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6/25/2020

Miss the Poet




Last year I visited Yichang and looked at Zigui on the boat. It was the hometown of Qu Yuan, where he wrote Orange Song.  My friend said that oranges are the navel oranges here. Its so sweet that you shouldn't miss it.  It's a pity that I walked hurriedly and went to the market for a while and couldn't find the oranges. I went back to Hong Kong to find the orange song and looked at it again. Only then did I know that although the orange flavor is sweet, the spirit of the orange is still there.  It is the poem I should not have missed.  Today is Dragon Boat Festival, miss the poet.  I believe he is still blessing us.



6/21/2020

Happy Father's Day



  竹桿擔子兩肩挑
   呵呵大笑用力搖
    小小世界這麼大
     人間苦惱忘記了

loads are on my shoulder
they are dancing on my swing
the world is so small yet so big
your happiness is my  only concern


6/17/2020

I knew that


I knew that...........


明知帶唔走
何苦強佔有
物質與心靈
似乎須研究
根基在於心
心清通宇宙
肉慾迷心志
污穢染地球
烏雲不阻日
合眼懶追求
混亂從此起
世界有煩憂
恐懼無端發
食色當自由
搶掠為生計
骯髒又下流
限制人發展
不許人生存
人類往前進
合作大步走
簡單道理在
光明在我手
捨命求物質
錯想壞念頭
心靈統萬物
內外君知否
人類何所往
目標全通透
俗世渾無知
熙攘避憂愁
艱難惟立志
智慧有謀籌
快樂在今生
幸福有人收

I knew that all is not mine after life, why keep it?
What is mind and what is matter?
Why is it important?
Mind is founation,
Mind leads the way.
Mind communicates with the universe.
Desire makes a person blind.
Dirt replaces the planet.
Its unbearable.
How can clouds block the sun?
If you have not closed  your eyes.

Chaos starts and the world annoys.
Fears confuse mind
Lusts overcomes freedom
Robbing for a livelihood is
filthy and downgraded as
humans are noble.
Why block the way?
Why not let others live?
We cooperate and we are hope.
Its so simple an idea, just like you have truth at hand.
why exchange a life for the  external rubbish?
Because there have not been thinking.
We need to use our mind.
Do you know the inner and the external things?
We need to know where we are going.
With our mind we have an aim.
The most difficult part is to make up the mind.
Too many have never made up their mind.
We would solve all problems with  wisdom.
We would be happy,
Enjoying the eternal peace.




6/15/2020

loads on a pole





一斤擔子


一斤擔子兩肩挑
半斤八兩輕輕搖
能力才情雖然小
趕上陽光呵呵笑

my load is only one kilo
half and half on a pole
that is all I can carry
the  sun is shining so 
happy shall I go   


....

6/11/2020

What is me?

9257xx What is me?20200611



It is not a sad thing for me when I was forced to give up my collection of books. I did not have enough space to store my books. It happened three times. I picked only a few and give up all of the rest. I knew it pretty well that things were just like this. Important is whether you had digested your books and I did.

They were parts of me now.

The next thing comes to the collection of my photos. It was kept in my mobile for quite a time, and when I tried to retrieve some of them, it was not easy.

What do I need them for if I am leaving? I meant to leave for another world and nothing can be brought together with me. However, they were parts of me also.

Not only my books, but my treasured memories too. They were me and they would part with me.

It is so simple a matter I wonder why people can seldom understand it.

What is me?

I am the one who had digested many valuable thoughts. And I do believe my thoughts could be received by someone else.

It was exactly like a small grass on the lawn. The grass could grow up and could bring in something for the future. And so are we.

What are we?

We are increasing and I am part of we.

We are the increasing and the growing.

We are hope and we are tomorrow.

What is the point?

This is so simple an idea and were repeated so many times. What is the point?

The point is if we cannot understand so simple a thing, we would go astray.

We would turn ourselves into materialistic devils and could bring unhappiness to the world.

You can never put materials into your life, but by robbing others, you can bring unhappiness into this world.

Materialistic greed is the most dangerous trend of human beings.

It is not power that brings in corruption, but materialistic greed. Power is just another tool of the human beings, but materialistic greed is the source of ultimate corruption.

If we are to fight for a better future, we must know the basic nature of human life.

That meant we are souls more than bodies. Bodies are corruptible, but souls not.

Then we can have a simple conclusion:

To serve is happy, while to rob is not.

It is the reason why we need to serve not to rob.

What is me?

I would say, I am a server.





5/20/2020

not me with the moon



小我原本不是我
 詩魂喚我夜更衣
 藍光在地月在天
 人天互影兩纏綿


it is not me the single self which reacts
the soul poet calls me to wake up 
i change my clothes and saw
 blue light on the ground when 
the moon is on the sky
we are so lovingly hugging
man and heaven are all in one shadow 


5/18/2020

Philosophy (Basics of Life)?

9256xx   What is philosophy
(Basics of life)


Point 1:   We Are Souls


Philosophy meant what shall we do.  Without philosophy, we will be going back to animal state. No one can survive as human being if he doesn't know what to do.

And the problem is easy once we are sure that we are souls more than bodies.  

It must be a conviction, from the very young to the aged, that they must firmly believe that they are souls, and bodies are but the tools of the soul. Tools are your helpers, you need not to work for them, you need to keep your tools to work for you.

Just like any other animal on the planet, we need to survive. To survive we need knowledge and wisdom, which are parts of our soul. We can always survive better with a soul. We need to fight for survival like any other living creature on the planet, yet there is a higher aim of life. To survive like an animal is not enough for us. No one is willing to live like an eating and mating pig.

Eating and mating is common goal for animals. They would stop at that point. They may or may not have developed a soul.  We as a human being have more.

Why is it so important to stay in a conviction that we are souls?  Too many failed in the material world. If people are only working for a material body, they can never see the beauty of the truth, and they will be the negative force of human progress. Money oriented philosophy are the chief obstruction to world peace. They are trading everything for money, they are the causes of war. They are liars. They had never admitted their killing since the Opium War, until today.



Point 2:  To Seek and To Love


What is our final goal as human being?
It is one of the most important question for human.

We cannot answer that very question unless we are out of our present situation. It is like a fish will not know she is a fish until one day she come to live in the air and realized that she was a fish. We are the same.

