9526 What is a cycle?20231219
This is a
concept related to the meaning of life.
It will be easier to understand the meaning of life under this concept.
The second
thing we need to know is that there is no limit in our universe and our life.
There is no
boundary in the universe. There is no ”outside” of this universe. If you
have arrived the edge of the universe and you look outside, there will still be the same universe outside. It can be sure that the
universe is limitless. There is no
outside outside our universe.
The next
concept is about our life. Our life is
not given by someone else. If someone can give us life, then he must have
another one to give him life. There is
no beginning of life. And therefore, we
can be sure that there is no ending of life too.
There is no
beginning of life, and there is no beginning of the universe.
From here,
we need to examine our pattern of thinking:
We know
what we know, and we don’t know what we don’t know.
We cannot put
the thing we don’t know as a fact. But we can try. You can always try something
you don’t know. Only that you need to have some courage to bear the
consequences. If I die because I have eaten something I don’t know, my follower
will know that it is poison.
Therefore,
you can say I don’t
know what I don’t know, but still, you can try.
When you
have the conviction that there is no ending of life, then you may ask whether my own life has no
end or not.
We must try
to believe that our life will not die.
This is a
believe. And you can make it as a faith
in your mind.
If you are
sure that you will not be dying after death,
it will produce a concern within your mind.
The future
will be a concern in you.
Now, it
seems everything is important.
You
will believe that you will be there to witness everything in the future.
That
formulates a dream.
You cannot
prove your dream. But if you have really a dream, you will have courage. And you will have energy, then you will have that most important life
force within you. You’ll be happy, you’ll
be strong, and you will be energetic.
We need to
repeat something here. All of the above is coming from a supposition.
If you believe you are not dying after death,
then you might sure that it is your
faith. Though you cannot prove your
faith but you can trust that faith. If you do not have that faith, your life
will be short and meaningless.
All your
effort in your life will be in vain after death. So you must believe that your effort is
useful. You are not dying. All your effort will be a part of our humanity,
and it is useful and needed In the future.
The concept
about an eternal life is always welcomed by many. When you have that courage to trust and are
willing to bear consequences and are
willing to try, you’ll be happy to built up your life force.
Your life
could be eternal, but you cannot escape failure sometimes.
Yes, we all
could fail. Failure is not only suffered by the individuals, even a country or
civilization can fail too.
What if I
am defeated?
What if we
are defeated?
What if our
civilization is defeated?
What if our
whole nation be eliminated from the earth?
Those are
unavoidable misfortunes.
What am I
going to do even if I’m not dying?
Our next
topic is religion.
It is
important to distinguish the following two concepts.
One is religious
doctrines designed or fabricated by
human beings. Once people believe you
represent God, then you are the King for them.
and you can issue rules and laws for them. People will follow your rules and laws not
only a few decades, but several thousands of years.
But a
religious leader is not the religion itself.
Will there
be some unseen powers governing our universe
though it never give laws or books for humans?
This is
something we cannot know or do not know.
But we can
always distinguish the two.
One is the
real and unseen powers behind everything.
The other
is a very clever person who issue laws for you and he told you that if you believe him then you will receive gifts from
him. He will give your lands and fortune
and good luck etc.
Seems to be
a very simple story. But actually it is very useful and powerful method to
govern human beings for several thousands of years.
Now comes
another cycle.
In a new
cycle, you will not believe in this old religious
doctrines.
We know
that human beings are going forward in cycles.
One cycle
could last several thousand years, no
matter how absurd it was.
And
doctrines need not to be religious. Doctrines could be morals. Doctrines will
become paradigms. Doctrines will
formulate thinking habits. Once a
really bad thinking habit is formed, For
example, the spiritual victory for Ah Q. It still prevails in today’s China.
However,
all these bad habits will be gone in a new cycle of life.
The whole
world is now witnessing how a weak nation is totally destroyed or eliminated
soon. That could bring in a lesson for
the new cycle.
Therefore,
failures are important in the progress of Humanity.
If you
believe you have an eternal life, then you will not regret that you are failed
sometimes.
Because you
will be there to witness your final
victory in the future cycle of life.
It is very
clear that human beings were in the next cycle of life now. The old paradigms of doctrines and thinking habits
will be gone soon.
The Chinese
will be Ah Q no more, and the invaders will not be suppressing any more.
So it is
time to cheer up now.
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