Chapter 25 Meditation Rest and Qi

Lao Tzu once said: "Husbands and things, all return to their roots. Return to the roots and return to tranquility. It is called returning to life." The theory, fully adhering to the tradition of ancient Chinese culture.Draw conclusions from observations of physical natural phenomena.Because in the physical world, the germination of all life is indeed thriving from the static.Especially the vitality in the plant kingdom, this phenomenon is even more obvious.Although human beings are different from plants, from infants and children to the young and strong stage, compared with the young, the more static conditions are, the more powerful the effect on life growth is, which also shows the relationship between static and human life. of great importance.Therefore, an ordinary person must rest after being tired from daily life activities, and the best rest is to rely on sleep to restore vitality.Although the functions of sleep and meditation are different, sleep is indeed a kind of static state that ordinary people let their lives go naturally.

Speaking of meditation, it is really a very ridiculous thing.At the same time, it happens to expose the great weakness of human intelligence.It is a well-known fact and an undeniable truth that a man needs rest in his life.But when one begins to practice taking rest from a sitting position, there is a lot of fuss about saying that it is a practice!Meditate!Discouraged and world-weary!Go mad!Wait for specious ideas.In fact, the state of sleep and rest is the posture of lying down; the practice of sitting and resting is just the posture of sitting, which is different from sleeping.The reason why these many terms and concepts are added is that people’s rumors are false, or they are fragmented knowledge, which is invisible to cater to the psychological curiosity or psychological fear. What does it have to do with the meditation itself? ?