One thing is for sure that if we keep seeking the true, the good and the beautiful, we will possibly find our final goal behind them. And that is a big project that we need to do it together, and that spells love.

Where does our love come from?

Love emerges in battle fields when people are fighting together for a noble aim. When we have love, we will find true and good things, and we would enjoy them as they are beautiful. Our goal will be waiting for us behind the true, the good and the beautiful.

Who else would like to seek for the fake, the bad, and the ugly? Those are people working as a slave to their bodies. Those are people who believe in capital and they would keep themselves in a bitter fight for money and luxuries and finally they will lose all happiness. Money is useful tool, but it needs not to be a slave of it.


Point 3:  Be A Real Soul


If for everything you have the conviction that you are a soul, then be a real soul.

If you are a religious person, be a real religious person. If you are an artist, be a real artist. Be a real one instead of a fake one. Be a real scientist and you will not deny your wisdom, be a real politician and you will not lie to your people, be a real business man and you will find real success.

This is conviction upon conviction. If you have the conviction that you are a soul not a corruptible body, then you will build up another conviction that you are real. This is the answer for almost all human problems. Any time if you have found you were cheating, that meant you had succumbed to the unreal bodies. Losing conviction is the reason for fear. A real soul is fearless, nothing can harm a real soul. A real soul is free. People with a conviction of their free soul create wisdom.  


Point 4:  Enjoy Life


Life is enjoyable, yet foolish people did not know this. Everything in life is enjoyable, from a breath of air to the early sunshine, any moment is memorable, if you can recall them. A glass of plain water is enjoyable, yet people are not satisfied and need a silver cup to drink and a gold toilet to flush.  Many wise people had taught us before. A gold coffin cannot put people at rest while Mozart one of the most beautiful human can only have a burial in nowhere.  A real soul needs not a gold coffin, only rotten bodies need them.

Our souls are real, the bodies are not. They are corruptible and cannot last. Only a real soul can last.

You can enjoy life with a soul. 

One important task for education is to teach children how to enjoy life. There is a beauty in everything of our life. Work is enjoyable, dream is enjoyable. Many things are enjoyable. Stupid people do not know this, they are soulless and they cannot find beauty in daily life, they can only find satisfaction in money, without knowing that ugly things can only give them fake satisfaction.

Material oriented philosophy is the source of foolishness. Yet we need them, pity them and love them. They were our yesterday. If all people are wise, then the world will be too balanced to survive.


Point 5:  To Serve and to Fight


To Serve is the most important concept about human. We must consider everything as a whole and not an individual, then we will know why we need to serve. If you are to serve the people, you must know the real reason of it. One is not only part of a whole but it is the whole. One drop of water is water. To serve is the best way of life.

We need not only to serve the people, but to fight for the people.

The world is never balanced. Negative power wants to ruin the future of our life. Without a concept to fight for the well being of the people is dangerous. All souls want peace, but the peace must be maintained in huge effort. Peace is a working goal for mankind, not a waiting goal.

The concept of fighting is extremely important. If one is not to fight for the people, then one is not to serve the people. Those are people who wants to be served.    

We are real souls.

Real souls seek the true, the good and the beautiful with love. Love emerges from fighting together. They wanted to serve the people and fight for the people. They know how to enjoy life.

A real soul is the source of wisdom.

They might possibly reach the other shore.




Point 6:  The unknown of life



a.   Who light up my life?  or Where is my life energy from?

There was a story about two sisters. When the doctor help deliver the elder baby from her mother's womb,  the elder baby was dead.  The doctor put aside the dead baby and continue to help deliver the second baby from her mother's womb.   The second baby cried loudly,  and suddenly the dead baby cried.  It seemed the dead baby was lit up also.  The dead baby gained life in that moment.

Who gave us the life force?  And we must be honest to tell each other,  that it is unknown. 

What we can be certain is that  that there is a source of the life force.


b.   Where are we going after life?   If  life is a soul,  then where would the soul be going after the death of the physical body?   And we must be honest to tell each other that this is a question we do not know.

And the next thing we can be certain is that when people are fully engaged in their life,  this is not a concern for them.  They don't care.  There are many of them in history all over the world.






 a note  from the writer:

To fight means 戰鬥 or 奮鬥 or both.








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5/07/2020

What Are We?

9255xx  What are we 20200502




Are we dreams? This is the thought occurred to me when I was 11 years old.  I lost my mother suddenly. I was in the funeral parlor and that was a bright sunny day. The sun was so hot and bright that I could not believe it was a dream. 

If we are not dreams, then are we souls?

We are the souls which are the commander of our bodies. We know sooner and later all parts of our bodies are exchangeable. I will not be surprised if in a few years later that our whole body can be replaced. Only the souls are not replaceable. But wait, who told you that the soul is not replaceable?

If I am so rich that I can afford to buy a new body, and I am so crazy that I am not satisfied with my soul, and then I decided to replace my soul also. And the Soul Selling Company is so nice to ask me if I want to keep my memory and knowledge, I can decide to replace them together. Wow, can I know who am I ? And the shopper told me, it is easy like changing the license plate of my car. That means I can have a new body, a new memory, and a new soul. And the question remains essential. What am I going to do with my new life? Did I change my life already? If every thing is so easy, then what kind of career should I choose? Can I choose my spouse? Can I choose my parents? And one final question, can I choose my fate? And I knew that is not for me to choose, as I knew that fate is the interaction of people and happenings. That is not for an individual to decide. Then who can decide my fate? It is only by this very moment; I feel a little disappointed. If I cannot decide my fate, then one thing is for sure. Human kind is not to decide their own fate also. What will happen?

These questions seemed interesting, but they are irrelevant now. I would if I could in the future turn it into a small piece of entertainment. Some may like to know more about the fate of the poor guy who had given up his soul as well as his body, and acquired a new knowledge and memory in a new soul and new body.

Now the most important question is What Are We?

Human beings were fighting without any knowledge about themselves. They didn't know what they are and where they are. If they have a little more awareness about this, they would think otherwise. 

What are we?

