Bi Shumin

There is a strange exhibition in the National Museum of Egypt. A box carved with exquisite white jade is about the size of an ordinary drawer. The box is divided into four small squares by a cross-shaped jade fence, which is clean and transparent. This jade box was found next to the Pharaoh's mummy, and it was empty at that time. From the position, the box must be very important, but what is it for? Why did you put it there? What's the moral? No one can guess. This mystery has puzzled archaeologists for a long time. Later, in Luxor Imperial Valley in central Egypt, a mural was found in the tomb of Queen Calvis, and the secret of the jade box was solved.

There is a majestic man on the mural, manipulating a huge balance. One end of the balance is a weight, and the other end is a complete heart. This heart was taken out from a jade box next to it. In ancient Egyptian cultural legends, there was a supreme beautiful woman named the goddess of happiness. The husband of the goddess of happiness is an observant judge. After everyone dies, the heart will be weighed by the husband of the goddess of happiness. If a person is cheerful, the weight in his heart is very light. The goddess' husband guided the soul to fly to heaven with a feather-like light heart. If that heart is heavy and full of many sins and troubles, the husband of the goddess of happiness will sentence him to hell and never see the light of day.

It turns out that the white jade box is used to hold people's hearts. It turns out that relaxed people can go to heaven.

Since I know this legend, I often wonder whether my heart is lighter or heavier. I'm afraid I can't wait for the husband of the goddess of happiness to weigh it with a balance. It is too late. Breathing has stopped, and the conclusion has been made for a lifetime. There are no spaces in any modification. I like to plan ahead. When I can still smile and work hard, I will get rid of my troubles one by one. I don't want a paradise in the afterlife, I just look forward to moving in the direction of happiness at this moment in my life. Heaven is not a destination, but a place where we feel happy and confident.

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The composition of life

lin qingxuan

I know a makeup artist. She is really good at makeup and is famous for it.

I'm a little curious about this person who lives in a completely different field from me, because in my impression, no matter how learned makeup is, it's just superficial learning, and it's really not something that a wise person should pursue.

So, I couldn't help asking her, "You have studied makeup for so many years. What kind of talents can make up? " What is the highest level of makeup? "

For such a problem, the elderly makeup artist showed a deep smile. She said: "The highest level of makeup can be described in two words, that is' nature'. The most subtle makeup technique is to make people look as if they don't have makeup. The makeup matches the identity of the owner and can naturally show the personality and temperament of that person. The second makeup is to highlight people, make her conspicuous and attract people's attention. Bad makeup is when people come out and find that she wears a lot of makeup, and this makeup is to cover up her shortcomings or age. The worst kind of makeup is that it distorts one's personality and loses the coordination of five senses after makeup. For example, people with small eyes become heavy eyebrows, people with big faces become white faces, and people with big mouths become red lips ... "

Unexpectedly, the highest level of makeup is actually no makeup, but naturally, it makes me sit up and take notice.

The makeup artist saw that I was fascinated and continued: "Isn't this just like writing an article? Bad articles are often piled up with words, distorting the author's personality. A better article is radiant and attractive, but others know that you are writing an article. The best article is the natural expression of the author. He doesn't pile it up. When reading, he doesn't feel that he is reading an article, but reading a life. "

What a clever man! However, "people who make up are just doing kung fu on the epidermis!" " "I sighed.

"No," said the makeup artist, "makeup is only the last side, and few facts can be changed. The deeper makeup is to change a person's physique and make a person change his lifestyle. Adequate sleep, attention to exercise and nutrition will improve her skin and make her energetic, which is much more effective than makeup. The deeper makeup is to change temperament, read more books, appreciate art, think more, be optimistic about life, have confidence in life, be kind-hearted, care for others, love yourself and have dignity. Such a person can't go anywhere without makeup, and the makeup on his face is only the last little thing in makeup. I use three simple sentences to explain that third-rate makeup is face makeup, second-rate makeup is spiritual makeup, and first-class makeup is life makeup. "

The makeup artist then came to the conclusion: "Isn't the person you wrote the article also a makeup artist? Third-rate articles are the makeup of words, second-rate articles are the makeup of spirit, and first-rate articles are the makeup of life. So, do you know how to make up? " I stood up to pay tribute to the wisdom of the female makeup artist, and I was deeply ashamed of my original view of makeup artists.

