Text/Online Tong Ling

In those days when I was tortured by troubles, I couldn't separate my mind from thinking about life and human problems. Thirty years' research on troubles has gradually made my troubles clear and my thoughts mature. Because of this, I began to know myself and all kinds of troubles with my expanding vision and growing experience. Strange to say, since I met my troubles, every time there is a sad voice, my heart will feel inexplicable. Especially after the COVID-19 epidemic, my heart is more difficult to be natural. After a long period of observation and analysis, the conclusion is that there must be unhealthy thoughts if there are unhealthy measures. As the saying goes:' If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. That's the truth. To this end, it is most important to have a healthy spirit or thought.

First, some people may ask: Is China's traditional culture related to health preservation? According to historical records, the word "keeping in good health" first appeared in Zhuangzi. Health care, also known as health care, moral health care, nourishing, hygiene, health care, longevity and so on.

There are many books about health preservation theory, such as Huangdi Neijing, Four Books on Health Preservation in Ancient China, Records of Health Preservation and Longevity Extension, New Books on Longevity and Pension, Ancient and Modern Common Words, etc.

According to records, the art of health preservation mainly includes the following six aspects:

1. Spiritual cultivation includes spiritual and psychological cultivation, hobby cultivation and moral quality cultivation.

2. Behavior support, including clothing, food, shelter, transportation and sex life.

3. Nourishing qi, mainly medical fitness qigong for internal cultivation.

4. Fitness, mainly including physical exercise and fitness activities.

5. Food and nutrition, the main content is to achieve the purpose of health by conditioning diet.

6. Medication, the main content is the collocation and modulation of health-care drugs. Most of the selected drugs are pure natural edible plant drugs, and the preparation methods are mostly rough modulation, and the dosage forms are mostly integrated with food. Therefore, there is a saying of medicinal diet.

Second, health care and harmony.

1, communication is an important concept of traditional philosophy, and it is also the core concept of TCM health preservation. When it comes to harmony, we can easily think of Huangdi Neijing, Zhouyi and Tao Te Ching, all of which emphasize the importance of harmony, especially the theory of harmony between Yin and Yang. It can be said that the harmony between Yin and Yang is the core idea that runs through China's traditional culture and health preservation. Health is a harmonious and natural state of life. This phenomenon is called Ren Ping in Huangdi Neijing. The Book of Changes said: "'One Master' means change, and endless contact means communication. Tao Te Ching said: "Everything is negative to embrace Yang, but tends to be harmonious". Zhuangzi, Xunzi and other sages also had a view of harmony.

2. "Harmony between Heaven and Man" and "Correspondence between Heaven and Man". So what is' harmony between man and nature'? According to Hetong's theory of TCM health preservation, the so-called "harmony between man and nature" means harmony between man and nature. In other words, keep a balance with the law of natural development. That is, the doctrine of the mean is restrained and conforms to the four seasons. According to my own exploration,' the unity of heaven and man' still has profound significance. Its significance lies in a profound understanding of the structure, nature and laws of nature. Then, according to understanding, communicate or couple with nature. When we understand the structure of nature, we can know the structure of the whole system of nature; When we understand nature, we can know the characteristics of the whole natural system. When we understand the laws of nature, we can know the changes of the whole natural system. When we know the structure, characteristics and changes of nature, people will know all kinds of pathological genes, so as to prescribe the right medicine, and people can get rid of the entanglement of diseases.

Third, the method of removing ideological obstacles.

1, a mental obstacle is trouble. According to the theory of health and communication in traditional Chinese medicine, worry is the main obstacle to communication. Therefore, if you want to clear the ideological obstacles, you must understand the troubles. If you want to understand your troubles, you must first understand yourself. Because people are the source of trouble. Why does Tao Te Ching emphasize "inaction"? In fact, inaction is to remove ideological obstacles. This is exactly the same as the Buddha's' letting go'. When the ideological obstacles are removed, people's thoughts will be unimpeded.

2. If you want to clear the ideological obstacles, you must first understand the factors that cause trouble. So what are the factors that cause trouble? After analysis, the factors that cause trouble are: internal cause, external cause, internal and external cause, ignorance and ignorance of nature.