We are souls more than bodies. And our souls are not unrelated. They are a great soul. They could be seen not only in space, but in time. And even in some unknown dimensions. We must be multi-dimensional. We are not the actual size of a length and width and even weight. We are living in time. All our past ancestors are actually one of us. And I guess we are connecting to some unknown source with unknown waves. That would be another dimension. You can forget about it but if you are not aware about it, you will have a bad time in the coming time. 

What does it mean by the soul?  Why do you say we are souls more than bodies? 

Yes, indeed it was observed by many brilliant souls before us. Shakespeare was but one of them. He is with us always. What is a Rose?  A rose is its perfume. 

What is a human being?  A human being is its result on the planet plus the universe and some unknown sphere.

Some of the human beings are interested in many things, they are seeking the truth, the good and the beautiful. They might have a feeling that the final results are hidden behind those items. 

Why are they doing so? 

Its because they have a feeling. They must have felt it. It is the inner feeling of love. 

If you have the feeling of love, you will feel uneasy without doing more.

To put it in a simple way, that is why we need to serve.

We are not to be served; we are to serve. This brilliant teaching is still with us. It is built inside our soul. It is my soul or your soul. 

What are we? 

We are souls more than bodies. We are love more than money. 

And I know it for sure, some might find this irrelevant. They would say so what, and go away. 

They had forgotten the most important item here. 

It is fate. 

No one can neglect their own fate. Yet they will not know it. 

Can you do something without knowing where is it and what is it?

Yes, we can. 

By our endless effort to seek and to serve, we will find it. And you are together with it already. That meant, we have found it already. The dimensional way is to see that time and space are reversable and accountable. 

We are now living in a fight. 

The United States is fighting with China and her friends, they wanted to destroy the unwanted and something unpredictable will happen. 

No matter what will happen, those with a feeling like this will win the heart of all.




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5/01/2020

‎Philosophy of this game


There is an important philosophy in this game.

 It is a matter of life and death.

Think for a while.





Or,  refer to Chapter One, The Zhuang Zi  Art of War.

4/20/2020

Where are we?

9254xx  Where are we 20200417


Most people will never ever think of this question. Ignorance is common. It is a question always remain unanswered. However, a little awareness can keep us awake. 

Where are we?

We have no map. We can never sure the real position of our planet in the universe. It is because, even our universe is an unknown. We can not know whether our universe is within a much bigger space. 

It is the same as we cannot know what is the tiniest particle. Everything can be divided into even smaller parts. Its an unending quest. 

We are living in a certain "level" of the levels. We will not know how many layers of levels upon or below us. We will not know what level we are in. 

There are two kinds of levels, I suppose. 

One is material and the other spiritual. 

That means we are living in a level of material world, and in a level of our total wisdom. If you consider our wisdom in a total form, you will know where the limits are. Some of us will be smarter and they will know more. However, in the form of a total wisdom, we as human beings can only come to the understanding of all secrets in life to a limit like present. And there will be a total wisdom of many levels ahead of us.

Temporary success and affluence had made people proud of themselves. They believed they were aristocratic and more noble then others. It would lead to failure because they did not know where the wealth come from. 

First you must know the whereabouts within your own level, then you can have the standpoint to quest upon other levels. Those who failed to know their location in the living level, can hardly be successful.    

We are living in a huge mystery.  We would not know what level we are in. The levels are an infinitive for us all. 

In such a  mystery, one question is vital. 

Who is in control of all these?

It seemed natural or old fashioned to believe if you know who is in control, you can do everything to please the controller and you will have some reward. And some would deny the controller. They would in turn ask another question:  What is in control? Or what is the law of everything?

It is not meaningless to discuss about all these. However, one thing is for sure. We are living in a huge mystery. We do not know where we are and we will not know what our total fate will be. 

What OUGHT to be done then?

It seemed not a very difficult question to answer. 

You need to survive. 

To survive you must have wisdom.

To have wisdom you will love each other. 

And you will be aware and quest for the truth.

4/03/2020

Why is the Yellow River cleared?

9253xx   Why is the Yellow River cleared?  20200403 


It is another biggest myth of China. 

The Yellow River had been yellow for thousands of years. But in the long run of Chinese History, it was said that Yellow River had turned green for 43 times. 

It meant, in a situation of Old China, Yellow River could still be cleared without any water and soil conservation work done. And it is difficult to explain. The longest time for a green river happened in 1727 which had been lasted for 20 days. And this time, Yellow River was cleared of its mud and sand for almost 20 years. Is it a result of conservation work completely? Though it was said that the conservation work is not a prove for the guarantee for the absolute safety of the River. The thickness of the Huangtu Plateau is about 100 or more meters, if super heavy rain were coming, nothing can stop the sand from washing down into the river to make it wild. The River still had a very big chance to run off-course. 

Now we have two issues here. One is why. Why the water is cleared? Where do the sands gone?

Two is how. If the river run off-course again, how can the Chinese people predict it and prevent the disaster to happen? It is not the task for the bright and brilliant future young scientists, it is a task for present. All weak points must be mapped in a super computer and a simulation of the off-course river running should be made, then the Chinese people could see how should they handle it. You will know where would the River be running by simulation. The Chinese might had done a computer simulation long ago, and it is indeed very good.  

But this is the second and easier part only. 

The more important part is in the why question. Are there any extra causes clearing the Yellow River?

This could be the turning point of science. And I do hope Chinese scientists could find out something new in Physics. Will there be another strange force hidden beneath the Planet like our Qi in the human body, which is moving and it is now right below the Huangtu Plateau (Loess Plateau) which have a tremendous force on the sands and drawing them sink into the river bed? If this force is found, there will be a true revolution of the modern science. I hope young people in China can aware of this problem and know the importance of it. We are all working under the old formats of Western science built too long ago. Now is the time to reveal the true value of them. 


3/23/2020

My Room (A new song for an old poem)


我的房間


山不在高, 有仙則名。   水不在深, 有龍則靈。  人在陋室, 有心則應。
嫩苗攀窗綠上枝,  日曬花紅花散影。
香江愚夫婦,   千載白雲情。 
間或彈舊琴 ,  唱新聲。
絲竹常入耳,  踏步有台型。
知己會心笑,  域外寄叮嚀。
鳳舞行歌,     樂在天庭。


MY ROOM

If there is an angel, hills are great.
If there is a dragon,  waters are saint.
If there is a  mind,  rooms are echoed.
Branches are crawling into my green window,
Flowers are spreading shadows under the Sun.
An old couple in the Island,
Love in the clouds of history.
Old pianos played and new songs sung.
What a music,
and they would dance.
Friends  smile and send a word,
Dancing and singing, 
Pleasures are high on the Heaven.





