What is the bottom line of humans?

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What is the bottom line of humans?

If humans have crossed that bottom line,  then humans will not be humans,   they will be another type of  creature cannot be said to be human.

It is not difficult to define human.

People can tell you what is human and what is not human.

However, it is not easy to to search for the inner nature of humans.

Because the inner nature is not easily seen.

But you can feel it.

Anyone can know what is human and what is not human:  if he is a human.

Then what is exactly the nature of a human?

It must be in the "internal feeling" of a human.

It is easily seen everywhere.

Anyone who is relying completely on external calculations is not human.

Anyone without an internal feeling is not human.

Well, someone  might argue:  He's got limbs, he's got eyes, he's got ears that he can talk in your language. How can you say he is not human?

We need to use a Chinese proverb to define this:

雖生人世上， 未得謂之人。

I don't know where does this line comes from.

But It is true.

Who is human and who is not human could be seen by common folks.

It is an inner feature for everyone.

Or you can say,  it is a guideline for everyone.

And if you can think it more,  a question will come up from your mind:

Where does this guideline come from?

Who had defined human for humans?

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" Internal feeling" is important.   It is more than  the feeling to define what is human and what is not human.   It helps you to survive.  It helps you to win.  So please trust your own internal feelings,  although sometimes you need to listen to external explanations.

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How to gain the hearts of people when they can trust only you but not your successor?

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  How to gain the hearts of people when they can trust only you but not your successor?

I thought this is a major issue in modern politics.

I do not have any idea right now.

I hope someone can help to work on it.

See you later.

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What is the best time to write?

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 What is the best time to write?

Tonight is a very special night for me.   Never tried it before.   I dropped by the Hong Kong city hall accidentally.   I was on my way to the post office.  And I have a few minutes free,  I  just went  to the ticket office,   wondering whether I could spend some time here.

I brought a ticket and have a place in a coffee shop.  But I was amazed that so many people crowded in.   They were standing and waiting,  surrounding me.  It seems all very excited waiting for the performance.  

I hope I can enjoy a good night here,  with the souls of my reader friends together.

What kinds of music am I waiting for?   I have no idea.  But the ticket office girl told me it is superb and shouldnt have missed it.

It is a wonderful feeling when you were in the crowd.  You felt composed.   No one noticed me.  It seems everyone got friends here.  They were talking and talking.  I am not interested to listen to any one of them.   It was a good mood.  Everyone seems so happy.  It is a peaceful time.  No wars are going on here in Hong Kong.   You can find any place and you can enjoy yourself.

Still, there's 10 minutes more to go.   What will you do if you have 10 minues time for free?

Yes,  I can write.

I can share the moment with you.

How I hope you can see what life is going on in here?

It is not like anywhere else in the world.

Suddenly I felt there were empty spaces around me.

People were leaving into the show now.

I got to go,  too.

I hope you are with me.

I hope you can enjoy it too.

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Will culture be really improving with wars or without wars?

Will culture be really improving with wars or without wars?

Ding, and ding, and ding ding.....

fight, and fight and dont fight....

wars are raging

fires are burning

children are crying

nothing is changing

when........

cowards are smiling

How can you sleep under such a big secret?

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How can you sleep under such a big secret?

And of course I dont mean sleep.   You'll die if you really can't sleep.  What I meant was that we are living under a huge secret,  if that secret is not a threat.

People are easy to put all the secrets under the name of a god. 

If you know the universe is such a huge place without boundary,  you will wonder why we are here.  If you are serious,  the problem will be in your mind forever.    You will be locked up in such a secret,   And there will not be a real place of rest for you.

Are we the only living beings in this universe?

We might need another thousand of years to answer that. 

Actually, it is the same secret.   If we are the only living being or if we are not the only living being:   the situation is completely the same.   I will not expect "other living being" will tell us more about this universe.   The situation is not changed. All the "beings" were living under the same secret situation.

Now let us talk something about "ghosts".

As far as I am concerned, I think there are ghosts.

But the life span of ghosts must be very short.

They might stay for a while..... Buddhists believe that.   And the ghosts will be gone afterwards:   I think they cannot stay long.   Don't you think the ghost of Julius Caesar can stay until today?   Don't you think the ghost of Emperor Qin Shi Huang can stay until today?  No.   Not one ghost story can last for that long.   They must be gone.

Then where are the spirits of life after life?

Yes, that is a secret.

That is a secret we cannot know it now.

It is a reality we are living under a huge secret.

It is a reality with our brain function that we cannot know what we are not expected to know.

Can you be still sleeping under such a huge secret?

Humans are all busy fighting and making money.

Everyone when they are not sick and when they are not in their death beds they will not reflect on such secrets.   By the time they were on their death beds,  they will not have any energy left to think.

What does it mean?

