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9/28/2021

2nd Interview: How can you proof that the burning woods were laughing?

 An old article written in 2008


How can you proof that the burning woods were laughing?

 
怎樣證明木柴是在哈哈大笑?
(問到底 No.7010   2008 0423 )
 
 
    數天之前,寫過一段略為高調的話:
 

         x       x       x
 

 「或者,我們可以跑遠一些,回到五十萬年前,北京人居住的那個洞穴裡,訪問一下,正在燃燒的其中一根木柴。問問他:『你這樣燒,得到甚麼?』
    「他會哈哈大笑:『你看不見嗎?我得到的是光呢。』」
 

        x       x       x
 

    一個讀者來信問:你怎樣在邏輯上証明,木柴是在哈哈大笑?
 

  這一個問題,李察最初是一笑置之。但往回一想,才知道問題非常嚴重。
 

  因為,幾乎所有的木柴,都是在哭,而不是在笑。
 

  貝多芬曾經在遺囑裡解釋他之所以不死的「理由」。他的遺囑裡寫著:...是藝術!就只是藝術留住了我。在我尚未把我感到的使命全部完成之前,我覺得不能離開這個世界。這樣我纔捱延著這種悲慘的生活...
 

    貝多芬死不瞑目。是一個陌生人,替他蓋上眼瞼的。他的遺書上說,
 

   「噢! 神明! 什麼時候我再能在自然與人類的廟堂中感覺到歡樂? ...永遠不?...不?...噢!這太殘酷了!」參看羅曼羅蘭著傅雷譯的《貝多芬傳:永不屈服的靈魂》
 

    還有那位傻子薛西弗斯,當他每一次默默回到山腳下,不發一語。他是在笑嗎?未必的。他可能在哭。領取諾貝爾獎的卡繆,在研究了許久後,才非常審慎地說:「應該想像,薛西弗斯是快樂的。」
 

   無數的木柴,都悲泣失聲。不說那位卞和了。他的嗚咽,是宇宙中的永恆聲響,是永遠在宇宙中周遊的。還有司馬遷。他被去勢之後,堅持寫作。但他說,他是「腸一日而九迴,居則忽忽若有所亡,出則不知所如往。」他的那一種抑鬱,才是絕對的抑鬱。
 

   再如王安石。他有甚麼笑容?當他被迫退休,在家中每日繞室疾行,望空呻吟,只能看到神州陸沈的情景,當然不會哈哈大笑。
 

   還有悲哀的屈原離騷,不說也吧了。
 

   所能想得到的英雄人物,全都是不笑的。
 

   唯一的問題只是:為甚麼在這樣辛苦的境地裡,他們堅持燃燒?為甚麼他們寧願燃燒?為甚麼他們生活在痛苦之中,但呈獻世人的,卻是「歡樂頌」,是光明,是人生之至美?
 

   到底他們是快樂的嗎?
 
 
   我們同樣可能想像,而且一切人都會絕對相信,如果他們有機會重新再來一次,他們的抉擇,必定相同。就像薛西弗斯那樣的相同。
 

    他們會笑嗎?
 

    這一個問題,來到這裡,我們就會忽然察覺自己的卑下。是的,在我們卑下的俗世心靈裡,無法了解。我們不可能知道,甚麼才是快樂。我們不可能知道,屈原有多快樂,司馬遷有多快樂,貝多芬有多快樂,王安石有多快樂,孫中山有多快樂。他們明明都是愁容滿面的。但我們不知道,他們有多快樂。請原諒李察又再一次搬弄那老土的「層次論」。我們低層次的人,有低層次的快樂。他們高層次的快樂,可能,是不同的。

One must imagine them happy.

- - -

And my mind was still not settled. I returned to the cave again.  I wanted to interview the fire wood one more time, just to ask them, if they were really happy. 

What did I see? 

They were laughing like mad.  What a fool I was.  I need not to ask again.

 
 
 
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(本文貼出日期: 2008.4.22    香港時間: 8:35 pm)

9/25/2021

A MEMORY: TO SEE INNER THINGS

  9308  What is the intention to capture Meng Wang Zhou  20210906  


What is the benefit for the US to hold up the woman? What is it for? What is the intention of the US people to do this?

It is of no interest to the US economy. And why did it happen?

It is because, a secret War of Mind is going on. The US is setting up lots of traps for the Chinese to fall into. Capturing the woman is an empty shot only. There is no gun power in the rifle shot. It is only a noise. To have the woman captured will not make the US great again, nor could the US turn itself over for a second chance of growth. It is only a noise to draw away attention. 

We can expect more of this kind of empty shots. The War of Mind would be going on smoothly. Concentration is totally on the external show, important business of internal matter is neglected. They will have less time to do the internal work. 

When people are busy dealing with the laws in Canada, secret powers in China could have a comfortable place and the Chinese will have less time to manage the matter of minds. It might be meaningless to have more cheap philosophies and mediocre celebrities to occupy the focus, however, the attention to care for the minds will be hopefully eliminated.   


