The simpler life is, the happier it is. Not everyone understands this principle. If people in everyday life let themselves be like "flowing water", only pursuing material enjoyment, they will face all kinds of material and mental pressures.
If we live in such a situation for a long time, it will make people extremely miserable. If you want to achieve a state of comfort and freedom, you must understand that everything should follow nature, follow God's will, and not pursue it all.
There is a story like this:
There was once a high school girl who was so miserable because her mother died that she no longer wanted to live. Every day the girl sat in her room, in the classroom, crying in pain, making everyone who saw her feel sorry and moved. The girl was always in pain, no one listened to her.
One day, the homeroom teacher was lecturing in class and took out a cup of water and asked the class: "Tell me, how much does this cup of water weigh?"
The students below were all discussing, some said it was 20g, others insisted it was 50g.
The teacher continued: "Actually, it doesn't matter how heavy this cup of water is. What's important is how long can you hold it?"
Because no student responded, the teacher continued: "If you hold it for a minute, everyone can probably hold it, no problem. But holding it for an hour will surely make many people feel tired. Holding it for a whole day will surely make everyone feel paralyzed and fall down. In fact, I sympathize with the girls in our class who have to suffer the pain of losing their mother. But you have been crying for more than a week, if you keep crying like that, non-stop. What will be my result?
Hearing the teacher's words, the female student finally came to her senses and immediately stopped crying...
The weight of a cup of water remains the same from time to time. But the longer you hold it, the heavier it will feel. In the same way, when people face all the pressures in life, if they do not know how to let go, they will be crushed by those pressures in the long run. Cultivators are the same. If, during the process of cultivation, they cannot let go of attachments and desires, they will never be able to cultivate and reach the realm of freedom.
Legend has it that during the time when Buddha Shakyamuni was still alive. One day, a Brahmin used his supernormal powers, holding two flower vases in both hands, and came forward to offer it to Shakyamuni Buddha. Shakyamuni Buddha said to the Brahmin: “Let go!”
This Brahmin immediately placed the flower vase in his left hand on the ground.
Buddha Shakyamuni said again: “Let go!”
The Brahmin placed the flower vase in his right hand on the ground.
But Shakyamuni Buddha continued to say: “Let go!”
The Brahmin thought that there was nothing left in his hands and asked again: "Sir! My hands are empty and there's nothing I can let go of anymore. Why do you still tell me to let go? I really don't understand!”
Buddha Shakyamuni then explained: "Actually, I don't tell you to let go of that flower vase. What I want you to let go of is the six senses (let go of things that the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, consciousness see), six sense objects and six consciousnesses. Because only when you let go of these things can you free yourself from the cycle of birth and death.!”
If you disregard sexual desires, you will achieve comfort and freedom.
If you are satisfied in every situation, you will be happy.
Letting go is liberation.
To be human, you actually don't need to have too complicated thoughts, as long as you have enough simple wisdom, your path in life will be far from suffering and sadness.!
According to Secretchina