Because I was idle and bored, I happened to have a copy of "Zhuangzi" at home, so I picked it up and read it for a few days. Normally I don't like reading these ancient books, but that day I really calmed down. I read it and got some insights.
In this era of extremely rich material, people’s ideal society should be what it is now. However, this is also an era of extreme lack of spiritual realm, and most people at this moment are prone to extreme anxiety. Material satisfaction does not equal spiritual prosperity. "Zhuangzi" - "Poverty is not exhaustion." Poverty does not mean unhappiness. Compared with the abundance of material life, we should pay more attention to the freedom of spiritual life.
In this fast-paced era, people are accustomed to high efficiency and refuse to let go of any time. In the long run, they will feel physically and mentally tired. "The hustle and bustle of the world is all in the past." It cannot be said whether this sentence is a compliment or a derogation. It just states a truth. However, in Zhuangzi's view, it is precisely because of fame and wealth that he has "Served for life without seeing success, and spent time in tea without seeing success." I don’t know where it belongs.” What is advocated today should be the fullness of material and spiritual harmony. In "Zhuangzi", he longs to "take advantage of the righteousness of heaven and earth, and resist the differences of weather, so as to travel infinitely". We don’t have to be so demanding. We just need to learn to calm down and relax our chaotic and busy selves. Especially in study and work, we may encounter many problems and difficulties, which will make us If you feel anxious and uneasy, if you can achieve the state contained in this sentence, it will not only release the tired body from running around, but also be more beneficial to your spiritual world.
"Zhuangzi" focuses on the word "freedom". Zhuangzi longs for great freedom, freedom, unrestraint, and unfettered body and mind. In this era, although it is impossible to do what it says, we can still demand our "freedom." With "freedom", people can release themselves more fully, and they can demand this "freedom" at work or in study. However, this kind of freedom does not refer to real freedom. This kind of "freedom" refers to the need to be restrained. In many cases, constraints do not hinder freedom. On the contrary, they are designed to allow us to better ourselves in this world and gain true freedom.
In today's society, many diseases that did not appear before have appeared, whether they are physical or psychological. Why is this? The reason is that people integrate materials with body and mind and abandon spirit. This is absolutely undesirable. We should learn to value our own spiritual world. As advocated in "Zhuangzi", the ideal spirit should Better than material things, because the happiness brought by the spiritual world is far greater than material things.