From the perspective of life, the normal way is something that should exist in our life, or something called regularity, while the abnormal way is something that should not exist in our life, something other than regularity.
Laozi separated the normal Tao from the abnormal Tao in order to better understand the subtle relationship between the mysterious operation of Tao and the life in the world. ? Often nothing, want to see its wonderful? If you want to observe the beauty of life in the world, you must observe it from an extraordinary angle. ? Often, want to see it? If you want to observe the differences between all things in the world, you must observe them from a universal perspective; Only in this way can we get a correct and comprehensive understanding. ?
Generally speaking, most of us came into this world healthily. Health is our normal way, and all the basic functions of our life belong to the normal way, including that we should be able to see, hear, talk and walk. Relatively speaking, diseases that should not be common, such as things outside the normal route, are called abnormal routes.
Do you think our food, clothing, housing and transportation are normal or abnormal? This is the usual way. Food, clothing, housing and transportation are essential things in each of our lives. What about our medical care? Nature is extraordinary. When we are out of the normal way, out of health, and we are sick, then we need to use extreme measure to deal with abnormal things.
Health is the norm, disease is the norm, food, clothing, housing and transportation are the norm, and medical care is the norm. We now have a prejudice that we often say the wrong thing but choose an unconventional method. There must be weak people around us, but what method will you choose to make up for your weakness? Usually choose to take medicine, massage and moxibustion. Even some people take medicine for many years, can it be solved? It may have solved the temporary problem, but in the end, if we want to solve the fundamental problem and achieve real long-term health, we should return to the normal way, return to our basic necessities, and use good living habits to achieve our goals.
One is the conventional way and the other is the unconventional way. Have we ever heard that "Tao is different and does not seek common ground", that is, it solves health problems with therapeutic methods and common problems with unconventional methods. This is the serious difference of Tao. Therefore, if we want to stay healthy, the most fundamental thing is to return to normal, that is, to return to basic necessities of life.