Retreat from the world or renouncing the world is about being kind to one's mind, to allow the mind to take care of itself.
It's moving away from the so called 'normal' or 'conventional' worldly life that is subject to some particular thinking and belief that are influenced deeply by commercial and political ideas, and social or cultural or religious belief and practice. It's moving the mind away from all kinds of worldly ideas, beliefs, custom, people, affairs, politics, activities, events, movements, objects, social medias, commercials, mingling, socializing, interactions, communications, novel reading, news reading, magazine reading, TV and movies watching, entertainments, talks, debates, gossips, criticism, slander, condemn, story telling, lies, hypocrisy, passions, desires, clinging, craving, ambitions, trends and hypes, and etc, to live a life of seclusion and solitude for a prolonged period of time.
Worldly activities such like talking, mingling, social interaction and communication, novel and news reading, movies watching, political analysis and debates, ideology discussions, and etc, are the main cause of restlessness of the mind and the fuel that feeds ignorance and egoism.
When the mind is free from ignorance and egoism through taking essential care for this mind, one can mix freely in the world but won't be influenced by all the names and forms, and be undisturbed by the worldly conditions and situations.
If one truly wants to care for the world, but due to ignorance and egoism, one's mind is being influenced by all the names and forms, and be disturbed very much by the conditions and situations of the world, then one should try to take care of one's mind first. Otherwise, how can one help others when one's mind is as lost and suffer as all the others'.
"You hurt me, and hence, I hurt you too."
"You are unkind to me, and hence, I am unkind to you too."
"I want myself to be good. I want the world to be good. I want everyone to be good. I'll feel disappointed and angry if myself is not good enough, if the world is not good, if everyone is not good enough."
"I want to contribute to the world. I want to be a hero to save the world. I would do anything to hurt anyone who would get in my way to do what I want to do, to be what I want to be, to achieve the world that I want."
Be free.
It's moving away from the so called 'normal' or 'conventional' worldly life that is subject to some particular thinking and belief that are influenced deeply by commercial and political ideas, and social or cultural or religious belief and practice. It's moving the mind away from all kinds of worldly ideas, beliefs, custom, people, affairs, politics, activities, events, movements, objects, social medias, commercials, mingling, socializing, interactions, communications, novel reading, news reading, magazine reading, TV and movies watching, entertainments, talks, debates, gossips, criticism, slander, condemn, story telling, lies, hypocrisy, passions, desires, clinging, craving, ambitions, trends and hypes, and etc, to live a life of seclusion and solitude for a prolonged period of time.
Worldly activities such like talking, mingling, social interaction and communication, novel and news reading, movies watching, political analysis and debates, ideology discussions, and etc, are the main cause of restlessness of the mind and the fuel that feeds ignorance and egoism.
When the mind is free from ignorance and egoism through taking essential care for this mind, one can mix freely in the world but won't be influenced by all the names and forms, and be undisturbed by the worldly conditions and situations.
If one truly wants to care for the world, but due to ignorance and egoism, one's mind is being influenced by all the names and forms, and be disturbed very much by the conditions and situations of the world, then one should try to take care of one's mind first. Otherwise, how can one help others when one's mind is as lost and suffer as all the others'.
"You hurt me, and hence, I hurt you too."
"You are unkind to me, and hence, I am unkind to you too."
"I want myself to be good. I want the world to be good. I want everyone to be good. I'll feel disappointed and angry if myself is not good enough, if the world is not good, if everyone is not good enough."
"I want to contribute to the world. I want to be a hero to save the world. I would do anything to hurt anyone who would get in my way to do what I want to do, to be what I want to be, to achieve the world that I want."
Be free.
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