In the homework on February 7th, I was fortunate to read an article by my comrade-in-arms Du Heng: How to Get Everything I Want, which is a story about a pen.

The article said: To understand and comprehend the true meaning of this story, you need to listen to it 3000 times and share it 3000 times. The article also said: "As long as you understand the essence and follow it, you can get everything you want.

Such as: successful career, good relationship, children education and so on. "

I read this somewhat mysterious opening, which prompted me to read the full text quickly.

A simple pen, through the description of my comrades-in-arms and the imagination space left behind, even made me dare not rashly conclude: "This is a pen."

Seeing that Comrade Du Heng is a practitioner of long-termism, and I am also a beneficiary of long-termism, from this perspective, we are still schoolmates of the same frequency. So, I contacted Du Heng's comrades-in-arms and came to the end of the story. My curiosity wants me to explore the story of that pen and see what magic it contains.

I watched 10 times a week or so. According to the standard that articles need to be viewed and shared 3000 times, only less than 300%. But in a blink of an eye, it's time to hand in your homework again. Simply put, let me talk about this less than 300% experience first.

This looks like a stick, its main function is a pen, but it can also have other attributes, which have a lot to do with the object it touches.

For example, what people see is a pen; The puppy saw it and regarded it as a toy for grinding his teeth.

In another scene, this pen may or may not have anything.

If an ant crawls in, if it doesn't touch the pen, it's nothing; If you climb in front of the pen, it will become an insurmountable mountain for ants.

If this pen is engraved with the famous brand of Montblanc, it may become a luxury, or even a status symbol.

According to my shallow understanding, the story of this pen actually brings readers into a scene they designed.

The pen itself is a pen, and writing is the main function of the pen. If you jump out of the inherent concept, imagine that this pen can derive many possibilities in addition to its inherent functions. It can even be said that how much imagination you have, the possibility of evolution is great.

Suppose again:

If this pen is used by Jobs, its value may be thousands of times the original value of this pen.

And a pen like this. If you put it in the Louvre Museum in France, but this pen is the one Napoleon used when he ruled the European continent, it is difficult to estimate the value of this pen.

Go back to reality and imagine the future:

You use a pen with the trademark Montblanc, which has been with you all your career. The initial value of this pen is the actual value of this pen.

Thirty years later, the products created by the team led by you have solved the problem of the depletion of the earth's resources and given mankind inexhaustible fresh water. Think about it again, does the signature pen you have been carrying with you add your value?

This pen was used when you paid the renewal fee for your car. This method is also used when paying for the purchase of a new villa; You still need to sign a100 billion contract. Then, the value of this pen depends on how much imagination you have.

In fact, the real significance of this "Pen Story" is to let us empty ourselves and jump out of this bureau to see the problem, so that you can get unexpected gains.

However, if it goes beyond the inherent function of "pen", for example, if you imagine it as a diamond, then even if you think that the seas run dry and the rocks crumble, it will not become a real diamond, but at most it is just a dream of Conan.

This leads to the concept of "emptiness", that is, "the potential of all things"

Empty yourself, empty your inherent consciousness, this possibility can be endless, this is the "empty" thinking, that is, "the potential of all things."

The concept of "emptiness", that is, "the potential of all things", comes from the book Breaking King Kong.

The author Guximak Roach graduated from Princeton University. He studied Buddhism for 22 years and obtained the degree of "Doctor of Buddhism". Mr. Roach used the wisdom of the Diamond Sutra to guide his business practice and turned a small diamond company with a loan of $50,000 into a diamond giant with a loan of $200 million.

This book is known as "a wonderful book that can change the three views." Based on the research and personal experience of the ancient classic "King Kong Jin", the author wrote the book "Breaking King Kong", and interpreted this mysterious classic for us in popular language, telling the world that wealth and happiness can coexist, and fish and bear's paw can have both.

In fact, many truths are not so profound, but too common, and we just don't pay attention to them.

Take the truth that I often like to say, "Eat well and sleep well". It couldn't be simpler. If you do well, you will be healthy and energetic to work and help you create good grades, which is also the best health care.

But how much can you really do? Many of us can't eat well when we eat and don't sleep when we sleep. Don't you understand these simple truths? No, it was because it was too easy to come, so I didn't take it seriously.

In fact, the truth of breaking King Kong is the same as the ordinary truth. We understand these truths. The most important thing is to apply these principles to our daily practice, and then stick to this correctness. That's all that matters.

The first master of Shaolin is not a martial arts hero who gallops around the world and is famous in the rivers and lakes written by Jin Yong, but an unknown "sweeping monk". He practiced the most common moves to perfection, and one move can solve the attacks of many masters.

Laozi said in Tao Te Ching: "The beginning of all things. The simple road has evolved to complexity, especially so.

A few days ago, I saw a friend punch in and shared a passage in a circle of friends. The content is like this:

When there is no road, my heart will wander.

If there are many roads, the heart will be lost.

Take your own path, not the right one.

I disagree with the last sentence. The easy road to success and failure and the difficult road are not necessarily related. If the road is not easy, it is impossible to succeed.

If success is related to the chosen road, it is whether this road is in the right direction. If the direction is right, just go, and the rest is persistence. Stick to it until others can't, and you will succeed. This is a victory for long-termism!

Monday, February 14, 2022