Wang Yangming's idea that there is nothing outside the heart means that the heart and things are the same, and things cannot exist without the heart, nor can the heart exist without things.

The three most important points of Wang Yangming's theory of mind are as follows:

1. "Mind is reason" —— Wang Yangming's "Mind is reason, there is no reason outside the heart, and nothing collapses outside the heart" is the starting point and the main basis of Wang Yangming's theory of mind. For people who want to achieve great things, there are three keys to understanding this essence of psychology:

First, realize that your heart is the root of all the problems you encounter and the core of solving them.

Your life, everything that happens in your life, is a group created by you and your own heart, no matter good or bad. Therefore, to achieve great things, the key is to seek inward and manage your heart well;

Second, your inner world is a rich treasure. Your ability, success, wealth and happiness are all in your heart. What you really need to do is to dig out these treasures in your heart through extreme thinking.

Third, everyone has not only wealth, but also dirt and dirty things in his heart. Wang Yangming described it as a "thief in his heart". If he wants to achieve great things, he must first get rid of the thief in his heart!

Second, "to conscience"-Wang Yangming

By conscience, Wang Yangming literally means to follow his own conscience. But what is conscience is very particular. Conscience here is simply understood by many people as the virtue of being a man's morality, conscience and sense of responsibility. This understanding is also correct, but it is only the surface of conscience. If this is the case, all good people can achieve great things, but this is obviously not the case.

Therefore, conscience has a deeper meaning. First of all, conscience is the laws, rules and truths that the world and the universe operate, that is, the avenues. If you want to achieve great things, you must follow these avenues and not go against the sky. Secondly, you should find your own ideal, goal, mission and responsibility in life, which is also your conscience, and then do it strictly around these in the process of doing things, just like Wang Yangming, who has been determined to be a saint since he was a child, and his life is required by the standards of a saint.

three, "the unity of knowledge and action"-Wang Yangming

"the unity of knowledge and action" is Wang Yangming's most well-known epigram, and it is also a core of Wang Yangming's mind learning wisdom. This is the same as most people's understanding in Dashan, that is, to act, you must have the spirit of actively joining the WTO. You can't just shut yourself up in your room to study and study, and you can't stay away from the world of mortals like a monk. Understand in the process of doing, verify what you have learned, and correct your mistakes ...

In fact, those who have achieved nothing are not much less intelligent than others, nor are they uneducated and uneducated, but think too much and do too little, making their thinking a waste. To use a popular online phrase, it is "thinking a thousand ways at night and taking the old road in the morning".