【Description】
For most people, “stress” is an unpleasant term. However, without stress, people may become lazy, unmotivated, slow-thinking, weak, etc. In life, stress is inseparable from steady growth and successful achievements.
In this video, Grandmaster JinBodhi reveals the truth about stress and teaches you to enjoy the benefits that stress brings.
【You will learn】
- The benefits of stress
- What a stress-free life could look like
【Featured aphorisms】
- Life is like a rubber ball; the harder it is hit, the harder it bounces back.
【Content】
Pressure-filled times create the greatest practitioners. In every historical period, people face obstacles. Take giving birth for example; cesarean deliveries are possible. For various reasons, they can be requested. Do you know what doctors say? For a healthy baby, natural deliveries are the best. From conception to birth, babies who suffer pressure are the healthiest. They will grow up healthy and strong. Without such pressure, there are imperfections.
Where is motivation without pressure? Life is like a bouncy ball. How much it bounces depends on how much force it is subjected to. You should worry about a life without obstacles. Without any force, a ball will never bounce. Let’s imagine life in that kind of environment. Without pressure in politics, finances or family, will there be illness? Yes. What sickness will it be? Mental illness. No doubt about it. There is another word for it: depression.
When we have no pressure at all, finding a direction is difficult. All you do is go in circles. So, pressure is good for you. Take steelmaking for example. Swords are originally a piece of raw steel. Craftsmen place them in a furnace, hammer them, and cool them in icy water repeatedly. To turn a piece of raw steel into a good kitchen knife, you need to repeat the process 9 times.
Obstacles in life are like hammering steel. Setbacks give you stress and headaches. Life pressures are like placing steel into a furnace. After that intense heat, you cool down. It is like losing all the money you have or ending a relationship. There are many examples.
Iron tempered repeatedly becomes quality steel. Pressure forces people to grow.