

Interpretation of death: the physical body dissipates, or dissolves into atomic particles, or it is the destruction of soul and body, or it is the extinction or change of living beings.

Interpretation of pain: This is an unbearable suffering, enough to kill us; but pain that has been going on for a long time is bearable; only when the mind takes refuge in itself can it maintain what it originally has Calm, rationality will not be injured by this.But the parts of the body that have been attacked by pain, let them be, and let them express their opinion on pain if they can.

Interpretation of fame: We must gain insight into the innermost beings of those chasing fame and fortune, see clearly what they are like, what they are avoiding, and what they are pursuing.Just imagine, the accumulation of sand piles buried the previous sand, so, in life, old things are quickly replaced by new things.

(End of this chapter)