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1  莊子宇宙 

2  明天誰會富起來(中國精神與世界大勢)

3  莊子寓言

4  李察寓言

5  Fables by Lee Chard

6  莊子兵法(Zhuang Zi Art of War)(bi-lingual)

7  真假莊子(莊子著作李察全譯本)




9/24/2021

Can Humans Beat Death?

 9311 Can humans beat death 20210923


It is very likely to have a built-in feature in all lives to avoid death. Any animal would run away from threats at any cost. Years ago, I had seen a cat being bitten by a dog. She had lost almost half her body and was resting on a heap of rubbish at the roadside. When she saw me approaching, she crawled away desperately. She wanted to live.

To live is a grand virtue of the Universe, it was the faith of the Chinese. However, death is a threat always. Though some of the learned person insisted that when life is fully lived, death is nothing. And when the value of life was satisfied, death is a good payment. Socrates drank his poison peacefully before his students when he was sentenced to death. There was no fear or uneasiness in Socrates because he had said that life doesn’t worth to live without a discourse. It might be that if life is meaningless, then it is not worthwhile to live it. Now it seems he had found the meaning in life and he thought he had lived fully. Death cannot threaten him.

Socrates is the leader in the path of Western thinking. Did he really beat death?

No. 

He had tried solving the problems of individual deaths only. He cannot know the value of life of the species of human beings. He did not know where are the human species going, and the meaning of death in the species. And, even in the views of an  individual, he cannot know where are the souls going. Will the soul be dead together with the body? There was a bad answer in the Western civilization. As the Western mind believes in a final destruction of all, that meant an eternal death is ahead. And this faith kills the hope in many human beings.  

Only when people have taken the view of a total species, the eyes could be suddenly opened. If you see a rose in the garden, you will know immediately what is in the rose. All the species of the rose in the past are there in a single rose like this one. She is now showing her beautifully perfumed body in the sunshine. She is not a single, she is the mother of all. You can find all the roses in history in her.

It is the same in you and me. Socrates and all other souls are in you and me, now at this very moment. It is the place for them. It is a certainty. Though we do not know how it happened, but it is there. 

Death is meaningless and is beaten in such a sense. Because life is a consecutively linked sequence, it is not a single unit. It is a whole species living. And in this sense, hope is a true value and hope is for everybody.  You know life is ahead and you are ahead too. When there is a hope, there is a meaning. Life is worthwhile no matter what kinds of life is living. People can be living like a pig, but it is worthwhile. Whether it is good or bad, kind or evil, it is worthwhile. They will fight for the final survival of the species in a single living. It is because, hope is for all.  


Where are you going? You will be going to the future. That is why you have always  a hope in you. 


And the future is a grand future. We have found the first two stages of future. One is the future of richness. All will be rich and poverty will be eliminated forever. China is fighting for the roads ahead and others would follow. There will be problems of being rich, but the second stage of future is there waiting. The second stage is soul development. The souls now are far from perfect. With the future developments, wonderful things will happen. 


We human beings have a mission in our future. We shall be going for that mission. 



9/18/2021

a song for the moon festival (in English)

 

Translated by a machine with some human editing:


Recently,  I composed a piece of music to accompany Su Shi's poem "When will the Moon come?" 

The following is the recitation part of this song.


Recitation:

The moon is my good friend.  I often look up at the night sky to see if there is a moon.  When is the moon coming?  When will the moon be here?  I don't like drinking, but I will toast to ask: “What is the time in the sky? ” And I am not sure whether it is time to return to heaven.  I might have boarded the wind to return.  However, I was a little scared.  I am afraid of cold.  The pavilions in the sky are beautiful but there would be very cold.  The heights are cold.  I might as well stay on the ground and admire the moonlight.

Look how beautiful this moonlight is.  I would dance under the moon.  The shadow of the moon will dance with me. It is like fairyland on earth. It is a good time here.

However, the moon has never forgotten me.  She turned around the tall buildings and reached all the way down to the lowest place.  She spotted me through a lower window and shined on me.  She was shining on me; the one who couldn't sleep.

The moon said to me, she was talking to me: "Don't do this, don't be angry. " I said to the moon: "Why do you always shine in other places?  You never shine on me. " And then the moon said to me, she said this: "There will be joys and sorrows as well as unions and partings for you; and it is like how the moon would be dim, bright, waxing or waning.  There is nothing perfect since the beginning of times.  I just hope you are safe.  Although you are thousands of miles apart, I hope you can enjoy the moon together.  Don’t your hearts be the same?  I know you are connected with each other. “



 




最近譜了一首曲子,為蘇軾的『明月幾時有』配上音樂。以下是這首歌的朗誦部分。



朗誦:

