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The famous Lebanese poet Gibran once sighed: "We have come so far that we forget why we set out."

By Steven EasonPublished 3 years ago 4 min read

We are walking, we are running, we are busy all day long, but we forget why we set off.

Many times, we will be in such a daze. Therefore, people need to see clearly their purpose, their direction, and the trade-offs in front of them.

The great truth of life and the great realm of life are sometimes discovered and understood from the most subtle aspects of life.

The word fame and fortune is the pursuit of many people in their lives. However, in order to truly appreciate the realm of Zhuangzi, one must be able to transcend fame and fortune. And having an indifferent mentality is the foundation beyond fame and fortune.

So, how can indifference become great? How can we comprehend the truth of the world from the story of Zhuangzi? How can we surpass ourselves and reach an ideal state?

Beyond this topic, we often talk about it in our lives.

What is true transcendence? Go beyond the cognition based on the real world, and identify what is constant and what is the essence in the complex real life.

In life, there is no need for fame and fortune, the share of rights, and the solemnity. Therefore, it leads to strife with people and with the world. Fighting is inevitable, fighting is a matter of the world. No one is exempt from this custom, and it is human nature to fight. Counting the disputes between people, from birth to death, words, deeds, thoughts, feelings, fame, fortune, wealth, and things are always in contention, and everything is in contention. Extremely trivial and subtle. Compete for toys, gourmet food, achievements, rankings, jobs, fat and vacancies, promotions, status, face, seats, signatures, money, housing, land, money , arguing and arguing. For the word "striving", you have spent a lot of effort, paid a lot of value, and fought back a lot of happiness, and a lot of bitterness?

When people fight in the world, there must be opponents. Opponents game, each competing for what they need. Controversy breeds chaos, chaos breeds rules. However, in the depths of prosperity, true and false are mixed. Behind the order, there are flaws. Above the rules, privilege traverses. The grievances are in vain, and there are times when they are laid out. Misunderstandings and misunderstandings are easy to see. There are many people who use power in intrigue and wrestling. Those who misrepresent themselves out of context will be slandered and slandered. Those who steal the pillars to add fuel to the vinegar, steal for the sake of fanning the flames. The exhaustion of contention is not in the struggle, but in the struggle without choosing the right way!​​

Look at the mortal world, go deep into all phenomena, one flower, one world, one leaf and one bodhi. Roughly, people have no clear distinction between good and evil, and they have the ebb and flow of gods and demons in their hearts. When evil thoughts arise, good thoughts remain. The good thoughts are thick, and the evil thoughts wait. Pain is the same, and joy also has resonance. Good and evil are inherently introspective, fairness and peace of mind. Those who fight, do not fight for foreign things, but really fight for their own hearts.

So when things are in their hands, they feel ashamed, and they feel ashamed when they take advantage of them. There are more famous people who come and people who are far away. The voice is high and the listeners are getting thinner. It seems that the winner is worried and sleepless at night. People hurt things, I hurt feelings, people hate names and I hate reason, those who have not won have grudges, and those who won are very boring. What's the point of fighting for fame? Where is the profit going? What's up with the struggle? What is the dispute? Competing with others in vain is a stinky sack.

Competing with people is tiring. Fight with yourself, fight for happiness.

Success is not in the mouths of others; fame and fortune are not in the eyes of others; happiness or happiness is in your own heart; good and evil are in your own mind. With one's own tranquility, strive for a clear mind; with one's self-restraint, strive for a harmonious situation. Fight for your own identity by respecting differences, and fight for a coexisting universe by inclusiveness.

Wisdom does not compete with foreign objects, and does not care about the gains and losses of a city or a place; strength does not compete with inequality, and does not feel depressed or humiliated. Majesty does not compete with slowness, and if you do not bow, you will jump and be ugly. If it is gold, I am not afraid that it will not be able to shine in a moment, and it will eventually be held in high halls and deep houses. Those who do not live in the house may not be obliterated in the end, and they concentrate on fighting with their own inner filth. Although they are silent, they will eventually stand out. Walk your own way, do your own work well, be happy with your mood, strive for the stability of the heart, strive for the perfusion of the officers, and strive for the improvement of the essence. Fame and fortune do not have to be abandoned, self-cultivation is impossible.

It is for the struggle with oneself, for the big voice, the silent elephant, the invisible battle.

If you are fighting with yourself like this, can't you fight for a new self?

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