Wednesday, December 22, 2021

What You Don’t Understand About Yourself Will Set A Trap in Your Life By Alice Huang


Picture: Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji, Kyoto
ZHANG, Cheng: Some find themselves tied up and confined by marriage, which is unbearable, and begin to have extramarital affairs. But later, they are again tied up and confined by that extramarital affair. Why does life move from one kind of bondage to another? I’d like to share a good article worth reading, by my student, Teacher Huang Yajuan (Alice Huang). —————————————— Wei-cheng is a senior executive of a publicly listed company. Since he finished his academic career in the U.S., he has had a meteoric rise in Taiwan. The higher position he achieves, the bigger house he owns. Weicheng's wife used to be a junior high school teacher. She quit her teaching job after they had two kids and took care of them full time. They post photos of happy family outings on Facebook, which make them the envy of many others. However, behind Weicheng's dazzling achievements is a knot that cannot be untied. This knot makes him suffer from long-term insomnia, and he has to rely on sleeping pills to fall asleep. It is an extramarital affair entangling for many years and, still in progress. The kind that is both inseparable and unmanageable. When people hear of extramarital affairs, their first thought is, “Men enjoy playing the field!” However, betrayal due to sexual desire does not last long, mistresses change all the time, and few have genuine hearts. Most extramarital affairs that can be maintained for a long time contain “lessons” in them. Some seek emotional sustenance and comfort from outside because they are at odds with the other half. In such a situation, he or she must have an open heart, be willing to look at their relationship, and ask “Why have I done to come to this point?” Is there something I can do to adjust in the relationship? In fact, most people, in a relationship of mutual grievances, tend to feel that it is all the other party's problem and not their fault. Many couples have long been tired of seeing each other, but are still unwilling to divorce. They say that they’d like to give the kid a complete home, so they have no choice but continue to play the roles of loving Dad and Mom. However, there are various reasons why a couple cannot go on but still stay in bad marriages. Some feel that divorce means that they have “failed” in their marriage and will lose face; Others think that if they divorce, the family will be incomplete; Still others grudge their ex being with their true love,... etc. However, today's example is not the case at all. Weicheng is a good man, as is well-known to all, and he is also very devotional. He is a babysitter, bathing and changing diapers for the kids; He is a driver for his wife and children to and from school every day; He is also a chef, teaching his wife how to cook steak and make stock; Every year, he arranges for the whole family a tour abroad, and plans the travel itinerary by himself. A friend asked him, “You love your wife so much. What magic power does she have?” He turned his head to look at his friend, and answered with a sigh: Oh~ I married her then because I just thought, “Without me, she could not live.” So I married her! His tone is plain but reveals a sense of helplessness! After a pause for a few seconds, he sighed once more, saying, “Although I have a wife, I feel like having another daughter. Because my wife can do nothing but teach at school ~ ~ Do you feel taxed because of marrying such a wife? Is that why you have another relationship? Not really~~ I met my girlfriend when I was a student in the U.S. At that time, we liked each other, but she was already engaged. After I returned to Taiwan, she was married to her fiance. However, within a couple of years of marriage, she got divorced and returned to Taiwan. She said that she came back to Taiwan to see me. She said that she was married, but she often thought of me. The thought that she might never see me again would wake her up in the middle of the night, and she would be secretly crying . Later, her marriage simply couldn't go on. After she completed the divorce procedures, the first thing she wanted to do was to come back and see me. If I reject her, isn't she too miserable? She should have lived a terrible life!
“She should have lived a terrible life!” How familiar this sentence sounds! Isn't this why Weicheng chose his own wife? In fact, he chose these two women for the same reason: Without him, she would have a terrible life, or even could not survive! Therefore, he cannot abandon either! In other words, if he abandons her, then it is Weicheng's responsibility if she does not live well! If we can't let go of someone or something, mostly our internal “mirrors” can explain. (Note 1) Weicheng, unable to let go of the lady, is in fact afraid that he would have the same fate: to be abandoned! That is to say, deep in his heart, part of him feels that he is miserable, small, powerless, and unloved. This miserable self is very afraid of being abandoned. So when he sees a miserable person, he would want to help her. He sees his own value by taking care of her and feel himself needed. This is very similar to the psychological state of many slaves when slavery systems existed in the past.
Like the general public, most slaves long for freedom in their hearts. So some will run away to pursue a life on their terms. But still others totally do not want to get rid of the restriction at all even though they are free to move about. They are even a little afraid of that freedom. Part of the reason is that they are “needed” and “relied upon” by their masters. Although they could regain freedom if they escape, they will no longer be “needed”, “relied upon”, and “liked”, and if so, they would feel themselves “worthless”! This is something very subconscious and uneasy to detect. Therefore, if people like Weicheng have not discovered their own problems through learning wisdom, then these entangling triangle lessons may continue for several lifetimes! And this is how we all continue to repeat the cycles of birth and death! If you confront a similar challenge, and you are particularly unwilling to let go of certain situations, then I suggest you look into your heart. Do you have a “miserable self” inside, which keeps asking for love from this world? Only if you make yourself powerful through learning wisdom, will you know how you can share this path you have traveled with the people around you and help them learn the wisdom as you do! ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Note 1: You can read the book “Where there is Dharma, there is a way” by ZHANG, Cheng, p.44., Business Weekly Publishing House Tian-yun Book Club [Taipei Class] [Taoyuan Class] To discuss the book “Where there is Dharma, there is a way”, you are welcome to join us at any time. https://blog.xuite.net/aalice163/blog/589169598
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Tuesday, December 07, 2021

