Chapter 7 Quotations on Mental Cultivation (September 15, 1899)

Human life also comes with suffering, if you don't do it, then the sages from ancient times may not be born in the world.All kinds of troubles and troubles are my help to train my mind; all kinds of dangers are all my help to train my courage; everywhere is my school.I am suffering from nowhere to go to school, and sometimes there is such a heaven-made school to pay for it, what a blessing!In my generation, when encountering afflictions and dangers, there is no one who does not feel complacent and complacent when contemplating in this way. There must be resistance to everything.The smaller the matter, the smaller the resistance; the bigger the matter, the greater the resistance.Those who resist are natural, not human.Therefore, our generation should only detect the resistance when it comes and reject it, and we should not fear the resistance when it comes and avoid it.For example, rivers, thousands of miles into the sea, rush forward in twists and turns, when they encounter sand and stones, they will carry them down, and when they encounter mountains, they will go around them.Those who encounter resistance in doing things should regard it as such, and sincerely feel that gold and stone are open, so there is no resistance!If you avoid this in fear, you will end up with nothing to do.Why?There is nothing in the world without resistance.