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全球金刚商学院高阶一阶 《化解困境 . 成就非凡》
《生活工具一：技巧、态度、杰作》
By GMR
欢迎大家来到全球金刚商学院高阶一阶课程。我们已经花了12年教授12阶全球金刚商学院基础课程。
混合坚果翻译团队跟1300年前唐朝的翻译团队非常相似，翻译的书籍是非常相类似的，我个人非常兴奋。这10位翻译官非常优秀，就像玄奘大师的翻译团队一样，在进行古经典的翻译。我们完成了两本古经典翻译：金钥匙以及空性冥想。
空性冥想一书的作者非常明智，他说你不只要学习正确的论证，也要学习错误的论证。
突然间我意识到我能够用这本书的逻辑来解决生活中的所有问题。
50%+50%=100%
这就是你跟我的生活，50%我们感觉良好感觉幸福，一天当中，50%感觉很好，另外50%或许不是很好，有很多问题，大大小小的问题。
下班回到家，伴侣问你过得怎样？50%很好。另外50%呢？有面对一些问题。50%幸福开心好日子，50%问题，我的太太就问我你怎么看待问题？感觉很累。不同演员出演同样的剧本。同样的问题，由不同的人来演。大部分的时候感觉很乏味。
学会将这些问题转换成疯狂的成功。假设有人教你一些秘密的方法，但你只能用在问题上。炼金术，把金属转换成金。
有个新问题出现时，你会感觉非常兴奋，有机会可以用这个新方法，把问题转变成疯狂的成功。甚至把没有问题的50%变得更好！会感觉到兴奋不已。如果真的有这样的体系，别忘了50%+50%=100%，如果你已经有50%幸福生活，高阶一阶课程能够教会你把问题转变成巨大的成功，你会超级开心。
如果你是个疯狂的人，在没有问题的时候会享受的人，在出现问题的时候你会很享受，那你就会一整天感觉兴奋快乐，这就是高阶一阶课程要教给你的。
我不喜欢柠檬口味冰淇淋，我喜欢香草口味的冰淇淋。太太叫我试试柠檬口味冰淇淋，说也许你会喜欢。太太说是不是感觉还不错呀？我说对对还不错。但我的意思是比起没有冰淇淋要好。我不想要还不错的冰淇淋，我想要我爱吃的冰淇淋。结果就把转危为机的名字取消掉了。
深度专注冥想，她看起来很享受，内在很快乐，在画最美的一幅画，她在创作一幅杰作，她也知道这是最杰出的一部作品，虽然还未完成，但她已经知道这将会是她画过最杰出的一个作品。高阶一阶就是要教给你的，不是教你如何跟问题共存，我们要教给你的是抓住问题，把它转变成大师之作。想象一下，每次遇到问题时，你都懂得把它转换成大作。你就会开始去寻找问题，因为你要创造更多的杰作。你整个人生的感受都会转变，50%很好了，50%以前曾经是问题，但你学习高阶一阶后，你学会了把问题转换成一件美妙的杰作。现在50%很好，另外50%是大师级的。几乎没有任何一个人类是这样过一天的，一切皆是大师之作。请大家去感受一下，这会是怎样的一个感觉。
下班回到家，伴侣问你今天过得怎样啊？哦我今天过得很棒！充满大师级杰作的一天。
每一阶都有12个生活工具，现在我们到高阶一阶也会学习12个生活工具。那你一整天就能够画出大师之作。第一个生活工具就叫：技巧，态度，大师之作。
有些是讲技巧的，如何解决问题的技巧，如何将问题转换成大师之作
有些讲的是态度，当你遇到问题时，是什么感受？
在冰淇淋上加上大便，感觉特糟糕，我们一般对问题的感受就是如此，把问题看作是麻烦。
我们不想看到问题，因为会让我们感到不舒服。那是因为我们没有技巧。
关于问题的第一个问题，就是我们不知道该怎么解决它。或是尝试解决后问题又回来了。如果你生命中的问题，或许有些已经解决了，但我相信你去深入思考，那个问题会再次回来，或许会以不同的形式回来。这是让人感到很沮丧的。
当你年纪大了，你开始会怀疑，到底有没有解决到问题呀？
鸵鸟，当遇到危险时，它会把头埋在沙土里。孩子遇到问题时，也会躲起来，如果我看不到你，你也就看不到我。鸵鸟也有这样的想法，它想说把头埋起来，它看不到敌人，敌人也就看不到它了。
解决问题的时间短过躲避问题的时间。
我知道要送车子去修理，但我不想去想它，我期望问题自己会消失。
我有个邻居，他是个很棒的科学家。我很不喜欢他。因为他遇到问题时马上就会去解决问题。
这位年轻的女士，当我看待我的问题时就是这样的反应，我感觉怨恨，走开走开！我对问题怀恨在心。但其实解决问题的时间，短过躲避问题的时间。但我就是不想去解决问题。
那个邻居走来跟我说要来协助我修我的车子，但我就不愿意聆听他。拒绝解决问题的新方法。
这位女士有个问题。当你有个问题的时候，有个迹象，你生活中有个部分是你非常擅长做好的，就像我很擅长写课件，每个人在生活中都要处理一些财务，我很讨厌，甚至是雇佣了一个朋友来帮我处理这些事。每一年我越来越去忽略那些我不想做的事，写作方面却不会有问题，越写越好。当你在某些事情遇到问题时，你不擅长的部分，当你解决了这个问题，如果格西老师做好做账的事情，那我就擅长做账也会擅长写作。如果你不擅长做某些事，那更应该去多做它，你就会越来越擅长。
你会学习一些新的技巧如何解决问题。会越学越深。我们学习如何运用空性去解决问题，这是个很深的问题。你们都知道空性并不意味着什么都没有，而是产生洞见的能力。
你的生活会分成两部分，第一部分，你学习38种看见空性之前的看待问题的方式，在那线之前，看到问题时很挣扎，不愉悦，没有乐趣。但在我学习38种看见空性之后，问题就变成了乐趣。因为我知道问题的终点是什么，这个问题将会变成大师之作。
假设你有个关系的问题，我太太问我你有把关系问题写入新课件吗？有啊 每个人都会面对关系问题。在世界上，排第一的问题就是关系问题，老公老婆的关系问题。这是大部分人遇到最大的问题。所以必须要把这个问题写入课件里。
试着想象没有问题的婚姻，没有问题的世界。我不是说你成为一个擅长解决问题，不是你躲避问题，我要你去感受问题，你们会对空性有新的理解，每次遇到问题了，你都会运用你新的理解，从问题中画出大师之作。如果每个问题都转变成美妙的事，尝试想象，你有这样的能力，把任何问题转换成美妙的事物，那会是怎样的画面？如果我有这样的力量，转换问题转换成极大的成功，我会非常兴奋，解决问题就是把它变成大师之作，过程是很有乐趣的。
所以在新的一阶的开始，我只是想要大家去想象，你跟问题之间的全新关系，以前你只是假装没有这个问题，你避免问题，或许你之后去面对问题，但是你并不感觉美味，当你解决问题了之后，你对它有什么感受呢？解决问题后感受到放松。
