身心“趋衡”的生命哲学初探

A Probe into the Life Philosophy of “Tendency to Balance” of Body and Mind

道教的生命哲学属于一种性命双修的趋衡论,强调的是人的身心健康与平衡。道教所谓“修身”,旨在使人的身体各项机能趋于平衡、稳定;道教所谓“修心”,是要在保持人的心理平衡基础上,寻求其形上精神境界之超越。人的生命存在绝不仅仅只是肉体器官的功能作用,同时还是意识、精神的活动展开及心灵、境界的不断升华。因此,道教的生命哲学不仅试图尽可能地延长、保持人的肉体生命,还要从生命体中创造出更高级的精神境界来时时更新自己。这个过程有其变化规律,道教的生命哲学就是要探讨、实践这种规律,使人的生命存在得到超越、升华。

The Taoist philosophy of life belongs to the theory of balance of life and soul,which emphasizes the health and balance of human body and mind.The so-called “self-cultivation” of Taoism aims to balance and stabilize various functions of human body;The so-called “cultivating the mind” of Taoism is to seek the transcendence of the metaphysical and spiritual realm on the basis of maintaining the psychological balance of people.The existence of human life is not only the function of body organs,but also the expansion of consciousness and spirit activities and the continuous sublimation of mind and realm.Therefore,the life philosophy of Taoism is not limited to trying to prolong and maintain human’s physical life,but also to create a higher spiritual realm from the life body to constantly renew itself.This process has its law of change.Taoist philosophy of life is used to explore and practice this law,so that human life can be transcended and sublimated.