A, troubles caused by internal factors: troubles caused by changes in internal physiological functions, that is, troubles caused by changes in physical growth. For example, fever caused by joint growth and troubles caused by physiological desires.

B, troubles caused by external factors: physical discomfort caused by weather changes, such as colds, rheumatism, bone pain, etc.

C. Internal troubles and foreign invasion: it is the internal discomfort caused by language conflicts between people, such as anger, depression, anxiety and stagnation.

D, don't understand the troubles you bring: refers to the inexplicable troubles you bring. Because of confusion, there are many uncertain factors, which lead to many accidents and even troubles. At the same time, because of confusion, it is easy to make mistakes, that is, it is easy to cause trouble.

E. Trouble caused by not knowing the laws of nature: If you don't know nature, you can't know the changes of the four seasons, the height of mountains, the changes of mountains and rivers, and so on. If we don't know the four seasons, then we can't know when it will be warm and humid; If we don't know the warmth and humidity, then we are prone to get sick (that is, the four qi are absent). If we don't know the height of the mountain, then we can't know where there are traps and roadblocks; If we don't know where there are traps and roadblocks, then we will be easily submerged (that is, our eyes will fail). If we don't know the changes of mountains and rivers, then we can't know what mountain torrents and mudslides are; If we don't know what mountain torrents and mudslides are, then we will easily suffer (that is, the fortune is weak). As we all know, being integrated with nature is an important rule of our self-cultivation. Therefore, understanding the laws of nature is very helpful for us to cultivate our morality and mind. So if we don't know the laws of nature, then we can't master the methods and laws of self-cultivation and heart-nourishing.

3, how to clear the ideological obstacles (that is, how to solve troubles). Worry not only affects people's mood, but also affects their health. Therefore, eliminating ideological barriers is an inevitable way to achieve health and well-being. So how to get rid of ideological obstacles?

First, reduce one worry every day. According to my personal research, I found that troubles, like happiness, grow with people's growth. So understanding troubles is equal to understanding happiness. Moreover, people's memory is limited, and if troubles keep increasing, people will easily be exhausted by troubles. So we must reduce our troubles, and it is best to reduce one trouble every day. If we reduce one worry every day, then our troubles will gradually decrease and our happiness will gradually increase.

Second, know yourself. So how do you know yourself? If you want to know yourself, you should look for reference materials (such as family, relatives and friends, etc.). ). By comparing with reference objects, we constantly find our own shortcomings, weaknesses, dirty spots, blind spots and black spots. If we can find out all our shortcomings, weaknesses, dirty spots, blind spots and black spots and improve them, then we can know ourselves and ourselves.

Third, how to understand nature. Knowing nature is the same as knowing yourself. The difference is that knowing oneself is based on people, while knowing nature is based on nature. In the comparison and reference of "I and nature", or in the exchange of "I and nature", people will unconsciously integrate with nature.

4. How to improve the ideological realm. According to my exploration experience, when I know my troubles, myself and nature, it means that the ideological obstacles are basically eliminated and my ideological realm will naturally improve. Someone once asked me:'' Is it better to be one of knowing and doing or one of heaven and man? I replied: the unity of knowing and doing follows the law, and the unity of man and nature becomes the law, so the unity of man and nature is more powerful than the unity of knowing and doing. So if you want to improve your ideological level, you must have an idea that becomes law.

Fourth, what is the meaning of mental or psychological health?

If you have a healthy mind or spirit, then your mind or spirit will not be bound by material desires; Because the mind is not bound by material desires, the body and mind will be liberated. And the so-called' liberation' is the freedom of body and mind. I once said,' Take the earth as the root and the sky as the soul'. When your body and mind are free, then the whole world is yours. And the so-called outlook on life, values and world outlook will also appear immediately.

Generally speaking, whether it is worry or health preservation, whether it is health preservation or Chinese medicine, its theoretical basis is life as the core. Since life is the core, strictly speaking, Chinese medicine is life science. It is the core theory of the whole Chinese medicine to nurture first and then cure, and prevent problems before they happen. Besides, I Ching, Tao Te Ching, Buddhist Scriptures, etc. all focus on solving the problem of people's ideological or spiritual health. Obtaining mental health means gaining the advantages of sustainable survival and development. Of course, there are survival superiority theory and wisdom theory, but these are all obscure meanings.

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