Walking in the crowd, I am used to looking at the wrists of the people around me. It seems that there is a secret in the heart of contemporary Chinese people hidden there. It is never spoken, but it is increasing day by day. More and more people, regardless of gender, will wear a bracelet, many of whom are just for decoration; more of them have the meaning of blessing and peace of mind, this bracelet stays between decoration and belief , or left or right.In this, what kind of belief or what kind of comfort is it?Or, what kind of anxiety or uneasiness comes from the heart? Do bracelets help calm?What is the relationship between our hearts and this seemingly mere decoration?In the crowd, why is almost no one talking about it?

What kind of confusion is buried in the silence? Is this a return to tradition, or a new beginning?Is this a subconscious behavior caused by praying for blessings, or is it necessary to seek help because of anxiety? On the last day of 2006, I went to the 301 Hospital to visit Mr. Ji Xianlin.It was morning when I arrived, and Ji Lao, who got up very early, had already been working at the desk for a long time. What he was doing was revising the published "Fifteen Lectures on Buddhism"."I seem to understand a little more about this issue," he said. The topic started here, but unexpectedly, it was out of control and continued until the end of the entire chat.

"Do you believe in Buddhism?" I asked. "If you believe it, it may not be enough; but I admit that I have a feeling of closeness to Buddhism, which may be the case for many of us Chinese." Ji Lao replied. The next thing I am curious about is: Chinese people who are moving fast, now and in the future, what can they use to soothe their hearts? Ji Lao told me a detail.One day, a leader came to see him and talked about inner problems. The visitor asked Ji Lao: "Which one will disappear first among the crowd, doctrine or religion?" In the face of this great leader, Ji Lao did not hesitate: If people can't get rid of the fear of death one day, I'm afraid that the doctrine will disappear first, maybe one day sooner.

The seemingly plain answer hides a kind of wisdom, courage and belief.Of course, there is room for saying "one day earlier". The day when I was talking with Mr. Ji was a few hours away from the end of the year. The winter sun shone on Mr. Ji's face and warmed the other people in the house. That day, Ji Lao was happy and peaceful.The same goes for me and the people around me. Another day, I read a book related to Mr. Liang Shuming, and when I read the postscript, a passage from Mr. Liang suddenly moved my heart. Mr. Liang believes that there are three major problems facing human beings, and the order cannot be wrong.

First we need to solve the problems between people and things, then we need to solve the problems between people and people, and finally we must solve the problems between people and our own hearts. That's right, studying from childhood to standing at 30, isn't it just to solve the problem between people and things that makes you have the foundation of your life?Without education, knowledge, work, money, house, car, etc., how dare you stand at thirty?And then, as a father, a mother, a child, a husband and wife, a superior and a subordinate, a friend and an enemy, how can you not face the problems between people seriously and hard?

But as the pace of life moves forward, as we walk, we can vaguely see the line at the end of life. Everything can be changed, and the situation that life is a one-way street cannot be changed.As a result, uneasiness, anxiety, doubt, pessimism... came one after another.How do people face their own heart, or the old question - where do I come from, and why do I go?Where are you going? Times are complicated, and busy people have to face their own hearts. Today, this kind of facing has become more difficult, but also more urgent.We all need answers. If you think about it more deeply, is it more than a challenge to face these three questions in life?

China’s more than 30 years of reform, the first 20 years, the goal is very materialistic, well-off, food and clothing, quadrupling, solving the problems between people and things, is the need for survival; and every individual also entrusts happiness To the materialized future. These materialized goals have been realized one after another, but the Chinese have gradually discovered that happiness does not come with material things as promised. Also complain.People seem to be more anxious, and somehow insecure, like contagion, cross-infection.The top is uneasy because they are afraid that there will be troubles below;In the midst of complaints, anxiety, and uneasiness, the violent factor is also increasing rapidly among the crowd, making people even more uneasy.Happiness, finally became a big problem.

At this time, the goal of a harmonious society was raised.In fact, this is a move to solve the problems between people and try to bring people closer to happiness.However, while working hard for this, a bigger challenge followed. In a country of 1.3 billion people, how should we solve the problems with ourselves?What are the core values ​​of our people?Where is the spiritual home?What are our beliefs? Do you believe in RMB? Are our pain and anxiety, social chaos and utilitarianism all related to this? And we seem to have everything except happiness, is it also related to this? Happiness has become the biggest problem now, but also the most important goal in the future.

But where is happiness? Leaving aside where happiness is, pain can be felt at any time. The bottom line of this society is constantly being broken. Milk powder can contain melamine; vegetables can contain harmful pesticides; just because you feel uncomfortable, you can take the lives of people who have nothing to do with you; for money, you can cheat at any time. It is beneficial to oneself, and others are just a ladder to be trampled on.Ideal is a word that is ridiculed. This kind of situation is not an isolated phenomenon, but can be seen everywhere. There is no way, people who lack faith will be fearless in a society lacking faith, they will not restrain themselves, they will forget the ancient teachings of their ancestors for thousands of years, and they will make themselves a hell for others for the sake of profit .

