Laozi's Tao Te Ching contains rich philosophy of life. For thousands of years, from emperors and generals to ordinary people, all have learned the essence of governing the country and the people, cultivating self-cultivation and cultivating people from this book of wisdom in the history of human civilization.
Nowadays, with the development of social science and the rapid development of social economy, people's material wealth is getting richer and richer, while their spiritual wealth is getting poorer and poorer, and the phenomenon of moral decay is getting more and more serious. Fake wine, fake milk powder, poisonous rice, poisonous ham; Pit, turn, cheat, cheat; Corruption, corruption and other shocking social problems often appear in newspapers.
The voice of "being honest and doing things seriously" is getting stronger and stronger. In the materialistic real life, how to face the temptation of money, status and beauty! We can also learn wisdom from the classic Tao Te Ching and find out the answer, that is, we should pay attention to keeping quiet, quiet and introspective, and do our duty wholeheartedly in our daily life and work!
In fact, meditation, purity and dedication are the problems of people's correct mentality, which includes three different levels of people's mentality. Meditation: keep your life coordinates; Clean heart: clean your life orientation; Dedication: Do your best to do your own job.
Meditation is the foundation of peace of mind.
"Quiet" is the foundation of Taoist monasticism, and Laozi takes "quiet as the top". Chapter 16 of the Tao Te Ching says, "Be empty and quiet. Everything works together and I look at it. Everything in the world returns to its origin, in the final analysis, it is static, which calls me. Life often speaks, and knowledge often speaks. I often don't know, act rashly, and be fierce. Understand the usual tolerance, tolerance is a man; Publicity is everything. Everything is heaven; The sky is the Tao, the Tao is long, and it is not dangerous to die. " It emphasizes the theory of hard cultivation and returning to nature. "Causing deficiency" means removing the obstacles of the mind, sorting out the chaotic mental activities, and then "resting". Through quiet work, we can "know what is normal and understand what is clear", and we will not "act rashly and persevere" because we don't know what is normal.
After Laozi, Zhuangzi emphasized selfishness and no desire in order to rest in peace, which is the Taoist thought of keeping in good health.
Wei Boyang's "I Ching Tong Can Qi" says: cultivate righteousness within, be quiet and empty, be hidden and bright, and have a figure within.
Sima Cheng-zhen's "On Sitting and Forgetting" said: "The mind is the instrument of the Tao, and when it is extremely quiet, the Tao lives in wisdom; If you are in the same way, you will not exist; If the heart is the same as the Tao, it is not possible. " There is also a saying: "Quiet is wise, while moving is faint", which is the guiding ideology of Taoism to deal with life with quietness.
Only by "meditation" can we "know its male and keep its female", "know its white and keep its black" and "know its glory and keep its shame"; Meditation is not disturbed by fame and fortune, and is not affected by going back and forth; Meditation is the only way to stay poor and endure loneliness.
In short, meditation is the foundation of peace of mind. When people's mental state reaches an empty state, they will always maintain a modest and prudent work style, and they will make practical moves, do practical things and seek practical results in their work.
A pure mind is the source of keeping clean and honest work.
The preface of Jingmingdao's important classic "Top Grade Nerve in Jingmingdong, Lingbao, Taishan" says: "A pure person has no seclusion, no candle light and no dust." It can be seen that everything in the world is clean and there is no dust, which is called "clean". If we look at the meaning of "clean" from the perspective of human nature, it is "clean".
The meaning of "don't dye" is very broad. The twelfth chapter of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching says: "Five colors blind people, five tones deaf people, five flavors refreshing people, galloping and hunting make people crazy, and strange goods can hinder people." Therefore, the sage does not aim at the abdomen, so he went there to take this. " From six aspects: color dust (visual root), sound dust (listening root), taste dust (taste root), fragrance dust (smelling root), contact dust (touching root) and law dust (law root), this paper outlines the serious consequences caused by people's greed, sound, taste, heart and body. Therefore, future generations say: six clean, spotless. In order to teach people restraint and restrain people's greed, the wise man Shanggong in the Western Han Dynasty named this chapter "Chasing Desire".
Look at the thirteenth chapter of Laozi's Tao Te Ching again: "If you are humiliated, if you are surprised, it will be very difficult." What do you mean, shocking is humiliating! Spoiled, you will be surprised when you get it, and you will be surprised when you lose it and lose face. What's the danger of your life! I have a big patient because I have a body; I have no body, what's wrong with you! So if you are the world, you can send it to the world; Love is the world, but it can be entrusted to the world. "We can see that the root of' great shame' lies in' having a body for me', and the root of' having a body for me' lies in the fact that people's minds can't be as clean, clear and transparent as water, and they attach too much importance to individuals and their fame and status. If you are indifferent to the world, you will keep quiet and simple, and you will have few selfish desires. "If you are in trouble, how can you? "
In this way, purifying your mind can make you consciously persist in self-reflection, always check your greedy heart and curb your unwanted thoughts. A pure mind is the source of keeping clean and honest work.
Do one's job wholeheartedly
It is often said that reading history is a mirror, which shows that people can learn from the experience and lessons of their predecessors and use it for themselves. Then what we usually call "the past never forgets the future". However, I believe that reading classics can lead to wisdom, and wisdom leads to wisdom.
Laozi said in the seventeenth chapter of Tao Te Ching that "Tao always does nothing". Laozi's inaction does not mean that he is passive and does nothing, which is a misunderstanding of Laozi's Tao Te Ching. Laozi's original intention is to teach people to walk by the way and govern by doing nothing. "Don't act rashly" is the external expression of meditation and purity. Only by "not acting rashly" can we achieve great things, that is to say, "not acting rashly" is the guarantee of doing things. What do you mean "promising"! Doing one's job wholeheartedly is "promising"
I remember reading an article "What is Tao". I still remember a sentence from the author. He said, "Where is Tao! The Tao is around us, and it is also called dedication. "
This sentence is easy to understand and alarming. Yes, in today's world full of conflicts, if he can devote himself wholeheartedly to his work, his mind must always be in a state of meditation and purity, and he can't restrain his restless heart without entering a state of meditation and purity. That is to say, Taoism says that the spirit is nothing more than qi and the heart is nothing more than thinking, so meditation and spiritual purity are the premise and premise of doing your job well.
The Chinese nation has always attached importance to the educational role of morality and advocated "putting morality first" and "being a teacher by example". All walks of life are strengthening moral self-discipline education and striving to improve the moral standard of the group.
With the promulgation of the twenty principles of "patriotism and law-abiding, courtesy and honesty, unity and friendliness, diligence and self-improvement, and dedication" in China's "Outline for the Implementation of Civic Moral Construction", specifically, the three hearts of "quietness, purity and dedication" are transformed into "six hearts" education: loyalty to the motherland, love for society, enthusiasm for the collective, concern for colleagues, filial piety to parents and self-confidence.
Under the strong economic development momentum of modern society, some people of insight pay more and more attention to the importance of civic moral construction. Re-reading and interpreting the Taoist classic Tao Te Ching, and actively exploring the teachings and theories in Taoism that are conducive to social stability and social progress, can make Taoism better serve society and mankind, keep people quiet, purify their hearts, and thus do their job wholeheartedly.