(V) The fables of action——Crabs, owls and bats
Crabs, owls and bats go to bad tutoring classes. After several years, they all graduated successfully and received their Ph.D. However, crabs are still rampant, owls are still sleeping during the day and moving at night, and bats are still hanging upside down.
Psychological comments
This is a fable by Master Huang Yongyu, and its meaning is very simple: action is more important than knowledge.
When used in mental health, this fable is also thought-provoking.
The knowledge of psychology is profound and profound. However, no matter how much psychological knowledge is, it cannot automatically help a person become healthier. In fact, some people I know who have studied psychology for many years are one of the purposes of learning psychology to cure themselves, but after studying for so many years, their problems remain the same.
One of the important reasons for this situation is that they do not practice it, so knowledge is just distant knowledge, and knowledge does not turn into their own life experience.
A friend of mine who likes psychology has been considered insensitive by many psychologists and is not suitable for studying psychology. But it turns out that this speculation is not correct. He is not sensitive enough, but he has a very big advantage: if you know a good knowledge, you can immediately execute it in your life. In this way, those distant knowledge becomes a real life experience. He does not have to "understand" too much to help himself and many people.
If high sensitivity is a genius quality, then high action is a more important genius quality.
This fable can also extend another meaning: don't rely too much on the magic of mysterious psychotherapy. The most important power is always in yourself. Mysterious knowledge, mysterious potential development, dazzling success science, etc. are far less important than the power you already have in yourself. We are used to going outside to find answers and to others to find strength, but we forget that the power is on ourselves.
Remember: Other people’s knowledge cannot save you automatically.
If some whimsical words touch you, if some words or new creeds inspire you. Then, these other people’s words and experiences are just the beginning. More importantly, you truly apply the knowledge you think is good to your own life.
I have always believed that this sentence from the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber is the most important one:
You have to start by yourself. If you do not survive deeply with positive love, and if you do not reveal the meaning of survival to yourself in your own way, then survival will still be meaningless for you.
Hiding at a certain time, missing the palm lines of a period of time; hiding at a certain place, missing someone who stands on the way of coming and going, and makes me care about.
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