What is meaning?

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What is meaning?  

This question is strange.  I have never realize the strangeness of this question.

It means:  what is the meaning of meaning?

And then you'll come to a question of no ending.

We need a meaning for everything.

You will not do things that is meaningless.

And you will find it unteresting why some people are always doing meaningless things.

And then you ask yourself, am I doing meaningless things?

Yes, what I think meaningful is for only a very short time and a very small space, isn't it?

Will my deeds remain when I am gone?

The answer is yes.

It is yes for the result.

One result will push for another result.

One deed will produce a next deed.

Is it true or is it only a theory?

Yes, it is true.

Otherwise there will be no meaning in life.

Meaning is the only important thing.

If there is no meaning there is nowhere to go.  It is the only thing important for this universe.

Nothing is important without a meaning.

Many people are doing meaningless things.  But one meaningless thing is not meaningless for another.

You see the birds are singing and the clouds are floating...... they have a meaning if you are seeing them,  and they are seeing you like you are seeing them.

It is true and we need to believe it.

Otherwise, everything will be meaningless.

So what?

It is because we do not want our life to be tasteless.

And this is the secret of the universe.

You want it tasteful.   You do not want it tasteless.

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How do life emerge from nothing?

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How do life emerge from nothing?

I can only observe how life emerges from something but not from nothing.

I had put sea water and sand in a fish tank for a month.   I observe it every day and finally I found little dark spots appeared on the glass.  They were conches.  But they were not coming from nothing.  There might be eggs in the sand.

Nothing is coming from nothing,  I suppose.

Music will not be born from a new guitar.

Creation is not from nothing.

The harder the struggle, the better the outcome.

If  China were not beaten by  foreign powers for so long a period,  New China will not have emerged.

Beating is useless to destroy.

Forgiving is better to transform:  Both sides will be  benefitted.

Wars can kill a nation, but not its thought.

It was like a doctor trying very hard to kill a kind of germs.  He tried all means to kill it but found the germs were already living inside his own body.

Try to forgive your enemies but not to destroy them.

Can life emerge from nothing?

The answer is no for humans.  Only god can create life from nothing.

We must always remember enemies were but the other kinds of lives.  They were not emerging from nothing.

The least part one can do is to leave them alone.

The better part is to help them.

The worst part is trying to destroy them.

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十五必圓 Full moon every 15th day

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                                                      太空清朗月明光

                                                     山巒影樹影上蒼

                                                     十五必圓必見路

                                                     家國旺興好農桑

                                      A crystal sky in moonlights gleam,

                                      Tree-shadowed hills dream.

                                      The moon’s face lights every way,

                                      May home and nation thrive—

                                      While ploughs yield every day.

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What is the secret of memory?

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What is the secret of memory?

A written memory is not a memory.  It is only a note.   You can keep a notebook.  But you cannot keep the notebook as your memory.

What is the secret of memory? 

It is in the meaning.

Anything with a meaning cannot be forgotten easily.

For example, can you remember the names of most American presidents?

Maybe one or two.

I can remember George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.  And now I can remember Barack Obama.

Those are people of meaning.

The meaning will take a note for you.   You don't need a secretary to put it down.

Anything without a meaning is worthless. 

Do not waste your time on it.

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What is the secret of growing?

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What is the secret of growing?

At first I thought the root is the secret of growing.   It seems to be possible because every tree needs a deep root for its growth.

And if I am not a tree and if I am only a satellite, where is my root?

I might say it is science.

And where is the root of the science?

And where is the root of the root?

You need a beginning for a beginning.

Yes, we might be in a circle of no end.

But sometimes we need to forget about that.

You are running fast and you don't need to stop and think why am I running so fast?

But if you can.

If you can stop and think.

You can be flying more than running.

My dream is to fly without wing.

I dream and I fly.

It is wonderful to explore your imagination in your dream.

Goodbye and see you in my dream.

( And you can see me in your dream )

...................This is the secret of growing.

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Why are tea- restaurants popular in Hong Kong?

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Why are  tea- restaurants  popular in Hong Kong?

Tea- restaurants are really popular in Hong Kong.

It is not a fast food restaurant(快餐廳),    It is not a first class restaurant(貴價餐廳).  It is not a tea house(茶樓).  It is only a very common (茶餐廳).

Why is it accepted and popular?

One is the booth-seat(卡位).  It is not completely private,  but its higher raised seat back keeps out some of the views from other customers. Its a half-private place.  You can have a comfortable time without disturb.

You can simply order a drink and keep yourself comfortable for a time.

Or you can have your dinner or lunch or breakfast here. You are free and it is up to you.

It is not like those high price restaurants.  You need to be properly dressed.

You are free in a tea-restaurant anyway.

And you need not to lower your voice. You can talk freely with your friends here.

And most important of all,  its not expensive,  its affordable.

Only one thing I will never do is to open my guitar and sing here.  I prefer singing in the streets. But singing in the street is not allowed in Singapore,  it is a regret.

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Will there be an inner tempo in your mind?

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Will there be an inner tempo in your mind?

It was a happy experience when I was listening to music.  It was the moment when I forgot my own tempo but fell into the tempo of  the music.

I have no idea that I was following.

And when I turned off the music, the external tempo was gone.  Then sometimes I could realize that it was external.

Where is my own internal tempo?

My heartbeat is my own internal tempo.

That's why sometimes I need a really quiet place.

It could only be in my dream.

Important decision is just like that.

There are so many voices around.

Which one is my own?

And this is a wrong question.

If I am searching for my own tempo,   I must be wrong.

Because the first thing I need to do is to forget about myself.

It must be a tempo from the nature but not from me.

If I can sing without feeling someone is listening,  I will have my own tempo by then.