Some people say that we must keep the bottom line.But the bottom line has long been lost, or the bottom line has been broken again and again at will, so how can we keep the bottom line?Where is the bottom line that can be kept? One afternoon, the car behind me and I were driving normally on the driveway. Suddenly, a luxury car came in the wrong direction and honked to ask us to give way, but we had nowhere to hide while driving normally. So, the owner of the car felt neglected , rolled down the window and cursed as the car drove past us.At that moment, I was stunned: for this car coming from the wrong direction and this angry person.The owner of the car was a young woman with a pretty face, as if she was rich and well-educated. However, at this moment, anger distorted her face.

At the same time of being accused, I didn't even have a trace of anger, but a great sadness rose from my heart.Because she and I have to live in the same era together, and sometimes we may become her ourselves.We have nowhere to hide. If it's simply bad, or extremely good, that's fine. Unfortunately, this is the most complicated era of human nature. While holding a red envelope, the doctor performed multiple operations one after another, and finally collapsed on the operating table from exhaustion; while the teacher physically punished the students and insisted on exam-oriented education, on the other hand, he could not take care of his family or his children for many years, and devoted himself to work ;Officials, maybe some of them are corrupt and embezzled on the one hand, but on the other hand they don’t even have weekends, and they are doing a good job. No wonder sometimes people say: "I am not afraid of you being greedy, but I am afraid that you will not do things!" In fact, when it comes to ourselves, I'm afraid the same is true.Half sea water and half flame, one side is falling and the other is rising, who is not struggling? Right, wrong, how to evaluate?Good, bad, how to evaluate? Shore, where? Some people say that among the 1.3 billion Chinese, more than 100 million believe in various religions, such as Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity or Islam, and more than 100 million people say they believe in communism, and then , it's gone.In other words, nearly 1.1 billion Chinese people do not have any beliefs. Should we be worried? In fact, for thousands of years, Chinese people have not directly regarded religion as their own beliefs. In this regard, quite a few of us have an attitude of holding Buddha's feet temporarily. When we have a request, we light incense and bring money to make a wish. ;It's done, go to fulfill the wish, that's all. But the Chinese have never lacked faith.Whether we have culture or not, our beliefs have always been hidden in the mixed Chinese culture, in the stories our grandparents told us, in Tang poetry and Song poetry, and in people's daily behavior and etiquette.Therefore, the Chinese used to be in awe of nature, pursue the unity of man and nature, respect education, and know when enough is enough.Therefore, in China, when it comes to belief, it has something to do with religion, and it has nothing to do with religion.That is an attachment that only Chinese people understand, but maybe our generation will no longer understand it. From the May 4th Movement to the "Cultural Revolution", everything was destroyed, and we finally became a group of children who no longer had faith.At this time, the reformation kicked off, and desire came as expected, changed our lives, and ran wildly in the empty space of hearts without belief. Therefore, all kinds of weird things that we have heard and have not heard are happening around us every day. Each of us is the maker, but at the same time, he is the bearer of this pain. How can happiness come to us at this time? Money and power are more and more like beliefs. To put it bluntly, they are closely related to the satisfaction of desires. Once a judge, watching the contestants on stage performing vigorously, expressed emotion: Why in their eyes, I can no longer see sincerity and innocence, but only BMW and villas? In fact, this is not a problem of which player, but a problem of the times.In the crowd, how many eyes are not like this?In the dead of night, do we dare to look into our own eyes in the mirror? Power, remains an issue. The cult of personality has decreased, but the worship of power seems to have intensified. I don't know when it started, but there are too many relationships between superiors and subordinates that require the use of wisdom and mind. Since when did subordinates become submissive in front of the leader and have absolutely no assertiveness?The power of the top leader has become greater, and the words of the leader have become more and more, but there are fewer and fewer scenes where you can slap the table with the leader for the right thing. In fact, do subordinates really fear power? If you look closely, you'll see that probably isn't the case.Perhaps the subordinates have become more intelligent and utilitarian. If such obedience can bring benefits to oneself or at least avoid disadvantages, why not do so? But the question is, who gave such hints to subordinates? Youth in every generation is not easy, but youth in today's era has difficulties that are visible to the naked eye.The times make young people must be successful, and success is equal to the house, car and workplace with ease.But this kind of success is easy to say but difficult to achieve, like the new three big mountains, overwhelming youth, and even love has become a problem. Youth should be more romantic, less utilitarian and realistic, but today's young people dare not and cannot.Housing prices continued to rise, and even gave people the illusion: "The Prime Minister's words don't count, and the general manager's words count." Later, the general managers went too far, and the Prime Minister became anxious, and the house prices stopped a little bit in a hurry.Housing prices are no longer an economic issue, but a social issue and a political issue.Maybe