Chapter 19 Part Four Entering Guanzhong
The five colors make people blind, the five tones make people deaf, the five flavors make people happy, galloping and hunting makes people crazy, rare goods make people hinder.It is because the sage is the stomach and not the eyes, so go and take this.
——Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching Chapter Twelve"
The most important spirit of Lao Tzu's thinking is to be simple and quiet, follow the natural changes of the environment, do the most practical work, and avoid unnecessary inner desires, so "for the belly, not for the purpose, only seek the real needs, not the psychological hope .”
People's needs are really limited, but their desires are infinite. If you pursue desires too much and cannot control them, the real result is often more unsatisfied, more painful, and unable to control your own will.
Color is no more than five, but too much pursuit of its changes will not be able to truly grasp the meaning of color, and it will become visually dull. On the contrary, it makes food ignorant, and all kinds of Lexi are not delicious.
Color, sound, taste, as long as they are real, they can be used and identified, but people are constantly pursuing to make them more beautiful and satisfying. The result is that the more they pursue, the less satisfied they are, and the result is more lack of desire. and pain.
Excessive indulgence and hunting on horseback will also make you not want to do business, restless, and distracted. Including excessive pursuit of money and wealth, you may end up with no time to use money. It will become "divided", and greed will become poor."
Therefore, a sage who can understand the way of nature has a simple life force, as long as he wraps his belly, he does not seek the enjoyment of palaces, and prefers simplicity to pomp.
The ocean of desire is hard to fill, if you can't get rid of desire, you will be destroyed sooner or later.Only by removing the eyes can one get rid of desires, understand the real needs of the body, and not pursue abstract beauty with heart, so that everything can return to simplicity.