"Kung Fu Panda 2" tells a story: In a battle to repel robbers and defend the valley, the peaceful life of the dragon warrior Po was broken by a ring flame symbol related to his life experience. When the evil white peacock lord shen reoccupied Gongmen City with artillery, Po and his team embarked on a journey of defending kung fu and seeking the truth of life. Finally, Po defeated lord shen and his artillery by practicing inner peace.
The invisible narrative line in the film is: the process of saving kung fu, and it is also the process of his understanding, searching, learning and finally understanding inner peace.
Master Oogway's "Inner Peace"
After many years, revisiting this film, the picture of Chinese style is still beautiful and the story is still fascinating.
Master asked Po to train inner peace.
Different from the past, this time I understand the calm behind the fierce battle: there is a power inside called silence; Calm down, anything is possible.
There is a kind of power in peace called peace: peace, no external harassment, no turmoil; Calm and quiet.
Master raccoon showed Po the power of "inner peace"
At the beginning of the film, raccoon master showed Po the power of inner peace with a drop of water. He turned his back on his disciples, closed his eyes and concentrated. The round drops of water in his hand are the best interpretation of "inner peace". Po's ever-changing sight with water drops can be regarded as a kind of loss and demand for "inner peace"
A kung fu master's inner strength is far better than his superb martial arts.
As a harmonious and calm gesture, inner peace is an indispensable spiritual nourishment, giving people wisdom and strength.
Po's first contact with "inner peace"
The master described his method of cultivating peace from pain. In retrospect, he said that when Po was chosen as the Dragon Warrior, it was the most desperate and painful moment in his life. Probably because the master thinks that Po is no match for Tai Lung at all and can't see the hope of the future.
Most of us are looking for light in gloomy days and inner peace in Ma Benteng's joys and sorrows.
Master raccoon experienced "inner peace"
One day, the raccoon master realized that the problem was himself, not the external Po, and he realized his inner peace.
When we attribute our pain and troubles to the outside world, we also give our precious focus and strength to others.
Each of us is a grain of sand and a drop of water in the crowd, which is easily disturbed by the outside world.
When we are blaming others, we subconsciously think that others are the main cause of our pain, and invisibly give our emotional control to each other.
For example, you made an appointment with your good friend to go to the movies on Friday night. Unexpectedly, the leader arranged for you to work overtime before you left. If you can realize that this is what you should do, you can get inner peace, concentrate on your work, finish your task as soon as possible, and maybe have a chance to go to the movies again.
But if you attribute the reason why you can't see the movie to the outside world, you will feel that everything is the boss's fault to some extent. Why do you have to work overtime? Cause you to be in a bad mood, your work is not up to standard, and eventually lead to dissatisfaction with the leaders and no movies.
To a certain extent, from the moment you start blaming your boss, your emotions are under his control. You will be happy if he lets you get off work on time in the future; You will be unhappy if you are asked to work overtime.
Jung, a famous psychologist, once said in his autobiography: "There is no need to look outside, and the truth lies in this inner person."
Only by looking inward and finding your inner peace can we objectively analyze and face the core problems, gather our greatest energy and let the gloomy days shine.
Inner peace is our strength for survival.
Pain and trauma, as well as the lack of peace, remind that inner peace is a pursuit and yearning.
Retire impetuous, calm is a kind of character; Feel compassion and peace is a kind of wisdom.
We all long for silence, unhappy about things and not sad about ourselves.
But life is always bittersweet and full of five flavors.
Darkness and trauma are condiments and tests.
Ring flame: a symbol of disturbing Po's peace. There are about four places in the film that are described in detail.
The first breach of peace:
In a battle to defend the villa, Po accidentally saw the ring flame icon on the arm of the enemy wolf.
A unique symbol of Po's childhood memory.
So, his inner peace was broken by the red icon in his memory for the first time. He hurried back to Father Goose's noodle restaurant to ask about his past.
The first breach of peace
Because lord shen occupied Gongmen City with gunpowder, Kung Fu was in jeopardy. Po and the team were assigned by the master to protect Kung Fu.
Po dreamed that radish pierced his calm stomach.
On the way on the boat, he had a nightmare, dreaming that his parents sold themselves for a radish, on the grounds that radish was more obedient and kung fu was better than him.
This can be seen as a portrayal of Po's inner negative emotions and heavy pressure. Po has a deep fear of gunpowder, which is reflected in his dream that radish turned into a cannon, shot at himself and finally plunged into his calm stomach.
The third destruction of peace
Po happened to see the red circle on the peacock's wings in the palace of Gongmen City.
Peacock main Shen stimulates Po.
He realized that lord shen knew what happened in the depths of his memory, because he was there, which set the stage for lord shen to cheat Po later. Because of this quiet rest, he and his team ignored the potential danger. Lord shen took advantage of Po's inattention to attack and blow up the palace.
The fourth destruction of peace
Po asked lord shen about his past. Lord shen cheated Po, and his parents didn't love him.
Peacock Lord Shen cheated Po.
