Reading as a god

Chapter 187 Zhuang Shengxiao dreamed of butterflies

Whether it's the memory palace or the synaesthesia, these shocks to Zhang Shan are incomparably huge!

But soon Zhang Shan fell into doubts, why his memory palace is so strange?
For most people, the memory palace should be constructed subjectively under waking conditions. Although Zhang Shan’s memory palace is also constructed subjectively, he is far from being awake at this time, and even the whole person is in a dream~
Is his memory palace only accessible through dreams?

Or is his so-called memory palace a dream? ? ?

A dream is a subjective experience, an imaginary image, sound, thought or feeling produced by a person during certain stages of sleep~
Zhang Shan would rather believe that the memory palace is entered from a dream than believe that the memory palace is a dream.

Because dreams are too complicated and mysterious!
Even today, people have not really understood the content, mechanism and function of dreams.

It is precisely because of the mysteries of dreams that since prehistoric times, dreams have been a topic of interest in philosophy and religion, and therefore many related scientific conjectures have been produced.

Zhang Shan remembers that in the West there is also a scientific discipline called dream science that studies dreams.

Sigmund Freud, who founded psychoanalysis, formulated the theory and interpretation of dreams in numerous writings in the early 1900s.

He interprets dreams as manifestations of people's deepest desires and anxieties, often related to repressed childhood memories or desires.

In The Interpretation of Dreams (1899), Freud developed a set of psychological techniques for interpreting dreams, devising a number of rules for interpreting symbols and themes that occur in dreams.

But Freud is not alone in the study of dreams, nor is he only one of his theories.

For example, many people also believe that dreaming occurs in other animals as well.

Dreaming occurs primarily during REM sleep, a light sleep state that occurs late in sleep and is characterized by rapid horizontal eye movements, stimulation of the pons, increased breathing and heart rate, and temporary limb paralysis.

Dreams can also occur during other sleep stages, but these dreams are less vivid and difficult to remember.

Dreams can vary in length from just a few seconds to as long as 20-30 minutes.

But there is a remarkable feature, when the dreamer realizes that he is dreaming, he can easily wake up!
Realizing this, Zhang Shan quickly understood~
If this was a dream, he should have woken up long ago~
Or is it that although he has realized that this is a dream, he is consciously controlling the dream.

Dream control requires the dreamer to know that he is in a dream, so that changes can be achieved.

Consciousness (awakening), people who want to control dreams must first know that they are in a dream, and believe that dreams can be changed at will, thereby stimulating the active thinking part of the brain.

When the thinking part is activated, the content of the dream can be changed according to one's own thoughts. However, the dreamer must be determined, otherwise the shock wave from the brain will be weaker than the original unprocessed shock wave, and the dream content will not be changed.

Zhang Shan thinks to herself that her will is strong enough, but it is impossible to control dreams!

Most people also think that it is impossible to control dreams, because when people enter a dream, their self-awareness will be lost, and they will not be able to judge whether they are in a dream~
If it is not a dream, it is a fact. Recalling the memory palace, Zhang Shan inexplicably remembered a word in German——Raum.

This word means space~
The memory palace is embodied in the form of a bar, which undoubtedly shows that it has a very obvious spatiality.

Space is the infinite three-dimensional range in which objects and events have relative positions and orientations.

But Zhang Shan thinks that the memory palace is obviously not a concept in physics!

It doesn't seem to be a mathematical space, but it seems to have a lot of philosophical meaning!
For no reason, I suddenly thought of Lao Tzu and his thoughts!

The essence of Laozi's theory of Taoism is to analogize the walking in the ordinary three-dimensional space to the "walking" in the "description space" or the generalized "value space".

To live in (or go to) a certain place in the ordinary three-dimensional space, in the "description space", it is expressed as a certain name, and in the "value space", it is expressed as a certain virtue.

The space in the memory palace is more inclined to "description space" and "value space".

Because the spaces in the Memory Palace are undoubtedly both descriptive and value-fulfilling.

Speaking of "Lao Tzu", it is an ancient book from the pre-Qin period, also known as "Tao Te Ching", which is said to be written by Lao Tzu, a thinker in the late Spring and Autumn Period.

