Pay more attention to law than to education, and act properly.

Shi Wendao emphasizes the inheritance of cultivation methods and the practice of Taoism, and there are almost no doctrines and commandments. Teachers generally only ask students to do one thing: behave correctly. To do good, we should be "just" and "good". Appropriately, the folk saying is: what should be done has been done. There is no unified and fixed standard, nor does it pay attention to absolute "goodness" and "evil", but it is even more opposed to stupidity, kindness and hypocrisy. In the end, how to deal with the immediate things varies from time to time, from place to place and from person to person, and different corresponding measures are taken in the face of different situations. With the progress of knowledge, the enrichment of life experience and the improvement of self-cultivation, the appropriate level has also changed and improved.

Properly, this simple and primitive code of conduct is really the essence of the Chinese nation's thinking and the great wisdom of the elite that has been circulated for thousands of years.

During the Diaoyu Islands incident, there was a voice of "fighting against Japan" on the Internet; During the South China Sea arbitration, there was still an "anti-American war" on the Internet; When Xisha confronted each other, the voice of "fighting over" appeared on the Internet. When China and India confronted each other, it was still a "war against India." Is there no other way to solve the problem except war? Let's look back and see what great wisdom our country has adopted and what proper measures have been taken to defeat the enemy without fighting! Diaoyu Island achieved a normalized cruise today; Philippine President Aquino III stepped down and was sent to court, and the South China Sea was calm; In Xisha, Vietnam also retreated, and the ASEAN meeting was successfully closed; Sam, an Indian, also went home to accompany his wife on Tanabata.

Proper, not impulsive, nor is it a woman's kindness. In particular, the definition of good and evil cannot be an absolute and extreme standard of good and evil.

For example, in the face of a mad dog, do you kill him, save him or stay away? The practice of Wen's Taoism is that if I have a way to cure mad dogs, I will definitely save them; If not, it must be removed, which is justified. There are both great compassion and drastic measures. This is what Zhuangzi called the Taoist thought of "sage inside and king outside".

It is foolish to be bitten by a dog when you know that it can't be cured. Have you noticed that many people are chanting the stories of "the farmer and the snake" and "Mr. Dong Guo and the wolf", but what they do is what the farmer Dong Guo does.

Knowing that letting mad dogs run wild will bring disaster to others, but hiding far away, it is hypocritical to call it "not killing" This is the same as those in-laws who burn incense in the temple, kowtow to God and go home without delay to beat and scold their parents.

If he is a good dog, he didn't recruit you or provoke you, or even if he is a mad dog, you blind him with a slingshot to practice aiming. This is "evil"!

In troubled times and prosperous times, don't take evil as evil; In troubled times, if you can't live in peace, where can you get peace and happiness?

It can be seen that the literati dialectically viewed the seemingly right and wrong issue of a war caused by troubled times, because in that case, only through war can reunification be achieved, peace can be achieved, and most people in the world can live and work in peace. It is an act of necessity and belongs to the category of "justification". This is what Laozi said in the Tao Te Ching: "A soldier's ominous weapon is not a gentleman's weapon. As a last resort, enough is enough. " Therefore, many Taoist priests even achieved the "national teacher" level of some separatist regimes in troubled times. Although the world has many criticisms about this, they think it is not out of selfish desire, but out of the idea of "living for the world" Famous people such as Fan Li and Sean. , are all with the world in mind, with a sense of righteousness, gone with the world, and retired. Of course, later generations are more people who practice their desires in the name of Taoism, because they did not act according to the original simple spirit of Taoism.

The purpose of doing things properly is to achieve the psychological effect of "feeling at ease". As the saying goes, "if you don't do anything wrong, you won't be afraid of knocking at the door in the middle of the night." And "peace of mind" is the spiritual guarantee of Taoist cultivation and the ideological premise of "refining qi and eliminating deficiency"

The literati thought that "Tao can be extraordinary", and what he said was all wrong, which did not represent the universal law, but only personal understanding. Reference can be made, but rigid dogma is wrong. Although the Literati regard Tao Te Ching and Guanyin Zi as "heavenly books", they do not require disciples to study them and pay attention to "fluency", but when you encounter confusion or bottleneck, you can look for inspiration and enlightenment from them. Of course, it is ok for you to get "wisdom" from your own practice or other books. The book is not full of words, and the words are not full of meaning. Books are limited, while Tao is infinite. The descriptions of Tao in Tao Te Ching and Guanyin Zi are not comprehensive, which need further argumentation.

