I watched Journey to the West when I was a child. I saw people's excitement and admiration for heroes. I hope that one day I can get the guidance of a famous teacher and beat the invincible hand in the world. When I grew up, I watched Journey to the West and was deeply moved by the Monkey Brother and the beautiful fairy in the play. Behind every lingering demon, there is a period of unwillingness and abandonment to the impermanence of the world. I always feel helpless as a beauty, but a demon. Now I am over 30 years old, and I have begun to understand life by revisiting Journey to the West. Let's see, I'm almost forty. ...
Compared with the 86th edition of The Journey to the West's continuation of the original style and Stephen Chow's understanding of love and career in A Chinese Odyssey to the Moon Box, this edition of The Journey to the West continues the funny surreal nonsense style of Stephen Chow's lines and the obscene thought of Tang Priest Purdue. The design of plot characters and the classic dialogue about exploring life are one of the highlights of the play.
1. The sorrow of the little devil
The 86 version of Journey to the West made everyone sigh: "The monsters with background have been taken away, and the monsters without background have been killed by disorderly sticks." Many people feel deep depression and anxiety manipulated by life and fate.
However, this film tells us a different story about Bai and fills our dissatisfaction with this society.
When Bai was a man, he was wronged as "Uber" and died with hatred. So when she is a demon, she is an absolute beauty. This demon is beautiful, ruthless and resourceful. But she also has her own destiny and cannot be called "Uber". When she rebelled against the law, she said to the Monkey King, Why don't you call me a monster anymore? Wukong is naturally fearless: I will call you Uber. You are Uber, and your whole family is Uber. One detail is that Bai said to Wukong at the moment: I can stop eating Tang monk meat, and you and I must fight to the end. Later, she alienated her mentoring. Her revenge is not to let him die, but to let him throw away the most important and cherished thing-that is, to let the Tang Priest personally drive away the Monkey King. Facts have proved that Bai is right. For Wukong, being abandoned by Tang Priest in a cold and violent way is his demons.
I'm surprised to see this. Demons not only have IQ, but also have faith. A demon with faith will be a demon that people like and pity, but her ability is not as strong as Wukong's, and she has never attracted the attention of such a big person as the Jade Emperor. The most terrible thing is that she has never been treated gently by the world.
Fortunately, at the end of the film, Tang Priest sacrificed his life to be reincarnated, transforming her into a real plain clothes, with a pure face and longing for beauty and kindness.
I think many people will think when they see this place. It turns out that pedantic and stubborn are sometimes cute. If there were more people in the world like Tang Yan who looked pedantic and stubborn but sincere, I think life would be better.
2. About right and wrong
On his way back to Huaguoshan after saying goodbye to Master, Wukong met Guanyin Bodhisattva.
The Bodhisattva said, "Wukong, your master's life is at stake. Now is the time when he needs you most. The golden cicada waited for you for the ninth time, and then waited until this life to be a master and apprentice, leading you to the right path of becoming a Buddha. "
Wukong said to the Bodhisattva, "But this young monk has given up my old grandson all his life. Is my old grandson wrong? "
The Bodhisattva continued, "Wukong actually gave up his master. You believed in yourself 500 years ago, and you haven't changed 500 years later. Why not give up on yourself and trust others? All along, you have used your own mistakes and rightness to see the rightness and wrongness of others. Your eyes are in truth, but your master is in mind. "
The same is true in real life. Many times, what you see as right or wrong is not necessarily what others see as right or wrong. Even if you fix your eyes, you can't impose what you know is right on others. Because there is no absolute right or wrong, no absolute good or evil, and no absolute good or bad. If we can label others as little as possible, then the once "bad guy" may turn into a "good guy" accepted and liked by everyone at a certain point in time with the reversal of time. For example, "bad students" and "poor students" in the eyes of teachers in schools have become "entrepreneurs" after entering the society; Murderers in the past saved children from drowning and became "heroes" several years later. ...
3. About the Monkey King's "Golden Hoop"
When I was a child, I couldn't help thinking that if there were no "golden hoop curse" in the world, the Monkey King would not have to suffer. When I grow up, I realize that a person with super powers and no fear or belief in his heart is also terrible, because you will never guess what "moth" he will do in the next second. Bin Laden in life is a good example.
After taking part in the work, I sometimes can't help but wonder what it would be like if the Monkey King hadn't been tricked into wearing a "golden hoop". Will Tang Priest take care of him? Why does the Monkey King have to find a master who knows nothing like Tang Priest? For this reason, I wrote an article entitled "Who is more suitable to be a boss, Tang Priest or the Monkey King?" .
