I have heard that in ancient times, people lived to be a hundred years old during the Spring and Autumn period, but their movements did not decline. Nowadays, people who are half a hundred years old but their movements decline, but the times are different. Do people lose their true selves? "Qi Bo said to me:" In ancient times, those who knew the law and yin and yang were in harmony with the number of techniques, had a proper diet, lived a regular life, and did not engage in excessive labor. Therefore, they were able to form a body that was in harmony with the gods, and lived to the end of their heavenly years. They lived to be a hundred years old before passing away. This is not the case for people today. They use wine as a paste, act recklessly, get drunk to enter the room, and want to exhaust their essence to dissipate their true selves. They do not know how to hold it full, but occasionally resist the gods, Without discipline, half a hundred will decline. "-" Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon, Su Wen, Ancient Innocence Theory No. 1 "
People nowadays are different. That is to say, people nowadays treat alcohol as a beverage and use it as a pulp. What was alcohol used for in ancient times? It is used to circulate blood vessels, and at the same time, after drinking it, it can make people feel happy and energized. Such a thing.
So there is ethanol in alcohol, what harm does drinking too much ethanol cause? It causes damage to our liver, liver, and digestive system. So drinking too much alcohol can damage the liver and intestines. If the liver and intestines are damaged for a long time, the liver will become fatty liver or even cirrhosis. If the stomach is damaged for a long time, it will turn into a stomach ulcer. So, excessive drinking can harm the body. What he is saying is that people nowadays do not understand health and treat alcohol as a beverage. We see that many people's current illnesses are caused by excessive drinking. In addition to cirrhosis and liver cancer, drinking alcohol can also easily lead to stomach diseases such as gastric ulcers and stomach cancer. Some people may also experience stroke, hypertension, and even gout due to drinking alcohol, all of which are caused by drinking alcohol.
What does' acting recklessly 'mean? It means living without restraint and treating it as a routine in life. 'Madness' means to live without restraint, treating a life without restraint as a normal life. So we all know that normal living should be "working at sunrise and resting at sunset", with sufficient sleep and appropriate exercise every day. So the meaning of 'acting recklessly' perfectly reflects that modern people sleep very late every night, play on their phones, browse their social media until one or two o'clock, and struggle to get up when they go to work early the next day, feeling weak and powerless all over. So, after finally starting work and feeling lethargic, lacking enthusiasm and motivation for work, and feeling tired after a whole day of work, rushing to finish dinner after work, starting nightlife, and staying up late again, that's what 'acting recklessly' means. So what would happen if this happened? Treating this kind of uncontrolled lifestyle as a common occurrence is very harmful to one's health. At the same time, 'getting drunk to enter the room' and indulging in sexual activity while drunk is harmful to the kidneys. I used to specifically talk about the "ways of injuring and nourishing essence for recovery". So when it comes to kidney damage, especially after drinking alcohol, the blood circulation in the whole body opens up, and during sexual intercourse, it is easy to consume kidney essence. Once kidney essence is consumed, this person is prone to premature aging, hair loss, loose teeth, white hair, loose teeth, lower back pain, decreased memory, cold hands and feet, sore waist and knees, fatigue, and lack of energy. These are some typical manifestations of kidney deficiency.
So the damage to the brain is the decline in memory, the lack of inner fighting spirit and upward energy in the body, which makes people very negative and depressed every day, all of which are manifestations of kidney deficiency. So when I described it like this just now, everyone will have a feeling of what kind of person it is? It's only the elderly who do this, especially after damaging their kidneys, they may also experience tinnitus, deafness, blurred vision, and so on. This series of problems are actually caused by kidney damage, which is known as kidney deficiency in traditional Chinese medicine. So what is hidden in the kidneys? The kidney contains essence, and if a person is deficient in essence, it is the same concept as kidney deficiency. So, the phrase 'getting drunk to enter the room, exhausting one's essence with desire' refers to exhaustion, which damages one's essence and qi due to sexual desire, leading to the dissipation of true yang energy.