Therefore, it can even be said that Shi Wen Taoism does not respect any classics, including Tao Te Ching and Guanyin Zi. They think that empty talk will mislead empirical practice, especially for beginners. It's like practicing Tai Ji Chuan and studying "Wang Zongyue's Boxing Theory" all day, with a mouthful of truth. It is not as valuable as the standing piles, scaffolding and thugs that illiterate people know every day, and the truth discovered from actual combat training. The same is true of learning Tao. You have to tell me how the "rise" began, what move and action it was after the rise, and then what routine it was. Don't always talk about those mysterious "boxing theories". In a word, practice! Our program "Building a Foundation in 100 Days" is to lead everyone to share the steps and experiences of practicing Taoism at the beginning of the text hand in hand, in order to make you gain something and feel something, so that you can enter a "door" first.

Some people always find it difficult to practice kung fu on the steps, and it is even more difficult to get started. If you compare Taoism to a treasure house, you will never get in, so what can you say about "getting treasure"? Whether you can get started or not is a matter of how much and how big.

Just like martial arts, masters talk about "winning without tricks." Where's the novice? You must start with an action and a style. In ancient times, the primary achievement methods of Tao and Fa were generally only words and deeds, not written down. What is written down is called "making a statement". The ancients paid great attention to "speaking eloquently". Either it is not written, or it is necessary to show the level when it is written. How to practice and pay attention to writing these tricks is too low. Of course, words and deeds are not as broad as the "theory" of writing a book, which leads to more empty talk about theoretical philosophy and less practice. Actually, it's not that I don't want to practice, but that I don't know how to practice at all. I don't know how Lao Tzu and Guan Yinzi practiced and what routines they had. Just like people who practice Tai Ji Chuan in modern times, they only know Wang Zongyue's On Tai Ji Chuan, but who knows what Wang Zongyue's boxing routine is?

That said, there is no need to entangle any routines. Zhao Bao Tai Chi, Chen Tai Chi, Wu Tai Chi and Wudang Tai Chi all have different routines, but they are all called Tai Chi, and you can work hard after practicing. That's right, but you ignore the premise that these routines were created by those masters before they became masters? What routine are you practicing? For example, Yang Luhan's first routine is the biography of Chen Taiji. Why did he create The Biography of Yang Tai? Because he really understood the "Taiji Theory" in practice, and then no matter what tricks and routines he used, he could conform to the principles of Taiji. You know, Yang Luchan is totally illiterate. You'll worry him to death if you ask him to learn from Wang Zongyue's The Biography of Taiji!

This is what Guan Yinzi said: "Learn it, take xùn as a synonym, analyze xī and be the same;" Do you understand, Dede? The gas is the same as the reality, forgetting the different names. " It is also explained by learning boxing: when you first learn boxing, you should realize the same boxing theory from different moves; After you really understand boxing theory, you can forget the names of these moves.

"If you seek the Tao through words and deeds, you will never learn from each other." Guan Yinzi opposes empty talk and emphasizes "proving deeds" with "heart". So, how to "practice"

Judging from the literature and classics, Laozi's Tao Te Ching only talks empty, and Tao is unspeakable, incredible, infeasible and difficult to say, and I don't know where to practice enlightenment.

However, in Guan Yinzi's Shi Wen Jing, the discussion is relatively specific, and the concept of "numerology mystery" is put forward, which requires two conditions: "the overall situation is complete" and "forgetting myself without me". "pervasive" means peace of mind; "Self-denial without self" means that only under the spiritual premise of peace of mind can we enter the virtual road. Guan Yinzi also spread two methods of monasticism: one is dynamic practice, which is called "hundred uses" or "kowtowing" by the people; Second, static practice is called "gas gathering" by the people.

