Like a temple, you don't take your body too seriously.

Not long ago, I saw a group of friends confide that they had been deeply involved in the whirlpool of health care. I guess what he means is that there was a time when he paid too much attention to health preservation, so that he added a lot of frames and restrictions to himself, but he was even less free, tighter and more entangled.

With the growth of age, people love health more and more. Changes in the whole environment, such as this year's epidemic, require a good body to cope with external challenges. And people are more and more aware that body and mind are integrated and interact with each other. The body is uncomfortable, not smooth, and the mood will be more; On the other hand, a person with many thoughts and intense emotions is more likely to lead to endocrine disorders, thyroid, stomach and breast problems. Only when the body and mind are in a relatively harmonious and comfortable state can we ordinary people explore the true meaning of life more deeply. Otherwise, the pain will be too late, and how can we have the energy and energy to go further?

Pain is always the best driving force for change. Because of physical and mental pain, many friends began to study Chinese medicine, Indian Ayurvedic medicine or various natural therapies, and also practiced yoga, Tai Chi, Ba Duan Jin and other techniques, which are very good and necessary.

It's just that in this process, as my friend said at the beginning, it seems to go to the other extreme-

There are many taboos in life. You can't eat this and touch that. If you eat this, it will get cold and that one will get angry. There are too many rules. As a result, your health is not much better all the way, but the more you live, the more nervous you become.

It is a good thing to love health. I heard many Buddhist disciples say that they didn't care about the body at first, thinking that the body is a stinking bag, and too much care about the body and appearance will affect the practice. However, after years of meditation, my body became ill, which further affected my practice. Only then did I realize the importance of health.

Dr deepak once said that the body is the best learning tool designed. This means that our five senses, five senses, and internal organs are all tools given by God to help us "get the true scriptures". As the old saying goes, "You are like a temple". You should cherish, cherish and appreciate your body and take good care of it.

But if we think of the body as ourselves, it limits our consciousness. It is because the feeling of the body is so clear and powerful that it is difficult for us to put down our body. We are always trapped by various discomforts and taken away by other people's comments and eyes, so we will inevitably fall into the whirlpool of health care, health preservation and even medical beauty, and will never stop wearing this dress.

Same topic: involvement. "Man", a complex of body and mind, is very easy to be attracted and involved in certain situations, thus forming certain preferences and tendencies.

Sometimes we love keeping in good health, sometimes we can indulge ourselves, sometimes we love fortune telling, and sometimes we hide in the mountains and refuse to set foot on the earth ..... Either way, it is actually the focus of attention-we are too focused on a certain part and forget the whole.

Of course, the investment is also good, at least that stage is quite dedicated and diligent.

But further, true meditation and meditation are different from this kind of concentration and concentration. Seemingly divergent, it is to put down the center, put down the goal, stay awake and not get involved in a certain part. It has no boundaries, no obstacles, no good or bad, no lines and lines, no settlement, no stopping somewhere.

To achieve balance, what is needed is internal stability: sobriety, clarity and blindness.

In this state, people's body and mind are naturally relaxed, relaxed, smart and natural. So it naturally brings out a very harmonious and comfortable vibration frequency. My idea of health should be this state.

Stubbornness at both ends is a kind of energy stagnation. Relaxation means letting go, not persisting. We are used to grabbing, trying to get, not used to letting go, not used to letting ourselves go (this word always sounds negative). But any grabbing is laborious. Try hard to find health, will it naturally be farther away from health?

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Relax and have fun.

No matter in the process of practicing flat throwing, Tai Chi or other techniques, as long as you keep practicing seriously, there will always be some symptoms in your body, which teachers call "changing the environment" and modern medicine also calls "improving your reaction". It is an automatic detoxification reaction of the body in the process of replacing the old with the new. It looks bad, but it is actually a sign of improvement. But when we don't understand, we will still be afraid and panic.

In this case, the eight words that my Tai Chi teacher often says are very applicable: accept it easily and spend it happily.

I remember once learning a new movement "Jade Girl Shuttle", I liked it very much and practiced very hard. As a result, the strength is fierce, the shoulders and necks are twisted, and suddenly they can't move freely like a stiff head. Taiji teacher said, don't be nervous, accept it gladly. All right! Then leave it alone. It will be fine in a couple of days.

In the "Ping Shuai" course group we once held, many people have different degrees of detoxification reaction after practicing Ping Shuai, some have skin pus and some have knee pain, and the teachers' suggestions are the same. Keep throwing and don't stop to spend this time. Indeed, after that, you can feel relaxed and happy.