3/18/2020

Where to hide the wealth ( A Couplet in Chinese)




藏富於天   樂趣無窮  用之不盡
藏富於地   困惑惶恐  轉眼成空

Hiding the wealth in Heaven is happiness without end,   it is unlimited use forever.

Hiding the wealth on Earth is miserable and fear, it would soon be gone.

3/14/2020

What is the best way to do away the global disaster?

9250xx   What is the best way to do away the global disaster?  20200313 




It is a truly global disaster. Human beings had never experienced it before. All other disasters were local problem which can be handled. We hope the scale of this global disaster can be limited and controlled, if a method was found to handle it. Up till this moment, no one can predict the aftermath of this event. It could lead to other disasters and no one can foresee the future scenario. There will be unexpected happenings. Governments and political systems are so fragile and a major reshuffle can be predicted if the disaster is not going away soon. I hope it is not a threat from Mother Nature to push us into another stage of evolution. We are forced to improve ourselves.

There are two different type of thinking habits on this planet. One being left-brain oriented, they are best at counting and measuring and can see things in an external and material way. The other being right-brain oriented, they can see things from a total aspect and use more intuition and would like direct trying on events. To put it very simply and straight forward, we would say it is the different approach of the West and The Chinese. The Chinese way is not the Eastern way. It is a long story and we shall discuss it later, if we still have time before the disaster is gone. 

Chinese medicine is totally different from traditional Western medicine. But we can see during this disaster, Chinese people were using mainly Western method. They seldom mentioned Chinese medicine in the treatment. It is not easy to know the results of the Chinese medicine in the treatment. 

I had read a story from the internet that a Chinese medicine doctor said he had cured 18 patients by using a kind of meridian point injection. He chose only 4 of the meridian points and injected a little of some simple medicine like Phenol into it. All 18 patients were healed. He said he had kept a complete medical record.  However, some said he was lying and did not believe him.    

I do hope what he had said is true as the Chinese medicine and meridian point injection are much easier and a lot cheaper.  Not every country can afford the costly Western medical machines. How many breathing machines and ECMOs can you find in all Europe and, will they be enough for all the Covid-19 patients in one single country like Italy? If a cheaper and effective treatment was found, we are  saved.

What is the point here?

The point is the Chinese people have not taken it serious enough to monitor and test the Chinese medicine methods. Only examined methods can be accepted. If the Chinese people wanted to help, first they must gain the trust of the world.  

If they could find out a method to handle the epidemic, and the method was tested and accepted, everything will be different. 

Is it a management problem?  People would say the above mentioned doctor is a cheater, but there is no prove. What if he is honest and his method useful? To see it from a management side, it could easily be seen that the doctor did not have any authority approval or disapproval for his method. He is being neglected. It seems that powers are on the hands of Western medicine people in Beijing and the Chinese medicine people have not much power to decide things. On a management level, The Chinese should set up a system to quickly find out a treatment method for the Covid-19.  Will there be specific remedy for the treatment? When so many of the patients were treated and cured, there must be a medicine for them. And it seemed the treatment were mainly Western. What about the Chinese method? It is certain that all other treatments including the meridian and acupuncture methods should be tested quickly for an urgent and global need.  Results should be examined by the authorities and let everyone know which is useful and which is in doubt. 

It is a management problem more than a medicine problem for the time being.
   
There might be other problem besides management problem. Political problem could be another big issue which has determined the present situation.  

It is not a big surprise to see if the matter is from a different view of the political powers. If so, China is in a bigger threat than the virus.

Reference

 http://www.bjnews.com.cn/inside/2020/03/05/699418.html



3/12/2020

Dancer ( a Couplet in Chinese )


I tend not to inspire your soul with my heavily embroidered costume,

But I shall dance madly to move my highest heaven.

不求色錦移魂魄
但以狂舞動九天

3/04/2020

心 和 人 心 (莊子兵法第二章)




第二章    心 和 人心
           (莊子兵法    第二章)
                     (新內容)

第一節   兵法與心法
第二節   心的理論
第三節   領袖魅力
第四節   精神的循環






第一節    兵法與心法


戰爭中最重要的是心。

勝利並非由於武器, 而是人心。 

在物質世界中作戰的雙方,失敗的一方總是輸了人心。 他們以為作戰的勝利因素是物質和資源, 但這是不一定的。 物質和資源都很容易易手, 人心更加容易易手。 集體催眠時常發生。 其實這是很古老的教訓,可惜今天的人以為,大吃小是必然的。 如果真是這樣, 世界就是很簡單了。智慧就完全沒有用了。這是不符合進化原則的。 小勝大也是有可能的。 

第一重要是自己的心,第二重要是掌握人心。 

古往今來, 很多領袖都只看到「人心」,看不到自己的「心」。這是他們失敗的終極原因。 無數平庸之輩,根本不知道自己是有心的。必先有心,後有人心。

另外一個問題是財富的副作用。本來財富只是資源,無所謂副作用的。 但是,當一個人的錢多了,他就很容易只顧管理金錢,看不到其他事情了。以為,生活問題解決,國家就穩定。 所以他們都會親自看管金錢,至於其他事項, 例如傳媒, 電台,電視,報章,雜誌,文章,小說、、、 ,完全不管 ,只讓隨便的人去管。 

國之重器,第一是自己的心,第二是人心。

人心是國之重器,完全不管一定出問題。 管理人心是很不容易的, 所以需要掌握哲學和歷史,還有文學和音樂。 至於其他科學、經濟、醫學等等, 雖然也很重要, 但那些都只是你的工具或者你的錢包,並非你的心。 心是被意識形態、理論、宗教還有哲學決定的。 第一流的領袖都喜歡這些方面。 心是有很多方面的, 有的心攜帶正能量, 也有的心攜帶負能量。 奇怪的是,正能量未必一定勝利 。因為勝敗和忠奸無關 。決定只在心的能量。

人心互相影響。最後集中為一個點。這一個點,就是領袖自己的心。在戰爭中,領袖是極端重要的。 沒有領袖就沒有勝利, 領袖通常都是眾人的燈塔。 眾人可以從領袖身上得到能源,得到力量。 不久的將來, 地球上是會有戰爭的。 也很難想像未來的戰爭是大戰還是小戰。 人是會犯錯的, 想錯了,就會發生大戰。 有人以為大戰不可能發生, 那是有前提的。 前題是要人不會犯錯。如果人會犯錯 ,什麼事情都可能發生。 所以不能盲目樂觀。 錯估形勢就會錯誤行動。

未來會有甚麼戰爭?