Farewell to the makeup artist, I walked in the dark place on my way home, and had such a profound understanding: in this world, all appearances are not independent and self-existent, and they must have their profound internal significance. Then, the best way to change the appearance is not to work hard on the appearance, but to reform from the inside. Unfortunately, people who work hard on appearance often don't understand this truth. "

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Sea lion collar

lin qingxuan

At Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, there is a place where sea lions gather. Visitors can only watch from a distance. A notice was posted on the dock: "This dock belongs to the United States Navy. Feeding, throwing or intimidating sea lions will be brought to justice. " The United States is indeed an advanced country in protecting wild animals, and even "intimidating" animals will be prosecuted! While watching the sea lions, a group of children chattered towards the dock, led by two young female teachers. It turned out that the kindergarten teacher took the children to see sea lions and taught outdoors. The adults on the dock gave the best viewing seats to the children-America is also an advanced country in terms of courtesy and care for the elderly, women and children. I heard the kindergarten teacher say to the children, "Do you see the sea lion on the right? It has a ring around its neck." "Yes!" "That's not its necklace, but its scar. This sea lion played in the sea when he was a child. Seeing a collar, I went in to play. Unexpectedly, he went in and couldn't get out. The little sea lion keeps growing and the collar is getting tighter and tighter. He was caught in the meat, bleeding and painful, and was found just before being strangled. He cut the coil to save it. " The children listened attentively, and their faces showed very painful expressions. "So, you must never throw anything into the sea in the future, which may kill a sea lion." The teacher took the children away. I was deeply moved at fisherman's wharf in the morning. This is the best education. I hope our teachers can educate children in the same way. Sea lion's collar is ignorant and barbaric, and many of us adults don't know it. If we want to teach our children how to cherish and care for all sentient beings, we must first take off our ignorant and savage collars!

In the plaintive sound of lonely geese flying away in the sky

lin qingxuan

What kind of feeling is it? A person walks in an alley and occasionally looks up. The phoenix flowers in other people's courtyard walls are clusters of red flowers, which are plants that have not been seen for several years and grow in their hometown.

Phoenix flowers like to show their red color, as if they were born for parting. When I was a child, I liked to tie phoenix flowers into butterflies, climb tall buildings and let them fly with the wind. Her posture of spinning and falling has won a lot of childish laughter. The past is like this butterfly drifting away. Even if they spin and fall in different postures, they will eventually disappear.

When I think of the phoenix flower, I think of my unfinished ambitions in this life; When I think of the phoenix flower, I think of the phoenix that doesn't live by road. Why should the phoenix flower be named after the phoenix? In this way, people always fantasize that they are a flying phoenix when they are full of emotions, and they are about to spread their wings and fly when night falls.

"The Book of Songs is elegant" says: "Feng Huangming is doing his job; Wutongsheng, in the morning. " Inadvertently, a clear image floated up; A divine bird is dancing, soaring into the sky and flapping its wings; The phoenix tree, a symbol of nobility, shows a quite natural face before sunrise. A teenager, who has always liked the phoenix tree and admired it, suddenly looked up and saw that the phoenix flower was about to leave, and could not help but fantasize that he would become a phoenix tree facing the sunrise or a phoenix standing tall in the cold wind; Even think that you are a phoenix, standing on the buttonwood in Gaogang; Or! A clear phoenix, spreading its wings, broke the sky blue.

However, in the distance, if there is an ode that is repeatedly sung intermittently, just like the harmony of a folk song, then it is clear and mysterious that it is not important to know clearly that a song that has been sung for more than a thousand days will be eclipsed without a short chorus in the end.

So "Phoenix Flower" evokes not only the memory of becoming a butterfly in childhood, but also a regret when he dreamed of the phoenix. The impression of a fiery red flower, coupled with the song of the jackal, blew the teenager's dream and realized that he was neither a phoenix bird nor a buttonwood tree. Finally, I saw my face in a broken dream. It turned out to be just a teenager. It turned out to be a nightmare. Life, which has been dying for several years, will pass without any trace, just like when the flood passed by, it heard the crow's cry, even though it was broken. But it left a touching sadness. And a teenager who dreams of the phoenix burning, like others, waits for separation quietly, stands on the hill before sunset, and makes the sunset turn into night. Only night, only night, can subtract the red color of the phoenix flowers in the daytime?

