How beautiful are the butterflies?

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How beautiful are the butterflies?

I can imagine,  if you can enlarge the image of a butterfly into a wall,  people will be shocked by its beauty.

It is easy to enlarge a photo,  but it is not easy to put yourself into the scenery among the flowers.

I wonder why the creator need to create such beauties for us.

The beauty is not only in the color, but in the  motion.   It is in the way how they dance in front of your eyes.

You'll be amazed when you try to catch them.  The sense of beauty is much more stronger when you are failed to touch any one of them.

Yes, they are untouchable.

Beauties are not for you to capture.

Beauties are for you to join.

You can dance together with them.

They will know you are joining.

What are you sharing together?

Is it the sunshine?

Of course not.

You are thrillng and sharing in the feeling of happiness.

And you can blow some soap bubbles to join them.

They will be delighted.

Don't forget to bring soap liquid next time when you are going to join them.....it is lucky that children never forget to bring them.

  

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What is the best way to settle problems?

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What is the best way to settle problems?

Money is fast, but it's not the best.   It is a very simple calculation：   If you are to share with  the China Taiwanese people,  how much is needed?

People seldom thought about this.   Giving away money is a really bad thing to encourage greedyness:   It was the very old Chinese mindset.

Many of the problems in the history of China were settled by military options.

And of course people knew it that the most important issue is the mind, but it is always forgotten.

Giving, by its nature, creates a certain senses of intimacy between the one who gives and the one who receives.

It must be the best way to settle the Taiwan strait problem.

How much would military expenses needed if a war is broken?

Now it can be easily settled by money.

Money can solve political problems and win hearts.

For example, if you can give a million to each of the male and female adults in Taiwan, the amount would be cheaper than a war.

Wars could create losses instantly and aftermath:  the aftermath expenses were always neglected or forgotten.

What will not appeared in the account books are human feelings:  namely,  the mind.

Mind is the secured bonding between people of the same origin.

Try it before disputes.

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Our actions are all led by the mind. Mind is the master. If one acts or speaks with a defied state of mind, then suffering follows like a cart-wheel that follows the foot of the ox.....

If one speaks and acts with a pure state of mind, then happiness follows like a shadow that remains behind without departing.

                                                     Dhammapada v.1-2

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Why money is the fastest way to settle problems?

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Why money is the fastest way to settle problems?

If money can be used, then arms can be useless.

Few problems cannot be settled by money.

It is because money is the will of most people.

If you can buy will, you can buy everything.

Money cannot buy truth and money can not buy true love.

But money can buy property, money can buy houses, money can buy land and money can buy......an island.

Even the whole island of Taiwan can be bought.

What is the idea?

How?

Money can provide you with the method and planning and everything.

To buy an island is not impossible.

It is safe and it is fast and it is possible.

There is only one problem remains:

If you have gained time,  how are you going to use it and not waste it?

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Why buying is better than fighting?

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Why buying is better than fighting?

You can always have a choice when you buy.  But there is no choice in fighting.

Buying creates satisfaction, fighting creates hatred.

Money can do many things.   If you can give,   you will have more than what you wish.

Buying is more than commercial.

Buying can be political.

At least you can show your will when you buy.

What you pay is money, and what you gain is many.

If you can pay, you will find you can get more than any war can give you.

The Taiwan issue is a money issue too.

Everyone will be happy if you can share a fortune with them.

And there will be unexpected return for you.

What is the extra benefit?

It is the most precious one.

You can take years to prepare and then years to fight..... And you are not sure how fast can you win.

But if you can pay......

Don't you know what you will get?

It is a 4 letter word.

It is:     t-i-m-e.

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Where are we going after life?

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Where are we going after life?

This is an important question.   It is important for most religions.   If they can have a good answer,  they will have lots of followers.

Because it is deep in the mind of humans.   Anyone serious about his life will think of it.

If he is not serious enough about life,  he will forget it soon.

Animals will never worry about after life.   They just care for imminent threats.

Humans do have imminent threats always.

How to keep your daily life and be prepared?

There will be no progress if there is no pressure.

It is only for a naive person to think for the next life:   Everyone needs to be practical, or else he will lose his chance to survive.

However, it is the problem for a whole country:

A healthy mindset would keep the country strong and lasting.

You don't need a prefect answer, but you need to know your real situation and be confident to live with it.

It will be the major threat in the coming  ages.  When people have no faith about their life,  they are not manageable.

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What is the meaning of "ghost" ?

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What is the meaning of "ghost" ?

The problem is not to study whether they exist or not.

Some study said that almost half of the population on this planet belief that there are ghosts.

The problem is whether we are living in a parallel world.

Are we living side by side with other unseen beings?

Some people said that they had actually saw unseen beings.

Will there  be really a parallel world around us?

Almost half of the population in some countries voted yes, while most scientists deny it.

Statistics are not important to prove anything.

Scientific statistics tell you no,  but intuitiion said yes.

But still that is not important also.

Important is when you live and when you think, do you have a background in your mind, that there must be something else exists and you have to honor it?

It is up to you yourself,  no others can determine for you.

However, it is important to be aware of this thinking background.

When you are in war fields when you are fighting and when you are doing something important,  some people would keep silent for a moment and think of it.

Me too.

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What if you have a second chance?

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What if you have a second chance?

" A second chance " means regret.

We all have something wrong sometimes.   To regret is no good.   It is better to look forward for a next chance.   If you are well prepared,  if you have a good mind,  you might have a better choice.

The chance is given.   But the choice is yours.

What are you going to do if the same chance is given to you?

Will you be better prepared?

But I think I'll be the same.

If I were 11,   I think my fate will be the same. My mother will be taken away at the same time,  and I will be the same street boy.....

Will history be the same?

Will the war of humans be the same?

Do we have a better choice if we were to live again?

Can we be smarter?

It all matters within the mind.

If we have a dirty mind, we will do ugly things

If we have a clean mind, we'll do beautiful things.

The world will be better because of our clean mind.

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薛西弗斯，有何意思？
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世界上所有的哲學思想，歸結到最後，總會來
到這一個地方：究竟人類是否需要努力，而這種努力，
又是有沒有效果的。

薛西弗斯是一個感染力極強的希臘故事。故事中
的巨人，被天神處罰，要扛一塊巨石上山。但每次當
巨人扺達山巔，那塊巨石，就會迅雷不及掩耳地滾回
山下。而巨人，只有默默承受，重新再開始。

如果因此而判斷，希臘哲學是消極的，那就是錯
了。故事只是說，巨人並沒有放棄。他只是一再重新
自己。而故事是沒有結尾的。誰也不可能知道，巨人
的努力，有甚麼結果。但其中的意義，極度鮮明：就
算是失敗一萬次，他也會重新再來。他是不死的。故
事的永恆意義，就在此處。

現實生活中，一個人，努力只可能有一次。那首
歌的歌聲：Could we start again? 只有莊子的回
答最清楚。薪盡火傳。火是永恆的。(2007.1.9)

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