新方法是，请大家尝试想象，你去工作，进到车里，启动车子，有奇怪的声音，你感到兴奋，太好了！打开车门，跑到屋子里，跟太太说，我遇到问题了！太开心了！我可以创造更好的一辆车子了！可以创造大师之作了！太棒了！总是遇到问题，我们就可以创造更美妙的事物。这就是新的高阶一阶。
今早我太太回到家，我太太不爱甜食，不吃饼干。但她今天她很兴奋跟我说买了东西给我，一般上她都会禁止我吃饼干，但是今天她却说她买了饼干给我。太好吃了！我在等着她来禁止我，但是她并没有，反而再给我一个饼干。这就是我对这一阶高阶课程的感受，就像一个美味的饼干，学会如何去享受大问题转换成大师之作，就像一个美味的大饼干一样。当你学这一阶的时候，就会像吃饼干一样，想象爷爷的感受，我有很多朋友，他们有各式的问题，我看他们面对问题，我真想摇醒他们，叫他们来学这一阶，会去爱上问题的。吃一吃这个新饼干，你会感觉一整天很兴奋。
《精华摘要 – 生活工具一》
By T Sunny
我们每天几乎都处在：
50% 的过得不错，有开心的时候
但也有50%的不开心，因为生活中很多小问题，一两个大问题，这些影响了我们开心的心情，让我们身心疲累，因为一直要面对这些问题。
所以我们每天都会是处于这两种50%的结合。
每天50%的开心+50%不开心=这就是我们每天的100%
而一些问题可能年复一年都在重复着，所以同样的问题，只是由不同的演员在演着，我们感到非常痛苦。
假如我们可以好好学习这一阶，我们就有能力把问题转化成疯狂的成功巨大的成功。既便有新问题出现时，我们会感到很兴奋，因为有机会用我所学的新方法，有能力把它转化成巨大的成功！
所以没有问题的时候我们享受，有问题时我们也能享受，我们有没有问题都能享受，我们也会那么我们从早到晚会一整天感到兴奋快乐与享受。
每天当有问题时我们都能转化成杰作，那么我们就会去寻找问题因为我们有创造更多的杰作的能力。而每天我们都能创造很多美丽的大师杰作！
在这个晋阶一阶
同样我们也会有12个生活工具
来帮助我们成功解决问题並把问题转化成疯狂的成功
成功解决每个问题有三个要点：
- 解决问题的技巧（或方法）
- 解决问题的态度
- 將问题转化为杰作的创造力 （也就是学习把问题转化成疯狂巨大成功的能力）
现在让我们来解释这以上的三个要点：
1.与解决问题的技巧有关的问题
当生命中出现问题;
我们会尝试解决;我们无法解决;然后这个问题 就一直困扰我们。
或者，我们尝试解决问题;而这个问题似乎消失了一段时间;然后又出现了。当然，这表示我们从未真正解决过问题。
亦或者我们解决了一个问题，然后又出现一个不同的问题，给我们带来不输于第一个问题的困扰。这表示不管我们之前用了什么方法来解决问题， 都没有强大到足以阻止所有后续问题的发生。
2.与解決问题的态度有关的问题
我们几乎没有人会对问题抱有非常正面或富有成效的态度。大部分人都不享受遇到问题。
首先，我们试着假装问题根本不存在:这种解决问题的方法叫做鸵鸟心态。
或者，我们可能会是拖延去解决问题。也就是说，我们终于承认问题存在，但却会延迟解决。
在我们浪费时间而不去解决问题的 过程中，好像抱着某种希望，以为问题会自然消失。可想而知，我们所有人都 非常清楚，没有立即解决的问题只会给我们带来更多麻烦。
即使我们开始着手解决问题，过程中我们也充满怨气。
这导致了另一个解决问题的态度问题，也就是说，我们无法对具有创造性的新方法保持开放的态度。
因为我们态度抱怨，所以无法保持开放的态度去接受。
也有可能当问题開始浮现时我们並没生气; 我们只不过一直使用与过去相同的方法来解决问题。
如果我们还是习惯用老方法来解决问题，
那么即使我们觉察到某种新的解决之道可能更有效、更令人兴奋，我们大概还是会认为不值得花时间去寻找一个具有创造性的方法。
3.与解决问题的杰作有关的问题
现在，如果有个平时我们从来没人想过的角度来解决问题。
根据定义，一般来说问题会出现在生活中我们不太擅长的领域。
生活中某些部分是我们相当擅长的——是我们所专精的。就像工作时，我可能是个非常优秀的经理:可以在办公室指挥一百个人同时进行几个大案子，对我们的客户大有助益。
但回到家后，不太擅长管理我的另一半和孩子:也就是我的家人。于是问题就会在家里浮现:不快乐的另一半，惹麻烦的孩子。
你看，这些问题都是征兆或者說警告，表示生活中有些地方是我不太擅长经营的。在某种程度上，问题也是一种善意：它让我知道生活中有哪些部分需要改进、提升的。
不仅如此，它也是指引我走向更美好生活的指标。如果我真的很聪明， 真的很擅长解决问题，那么这些就是生活中可以让我获得最多进展的地方。 与其过着 75%完美的生活，不妥协，我们可以把它变成 101%完美的生活——只要我们能正视生活中的问题並将其扭转。
总结：
所以我们必须承认，如果我们想画出一幅杰作，问题就是最好的修炼之处。
有没有什么方法可以让我们学习把每个问题都变成杰作呢? 我们就会去寻找问题而不会逃避问题了。把问题转化成大师之作。
这就是我们为你创建 DCIG 晋阶一阶的原因! 大家兴奋了吗？
生活工具二
《爱因斯坦的熵理论：困境的真相》
格西老师：
我们今天会教大家非常难的生活工具。它来自爱因斯坦。爱因斯坦总有很好的方式来解决问题。
我们将邀请到中国上海的王霞老师。她用不同的很酷的方式用四步骤，她想要去各地旅行。她用了四步骤，让她去到全世界三十多个国家。她的下一个目标就是去外太空。第二个目标就是改善家庭关系。她用了四步骤让她的家庭关系，同时家庭的成员都在用我们的金刚体系。她的第三个目标就是开启能断金刚的读书会，她在2013年开启第一个读书会。现在在中国各地有超过200多个读书会，她还训练超过了1000多个。她在2013年创立了公司，那时候真的很不容易。在2018年她从苹果公司辞职，因为金刚体系更有趣。她的增长是30%。她现在也成为DX的负责人，也是全球教师教育局的人，线下有超过五千多人参加她的课程。
Francisco 10年前到了全新的国家。当时什么都不懂，在十年之间，他就成了国际组织的负责人。他很喜欢现在的生活，因为能够改变人们的生活。
JASMINE YAO来自中国广州。她创立了一家公司 – 原钻掌心。涉及了上百万的人群。她们的线上的课程超过上万人参与。有13位全职员工，500多位义工。她也在主办瑜伽的课程活动。她们已经成功举办了6、7种课程，帮助人们学习。
很开心有这么多的好朋友一起来跟大家分享。
我们一起来教授第二个生活工具。它有一个很奇怪的名字。你应该很开心，因为我们正在教授大家全新的理念。这些理念会教大家把问题转换成美丽的机会。自然是全新的，美丽的名字。第二个生活工具 – 爱因斯坦的熵理论。