house prices will drop a bit in the short term, but looking forward, are you optimistic that house prices will actually fall?What's more, the housing price is 340,000 square meters at every turn. Does it have anything to do with ordinary people whether it falls or not?So, it's hot. And the alternative popularity of the novel also reveals that it is not easy to survive in the workplace. After a short retreat in terms of seniority, it regains the upper hand. Youth, in the office, can only fight wits and bravery without daring to show off. As for the ants, in the face of soaring housing prices and increasingly difficult to achieve ideals, they may be listening to old songs again: "The outside world is wonderful, but the outside world is helpless..." When you feel that the outside world is helpless , maybe fleeing from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and returning to my relatively quiet hometown is the way out? Romance is cute, but when you face your girlfriend and turn away after smiling contemptuously, how persuasive can romance be in today's youth? If in an era, youth is extremely difficult to be suppressed, how can we be full of vigor in this era?If the youth among the crowd are the first to abandon their ideals, what is the future of the times? After more than 30 years of reform, we have made great progress, all of which can be proved by data. And how much has news improved?What kind of data is used to prove it? Of course, this is not something that can be proven by data, but there are still too many standards.For example, whether there are really outstanding talents who are willing to put their ideals here; another example, no matter what kind of pain they experience day after day, they will still feel a little bit in the progress of society after a period of time. sense of accomplishment. What if that is not the case? If journalists who really have ideals and responsibilities always feel pain, and even in the eyes of leaders, they are troublemakers, and such people often cause insecurity for themselves and others because of their ideals and responsibilities, then How long can ideals and responsibilities persist? And if idealists are all under the huge pressure and temptation of life, they will become realists; If realists become utilitarians, and utilitarians become opportunists... Will hope turn to despair?Is the ideal a fantasy? Of course, this is just an assumption.However, it is still like a nightmare. Although it is fictional, it will shock the awake people. The advancement of journalism also requires faith. Society has social problems, and we all have our own problems. When 2000 was approaching, a newspaper in Shanghai asked me to write a message for the new millennium. At that time, I chose two key words, one was reflection and the other was calm. On reflection, it is not difficult to understand.Because survival is worrying, as soon as the absurd years are over, the wounds along the way in the past are only hastily covered up, and there is no time to deal with them more responsibly, so we hurried on the road. There is nothing to blame for this. This is almost the only choice when survival is in crisis. . However, after more than 30 years, survival is no longer the biggest problem. Maybe one day, we should stop, wipe off the dust on the wound, and apply alcohol or anti-inflammatory things. It will hurt and irritate. However, only in this way can the wound be truly healed, and only then can it be truly light-packed. This is an attitude that is responsible for history and the future. The reason why another key word is calm is not complicated.Because soothing our hearts will be the biggest problem in the future. In the war-torn era of the last century, there was no room for a quiet desk in the huge China, but today, it is difficult to find a peaceful mind in the huge China. Without peace, there will be no happiness, and therefore, in the current era, peace is the real luxury. If we want peace and happiness, our inner problems cannot be avoided after all. The ancients were smart, and they turned many reminders into text and put them there to wait for you. Even if you didn't read them, they simply put the reminders in the Chinese characters themselves.Taking the word "blind" apart means "eye" and "dead". It means that the eyes are dead, so you can't see. If you think about it this way, taking the word "busy" apart, could it be that the heart is dead?However, the current Chinese people are busy, for profit, for fame.Therefore, I don't dare to say "busy" anymore, because once the heart is dead, what's the point of running around? However, everyone was still busy, and for some reason they seemed extremely anxious, so they were all scrambling.On the street, in front of the traffic lights, I often see too many people rushing to pass through the red lights, but when they reach the opposite side, they stop and wait for their companions. It turns out that he has nothing urgent, but he must rush. a habit of man. In such an atmosphere, the Chinese seem to have lost their patience. Let alone slowing down life, how many people are left who can finish a book?In the past, when people had time to write letters and diaries, they later turned into text messages, blogs, and now Weibo. Expressions must be completed within 140 characters, and communication and exchanges have become shorter and shorter.Even 140 characters is too long. Many people only read the title and have a "title party".So, what's next? In this regard, an old man said it well: the end of life is the same, no one can avoid it, slow, everyone feels fast, but why do Chinese people seem to be so anxious to run to the end? In Mexico, there is a fable that is far away but very close. A group of people hurried on their way, and suddenly, a person stopped.The person next to me was very strange: why didn't you leave? Those who stopped smiled: I walked too fast, my soul was left behind, I have to wait for it. Yeah, we all go too fast.However, who is going to stop and wait? If you go too far, will you forget why you started in the first place?