So such people don't know how to maintain energy and don't know how to keep it full. The word 'chi man' appears in the Tao Te Ching. What does' chi man 'mean? It's like holding a cup of water, which is filled with a full cup of water. When you walk, you should be careful not to spill a little bit, which is called holding full and maintaining a full state. We also need to maintain a full body regularly. When our body is tired, we should rest well, just like a car. After running for a long time, we should take good care of ourselves. Similarly, when our body is too tired, we should rest, relax, sleep, especially in deep sleep. Only in this way can our body get sufficient rest. So what is eating well when hungry, drinking well when thirsty, and resting well when tired? This is holding full. On the other hand, many of us nowadays skip meals when we're hungry, and instead indulge in binge eating after just one meal. When we're tired, we don't rest and just play games or look at our phones. After the drowsiness subsides, we can't sleep anymore and still have many dreams. So we can see that many people nowadays are young, with white hair in their twenties or thirties, and girls in their twenties or thirties, even experiencing menstrual disorders, menopause, yellow complexion, and pigmentation. So what are these situations? They are all premature aging.
What caused it? It is a state of not knowing how to maintain the fullness of the body, which is called "acting recklessly and not knowing how to keep it full" as mentioned earlier.
What does' occasionally revere the gods' mean? Not good at controlling one's own spirit. What does it mean to not be good at controlling one's own spirit? Our mental state should be kept quiet, peaceful, and peaceful. So, conversely, what are the mental states of people we see now? Sometimes I get excited, sometimes I get depressed, and sometimes I get depressed. So he will not be peaceful and tranquil, his mental state will not be peaceful, and his five organs will be unstable. We all know that the five organs correspond to five emotions: anger corresponds to the liver, worry corresponds to the spleen, joy or hate corresponds to the heart, anger or sadness corresponds to the lungs, and fear or annoyance corresponds to the kidneys. So when our emotions are too extreme and we haven't adjusted our mentality properly, when we're not at peace, then this resentment, hatred, anger, annoyance, joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear, and shock can lead to mental disorders, which in turn can cause disharmony in our five organs. Over time, I used to often say that it would create diseases and eventually lead to them. So 'occasionally guarding the gods', not good at controlling one's own spirit,' rushing one's heart ', seeking temporary pleasure and happiness. What does' going against the joy of life 'mean? It goes against or abandons the pleasure of health preservation. 'Unrestrained living', without restraint in daily life, therefore 'half a hundred but declining'. At the age of fifty, one becomes particularly aged. So we see that many people may start to weaken their bodies before the age of fifty. What are their symptoms? We can see that people in their 30s have diabetes, and people in their 30s even have strokes and hypertension. The color spots on women's faces start around the age of 35. So hair loss, white hair, loose teeth, whether male or female in their thirties, loose teeth, tooth loss, and some are physical symptoms, such as fatigue, yellowing of the face, general weakness, lack of energy, decreased memory, etc. The whole body is sore and heavy, the legs are particularly heavy when going upstairs, and the waist becomes sore after walking for a while. I can't sleep soundly and have a lot of dreams. Some people wake up halfway through the night and wake up at one or two in the morning. After waking up, they can't fall asleep again. What is the reason for this? This is caused by the decline of essence and qi in the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys that I just talked about.
So these contents are all from the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon, which states, 'Contrary to the joy of life, there is no restraint in daily life, so half a hundred decline.'. So here, this section and paragraph, what does the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon teach us? What does it have to be? The Dharma must be in harmony with yin and yang, and with numerology. One should have a proper diet, a regular daily routine, and not engage in excessive labor, so as to be able to form and be in harmony with the spirit, and to end one's life at the end of one hundred years before passing away
Wishing all friends the end of their lives, to reach the age they should live to. At what age? It's called 'go for a hundred years', and anyone can live to be a hundred years old.
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