熵 – 事情最后都会瓦解崩塌。
2000年前，我们应该稍作思维，2000年就相当于一百代左右。也就意味着，一百代的人的父母都想传承这个理念给下一代。一代传一代之后会有变化。
这是格西老师小时候的电话。这是上一代的电话。大家尝试想象，经过一百代的时间，解决问题的技巧和方法是始于一百代以前，人们保留了一百代。如果要流传2000年，说明它奏效。是谁教授这套方法呢？
大家想想这样一个地方，是非常美的一片草地。在两千多年之后仍然留存这样的地方。我真的见过，在印度的北边 – 瓦拉纳希。如果你跟那边的人交谈的话，那边的人会说我们的城市有5000年的历史，我也相信这是对的。所以这片绿油油的草地，有一只鹿。在两千年前，有这个传统，有个老师叫 – 乔达摩。他跟朋友一起坐下来，他讲了一个很有名的演讲 – 四个真相。这个是非常强大，可以运用来解决问题的强大工具。人们已经使用2000多年了。如果一样东西2000年没有变，说明是奏效的。
王霞老师
这个技巧已经流传了上百代。
四个真相 – 在我们进入了解细节之前，我们先来了解它的名字。通常我们说的真相，真理，是一个陈述，一个事实。比如四五阶里面的“银库里的婴儿”陈述了，死因来自出生。说明了，任何开始的时候，都会带来结束。
这里我们说的四个真相不是这样的一个陈述。
我们说的是我们实际存在的四种现实。
第一个现实是：所有一切的事物，迟早会给我们带来麻烦。
或者说，我们拥有的任何东西，只要有开始，迟早会给我们带来麻烦。
比如我要学习这个高阶一阶的课程，我买了一个新的iPad。我很喜欢，可以一边学习，一边做笔记。
但是针对我们第一个真相，这个iPad迟早会有问题。
为了帮助大家更好的理解，我们来谈谈纽约的三座建筑物。
第一 个大楼– 安鼎钻石的大楼。我不得不说这个公司是一个运用种子智慧很好的公司。格西老师帮助这间公司成为全世界最大的珠宝公司。
第二个大楼 – 在安鼎钻石大楼不远处。就是世贸大厦。但是在2001年被烧毁，崩塌了。它就是我们现实生活中说的真相的一个呈现。这个大楼有什么问题呢？因为它有开始，有建成，因为它被建成，所以它一定会倒塌。根据第一个真相，它是被自己毁灭的，不是其他的因素。
根据我们说的第一个真相，它是自我毁灭的。不是因为其他因素导致，一旦它开始被建成，它就一定会倒塌。
第三栋大楼是帝国大厦。根据第一个真相，这个建筑物会怎样呢？
它肯定会倒塌。只是时间问题罢了。不是因为被其他的飞机之类的撞到。而是大楼会不可避免的，自然的会坍塌。就是因为它被建成了。
如果我们想要学习如何化解困境，成就非凡，那么了解这个真相就很重要。
所有的事物迟早会给我们带来麻烦。任何已经开始的东西，迟早会给我们带来问题。我买了iPad，所以它迟早都会出问题。不是因为我把它摔坏了，只是因为我当初买了它。有一个结论，可能大家不是很喜欢，我也一样。
我们说，我们拥有多少东西，最后就会有多少麻烦。
天啊～我们家太多东西了。你的意思是这些东西都会给我带来麻烦吗？我的公司，我的家庭，我的一切？是的，没错。只要有开始的每一样事物， 比方说在工作中，家庭，身心都会有问题的。我知道这是非常沮丧悲伤的消息，但，这就是我们在这里的原因啊！
Francisco老师
爱因斯坦等各位科学家的说法，所有的一切都跟物理学家说的“熵”有关。跟热力学有关。当把事物放在一起去制作某些事物的时候，比如把木板放在一起做桌子，桌子会倒。这张桌子最后会不可避免的倒。
你可以做一个实验，把乒乓球放在一个箱子里面，不停的摇晃，弹跳的乒乓球最终会停下。它不仅有停止弹跳的自然趋势。随着时间，它最终会瓦解，倒塌，化成粉末.
无论造成这个现象的原因是什么，宇宙中的行星现在都在运转。因为大爆炸在这之后仍然在太空分裂。这些运动的天体，最终会像乒乓球一样，不可避免的减速。最后它们也会像乒乓球一样，变成灰尘般的原子，在宇宙中散开。它们会有同等距离的散开，当它们不再移动一丁点的时候，宇宙就到达了热寂的状态。所有的物体最后达到了共同的温度，没有运动，没有热差异，最后就没有讯息。
为什么呢？因为讯息取决于运动和温度的变化。给予这个层面来看，没有运动，就没有生命的存在，因为生命本身也依赖同样的力量。这一切与解决问题有什么关系呢？
Jasmine Yao老师
墨菲定律 – 关于这个定律，我们可以在网上搜索到相关的资料。墨菲是工程师，在一项重要的实验中，有一个很认真的人，把事情都做错了。所以他说了这么一句话：如果做一些事情不只有一种方法，那么有一件事情最后会成为灾难，最后总是会有人这么做的。最后，这句话便沉：如果事情有变化的可能，不管怎样，最后这件事情总会变化（总是会出错）。
当我在做商业教育管理咨询的时候。那个时候我一听到墨菲定律的时候，我感觉这就是为我过去20多年的人生，找到一个验证的理论。那时候当我还小，在我手上的杯子总是会很容易脱落，摔坏了家里很多的杯子。即便我的妈妈每次不断提醒我要把杯子拿好，我真的也拿好了，但是杯子最后还是会摔在地上。每当我穿白色衣服吃东西的时候，我总是很小心的提醒自己要很小心，但是衣服每次总是沾上污渍。我越是小心开车，总是会有一些小麻烦。
我以前是做人力资源这一块的。在我的领域当中，有一句名言，如果你开始对你面试的人感到不适，请相信你的知觉，否则他们一定按照你的设想，最后把事情搞砸的。越是紧急的商业项目，你会遇到越多的麻烦，时间总是更长。你越是担心不要发生意外，总是会有人非常小心谨慎，但是最后事情还是做错。
那你有没有意识到，这事物发生的趋势和景象呢？这个问题不是忽然发生的。它不是发生在我们身上的事情，发生的问题是自然的方式。看起来自然就是这样。没有什么事物永远是正确的，事物总是会出错。每一个解决方法最后总会衍生问题。大家有没有感受更加抑郁和沮丧呢？
如果我们都知道，都认清了一切事物就像是第一个真相，关于麻烦的问题的真相。承认这样一个真相就给了我们更深层次思考的力量。我们能解决这个问题吗，格西老师。
格西老师
武术当中，教我们一个技巧，当有人打你的时候，不要去挡，不要去对抗，你要顺势用你的内力去化解它。
正如姚老师刚才所说的墨菲定律，问题总会来的。但是问题本身也是一股能量。或许我们能够运用这个能量去化解这个问题。
《精华摘要 – 生活工具二》
Sharon Fan老师：
生活工具一教会我们：解決問題就是獲得成功
只要能够以有效的方法解决问题，能够让我们更成功，更快乐。
生活工具二：我们要来以刺到大家痛点的方式来敲醒大家：
敲醒鐘——
