What is happiness?

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What is happiness?

By checking your own happiness, you will know what you want in your life.

What is the happiest moment in my life?

However, it needs to know the difference between the real happiness and not real happiness.

No one can define for you what is real happiness.  Only you can know it.

When I was a little kid, I was in a poor family.   We need to struggle for the food for tomorrow almost everyday.   By the time my father was working far away in Hong Kong and I was in Macao,   living with my grandma,  because my mother was dead already.

One day when I was clearing the old stuff in my living place, that was a dark room without window, I found a hundred dollar note suddenly.  I was so happy it seems all problems of our family was gone. It was never in my life to see a bank note in such an amount. I sat down to take a paper to write immediately to my father,  telling him the sudden wealth and was extremely happy that our fate of poverty had ended.  Soon  I got a reply from my father, he told me that was the money when every thing was in a chaos when my mother was serious sick by then.  And he told me how to handle the money and how to use it for the coming days.

Can money be a real source of happiness?

I think it can be judged by those who have it.

Material need is on the first level in your life.  There are so many levels on top of it.   Any one can try them one by one.   From the basic level of survival money to the higher level to your fame and achievement.   And there will be more levels above your achievement.   Until one day you find it is not enough still.   You are still searching for an unknown happiness ahead of you.

And it is a long way without end. 

It is important to have a goal ahead of you without end....... It will be a tragic moment if you find it is really the end.  In the long long time of your life, you will learn where to search for your real goal.

And it will not be your "safe lodging"(歸宿).   

It is the difference of the Chinese culture and the West.   But a safe lodging concept is not enough.   It is for the self and only for the self.   A more happy moment is in the dedication of one's effort.

Because the dedication is real.  The dedication is for everyone.   Your true happiness will be there forever.

And happiness can be given away.   When you try to make other people happy,  forgetting about your own situation........you will have it.

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What is meaningful?

 20260519

What is meaningful?

Popular thoughts about meaning is money: But it is  the source of unhappiness.  

Happiness is in somewhere else other than money. 

Although few can refuse the help of money. And people will be happy if they are rich suddenly.  However, the situation cannot be determined only by money.  There is many other issues besides money. 

It is sure if someone finds his life meaningful,  he will be happy.

What is meaningful?

No other people can tell you what is meaningful but yourself.   If you think it's meaningful and it is.

Because you are the boss of your own life.

Many people cannot trust themselves.   They must wait for other people to tell them what is what.  They cannot think independently.   They cannot know they will be happy if they thought so.

It is so simple yet many people cannot know it is really simple.

Yes, you will be happy if you think you are.

Then you'll be happier and happier.

Please try.  You will be happy.

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What is truely bad in the science era?

 20260519

What is truely bad in the science era?

I just finished watching a video speech by an AI expert in an American university.   he seems to be a Chinese in blood, but he is totally American.

He was excited about the AI development in the States. He encouraged his students to keep on  AI study.  It is understandable.

But it seems to be a complete dominance in the brains of the American intellectuals:   There is nothing else except technology.

They will not care anything outside the sphere of  their eyesight.

It is all because of the AI can push American economy.    The real meaning is that:  It's all about money.

No one can neglect AI.   It is the backbone of modern economy.   But a bone cannot support your whole life.    You need to have a heart and many things else.   It is utterly meaningless to fight with skeletons  in a heartless world of deserts.

But you need to do that anyway,  if the heartless trend is going on like this,  planes, submarines and tanks will be in your door steps.

It needs to be a truly human to stand against all that.

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An old article about "Swan Lake" 

(A ballet originated from Russia)

9296 Why the Swan Lake is so difficult to understand ? 20210703

Almost none of the productions in the past few decades can reach the height of the original version of the Swan Lake. The only best version was a performance by Anthony Dowell and Natalia Makarova. You can view it from YouTube: “Swan Lake Makarova Dowell”.

The story is simple, yet few can understand. 

The Princess was bewitched by the Devil, turning her into a slave swan. The Prince wanted to shoot the Devil to save the Princess, however, the Princess used her body to stop the shooting. She told him that if the Devil is dead then the spell will never be broken, and she would remain a slave swan forever. The spell is that the Princess must find a true love. If she can find one, then the spell will be broken. 