例如甲國可能和乙國開戰,丙國也可能和丁國開戰,都是人心之戰 。而且戰爭不是只有一種形態, 這一種不行, 就要採取另外一種,需要審慎判斷。 人心強弱是勝負的關鍵, 但注意不要看錯這一句話。人心強並不等於熱潮高漲,更不是仇恨爆發。強壯的心是以智慧為根基的。 面對強大的敵人,智者知道怎樣做。

對於中國人來說,春秋戰國的歷史是痛苦難忘的。 強大的秦國想要殲滅六國, 後來就把他們一個一個的吞掉了。 蘇洵曾經把這件痛苦的歷史總結為一句說話。他說,「 六國破滅, 弊在賂秦。」 六個國家都企圖討好秦國,都希望跟秦國保持友好關係。不斷奉贈昂貴的禮物和土地。他們希望跟秦國建立互信和友誼,卻得到徹底的滅亡。

問題在哪裏 ? 

問題在於他們自己的心。 他們早就在心的戰役中失敗了。歷史時常都會重複自己 。如果香港也是這樣被吞滅,中國人就會有一個大教訓。有人說, 香港是絕對不會被吞滅的。 但歷史不是絕對的。香港的問題在於人的思想。如果香港青少年的心沒有被催眠,如果中國沒有被不斷的妖魔化, 又怎會有這樣的動亂呢? 未來的歷史學家會告訴你: 人心失掉了, 土地也會跟著失去 。幸運是今日香港的人心未失。但這一條金律要切實記取:  土地是跟著人心走的。不斷有人聲稱中國不會滅亡。他們放心的說,國家不會亡,台灣不會失,香港也不可能獨立。但請留意一點,警惕不宜放鬆。國家不會亡,這很理想。但朝代會興替,領導人也會不斷更換。如果有人以為,國家是永遠安全的,是永無後顧之憂的。那就請他回答一句話 : 為什麼? 為什麼你要這樣想?

另外一條很重要的問題是: 我應該怎樣建設我自己的心。這就是莊子所說「成心」的原理 。很少人曾經這樣想。一般人都只想學點技術,技術可以賺錢。無數領袖都想著買多點武器,或者盡量跟各大勢力保持友好。

「成心」是莊子的重要思想,希望可以在這小篇幅裡說明一些。也想不到,原來兵法也即是心法。聰明人百戰百勝,心法是必須的。 能夠好好建設人心,那就意味著, 無論未來有何種大衝突,國家都是穩固和平安的。

這裡是兩個重要的分別。第一是你自己的「心」,第二是你的「人心」。這是重要的原則。第一是有自己的心。有了自己的心,才可能有人心。沒有心的領袖,是不可能有人心的。

「人心」的重要關鍵,並非教育,並非傳媒,並非軍隊,並非宗教。

「人心」的重要關鍵,第一在於領袖自己的心,第二在於內部的核心領導班子。

有了心之後,核心團隊就是決定一切的。

這是成功的最終決定因素。在很多國家,這是最弱的一環。如果核心成員被收買了,那麼,要更多的精良武器都沒有用了。這一個班子,就會變成國家的敵人。倘若核心團隊各懷異心,形勢會變得惡劣。所以領袖都必須保持純潔。但純潔也未能完全免除外來敗壞。連耶穌都是會被出賣的。

這是千古難題。有心人也只能盡一己之力,盡力去做。智者有心,是不足夠的。智者必須有擁護自己的核心團隊,才能夠把理想發揮出去。耶穌有十二門徒,但這十二門徒之中,有多少人真正了解耶穌?耶穌的基本思想,大約只有約翰較為接近。約翰後來寫成了一部約翰福音。耶穌終生傳揚愛的訊息,最後加多一點,他說需要再派一位聖靈來,傳揚智慧。沒有智慧的愛,是虛空的。西方文化兩千年來,並未真正接受這一訊息。耶穌表面上是被猶大出賣,但實質上,一群無法領會耶穌智慧的門徒,才是真正出賣耶穌的。他們根本不知道愛是甚麼。 西方文化多少年來的宗教逼害和教會醜聞,只是其中一小部份。

關於基督文化的大問題,目前只能在一兩千年的範圍內去估測。這其實是更大問題,很難預料一兩萬年以上的情况。話題扯得太遠,題外話本來不宜在此詳述。此刻我們只需要注意,我們需要一顆心,還需要一個心的核心團隊。僅此而已。層次是另類思考,但是,也有一個很顯淺的量度方法:那就是「時間」。能夠從一千年上下去觀察時局,是一種層次。唐朝的崔灝說,白雲千載空悠悠。他的心就不是只看眼前風景的。一千年很容易感受,因為有歷史。但一兩萬年之後的比對,就艱難了。兩萬年之後的中國和美國,回顧起來,你會大笑或者大哭。我們此刻無感覺,層次太低。

心的力量是非常大的。心是氣聚的地方。此消彼長,也不必憂心邪氣壓正氣,劣幣逐良幣。邪氣是必然存在的,正氣旺,邪氣就餒了,難以作為。這是基本的,雖然也會使人誤會。文天祥的正氣夠多了,但他不能挽救國家。這是因為,正氣是要和智慧結合才有用的。

高層次的思考會看到事情的規律。低層次的思考,會注意剔除壞份子,但他們看不見大勢。高層次看到遠處,低層次只看目前。具備智慧的心,高低層次都照顧,會主動採取措施,推動社會和國家。動作一出,訊息就會傳播於有形與無形。所有的人,都會看到。人心是和智慧相溝通的。人心是有智慧基因的。所以,傳媒是不可能完全操縱的。策略施展,全局波動。一燭之火,一心之力,可以照耀世界。這是人類文化之所以有希望的地方。