Zhuangzi's "Nanhuajing" directly put forward the cultivation method of "Xin Zhai". "If you are determined, don't listen to your ears, but listen attentively; Don't listen with your heart, listen with your spirit; ..... empty is the heart. " This is similar to Buddhism's "wholeheartedly, do everything." Zhuangzi even put forward specific cultivation methods such as "breathing" and "leading in". "Breathing for a long time, going to the old and welcoming the new, the bear's life is just for longevity; The person who is led by this way is the person who raises the shape, and Peng Zushou also tests it. "

Here, we focus on this word that many people, including dictionaries, don't understand. In a word, read Hou here, that is, the one who put too much salt in Beijing. What do you mean by that? It's like taking a sip of saliva or taking a breath of air conditioning. Blowing and snoring are breathing through the mouth; And breathing refers to the breathing of the nose. In the pre-Qin era, spitting and receiving also breathed through the mouth, not through the nose. We must understand this. Strictly speaking, blowing, exhaling and breathing are all different actions and cannot be confused in gas refining.

That means inhaling and exhaling. What is the difference? There is a big difference. If there is no difference, why did the ancients create so many nouns and only use one word? Since different words are used, it shows that when we actually refine gas, we should treat it differently and adopt corresponding methods to get corresponding results.

As far as I know, these methods are not found in other Taoist inner alchemy, which can be said to be lost, and only the literati road has remained the same. As for the differences and applications of the three, we will explain them in detail later.

Zhuangzi's "breathing method" is a retreat taught by Guan Yinzi-"taking qi"; And "bear by bird" is a dynamic practice-"use everything" or "knock a hundred heads"

"gas gathering" is the inner alchemy, which is more complicated and will not be expanded here. Let's share the course in detail. Simply say "knock a hundred heads":

The specific method is: put a wick in front of you and two bowls of water. So some people call it "kneeling incense" or "worshipping water". Sit on your knees and breathe in, then relax and sink. Before exhaling, lie flat with your arms forward, take a light breath after your elbows touch the ground, and then focus on the instep and palm. Lift your knees and elbows slightly, hold your breath, look forward and see the fragrance. The length of holding your breath depends on whether it is not strong and natural. Get up, in the process of getting up, spit out the residual gas in the body and return to the kneeling position. It can be said that "knocking a hundred heads" is the basic achievement method of Shi Wen's Daonei Dan, and it is a dynamic achievement method. "Knock on a hundred heads" is also called "hundred uses", and the explanation given by the old people is to work hard a hundred times a day. But according to my research, this "hundred uses" should be "hundred uses". "Yong" is an ancient bow ceremony. It is the posture of filial sons crying on the ground at rural funerals. This "jump" is not "jump up" as explained in the dictionary. It is ridiculous to do that. We will talk about kneeling in detail about the textual research on the concepts of jumping, jumping, jumping, sitting safely, sitting dangerously, etc.

As for Li's request to "kneel down and raise your head", it is Zhuangzi's saying that "the bear listened to the bird's prayer". The bear meridian is the prone posture when the bear hibernates, accumulating energy; Bird sinking is the posture of bird neck ringing, generate energy.

Why did the ancients have to talk about bears and birds? This stems from the ancient bear totem and bird totem worship. An important reason for worshipping bears is that the ancients thought that bear hibernation was a kind of resurrection. And bird worship? Accurately speaking, it is the worship of sunbirds, which can be said to be a worldwide totem. China is called Phoenix, Sun, etc. And the west is called sunbird. English is Phoenix, which symbolizes "resurrection, longevity and immortality".

So, what is the magical effect of the movement of the bear reaching over the bird?

It is not difficult to find that when doing push-ups, it is generally the toes that exert force, so that the muscles of the calf are tight, that is, the strength lies in the muscles. The hundred jumps of the knife are based on the instep, and the knees are raised. The strength of the calf is transmitted between the muscles and the bones. Is there anything magical about this? Of course, because as far as the whole body meridians are concerned, if the human body is divided into two pieces, the pulse will pass through the middle of these two pieces. Chong pulse is the intersection of yin pulse and yang pulse of human body, which is similar to the black-and-white dividing line of Taiji diagram. We will explain this concept later. It won't be expanded here. This movement of the bear passing through the bird is specially designed to get through the pulse. We can see that the method of kowtowing is different from ordinary kowtowing. It is not so much a sign of respect as an exercise method.

