What is best for Steve Jobs to do now? 喬布斯最好做甚麼？

喬布斯最好做甚麼？
…………………………………………李察
(問到底No.8230 　　　　2011 0829 Monday)　　　　


　　喬布斯不幹了。有人十分關心他的健康。

　　李察希望趁此機會，談談中國醫藥的問題。李察猜想，如果他能轉向中國醫藥，他的生存機會會大得多。但是，問題並不在此。李察只想提出一點：中國式的思維方式，中國式的探索方式，全世界都應該緊密注視。

而這並非是說，中國人已經有了甚麼了不起的成就。他們可能有一點成就，但或者已經吹噓太多。或者，我們亦可猜想，中國人其實不知道甚麼事情正在發生，或者，他們一點都不知道。

但好奇心是控制不了的。

任何人，只要略曾一試，無論那是針灸或者氣功，或者是中國草藥，都會產生濃厚興趣。都想窺進去。看看裡面有甚麼。

如果你曾經試過，如果你曾經試過其中一個穴位，治好了某種病症，你就會有興趣知道，到底這整個針灸理論是甚麼。在人的身體裡，有無數穴位。如果你找到了其中的一個，你就會很想知道，到底這是甚麼一回事。

有的時候，連針也是不必要的。需要的只是一隻手指。 按摩到穴位裡去，就會感受迅時出現的能量。

此時，你就會發覺，氣是真實存在的，正在你的體內周流。何謂「氣」？許多人喜歡跟「電」比較。其實是不同的。

此後，就可能是你的第二階段探索。

　　第一階段是針刺。你是不需要知道任何事情的。甚麼穴位等等，與你不相干。醫生會為你尋找穴位，刺進去。你就會知道差別在那裡。

但氣功是屬於第二階段的。因為，你需要「學習」，才能夠感受。一旦有了「氣」的感覺，一旦你學會了召喚氣的能力，就好像第一次觸電那樣，你必定知道，你已經進入了一個超自然的科學範圍。而你的思想典範(paradigm)，就會開始轉移了。你開始進入另外的一個思想網絡了。

而這僅僅是開始。要進行全部的典範轉移，需要更多的探索研究。目前，僅僅是視點的轉換而已。

如前面所指出的，甚至是中國學者們自己，也不能夠把這些道理很清楚地說出來。

這裡，李察只能提出一點猜想。

猜想，在「人」的內裡，是必定有一個能量中心的。

　　就是這能量，推動心臟跳動，肺臟活動，或者腎臟啟動。沒有了這能量，或者能量的分佈不平均，都會有麻煩。

這能量是甚麼呢？

李察這樣猜想：「氣」只是外在的表現。為甚麼說，「氣」是外在的呢？因為，你能夠感受它。就像血壓、脈搏、等等，都是外在的。而內裡必定是有更深奧的事情。這就是生命最神秘的地方。生命是一種能量，但是，人們卻只能測量這能量的外在方面。能量出現，就有了我。能量消失，我就不見。這能量是有外在的表現形態的。有時好像一團火。就在丹田裡面燃燒。而且，這能量好像會動，流遍全身。

　　但能量流往何處呢?

　　有的理論以為，這能量好像一條按時刻走動的河。氣是會按時分秒年月日之不同而周流的。和日月星辰也有關係。但是，李察也相信，這些理論本身，也未必是絕對完備的。而且也太複雜，等閒不輕易了解。

　　還有另外一個大問題，就是平衡問題。

　　在中式醫學思維裡面，平衡是一件大事.

　　粗淺點看，這平衡是五種重要元素間的平衡：心、肝、脾、肺、腎。這五大元素，並不就是五種內臟。
它們只是五個能量中心的象徵。

　　猜想，這五大元素好像五個大水缸。氣就在這些水缸之間流動。有的水缸氣多些，有的氣少些。而難題只是在於，怎樣把氣召叫出來， 然後推往適當的地方。而這是可能練習得來的。很多人都能夠做得到。有的練習是「動功」，有的練習是「靜功」。或者，靜功是更加難一點，也有效一點。大約是因為，靜功是更能跟內在的能量溝通的。

　　以上只是物理問題。而化學問題也是同樣重要的。中國草藥能夠幫助人回復平衡。而中國草藥不是按化學性質分類的，是按它們的能量來源分類的。就是所謂的「歸經」。

中國人保持健康的方法，就是如此。

　　首先要注意的是「氣」。

　　跟著就是要保持平衡。

　　這些都是透過運動可能達致的。如果體質太弱不方便運動，那麼，草藥也是一個選擇。

　　但是，無論如何都要記住，「氣」是外在的。真正決定的，是內在的生命力。
　
　　我的內在生命力在那裡呢？
　
　　首先，生命力是天賦的。如果你有特殊天賦，誰也搶不去。只有你自己，可能把天賦搞失。
　
　　其次，生命力來自自己。如果天賦不足，自己是可能補足的。如何補足？有一件十分重要的事情，可能幫助你補足。那就是智慧。如果你有足夠的聰明，你會把自己的內在生命力鍛得更強。驅除病魔。
　
　　就是來到此處，哲學就變得十分有用了。要想提升智慧，需要知道多一點關於宇宙的知識，亦需要了解自己。一個全新的典範，一個結合了西方文化與中式文化的新文化，就會出現。只是請留意一點：中式文化(middle culture)是跟中國文化不同的。

　　正是這個原因，李察相信，西方其實是很需要來看看中方的。所謂「中方」，其實是一個很適當的名詞，去代表這一種文化。




What is best for Steve Jobs to do now?
By Leechard


Steve Jobs has quitted his job now. There are some concern about his health.