月亮是我的好朋友。我常常仰望夜空,看看今天晚上,有沒有月亮。明月幾時有?唉,明月幾時有?我不太喜歡喝酒,但我會舉杯仰問,到底,天上現在是甚麽時候了?或者,也是回返天上的時間了。如果可以,我就會藉助風力,我欲乘風歸去。但,我又有些害怕。我怕冷。天上的亭臺樓閣,不錯,雖然美麗非凡,但卻是非常寒冷的。高處不勝寒。我不如留在地上欣賞月色。



看這月色多麼美麗。我就在月亮之下跳舞。月亮的影子也會陪伴我一起跳舞。還是這裏的人間仙境好一些。



但是,月亮從來沒有忘記我。她轉過那些高高的樓宇,一直照下來,照到最低的地方。照進了一個窗戶,她照中了我。她照中了我這一位睡不著覺的人。



她對我說,她對我這樣説: 『你不要這樣吧,你不要心懷激憤啊。』我對月亮說:『你為什麼時常都是照向其他的地方?你總是沒有來照我。』月亮對我說,她是這樣說的:『人有悲歡離合,月有陰晴圓缺。這種情況。自古以來都是這樣。只希望你們平平安安。雖然相隔千里,但是,你們都可以看到我。你們的心不是一樣的嗎?我知道你們是心靈相通的。』


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明月幾時有。把酒問青天。不知天上宮闕。今夕是何年。我欲乘風歸去。又恐瓊樓玉宇。高處不勝寒。起舞弄清影,何似在人間。轉朱閣。低綺戶。照無眠。不應有恨。何事長向別時圓。人有悲歡離合。月有陰晴圓缺。此事古難全。但願人長久。千里共嬋娟。

9/17/2021

What is the Near Future?

 9309 What is the near Future?  20210917




The nearest future on our planet is being rich. 


Humans will be rich. 


Humans are developing from a period of want to a period of richness. At first humans are not wise enough and not able enough to protect every one on earth. But this period  will be soon over and the next period will be fully facilitated with resources and means. 


There will not be poverty for anyone. And by this time, humans will be more balanced in their bodies and their brains. They would be raised up to a level or wisdom never enjoyed before. 


What is balance? 


There must be a period on earth that not all humans can walk. May be the Africans can walk first and the Asians can walk later then in a short period of millions of years, all humans can walk. That could be the course of balancing. Sooner and later, there will be a time all humans on earth are rich. They will have enough facilitation for their dreams. 


By then, money will not be a  concern. Basic desires of the bodies will not be a concern, as all basic desires are satisfied. 


People will be pondering about the second level of satisfaction. They will desire the second level of dreams. For example, spiritual enjoyment will be more important then eating. They will not worry about eating, but they will be always dreaming for something like beauty or truth, etc. Will there be a third level of satisfaction? Will there be something more desirable than beauty or truth? It would be very certain about this, as beauty and truth will not be the only desire in this Universe. However, that would be something too far away we cannot imagine now and it doesn’t mean it is impossible. 


We have two stages of the future now:  the first stage of material richness and the second stage of soul development. The third and fourth stages will be there waiting for humans to explore and cannot be denied. 

For the first stage of richness, that seems to be most easy to acquire. 


Humans are getting rich very quickly. We are getting rich quicker than expected. 


As humans are developing their left side of the brain, soon they have found out a way to handle most of the external things. With the development of the right side of the brain they will have a more penetrating view about the inner level of things and they can see more than the external and individual level of things, that meant they can view the Universe from another angle. 


Humans are developing from the self-centered individual way of production to a co-operational  production. 


There will be no war in this stage of richness as people are not suffered from want and the basic desires are satisfied and they will not risk to lose everything in the wars and people will be wiser in this stage. 


Over-development will be a worry and with the higher level of wisdom developing, it is not a real problem. 


And the term “problem” will be less used as people will be talking more about “possibilities” than ”problems”.


What is the possibility for being rich? 


Earthy desires will be satisfied and the reality about the basic of life will be clear. 


Life is a soul built on the material body. And the souls are connected. They are connected both horizontally and vertically and future people will find it funny to see things as souls and materials as there will be a new term for the both. Maybe souls are also material and materials are also souls. 


For the time being we can expect a fact that as souls are connected like waters are connected. There will not be a single water that is not connected. 


With the connection of souls; we shall be much wiser and we can see the future as clear as the present. 


 





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1  莊子宇宙 

2  明天誰會富起來(中國精神與世界大勢)

3  莊子寓言

4  李察寓言

5  Fables by Lee Chard

6  莊子兵法(Zhuang Zi Art of War)(bi-lingual)

7  真假莊子(莊子著作李察全譯本)




 





9/14/2021

Demonizing China in a new movies



 Suddenly, medias here in Hong Kong are talking about Shang Chi. They are just coming together, seem to be under the same order by the same commander.

They are a huge army in the war of mind against China.

What is Shang chi?  

What's so wonderful about Shang Chi?

He had  killed his father.

And he thought his father is an evil.

This is a strange plot in the  American film.

If he wanted to kill an evil, why didn't he join with his father?

They can fight together.