"Laozi" is a representative classic of Taoism in the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, and it is also a classic that Taoism enshrines.In the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong ordered people to translate the "Tao Te Ching" into Sanskrit; during the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong respected this scripture as "Tao Te Ching".

It's been a long time~
Zhang Shan really didn’t expect Lao Tzu’s thoughts to be so widely applicable~
However, it is not difficult to imagine that, after all, the entire system of Lao Tzu's thought unfolds in a problematic situation.

This problem situation is: an undetermined actor (maybe a person, a company, a country, an army.) is moving towards the goal it identifies (may be very close and specific, or What kind of "walking style" should be adopted to ensure constant progress?

It is also because of the existence of this problem that the Tao of Lao Tzu has the potential of ordinary analogy.

Possessing the potential of analogy makes Lao Tzu's Tao widely applicable.

The Tao discussed by Lao Tzu is the "great way" and "normal way". It is an ideal paradigm worth pursuing in a wide range of fields and a long time, and a universal code of conduct that is worthy of constant adherence for actors who walk in all "event jungles" .It transcends the specific cognition of the specific environment or specific objects, so it is applicable to all possible situations.This is the "constant universality" of Laozi's Tao.

Perhaps it is because he has read too much "Tao Te Ching", although Zhang Shan is adamant about Marxist materialism!
But if you have to choose one of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, you obviously prefer Taoism.

Laozi's Taoism has the connotation of "universal value".

The "should" advocated by Laozi applies to all kinds of actors and also applies to all countries. Its "constant universality" determines that it is not limited to a specific historical period, nor is it limited to a specific national environment.

When the goal served by the method is extended to the long term, the choice in the methodological sense can be close to the choice in value orientation.A Tao that is both "big" and "constant" can incorporate all feasible goals in a broad field and a long time span into a framework that can be reconsidered flexibly.This can lay a clearer and more reliable foundation for the exploration of universal values.

Not only Zhang Shan admires it, but also many great scientists!
Japanese physicist Hideki Yukawa admires Laozi's philosophy. He believes: "As early as more than 2000 years ago, Laozi had already foreseen the situation of today's human civilization, and even the situation that human civilization will reach in the future." He is very optimistic about the development of science and technology. We are deeply concerned about the current situation that has caused people to become increasingly alienated from nature.

Capra, an American philosopher, is the author of "The Way of Physics".He believes that Chinese Taoism has profound similarities with modern high-energy physics phenomena in many aspects.He also said in the book "Extraordinary Intelligence": "Among many great traditions, Chinese Taoism has provided us with the deepest and most perfect ecological intelligence."

According to the famous mathematician Shiing-shen Chern, the theoretical physicist Einstein also collected the Tao Te Ching.He recalled that when Einstein was a guest at home, the only books on the shelf included the German translation of the Tao Te Ching.

Many big data science researchers believe that Lao Tzu's method has some special inspirations for analyzing big data, such as latent variables and index methods.

According to this logic!

I, Zhang Shan, also admire it, so I Zhang Shan = great mathematician + great philosopher + great physicist +...

cough~
Though thinking a little far, Zhang Shan not only confirmed that the so-called memory space is not a dream, but also clarified the nature of the memory space.

Then after dawn, his mission is nothing more than this~
The main task is to determine whether the memory space can only be opened in dreams.

There are two side missions:

One is to learn the knowledge of painting in order to make full use of the ability of synesthesia;
The second is to further supplement the Taoist thought of "Laozi"~
Then Zhang Shan stopped thinking about it, and soon fell into a sweet dreamland~
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The time came to October 10th, and Zhang Shan got up before five o'clock!

Waking up so early is not because of hard work, but because the three fucking women are too heavy.

Zhang Shan didn't understand what was going on~
Didn't Luo Changhui and Lin Desha compete for the master bedroom yesterday~
Good guy, instead of fighting for a result, they came in together!

When did these people get in? It's too scary~
The three of them are entwined like octopuses, especially Lin Desha is the worst~
Almost the whole body is lying on him~
Although a few people are quite charming, but this is so special~
Zhang Shan:? ? ?
Miss sister, do you have no AC number in your heart?