Remind Happiness Bi Shumin We have been used to living in reminders since childhood. At the first sign of trouble, my mother said, don't forget to put on more clothes. Just met a friend, my father said, be careful that he is a liar. You achieved a little success, but you didn't laugh. All the people who care about you say together, don't be proud! When you are immersed in joy, you keep saying to yourself, "Don't be too happy, maybe suffering will come soon …" We are used to living with reminders. Visible fear and invisible fear always hover overhead like crows. On the night when the moon is clear, a reminder will come out and say to you: Watch out for the storm. So regardless of the bright moonlight, we made all the preparations before the storm warning in a hurry. When our eyes are wide open, the storm is like a sheep coming back late, and I don't know where to wander. When we really can't stand waiting for disaster, we even maliciously hope that the storm will come early. The storm finally came slowly. We were disappointed to find that most of the preparations were useless. After all, the risks that can be resisted in advance are limited, but the unpredictable disasters in the world are infinite. Overcoming the disaster depends more on the step at the door, and the previous anxiety can't help. When the tail of the storm finally went away, we held a messy home. Before we could breathe, a new reminder sounded intelligently, and we began to look forward to the future in fear. There are always disasters in life. In fact, most people have learned to be calm about disasters, but we have not learned to be happy between disasters. We pay too much attention to the awareness of suffering and ignore the reminder of happiness. Please pay attention to happiness from now on! Does happiness also need to be reminded? Think of falling ... think of slippery roads ... think of being cheated ... remember honor and disgrace ... The sages reminded us 100 1 times, but did not remind us of happiness. Maybe they think that happiness can't run away without reminding. Maybe they think you will cherish good things instead of exhorting them. Maybe they value blood and fire too much and think happiness is not worth mentioning. They always stand on the cliff and tell us how to escape the future suffering. But what is the time after avoiding pain? That is happiness! Learn to enjoy happiness and be reminded when happiness comes. People can naturally learn the pleasure of the senses, but people can't naturally master the rhythm of happiness. The pleasure of the soul and the comfort of the organs are like twin brothers, sometimes interdependent and sometimes diametrically opposed. Happiness is the vibration of the mind. It needs constant training, just like an ear that can only listen to music. In short, happiness is a moment without pain. It doesn't appear as often as we thought. People often just pick up the golden mane on the ground and say, I've seen it before, after the happy golden carriage has sailed away. People like to recall the specimens of happiness, but ignore the moment when happiness is covered with dew and emits fragrance. At that time, we were often in a hurry, looking back and thinking about what we were busy with. Some people predict typhoons, locusts, plagues and earthquakes. No one predicts happiness. In fact, happiness, like everything else in the world, has its signs. Happiness is often hazy, it will bring us moderate rain. Don't always hope for vigorous happiness, it just comes quietly. Don't try to turn up the tap, or your happiness will soon be lost. But you need to use a peaceful heart to quietly understand the true meaning of happiness. Happiness is mostly simple. It won't flash red light at high altitude like a signal flare. It is wrapped in its natural coat, warmly wrapping us. Happiness doesn't like noise and glitz, and often comes in gloom. A poor cake, a soul mate's troubled eyes, a father's rough touch, a girlfriend's warm note … these are all happiness that thousands of dollars can't buy. Like a ruby on an old silk, it is more and more dazzling in desolation. Happiness sometimes plays jokes on us and comes in disguise. Opportunity, friendship, success, reunion ... they are all similar to happiness, but they are not the same as happiness. Happiness will borrow their dresses, wave by wave, get closer, lift the veil and realize that it has a steel core. Happiness is sometimes short-lived, and it will not cover the sky like suffering. If the suffering and happiness of life are divided at the two ends of the scale, the suffering is enormous, and happiness may be just a small ore. But the pointer must be tilted to the side of happiness, because there is gold of life there. Happiness has a trapezoidal cross-section, which can be expanded or reduced, depending on whether you cherish it or not. We should be alert to happiness and enjoy every minute of happiness enthusiastically. According to the research of scientists, the result of intentional attention is much better than that of unintentional attention. When spring comes, we should say to ourselves, it's spring! My heart will be green. When we are happy, we should say to ourselves, please remember this moment! Happiness will accompany us for a long time. Then we will be happier! Therefore, in the harvest season, don't think about the possible disaster year, we still have a long winter to think about. We will dance and sing with our friends to express our joy. Now that the seed has repaid the sweat, we have the right to immerse ourselves in happiness. Never mind the future wind, frost, rain and snow, let's grind wheat into flour and bake a delicious bread first. So, when we meet from the ends of the earth, please don't hesitate to leave after a while. In the long years to come, there will be countless lonely nights to taste sadness alone. Now every minute, let it burn into a happy light blue flame like pure alcohol, leaving no residue. Let's raise our glasses and say: We are happy. Therefore, when we are waiting at the knees of our elderly parents, you should have the courage to say to yourself: I am very happy, even if their temples are gray, even if they are old. Because heaven and earth are impermanent, one day you will lose them and regret this moment infinitely. Happiness is not synchronized with wealth, status, prestige and marriage, it is just a feeling in your heart. So, when we have nothing, we can also say: I am very happy. Because we still have healthy bodies. When we no longer enjoy health, the bravest people can still smile and say: I am very happy. Because I still have a healthy heart. Even when we are connected to each other, the best molecules of mankind can still say loudly to the universe: I am very happy. Because I have lived. Always remind yourself to pay attention to happiness, just like watching the sun on a cold day, your heart will be warm and bright unconsciously.