But he thought his father was evil. He wanted to kill his father. And he was riding a dragon to kill his father, as arranged by the script.

American movies are trying very  hard to demonize China.

That is why they choose Chinese actors this time.

9/08/2021

What is the Intention to Capture Meng Wang Zhou ?

 9308  What is the intention to capture Meng Wang Zhou  20210906  


What is the benefit for the US to hold up the woman? What is it for? What is the intention of the US people to do this?

It is of no interest to the US economy. And why did it happen?

It is because, a secret War of Mind is going on. The US is setting up lots of traps for the Chinese to fall into. Capturing the woman is an empty shot only. There is no gun power in the rifle shot. It is only a noise. To have the woman captured will not make the US great again, nor could the US turn itself over for a second chance of growth. It is only a noise to draw away attention. 

We can expect more of this kind of empty shots. The War of Mind would be going on smoothly. Concentration is totally on the external show, important business of internal matter is neglected. They will have less time to do the internal work. 

When people are busy dealing with the laws in Canada, secret powers in China could have a comfortable place and the Chinese will have less time to manage the matter of minds. It might be meaningless to have more cheap philosophies and mediocre celebrities to occupy the focus, however, the attention to care for the minds will be hopefully eliminated.   


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Recent Books by Lee Chard in printable form of pdf files. Read in mobile or print-out. US$12 each.  You will never find them in the Book shops and you may wonder why.


( Whatsapp 852 91864286 to enquire or to order)


1  莊子宇宙 

2  明天誰會富起來(中國精神與世界大勢)

3  莊子寓言

4  李察寓言

5  Fables by Lee Chard

6  莊子兵法(Zhuang Zi Art of War)(bi-lingual)

7  真假莊子(莊子著作李察全譯本)




9/01/2021

WHAT IS WAR OF MIND?

 9307  What is war of mind  20210830    


             

The old concept about the war of mind is totally outdated. Old thoughts believed that there are only two ways of the mind. One is corruption and the other is anti-corruption. 

And this is the leading US concept about the war of mind. When the US is failing from the separation conspiracy in Hong Kong, they would instill more corruption elements into the Hong Kong minds instead. It is not easy even possible to do this in Afghanistan, however, it is simple and easy to do it in China. It is same in Taiwan. With the help of the political powers in Taiwan, some of the newer generation in Taiwan had become rotten. But it is still not enough for the US conspiracy as the younger generation in Taiwan is not rotten enough. If some people try to start a color revolution now in Taiwan, they are certainly to be failed.    

Its only because of the wrong calculation of minds in Hong Kong that had made the color revolution failed. It must had been prepared decades of years, yet the calculation is wrong.

The question is how do you count the minds?

Human minds are much stronger than a tree. A tree would fall in strong winds, yet a mind could be much stronger than the wind. Though many of the minds are weak, but the stronger minds are still there to protect the country.

Chinese minds are strong. They had not been destroyed by the Confucian doctrines for thousands of years. When they had decided to stand up, they had found they are still able to stand. 

And the Chinese are running fast. They had almost eliminated poverty. They are now living in a comfortable situation they had never been enjoyed. New problems arise not because of the lack of money, but too much money. There is a worry that too much money would produce corruption elements for the devils not outside but inside the soils of China. 

When the Chinese first built their new country in 1949, leaders believed by keeping the old format of a modest life could help the souls pure. They avoided luxuries painfully at all cost. However those are old concepts and it is not working very well. Since the Chinese had become rich and a lot of newly rich people had emerged. Many are born rich and they had no feelings about the revolutionary past.

One of the wealthiest merchants had sent his son to work as a golf-boy in the fields. It is hard work, but it served no good result in the mind of the young man. He simply hated the idea. The older wealthy people are keen to keep their purses tight and live a modest living all their life, yet the young people do not appreciate it. 

The point is not on whether your life is easy and comfortable. People would question whether humble and difficult poverty would made one smart. 

The point is whether you have got that insight to see into your life and the Universe. You need to choose your own life style according to your own resolution. And the resolution needs long years of learning to obtain. It could be a complete set of philosophy as the basic foundation of a clear mind. 

And the fatal point is that there are NO philosophy of any kind to secure a safe growth of the newer generations. Many parents had sent their children aboard to study and found a very unhappy result. Many had ended up stupid and too proud of their Western background and refused to learn anything when they are back. 

One of my friends had sent her son to Taiwan for secondary study. Hoping the severe army training there would help her son grow up easier. I did not hear from her afterwards. Though I doubt that could be possible. 

There are NO doctrines, NO religions, NO school of thoughts that could guarantee younger generation to grow up. 

The option is not where to send your child, but how are you to see the Universe. It must be a hard learning process for one to learn, to think and not to spend easy money to send aboard the children. 

For the time being I can but list some ideas here, hoping that could be a little window to view life and the Universe, and more importantly, the country.  

About the Universe, there is a future and the future is going to be better and brighter. There will not be any doomsday for the Universe. 