Almost none of the productions in the long years can understand this point. They thought it is easy to break the spell. They would stage a scene to let the Prince fight with the Devil and it happened in almost all the productions that it is easy for the Prince to kill the devil with his external muscle. 

They do not know what is true love. 

In the original version, the Princess finally jumped into the cliff and the Prince followed immediately. It was in this moment the mind of the two was shown and the Devil felt to his final death on the stage floor, as the spell is finally broken. May be the jumping is not acceptable to many and they cannot find another scenario to show what is true love. And it is very strange once they cannot know what is true love, the whole production would become tasteless and the other dances and music in the production would be mediocre. 

The question is can you kill the devils by putting them into jail?

And it is not easy to “educate” the new generation about what is true love.

Many cannot even “love” anyone in this material world. They know only to “own” someone and chase after material life.

However, we have found that the scenario is changing. 

Humans are changing in the human evolution.

Humans are changing from a state of self-interest to a state of mutual cooperation. 

It is the basic difference of Capitalism and Socialism. Though the world is complicated and many different thoughts appeared, but the trend is here. We humans are changing from a selfish mindset to a total mindset. Humans need to cooperate more than war. It is not easy to predict how long the process will last and what would happen during the evolution stages. However, one would easily know the direction of the human progress. 

Yet the most difficult part is you will not know who is the devil. They are all hidden and disguised. And you need to fight with them. They would take over your country and sell it. Human evolution had to suffer such setbacks sometimes. History will not be easy and straightforward.

And the Swan Lake has a clue. 

The only tool to fight with the devil is “True Love”.

What is “True Love” then? 

We human beings are evolving from a status of selfishness to a status of mutual cooperation. 

And true love needs to completely understand life. 

Life is not material posession but dedication. 

Life is not to bully, to loot, to fight for personal interest. Life is to give, to work, to help, to love.

When all these had become a norm for this and next generations, the devil will be gone. 

We are living in a material and filthy society, there are lots of place for the devils to hide. They can hide decades and decades waiting for a time to overturn the country. 

Our first question is why the Swan Lake is so difficult to understand. 

Now we have the second question: Why true love is so difficult to understand? 

If we can understand life which is not difficult, we would definitely know what is true love. And we would win the war with the hidden devils. 

How big a business can be handled in one brain?

 20260518

How big a business can be handled in one brain?

For example,  the teacher of a small school.  He has 1000 student to handle.  And its not very difficult for him.  He can even visit the homes of the students.

Now he is the chief of 1000 schools.  He has one million students to handle.  And later he become the education chief of a country.  He needs to care about a thousand million students.

He is a teacher no more.

The calculation was 1:1000 at first.

Now it is 1:1000000000.....

Can he still talk heartilly with each student and their parents?

It is impossible, and reasonable.

Miracles did happen.

He can still reach each student's heart.

The system is perfectly ok.

How could he do that?

And the question is: how big can a business be run in one brain?

Can he handle all the business without sleeping?

The first emperor of Qin is hard working.  Qin Shi Huang read reports in  big baskets. According to legend, he often worked through the night without sleep. He not only read them but also had to approve them. 

Even writing a single word "granted"(可) was no simple task.

The secret of a good management of a big business is still a secret up till now.

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Wukong wielded

悟空揮捧擊妖魔

打之不盡有許多

找遍周天三萬里

妖魔原來在心窩

何解不惑問何解

心魔原本就是魔

釋放肝腸釋放我

大我大笑笑渠儍

Wukong wielded his rod against the demon

There are many more to come

Searching thousands of mile on high

The demon is hiding in your mind

Puzzle and puzzle, why and why

Demon is mine

Please release my heart, my guts, and myself

My higher self is laughing loud at him

a note:

This poem is the same as my other poems

It will be locked up in the internet

It won't be shown for the rest of my life

And

It will be locked up in your mind too

How can you light up the clouds

with a candle

or a smile

note 

I know you are laughing

because I know

You are the key-holder

But

You will not know

Actually

You are me

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Why Russia is important?

 20260517

Why Russia is important?

