Recently chancellor Merkel visited China, trying to understand more about Chinese culture by learning to cook kung pao chicken. I guess she missed a better way doing that, as we already had a Chinese psychologist, who knows more about Chinese culture in general and Chinese psychology in particular, long before western colleagues, like Freud and Jung, his name is Wang, Yangming.
Peace of mind, is something we all want, but hard to get. Even though we have Taoism and Buddhism in China, which is a great help to achieve that, yet, they all require you to stay out of daily affairs, and if possible, practice it in a temple. How to retain your social position while keep your heart pure? In Wang's words, be a saint inside, a king outside. He summarized it in his book - Chuan Xi Lu, link here: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/14010386?q&versionId=16564591
I will post more about my thoughts while studying it.
心学感悟
最近读了阳明先生的传习录，感悟颇多，容我一一道来。
首先，常见国人有病乱投医，尤其是指望西医来救命，而无病有灾时，则求助于菩萨保佑和巫婆算命。
对于修道者来说，如此种种均是未开悟的缘故。一如这首歌里所唱：
阳明先生说过，心即万物，即心创造了一切，不管我们有无意识到。
未开悟者，整日如同鬼打墙，天天在旧习形成的圈子里打转，抱怨命运不公。
殊不知是他们的人欲膨胀，遮蔽了良心，使他们看不到天理，或曰道，所以才得出，人生万事，不如意者常有八九。为此生气，而造成了疾病。
如果我们能够细心学习阳明先生的心学，至良知，循天理，那么，我们就可以从心所欲，而不越矩，不必等到七十岁。
从今天起，我会把自己的学习心得贴上来，与有缘者共勉。