DCI让我们知道一百代的传承方法。这个核心讯息 – 问题在我们的生活中无所不在，无可避免。如果我们可以把问题解决，化成杰作，我们的生活会更加精彩。
熵的理论 – 事物的本性，最后一定会被瓦解。
事物的生命曲线，比如我们买了一双鞋，放着没穿，拿出来之后，发现坏了。
任何事物都有其生命曲线 ，问题是必然的。
在学习之前，我们认知这个事实，我们会面对必然的结果，我们要珍惜当下，及时行乐。在学习之后我们：珍惜当下、及时行乐之外更进一步从源头化解问题，还要用它来创造杰作。
任何事物都会造成我们的麻烦和问题，不论是我们喜欢或是不喜欢的问题。比如财务问题（不喜欢的），或是美好的家庭关系（喜欢的），即便是我们很喜欢的人事物都会导致问题。
这四个现实跟我们的生活如此贴近。
第一个现实：所有事物最终都会带来问题。不见得是它本身有什么问题，只是因为它开始了。很多时候我们以为没问题的，只是因为问题还没开始。
既然问题不可避免，不如借力使力，因为问题也是一股能量。
第二个现实：所有问题都是有原因的，而且这些原因还分作三种。
第三个现实：问题是可以被解決的
第四个现实：我们有方法
事物终究会带来问题。每一个问题都会有原因。都有背后的促因。因为有促成因，所以它是可以解决的。
这区分了科学和DCI的处理方式：
DCI教导我们两步：
第一步，找到原因。源头去解决问题。（有效的解决问题）
第二步，不仅仅是解决问题，还要从这个问题中创造杰作。这为什么可能？如果我们的人生一帆风顺，我们不会有对比，不知道自己有没有突破空间。
不要小看问题，试着记录下来。可能现在无可避免，因为这些种子是我们过去种下的。如果我们可以理解如何扭转问题，我们不仅仅可以解决问题，还可以翻转我们的人生。所以我们要很清晰的思考自己现在面对的问题。
问题真的无所不在，也是不可避免的哦！
生活工具三:
《水槽下的管道，三层根源》
我们不能用同样的思维来看待事物。
在过去我们以为能够用旧有的思维找出方法解决问题，我们是要跳出思维才能解决问题。
想象一下， 我们准备上班，当走到厨房时，竟让踩到水，袜子都湿了。并没有想水是从哪里来的。没有多加思考水是从哪里来的，就简单的清理。
当我们回家时，水潭又出现了。我们不知道是从哪里来。
从迷雾当中的火车。
第一种思维，任由问题出现，不加以思考。
第二种思维， 出于懒惰，问题一直出现，我们没有直面问题。假装问题不存在。
第三问题， 全然的不合理， 我们对于问题已经在疯狂的状态了。已经习惯了，它会变成我们生活中的一部分。
我们会花更多的时间去解决。
全球金刚通过转换我们的思维来解决我们的问题
Nick 教授举例了一个例子，他后花园的水管漏水，但因为懒惰为他的花浇水，最后，花儿枯死了。就因为他没有直对问题，而让问题产生另外一个问题。反而花的时间更多去解决问题。。
如果你理解我说的是什么，就会看到人性想要逃避问题的情况，这是非常不理智的。我们会说服自己不去处理问题会省下时间，但实际会花更多时间。这也占用了我们意识的空间，就让能量消耗了。我们能够做些什么呢？
通过转换思维来解决问题。
针对这个状态，看看三主要道。这里所说的道，不是说道路，这里的概念更像是想法。这些真相并不意味着真实的陈述，而是现实本身。问题的真相，所有的事物都会崩解的。而它意味着一个事实，水管坏掉确实为我带来了问题。
第一个主要的道，出离心。它的经典意义上来说，放弃享受，才能拥有幸福。出离心旧有的问题假装不存在。在我们的例子中，漏水的水管，理解问题的存在，并决定做些什么来处理它。
我今天就获得了出离心。6个月后我总算受够了，总算去解决了。当你产生出离心，情绪意识就产生了。问题真的存在，去思考该怎么解决。这就带我们去到四个真相的第二个，源头的真相。对我来说，不再去前院打开水阀，而去真正找到问题的根源在哪里。我找到了问题的原因，是因为水管内残留的水结冻了，而导致的裂痕，导致漏水。我就着手去处理。
这能够解决我的问题吗？或许吧！其实我看到它又开始漏水了，看起来这个问题还没有解决。问题的背后还有更多的根源。
我们来谈谈，问题背后的源头。第一个问题背后的源头，显而易见的源头，X1。就是我们常规上会想到的，看到地上有水就趴下去看看水管是否有漏水。在我的例子中，我发现水管漏水，我去修好，问题解决。在这上面花费的时间比要重新种所有枯萎植物所要花费的时间要少。为什么我修了还是会漏水呢？为什么水管会坏呢？我的邻居的水管不会坏，却只有我的坏掉呢？为什么在我修理好后还是会漏水呢？
我们就会联想到，这个问题一定跟我本身有关。如果说我在我的家里有这么多问题花费我很多时间去处理，作为一个全球金刚商学院的学习者，我知道这个问题一定是来自于我。那我应该怎么做去处理这个问题呢？我们就必须透过去帮助他人来种下种子。在10年前左右我帮朋友建造房子。我种下了好种子，但种子用完了，所有水管漏水了
现在我们来看到两个会漏水的管线，其中一个是存在的，
因为他买了一个水管，买回来的质量不好
第二个水管，会漏水的水管是来自我过去没有种下好种子
第三个源头 ，更深的思维，并没有不来自于我的水管。这就是才7阶说到的，去思考没有任何事物是不来自我的。这种思维方式可以很快速解决问题。
真正的源头，过去没有帮助他人。
而真正真实的，思维没有一个水管是不来自我们的种子。
3个重要的部分
1.我们对问题来自哪里模糊的思考
我们根本没有时间去思考问题来自哪里
2.我们面对问题的感受，我们是如何处理问题
我们遇到问题时不同类型的否认。
-不去面对问题来自哪里
-不去面对问题，问题还是会出现，我们还是很懒去处理。
不去理清来自哪里
-假装看不见，不去寻找问题后面真正的来源
-不去处理问题，会产生什么样的问题呢？
-转换我们的意识来面对不同问题-就受够了感觉，是时候解决了。
解决问题的3个来源，
1.表面的来源-就换了漏水的水管，不一定真正的解决问题
2.第二层的来源-真正的来源，种子不足了，缺乏了，所以漏水了。
3.第三层的来源-真正真实的来源，不理解空性。
它是一种思维，没有一个不来自于我的水管。
《精华摘要 – 生活工具三》
工具#3的内容有三大部份
首先我们对问题究竟来自哪里的模糊思考
接下耒有探讨遇到问题时我们感受,我们如何处理
最后谈到解决问题的三个来源
首先我们对问题究竟来自哪里的模糊思考—-就像一列火车穿过大雾到达车站,从大雾中驶出来的列车的意思它是说列车就如同问题,迷雾的意思,我们看不到或者完全不知问题它从哪里来的—-即然地上有一滩水,哪就把它清理掉,然后就去上班吧,没时间去想它从哪里来.
