This is the first paper book I have finished reading in 2022. The title of the book seems to be more appropriate to the occasion, as if it is the beginning of a new year, and it also opens a new chapter like a ritual.
This book is a book that studies spiritual evolution and is a book that explores people’s inner world inwardly.
Maybe this book is not a bestseller in China, but I have heard of the book written by the author who translated it a few years ago. Particularly popular, the audience for her books is mostly female.
There has been a discipline called spirituality for a long time abroad. Later, it gradually expanded into spirituality in China. This discipline basically has some psychological color.
It’s just that psychology is diagnostic in nature. It is one person’s study of another person’s psychological changes from more of a bystander’s perspective.
However, spirituality is different. This knowledge is more about self-exploration and self-growth.
The book explains very well the structural characteristics of the second person "I". The book discusses the multi-dimensional extension of "I" from the two dimensions of "self" and "ego", and even extends to the "ego" of the entire human race.
Many times, people’s emotional changes, emotions and desires are all dominated by the “ego” in a person’s inner world.
Decided by the victory of the ego over the id.
There is no data support or many cases in the book. There are many special sentences, paragraphs and paragraphs, about what the world is like, why we face such a world, and a series of emotional changes.
At the end of the book, it is said that a person's inner awakening must have three dimensions: acceptance, enjoyment, and enthusiasm.
The previous part of the article is about the process of two-acceptance, which is reflected through the mutual correlation between the ego and the self.
Sometimes this kind of inward-looking books seems particularly out of place in today’s world of mixed materialistic desires. In fact, not many people can actually read. This is inconsistent with the current definition of "happiness" in mainstream social values.
In the world of spirituality, people’s happiness is more about cultivating inwardly to gain a sense of self-sufficiency. In short, these are the ancient Chinese famous sayings: indifferent to fame and fortune
But the current mainstream of the world talks about equivalent exchange for happiness: obtaining is a benchmark so that one can be happy and achieve A recognition of the essence of “me.” For example: The current mainstream definition of happiness is more of a substantive material basis.
Personally, I think the greatest value of this book is that it helps explain "me" clearly. It can be more of an emotional value that can calm down and think deeply inward when the mind is quiet.
An example told in the book is that of a master, no matter how others slander him or give him the right or wrong, he always has an inner attitude of not competing.
With this kind of state of mind, most of the time, the ordinary people are just a drop in the ocean and they tend to look down upon everything and remain calm and have no pursuit.
Reading this kind of books is more suitable for people who have experienced many mainstream social values ????in life to have a great sense of enlightenment. Because the whole book is an in-depth analysis of the characteristics of human nature around the unique dimensions of "self", "me", "id" and "ego".
Another noun: pain
The author uses the source of pain in a person's life and causes conflicts in interpersonal relationships, and extends it to human beings as well.
To truly solve pain is to awaken your own consciousness and achieve self-sufficiency. Take control of your ego and gain true freedom.
The author’s famous spiritual quote at the end:
When our self-understanding can accommodate all things in the world, we will find a kind of tranquility in our hearts that dances with the world.
This should be a sufficient cognitive pattern!