Filial piety is priceless, Bi Shumin. I don't like the story of a poor child going to school. It's difficult at home. My father died and my sister-in-law was starving. But after he graduated from college, he insisted on going to graduate school, so my mother had to sell blood ... I thought that was a selfish student. It's a long way to learn. Why care too much for a few years? What's more, every minute is extremely bitter and needs mother's blood to irrigate! A person who can't even love his mother, who can he expect to love? How can a person who puts his own interests in the supreme position become a master who has dedicated himself to mankind? I don't like homeless people whose parents are seriously ill in bed and suddenly leave, no matter how many reasons you have. There is no one rotating on the earth, and there is no need to exaggerate personal strength to an incredible extent. On his deathbed, it is disrespectful to cut off his last hope in the world and travel in loneliness with despair. I believe that every sincere and upright child has made a big wish of "filial piety" to his parents from the bottom of his heart. I believe that the days ahead will be very long, will come naturally, and I can be filial when I succeed. It's a pity that people forget, forget the cruelty of time, forget the brevity of life, forget the kindness that can never be repaid in the world, and forget the fragility of life itself. My parents left with deep concern for us. When our parents left, we felt that they would never return. You will never be filial. There are some things that we couldn't understand when we were young. When we understand, we are no longer young. Some things in the world can be made up, and some things can never be made up. "Filial piety" is a fleeting attachment, and "filial piety" is an unrepeatable happiness. "Filial piety" is a past tense, and "filial piety" is a chain at the junction of life and life. Once it's disconnected, it can't be connected again. Be filial to your parents. Maybe a mansion, maybe a brick. Maybe it's a swan on the other side of the ocean, maybe it's a message close at hand. Maybe it's a pure black doctor's hat, maybe it's a red five in the exercise book. Maybe it's a table of delicious food, maybe it's a wild fruit and a small flower. Maybe it's a gorgeous skirt, maybe it's a pair of clean old shoes. Maybe tens of thousands of dollars, maybe just a coin with a body temperature ... but on the scale of "filial piety", they are equivalent. Just, children of the world, we must hurry! When your parents were still alive. Bi Shumin's refusal is a right, just as survival is a right. The ancients said, you can't do anything unless you do something. This kind of "inaction" is rejection. People often think that rejection is a forced defense, but they don't know that it is an active choice. In our life, the probability of choosing to refuse is much greater than the probability of choosing to agree. Because life only belongs to us once, to achieve a unique life, we need to find a unique flower path in thousands of roads. We decided to "one" and rejected 999. Although we walk together, we are friends for life. We won't live in rejection all the time. How often does it appear?

Vast sea of books

Yu

Just like the real sea, we both admire it and fear it. From a distance, the sea is clear and blue, and the clouds are steaming.