接下耒有探讨遇到问题时我们感受,我们如何处理
我们遇到问题时哪些不同类型的否认,以及不立即处理问题所衍生出耒的额外问题.我们的突破“这问题己持续够久了!是时候该解决了!“
1.不去面对问题来自哪里
@懒得理清问题从何而来(有一个图片)只是去抹干地上的水没时间去想,认为大概昨晚上洗碗时从水池里洒出来的水吧
2.懒得理清问题从何而来-如果积水来源比昨晚上洗碗时不小心留下的更严重,它会再次出现—-但你的态度还是懒得去想这滩积水哪里来
3.或者假装看不见-有一个图片女孩子盖着眼睛
你某种懒惰占上风让你一次又一次清理积水而不去寻找问题真正来源
这些都是我们会面对问题的几种行为习惯
4.不去处理问题又会产生什么样的问题
Nick教授有举一个他个人例子,他后园的水管漏水,他不去面对,结果因为没有水他开始懒惰为他后园花草浇水,结果导致花草都死去,他又要去买新的花草种在后园,其实发了他更多时间来处里这些引发出耒的问题.
5.转换我们的意识来面对不同问题
在这里有讲到一个突破对问题产生一个受够了的感觉“这问题巳经持续够久了!是时候该解决了!
最后会谈到解决问题的三个来源
在这个工具有谈到”来源的真相”这个问题背后的某个地方有个原因.接着有讲到所有问题的三种的来源:表面的来源(我们称之为“第一层根源”)
在Nick 教授的讲课内容他有讲到他有没有去商店里买新水管来换好这个坏掉的水管呢?有,换了之后还有漏水吗?有哦
真正的来源(第二层根源,或意识的种子)
他有说过他之前有为朋友盖房子,有种下种子但在他买下他新房子,这些种子就用完了,所以他没有了这些帮助别人的种子他看到他的水管漏水,他有讲到他邻居为什么没漏水,他邻居有这样好种子
:以及真正真实的来源(第三层根源,或者是不理解空性:事实上,那个我们以为有问题的事物其实从来就不存在).
厨房里的两个水管,这里有没有一个从商店买回耒的质量不好的水管呢—-没有就如同这里没有一个不耒自我的老公
这里也没有一个不耒自我的水管.
第二层根源是种子,
第三层根源是空性
它是一种思维—-没有一个不来自我的水管,就如同厨房里没有不耒自我的老公
AL01 Teacher Summary
Advanced Level 1 Problem-Solving Pieces
LifeTool #1 – Technique, Attitude, Masterpiece by GMR
We spent 12 years to teach 12 levels of DCI foundation level. Then everybody is looking at him and ask what is next. He said is a secret.
GMR has a secret weapon – mixed nut – this is a translation team. It is very similar to the translation team from Tang dynasty almost 1000 years ago. It is very exciting. There are 10 extremely important talented people, they are learning to translate the ancient books just like xuan chang team. They have worked in the past 5 years. Suddenly some translation works are done. Because they are taught in 5 years, we could not see the structure of the whole book as we teach like 2 weeks and break for 3 months, and start again for another 2 weeks. 2 books completed – golden key – this is about mind only school which is very popular during Tang Dynasty. Second book is emptiness meditation – is about 38 deep deep argument about emptiness., 23 are correct arguments and 15 are lousy. The author said you should study the wrong one as well so you know why they are wrong argument. Suddenly I see how I can use this whole book to solve all my problems in my life.
Here is the logic.
50% + 50% = 100%.
This is your life and my life. 50% we feel happy and good in one day. 50% we maybe feel not so terrible but not so great –1 big problem, 3 medium and 15 small problems, We have mixture of big and small problem.
When you reach home and your wife asked you how is your day = you say 50% is pretty good(happy), the other 50% is mixed of many small problems, few medium and one or two big problem. How do you feel about the problems? I feel tired – it seems like same problem repeats year after year – same problem only with different actors. Sometimes is painful and upset me, but mostly is like low level headache.
Suppose you can take this 50% and turn the problem into crazy success. Suppose someone teach you some secret methods – only can use for problem. In ancient book this is like a liquid that can change steel into gold. This method only works with problem and it turns problem is crazy success. Suppose if you learned this method very well , how you feel if a new problem comes to you. You will get so excited with the new problem – I have a chance to use this method – turn the problem into wow success, better than 50% of no problem. You will feel excited about this.
If it is true we have system like that, DCI ad level 1 – you have 50% normal happy and 50% super happy, you have 100% happy. Say it in different way, if you enjoy when there is no problem, but you also enjoy when you have problem, then you are happy the whole day. This is DCI adv level 1.
If you can enjoy the time when you have no problem and the time you have problem, then you will be happy the whole day.
Name for Ad Level 1
1) Radical problem solving
2) Turning problem into opportunities – sounds pretty good.
You told your wife to buy vanilla ice-cream but she came home with lemon ice-cream. You wife said they both look yellow but you don’t like it. Then your wife ask you to try it and may be you like. I get irritated when my wife said it to me. I have tried it and wife said not so bad. I mean it is not so bad but I don’t like it. have to say it is not so bad, what I mean is it is not so nice but is better than no ice-cream. This is like I teach you to eat lemon ice-cream. I don’t want not so bad ice-cream. So we cancel this name. It doesn’t feel right.
A lady painting – she has deep concentration and she looks really happy inside. She is making a painting and feels the joy of making the beautiful painting. She is painting a masterpiece and she knows this is the best masterpiece she ever made– she has this feeling even the painting is not yet finished. I already know this is the best painting I ever make. This is DCI advance 1 teaching us to do.
We are not teaching you to live with your problem, or eat lemon ice-cream and say it is not so bad. We teach you how to grab the problem and turn into a masterpiece. Just imagine, every time you have a problem you turn it into a masterpiece. You will start looking for problem because you want to turn it into masterpiece. This is the most wonderful thing in human life. Your feeling about you whole life will change– 50 + 50 = 100%. 50% of you life is already nice, you learn how to turn the 50% problem in your life into master piece. Now half your life is happy and the other half is a masterpiece. This is a pretty good life. It is strange if you go through a whole day without any problem. No human has this type of experience before. From wake up until go to sleep, everything is a master piece. Try to feel about it. Every thing is a masterpiece. Every day is the best day of your life.
First life tool – technique, attitude, masterpiece
- Technique – how to solve problem and turn into masterpiece
- Attitude – how you feel when you meet a problem. We do not like the problem. Like someone put popo into the ice-cream bowl. You just want to put it down and go away when you see it. That is how we feel about problem. Why – problems are trouble. We don’t like even to look at the problem.
One 80 old lady in NY – someone try to steal her purse. She was knocked down when she try to save her bag. She was dragged over the street – hundred of people look at it but people try to avoid looking at it. This is how we deal with problem. We want to avoid looking at the problem – because we don’t have technique to fix the problem.