This is exactly what I dreamed of. Po fell into this negative blow of being unable to fight back. His opponent took the opportunity to aim his gun at him, which led to the capture of other players. Po, who was seriously injured, was fortunately rescued by Sister Yang.
Sister Yang comforted Po.
In life, we will be hit by our own weaknesses inadvertently.
Like Po, the tragic experience of childhood is his weakness. For another example, when you first fell in love, seeing your ex-girlfriend drying up a new boyfriend in a circle of friends made you even more sad; Many parents report their children to expensive summer camps at no cost, because their biggest weakness is their children; Many old people are cheated when they buy health care products because the swindlers hit the soft spot where most old people want to be healthy. .......
What can hurt us is what we care about.
Accordingly, the destruction of peace in lord shen is also portrayed accordingly.
Gorgeous fireworks: the fiery fuse of lord shen and lord shen, discovering the power of fireworks.
When lord shen discovered the great power behind the splendid fireworks, his inner peace was broken for the first time.
Fairy sheep's prophecy about lord shen
When he overheard the prediction that he would be defeated by a black and white warrior in the future, his heart could no longer be calm.
Lord shen cleaned the panda.
In order to get rid of future disasters, lord shen launched a panda cleaning plan, and his parents kicked him out of the palace.
Lord shen was kicked out of the palace by his parents.
He shouted that one day, he will definitely come back for revenge, and hatred has occupied his heart.
Peacock Lord Shen reoccupied the palace gate.
When he reoccupied the palace and throne of Gongmen City and was full of ambitions for the future, he found that Xianguyang's prediction did not fail, and a panda warrior appeared, full of pain and anger for his fate and life.
Just like lord shen, in our life, it is inevitable that some people around us will blame others for their unhappiness. I can't find a good job, blame my parents for not having a background, and blame my school and major for not being good; The work is not done well because colleagues are dragging their feet; I was hurt in love, so I am not happy now. .......
Accept the transformation and find peace in the difficulties. There is a lyric that says, "If you win yourself, you can win the Jianghu.".
Po accepted the past and forgave his enemy Po, who once thought that peace in his stomach was peace in his heart. In order to cultivate inner peace, he once walked and thought, "Inner peace, inner peace ..."
Po seeks "inner peace"
He once woke up from a nightmare and hit the mast with his bare hands, trying to force himself to stay calm ..... but it turns out that these are all forms, not real peace of mind.
American social psychologist Festinger has a famous theory called Festinger's Law:
10% of life is made up of what happens to you, and the other 90% is determined by your reaction to what happens. In other words, there are 10% things in life that we can't control, and the other 90% things that we can control.
Po was hunted when he was born, and his mother died to protect him. The beginning of his life tragedy is 10% in his life.
Po recalled his childhood.
As Sister Yang said, this beginning does not determine your life, but your other life experiences can determine who you are and what kind of person you become.
Facing the remaining 90%, Po thought that he had made efforts to enter the Jade Palace, defeated Dalong and held the valley. He is the Dragon Warrior, and he shoulders the mission of saving Kung Fu.
Po practices inner peace.
For the past, he chose to accept and forgive, and chose to live in the present.
Quiet, quiet, secure, and then quiet. So, his heart became quiet.
There is only one thing in the world that can help us resist the storm of life: inner peace.
Lord shen stubborn, but looked at the peacock lord shen. Faced with fireworks, he got evil thoughts and started artillery experiments, which led his parents to ask Sister Yang for divination. His response to the prophecy led to his panda massacre. His cruel behavior led his parents to expel him from the palace gate, and his reaction to the expulsion led him to come back for revenge in the future.
Lord shen's heart is full of hostility.
He had a chance to turn over a new leaf and start over, but all he saw was hostility and resentment, and his behavior was full of surliness and coldness. Rejecting Po's advice led to his later destruction.
He can't let go of the hatred of the past, learn not to accept the imperfections of the past, and finally can only go to self-destruction.
The real heroes who accept the ruthlessness of fate are those who see the truth of life but still love it. -romain rolland
Three years after the Wutai Poetry Case, Su Dongpo wrote "Setting the Wind", in which "I will spend my life in misty rain" and "I will go home rain or shine" are the forces of inner peace. How calm and open-minded detachment!
Helen Keller is a blind, deaf and dumb disabled person. She lived in darkness for 87 years, but found inner peace under cruel fate. She was finally admitted to Harvard University and became a famous female writer.
Only when you are calm as water can you look at things more objectively, clear your mind, analyze problems, and then grasp the key points to solve problems.
Life is like a tide, it is inevitable that there will be ups and downs, and winning or losing is just our mentality.
Keep a good attitude and move forward calmly. The so-called good mentality is a kind of relaxed concentration, a kind of conscious unconsciousness, that is, inner quiet concentration and the integration of body and mind.
So how to achieve this state?
Relax your body as the saying goes, you can relax your body when you are calm, and you can relax your body when you are relaxed. The two interact and influence each other.
Po understands "inner peace"
In the movie, Po suddenly realized Master's teaching, adjusted his breathing like Master, made a circle with one arm and one foot as the axis, combined his movements with reality, led the falling water drops to his own aura, and learned inner peace.