About life, that we are not material. We are souls not material bodies. We are not short lived. If we can see the future, we have hope. 

About our country, there had been a bad suffer from the Confucian oppression and the country is standing up now. Anyone with a heart would cherish the new born country as it is a hope for the whole planet. 

People in Hong Kong are not living in a free place. 

They are under threat from the underground powers every day.

The underground powers in Hong Kong (not necessarily US) are retreating externally, but the secret network is active. They are holding every position tightly and are using the same iron hand to control the minds of the young people. They will not argue about security laws, but the control remains the same. The old rules of the underground power are still in force. No one is allowed to say a word in the controlled mass media without approval from the underground powers. Many of the pro-voices to the National Security Law are from the underground powers, they use these voices to spread an umbrella for the secret network. That is why you see so many chameleons. They are color changing animals. They were yellow yesterday, but today they had become red. They are controllers of the mass media. They are holding mass media posts firmly with an iron hand. And it is interesting that this is simple facts yet few would see the reality behind. They were people of yellow and everyone knows about it. But they are actively pro-China now. The only reason is that they are two-faced. They are playing the real game secretly under the red curtain.

What are the situations about the mass media now?

It is same like before. They promote eating and sex and health advices plus some cheap philosophy to market the concept of self-love. The cheap writer had been granted a Nobel Prize. And by this Nobel Prize, you would see how hard and how much the US is staging a secret war with China.   

More and more Western style corruption are seen everywhere.

A war of mind is more than a war of ideologies. It is a war more than ideas and theories. We need to fight for the new ideas. We need not to be buried alive by the secret underground powers. 


 


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Recent Books by Lee Chard in printable form of pdf files. Read in mobile or print-out. US$12 each.  You will never find them in the Book shops and you may wonder why.


( Whatsapp 852 91864286 to enquire or to order)


1  莊子宇宙 

2  明天誰會富起來(中國精神與世界大勢)

3  莊子寓言

4  李察寓言

5  Fables by Lee Chard

6  莊子兵法(Zhuang Zi Art of War)(bi-lingual)

7  真假莊子(莊子著作李察全譯本)




8/29/2021

WHAT IS UNIVERSE ?

 



9306 What is Universe?  20210829


 


All things around us is the Universe. And you can say: 


WE ARE UNIVERSE  


The other question is whether the Universe is a living being. And that is not difficult for the human minds. Do you think the Universe is living? If you are living, then the Universe is living, too.


It needs a clear mind here. The concept has been changed from a “God oriented thought” into a “Universe oriented thought”.


It is great to think like this. We are a little improved in evolution.  


We might not be created but was born in a common surrounding we name that the Universe. We are the sons and daughters of the Universe. And We are the Universe. 


If you have built up a very strong sense of this, I might tell you another secret of the Universe.




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1  莊子宇宙 

2  明天誰會富起來(中國精神與世界大勢)

3  莊子寓言

4  李察寓言

5  Fables by Lee Chard

6  莊子兵法(Zhuang Zi Art of War)(bi-lingual)

7  真假莊子(莊子著作李察全譯本)











8/17/2021

why is the future a concern?

 9305 Why is the future a concern  20210817


 

If you are not concerned, then you will be disconnected. If you are concerned, you will be connected. 


All benefits will be coming from the connection. 


To concern is to connect. We are all connected human beings. Any people suffer will stimulate actions to help from the other human beings. And the concern is not just a temporary feeling, but a real source of energy to the humans. 


This connection is important for our wisdom. 


Human wisdom will be effective only when their concern is connected to the future and they will be considering a proper way to live for the future. 


One could choose to be ignorant and non-concerned with anything and remain forever a lonely cell in the planet and their only fate is to wait for their final death. 


And the concerned people will live through their lives and remain active. 


Because they know living is not in the physical bodies but for a connection of souls and the connection will last and will live to the future. They knew there must be a mission in the future and actually the mission has begun since ancient times. We are all in the mission and we are all living for a great purpose in the Universe and by keeping a faith like this, we human beings are strong and vibrant and happy.    







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1  莊子宇宙 

2  明天誰會富起來(中國精神與世界大勢)

3  莊子寓言

4  李察寓言

5  Fables by Lee Chard

6  莊子兵法(Zhuang Zi Art of War)(bi-lingual)

7  真假莊子(莊子著作李察全譯本)











8/15/2021

Why is the Future so Difficult ?

9304 Why is the future so difficult  20210815

Problem on this planet is that people cannot see a future. It was caused by the early religious thoughts in the West and Confucian thoughts in China. 

Confucius only thought of how to stop. His main idea is "Zhi Wu Zhi Shan"(止於至善) It means "to stop before the most excellency" What is the most excellency? It is the complete doctrine of the Confucianism. And that is a confinement, no one is allowed to cross the line. It is fine to stay inside the boundary for some, however, there is no future. 

And the final result of no future is very much the same of the West. When the Western people believes in a doomsday future, they had no future. And this is where the trouble is. They would start to rob. Materialism is the main concern of the people and it is deadly. 