The first problem of a problem is we don’t know how to fix it. What is the sign? When we try to fix it, it does not change, or after you fixed it, it comes back, or after you fix it, more problems come out. If you think more deeply, some problem that you have fixed comes back – maybe in different way. You fixed one business problem and have another problem come, you fixed a problem with someone but you have a new problem with another problem. You can say you fix problem in you life but new problems come back .As you get older, you start to doubt if you ever fix any problem.
Ostrich – hide their head when they meet with danger – children do it. Like when kids take cookies from fridge and if mom walked into the kitchen, they will hide their face with their hand – if I cannot see you, you cannot see me. Ostrich thinks that if they hide their face and cannot see their enemy, their enemy also cannot eat them. Usually we don’t want to look at problem.
A joke in America – The time taken to fix the problem is shorter than the time you are trying to avoid it, like GMR hoping his car problem will go away by itself. But problem seldom go away by itself.
I have an irritated neighbour, he is a famous ,autonomous, he will fix his problem as soon as he gets one like fixing the car problem. I am very skillful in delay to fix a problem.
I feel like resentment when I see a problem – I feel like I hate the problem. Even it will take less time to fix the problem than hate the problem, but I still choose to hate the problem. If someone suggest a new method to solve problem, we will refuse it like I am busy. I don’t even want to listen to it.
The secret – when you have a problem, it is a sign that in your life, you are good at it. Like GMR is good at writing DCI manual, but he hates to check his financial statement etc. He hired someone to do this. Every year, he gets better at things he is good at, and he keep ignores the things he does not like, so he has more and more problem with finance management.
When you are have a problem, means this is a sign that this is the thing that you are not good at, You should try to learn the things you are not good at.. Iif I fixed the accounting thing, then I will be good at accounting. If I fix it, then I will be good at everything in life.
3 things. You will learn the new technique how to fix the problem – it gets deeper and deeper. We will learn to use emptiness to fix the problem. This is very deep question.
Emptiness does not mean nothing – it means the power to look deeply at a problem.
What is the difference between DCI foundation level and advance level ?
Adv level – 12 levels – 38 ways of to see emptiness. You life will be divided into 2 parts -Before you learn adv level 1,you used to struggle to solve problem and sometime I can fix the problem, but it not taste good. After l learned the 38 kinds of emptiness, then the problem became fun. Because I know the ending of this problem is going to become a masterpiece. When you have a Problem – it is a sign that it is something you are not good at. It is a 50/50.
If you have a relationship problem – this is number 1 problem in the world, problem with your wife/ husband is number 1 problem in the world. I do not have relationship problem.
But if I write a manual on solving problem, then I have to include relationship problem. Try to imagine a life without relationship problem.
I do not mean you become a good problem solver. You have a problem, you are unhappy and you fix the problem.
I am also not talking about avoiding problem. I want you to feel when you study this level, when a problem comes to you, you will use your new understanding of emptiness and paint a masterpiece – try to imagine that you have the power to turn every problem into something very beautiful/ extremely successful. When problem comes to you, you will feel yeah. The result of the problem is a masterpiece. The painting itself is fun.
At the beginning of this 12 level of DCI advance level, try to imagine whole new relationship with problem. In the past – you used to avoid problem, them later you face the problem (but not happy) and you fixed the problem – you feel relax after the car is fixed as you have been trying to avoid fixing it. This is old way.
New way – you get into your car, you car made a strange noise, then you get excited with the problem. You can get a masterpiece, I am so lucky because I have a problem. Every time you have a new problem, you make a new masterpiece.
This DC level is like a delicious cookie. To learn how to have fun with your problem and turn into a masterpiece. Just try it. When you learn this level is like eating a cookie.
All the problems are like cookies – you will love the problems. Try this new cookie. Your whole day is going to be fun.
LifeTool #1 Summary of Essence by T.Sunny
Techniques, attitude, masterpiece.
Every day we lived in a 50% of happiness and 50% of worries and problems because every day problems will exist- big or small and we started feeling tired over them. This sums up our 100%.
There are some problems that will keep repeating every year – like different actors in the same show.
When we master this level, we will achieve extraordinary success as we are able to apply the lifetools in the problems. When there are no problems we enjoy, when there are problems we will also fully enjoy! In addition, we will also search for problems instead of avoiding them as we are able to turn them into a masterpiece.
We not only want to solve the problems, but turn them into masterpieces, into success.
These 12 lifetools wrapped around 3 main points
- Techniques – how do we solve the problems
- Attitude – how do we feel when we face the problems
- Masterpieces – let the problems become a masterpiece, i.e., turn it to extraordinary success
When we try to solve the problem, and unable to solve.
Or when we solved the problem, and it kept coming back – it meant that the root of the problem hasn’t been solved.
Or when we solved the problem, it led to another problem.
Hence we would learn the techniques to solve the problems.
When we solve the problem, what’s our attitude like?
Many times we do not face the problem with excitement or happiness as we do not like nor enjoy problems.
Sometimes we pray that problems do not come.
There are times when we avoid or pretend the problems don’t exist – ostrich
There are times when we know there’s problem, but delayed in solving them.
When we delay in solving the problems, we will waste more time and resources, resulting in more problems thereafter.
There are some people who would bite the bullet and solve the problem immediately, however with anger and complaints, it would bring a new problem. This hinders us from fnding new methods to solve the problems.
There are some people who will solve the problems cool-headedly. How do they solve the problem? Repeatedly using the same method. This is the old method hence not learning the new method to solve the problems.
These are the different attitudes that exist when solving problems.
We use a different method or different viewpoints.
We do possess strength – for example, able to lead team to achieve revenue at work.
Weakness – for example, may not be able to lead at home..
Hence the problems exist at home instead of work, as he may excel at what he do at work. This results in unhappiness.
This is a sign, a warning to indicate that you are not strong in this area. This is a good sign as it highlights where should we improve towards a better life.
In summary, we have to admit and recognize that if we want to create a masterpiece, problems will be the stepping stones for the creation of masterpieces.
LifeTool #2 – Einstein’s Entropy: The Truth of Trouble
GMR:
Lifetool 2 comes from Einstein – brilliant way to solve your problems.
When the lifetool gives you a brilliant strange name, be happy – it is a new idea.
Takes all your problems and turn them into beautiful successes.
Entropy means things will fall apart.
This new problem solving technique, it actually started 2000 years ago.
This is something that you should think about.
2000 years is like a hundred generation. A hundred generation of fathers and mothers teach this to children. Usually from one generation to the next generation, things change a lot.
(Picture of telephone) – This is the telephone of the last generation, a generation before, the phone GMR has as a kid. It is just one generation, looked how much phones have changed.
The technique for solving problem – started a hundred generation ago. It was precious for 2000 years as it works. Who taught this problem-solving technique? Who was it 2000 years ago?
Imagine a place. It is a beautiful green meadow. It still exists now after 2000 years. GMR went there and saw it. It is in the north part of India, there’s a city called Varanasi. Varanasi is the new name. Old name is Kashi. This city is 5000 years old. This is surrounded by a Deer Park
There’s a tradition 2000 years ago, a teacher name Gautama. He sat down with some of his friends, gave them a famous talk. The name of the talk is the 4 truths – it is very powerful tool to use to solve your problems. If something doesn’t change in 2000 years, it means it’s pretty good.