I would take this time to say something about Chinese medicine. I would guess, if he can take up the Chinese way of treatment, he might have a better chance to survive. But the point is not here. My point is, the Chinese way of thinking, or the Chinese way to explore the world, should be closely observed by the whole world.

It is not to say, whether the Chinese have or have not any real dedication to the modern science. They might have achieved something, or they are boosting too much. Or we may guess, the Chinese really did not know what is going on, or they did not know anything at all.

But the point is curiosity.

Any one who had tried a little bit, no matter that is acupuncture or chi kong, or the Chinese herbs, they will find it interesting. Most of the people would like to peep into that hole. To see what is going on there.

If you could feel one point of acupuncture, if you find the inserted needle could actually heal your pain, you will wish to know, what is the total theory about acupuncture. There are hundreds of acupuncture points in the human body, if you can find one, may be you will wish to know, what is the theory about that.

And some times, you need not a needle, you need only a finger, to massage into your acupuncture point, and you will feel the instant release of energy.

And then, you will find “chi” is actually there flowing around your body. What is chi? People would like to compare it with electricity always. But they are not the same kind of thing.

And there lies the second stage of your quest.

The first stage is the needle, which you do not need to know anything. The Chinese medicine doctor will do it for you. They will find the point, and insert the needle, and you will feel the difference. But Chi is the second stage. You need to “learn” to feel it. Once it is felt, once the energy is summoned by you, like the first electric shock, you will definitely know, you have entered a sphere of supernatural science. And your paradigm will be shifted then.

And that is only the beginning. To shift the whole paradigm need more study. Now, it is only a changed viewing angle.

As I have mentioned above, even the Chinese scholars themselves, can not explain it very clearly.

I can offer some of my personal guess only.

I guess that there must be a central source of energy in the Man. What is a Man? (In English, there is no word to express the proper concept of MAN, which is more then the human body, more then the external look of the body. It is the general description of one single unit of mankind.)

It’s this energy, pushes the heart to beat, and the lungs move, or kidney function. Without this energy, or the energy spread in an uneven way, then there will be trouble.

What is this energy then?

Chi itself, I would think, is the external form. Why external? Because you could feel it. Like the blood pressure, like the pulse, they are all external. Some thing more subtle must be there lying behind. It is the most secret part about life. Life is energy, but we can only measure the external behavior of the energy. This energy comes and we are here, gone and we are gone. But the energy has some external form. We can feel that the energy is like fire burning inside the stomach, and it can move, flowing to different parts of the human body.

But where does it go?

Some theories maintain that the flow is like a timed canal. It goes according to the time, the date, or even the year and the stars. But I think these theories are far from complete, and they are a bit too complicated, not easy to see it clearly.

And the other important issue is balance.

This is a very important issue in the Chinese system of medical thinking. The balance lies between five elements of the human. They can be named like heart, liver, pi, lung, and kidney. They are not the organs themselves, thought they bare the names. They are but symbols of the energy centers inside the man.

I would rather guess the five elements are like connected water tanks. The chi flows around them.
When the chi is uneven, then some tanks have more chi, and some have less. The problem is that whether you can summon the chi, push it towards the tank you want. By some very special way of exercises, most of the people can do that. Some of the exercises are in motion, and some are meditation. May be the meditation part is more subtle and more useful, as they can do directly into the inner part of the energy.

If this is physical, then some chemical thing could help to keep the balance. Chinese herbs can help to re-balance the five elements. And the herbs are classified not according to chemical analysis, but to the energy sources.

And this is the Chinese way to keep the Man a healthy Man.

First you try to control the chi.

Then you try to maintain the balance.

And that could be done by some kinds of exercises. And if you are too weak to do that, then the herbs could help a bit.

And above all, we should always remember, the chi is but the external form. The real difference is the inner form of life.

Where is my inner form of life?

First, it comes from heaven, if you have a very special gift, no one could take that away except yourself.

Second, it comes from the self. If the heaven gift is weak, then, one can always change it. Here something is very useful. That is wisdom. If you are wise enough, you can change your inner gift into a stronger position, thus healing every sickness.

It is to this point, that philosophy had involved. To have a better wisdom, one needs to know something about the universe, and the self. And it is only then, a new paradigm, a paradigm combining the western culture and the middle culture (not the east) will be emerged.

It is based on this, that I think it is advisable for the western talents to look into the middle culture, which is a proper name for the Chinese culture.









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