What does it mean to close your eyes and rest your mind?

Closing your eyes and resting your mind is something we should learn in life. Faced with more pressure from life and work, people need some time to rest themselves, and closing your eyes and resting your mind only takes a few minutes, or ten minutes.

1. Close your eyes and concentrate.

2. Expression.

3. Detailed explanation: Closing your eyes and resting your mind is a simple, easy and effective method used by our ancient Chinese ancestors to nourish the mind and cultivate their character. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spirit is the general term for human body's vital activities and spiritual activities, and it is of great importance to mental and physical health. The "Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor" says: "Those who gain the spirit prosper, and those who lose the spirit perish." It can be seen that the fullness or depletion of the spirit is related to a person's youth and aging; the gain or loss of the spirit is related to a person's prosperity or death. Those who practice health preservation should carefully nurture it. Eyes are the spiritual orifices of human beings, the windows to the soul, and the source of inspiration. The essence of the five internal organs of the human body is all infused into the eyes. Closing your eyes can maintain your health. It is very beneficial for middle-aged and elderly people, as well as those who work with their minds and brains all day or use their eyes exclusively for a long time. When you close your eyes to rest your mind, you should eliminate distracting thoughts, concentrate your energy, and reach a state of tranquility, which can be called dedicated maintenance. When you have free time, close your eyes and relax. If you persist, you will definitely benefit.

4. Close your eyes and meditate: When you are troubled by daily affairs or have a headache, find a quiet place, sit upright, close your eyes, lower your eyelids, regulate your breathing, and focus on Dantian. After a long time, the mind will be clear, calm, and peaceful. Troubles will gradually disappear, and you will enter a quiet and peaceful state. The body's yin and yang, qi and blood will flow smoothly, you will be psychologically balanced, emotionally happy, your mind will be clear, and you will feel relaxed all over.

5. Close your eyes and calm down: Whenever you feel indignant or humiliated, and feel irritable and unable to control yourself, you should control your emotions rationally, leave the place where the dispute arises, and close your eyes to think. At the same time, use the tips of your index fingers to gently press on your eyelids and rub them slightly until your eyeballs become warm and swollen, and you will feel the stuffiness in your chest suddenly unblocked.

6. Close your eyes and be cheerful: When you feel depressed, sad, disappointed, empty, or upset, retreat to a quiet room, sit alone with your eyes closed, look upward, focus your mind on the top of your head, slightly raise your head, relax your mind, and try to recall and imagine past happy things that please your body and mind. You will then feel balanced in mind, and the sadness and upset will gradually disappear.