Wang Xia (Shanghai, China):
The 4 Truths – passed on for 100 generations.
Truth can be defined as true statement or a fact.
Eg in DCI Level 5 – we learnt Baby in a Vault.
Presents a truth / fact that the birth of a thing kills it. What kills the baby was the simple fact that she was borned. It is a fact that any starting will bring trouble.
We will talk about 4 things / realities that exist.
1st reality: all things ,sooner or later, will cause you trouble. Sooner or later, we will have problems with anything that has a start.
Example: in order to learn advanced level one, T.Wang Xia bought a new ipad which she likes it very much as she can write notes while reading BUT sooner or later she will encounter problems with this ipad.
Example: 4 iconic buildings of New York.
1st building: Andin building
2nd building: World Trade Centre – burnt to the ground in 2001. Presentation of the first truth. Whats the problem with this building? There is no better reason as it has started. It was built. The building was built, therefore it must fall. According to first truth, it was destroyed by self, not others.
Recall 1st truth: it was destroyed by itself, not others. It was built, therefore it must fall.
3rd building: Empire State Building. According to first truth, it will fall to the ground, just a matter of time. It will inevitably push itself down. It is simple – because it was built. If we want to learn problem solving, we need to understand this.
Repeat the 1st truth: All things, sooner or later will cause us trouble. Sooner or later we will have problems with anything that has a start.
With regard to the ipad by T.Wang Xia, sooner or later she will encounter problem with this ipad. Not because she would drop it or it would be stolen, it is just because she bought it.
Conclusion (something that you may not like): How many things do you have, that would indicate how many problems you have.
We will have problems at work, at home, with health. It is inevitable.
Fransisco:
Today I am to talk about entropy. The most famous book in the Africa –entire things fall apart. This is the ending of all things – according to some speaker 2500 years ago or scientist like Albert Einstein. All these link to an idea call entropy. Entropy is a phenomenon in thermodynamic. It is a study of movement and heat in a close system. It will solve all the problems. When things are put together to make something, like putting some woods to make a table, the table will later fall apart. The order of making the table will fall apart.
You can make a test – put 5 to 10 ping pong balls in a box and shake it, put the box down, after some time, the ping pong balls will settle down and stop bouncing. The ping pong ball not only have the nature to stop bouncing, over time even the side of ping pong balls will fall apart, even the box will disappear and turn into dust.
Physicists take this one step further – star and planet in the universe are all moving, still flying down around the universe because of the big bang, as the energy of explosion created are fading, the movement of the planets just like ping pong balls will start to decrease. Over time they will stop completely and turn into dust. Finally become small atoms and the small atoms in the close box of the universe will spread apart, following the gravity they will spread in same distance. When all the atoms stop movement, the universe has reach thermically death.
When there is no movement, there is no heat, there is no temperature difference, there is no information because information depends on movement and change of temperature. Without information, there is no life, because life depends on same force.
How does this relate to solving problem?
Jasmine Yao (Guangzhou, China):
Things are not only natural, but will continue to move in this order towards death.
I will share with you a more depressing and frustrating law – Murphy’s Law.
You can find more specific content on the internet on Murphy’s Law. Briefly speaking, Mr Murphy is an engineer of the US Airforce. In a very important experiment, he found out that one colleague was carefully, seriously doing something wrong, so he said this sentence (this is the original text), “if there are two or more ways to do something, one of those ways can result in a claustrophobe like a disaster, and someone will do it.” It then simplifies into this, “Anything can go wrong, will go wrong.”
For example, when I was very child, the cup in my hand would easily fall off and broke. I broke a lot of cups at home. When her mother kept reminding her to hold it and not drop anymore cups again. Despite her holding it carefully, it would fall onto the ground again. When I wore white clothes, she would remind myself to eat carefully, however it would always get stains. When she was driving, she would choose the fastest moving lane, however she would end up in the slowest lane.
This law also applies in the enterprise management. Her career is human resource management, and there’s a famous saying in her trade – if you felt uncomfortable with someone you interviewed, trust your 6thsense, otherwise they would screw things out as you expected.
The more urgent is a project, there would be more troubles faced, and time would pass by slower. The more you worried about not having accidents, someone will seriously, carefully do something wrong to cause accident.
Do you recognize and admit that the tendencies of all things – problems are not something that happened to us, problems are the natural way that things happened to us. It seems like in nature, nothing is ever right. Therefore if everything is going right, something is wrong. Every solution brings new problems.
You would feel more frustrated, more depressing. If all these are recognized , it reiterates the 1st truth of troubles. To admit to this truth, it gives us power. Can we solve these problems?
GMR:
When you hold the cup in your hand, the atoms are talking to each other.
They would like to jump out of the cup. All the points want to break.
When in college, GMR was in the rowing team. The team was in Olympics but he didn’t go with them, and when he quitted, the team won in the Olympics.
The coach suggested he did some other exercises. The coach said, “if you are working so hard in the team, if you stop suddenly, you would die.” The atoms in the heart would like to jump out.
Therefore GMR learnt martial arts for one year. When GMR and competitor’s foot hit each other, GMR’s foot broke. It ended his wushu career. Why is he sharing this?
When someone tries to hit you in Wushu, don’t try to block it, use the energy. When the other guy tried to hit you, use the energy to push him, don’t fight the energy. Like what Francisco shared, all the atoms would want to jump out of the cup. Like what T.Wang Xia shared, all buildings will fall down, as if the buildings are talking ot each other. Therefore we need to learn to use the energy.
Like what T.Jasmine had shared, problems will come. Problems also have energy. Grab the energy and changed it.
2nd of four truths: Problems have energy. Grab the energy and change it.
LifeTool #2 Summary of Essence by T.Sharon Fan
Understanding Lifetool 1,
Solving the problem is already a success. As long as we solve a problem, we will enjoy small victory and happiness.
Lifetool 2 allows us to understand the cold harsh truth that pierce through our hearts.
DCI allows us to learn from 100 generations – problems always exist and are unavoidable.
Problem is always there, not only do we have to face them, but also how can we solve the problem.
Simplifying Einstein’s Entropy, everything will break down / disintegrate.
Everything had been created must collapse or dead. Example your favor shoe seldom wears after time still broken.
Before learning, we need to know this fact – we have to live in the present. After learning, we know that regardless of our likings, it will bring us problems.
1st truth: everything from a beginning will give us problem, no matter job/tasks we love still give us problem & challenges.
2nd truth: Every problem will have a reason. Therefore it can be solved.
DCI has taught us these 2 steps:
Step 1: find the reason and source to solve the problem
Step 2: Not only do we solve the problem, in fact it is to create a masterpiece.
Should our life is smooth sailing, there would be no comparison, and we wont be able to identify our own personal breakthrough.
Do not ignore your problems, remember to pen it down.
We may not be able to avoid these problems, as these are seeds frm the past. If we are able to understand how to tackle this problem, not only can we solve the problems, we can also write our future, therefore we have to consciously think through our problems.
