There is a question on the internet: "From which moment did you learn to demystify?", and the netizens' answers are very poignant:

Having suffered from head-down brute force, one realizes that blind diligence is not a tool for success;

Suffering from the pain of maintaining a facade, one realizes that the vanity of superficial splendor is worth nothing. Disenchantment is the process of breaking free from fear.

祛魅，字面上，“祛”就是“去除”的意思，“魅”可以理解为“神秘的吸引力”，所以“祛魅”就是去除神秘性的过程。这是由哲学家韦伯提出的概念，指的是对某些事物褪去光环，发觉真相的过程。**我们常常会对自己达不到、够不着的人和事，打上强光，加上滤镜。**那些曾经被我们推上神坛的偶像，或是看似高不可攀的目标，常常让我们感到畏惧。与此同时，又不自觉地把自己矮化，有深深的不配得感。很多人就在这个“一抬一贬”的过程中，狠狠地把自己套牢了。**人性中存在一种趋利避害的本能，这种本能让我们在面对未知和复杂事物时，容易产生畏惧心理。**The process of disenchantment is the process of breaking these fears.

李明 摄 **  祛魅，才能看到本质**

When ancient people faced natural phenomena such as droughts, heavy rains, and earthquakes, which they could neither understand nor control, they felt fear and thus resorted to religion or superstition for explanations.

现在，我们看见所谓的强者，也会自动给他们打上光环，认为其遥不可及；碰到新事物、新技术，会感到不知所措，觉得自己掌握不了，会被淘汰；还有很多人，对某些职业、学历、家境、外表等盲目崇拜。心理学上把这种现象称为“光环效应”，当我们看到一个很优秀的人时，会无限放大他的优点。它最大的弊端就在于以偏概全，让我们不能理性看待眼前的人或事，更不能正确看待自己。Disenchantment is about removing the filters and getting to the essence. 李明 摄  一个人变强，从祛魅开始

When the bubble is burst and the filter is removed, you will find that what you once thought was lofty and unattainable may not be as far out of reach as you imagined.

• Disenchantment of the strong

When faced with some "excellent" individuals, we often blindly worship them, even sacrificing our own personality and principles to accommodate them. However, constantly looking up to others will deplete ourselves and lose our way. Do not blindly look up to others, nor should you easily belittle yourself. Only by focusing on oneself can one unleash one's potential and discover one's own value.

• Disenchantment of difficulties

Sometimes, when we want to do something, we imagine the difficulties to be infinitely large. Before we even start, we are already intimidated by the imagined difficulties. Many things seem difficult, but as soon as you start doing them, you gain something; as soon as you start walking, you find direction. It is perfectly normal for humans to aspire to beautiful things. However, we should not add halos, put filters on them, or worship them on pedestals because of this. Demystification does not mean to despise everything, trample everything, but to remove the filters, get to the essence, to act, to approach, to become. May you grow stronger and stronger. Photo by reporter Yang Bo from China News Service.

Source: People's Tribune Network, integrated from Fan Shu (formerly known as "Deng Xiaoping's Lectures"), Zhang Lijun, Ten Points Reading, Douban Daily

Editor: Zang He

Editor: Song Fangcan

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