There is a saying in Tao Te Ching: "Disaster is greater than dissatisfaction; Responsibility is greater than desire. " So the content is always enough. "It means that people's greatest evil is not being satisfied, and their greatest mistake is not being satisfied. People who know how to be content are always happy.

People in contemporary society, because of great material prosperity, have many choices, and it is easy to lose themselves. Coupled with the crazy pursuit of money, fame and status, they soon lost themselves. If they want to regain water, they can only bravely get out of these strange circles that plague us. Jason Walker Hob, an American scholar who graduated from Columbia University, made an in-depth study on how to get out of the predicament, once again put forward the concept of "abundance" and wrote a book to help people live a rich and beautiful life.

In the book "Abundance-Living a Rich and Beautiful Life", he mainly expounded his view of affluence from three aspects.

Abundance-lead a rich and beautiful life

1. What is true abundance?

In traditional thinking, wealth should mean having a lot of money and material things. Since ancient times, many people have devoted all their efforts to this, even giving up health, dignity and kindness for money.

Shakespeare, an English dramatist, is very good at satirizing those who love money, such as Shylock, the miser in his works. He was narrow-minded, cold-blooded and greedy, and Shakespeare shaped him into a miser image deeply imprinted in people's hearts. Although Shylock worked hard for money, he finally got money and people. So people who are poor in spirit, even if they have money, can't be happy in the end.

Emerson once said that the first wealth should be health. In the concept of affluence put forward by Walker Hob, it is emphasized that real affluence should be a brand-new and more valuable currency of life, which is embodied in affluence, happiness, satisfaction, health and happiness. We should have a life and work that matches our values, and a vibrant social circle that can support us. We can like money, but we must never be misers. You have to understand that there are many things worth pursuing in life besides wealth.

2. The importance of having a rich life

We know that a person's real wealth includes material conditions and spiritual civilization.

In his book Abundance, Walker Hob repeatedly stressed the need to actively explore his own spiritual world. In his words, it is to master the art of life. He used to be a man who lost his life for work. In those years, he was ill, and the pain in his back forced him to keep looking for a cure. Finally, yoga saved him. In the process of practicing yoga, he pays great attention to the power of meditation, especially a simple breath can make him return to a relaxed and calm life. This is very similar to meditation mentioned in Buddhist culture. Buddhist thought advocates that people can get rid of troubles, sufferings and the cycle of life and death, and finally reach the spiritual realm of nirvana and freedom. At this time, they will get rid of secular troubles and gain real physical and mental freedom.

Life can actually be very simple

In life, he advocates returning to nature, following his inner thoughts and listening to his inner voice. This also coincides with our Taoist thought thousands of years ago, that is, advocating the unity of body and mind and returning to the realm of nature. Only in this way can we enjoy life and work freely without any space and time constraints.

3. How can we achieve a rich life?

There is a passage in Yoga-The Road to Comprehensive Health: "Health is a state of complete harmony between body, mind and spirit. When a person has no physical obstacles and mental troubles, the door of the soul opens. "

Therefore, if you want to live a rich life, you must first have a healthy body. Imagine that we do the same work, and the efficiency of completion is definitely far from each other in two States: full of energy and full of illness. The author introduces in the book that in order to expand his business, he once became a trapeze artist. Due to the long air flight and the pressure of his career, his back is very painful, and he can't even stand in severe cases. Later, he adjusted his life and cured his back pain through exercise. I am in a good mood and my career is beginning to go smoothly.

To have a healthy body, we must first find a diet that suits us. Then how do you know which diet structure is most effective for you? In fact, through the elimination method, we can know that if you have the following four symptoms, it means that there is something wrong with your diet structure and you need to adjust it in time.

Then there is exercise. We often say that life lies in sports, but not all sports are useful. The answer is obviously no, like the diet structure mentioned above, everyone has a set of exercise methods that suit them. For example, some people are suitable for running, some people are suitable for swimming, some people are suitable for yoga and so on. Only by finding the right exercise method can exercise achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Of course, besides diet and exercise, there is also a very important part in life, and that is work. Many people regard work as a means of making a living. If you think so, it's hard to enjoy your work. In the long run, the physical and mental pressure will become greater and greater.

In fact, we should understand that our job is only to create material wealth, maintain our daily livelihood, and more importantly, make ourselves happy and satisfied. No one will keep lasting enthusiasm for a job he doesn't like. In the book Unleashing Inner Strength, it is written that success without a sense of accomplishment is ultimately failure.

We can control our own destiny and influence and control our environment. So we have to believe that we are fully capable of living the life we want.

With a healthy lifestyle, our spiritual happiness is also very important.

Someone once asked me such a question, what is the most important thing in life? My answer is happiness. And the source of happiness comes from emotional abundance.

People are social animals, and good interpersonal communication is the key to maintaining emotional health. The Center for Aging Research at Flinders University in Australia found that people with more friends live an average of 22% longer than those with fewer friends. It can be seen that friendship is not only important for mental health, but also for physical health.

Robin Dunbar, an anthropologist and psychologist at Oxford University, also provided interesting information about social forces. After many experiments, he compared several different data to show that different social groups have different influences. That is, groups with good social atmosphere will lead people to a positive and healthy side, otherwise they will lead people astray, rolling in the deep.

Therefore, we should choose to be with those who are positive and make ourselves feel good, which is very important for our physical and mental development.

In addition, learning to love is also a skill. There are three different types of soul mates in the world. The first is someone who is doomed not to be with you forever, but will pass on the experience to you. The second is to make you truly be yourself, the person who will always be with you; The third is the person with whom you have established a pure friendship. You always keep in touch with him and feel that you can share your deepest thoughts and feelings with him.

Learning to love is also a skill.

Each of us will experience these emotions. Shakespeare said in A Midsummer Night's Dream that the road to true love is never smooth, but no matter what kind of emotion we face, we need to act and cherish it.

Therefore, in my understanding, real prosperity should be a step-by-step process from rich to expensive and from expensive to elegant. The joy of life lies in spiritual satisfaction and happiness. Only when we understand the true nature of this world and still love it will life begin to become more meaningful.

Everything in the world changes every day, and there are new opportunities and challenges every day. The only thing we have to do is to be ready at all times and meet the surprise of the next second in the best state.

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