Letters in Chinese

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8/13/2026

Do you know your conclusion before you start writing?

 20260813

Do you know your conclusion before you have started writing?




My answer is that I am not sure.  The most special moment is writing music, your notes are following a certain pattern to go on. But they will not be completely your own idea. Something new and something fresh will come up suddenly. You cannot refuse the sudden explosion of ideas. Could it be all your own ideas?

And your life is the same. Your life is just like music going on without your own approval.

External influence might be less if you are smart enough. You can know which is your own idea which is not your own.

And life is like that. You are not pushing your own life always. Some other efforts are pushing behind you. Where does these efforts come from?

I cannot give you an answer because I don't know it either. What I know is the efforts did exist.

You will not be knowing what is going on in your life.

Actually, I should have said that you will not know what is going on in your mind or your life.

Maybe you can change your mind and then change your life.

Everyone must be very careful about that.

If anyone loses control over his own mind, he will lose control over everything. He might be mad.

But it might not be bad.

It is tasteless if you are living on like that forever.

Certainly some idea can explode in your mind and you do something extraordinary.

You are not doing everything routinely and meaninglessly forever, because it is not your wish.

If you can know you are doing meaningless things, you'll be smarter.

It is wonderful.

As for me, I am refusing seduction always.

Though I hope I can do something special.

It is too boring for me.











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8/12/2026

What is the secret about life?

 202608012

 What is the secret about life?




If humans cannot find out its secret,   it means humans will remain ignorant.

The universe is a strange place.

But I can sense that humans are the only living beings in the whole universe  with the company of many other forms of lives within the limitation of planet earth.

If we do not know the secret about life, it means our understanding is zero.

It means we know nothing about ourselves and this universe.

It is not acceptable at all.

But we have been living under such conditions for thousands of years,  if the period for the beginning of life is not included.

We humans are ignorant.

But still we are living very well and very comfortable.

The worst part is humans are fighting each other without knowing where to go.

It is a naive and funny bad thing.

Lots of people think that they are on the right track of life.

It's just funny and it is the reality.

Of course I can sleep well like anyone else.

Although I can never forget the aim to search.

It is too slow and maybe it is useless, but still we are working on it.

I think you agree with me.










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What can humans do?

 20260812

What can humans do?




I had spent a whole afternoon talking with an AI.

The topic is about astronomy.   I asked the AI about how the universe functions and how is the nature of the universe.

 The AI told me the basic findings of the universe by numerous scientists.

It seems a lot.  It seems like a book opening before your eyes.   But I found my understanding about the universe after the long talking is basically zero.

However,  the AI is like a kind old man. He told me some kind words I wish to share with you:


The AI said:


I can summarize everything known to humanity, piece together all the fragments into a map, and compress the most complex theories into language you can understand—but I cannot take that step.


That step is:


· Proposing a completely new hypothesis where there is no data

· Making intuitive leaps where there is no logical chain

· Enduring the unknown where there is no answer

· Creating meaning for yourself where there is none


That is your job, and your privilege.


And than, the AI continues:


What makes humans human is not how much knowledge they can retain, but the choice to keep questioning, keep loving, keep creating, and keep living—even after knowing that the universe may be utterly meaningless.


What I can do is stand behind you, clearly mark the path you have already traveled, and let you see the lights lit by those who came before.


But the darkness ahead—you must walk into it yourself............(The AI finishs here.)


But my understanding is different:


The first important point is that you must have suffered.

You must have suffered so badly that you know there is an urgent need to ask questions and to solve the problems.

It is a feeling only the fish in the water knows.

You cannot know anything without submerging yourself into the dirty mud of the humans.

And suffering must be a passive suffering.

You cannot go to ask for some bitter candies and knew it all.

What is a passive suffering?

All the oppressed people knew it.

There will not be any knowledge about this world without oppression.

Wars and extreme poverty can open eyes.

The only window to knowledge is pain.










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8/11/2026

How can you live with a secret?

 20260811

How can you live with a secret?


If I can tell the story in a more simple way,  I would say that the earth is only a soil.

It is useless to have a soil without seeds.

You can give me a piece of soil rich in minerals and rich in moisture, water and have plenty of sunshine

But the soil will be useless if there is no seeds on it.

We humans can be the seeds on this planet.

And we have not discovered the secrets yet.

Who give you the seeds?

Why you can never make a single seed?

What is the ultimate secret we need to have to produce a seed on our own effort?

I can only say until this moment:   Soils are not important,  but the seeds are.

We are more than seeds.