It meant when you are able you will not think and when you are not able: you cannot think.

We have only one choice:

We can put all the secrets aside and work on what we can work.

Because you can't do anything if you carry that secret on your back.  It is useless if you do not sleep.

Only one thing is important.

That we need to admit that we are living under a huge secret.  And that we need to let our children know about this.   And please do not use religions to hide that secret.

We will be humble with such a secret on top of our head.

Next time when you are fighting each other and when you are killing each other,  you can stop for a second and think about that.

Ignorant people will not be too ignorant if they know that they are ignorant.

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Why it needs to ask why?

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Why it needs to ask why?

Because if you do not ask why you will never know why.   And it is not important.   So many people die without knowing why.  It is natural.

What is unnatural is human.  Humans found they are in this universe.  And not one of the explanations are satisfactory. 

They wanted to know why.  Why there is humans and what is the reasons for a universe to be born here.

It seems like a plant.  It seems like a tree. The tree is growing and growing.  In the eyes of a human.  Tree is growing more beautiful every day.  And it is not a reason.  You cannot tell in theory why it exists and why it is growing.  You can only feel it. Because our reasoning power is still young. We cannot know more than we can know.  You can talk with your cat or your dog. You cannot tell them what they cannot know.  And we are the same. We cannot know the knowledge beyond our understanding.

It seems to be a limit, and it seems to be a boundary. But there is no boundary in this universe.  It is the reason of our freedom. When there is no boundary and no end,  then you can go everywhere.

Are we happy in this situation?

Yes we are happy.

Still you need to ask why.

You will not be stopping when you are asking.

How to gain the trust of your enemy?

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How to gain the trust of your enemy?

If you can do it,  you will win a prize not from  Nobel,  but from History.

When your enemy wants only to kill you,  can they still trust you?

It is extremely unlikely.

It might happened one day when people can trust each other, but not now.

World peace could be near if people can really trust each other.  

There is a reason for not trusting each other on this  Planet.

It is because people have not entered the period of peace on earth.  You can't trust anybody if they are at war.

The so-called world peace is only an ideal.   And the ideal is almost unreachable.

If one day this ideal is nearer,  it will be perfect.

There are evils on earth.  You can only beat them but not trust them.

Once you can trust evils. it meant they are not here with you.

It is really sad a situation on earth right now.

It needs lots of time and lots of people to work on it.

The question is:   can evils be eliminated from this planet?

If you say yes,  you might be able to help.....

And I don't know whether it's good or not.   You might need a lifetime to work for it if you are not changed.  And you might be the first aim of the evils.

Good luck, my friend.

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How many words can flow across the brain in a young student?

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How many words can flow across the brain in a young student?

I was a crazy reader when I was young.

I remember when I was in primary five, I borrowed the Monte Cristo story from the library.

It was a book in three large volumes. I can only borrow one book each day.  The first day I borrowed volume one. And returned it the next day to borrow volume two.   And then volume three.   If Alexandre Dumas was alive,  he will be amazed that the attraction of his story is so strong,  that a young student like me cannot stop reading.

It was a  Chinese translation.  I can still remember some of the scenes after so many years.  

And then it came some very cheap swordsmen stories.   I used to read them when I was walking home. Macao is a quite small city,  and it was safe reading on the road.

I read a lot when I was young.  And I cherished the experience.  Later I tried reading English novels. I remember my painful experience in reading War and Peace by Tolstoy the Russian writer.  It was an English translation.  It was so difficult for me and I need to look up many words with a dictionary.  

And I don't like reading simplified Chinese words.

It seemed the prints were blurred.  

I don't know how the Chinese young people read  simplified prints.

It occurred to me if  I have read a million words in my brain, and if the words were all simplified,  how frustrating it could be in reading.

How many blurred low resolution images could stop you from reading?

It is the smooth flowing images created a culture of the future.  

To delay reading speed is to delay civilization.

This is the reason why I am against the simplified Chinese words.

And my question is not -

"How many words can flow across the brain in a young student?"

Because it can change the feeling and make things emotional.

If Taiwan is to return to China, this emotional problem is utterly important not to be neglected.

But Taiwan issue is still a minor problem.  It is no big deal in the grand history of China.

The major problem is in a free flowing future for a Chinese reading habit.   It is not a minor case.

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Can Simplified Chinese help thoughts flow better?

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Can Simplified Chinese help thoughts flow better?

For the time being I can give you only my personal experience.

I thought it is no.

A simplified form of Chinese language cannot help you think better.

If I want to show my idea, I would want to show it fully.

I will draw a complete picture for you, not a simplified one.....

But the language problem is a serious problem:

Because it is like a lock up situation.

Even though you said it is no good, but it cannot change.

A whole generation of all people need to suffer from it.

It is no good for cultural development, but it cannot change.

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