Ego Barrier Removed, Eternity Realized––A Letter from Miss C

Photo: Kitcho Kyoto, Arashiyama 



Teacher ZHAGN, Cheng:

I’ve read your book “Devotion” and gained a lot.  I’ve always taken the financial relationship, service relationship and what those around me have devoted to me for granted.

Having read this book, I find myself more able to feel and think from others’ perspectives. 

As it happened, after I finished the book, I went on to watch the movie “Transformation” written 

by Nine Knives.  

Surprisingly, what it wanted to convey turned out to be the concept of Devotion. 

A few words at the end of the movie:

 

A superman does not necessarily wear a superman costume

When you are needed and expected by different people

When only you can accomplish many things

In the eyes of others, you are already a superman

Superman will not die

(The movie is showing people from all walks of life, in their own places, devoting themselves to others.)


It made me realize that the essence of life is eternity.


When you have the spirit of devotion, your life will not end because you have removed the ego barrier and realized eternity.

 

Thank you for publishing this book.


I’d like to say “thank you” through Facebook!

 

Miss C (has given her permission to post the above message)

 

   (Thanks for C’s anonymous sharing and the editor's consent)

 

Original Text:  https://blog.xuite.net/mark001tw2009/twblog/152372005

 

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

"When your man is under great pressure, how can you help him get through?” ------A Path to Soul Mates for Couples 



Photo: Obei-in Daitoku-ji, Kyoto

"When your man is under great pressure, how can you help him get through?”
------A Path to Soul Mates for Couples 

When a man is under too much pressure, in general, he will not say that he is too stressed.
But you will find that he may suddenly get upset over trivial matters, or more irritable recently.
If you have observed these two phenomena, it is likely that he has accumulated a lot of pressure. …...

When you find your man too stressed, how can you help him get through?
It is that you “keep him company”. But do it not in the regular way; instead, you need to make some adjustments deliberately.


First of all, the most important thing is never keep asking him questions.


“Being stressful” is not necessarily a bad thing in life.
It's just that people may all of a sudden be lost under too much pressure.
Generally speaking, men would like to find their own way to divide problems and digest them.
So when he is trying to divide his problem,
you keep asking him questions like “What's wrong?” “Is the situation so?”
“ Shouldn’t you just do that?”
Your concern for him will be like frequent disturbances when he is stuck with a broken complicated machine.
Especially if your care is mixed with worry, he will not only feel no love from your side, but find your worry even more stressful and agitating. Your concern makes him feel unable to calm down and solve the problem.


Besides, when he cannot open his knot, if you give him another knot by developing more threads in your thinking, he will be more stressed out.
Maybe when he is doing well in life, he can talk and benefit from your thoughts; but when he is stressed, he may immediately show a rude response because of, perhaps, just a little inquiry. So don't argue with him at that time, saying, “I simply want to discuss with you as usual, why are you being so cranky…...etc. Because, at that moment, he literally cannot control his temper.