As I grew older, I gradually realized that, in fact, whether we are the Monkey King or not, everyone has a "golden hoop" on his head. Even if we take off the tangible "golden hoop stick", when the "hoop curse" rings, we will still feel the pain collapse and burst out, because the "golden hoop stick" has penetrated into the brain. The manufacturing factory of "Golden Hoop" is "life" and "experience", and more often it is "family background" and "childhood trauma".
It is the ideals, visions and achievements that are closely related to us that create the spell; And those who can shake our hearts. Missing them always brings us infinite longing, hope and interest and the determination to arouse challenges, so we can never escape from their palm. In the end, many people felt great pressure and were crushed alive at the foot of Wuxing Mountain. (Five elements of life: greed, anger, stupidity, slowness and doubt. Greed-forcing things beyond one's ability; Anger (pinyin: ch ē n)-uncontrollable irritability; Idiom-"self-righteous" self; Slow-arrogant and unreasonable; Doubt-doubt yourself and others)
Therefore, if you want to find liberation, you must learn from the scriptures and practice.
4. Learning from the scriptures is practicing.
Learning from the scriptures is practice. The four Tang Priests' Taoism represent four main different personality characteristics of human beings, and each personality has its own part to cultivate. The Monkey King: Trust and Realization; Tang Priest: Decide, put it down; Pig Eight Rings: Commitment and Responsibility; Friar Sand: Courage and confidence.
So I always think that life is a practice, and it is fate to meet anyone. In addition, no matter what we have experienced, how to start our life will eventually touch the essence of life.
Children with happy families and strong economic foundation will worry about money when their parents are old, and they will know that there are daily necessities besides love in this world;
Children who are unhappy since childhood and whose families are in trouble will begin to feel that as long as there is true love in the world, there is spring everywhere after making every effort to obtain material prosperity;
Good students and good children in the eyes of teachers and parents will one day get tired of being labeled as "good children", and they will gradually understand that it is their enthusiasm and patience to meet the needs of others blindly. When giving becomes a kind of bondage, in addition to life without love, they also begin to care and ponder: what is the life they want;
Those children who grew up in families lacking parental care, warmth and recognition will gradually understand that love is responsibility, dedication and trust after getting enough love and warmth.
5. Why does Bodhisattva always appear in crisis?
When I was a child, I had an imagination of the Monkey King without a golden hoop. Another imagination is why the Bodhisattva can see everything, but only appears when others pray.
Later, I became a psychological counselor and gradually let go: 1, Bodhisattva and mortal have their own puzzles and need to practice, so he can't take care of everyone; Not everyone can be civilized in the present time, so the rhythm is very important. It's like everyone may be aware of their own problems, but not everyone has a strong will to change. Buddha is predestined. I think it's those who are aware of their own problems and are willing to take action to change them. It is the person that Buddha needs to be civilized at present. For those who don't believe or disagree, we can inspire but can't force civilization. Because we can't deprive others of the opportunity to work hard and grow. Because everyone in life has their own way to go, growth is cultivation, and no matter what is useful, the other party may turn a deaf ear and turn a blind eye. For anyone, other people's experiences are like movies. Without their own feelings and reflections, they cannot be reflected on themselves.
In life, temples burn incense and worship Buddha, and there is a saying of making a wish. The so-called wish is that you make a wish and are willing to pay for it. I think this is similar to "wish" and "return" we say every day. It can be seen that growth really needs practice, and practice needs a price.
6. About faith
Tang Priest said: I am willing to die for her. In the next life, I still believe what I believe, even if it takes me ten times as long to learn the scriptures because of my faith. Wukong said: I want to believe what you believe, and I want you to believe it. In the next life, in the next ten lives, I will still be your apprentice and learn from you.
Seeing this, I am very moved. I think only faith can really affect a person, and only faith can dwarf any powerful person in front of it.
7. Start practicing now.
Give up and get everything in one thought; The heart is heaven, and the thought of hell is like this.
The reason why Tang Priest won the absolute trust and admiration of Wukong is that he realized that "the meaning of the golden mean is not only education, but also unconditional sacrifice of oneself and achievement of others".
Wukong realized that "love is trust and fulfillment", so he really merged with Tang Priest.
Bajie, who pursues happiness and games, and Friar Sand, who seeks a sense of belonging and value as a team, also find faith in the process of learning from the scriptures and practicing, and feel the fullness and significance of life under the inspiration of faith. They have different starting points and different ways of starting, but they all rely on each other's mutual help and encouragement to make it perfect.
This reminds me of a paragraph I made some time ago: what I said, the road I walked, the books I read and the people I met all constitute our lives and affect our lives. And people always have to experience more before they know what kind of life they want and the meaning of their pursuit.
If we have a few friends, we can find that * * * is in the same place in communication; Feel the attraction, inspiration and strength in different places, that is, friends worth making all your life. ...
I hope each of us can find a few such friends.