Xia Wei, but once you jump into it, you immediately become a mustard seed, floating in the turbulent chaos. How to get it out?

Go to the library, the bookstore and the newsstand on the street. Every time I feel that the words on the page are very important to my life.

A threat. A few years ago, I was still having a heated discussion about "Is there a forbidden area for reading?" I advocate this culture.

People should not have forbidden zones, but now there is an unexpected helplessness: they must set up their own forbidden zones, otherwise they will.

It is the leakage of time, the fragmentation of life, and the tireless life to the inaction of life.

In an underdeveloped country, printed black and white characters used to be a charm that people looked up to, because

Therefore, reading is likely to become an act of self-deception. Whenever you sit at the desk and twist it.

Bright desk lamp, open book, seems to be creating a gentle, close to sacred. This misunderstanding has created countless.

Leave the game of life behind, while yourself and others are still very comforted.

To this end, some people who have really read books always oppose the saying that "opening books is beneficial" and advocate scholar-oriented.

Students give the society some large and small bibliographies to prevent the confusion of the value system in the reading field. I agree

This practice, however, has a conventional enlightenment nature and is mainly suitable for young people who are studying. For the middle

For young people, life has become self-reliant, and reading has become an "energy exchange" between themselves and the object of reading.

Choosing this important task is mainly done by yourself. Therefore, setting up a restricted area is actually a mature performance.

It is my basic principle to read less articles that feel excellent and not to read articles that feel wrong.

I feel great. Why should I study less? Because it feels great and it's not easy. Once you find it, you will.

Understand carefully, chew repeatedly, and do not allow self-interference. It's like watching a movie and suddenly meeting a good movie.

After watching it, I will never watch another movie immediately, but I will walk alone by the river and on the path and indulge for a long time.

Even if I know that other films are not worse than this one, I can't bear to swallow them luxuriously together. make friends

By the same token, how can so many good people in the world who are worthy of communication become bosom friends? Expose one's heart

A few is enough. I patted my shoulders and hugged my neck everywhere, and I was in pain. As a result, none of them became intimate.

I'm sorry. Reading is just like making friends. Not greedy.

Don't read articles that don't feel right. It sounds easy to understand, but it's actually not easy to do, because we

When reading, I am often in a passive state of losing myself and rarely turn on the radar of sensory selection. In fact,

Even if it is a recognized world masterpiece, when I was a child, my teacher said that I would read it, so I could only read it according to it. When people reach middle age, I found it and learned from it.

If your sensory system is not in place, you have the right to refuse to read. I have a good book, and you are also a good man.

If there is no fate, it is necessary to pass by easily. If it is obviously embarrassing, it is necessary to try our best to tie it together for a long time.

How bad it is.

When I say "something doesn't feel right", I mainly mean some articles that make us feel uncomfortable, or

Pretend, or pretend, or show off, or slick, or domineering, or sour, or jealous, then

More to avoid. If we misunderstand them, we have no time or interest to clarify them. Avoid,

Misunderstanding is not misunderstanding. Maybe we will criticize this kind of article out of some traditional sense of responsibility.

But this sense of responsibility is often based on denying pluralism and rationality. People have a variety of lifestyles and different levels of life civilization.

This is different. People who live on the fifth floor need not criticize the low level of the third floor at all, let alone whether you are on the fifth floor.

The building still lacks scientific proof. There are also very few articles that make us feel an unspeakable evil and malice.

Reading a few words is like eating a fly. The best way is to push it away quickly.

Some friends don't understand: how can snow-white paper and black words be printed one after another?

This is a kind of pain, but you are welcome to say that this pain comes from the habits and words under cultural imprisonment.

Melt the dream in the greenhouse. The opening of life pattern and the development of books and newspapers market have given vent to various social emotions.

Opportunities and places, on the whole, are not bad things. For example, jealousy, since a group of people have succeeded, isn't that what it is?

Some people who are temporarily unsuccessful will not even be jealous? Hugo said that a leaf was illuminated by the sun, and its

There must be a shadow on the back The brighter the sun, the deeper the shadow. Leaves are still like this, let alone people. In black and white. no

They only reflect sunlight and transmit shadows. Sunlight and shadow add up to a three-dimensional society.

Therefore, it is necessary to allow jealousy, melodramatic, melodramatic, ostentatious and slick, and even more.