Russia is the only country which covers the East and the West.

Russia is an Eastern country, yet it is also a Western country.

Russia is politically important.

And Russia is important in culture.

The spirit of love is better expressed in the literature works of Russia.   No other literature works from Western Europe can compare with Tchaikoski or Tolstoy,  not to mention Dostoevsky (陀思妥耶夫斯基). The depth of human nature in literature and music is a source to study Russia.

What does it mean?

Does it mean literature is the only measurement of a nation?

The insight of Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky is not deniable.   They can tell you more about the nature of a nation than anything else.

The world needs a quiet inspection of minds.

Lacking the communication between minds is dangerous.

Actually, most of the human conflicts can be solved if a better understanding from the inner sources is not willfully neglected.

All political conflicts are external.  And the external conflicts can be created wrongly or willfully.

The three nations of the US,  China, and Russia have no reason and no real conflict to fight with each other.

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What is the biggest differences in the US-China cultures?

 20260520

What is the biggest differences in the US-China cultures?

The US people  are left brain oriented,  while Chinese are right brain oriented.

To make it simple, we can put it in another way:

The United States people are more logical,  while the Chinese people are more intuitional.

The above observation might need a long term study.   For the time being, we could have a first impression about their behaviour.

Languages are only the first issues of the brain function.   Because we are not thinking in languages only.

It could be more easy if we use only languages to think.

The case is that we are thinking in a more subtle way,  more than any languages can express.

When we think, there could be no language and no diagrams and no voices and no movements in our thoughts.   You can express your conclusion in language.  It is only a result from your thought.  Languages cannot express all the details in your thought.

And you cannot say the Chinese uses only the right brain,  and the United States people uses only  the left brain.   It could be absurd.

You can only observe the style or inclination from their expressions.

For some observers,  they can see more from the  preferences of the brains.

It could be interesting.

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A reminder: Who is Princess Diana

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A reminder:  Who is Princess Diana

note:

She was almost forgotten by the world for the past 30 years.   For some unknown reason,  her ex- husband King Charles III has become quite active recently in international politics. It is a reminder for the world that the tragic event is still in the minds of many people.

for those interested please search for the term 戴安娜 from my blog. I have mentioned about her before.  She might be the most remembered beauty in modern politics.

(The following is from an AI search engine:)

Princess Diana (1961–1997), born Diana Frances Spencer, was the first wife of King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and the mother of Prince William and Prince Harry. She became a global icon known for her elegance, compassion, and groundbreaking charitable work.

Unlike traditional royals, Diana was deeply approachable. She frequently interacted with ordinary people, and used her public platform to raise awareness for marginalized communities. She was one of the first major public figures to be photographed shaking hands with an AIDS patient without gloves, challenging widespread fear and stigma. She also championed the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, walking through active minefields in Angola to highlight the dangers faced by civilians.

Diana and Charles married in 1981 in a lavish royal wedding watched by millions worldwide. However, their marriage was troubled by infidelity and incompatibility. They separated in 1992 and divorced in 1996. Despite the personal turmoil, Diana remained devoted to her two sons, striving to give them as normal a childhood as possible.

On 31 August 1997, Diana died from injuries sustained in a car crash in Paris. Her sudden death triggered an unprecedented outpouring of public grief, along with strong criticism of the British royal family's initial silence. She remains one of the most admired and mourned figures of the 20th century, often called "the People's Princess." Her legacy continues through her sons' charitable and public work, as well as the many causes she helped bring into the spotlight.

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When is the most dangerous moment of a writer?

 20260516

When is the most dangerous moment of a writer?

A writer is always hungry.   He is hungry about everything. He takes in lots of materials,  and then he examines his material and cooks them.   When he finished cooking he will produce the material like an art work.  

The most dangerous moment is when he is satisfied with his own work.  

When he is happy with his work, he will not produce anything more,  or anything new.

The American writer Ernest Hemingway died this way.   He used a double-barrel shotgun to shoot at his own mouth.   His wife was in the second floor when she came down for the huge sound, she found his head was blown away with a headless body on the floor of blood.

Ernest Hemingway was famous for his strong character.   He likes to write about how he fight.