There is a hope from the Chinese people when they steer their ship towards a bigger ideal to help each other in socialism, they had started to look up further. 

But it is no easy task. 

The Confucian boundary thought had deeply rooted in the old minds. And they had jointed the Western powers to control the thoughts of the Chinese people. All their hope is to rebuild the boundary and regain the lost powers. People will find it a huge surprise of how much the West had invested in this conspiracy. It could be the cost of a war with China.   

It is why you saw so many strange phenomena in China. Scientists and scholars would promote the thoughts of self-love hoping to lead the people to another direction. The name of Confucius is dimmer and will be retreated to the shadow, yet the thoughts of the vice were pushed to the front.

There were only two things in the Confucian-minded officers. 

One is technology. Though some would self-proclaim themselves scientist yet they are not. A scientist is very different from a technologist. Two is the cheap philosophy of self-love, which is the replacement of literature and all other mind matters. It is not easy to gain a chance to say a word if you are not a so-called scientist or, Confucian. They were stopped in the boundary already.  

China is in danger with these people. And it is a threat to the whole world. Seeing future is not an easy task. 






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1  莊子宇宙 
2  明天誰會富起來(中國精神與世界大勢)
3  莊子寓言
4  李察寓言
5  Fables by Lee Chard
6  莊子兵法(Zhuang Zi Art of War)(bi-lingual)
7  真假莊子(莊子著作李察全譯本)










7/30/2021

What is Future?

9302 What is Future?  20210730


Human future will be great. 

Humans are evolving and becoming better and better.  

Humans were given a pair of hands through evolution, and then they have brains. 

Hands and brains are tools. With a pair of good hands and a bigger brain, humans  have acquired a soul. 

What else could humans have and to what stage they will grow? 

The stages are limitless, as time is unending. 

That could be a picture beyond imagination. However, one would wonder, what is the purpose of being a human. 

All problems on earth will be eliminated sooner or later. Things like poverty and unequal status will be gone. Our wisdom will be raised up a lot. Humans will be always happy.  

For example, some people are lagging behind and they have a simple brain of few steps only.  Some could think in one or two steps ahead of the chess game. I want it, or I kill it.  Clever people have more steps in their brains. 4 or 5, or even more. It took a talented manager to have 10 or more steps in their brain. But they are still not wise enough. They are only working on the same level, and they do not have any upper angle view. 

In the long course of evolution, this problem will be problem no more. Future people will be very smart and will be very wise. They would see things in the inner side and would be super heroes.  

They will have more tools to think. 

They can communicate without seeing. They will develop unseen waves to talk to each other. 

They will see things in the pass. And they will see the future, if the evolution process is going on smoothly. 

They can talk to people in the pass. That meant they can communicate with dead people. For example, one  can talk with Albert Einstein and question about his theory. 

If people can break the barriers of reality, they could reach many spheres unheard of before. They can even talk to souls beyond the reality curtain. 

They can use the data base built up for the Universe, and even they can consult the Creator of this Universe directly.  

If such abilities be acquired or given to, what is the use of it? 

It meant humans will be more able. And what is the use of it?  

One would wonder, they would have got more wisdom in their minds. 

Yet wisdoms are also tools. What are wisdoms for? 

There must be a Mission for humans. 

We humans must be in the course to better equip ourselves and be prepared to go for a certain Mission. 

If everyone so wise and nice in the future, then what kind of Mission is ahead of these good people? 

It must be a very important and great Mission. And we humans will succeed in that Mission. We would have great pleasure in the long process of the unending Missions in the future. 

And the old question would come up again. 

What is the final target of the Missions?

And the old answer would be given once more: that the beauty is in the course of your path. You will find all things in the courses, not the final targets.     

That meant you can have it now.

What is future? 

Future is a Mission.  



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1  莊子宇宙 
2  明天誰會富起來(中國精神與世界大勢)
3  莊子寓言
4  李察寓言
5  Fables by Lee Chard
6  莊子兵法(Zhuang Zi Art of War)(bi-lingual)
7  真假莊子(莊子著作李察全譯本)



 




7/28/2021

What is the Basic Attitude of Life in Chinese Civilization?

 9301  What is the basic attitude of life in Chinese civilization? 



There is no such concept as a “Doomsday” or a “Last Judgement” in the thoughts of the Chinese Civilization. They have never thought of an end of all mankind. In the Chinese concept, to grow is the greatest virtue of the Universe.  Growing is an unending process which will carry on without end. 


Chinese civilization is different from the West. Most of the Western religions believe that there is an end of the world. Judaism, Christianity, and Muslim have similar concepts about the end and a final judgement.  The first concept was from the Zoroastrians. They were from the Persian empire when Zoroastrianism was first developed. And the thought about the end of the world spread around the world since. They all believed that the world and the human race was created by a God and will be destroyed by the same God. ( please note: a “God” is not the same as a “Creator” in Chinese culture.)