In the face of any upcoming diseases and changes, I think these eight words are also the best response and can be used as a mantra (proverbs)!

Some people in the group said that their blood pressure was low and they could do nothing. None of my friends said, "Hypotension is just a concept. Try to put it down." Like a bell, I believe that if I listen to it, it will be connected now. The problem is that "I" think this is a problem. We have accumulated too many concepts in our minds and produced too many fears. If you really want to let go, be generous and be happy, you may be fine.

However, such a relaxed and calm state of mind does not mean that it changes as soon as it changes, and it requires mental maturity. Maturity is inseparable from the harmony of body and mind. Therefore, doing exercise on weekdays, eating healthily, dredging bones and muscles, facing emotions at any time and releasing emotions are all laying the foundation and preparing for a relaxed and calm heart. Again, take it seriously, but not too seriously.

At this time, any healthy action we do is very calm and light, not because we are afraid of anything or afraid to do it. The energy of the same behavior, whether because of happiness or fear, is very different.

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Vegetarian or meat?

When it comes to healthy eating, it is inevitable to talk about vegetarianism or eating meat. I am a vegetarian myself, and I basically don't eat milk and eggs at present. My own experience is that vegetarianism is very good and refreshing, and it does not affect nutrition at all. Many people are worried that vegetarian food is not nutritious enough, but I think this is largely because our understanding of nutrition is limited and even outdated.

For example, most people think that protein is the most important, but the latest medicine has said that too much protein is actually a heavy burden on the human body, and we don't need so much protein. Secondly, the best source of protein is plants rather than animals. On the contrary, many trace elements, minerals, vitamins and dietary fiber are what the human body needs more, and they are "noble people" in food. They all come from plants.

More friends can't resist the taste of meat dishes. But now any vegetarian food can be cooked in a delicious way. A small partner in our studio, a 23-year-old boy, originally didn't eat meat, but after eating vegetarian food for a while, he said with emotion that if vegetarian food is so delicious, it's okay not to eat meat.

Obviously, being a vegetarian will make people cleaner and think less. From this perspective, I also suggest that all my friends around me try to be vegetarian. But I don't like to put vegetarianism on the moral level. We don't need to make meat eaters think they have a leak. This concept will only bind your heart.

Vegetarianism or eating meat is also an opportunity. When a person really realizes and is willing to try vegetarian food, he will naturally choose. Being a vegetarian doesn't mean being more compassionate. Hitler himself was a strict vegetarian.

Regarding vegetarianism, I like the story shared by a netizen in Zhihu.

An American friend of mine, she grew up a vegetarian. When I was a child, the whole family went to eat lobster. At first, she thought this live lobster was very funny, so she named it Mr. Pliers. Later, I saw Mr. vise cooked alive, and I couldn't stand it. Never eat meat again.

When I have dinner with her, she always orders her vegetarian dishes and I order my meat. She never mind others eating meat in front of her.

She used to be a teacher in a country in South America. Her parents kept her for dinner, and there were roast hamsters and things like that in dinner. She used to keep hamsters as pets. But she knew it was probably the best food people could take out, so she didn't say anything and ate it all.

I went shopping with her last week. I'm sorry to take a box of beef from the freezer when I visit the frozen area. I said that maybe one day I would feel guilty enough to stop eating meat, but today I still want to eat meat.

However, she said to me, I'd rather you never suffer from this guilt.

I like this girl very much. She chooses what she thinks is right, but she will not use it as a standard and dogma to put pressure on others and embarrass them. She is a vegetarian because of love, not out of fear. This clear, transparent and open mind is more important than what you eat or don't eat.

Dr. Yang Dingyi said, "From the perspective of the universe and the whole, he won't care if he goes back earlier." But personally, mom and dad brought us this body. This body is so precious that we should cherish it, so that we can get the greatest purpose back. "

Confucius said, listen in the morning and die at night. That is to say, if we can thoroughly understand the eternal existence of immortality and the Tao, even if we will die immediately, it will be enough.

I think this is the most fundamental health care-not how long you live, how long you live, and how much you are free from illness (of course, if you can do that, that's good), but to fully understand and live life itself, live simply and freely, and thoroughly know who I really am. If so, the present is eternal, and there is no concept of life.

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Author | Zhang Hanyu

Founder of "Journey to the Heart"

Independent interviewer