18/09/2025

The Human Mind (What People Like)





The Human Mind (What People Like)




People like shallow gambits and artifices.

People like guile and cunning.

People like to coddle their bodies.

People like to boast about themselves.

People like to save face.

People like to protect themselves.

People like their attachments.

People like wealth.

People like to boast and brag.

People like to show off their shallow knowledge.

People like liquor and sex.

People like not having to move their bodies.

People like talking the talk, but not walking the walk.

People like to live however they please.

People like envying others.

People like it when things work out for themselves.

People like it when things work out for their families.

People like advancing and succeeding.

People like longing for something.

People like being acknowledged by others.

People like to put on airs.

People like looking down on others.

People like to dream useless and vain dreams.

People like to ignore and flout heaven.


Reference:  Great Teacher Woo Myung's book "The Books of Wisdom".