There is nothing more valuable than sleeping and eating as usual.

Translation:

People want to be in harmony with heaven and earth, and the most valuable thing is to be able to sleep naturally and eat normally.

Interpretation:

Chinese culture uses one word to express "the unity of nature and man", that is, man, heaven and earth, and all things in nature live in harmony and integrate into one body, regardless of you and me.

When most people see the four words "Unity of Heaven and Man," they will habitually think that it requires a high degree of cultivation or skill to achieve this state, so they are intimidated by it.

In fact, it is not mysterious at all. The ancients simply integrated the unity of nature and man into their lives, which is nothing more than following two things: one is to sleep according to the weather; the other is to eat normally.

That is to say, follow the laws of the weather, work at sunrise, rest at sunset, wake up at dawn, and rest at dawn; eat when it is time to eat, eat less when it is time to eat, and develop normal living habits. .

The so-called "as usual" is based on the premise of "reaching the stems of heaven and earth", that is, corresponding and harmonious with heaven and earth.

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The most important thing in maintaining good health is sleep. If you compare a day with the four seasons: the morning is spring, noon is summer, the afternoon is autumn, and the whole night is winter. The time in winter is The sum of spring, summer and autumn, so the weather allows people to rest half of the day.

In fact, it is difficult for modern people to sleep and eat as usual. There are too many temptations that make people unable to control their regular lives. They still hold their mobile phones late at night, and even stay up until two or three in the morning.

There are also many people who eat Ye Xiao late at night, drink late night beer, eat barbecue, etc., and then go to bed with a full stomach.

People who don’t know how to take a break will naturally not work if they don’t know how to recuperate their energy.

People who have low rest quality have poor energy and low concentration and efficiency at work. This is the fundamental reason why more and more people feel high pressure at work and in life.

I remember that in the summer of 2017, my team of teachers and I were preparing to develop an important course. In order to better obtain inspiration, we deliberately went to live on a mountain in Jingmen, Hubei for more than a month. There is almost no cell phone signal, no wifi, and no place to spend money, basically isolated from the world.

During that time, I did experience a bit of the life of the ancients. People would feel sleepy soon after dark every day, and they would wake up naturally in the morning without an alarm.

This completely closes the "Heaven and Earth", and there is a feeling of being integrated with nature. When heaven and earth rest, people also rest, and when heaven and earth wake up, people also wake up. This is compliance. Time and the laws of nature.

At that time, we went to bed before 8 o'clock in the evening. At dawn the next day, the birds in the mountains became lively. We also got up at the same time to start a day of exercise, study, and work.

Our physical and mental conditions are very good. We have spiritual collisions and brainstorming together. The team is bursting with inspiration, thinking like a fountain, and feeling like God is helping us.

Every time I think back on that experience now, I feel particularly nostalgic.

That kind of life is becoming more and more distant from modern people, and during this year’s (2020) epidemic, people were fortunate enough to experience the happiness of adequate sleep. Most people were unable to go out when the country canceled all gatherings for entertainment. Can sleep for more than 8 hours.

Except for the elderly, young children and a few people who value health, they generally don’t go to bed until 11 or even 12 o’clock in the evening. There are also many young people who are still struggling after the early morning.

They seem to be full of energy, but in fact they are not aware of the fatigue signals sent by their bodies, and they are invisibly overdrawing and consuming their body's vitality.