Reflections on reading "Severance": "Severance" is a kind of awareness, and it is also a kind of freedom.
Two monks, one old and one young, went to the foot of the mountain to beg alms and passed by a small river. Two monks were about to cross the river when they suddenly saw a woman standing by the river in a daze. It turned out that the woman did not know the depth of the river and did not dare to cross the river easily. The old monk immediately stepped forward and carried the woman across the river.
The two monks continued on their way, but on the way, the old monk kept being complained by the younger monk, saying that as a monk, he should not be close to women, how could he be crossed by a woman?
The old monk remained silent, and finally he said to the young monk: "The reason why you are still chattering until now is because you have never let go of this matter in your heart, and after I let go of the woman, At the same time, I also put this matter down, so I won’t be like you.”
The young monk was speechless after hearing this.
Life is originally full of happiness, but we often cause troubles and add a lot of sorrow to ourselves. Many people who have successful careers often feel like this. They have achieved a little success in their careers, but they are empty in their hearts. It seems that I have a lot, but I also seem to have nothing. I always want to take a luxury cruise to travel around the world and enjoy myself after I succeed. But when I succeed, I still don’t have the time or the mood to go, but I still want to do it, because there are still many things that make people sad. Can’t let go...
———The above is excerpted from "Breaking Away"
In real life, people like little monks abound, and they always stop criticizing others. If you don't let go, you don't look back at yourself, and you don't know that you are the one who really can't let go. The little monk’s complaint is a common problem among many people in real life. I don’t know where these people get the energy to accuse others of what is right or wrong. In a word, they are too idle and don’t know who they are. I don’t understand why they don’t know how tired they are. If they all just let go like the old monks, it’s over, and they can just turn over the film, how easy would life be? Complaining and blaming can only make your life more and more tiring.
In fact, we are all ordinary people and cannot do without the grudges and grudges of life. Letting go is easier said than done.
It has been 12 years since my cousin passed away. He was only 39 years old when he died. He suffered a sudden cerebral hemorrhage and died after ineffective rescue. We practice burial here, and when we were looking for a place to bury it, Mr. Feng Shui took a fancy to a piece of land belonging to a family in our village and said that the Feng Shui there was good. My second mother asked my father to discuss the matter. Unexpectedly, this family insisted on us. The half-acre of good land next to his family's land was waiting for burial. My father asked them to cultivate my family's land first, and then my second mother and the two families would discuss the swap. But who knew that this kind of land would last for more than ten years, and the land would be divided into two parts? In exchange for half an acre of good land, my mother always mentions that the second mother will transfer the land to them, but if they don't plant it, they will occupy my land and won't let go. It's not the case outside my home, the land is gone, and the second mother will even say: " Who made his third uncle willing to let them grow it? "
My cousin died so suddenly, and then my old uncle died in a car accident. Suddenly my dad couldn't support himself and collapsed. We were busy. While I was taking care of my dad, I didn't even plant any land. Within two years, my dad also passed away, and the land became even less clear. The national planning land certificate, because my cousin only occupies two shares of his family’s land, I explained the situation at the time, and the planning team took the decision to grant my family’s land certificate three-thirds of the land. But despite this, his family still refused to give it to me. I really don’t understand. , what do these people think? Now my mother thinks that she is old and must take the land back or give an explanation, but I think this is just adding trouble and I don't want to make my mother angry. What should I do?
Because I don’t know how to farm, I have no idea about the land. But in the countryside, this is too much to bully others. They think I am weak, but I really don’t want to make noise with them. It feels too boring. It’s a gentleman. They don't want it, so why would such a villain bother them?
No one can survive the fight. They occupy my land, and life is not that good. But I am very content with my life.
I never fight, the beauty of life still favors me.
In fact, in real life, there are too many things we can’t let go of. Greed makes our demands never-ending. Even if we set a goal and achieve it, we still can’t bear to take it easy because we have a higher goal. Over and over again, I live my life like a top, spinning and spinning. As soon as Leng Ding had some free time, he felt empty inside and couldn't find the direction in life.
The epidemic in the past two years has caused people to have ups and downs. How many people can calm down and enjoy this short-term comfort given by God? In fact, the daily expenses of mortgage, credit, and car loans are overwhelming us. If we do not overextend our ability and do not have various loans, I believe each of us can live very easily.
Thinking back, all the busyness is actually just gathering in one place. No matter how much you have or who you are, the ultimate goal is the same, sooner or later!
So when it’s time to let it go, let it go.