Fifteen to nine/a quarter to nine
Entropy was mentioned in yesterday's Zen article.
What is entropy? Entropy represents the disorder degree of things.
Things are orderly, so its entropy value is low; Things are chaotic and its entropy is high.
What is entropy? Entropy increase is the natural trend of the development of all things in the world, from order to chaos and finally to extinction. If classical mechanics is used, that is, there is no perpetual motion machine in the world, it will eventually move towards equilibrium and rest, that is, entropy death.
What is entropy reduction? Knowing the concept of entropy increase makes it easier to understand entropy decrease. Entropy reduction is the process of changing things from chaos to order. If entropy increase is the natural law of development and extinction. Entropy reduction is beneficial to slow down the extinction time and make this thing exist for a longer time.
Entropy reduction is of great guiding significance to life, team, enterprise and even country name.
If our daily life, study and work are chaotic, it should be noted that we are a process of entropy increase, our life is being dissipated by various disturbing things, and our quality of life and spiritual realm are decreasing. From a physical and mental point of view, we will feel all kinds of troubles, pressures and pains. The process of entropy increase is a bitter accumulation process.
Therefore, the Buddha mentioned that the essence of life is suffering when he talked about the four truths of "suffering, determination, extinction and Tao". Why is it bitter? Because every day, entropy is increasing, and it is one step closer to death. Like an hourglass, it leaks every day The reason for suffering is simply greed, ignorance and three poisons, which form the accumulation of many kinds of sufferings, that is, old age, illness and death ... From this perspective, the human body is really too bitter, and this kind of suffering can not be surpassed casually, so all beings can say that they live in a bitter ocean every day. Therefore, the Buddha suggested that practitioners should be "deviant", that is, they should have the determination to leave the suffering sea, completely abandon this kind of physical determination, and finally get real liberation through the way of practicing enlightenment.
For us ordinary people, we should get the happiness and happiness of life. One method we can use is actually the entropy reduction method.
How to use entropy subtraction? Is to use all methods that can make our external environment and internal environment orderly.
For example, cleaning our house and making our room clean and tidy will give you a feeling of happiness and spiritual relief.
There is a Japanese entrepreneur who runs his own business. He said that he couldn't do many things in business, but the only thing he took the lead in was daily cleaning. He tried his best to clean every corner and created many cleaning methods and techniques. He personally took the lead in doing this and slowly inspired employees to participate. We found that after cleaning the office and seeing the clean and tidy results, we will be happy all day, colleagues will get along better than before, and the company's performance will be improved year by year.
There is also a boss who runs a restaurant in Japan. His original business was very good. Later, after opening a competitive store across the street, the business declined and faced the risk of closing the store. But at this moment, he remembered his mother's teaching. When you feel unhappy, clean up more. He began to practice. Every morning, he goes to the shop very early, and he begins to clean the shop. After cleaning, he even cleaned the street in front of the shop, which was very clean.
In this way, he persisted for 2-3 months. With the process of cleaning, miracles happened gradually, and his business really improved slowly, and finally it was cleaned up. Perhaps because the guest saw his shop and the clean street in front of him, he was attracted.
If we think from the angle of entropy, the increase of entropy will cause chaos and disorder, the constant loss of energy and the continuous weakening of related functions. Entropy reduction brings order, energy accumulation and function enhancement. Therefore, the decrease of entropy makes oneself and guests feel a kind of positive energy attraction, and the business has also been improved.
Japan has a unique experience in cleaning, such as the "breakup" that is popular all over the world. ? Enterprises have "5S" management methods, and 5S means sorting out (Seiri), rectifying (Seiton), cleaning (Seiso), cleaning (Seiketsu) and completing (Shitsuke). Regarding the sweeping of goods, there is also a special "sweeping road".
Japanese Zen culture was also introduced from China and developed well in China.
In the process of learning Buddhism, I listened to a song "Sweeping the Heart", which was also about sweeping, and talked about the influence of sweeping the floor on people and hearts.
I personally like this song very much. I often listen to it in the car, and its melody is beautiful. The lyrics are like this:
"Sweeping the floor and sweeping the heart, the heart does not sweep the floor.
If everyone sweeps his heart, dark clouds and troubles will stay away;
Sweep the floor and sweep the heart, but the heart does not sweep the floor.
If everyone sweeps his heart, he will see the distant mountains razed to the ground;
Sweep the floor and sweep the heart, but the heart does not sweep the floor.
If everyone sweeps his heart, the world will become clean;
Sweep the floor and sweep the heart, but the heart does not sweep the floor.
If everyone sweeps their hearts, Lotus will be happy. "
After we first listened to this song, I fell in love with cleaning. I personally clean the floor at home almost every day. Because every time I sweep the floor, I will think of this song, which is cleaning my heart. After cleaning, the whole person will become very happy.
If we can always keep the surrounding environment clean and tidy, it will also be mapped to our inner space, making our inner space very orderly, clean and comfortable. Over time, it will have a very positive impact on our subconscious mind and body and mind, and then attract more beautiful things to our lives.
I think this is the so-called feng shui!
In addition to individuals, a team organization, an enterprise and a country. . If everyone pays attention to rules, systems and etiquette, people living in them will become more comfortable. Such a team organization will become more dynamic and all aspects of functions can be better played. In fact, if we seriously think about the "ceremony" in China's traditional culture, we will be very proud of our ancestors. At the best time of etiquette development, all ethnic groups came to Korea! Because all people, as long as they see a country with high cultivation and good civilization, you will be deeply affected and feel respect and admiration from the heart.
Order can lead to harmony, and harmony can develop and last. This is true for individuals, teams, countries and even the universe.
The process of Zen writing is actually a process of entropy reduction.
Our common people's thoughts are unchangeable. No matter when we are awake or asleep, we have countless thoughts all the time. In addition, we are seduced by the outside world and all kinds of material desires, our hearts are constantly being drawn, and our concepts are constantly changing. Most people are in a state of disorder, a state of out of control.
In the process of Zen writing, we can stop for a while. One of the requirements of Zen writing is not to think. Why can you write without thinking? Because this is a state of subconscious control, let it become an integration of thoughts and actions. The real me handwritten my heart, released it directly, and now it's ok.
When writing, because we focus on one thing, focusing on the present experience and awareness, we can release the thoughts, concepts and pressures accumulated in our subconscious for a long time through Zen writing. We are completely free to write, we can only write for ourselves, we can talk to our past selves, and we can also talk to our future selves. You can talk to the person you love or the person you hate. Many people will shed tears involuntarily in the process of Zen writing, so they should continue to write at this time, because it is a kind of release and a state of really getting along with themselves.
Through Zen writing, our inner order will become clearer and clearer, and it will no longer be chaotic. To a certain extent, it will be like a clean mirror. We can objectively and naturally perceive all the tiny dust and everything that makes us more confused. Maybe by this time, we can really understand the mystery of "the heart is like a mirror" as the sage said.
Today's Zen writing is over. See you tomorrow!
Appreciate all reason, integrity and purity! Be grateful for all the truth, goodness and beauty!
Fifteen minutes to ten/a quarter to ten