Where intelligence and reason do not work together
What to do in the face of this bleak reality

The greatest storyteller of our time, Jo Yong-heon, tells
A proactive attitude toward life that changes your destiny

The name of the genre is 'Jo Yong-heon'.
He has interpreted the times, the world, and people through the eyes of Eastern studies such as Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, fortune telling, and feng shui, and has pioneered a realm called Gangho Oriental Studies that no one can approach.
'What is existence (humanity) in astronomy (time) and space (geography)?' While reflecting on the functional relationship between these three, what he sought was the answer to the question 'How should we live?'
Rather than pursuing academic achievements, he sought to resolve his inner questions in a realistic manner, so he traveled to famous mountains and rivers, interacted with renowned monks, Taoists, and masters, and collected Eastern and Western humanities classics, history, folk tales, and even small family traditions passed down through his family.
His insight to select and weave meaningful information from a vast amount of information transcending time and space is exceptional.
On that journey, I picked up another book.

Amidst the mainstream Western worldly wisdom and habits, psychology emphasizing positivity, and self-help books, the Eastern perspective on worldly wisdom and wisdom contained in this book stands out.
'Naegong' is an oriental concept that refers to the strength and energy that is built up within oneself through long-term training.
These include patience, concentration, and self-esteem.
All situations and events that cause us hardship are caused by the intertwining of time, space, and relationships.
In other words, if you get through this time without wavering, you will build up your inner strength, and with that strength, you will be able to rebuild your frustrated life.
As we live, there comes a time when we are stuck in a frustrating reality where intellect and reason do not work.
A moment of turmoil sends life into the abyss.
How to control desires, impulses, and the unconscious.
How to maintain composure.
No, isn't there a way to prevent misfortune in the first place?
189 condensed stories provide the warp and weft of the answer.

The phrase that forms a contrast with the Dokman Book is Haengmanri.
It's like traveling ten thousand miles.
If I have the money and time, I will try traveling abroad a lot.
That's how sparks fly.
You need to have something in your head to spark your spirit when you travel.
If there is nothing inside, you may end up just enjoying the scenery.
As you travel, you are bound to encounter unfamiliar sights and situations.
I wonder, 'Why is this happening?'
The process of resolving that question is the path to building inner strength.
One of the virtues of travel is that it provides an opportunity to meet people.
You meet a person who is different from you.
Differences and differences can be tiring, but acknowledging those differences broadens your perspective, and as your perspective broadens, you become less stressed.
It's easier said than done, but accepting differences is not so easy.
Sometimes it is achieved by colliding violently and breaking.

--- p.5

One of them is the Bul-i-mun Gate.
It literally means 'not two'.
That doesn't mean they're completely one.
It is interpreted to mean, 'They appear to be two separate entities, but upon closer inspection, they are not two separate entities.'
It is connected below.
It is read as birth and death are not two, beauty and ugliness are not two, good and evil are not two.
If life and death are not two separate entities, then why do we have such fear and dread of death?
--- p.30

“What do you think popularity is?”
“When the cloud of popularity comes, there is always a bill attached underneath it.
“Every time I become popular, I get nervous and think, ‘What kind of hardships will happen this time?’”
The bill is indeed complex.
It comes with slander, lawsuits, divorce, violence, fighting, fraud, prison, and death.
Money, popularity, and power are things that all humans desire and envy, so those who possess them are bound to be met with all-out jealousy, envy, and attacks.
Do you think people in their 20s and 30s have the internal strength to handle this attack?
The core of this internal energy is the 'independence and fearlessness' mentioned in the Book of Changes.

--- p.33

Later, recalling his time in Mokpo Prison, the teacher wrote, “The worst conditions can sometimes bring the greatest joy.”
He also said that he met a 'naked person' in prison.
The hardships and adverse conditions of reality are like clothes; they can be taken off. The teacher's teaching is, "Do not be obsessed with external appearances, but live with your true self."

--- p.115

A step above history is gourd! If history is like dried fish with the moisture removed, gourd can be likened to the fresh, blue-backed Jeju Island yellowtail.
Dried fish is hard to chew, but raw fish is easy to chew and melts in your mouth.
The characteristic of the story is that it is open.
I can participate in that story, or conversely, that story can enter my life and be transformed into energy, or my experiences can be added to that story and branch out into another story.
Of course, history can be like that, but in that format, the gura is much more absorbent.
To transition to the stage of Gura, one must have one's own life experiences and body odor.
If you lack the flavor of life, your communication will be weak.
Just reading a lot of books doesn't make you a charlatan.
The desk becomes a mess.
There has to be life buried in it for it to shine.