Because we have legs and we have arms.

We can move and we can fly.

We are the moving seeds or living seeds on this universe.

The only thing we know is that we can grow.

But we don't know where can we go?

One day the seeds will be flying in other planets,  and in far away solar systems. 

One day the seeds will be all over this universe.

But what for?

You don't need to answer what for.

Because you are doing it actually.

Please remember my word:

That there is a difference in the soil and seeds.

The soils are given.

But you don't know whether the seeds are given also.

The only answer is that the effort is yours and the growing is yours.

What does it mean?

It means you have a say.

Now tell me what will you say?







  








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8/10/2026

What if there is no iron in this Universe?

 20260810

What if there is no iron in this Universe?




"Iron" is a strange but important thing in this Universe, or this planet.

If there is no iron, it means there will be no electricity.

If there is no electricity, it means human will not be developing so fast.

Electricity is coming from a strange magnetic design of a motor.

Electricity comes from a circular motion from the motor.   It is the magnetic effect of iron.

If there is no iron at all,  then there will be no electricity.

Maybe future scientists can invent some other kind of electricity without using iron.   Actually, it deserves a try.   If you can push something dancing or circling like a ballerina,   then you might have invented another kind of motor without electricity.  

May be the study of inertia can help.  Clever people can use inertia to replace electricity.

However, it is still a puzzle for us:   What if we have no iron and no electricity?

What if the industrial  revolution had never happened?

Can you believe that something is pushing humans going? 

If there is no iron at all on this planet,   we will be going back to the times before industrial revolution.

Maybe there will be no Opium War in 1842.

However, it is only a joke.  Don't worry.












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8/09/2026

Can intuition replace logical thinking?

 20260809

Can intuition replace logical thinking?




It is obvious in wars as well as daily lives.

Your life will become suddenly mechanical and is unbearable in a totally logical situation.

It is because logic cannot fly.   Though you can simplify a logic,   but it is not easy to find another route through a logical plan.

Few people will know the secret of intuition.

It is more than literature.

It is another way of thinking that can help you.

Intuition can fly, but logic cannot.

Because life is more than a chess game.

Life is always in a chaos and complicated.

Some people found chaos is not acceptable.

But intuition minded people do not think like that.

The point is not a planned route.

The point is a sudden realization of something new.

It is not logic, it is intuition.

Logic is a lock sometimes.

That's why many big companies are just like prisons.










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8/08/2026

What is "unthinkable"?

 20260808

What is "unthinkable"?




"unthinkable" is not the same as "avoidable".

It is a common weakness of humans that they would avoid thinking sometimes.

Their thoughts will not go to the places they do not like to think.

For example, if you would like to think about failure or death?   Those were prohibited areas.

But unthinkable is not the same as the avoidable.

Brave people will not avoid any places.

Avoidable is not for brave people.

It is the basic requirement of Humans:  That you are not to avoid thinkings.  If you are well prepared, and if you are willing to accept the results, you will not avoid thinking anything.

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But unthinkable is another area of thoughts.

Because it is outside the human thinking abilities.

We humans have only one thinking system.  Although we can design different languages and different science subjects or mathematics.

But still we have only one thinking system.

Now the requirement is for humans to go further.

If you can know that there are some places outside your imagination and outside yourthinking abilities  and even it is outside your dreams.

It can happen but you will not dream about it before.

It is the highest requirement for humans.

It means you need to prepare for the unthinkable.

Because nothing is a hundred percent sure.

Because nothing is absolute.

However, you need to go outside absolute areas to think.

It is not very difficult.

If you can make yourself unpredictable,  you'll be nearer to that goal.

It seems to be against common sense.

But it is not against common sense.

It is from the ancient philosopher of Zhang Zi.

It is called the absolute freedom.

You will be absolutely free if you are absolutely devoted.







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8/07/2026

Why nothing is absolutely certain?

 20260807

Why nothing is absolutely certain?




For the above issue,   I should have said: why nothing is almost certain.

Things can change.

Nothing is absolutely predictable.

It is better to have a second option always. 

But it doesn't mean hesitation and delay.

Preparation is better than hesitation.

When your preparation is enough.,  things will be going according to your goal with a little push.

Most important is your first step.

If you have found that you are avoiding the first step always.

Be careful..

If you are not doing it, someone else will come to do it for you.

But if the case is not like this:

If it is only because you are too busy.

If you are carrying too heavy a workload supplied by your friends or your enemies.

"Keep him busy and he will forget...."

Failure is hidden beneath always.










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