Hongyi Conservatory of Music holds the "Cloud Meeting" every weekend as scheduled. From the establishment of the college in early May to yesterday, nearly 30 regular meetings have been held.
I sincerely thank this era and the people who invented high-tech means, so that I can have cordial exchanges with like-minded mentors and friends of the motherland and daughters in North America.
Before every meeting, there will be some strange feelings in my heart, even ups and downs. I may be obsessed with my own thinking and worry that my emotions are not conducive to rational thinking. Yesterday evening, as usual, I went to the nearby Dachuanbu one hour in advance to calm my heart, watch the sunset on the other side, listen to the flowing waves and think about what is inside and outside my heart. ...
In the eyes and mouths of others, this academy may be an insignificant "small project", but I still feel that there is a big mountain in my heart; It's only been more than half a year, whether online or offline, from scratch, from scratch, from big to big, and its growth speed and scale have exceeded the initial forecast and expectation. I can't help asking myself: Is it time to step on the brakes?
I sincerely thank my mentor and friends around me for their consistent words and deeds and dedicated support and support; They devoted, dedicated and created, and made progress every day for nearly 200 days!
As one of the planners and participants, in the face of the off-line activities in full swing and the rave reviews of classic reading by others, my heart is still fifteen barrels-seven ups and eight downs, treading on thin ice, like an abyss.
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Some famous intellectuals in ancient legends have long passed away, and even the living call themselves "old people". For example, when Cao Cao wrote that "an old horse lurks and aims at a thousand miles", it has already made a name for itself; Wei Wu wields a whip to bully the north, that is, the year of Jiazi; In contrast, our generation is the last straw. Although we are "obedient", we have no long skills or great achievements. If we still take things other than fame and fortune as our main goal options in life, it is really sad. It is a pity that we have walked in the world for nothing.
Retirement could have enjoyed my old age, but I was still unwilling to be lonely. With the encouragement and guidance of teachers from Normal University and other schools, what is the purpose of setting up a reading salon, establishing an online academy and organizing downstream schools with my colleagues?
I've been asked many times by others, and I haven't had a formal answer and systematic explanation before, and I don't have a clear answer in my heart. I was just asked again and again, and the original answer seemed out of control and I couldn't say it. I have to force myself to torture myself repeatedly. Why are you doing this?
During my decades of career (full-time), I insisted on reading and teaching (part-time), and gained real and substantial peace and happiness. Therefore, I am willing to bring together professionals and colleagues who work hard and like reading and teaching, increase the frequency of communication and sharing with each other, and strengthen the efforts of mutual guidance and harvest.
The ancients said, "My life is limited, and so is my knowledge. With the limit, it is almost impossible. " This sentence is still important to most scholars at present, but it seems to be less important, because reading research and the pursuit of the true life value style of "no limit" seem to be no longer universal and representative.
As the saying goes, press the gourd and get the gourd. The real problem has evolved into another deviation. It is time to put another unbalanced and biased phenomenon and misunderstanding on the hat of "almost"-the limited connotation of reading, learning and saving is far from meeting the challenge of real life extension!
What should I do? Where is the road?
A simple and direct answer is nothing more than an old answer: the road is at your feet! However, it is easier said than done. Although everyone's life has similar contents and patterns, how many people can achieve the unity of knowing and doing? Therefore, the difficulty lies in walking, advancing despite difficulties, and the combination of dilemmas is even more difficult.
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In the Buddhist cultural classics, two essential characteristics of the world of Nuwa are revealed: one is bitterness, and the other is impermanence. This sentence at least warns all sentient beings that life itself is unsatisfactory and uncertain. However, although the real world is skinny, in the thousands of years of human history, no matter ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, it has been handed down one classic after another. It is a trick to guide and enrich life, and it has set an example for all sentient beings-even if it is Master Meng's conservative saying that "saints only come out once every 500 years", after all, there are saints coming to the world!
The Book of Changes, the first of the Five Classics, was evaluated by Confucius as "impermanence, combining rigidity with softness, and cannot be a code"; This means that everything is changeable, there is no fixed pattern, and masculinity and femininity alternate. People's thinking cannot be solidified by classics, but should adapt to its changes. But I think it is here that I experienced and found the unique value and definite answer in the classics of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism represented by the Book of Changes. To take a step back, if there is really a shortcut to success in life, then, as revealed by a great man, it may be exactly so-from practice to theory, and then back to practice to verify theory and guide practice with correct theory.
After decades of experience in the workplace, I feel that life is a test that I have to face, and everyone needs to give an answer about where to go. No one can escape this question, even if you give up your choice, it is also a subjective choice.
As a life individual, I left my family, the support of my parents and family, the guidance of my school teachers, and rushed into the adult society rashly, and then traveled all over the world alone, so that I was exhausted, confused and even depressed and desperate; Finally, I survived the first rough of the lush years and passed the threshold of the so-called psychological "weaning period". In the next few years, ten years and decades, I climbed up from the bottom step by step. Maybe I've never reached the ceiling of my career, maybe I'm lucky enough that carp jumped the dragon gate. When everyone who has experienced it counts the scars left by his body and mind in his spare time, most people may not be able to get rid of their confusion before they reach the end of their lives.
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I once questioned myself-why do I think so much? How many people care about these things? Isn't this your problem?
Let your life be happy and continue for a lifetime. This is everyone's innate desire, but it may be disturbed and suppressed, but this desire should not be extinguished.
I am a person who pursues spiritual pleasure, and I also believe that I can talk with sages by reading the Bible, and I can also increase my inner strength by actively contacting my mentor. So I am willing to stick to my beliefs, help others and share my gains with others. I was lucky to meet a group of like-minded people, so Hony's Happy Learning started from scratch-from offline to online, and then back to offline. With the concerted efforts of all the senior brothers and sisters in the college, Qi Xin successfully spent half a year.
How can it be smooth sailing to accomplish and do a good job-especially to be responsible for the quality and direction of others' spiritual life-and how can there be negligence and mistakes?
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Not far from the beach at the foot, there are several rough, hard and simple reefs standing in the river. The size of the tide determines their appearance rate, but day after day, year after year, the river roared and rushed to the sea without looking back, but these dark stones have been silently sticking to their posts!
Every time I see this scene, I always feel very sad! There is light and darkness, movement and quietness in the world, each in its place and each abiding by its rules. Maybe this is the natural way to interpret Taoism-
Tao is so natural, regular, natural, unpretentious and not forced!
Every time I enter this situation, a sentence said by a great thinker and reformer always echoes in my mind: "Crossing the river by feeling the stones".
Well, even if the sound of the waves remains, there will always be wind and rain, but the road is ahead and the road is at your feet. Let's move forward hand in hand, bravely and calmly-until the other side!
Tito of Western Australia Normal University was written in 2020. 1 1.29.