There is an unexpected result of this doomsday concept. That meant there was no future for human race. 


One of the most imminent and direct result is that humans will not have a sense of hope. They would seek material comfort instead. Money is the only shorter term of safety for them. 


And this thought is the basic problem of the Western minds. It is more than any other harm to the minds. 


Central problem of the West is that each and every people is a “self”. There will not be any guarantee for the single units in the society. And the world is going to nowhere.  There will be no comfort for anyone. The lucky ones will have a family, yet families will be broken sooner or later when the time is passed. Anyone will be a lonely self when the final destruction comes. Human race will not be a comfort for them as they believe humans will be destroyed soon. And it needs not a religious people to believe that. Even the non-religious people cannot avoid this common believe when the scientists keep warning of a global warming or other mishaps which is bound to happen. It is darkness over the heads of Western people.


One of the symbols will be the street sleepers in major United States cities. They have some money from the Government and they are not hungry yet they have no homes and have to sleep on the streets. There are no sense of safety or happiness for them. They are the grey clouds of the Western capitalism. 


Capitalism is a system of  “self”.  Capitalism is composed of single units.  A sense of individual self is basic mindset of the West.  Yet it is very satirical to see similar pictures in China.  One of the forums run by the Chinese science people name their forums “SELF”, just to promote a sense of “self-respect” like the Beijing University people. (please refer to the attached photos)




Basic attitude of life in Chinese civilization is to grow, they do not believe in doomsdays, and they are choosing a cooperative way to organize their society. Socialism is a form of mutual help and love. 


And to grow means to evolve. The course of evolution will be a long and unending process. Humans will have a bright future. It’s a picture beyond imagination. A new revelation will be ahead of our time and tell us what the future will be. And that meant hope. Hope is real when people started to give up selfish thoughts and started to think about working together and loving each other.  And we will get over the shadows of selfish “selfs”. 


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1  莊子宇宙 

2  明天誰會富起來(中國精神與世界大勢)

3  莊子寓言

4  李察寓言

5  Fables by Lee Chard

6  莊子兵法(Zhuang Zi Art of War)(bi-lingual)

7  真假莊子(莊子著作李察全譯本)


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7/21/2021

What is the Spirit in Beijing University?

9300  What is the spirit in Beijing University   20210721



"One must live for a great cause",  my teacher wrote for me in my Junior high school graduation ceremony. I kept that in memory and will never forget. 

"One must build his self-respect", this is the line given to the students in a graduation ceremony in Beijing University recently. 

It is contrary to the spirit of China. China is a good example of human evolution. Humans have been changing from a self-interest period to a cooperation period. Selfless dedication is the new spirit in China. To serve the people is the goal for the best students in China.  

A representative of the teachers gave a short speech in the ceremony and won many applauses. It was the response from the students which is an alert to see how the spirit in Beijing University has been decaying. 

Self-honor, Self-trust, Self-illumination, Self-assurances, Self-love, etc. were the theme of the so-called self-respect. Its all centered in the self while the main trend of   a selfless dedication spirit to serve the people was neglected. 

The speaker did not mention about the people and the country. His concern was how should one build his own self-respect only. That was Confucian doctrine. And the spirit of Confucianism must have been creeping in the University for a long time. The students gave long applause for the speaker. The moral in Beijing University was shown in that moment.    

 

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1  莊子宇宙 
2  明天誰會富起來(中國精神與世界大勢)
3  莊子寓言
4  李察寓言
5  Fables by Lee Chard
6  莊子兵法(Zhuang Zi Art of War)(bi-lingual)
7  真假莊子(莊子著作李察全譯本)



 




7/13/2021

Is there any other forces besides gravitation?

 9299  Is There Any Other Forces Besides Gravitation    20210712


This is an important question. I hope it could arouse some interest for those really concerned. 

Will gravitation be the only force to govern things on the planet? 

Will the “Qi” be the other option playing a part on the planet also?              

As the astronauts in the Space station need to stay a very long time; the threat of Osteoporosis and Muscle atrophy is serious. They need to do lots of exercises to prevent such diseases to happen. 

Could it be helpful if they do the exercises with Qi consciously ?

It was said in a place of weak gravitation, muscle and bone will not be strong enough to sustain themselves. And the question is whether Qi has a bonding force for the tissues and cells?

The Chinese people had discovered that “Qi” is another strange force in the human body.  Qi might be a bonding force in our body. Qi is possibly a combining strength of the cells. Qi is helpful in healing. 

In a place without much gravitation like the Space station, it must be a good chance to do experiments of Qi, to test whether it is the other force besides gravitation. 

If the Qi exercises can help astronauts free from the threats of the muscle and bone diseases, it will be a prove that besides gravitation, there are other forces on the planet too. Please do not regard this idea funny and naïve, it could push the human sciences up a level if proven true, or, a serious doubt about the old science is born. Isaac Newton needs not be absolute. 


