Plato says we are born whole, but we need each other to be complete. It's a natural law. A flower has every inch of its petals and color, but it needs to be pollinated to become complete; Seeds have all their inner potential, but they need sunlight and rain to grow into corn, wheat or potatoes. Every poem, every painting, every piece of music -- every act of love is already inside us, like a seed, and only after being nourished by the sun and the rain can it fully blossom into the world. This is especially true of our inner light. Some call this inner light spirituality or soul, others call it divine grace. But we can also simply call it an "eternal life force" that is constantly looking for an opportunity to release itself. In fact, every creature is like a match head, wherever it goes, it carries an inner flame. This creature came to earth, like a match, only in this world to find something to rub against it, to set itself on fire. How we strike our matches determines how we live our lives. It is an undeniable fact that we need to interact with the world in order to express our innate wholeness. Sometimes we strike the match ourselves, and sometimes our match heads are lit. Sometimes the frictions of life can be painful or even embarrassing, and sometimes they can bring us freedom. Too often, we try to avoid friction in our lives because of our own internal fears, as if by doing so, we would be free from the wear and tear that life creates for us. But while this would leave the head of the match intact, it would also lose the chance of being lit. Unlike a match, our inner light is not only lit once and then gone. In fact, the more we embrace life and interact with the real world, the brighter our flame will be. No one knows exactly why this happens, but it's true. Different spiritual sects have alluded to this theory. Every time we sincerely embrace our life experience, it is the key to finding the light within us. The essence of addiction is that people are addicted to the act of striking a match -- on themselves or on the world -- rather than waking up to their own inner light. If we don't come to terms with what we have within ourselves, if we don't tap into our gifts and talents within ourselves, we become obsessed with the stimulation of external friction, thinking that the stimulation or chemical reaction itself is our life force. This stimulation may come from alcohol, drugs, sex, crisis, gambling, or various high-risk activities.
A more dangerous misconception is that the way our souls meet the world is only in the process of collision with the world. In fact, when we become obsessed with the collision itself, we lose all sense of our own inner light, seeking stimulation for stimulation's sake, as if the smell of violence is what makes us feel alive. Strike a match to light the darkness, inhabit the world to bloom the soul, this simple truth seems easy to remember, but born to be a person is very simple, life is never easy. Interestingly, there are actually two types of matches: safety matches, which can only be ignited by rubbing against certain surfaces; Any match that is struck on a hard surface will ignite. This metaphor implies a key truth about who we are as human beings. Safety matches, of course, are designed to prevent accidental fires. But what kind of soul are you when your soul is set alight - a "safe soul" or a "casual soul"? Most of the time, we need certain conditions to release our soul, such as a certain person, a certain kind of movie, or a specific piece of music. We all only like certain things, only want to associate with certain people and so on. But if we examine everything before we go into life, we run the risk of leaving it and letting our souls sleep. On the other hand, a casual soul, with children and saints like no defense, but at the same time should not be responsible for the fire, that is, do not go to the casual open those you can not care for the heart. The earliest known match was a small pine stick soaked in sulfur in 577 A.D. in China. At that time, the Northern Qi was surrounded by the large armies of the Northern Zhou and the Chen kingdoms. Supplies were scarce and the palace was running out of coals. Housewives needed fires for cooking and heating. And so the sulfur sticks were born. More than 400 years later, Tao Gu mentioned in his book Qing Yi Lu that the night is urgent and the love of lamp is hard to make. A wise man, batch the fir strip dyed sulfur, put it to use, a fire encounter, the flame was extinguished. As God, call light slave. Now there are goods, renamed fire inch. So do we. We sometimes get caught up in a "night rush" situation -- perhaps a life-changing crisis or a dark night of the soul where we can't see ahead -- and we need to jump into life instead of running away from it, letting ourselves collide with the situation to release our soul's light into the darkness. How we use this soul match matters. Do we let it be a one-time "light slave", or do we let it wait for the opportunity to change and then release it to permanently light up our life? Every act of love is already in our hearts, like a seed, but it needs to be nourished by the sun and rain before it can be fully expressed in the world. A moment of introspection -- In your journal, recount an experience -- the friction or shock of which brought some of your true self to the surface. Tell me what made your true self rise to the occasion? ● When talking to a friend or family member, give an example of yourself that illustrates the difference between addiction and total commitment. For you, completely letting go of yourself, at what point do you feel energized and when do you feel drained of energy?