So how important is the pulse? Because the pulse quantity is the reproductive pulse of human body, why do you say that? As we said just now, the pulse impulse is similar to the black-and-white dividing line of Taiji diagram, and it is the intersection of yin pulse and yang pulse in human body, so it is directly related to the reproductive function of human body and the aging of human body. It can be said that reproductive function is an important symbol to judge whether a person is young or not. Therefore, in the study of meridians in traditional Chinese medicine, pulse diagnosis is also called "blood sea"-the sea of qi and blood. And qi and blood are the "vitality" of the body. When qi and blood decline, the human body will decline.

To put it bluntly, the purpose of opening the pulse is to maintain vigorous reproductive function. According to historical records, it is said that Peng Zu was 800 years old and married 49 wives. Recently, in the Qing Dynasty, Li Qingyuan was 256 years old and married 24 wives. Changing a wife for more than ten years on average shows that her reproductive function is vigorous.

All mortals need to have intercourse with Yin and Yang, which is an instinctive pleasure. Taoism believes that abstinence from Yin and Yang will lead to "all diseases are born and die". The purpose of Taoist cultivation is to put all exogenous factors into the body and run in it. Ordinary people's intercourse of yin and yang needs to be outside the body, and the Taoist method of dredging veins is to realize the unity of yin and yang in the body. Therefore, after the pulse is turned on, the sensitivity will be enhanced, because the bus is inside and the bus is outside, so the sensitivity will be reduced. Since then, with the opening of Ren Du's second pulse, the joy felt in my heart has spread from Du Meridian to my brain with the breath, and then descended to all over my body. That said, what is inner joy? Generally speaking, the central nervous system is excited from the inside, not from the external organs.

Whether the inner joy can spread smoothly throughout the body is related to the big Sunday. Only after the opening of the big Sunday can the inner joy keep running in the body. This is the "Changle" of Taoism. Taoist sexual intercourse, on the other hand, believes that proper friendship between men and women can better stimulate the connection between Ren Du and Zhou Tian. This is another topic, so I won't expand it here.

In the basic achievement method of Literati Road, besides opening pulse, there is also an important link, that is, opening pulse. That is, there is a pulsating belt around the belt, from the previous Dantian to the later Mingmen. Opening the vein is to achieve the peace of yin and yang in the internal organs. It can be said that it is undoubtedly a castle in the air to talk about how to get through the second pulse of Ren Du without getting through the second pulse of Chong Dai. However, because the cultivation of pulse worship is too simple and is a basic skill, it has always been ignored by the legal circles of past dynasties, and it is almost lost over time. After the Tang and Song Dynasties, the traditional kneeling posture was lost, so that few people became monks later.

Literati are more opposed to any form of cliques and pay attention to independence, which is a primitive and simple idea of dispersing immortals.

What's more, with the rise of "teaching" of Tao, the Tao that really cultivates truth has gradually disappeared. From the initial practice and demonstration, it has gradually become an empty talk about the metaphysics theory of later generations, even the educational mechanism of immortals, ghosts, spells and pills. Trying to worship the gods and achieve the supreme Tao is simply an idiotic dream. They are superstitious about ghosts and gods, where is there any "wisdom"?

That said, do you deny the existence of ghosts and gods? Of course not. Whether ghosts and gods exist or not and whether we should be superstitious about them are two different things. Just because ghosts and gods exist, can't we rely on their blessings or let them control our lives and longevity? We should learn wisdom from traditional Taoism instead of being superstitious about ghosts and gods.

That said, according to you, the whole collection is a pile of waste paper? Of course not. I have made my point very clear. I'm not saying that this theory is unimportant. If you practice to a certain extent and encounter bottlenecks, then the power of theory can be displayed. Just think, who is Laozi's Tao Te Ching written for? Guan Yinzi, who is Guan Yinzi? Being able to stop Lao Tzu from writing the Tao Te Ching shows that his cultivation level is already very high. Tao Te Ching is written for people with high cultivation. Guan Yinzi didn't necessarily understand the mystery in the Tao Te Ching at that time, so he had to go back and experience it slowly, not to mention us ordinary people.

To make an inappropriate metaphor, such as eating grapes, people who have eaten grapes say that grapes are sour. You haven't eaten grapes but vinegar, so you take it for granted that the acidity of grapes is the same as that of vinegar. Is it really the same? It's the same acid What a difference! My metaphor is inappropriate. I hope everyone can understand the meaning. Everything should be based on "practical experience".