Domineering, allowing acidity, and of course allowing your discomfort, allowing you to ignore. Engage in commercial activities,

Everything is intolerable, and it has become less concerned and more tolerant. This should be a great progress for our social audience.

Verbal crimes are not tolerated. But I still want to say that the word litigation should not be too sensitive.

Feeling. Hundreds of years of fighting and decades of throwing daggers have kept one in some articles in our newspapers.

This almost instinctive tension and triviality is a heavy historical old account, which unfortunately makes such a minority

The author shoulders, is very sympathetic. They lack legal knowledge and personality concept, and never put

World reputation is one thing. If you go to court with them, you will go back to the enlightenment period of your life. Why bother?

Look at that. Their lives are generally uncomfortable, because according to experience, human ecology and mentality are mutually causal.

Yes, they will compensate for a large loss of reputation if they go to court. From a humanitarian point of view, they are also worried.

How to endure? Not long ago, I wandered among some cities in Southeast Asia alone and met a Buddhist who had known me for many years.

Friend, ask him what he has been doing all these years. He even said that he had been fighting a reputation lawsuit. I listened to his introduction.

Case, I think what he met here can only be said to be a commonplace that no one will care about.

Deeply puzzled by his seriousness, he smiled and asked, "Buddhists pay attention to tolerance, so you can argue with Buddhism like this."

Is there any resistance? "He replied," if I don't control them, they will continue to hurt all living things, so I

This punch is very merciful! "I seem to realize something, but when I think about it, I think it has something to do with the whole ring after all.

Context-related. The overall environment is still very unsanitary, so we can't take the dust falling on us too seriously. There is a guard.

Just think about life. Take your time, don't worry.

Among them, the only thing that needs to be dealt with is those who name names in newspapers and periodicals, completely

An article that fabricates facts Because fabricated facts are more confusing than shouting insults, if people believe them.

In that case, people who have been fabricated, who have not refuted the falsehood, should also bear social responsibilities. However, despite this,

Therefore, the real argument is boring, and my principle is still ignored as much as possible. Over the years, Ben

Some people inadvertently published some cultural essays, and some people said good things, which interfered with the audio-visual of several gentlemen, so they went one by one.

Gradually, some "facts" linked to my name were published in several newspapers. At first, I thought there was a villain.

The same name and surname, and later found out that it was me. I just wanted to argue that there is no such thing, and new "facts" have been published.

Come out. It suddenly occurred to me that some young overseas actors always encountered similar situations when they first became famous, and I was very upset.

They hardly argue, but they still laugh, play and sing. I am older than them, why am I not as good as them? this

This idea saved me. I haven't argued for years, and I haven't read those articles since, and the result seems to be nothing.

Survive to this day. Of course, my escape has a bottom line. Simply put, if someone is framed, I know,

The truth, I will not escape; If it involves public morality, I will not shy away; I'm just avoiding my own business.

This is not selfless, because I am timid when arguing about my own affairs, and I have no right to let my friends,

Both students and readers have this kind of cowardice, and cowardice is more painful than injury.

In a word, the sea of books is vast, the word tide is rolling, the pages are noisy, the ink is misty, and the market is diversified.

We have been looking forward to the modern cultural landscape for many years, so don't be at a loss when looking forward to it, complaining.

Remove excessive guard sensitivity, reduce high debate consciousness, reduce unnecessary pen and ink lawsuits, and get used to eyes.

Noise accustoms ears to different sounds. If they are not used to it, they will watch or listen less. Even if they are used to it, due to time and energy,

The reason can also be that you watch less and listen less. Everything depends on you. Look at something pleasing to the eye, take a few bites of fresh food and have a taste.

Mouth, a little uncomfortable and walk away, I have no obligation to receive everything I don't want to receive, even if someone.

Roll call at the door, close the window and draw the curtain, repose, and open the Blind Monk by Tchaikovsky or A Bing.

People say that in modern society, you must learn to be sharp and quick, but I advocate adding a dull and dull. life

Geometry? Finally, I met a more serious era, so I quickly saved my strength and did what I wanted to do.

Where can I spend time with strangers? The wind outside, the clouds on the horizon, walked for a while when

Don't be serious, even if these winds and clouds are black and white, they are the same.