A better option is that you can quietly keep him company.
For example, when a meal is ready, you invite him over;
once his shirt is ironed, you hang it up for him;
you can also put his blanket in the sun for the good smell, and he will feel cozier in bed……
The key point, however, is whether he eats or not, don’t ask; whether he puts on the ironed shirt, don’t ask; you leave him to decide for himself.
Then, another important thing is to observe silently; to see whether his pressure is slowly released.
After a while, if you observe that this pressure has gone, it is that he has found a way out himself. 


If you become stressed because of your man’s suppressed pressure, and if you anxiously intervene by yourself, you will find the result of impatience is another quarrel with him because of his bad response.
It turns out to seem that you both have a serious problem. (In fact, there is no such thing.)

 
If one of you is emotional and says something more vicious, you will even fall into the hell of “doubting whether he or she is true love?”
Then your relationship would “shake the foundation of a country”.

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Photo: Obei-in Daitoku-ji, Kyoto

Conversely, when your mate is stressed out, you accompany, take care of him, and never ask  fiercely; 
at the same time, you keep your emotional health and do well on your own temporarily.
He will deeply feel such loving devotion more than any other time.  
A stressful and impetuous person knows that he must have made people around him unhappy and tense.  
In case of his stress, you react in a way that his unhappiness is gently allowed, 
and that you quietly take care of him, waiting for him, 
then such loving devotion is like “spreading kindness in the times of darkness”.   
He will feel that “such a relationship is rarely precious.’

 

Your “waiting” will even wonderfully help him “get over it suddenly ” and find the inspiration to dismantle the problem.
In trouble, as long as there is a “home to go back”––––back to a place where he is quietly supported and rest in love.  
It doesn't take long.
He will suddenly have the strength, and suddenly be resourceful.
Love has such a magical power.



Next, the second step to accompany a stressed man is to “create a vacation” for him.



When a stressful man cannot relieve it at a time, in fact, he should leave the source of pressure for a while.
In this way, he will have the inspiration to get off the hook faster.
Most people do things with their heads; if the head runs too long, it will only fall into its old habit.
Especially when you have been doing things in a fixed environment, you can easily develop habitual patterns and repeat yourself in there.
Once you encounter obstacles, you will do nothing but work harder with old habits.
Even if things are still not progressing, you will only work even harder with old habits and get stuck worse than ever.


So if you want to break away from this pattern speedily, a long vacation will be very helpful.
The reason: when one’s brain relaxes, one’s “heart” can perceive and receive the Higher Self’s guidance and pointing at his path. (Note)
 


How can you “create a vacation for him”?
Please don't say, “I think you are stressed out, you should go have some fun with me.”
Instead, say, “I really want to go to a place , are you free this Sunday?  Could you take me there?”
 


If you tell him expressly that you invite him to go out to reduce his pressure, then such an invitation implies that you expect to have a certain result; this invisible expectation is even more stressful. 
He is likely to turn you down.
Just imagine, isn’t it hard for an unhappy person to go out with you to show you a happy face?
Therefore, the latter statement gives him no pressure; besides, he may see a chance to make it up for you and the chance of success will be higher.
Because he knows well about his recent anxiety and irritability, he has been uneasy at the fact that he brings you no joy.
If you can suggest the place you’d like to go to, and have him take you there, he will be happy to do so.
He may secretly think to himself,  “Well, I myself should also go out for a change and get some fresh air.” 



In sum, as his better half, you can do the following two things when your man is under great pressure:
1. Quietly accompany and take care of him.
2. Help him take a vacation.
Then you will properly help him out, and he will love you more.
 


It’s a pity that many women don't understand these principles.
What she does simply turns herself into the person who stresses her man out whenever he suffers from outside pressure. 
Then he will dislike your company increasingly because whenever he is not well, you only give him more burdens.
 


So here is the constant truth:
We need to understand others’ situations to achieve the life we wish for.
 

On your life journey, from time to time you must be able to recognize any unusual situation, 
and clarify what kind of situation this is?
You cannot get along with others unconsciously.
If the other person’s condition is already abnormal, you must immediately adjust your usual and “normal” manner instead of sticking to the so-called “right or wrong”. 
Because these are not just right or wrong.
These are the facts that all the people and things in the universe are constantly changing like horoscopes. 
You must be able to coordinate with these changes and reach a dynamic balance; otherwise, you will get carsick and vomit.



