Which Country Will be Leader of the World? (revised)

 9381  Which country will be leader of the world?       20220713

All because of a sudden death of a young man whom I knew that the question was raised. 

He is not Chinese, and to avoid unnecessary guess,  I will not talk about his nationality. It is not important. 

He was rich, and young. He came to Hong Kong according to family arrangement. He worked for a famous bank and was earning huge money at his early young age. He was only twenty something. His family meant to let him work in Singapore, but he chose Hong Kong.    

He died suddenly by falling from a high building roof-top private garden. I believe he was not suicide. He was drinking with his girlfriend in the house. Several wine bottle was left on the table. It was believed that he was on drug at the moment when he fell. A few drugs were found in the house later. His girl friend was staying in the house and he was alone on the roof-top. 

Why did he go up the roof top? 

Maybe he felt hot or he had a fancy of something. 

The point is the aim of life. He has got the things most people wanted. He has got a girlfriend, sex, money and he finds it not enough, he indulges himself on drugs. 

What is he looking for?  It is “pleasure” the common goal in many countries. 

Some philosopher told us that pleasure, or happiness is the only thing which could not be an aim in life. Whenever you start seeking for pleasure, you will not have it. And the only result is vain. Happiness is something which will enter your life without your awareness. When you are working for something  earnestly and concentrated, suddenly happiness will be there. It is not an aim; it could only be a second product of your effort. 

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Why do we need to tell such a story when we are talking about the leadership of mankind? 

Yes, many people had an illusion that it was money that matters.  A leading country must be the richest country in the world. 

And it was wrong. 

A true leadership does not need to be rich. 

It was like a group of people who were lost in a dark forest. It was not money that can lead them to a safe place, but the knowledge of a direction. 

Do you know about the purpose of life? and the purpose of human beings?

Do you know the way out of the forest? 

Some one would laugh at such an idea. He will say, when I have got the money, I will find out a way. That was why I need to tell the story of a young man falling from a height. Money could help a little. But it needs something else for a direction. 

It needs a wisdom to know the meaning of life. 

The country which knows it, and acts on it, should be the leader of the world. Because if the country knows the meaning of life, they would surely have a proper way to lead a better life. Anyone who knows the way out of the dark forest will be the leader. Others will follow. 

What is the point? 

The point is:

Wisdom is more important than money. 

And this is the opposite of human behavior now. 

All countries are  taking "science"  very seriously. They thought it is the only thing that could bring in money and if your country have money, even you are sure that your country is on the way to destruction, and it is ok. 

Very talented young arts people were ignored. Arts subject like Music, Literature, and Painting etc. remain unnoticed always. Old philosophers would be beggars and will die on the street. Who would mind to think about the things not related to “development” or “investment”?  "Investment" is for commercial purpose only. People will not care to give a dime for the arts. They have money, but they just don't care to spare a few coins. It is the wisdom within them determined their thought.  They have been too eagar for an external success. 

"Science" is a name very different few hundred years ago. "Science" meant only money now in the modern world. Many of the rich science people do not have curiosity. They had forgotten to search for the meaning of life long ago. 

Any country who could find out the meaning of life will lead the world. Money or nuclear weapons could not lead the world, only wisdom could. 

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And the following issue seems interesting. 

The Chinese Monkey King Sun Wu Kong had almost found the answer when he entered hell and fetched the Directory of Death from the King of Hell the Yama Raja, he was very angry to have found his own name "Sun wu Kong" was on the list of the Directory of Death. He deleted his own name immediately. That meant he will not die from now on. Because the  Directory had a time table for every body in the world, and every body will die on time. Since he had deleted his own name, he was sure to enter eternity. 

And it was in this place Chinese philosophy was meeting with the West. 

What if you are in Heaven already? What if you will not die? What is the meaning of a person living eternally? What is the purpose in going to the Heavens? Do you like Eating and Drinking and Having Sex and Drugs every day? 

That is the puzzle of the Western civilization. And China also.

It is a difficult question:  What is the meaning of eternity? Why we all wish to have it?

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The lucky thing in human history was that we had entered the Age of Socialism.  

Humans are  regarded as a whole and humans are more than individuals. The whole species will last longer.  

Socialism is not a perfect design and  needs modification, but the concept is not the same with the old idea of individualism. 

When each and every person can see himself as an image of a total specis, he will have a new vision.

Humans are regarded as a whole. The purpose of human life could be seen more clearly.  

There will be love in the whole more than individual fighting. 

And to search for the meaning of a whole is much easier than the meaning of a self. 

Those are not selfish will find out the direction of life more easily. 

It is sure that humans will have a bright future under the leadership of a country of wisdom. 

It is a very clear point that leadership is related to wisdom more than wealth. Who will be the leading country in the future?  It is only about their wisdom, not necessary their socialistic or capitalistic approach. 

There were no socialistic concepts in earlier history. However, a different  idea about how humans should be living appeared. It is in the very early beginning of the Age of Socialism now. We do not know how long the Age of Socialism will last, but it is obvious that to search for the future is better through a whole body than  single units. 

This is the ultimate reason why you need to love your country. To think in the terms of a whole country is more effective than to think for the selfish self or family interest.

One will have a deeper and wider vision for this.