Progressive muscle relaxation training method Edmund Jacobson, an American physiologist, founded the progressive muscle relaxation training method in 1930s:
Refers to the establishment and maintenance of a relaxed and happy emotional state by consciously controlling the activity of voluntary muscles.
You can download related music through the Internet, find a quiet place that won't distract you, practice on an empty stomach, choose a comfortable posture, take off the physical burden such as watches and glasses, focus on the present, focus on your muscles, and release the feeling of enjoying the sudden relaxation of your muscles.
Abdominal breathing and calm breathing Abdominal breathing is breathing gas into the abdomen. Just put your hand on your abdomen, push it up when inhaling, and spit it out slowly from your abdomen when exhaling. Calm breathing is abdominal breathing, count to five, count from one to five, then hold your breath and count to five; Then spit it out slowly and count to five.
Practice abdominal breathing or calm breathing twice a day for five minutes each time for at least two weeks, which can effectively relax the body.
Besides, practicing yoga can also relax the body. All the above methods can be learned through health clubs, yoga classes or online videos.
Rain observes negative emotions. Po learns "inner peace".
There are three scenes in the film where water drops slide down the leaves: the first time is when the master demonstrates what "inner peace" is for Po; The second time, Po learned to be calm in his childhood village. The third time was at the end of the Armageddon with lord shen.
Po understands "inner peace"
Po, who was calm inside, regarded the shells fired by the enemy as water droplets. The lens of water drops is foregrounded and placed above Po's head, which highlights the importance of inner peace and shows Po's inner strength.
In the film, Shuizhu and Taiji Kung Fu both reflect the Taoist thought of taking advantage of the situation, letting nature take its course, combining rigidity with softness, and combining rigidity with softness.
Just as water drops follow leaves, we should also learn to let emotions follow the trend.
Sharon Schazberg, a famous American meditation instructor, once mentioned RAIN's method of observing negative emotions in her book Meditation of One Square Meter:
By using the four steps of rain, you can become a "witness" and you can deal with an emotion with mindfulness.
Rain refers to identification, acceptance, investigation and disapproval respectively.
First, identify it. "Oh, I'm lovelorn again. It is unwilling, not love. It's knocking on my door again. "
Then, accept it. "All right, stop fighting and let it flow freely."
Then, explore "it turns out that it keeps appearing because I feel that breaking up has no face." If we get back together now, will many unresolved problems be solved? I can't seem to, so why do you want to get back together? Is it true love? Or just unwilling? It seems unwilling. "
Finally, express your disagreement with it. "You can come to my house once in a while, but I am the master here. I want to let you go now, please forgive me ... "
Just like lord shen in the film, we are prone to fall into a vicious circle of self-denial and anger. Because of a small matter or one's own shortcomings, I am excessively denied by others, and I feel my self-esteem is damaged because of denial, and I feel angry because of my self-esteem.
RAIN's four steps can help us peel off the additional reaction layer by layer, identify it, put it down, go back to the starting point and enable rationality.
Practicing meditation can completely calm people down and focus on the here and now.
When practicing meditation, we need to pay attention to the following guiding principles: find a quiet environment, relax muscles, form habits, avoid meditating when you are full or tired, focus on one goal at a time, let thoughts come and go, don't evaluate whether you are doing well or not, don't mind the results, and concentrate on feeling the thoughts come and go.
Compassion and Tolerance When we are mindful, empathetic and kind, instead of blindly blaming, we can accept and transform the disasters and misfortunes that occur in our lives.
Po faces the past frankly.
In the movie, after learning about his tragic life experience, Po endured great mental pain and bravely faced the pain, from which he once again realized the power of love, transcended the pain and truly gained inner peace.
Inner peace allows us to see the broad and profound meaning of life.
Peacock Lord Shen doesn't believe that Po can be "quiet inside".
At the end of the movie, the peacock god asked Po how to calm down. He is the sinner who killed their panda family! He didn't believe Po would choose to forgive himself. Po replied that it was his choice.
He showed tolerance and persuasion to the peacock master Shen, and he advised him to turn back now and be himself again.
Po advised the peacock to master Shen.
Helpless, lord shen's heart has long been occupied by layers of resentment and hostility. It is difficult for him to accept the kindness and love released by others. His thinking logic is only the robber belief that "happiness is obtained by robbery".
Even Po's careful and well-intentioned reminders and exhortations were regarded as a great insult and attack by him. He refused and fought back more decisively until he came to his own destruction.
Everyone is imperfect and makes mistakes, but we can learn to start over.
Learning to cultivate inner peace will make us realize the richness and freedom in the depths of life.
Summary: We are all looking for light in gloomy days, and we are all looking for inner peace in Ma Benteng's joys and sorrows. Inner peace is our strength for survival. Retire impetuous, calm is a kind of character; Feel compassion and peace is a kind of wisdom. Life is like a tide, it is inevitable that there will be ups and downs, and winning or losing is just our mentality. There is only one thing in the world that can help us resist the storm of life: inner peace. Inner peace is a kind of strength. Anything is possible if you calm down.