 (Note) Extended reading: "How to Rest Effectively–––Do You Do It Right?"


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Photo:  A Little.Salty.Coffee, 

Hengchun Pingtung, Taiwan


In any given year, everyone has periods of relatively high pressure.

Even those serious, successful, and always confident people come across such periods.

Just like a river, originally 100 meters wide, and its water normally flows smoothly;

but it is certain to see climate changes; a sudden, heavy rainfall of 300 mm in six hours may make the river on the verge of embankment breach.


Therefore, in relationships, people must be so prepared in their hearts that they are willing to do more for the other party in special times; then your relationship can survive the storm and become more intimate.


In fact, even when tons of things pour in at the same time, if you simply keep calm, never get irritable, just deal with them one by one, you can work them out.

So your love for your mate is to be used in his desperate need.

When he is stressed and impatient, you may be hurt by “stray bullets” though; and yet if you are willing to take a step back and think,


“What can I do to take care of him at this time?”


Then, you will deeply feel that the love you give actually helps you get through a relationship crisis and makes the bond of love between you two even stronger.

 



In fact, this is the key problem for those who come to me for advice.

Obviously they care for each other, but why do they end up fighting badly afterwards, causing their mate to be more and more “disillusioned” in this relationship?

The reason is, when one party is stressed and emotional, the other party acts to fuel the fire and increase the pressure.




It is quite normal to shift your anger to others when you fail to deal with emotions. 

It is unnecessary for you to argue about right or wrong at that moment.

Your mate will be embarrassed and unable to respond to you with reasoning.

This is what forefathers meant by “turning a blind eye” when they talk about how to get along with mates.

But the keypoint of this phrase is that you turn a blind eye out of loving understanding and tolerance.

By doing so, you will not bear in mind that “You Owe Me Once!”

If you have a grudge, you both may have a worse conflict when the same thing occurs next time.



Many couples fight and head toward divorce. 

The reason is whenever they have a quarrel, they settle old scores. 

The more they settle old scores, the more they feel unable to keep their relationship going.


In fact, on many occasions, if you can accompany your mate through his stressful period in a proper way, he will be grateful to you in his heart.

Then your tolerance and sacrifice at that particular moment will win your future deeper bond of love.

When you recall it in the future, you will know that it is worth your while.

 



Moreover, if you can do this, you’ll never worry that your man goes outside for a mistress.




People become mates because in the beginning they like each other and share a lot of things.

The relationship gets worse because both parties find more and more taboos or stresses. 

Then there is a need for an exit, so a third party comes.

If you can make your man feel that you know how to accompany him, he can rest assured of whatever he’d like to say, or not to say, then the longer relationship you have, the better your tacit understanding and communication become.  You are his “secret mistress”; he doesn't need to look for another at all.

 




Let’s leave out those born playboys.  In fact, men have secret lovers mostly because they have already accumulated a lot of pressure at work, which needs to be resolved, but the wives keep nagging at them…...don’t do this, don’t do that.

So he wants to get away from work and also from home.

Then, where will he end up?

It is to go to a mistress who is willing to accept everything about him.

 



Although men may be impulsive, they also know how dangerous it is to flirt around.  For example, being victims of venereal diseases, badger games, or ruined and badgered by difficult persons and so on.

As long as you know better how to accompany him and take care of him when he is under greater pressure, it is almost unlikely that he will seek a mistress.

 



When your tacit understanding and mutual favors increase day by day, there will be an extra bonus of “All prosper in a harmonious family.”

Because you both as mates are equivalent to the power in “One Plus One Is Greater Than Two”.

Your complementary cooperation will eliminate all the obstacles that get stuck and things will get more effective with better and greater benefits.

Thus, your family will become more and more prosperous, and family fortunes, definitely on the rise.

 



On the contrary, many couples can only become quarrelsome but inseparable “burdens” instead of soul mates, why?

The reason is that they will impede and weaken each other when they get together (weaken the strengths, magnify the shortcomings).

A family established in this way will not prosper, but will gradually come to a situation where “couples become poor and lowly and everything goes wrong.”  


So how can couples become soul mates?


The Higher Spirit says, in fact, when both are willing to see “how to take care of the other party”, and to tolerate and forgive…...developing in this way, they will become a pair of soul mates.




The principles revealed today are very simple for understanding.

But why do eighty percent of couples fail to do it?