以美國的兩黨政治為例,另外的黨,不會同一心思。但當你在全國範圍建立了强大的心,另外的黨,就別無選擇,只能追隨。

美國的問題,跟美國文化的基本設計有關。一部份人以物質為上,不理一切道德倫理,絕對為利是圖,唯一目標是享樂。這一部份人,正在帶領美國以至世界,走上極端危險的境界。但是,美國人之中,仍有很多是不同意這種想法的。他們以原始的基督精神作為生命的目標,並不以為物質化的世界能夠解決問題。美國的兩黨制,目前並未完全反映這種基本形勢。美國人的思想是這兩大趨勢,但黨派的權力,並不一定如此走向。到有一天,其中一個黨走上了徹底物質化的道路,另一個黨就會徹底的心靈化。但這是不良趨勢。因為,完全的物質化和完全的心靈化,都是錯誤的。問題是要找到其中的平衡點。能夠分清主次的一個黨,會得到最後的勝利。因為只有這樣,美國的長遠利益和短期利益,都會照顧得到。因為真正的問題並不在於物質還是心靈,而是找著了前進的目標和方向。

至於一黨制,原理大約相同。領導機制內部必定會按照思想的不同而分為不同的秘密派系。因此,心就更加重要。路綫決定了,分裂也必定遲早出現。黨內有黨,敵人會充份利用,無可避免。沒有人知道,敵人投放了多少力量和資源去作這件事。有心的地方,就會有敵人存在。心是保護國家最重要的防衛力量,也是對抗敵人的主要戰場。

政治家不會忘記孫子的一句話。他說,知己知彼,百戰不殆。而所謂「知己知彼」,不但只是要知道自己和對方的實力,還要知道雙方的「心」。對方的基本設想,圖謀,層次,敵心我心,必須清楚。 

另外,還必須看到孫子隱藏著沒有說的一句話: 「沒有人可能做到徹底的知己知彼,所以,戰爭是凶險的。」打算開戰的人,往往失諸魯莽。除非不開戰,一開戰,你自己的實力就會暴露,讓被你打的人,看得一清二楚。時間會顯露一切。時間愈長久,你的真實情况,就被人看得愈清楚。知彼知己,要長期測量。戰爭一來,「彼」和「己」的底綫,都會呈現。戰爭會使人看清楚真相:這同樣是孫子智慧衍生的教訓。戰爭,是更加重要的思考時刻。戰場,是最寂靜的地方。智慧都是這樣走出來的。吃一虧,長一智。敵我雙方的本質,總算是在痛苦之中看到了。

孫子還有另外半句未說的話:「永遠不要低估謀略。」對方有了新謀略,而你不知道,還在憑著舊觀點判定對方,肯定要吃虧。所以不要低估敵心,不要低估謀略。所謂科技,也是謀略的一種。低估科技,以為人家的射程只有一百米,會小敗。但低估謀略,就會大敗。未曾知彼知己,當然不會知道人家的真正謀略。 吃虧之後,就知道了。吃虧之後仍不知道的,就滅亡。 知己知彼不容易做到,但對方的謀略,切勿低估。不要以為對方只是貪心和意氣用事,那種內在的心腸,是絕對需要知道的。

關於心和人心的道理,暫時說到這裡。

問題是:我們未必知道甚麼是心。



第二節  心的理論



甚麼是心?

目前的認識,是很不清楚的。

心不止是思考的工具。一顆比較好的心,可能有洞察力。也有語言以外的溝通能力,亦可能與大自然溝通。有時也可能預見災難,甚至預測地震。心的進化,肯定是有遲有早。有的人,表面上是聰明一些,其實可能是進化早了一點。有人相信,人是可能跟超自然力量溝通的。雖然這是充滿爭議的。但是,爭議不能阻止有心探索的人。因為,心的力量實在是太奇怪了。

心是會進化的。心可能是最重要的人類進化環節。當人類去除了尾巴,直立行走,所有外在的肢體進化,都似乎定形了。接下來的,就是心的進化。

未來的進化世界,人類可能毋須使用電話。所有訊息,都從腦電波直接收到。這樣的天方夜談,很難置信。但未來人類肯定會更多利用心靈溝通。未來世界,必定改進。所有人都有了洞察能力,都有了溝通能力,是毫不出奇的。

此刻,我們就是活在這樣的一個進化前夕。所以,需要知道多一點。

在進化的目前階段,我們需要知道「心」和「精神」的分別。

所謂精神,就是儲存在心裡的「內容」:你可以把「內容」放進心裡。你也可以把「內容」放進你的「人心」裡。甚至放進敵對者的心裡。

表面上好像是很容易。但其實,真正的精神,都是在心裡「生長」出來的,不是外來植入的。健壯的精神,需要千年以上的生長期。但許多時候,一種壞的教育制度,也可以在數年間,就把愚蠢的心態灌輸到學生心裡。

最壞的情況是,教育系統被敵方的秘密黨派控制了,天真的孩子,就會被訓練出來對抗國家。有天分的人,有自己學習的能力,他們會主動學習,廣讀群書,精神不受污染。但問題是大量平庸之輩。他們很容易就被秘密力量催眠的。他們不愛讀書,只聽朋輩唆使,只接受潮流觀點。所謂流行文化,其實是被利用的。當他們加入了秘密黨派,就是敵方的生力軍。在敵國內部建立秘密軍隊,容易之極。他們可以用磚塊和石頭,制造政變,把國家置於外國勢力控制之下。這是很便宜的戰爭,更是非常安全的戰爭。不是說戰爭凶險嗎?但這種戰爭,可把對方催毀於無形,並無凶險。

所以,精神是比軍隊更重要的。所有國家,都必須有屬於自己的精神。這是千古不敗的保証。沒有强健的精神,失敗轉瞬即至。



要說明甚麼是心不容易,但精神是却是可以看到的。精神並不只是在理論和文獻之中,而是在人們的實際行動。好的精神,存在於各種英雄人物之中。至於負面的精神,則會出現於不良的人物之中。檢視中國人遠古和近現代的各種英雄人物,就可以知道。

