【Description】
“Self-cultivation” may sound outdated, but it is essential to everyone’s life. If you want to become a better person and live a healthier and longer life, as well as experience the greatest happiness, you can only achieve these dreams through self-cultivation.
So, what is it and what is the most effective means of self-cultivating?
Great paths are those that offer the simplest methods. Listen to Grandmaster JinBodhi’s guidance to live a long and healthy life, be at peace with the world, and embrace a bright future.
【You will learn】
- Methods of self-cultivation
【Featured aphorisms】
- We expand ourselves to help this world.
- Love not only your own children and family but all the children and families in need of help.
- When a person has a heart full of love, they will have a higher IQ and EQ and live with abundant energy.
【Content】
In ancient times, Energy Bagua was regarded as a method that could cultivate body and mind. Body cultivation refers to improving your physical health. This is our top priority. Secondly, you need to live long enough. That is the longevity part. These are the 2 major points about body cultivation in Chinese culture. First, a healthier body. Second, obtaining longevity.
Now what about mind cultivation? It refers to your spiritual height. The goal is to become someone who is broadminded, giving and compassionate. Someone who has a heart as vast as the ocean. That is the mind cultivation part. Why is it called “cultivation”? It is like nurturing children, especially when they are just babies. You need to take care of and feed them at all times. As they slowly grow, you teach them about this world, including using tools, learning to read, identifying colors, and having manners. Parents teach all that. This process can also be called cultivation.
This process begins when a child is born. When do you stop cultivating your children? Some still need to be babied at 60. They are still immature and throwing tantrums despite already being grandmas. Of course, they will have many life experiences, but they have learned nothing about improving their spiritual height. It is related to the environment you are in. If your parents
and teachers aren’t in a high spiritual state, it is hard for you to learn things related to that. It is hard to build a noble character in this kind of environment.
What I am talking about now refers to the height of your understanding of life and this world. Can you get higher than that? Yes, there is more for you to learn. When we see people suffering from disasters, it is normal for us to have sympathy for them. Say, an accident happened and a child lost both parents. Everyone will be sympathetic toward the kid, right? Some offer financial help; some women offer to adopt the child. When they have this thought, their motherly love is enlarged into great love. It becomes broader and different, right? This sounds so touching, right?
We shed tears when we hear orphans telling their stories. The stories all sound so sad. What do we do after hearing about it? Everyone here would want to help. That is for sure. Enlarge yourself. What can I do to help this world? Supporting your family also counts. This also shows your goodness and capability. But try to extend your love to caring for and supporting the society. This helps to fill society with more warmth and love.
That is how we make our society more harmonious. This is a moral obligation and social responsibility. This trains you to extend your love. Instead of just your own flesh and blood, try to love children and families in need all over the world. How joyous and touching would that be? This is also called mind cultivation. This is the cultivation of a nobler character.
Energy Bagua is indeed a practice that cultivates body and mind. Practicing an hour a day restores your original easeful emotional flow. It cultivates your willingness to love the world and become one with it. I am the land. I am the sky. I am the small tree. I am the grass. I become one with Nature. When you are in such a mental state, how will you treat this world? You are going to love this world.
For those who are always loving, their IQ and EQ will be enriched immediately. When you have this mindset and aspiration, your energy field will start to change. You will become charismatic. Many would love to befriend you. Your children will love to talk to you because you will talk softly and cheerfully. That is how it is.