I always remember his work: "Old man and the sea".

When he came back to his home after a fierce fighting with the sharks on the sea,  the sharks had eaten all his capture and he could only bring back home the bone of a large fish he had caught.  He was too tired to lie on his bed with his back facing upwards, leaving a moment for the readers to feel the tremours of his fighting.

When he committed suicide, he might had forgotten all his writings.

The dangerous moment of a writer is when he is on the peak of success.

When everyone praised him,  it could be  his weakest moment.

You'll be strong when other people blame you,  but you will be weak for the smiling voices and it is dangerous.

Most dangerous moment is when your enemies saying sweet lies to fool you.

The books of  Ernest Hemingway  were selling like hot dogs.   It was so popular and he earned so much money,  but it was fatal.

There is no peak on this planet.  You can take a breath to rest sometimes,  but you can never be satisfied with yourself.

If Earnest Hammingway is not died so soon,  will he choose to write with ink rather than his own blood?

His blood is much more shocking than all his novels:  though it is against his will.

There is no real success in this world.   You can only keep walking.  Be prepared for the second round. It will be coming very fast and you will not have enough time for it.

  

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Why it needs to aim high?

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 Why it needs to aim high?

 

Most people do not aim high.

Most people are only aiming at a better living or more money.    It is not high.

Many leaders are the same.

Concerns are for economies only.    They are looking at money more than anything else.

They do not have a higher aim.

It is extremely disappointing.

It is wrong.

Because you cannot place your hope in others.

Your hope is in your own aim.

Material satisfaction is not a higher aim.   It is no better than animals.  Just the same as a cow who is always looking for more grass.

What is a higher aim?

I think I need not to explain more.   Those with a concern knew it already.

And it is useless to explain to those without any concern.

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How important are we humans?

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How important are we humans?

We are more than a tiny spot in the unlimited universe.

Maybe the concept of an "Unlimited universe " is wrong.   But it doesn't matter whether it is wrong or not.

We are actually very small to compare with the whole universe.

But it is a most important event in the universe that humans are born.  The universe will be truly alive with humans in it.   It is utmost important.

If you travel in the dark universe for a thousand years,  you will find nothing alive in it.   It was like a completely bare dessert.   But suddenly you find something strange in the desert.  It is a tiny spot of life.   And the spot of life can grow. 

How important is this tiny spot of human in the universe?

If you are the owner of this universe, you'll be happy.

Because you have suddenly find a chance in this universe.

What is this chance?

It is hope,  maybe.

It is a possibility to grow for this universe.  And it is wonderful.

How important are we in this universe?

It could be extremely important.  

Because we are living being.   We can produce a future for this universe.

It is not meaningless.

It is value.

Life could be meaningful if it is valuable.

Your life has got meaning, and me too.

We all have a meaning in our life.

To compare with all sorts of unhappiness in this world,   they are not important at all.

Important is we are growing.  

Sometimes the growing is difficult, but still,  we are growing.

We can go somewhere in the future.

Don't be upset with your life.

Don't be upset with anything miserable.

"Les miserables" is history.

We have a future.

We shall carry all our past into the future. No matter it is miserable or not.

Because we are the most important element in this universe.

Because we are human and we are growing.

You'll be saved if you got it.

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Do you know what you do not know?

20260514

Do you know what you do not know?

The above question is meaningless.   Of course, no one will know what he doesn't know.   It is only a strange logic of things.   I do not know what I don't know. I do not have what I dont have.......

But is it really so?

Could I have something that I don't know I have?

Can I check in my treasure box and find something I did not expect it exists?

This is the bad experience of many people in need.  They search into their wallet and they search into their bank account,  hoping something unexpected can happen.

And this is the real nature of human situation.

You might find something really valuable in your unknown account.

Humans do not know many things.

Humans do not know what is waiting ahead of us humans.

I do not know, but I am expecting.

I do not know, but I am searching.

I do not know, but I am hoping.

It must be an extraordinary event to make humans here.

There must be something for us.

There must be something for us to work for.

And this is the reason for humans to be friends together.

No other reason is bigger than this reason.

Because the future is always bigger than the past.

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