中國第一位英雄是夸父。他想知道,太陽晚上去了那裡。他奔跑追逐太陽。當他氣力不支而死的時候,把手杖插了在地上。手杖後來長成無窮盡的森林。夸父是以智慧追求知識的英雄。追尋知識,是中國文化的良好開始。

第二位英雄是女媧。她想到,天空一定是裂開了,她想到要用一塊石頭去修補天上的裂痕。她把石頭燒溶,再用來修補天空。她是第一位知道天是不平衡的,是有缺陷的哲學家。她想到要用人的力量去補足。這一點,是和世界上許多大型文化完全不同的。這是一種很實際的思想。人和大自然的關係,從此確定。

第三位英雄是卞和。他在深山發現了一塊蘊含美玉的璞石,冒死送給皇帝,被砍掉一條腿。其後他再次把璞石獻給皇帝的繼承者,又被砍掉另一條腿。最後,第三位皇帝登位,他在宮外抱石哀哭。這位皇帝命人剖開璞石,就是著名的和氏璧。卞和的目的,全是為了貢獻。生死早己不顧。

第四位英雄是孫悟空。平庸的說書人,都把故事的第一章刪去。其實,動機是非常重要的。孫悟空周遊世界,到處尋訪老師。他渴想知道生命的終極意義。他終於找到一位老師。老師告訴他生命的一切秘密。當他全部明白的時候,忽然間發覺,他已經擁有了天賦。他能夠對抗任何敵人,也可以飛越任何地方。明白生命的人,是徹底自由的。這故事肯定是被封建勢力改寫的。孫悟空後來變了,不再是英雄,他變成了主人的奴隸,只會服從。看這樣的書,需要很清醒的心靈,從本源處找尋真相。

第五位英雄是總共一百零八位的好漢。 他們都是一本書裡的故事人物,但已經家傳戶曉,深受認同。這書名叫「水滸傳」。但這本書,亦逃不過被封建秘密勢力修改的命運。書的情節都被暗中修改了。一百零八位英雄,最後都向封建勢力投降。但奇特的是,儘管故事情節已經不可接受,但這些英雄的性格,却依然存在。都是肝膽照人的真英雄,是與春秋戰國以來的俠客精神一樣的。深受感動的讀書人,都同意,這樣的生活,才是最值得活著的。生活之中,如果可以交到像這樣的朋友,就是至高無上的快樂。所以讀書也即是讀人,所欣賞的是人的性格。相比之下,時下的一些名著,人物猥瑣卑劣,作者的心態,在不自覺中示現了。

第六位英雄是賈寶玉。他的形象,已經與中國人結合。他代表中國文化精神的尖銳反抗。而這本書,甚難了解。因為,書是在封建最高壓的環境中寫成的,作者想說的話,全部無法出口,只能以一種艱深的隱喻,希望未來的讀者明白,把中國文化的基本精神,傳承出去。書的作者,絕非胡適所認定的曹雪芹,而是一個完全隱去名字的人。胡適是親美文人,之後,這胡適觀點就被某些人真理化了。紅樓夢的作者深深知道,唯有隱去名字才是安全的,這書的內在訊息才有傳播的機會。賈寶玉的性格,是中國文化的純潔象徵。

中國文化中的英雄數之不清。每一挑戰,都產生大量英雄。從古到今,英雄人物此伏彼起。新中國建成之後,英雄人物更是百出不窮。各種領域都有,從各種建設到太空探索,英雄的心正在帶引中國。2020年的抗疫事件,其實質是一場戰爭。在戰爭之中,大量英雄人物顯現。他們的精神,就是中國精神。中國不是一天建成的。每一場戰役,每一次努力,都是中國精神的鍛煉。從眾多英雄人物的內心世界,就可以看到中國精神。

中國精神,是中國人放在心裡的內容。其中的意義,就是哲學。夸父代表中國人的探索精神,而女媧知道了大自然並非絕對完美,需要補足。所以需要奮鬥。卞和就是奮鬥精神的代表。從古今英雄,可以看見生命的意義。活著不是為了「健康」,更不是像某種外國邪教所主張的,只是為了死亡。只要看看英雄們就知道了。卞和並不是為了健康,更不是為了死亡而活著。英雄都有崇高理想,並非為了物慾。物慾是一條試煉的紅綫。過了界的人,一定失足。

精神是比軍事更重要的戰場。反對勢力竭力推廣孔子的儒家思想,沿用封建時代的「陽儒陰老」那一套。從鴉片戰爭以來,多少英雄人物努力奮鬥才有今天的成就,他們完全反對。 胡塗的人們永遠無法看到中國哲學的精髓。他們不可能明白夸父和女媧,更不可能明白為甚麼需要為人民服務。盲目推廣孔子的服從哲學,暗中套用老子的陰謀策略。這一套思想,也是此消彼長的。邪正不兩立,戰場就在身邊。

部份人抱著儒家思想不放,原因複雜。但儒家思想只能反映封建的社會經濟,儒家是小家庭制度的個體眼光,根本與社會主義的一心為公精神絕對不同。長遠看去,儒家勢力不可能永遠把持中國。未來的中國,也可能繞多一些圈子,走上痛苦的回頭路,但大公無私的大路,是不可能回頭的。無論多麼久,中國人的路只有一條。




第三節   領袖魅力


歷史上,很多領袖都深刻知道心和精神的道理。表面上,都說是一種領袖的「魅力」在起作用。實際上,他們都是思想領先的領袖。

什麼是魅力?