Because most couples are unknowingly blackmailing each other in the name of love, 

and accumulating barriers in the unpleasantness.

To be more clear, it is all due to the selfishness of human nature, so one can't enjoy the beauty of true love.




So if you really want to learn this lesson well, you need to be able to stay awake at all times when dealing with your mate, and be able to get to know more about your better half objectively,

instead of  habitually asking him to act as “the person you want”.

In this way, slowly, you will see a lot of him that you have never discovered before, and you will see yourself that you have never discovered before.

Then you will become more and more aware of the past conflicts and the key to solving them.

Of course, you can also come to our classes, let the Higher Spirit and the teachers help you speed up, see more angles, let go of emotions faster, so that you can successfully pass this difficult relationships course.

 



From sweet love before marriage to adjustments in married life, a couple has been providing for each other's needs; they should be able to have deeper gratitude to each other.

But why do many couples become the so-called “most familiar strangers” later?


To put it simply, it is the “self-complacency” of both sides that split them into two parallel lines.

Would you like to join these two parallel lines to create a happy “parabola”?


If you really want to, please take a step forward, learn and do.

Then you don't need to be afraid of difficulties because definitely gods and buddhas will give you a gentle push on the road you should take.


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Original Text in Chinese

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Tuesday, October 12, 2021

The prescription Zero Limits offers is not about right or wrong. It all depends on whether you can make good use of it?



Photo: Tenryuji Temple, Kyoto

Asking,
The prescription Zero Limits offers is not about right or wrong.
It all depends on whether you can make good use of it?

Asking~
Teacher Zhang Cheng said that we need to make things clear instead of cleansing them.
But our consciousness is like a big landfill site.
If we don’t cleanse it first, how can we be clear?
Zero Limits’ view is very much like a medicine, which can purify the subconscious; a clear mind produces wisdom.
Wisdom is originally sufficient in our immortal nature; self-sufficient wisdom can light up emptiness.
We are one with the entire universe.
When we do the cleansing, the energy wave of the heart cannot be measured.
If negative consciousness, like a computer virus, extends and multiplies infinitely, isn’t it true that the positive consciousness (the energy of love) is doing exactly the same thing?

There are eighty-four thousand spiritual methods, which are not about right or wrong.
It is all about whether it is suitable for one's root nature.
Some people can extinguish delusion, enter clarity, and enter emptiness right away.
Others have to purify first, then enter clarity, and enter emptiness.
If it falls into right or wrong, another world of duality arises.
The prescription Zero Limits offers is not something right or wrong.
It all depends on whether you can make good use of them.
Just like the messages from Teacher Zhang Cheng and the Higher Spirit are all prescriptions for our spiritual ascension.


ZHANG, Cheng's Answer~
DEAR A-Mong,
My opinion is exactly the opposite of yours. Please do not mind, but you can simply ask, “If it is not clear, what is the use of cleansing”?
In fact, when you said “our consciousness is like a big landfill site”, this viewpoint happens to be dualistic.
Isn’t it true that you think something in the past is “wrong”?
So, you fall to the opposite side and try to “cleanse”.

In fact, there is no "garbage" in anything you have done or experienced in the past (including emotions).
When we gradually become clear about all phenomena in the world, the past will become our wealth and one of our sources of compassion.
We will be grateful for everything we have experienced in the past, but also understand that all these experiences are of emptiness.
And this is the fullness that those who can leave reincarnation will feel.
So since you said, “The prescription Zero Limits offers is not something right or wrong”, then, you, who won’t fall into duality, should be able to understand “There is no right or wrong in the past”, “There is no right or wrong now”, so what is it that you are to cleanse? What is it that you want to “ascend”? What is the hankering that requires us to change the status quo?

Again, I will quote the Higher Spirit’s words in the book “DEVOTION”, “Human life is not for one to demand, but to understand.”
I sincerely invite you to read the book “DEVOTION” once, and you will see the whole context.
It is saying: “Wake up! Humans.
What you need is to discover that this present moment has been fully devoted by the entire universe, without any shortage.
Because you deny this present, you will derive all kinds of other denials (like defining a certain past encounter as rubbish) .
That can only fall into endless repeated cycles of birth and death.
So please start to be truly clear about the moment!
And this clarity will begin with a sincere gratitude to the moment.
Thank you!



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