LifeTool #3 – The pipe under the sink
We have to get out of the maze to solve the problem. This is how I felt when I heard about the seeds – felt like I have gone thru underground tunnels to solve problems, and now I raised to a whole new level. Solving problems with infinite ideas.
Overview of the lifetool
– Covering the states of mind that we used to not solve our problems.
When problems arise in our world, how our minds trick us in not facing them.
– talk about the problems when we don’t deal with problems.
– we will talk about the ancient wisdoms from DCI to change our mind.
– 3 different kind of sources
A train arriving out of the fog – we don’t have time to think where the water came from, hence we made assumption where the water came from. We were busy. We didn’t consider any cause. This is the first way we let problems exist in our lives without much consideration.
Then the water came back. After work you came back, and there was the puddle again.
Now you can confirm the first state of mind that stopped you from contemplating the problem. This is being lazy of where the problem came from – never ponder deeply where the puddle of water came from previously and now.
The puddles keep happening – you know there’s a problem, but instead of being honest that you have to deal with it, you would rather keep cleaning it up off the floor.
2nd state of mind: cover the eyes, pretending the problem isn’t there.
The truth – we are too busy and too unwilling to deal with it.
This seems stupid but this is always being done.
This doesn’t make sense. The effort and energy that we put into to pretend that the problem doesn’t exist, is more than when we solve the problem.
Complete irrational thinking – your denial of the problem becomes total craziness. You just get used to the puddle of water – take it as part of the floor and you walk thru them. Get a special pair of slippers and you let them get wet most of the time. It becomes part of the regular life that we accept.
(Picture of Prof Nick’s backyard) – he built this pipe, and he didn’t shut off during winter, therefore there’s frozen crack which results in leakage every day. It cost him $100 for the water which keeps leaking. He had a valve which he could turn off, prevent leak, and no more water in the backyard. Hence he had to turn on the switch every time when he watered the plant. He was lazy to do that, and the plants were dying. The hose was broken, didn’t fix it. Turn off the valve, no leakage but no more water. Lazy to turn on the valve, hence did not water the plants which result the plants to die.
These are the problems that come with the problem that wasn’t dealt. Now it’s going take more time to fix it. Now have to replace the plants, fixed the watering system because valve had dried out. It caused more problems. Every time I had to turn on the valve in front, and to the backyard to water the plants – took more time. If right frm the start, he had replaced the pipes in the backyard, it would have solved all problems. In some stupid rational way, he thought he was saving time to not face the problem because he was busy, it resulted in more time loss, and more problems – buying new plants, and everything that came alongside.
The mind irrationally wants to ignore problems. We convince ourselves that somehow we have more time if we don’t deal with it, therefore losing more time when we don’t deal with it. This part of mind which can be used for creativity and growth however it was used to worry about the problem. It is the opposite of feng shui – letting the energy leaks away. What can we do about this?
We bring in ancient wisdom to change our mind, and fix our problems.
For this particular thing – we go the the three principals paths (do not refer to the path that we walk on.) This concept of path is like an idea. Just like in previous lifetools we talk about the truths – the truths are not like telling the truths, more like realities. The broken valves and dead plants are the truth of troubles.
First principal paths (what we focus on here)
We named this as renunciation.
Giving up short term happiness so that we can pursue real happiness. Giving up the old state of mind, and saying to ourselves that this had gone on long enough. We are so sick of the problem that we are doing something about it. This is the principal path, the main path so that we can solve our problems.
When we reached these point with our problems, we finally acknowledge the problem, and willing to do something about it. We reached the first path – renunciation.
At this stage, there is a problem it must have come from somewhere, we have to resolve the problem.
This brings us to the 2nd of 4th truth – the truth of the source. Means there is a reason for the problem. This is why he stopped going to the front yard to turn off the water, and try to find why the hose is leaking. That’s when he found out that the water stayed in the valve, that caused the hose to crack. He took the parts apart and installed a silver part to prevent the water from freezing in the hose. Is this going to solve the problem? Maybe.
When he left to come and teach, there was still water dripping – the problem has not been solved. There are more sources to the problem.
Let’s talk about the different sources to the problem.
1st source: Apparent source
The pipe is leaking
When we find the source, we can fix it.
Prof Nick’s example, found the source, replaced it, and solved it. Much less time than replacing the dead plants.
Why still has drip when he fixed it? Why did the pipe break? He had neighbours who lived at the same place as him, however their houses were perfect, and always working, why did his break? Why was it so difficult for him even after repairing everything and there’s still leakage?
3rd source: the real real source
There is nothing in the universe that doesn’t come from our seeds.
The pipe that is stressing him out is the one that doesn’t come from his seed.
Two leaking pipes – one of them is there, the other isn’t there.
The pipe that leaks – cos she bought the wrong pipe, this doesn’t exist. There wasn’t a pipe that leaks because of cheaper material. How do you get stress out about it? But we do. There is a pipe there which is the real source. It is the pipe that comes frm your seed. You know where it comes frm and fix it.
Difference between 2nd and 3rd source.
2nd source – the leaking pipe comes from not planting the right seeds or from bad seeds of the past. This is true, and correct.
3rd source – the real real source is like thinking about the absence of problem that did not come from your seeds. Refer to the diamond world in Level 7. Thinking about it this way, helps us to train our minds that everything in our world is like that – there is no thing in the world that did not come from the seed that you planted in the past. Train your mind to touch the diamond world. Because if we can touch the diamond world, we can tap into the source that solves all our problems. This is like the rocket ship to solve our problems.
The real source = the leaking pipe come from the past seeds or not helping others seeds.
The real real source = think about it that remembering that there is no leaking pipe that did not come from seeds.
Lazy state of mind and our tendencies to ignore problems. Seems like it is human nature to put problems off and not deal with them for a while. As we talked about the different states of mind we go thru, it is to continue ignoring the problem. We had laziness about it, and not acknowledge that there’s deeper problems. Realised that there are problems on some levels, and we ignored it and went on with our lives. We get completely irrational when we let the problems become part of our lives.
We used the ancient wisdom on Renunciation – we had enough, this is enough. We are then motivated to solve the problems by identifying the sources.
We talked about the problem that create more problems that come from the problem. (e.g. Prof Nick’s irrigation in his backyard).
A small part of the mind kept draining off energy at the back of the mind. At a certain point, we said it’s enough. We find the source, and deal with it.
Using any of the 3 sources is great, better than laziness.
It is great to find the apparent source to fix it. Planting a good seed to handle the problem in your life.
More powerful to know that the problem is from our seeds.
Even more powerful to think that there is no problems that not come from our seeds.
LifeTool #3 Summary of Essence by T.Jenny
5 reactions that we faced problems:
1) Don’t find and deal with the deeper cause of the problem
2) If you don’t deal with the problem, you procrastinate and ignore the problem
3) Pretending cannot see the problem. This is a kind of laziness.
4) The problem leads to bigger problems, that you waste even more resources to solve your problem
5) 3 causes of solving problems
- L1 Surface Cause – the problem we see on the first impression b. L2 True Cause – May due to the past seeds planted.
- L3 Deeper Truth Cause – Lack of understanding in emptiness and understand that the problem coming from me.
