Laozi’s way of maintaining health

Laozi said: “No disaster is greater than not being satisfied, and no fault is greater than desire.”

This means that no disaster is greater than not knowing. Enough, the only sin is too much greed, and physical disaster may be imminent.

Modern physiologists have done such an interesting experiment, which is to place a cage with a rabbit next to a cage with a tiger, so that the rabbit looks at the tiger all day long and is terrified. He didn't like to eat anything "delicious" and couldn't sleep well. As a result, the rabbit soon became sluggish, huddled up, and became thin and weak.

As a control study, another rabbit was kept in a natural environment and the result was very healthy. From this experiment, we can see how important spirit and emotion are to people's health and longevity.

1. Emphasis on keeping the moderation

Lao Tzu said, "It is better to keep the moderation than to talk too much and lead to poverty." This means that talking too much will not work, so it is better to keep the moderation. He also said, "The wind will never end, and the shower will last all day." It means that the strong wind will not blow for a morning, and the heavy rain will not last for a whole day, so it is better to stay in the middle. Only by "keeping in the middle" can it last long and live long. Rainstorm life is always short.

Lao Tzu believes that we should "remove extremes, luxury and excess", which means we should get rid of those extreme, luxurious and excessive things.

He requires it to be "square but not cut, honest but not prudent, straight but not unbridled, bright but not dazzling", which means to be square but not stiff and forced, with edges and edges. It will not scratch people, it will be upright but not careless, it will be bright but not dazzling. This means that we should not overdo anything when maintaining health, so as to avoid excessive loss of life.

Laozi’s health-preserving theory has been inherited and developed by health-preserving experts of all generations for more than two thousand years.

For example, Tao Hongjing (AD 456~AD 536), a great health expert in the Southern Dynasties of China, said: "There is no great sorrow, no great sorrow. This is called neutralization. Those who can neutralize will live longer." Confucian Dong Zhongshu It is also said: "Those who can maintain their health through neutralization will have a very long life."

2. Maintaining health through tranquility

Laozi described it in detail and profoundly in the Tao Te Ching. What people experience and feel when they "enter into tranquility". Some people say that Lao Tzu may have come up with this philosophical point of view because he understood the mysteries of it while "entering tranquility", and believed that the principles of health preservation and the principles of governing the country are interlinked.

Lao Tzu said: "To the extreme of emptiness, keep stillness and sincerity, all things are working together, and I will observe and recover them. Everything in the world returns to its roots. Returning to the root is called tranquility."

This is The meaning of the sentence is: Try to make the mind as quiet as possible, and stick to it; all things are growing and developing, and I observe their cycles. Although things change, they all return to their starting point in the end. Returning to the starting point is called " quiet". This has become the oldest and most classic trick often cited by later generations.

It can be seen that Laozi repeatedly emphasized in his writings that to maintain health and longevity, one must practice tranquility. His views have also been inherited by Chinese Taoists, such as Zhuangzi, Baopuzi, Sun Simiao, and even great writers such as Su Dongpo, Bai Juyi, and Lu You have written records in this regard that have been passed down to the world. Therefore, Lao Tzu is not only a great philosopher and thinker, but also a great health caretaker.

Laozi’s Cross Tips for Health

1. Dezijue: Laozi said: “Eternal virtue is inseparable and returns to the baby.” To prolong life and rejuvenate youth, we must stay true to our common virtues. We must put others before ourselves, favor others over ourselves, attribute faults to ourselves and attributes credit to others. Do not hold on to our own opinions. I am what I am but others are not. Do not be self-important or demean others when they are not others. To be arrogant, do not show off your strength and use skills, show off your talents and skills, use your power to bully others, be arrogant, use your words to be immoral and jealous of others. It is better to rely on your own efforts and cultivate yourself. Remember to steal money and commit corruption. If you can enjoy joys and sorrows like sweetmeat, have a kind heart, practice meritorious deeds constantly, and have a righteous heart, you will be able to return to simplicity and truth, and understand your heart and see your true nature.

2. Nourishing Zi Jue: speaking less to nourish the inner Qi, being less lusty to nourish the Essence and Qi, thinning the taste to nourish the Blood and Qi, swallowing body fluids to nourish the Zang Qi, abstaining from anger to nourish the Liver Qi, and eating moderately to nourish the Qi. For stomach qi, balance fetal breathing to nourish lung qi, think less to nourish kidney qi, act cautiously and store it to nourish spirit qi.

3. Heart-Character Jue: All methods are based on the heart, and all ways are based on the heart. The heart is the master of people, and it is also the master of the essence, energy, and spirit. Refining the energy, refining the spirit, and refining the spirit must start with refining the heart. The mind contains movement and stillness. If the mind is not moving, then the emptiness is extremely quiet. If the mind is clear and the nature is clear, and people and I are forgotten, the mind has no intention, and the mind is not correct. If the mind is not moved by name, and if the mind is not moved, it is a shortcut.

4. The secret of the word "kind": Cultivate a kind nature, keep a kind heart, do good deeds, be kind to others, and encourage others to do good. If there is goodness inside and outside, then you will have both virtue and conduct. If everyone can do good, evil will disappear, and the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe.

5. Wuzi Jue: There is no boundary to the world, no dust to live in, no thought to move, no intention to use, no heaven and no earth, no one and no self. The most superior Taoist Kungfu aims at refining the spirit to return to emptiness, and refining emptiness to return to nothingness. Buddhism requires that there be no human being, no self, no living beings, no Buddha, no eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind, no color, sound, fragrance, and touch. The highest attainment of Buddhism, in the final analysis, is just this wordless formula.

6. Shaozi Jue: The essence should be leaked less, the spirit should be consumed less, the energy should be lost less, the blessings should be enjoyed less, the happiness should be sought less, the fame should be gained less, the benefits should be accumulated less, and one less Think less and be more energetic.

7. Jing Zi Jue: The body wants to be quiet, the heart wants to be quiet, and the Qi wants to be quiet. It is advisable to seek tranquility during practice, and you should also seek to be able to be still in peacetime. It is advisable to seek tranquility when you are still, even when you are noisy. It should be prayed for to be quiet, quiet to produce concentration, and stability to produce wisdom

8. Silence of words: Silence of speech nourishes Qi, Silence of vision nourishes intelligence, Silence of speech nourishes temperament, Silence of desire nourishes essence, Silence of movement nourishes spirit. , everything is lacking and everything is unclear.

9. The word "tan": the mind of fame should be light, the mind of profit should be light, the mind of lust should be light, the mind of love should be light, the mind of anger should be light, the mind of suspicion should be light, the mind of winning should be light, and everything should be light. Then there is nothing to worry about.

10. Forgetting the word: forgetting things can nourish the heart, forgetting emotions can nourish the nature, forgetting the environment can nourish the spirit, forgetting the color can nourish the essence, forgetting the self can nourish the weak, forgetting everything can nourish everything

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