--- p.123

Mandela was imprisoned as a political prisoner for 27 years, 18 of which were spent in Robben Island prison.
It is said that when looking from the prison, Table Mountain can be seen right in front of you.
As soon as you open your eyes, you can see Table Mountain.
“If you look ahead a few days or weeks, things are pessimistic, but if you look ahead a few decades, things are hopeful,” said Mandela.
Mandela believes that he received the fair and impartial spirit of Geomuntosung from the harsh environment of the prison.
After 342 years of white rule, blacks took power for the first time, but they did not retaliate against the white perpetrators.
We pursued a politics of coexistence.
'Forgive without forgetting' is that.

--- p.141

Hide your head and seek respite, which Deng Xiaoping established as China's diplomatic policy in the 1980s.
'The light must be hidden and the darkness must be increased', 晦 refers to the last day of the month.
The moonlight has almost disappeared.
Generally, we should defeat darkness and reveal light, so why should we cultivate darkness? This darkness has long been the philosophy the Chinese people have embraced as the foundation of their life and conduct.
If you are in the dark, it is difficult for others to recognize you.
It must be difficult to recognize to be safe.
The moment you start showing off and thinking you're great, delusion begins.
When you are exposed, you are bound to be attacked.

--- p.256

Even though the date of birth is not a lucky one, there are about 10% of cases where people actually have a lot of money.
What is this? When I meet people with no fortune but a lot of money, I find a common thread.
The point was, 'I don't spend money.'
Don't carry money in your pocket.
So I have no money to spend.
Although it was over 100 billion won on paper, the average amount I could afford to buy food was around 10,000 won.
There are no people around Mujaepalja.
But since he looks like he has a lot of money, only people who don't know anything approach him.
When a storm hits someone with no fortune, they become isolated and helpless.
Even when holding a press conference, there is no one to set up a screen.
In the end, it is a waste of money to give back to society without being able to use the money properly.

--- p.268

About 20 years ago, there was a famous fortune teller called the 'Photo Fortune Teller' at the foot of Mt. Umyeon. If you went there to have your fortune told, the unique thing about this place was that it would cram about 15 customers into one room and give fortunes in an open manner.
It was also embarrassing to sit in the same room as him and hear his fortune, that is, all the intimate matters of his private life.
'Your husband needs to cheat to make his business prosper, even ten women aren't enough.
So don't be so impatient! You stink.
Are you in the septic tank business?' 'My son is unemployed now, but when he's in his mid-40s, he'll be making a lot of money by handling documents.
'Please wait a moment!' etc.
Sitting in a fortune teller's shop and listening to these fortune telling stories can be a form of psychological therapy.
It's a realization that other people's worries are similar to mine!

--- p.292

If you are born to good parents, they dominate the first half of your life.
50% of your life is influenced by the parents you have.
The more wealthy you are, the more you are influenced.
If you are subject to too much control, you cannot have independence of perspective.
From an injected perspective, you cannot create.
Material and status abundance makes it easy to live in a state of pretense.
So, the second or third generation who inherited the property often have a suspicious nature and are suspicious of others.
Because I have experienced a lot of hypocrisy.
If you become disillusioned with humanity, you will get tuberculosis.
Don't be too jealous of those born with a silver spoon in their mouth.

--- p.309

This beautiful bubble created by human desire called 'screw'.
Why do I find this bubble beautiful?
From the stern of the ship, I learned that human desires, sticky and not dirty, can be beautiful.
But in the end, the traces of those desires merge back into the ocean and disappear without a trace, as if they had never existed.
Is it the law of life that we must disappear without a trace?
Human beings who hate that principle but have no choice but to accept it.

--- p.321

After the mid-fifties, the voice, body, and beauty are important. Don't expect others to please you, but please yourself.
You must reside in Dokrakdang.
For that, music, sports, and art are needed.
Among the arts, folk paintings seem to be the best.
If literati paintings are paintings of the noble class, folk paintings are paintings of the common people.
Simple wishes, prayers, and desires are contained in natural objects such as trees, flowers, animals, and stones. (…) The energy of the mountain is gathered in the stones.
The educated class in the Chinese character cultural sphere could not go to the mountains, so instead they liked strange rocks to receive the energy of the stones in the gardens of their homes.
It was believed that a famous mountain was condensed into a single rock.
The point of appreciating the strange rock is its 'thin and ugly see-through'.
Dry, ugly, porous, and full of holes are the best.

--- p.360