No matter how you weigh it, you weigh a hundred catties!
How much hatred and hatred, this is clearly murder!

Terrible!

Really terrible!

Zhang Shan remembers that sometimes in ancient prisons, when prisoners were executed secretly, they put one or two hundred catties of sacks on the prisoners while they were sleeping, so that even if they died, there would be no scars on their bodies~
Right now, Zhang Shan wanted to teach Lin Desa the most outrageous~
But think about it or forget it, after all, it is inevitable that something will happen~
In case a group comes to attack, ahem, why not do something this day!

Zhang Shan moved a few people away. Although his actions were not gentle, they did not disturb them!

Maybe it was alarmed, but one monk carried water to eat, two monks carried water to eat, and three monks had no water to eat.

Zhang Shan didn't pay much attention to it, anyway, according to this posture.

Sooner or later, these people lined up and sat down one by one.

~
Zhang Shan left the master bedroom!

It happened that there were books about Lao Tzu on the bookshelf next to the conference room of the presidential suite, so I took out a copy of "Life of Lao Tzu" and read it.

The reason why I didn't read the "Tao Te Ching" is because the chapters in the "Tao Te Ching" cannot gain experience.

And I read it more than a hundred times, and I am quite familiar with the chapters of "Tao Te Ching"~
"Tao Te Ching" takes "Tao" and "Virtue" in philosophical meaning as the key points, discusses the principles of self-cultivation, governing the country, employing troops, and keeping in good health, and mostly focuses on politics. had a profound impact.Among the annotated editions popular in later generations, Wang Bi's Annotation to Laozi's Tao Te Ching and He Shanggong's Laozi Zhangju are the most widely circulated.

Because of the familiarity, it is meaningless to read on in the short term. Zhang Shan needs to look at Taoism from a different perspective.

Other books on Taoism offer such a perspective.

From the perspective of Lao Tzu's life:

Laozi advocates ancientism, turning from a chaotic life to a quiet Tao. The more human civilization develops, the farther away it is from the nature of Tao.The so-called benevolence, righteousness, intelligence, loyalty, and filial piety are all developments after the "Abolition of the Great Dao". In ancient times, there was no name, but there was reality; later generations have no name, but they are far from the reality.

Laozi's discussion of life is divided into two aspects: self-cultivation and governance.In terms of self-cultivation, it advocates not to fight, not to be special, to be natural, to be soft and weak, not to be ahead of the world, and to be content.In terms of governing people, Lao Tzu advocated that the sages who rule the world should not desire to "get one", and often make the people ignorant and abandon their wisdom.

Lao Tzu "cultivates Taoism to maintain life" (Sima Qian's words), he uses his own practice to prove his outlook on life.

Laozi is called Laozi not because his surname is Lao, but because he lived a long life and is a famous birthday man.

Speaking of which, the reason why Taoist thought is widely spread is related to longevity.
Death is the most fundamental equality, and longevity is undoubtedly the greatest privilege.

Laozi's values ​​are composed of three elements: "wu", "dao" and "virtue".

Lao Tzu said "nothing", and tried to say: "everything in the world is born of being, and being is born of nothing." When the universe has not yet been formed, everything will not exist, so it is called "nothing".The heaven and the earth first opened and formed the universe, so it is called "you". "All things" are derived from "being", and "being" is derived from "nothing". Everything in the world originates from "being", and "being" originates from "nothing".

Judging from the content of this book, it is believed in the book that Lao Tzu’s Taoism can be understood from a purely methodological perspective, and its arguments are roughly as follows:

First, as far as its original meaning in Greek is concerned, "methodology" is also "theory of the way", and the root word meta in Greek means follow, follow, and follow.

The "method" is the "path one follows."

Methodology or Taoism is a general discussion about goals and ways to achieve them. It is about people or general "actors" (such as a person, a family, a country, a company, an army, a construction in progress). clusters, even the entire universe system, etc.) to explore how to achieve the goal;

Second, the original meaning of "Tao" refers to the "road" that people follow in order to reach a certain destination. , the organizational paradigm of the system, the program rules of operation, and the laws of motion of various beings.Talking about the way is talking about "how we should go" in the process of moving towards the goal;
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