魅力是優秀領導者最重要的本性。 有魅力的領導者有影響力。 因為他思想領先。

歷史上最具魅力的領導人之一是君士坦丁大帝。 他是公元306-337年間的羅馬皇帝。 那時他已經被敵人壓得透氣不得了。 故事說他在一夜之間突然改變。 他為帝國選擇了基督教,並命令士兵們在盾牌上劃一個十字架以進行戰鬥。 從此,勝利就是屬於他的。他贏得了戰鬥,使羅馬成為一個龐大的帝國。 許多宗教人士認為這是宗教的神秘力量。但實質問題並非宗教,而是他利用了整套的宗教哲學,控制了人心。人心不是說來便來的,更不是三言兩語可以扭轉大局的。但宗教哲學是完整的思維系統,掌握在他的手上,施政就得心應手了。他運用心的力量團結了人民,贏得了戰鬥。 向來,他的帝國缺乏精神。 現在,他找到了一種精神,並將這種精神融入了帝國。 這就是他的魅力之所在。

誇張的歷史傳說,說他是在一個晚上改變的。 那真是太棒了。 沒有人像他這樣勇敢。 許多人會遲疑許久。

下一位具有超凡魅力的領導人是俄羅斯的彼得大帝(Peter the Great)(AD1672-1725)。 他發現西方啟蒙運動非常有用,並為自己的帝國選擇了它。 他的帝國也發生了同樣的事情。 他在那個時代創造了一個巨大的俄羅斯。

具有超凡魅力的領導者最重要的功能是善長於解釋。 他可以告訴追隨者,事情的本質是什麼。 他的腦海中有了全貌,可與追隨者分享。 他無需了解宇宙和地球的所有知識。 但是他知道自己在做什麼。 這意味著他所確定的是未來。 未來就是國家之路。 他擁有堅強的精神。 憑藉強大的精神能量,與所有人分享。

一整套的哲學系統在他手上,他其實是毋須多費唇舌的。全部系統,都在支持他。

一本好小說必須有一個好主題。 一個好的領導者也必須有一個好的主題。 當主題與系統結合,被所有人接受並相信時,成功就在不遠的地方等著了。








第四節   精神的循環

精神的發展,有時會以循環的形態出現。 

美國精神是從幾百年前的清教壓迫之中醒過來的。他們宣布擁有追求快樂的權利,於是,清教吃苦精神的過去就變成了金錢和享受導向的今日。 自從美國人建立國家以來,這個週期已有很長的歷史。

從文化大革命到現在的開放市場經濟,中國人經歷了類似的周期。 它要短得多,而且規模不同。

如果美國人民能夠從追求快樂的夢想變成追求智慧的夢想,他們將在世界上找不到敵人,真正快樂。 奧巴馬總統在就職演說中隻字未提一個「愛」字,當他發現有人對此評論時,他改變了。 自那以後,他在演講中一直是「愛」的熱情推動者。 其後的唐納德·特朗普總統從未在其推文中表現出對「愛」的任何興趣。

 美國人民不容易意識到自己處在精神發展的週期中。他們只會不斷宣稱他們最珍貴的「核心價值」。 如果他們了解自己的真實情況,將發現自己更加幸福。


附註(2024):
上文提到的老子,應該改作「偽老子」,中國兩千年來所傳承的老子哲學,其實都是被漢朝儒家所暗中修改的偽老子哲學。帠書老子可能比較接近原書真貌。




















2/29/2020

Two Poems


The River

長江白水去復來
循環往復美妙哉
努力向前奔與跑
百千萬年一英才


The Stars
靈台背負天神矢
萬籟無聲夜作詩
星空幾點微微閃
贈我寒光沾我衣

2/27/2020

500 tonnes of insecticides



India had used 400-500 tonnes of insecticides to eliminate a swarm of locust  one km in width and 3 km in length in February 2020 in 13 hours, according to the Times of India.

2/20/2020

Locust Problem

How should we human beings handle Locust problem?

It was a hot summer night in Hong Kong last year.  I was taking a good time to practice Qi Kung in the Hong Kong University Sports Center.  It was around 9 o'clock by the night. I observed that there were quite a few insects around the street lamps. Those were newly installed LED lights, bright and white. I had a laser pointer with me by then. I used it to spot the stars. However, I tried it on the insects. I burnt one which was crawling on the ground and see how it would react. It just stayed motionless at once. And then I tried it on the flying insects around the street lamps. But they were too fast, I spotted nothing.  I saw only a beam of laser light moving in the air. 

I searched in vain for around 10 minutes and I decided to give up. Half an hour later, when I packed my things and preparing to leave the place, I turned and inspected those street lamps one last time.  

All insects were gone. None of them could be found flying around the street lamps. I checked the other street lamps in the Sports Center and there were no insects anymore. It was less than one hours' time and should not be happened so fast. 

When I left the Sports Center finally and drove around the corner and turned to outside streets, there were no insects too. And when I left the southern part of the Hong Kong Island and turned to the Central area, it was all the same. No insects. 

It should not be caused by my laser pointer. As the area was too far away, a small laser pointer cannot reach the atmosphere in such a short time. 

What had happened in that one hour? It remained a mystery in my memory for a long time. 

There was a news about the locust attack recently in India, Pakistan and other countries. It could be an outbreak of another global disaster to come. And it occurred to me suddenly several things. 

I do not think the grand amount of locust attacks can be eliminated by laser weapons, although it should be given a try. 

My points are:

1.
All these global disasters were but in one purpose, that humans should be working together to handle it. It will drive the humans to evolve in a collective or co-operative form.    It should not be the problem of one country or one system. It should be a total working aim for all human beings. If they cannot be organized like a big family, they should be working together hand in hand. This may be the second way of our evolution. The first way is our mind. Our mind is evolving more than anything else in our body.

2.
Our older method to handle the problem may be useless. In the past, everyone needs to wait. They are all waiting for the learned scholars and specialists to tell them what to do. And the scholars need more time as anything is not yet proved. Every finding of the scholars need a long processing time.  It seems that if your home is on fire, you can only use certified methods to handle it. You should only use water or CO2 or a blanket to cover the fire. If you have a 4th method, you must first summit it to the higher bodies to prove it. Can we use another method to get away from the disasters? That means, we must change our way of thinking. Or we cannot handle any other big event ahead of us.  Try any means and change our old thinking system.

3.
Act quickly. Do not wait for the locusts to come. some would think, the locusts may not be coming ourway, our country may not be affected. And it was wrong.  Countries can send people to India and Pakistan, but please remember, your people should not be scientists only. You can send other service people to handle the case. They might find out a better method. Try any means and try different people.      

2/16/2020

情人節 詩一首 Valentine's Day -- A Poem




願天下有情人有情
任此間無義者無義
領時代前驅輩前驅
等來世後知者後覺
這情人節特別快樂
瘟疫過後就是春天