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1  莊子宇宙 

2  明天誰會富起來(中國精神與世界大勢)

3  莊子寓言

4  李察寓言

5  Fables by Lee Chard

6  莊子兵法(Zhuang Zi Art of War)(bi-lingual)

7  真假莊子(莊子著作李察全譯本)




 





7/07/2021

What is a Slogan ?

 9297  What is a slogan ?   20210707


At first, I was not sure about the slogan until I read a story about a school headmaster who ran a high school for girls in the mountains and made all of them a chance to enter university and never return to the poor mountain villages anymore. 


The slogan is “Knowledge alters fate”


There were lots of slogans to encourage study in the past. 


“There are houses of gold in the books; there are pretty girls like jade in the books.”


“Study to secure a position in the Government” or, “Study to become an Officer”


And these slogans did have a huge effect on young people when they are forced to study the books they didn’t like much. 


And now the new slogan is everywhere.


The point is not whether knowledge alters fate or not. Though people may or may not aware what is fate and what is knowledge. The point is when the girls did secure places in the universities, they were told not to come back to the poor villages. 


What is the purpose of knowledges, then? Is it for selfish interest only?


And, who is the one to push the slogan into the media and everywhere? Where does it come from? 


It is a must to know what is knowledge and what is the purpose of knowledge and then, you will not be weaken by such slogans. 


There was a highly respected school in Hong Kong since the colony days with the name: “School for the Children of Laborers”. Now the school changed its name into something else. It seems they don’t think they are working for children of laborers anymore. The new name is “School to Create Knowledge”


Can knowledge be created?


I have a good time when I visit a small café in the Sports field. It is an outdoor café with birds coming often. I would throw some bits of bread for them. They would wait patiently for the bits. I would joke with them to throw small bits of paper instead. They pecked on the paper bits and never eat them. All of them knew what is bread and what is paper. They knew that breads are eatable and papers not. 


We can turn a complicated issue into a simple one here. Why do they know that is paper and never allow papers to be swallowed? Is the knowledge built-in before they were born? Or the smell of the paper seems different? 


We have two issues here. 


One:  papers are not for eating. It is the rule of the nature. 


Second:  birds do have a device in their bodies. The device might be something like a measuring tool for them. They could check things out with the measurement. We humans have the measuring tools too. We would not be happy with some kinds of smell and will never allow them to enter our nose and mouth. There were discussions in the past that if the measurement tools were given by the creator or acquired by human beings themselves. And this is important though it is not easy to make a firm judgement.  


What is a knowledge then? 


There are two angles about knowledge. One is the nature side, there is a rule for everything. Two is that you will know the rules with some effort. 


And the more important part is in the Third:  That we can learn something not only by oneself but by the whole team of human beings in a long history since we were in the planet. And knowledges did not exist in our single body only but in a huge network stretching from ancient times till now.  


Knowledge is a network and we can learn it in a cooperative way. 


What will happen if we know more and more until one day, we can be sure that we cannot knew it all but still we are learning and would never stop?



That is because, we have another device in our bodies: we will be rewarded with a  happy feeling to know. With this feeling, we are building our confidence day by day by questing. 


We would be more able and can dedicate more. That meant we are freer. 


That is a strange concept. You are free already and you want more free? 


Yes, that is why we all have a special interest to know the ultimate secret of the nature and would be willing to dedicate more about that. 


And all of us will remember the Chinese ancestor Kua Fu who died running after the Sun wishing to know where is the Sun going. He left a stick on the ground and it had become a big forest since then. 


There must be a pleasure bigger than everything even dying could not stop him and the pleasure or, a strong yet strange determination within him supported him to do that.  


What is knowledge and what is the purpose of knowledge?


You will know it sooner or later.







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1  莊子宇宙 

2  明天誰會富起來(中國精神與世界大勢)

3  莊子寓言

4  李察寓言

5  Fables by Lee Chard

6  莊子兵法(Zhuang Zi Art of War)(bi-lingual)

7  真假莊子(莊子著作李察全譯本)




 





7/04/2021

Why the Swan Lake is so difficult to understand?

  9296 Why the Swan Lake is so difficult to understand ? 20210703



Almost none of the productions in the past few decades can reach the height of the original version of the Swan Lake. The only best version was a performance by Anthony Dowell and Natalia Makarova. You can view it from YouTube: “Swan Lake Makarova Dowell”.


The story is simple, yet few can understand. 


The Princess was bewitched by the Devil, turning her into a slave swan. The Prince wanted to shoot the Devil to save the Princess, however, the Princess used her body to stop the shooting. She told him that if the Devil is dead then the spell will never be broken, and she would remain a slave swan forever. The spell is that the Princess must find a true love. If she can find one, then the spell will be broken. 


Almost none of the productions in the long years can understand the point. They thought it is easy to break the spell. They would stage a scene to let the Prince fight with the Devil and it happened in almost all the productions that it is easy for the Prince to kill the devil with his external muscle. 


They do not know what is true love. 


In the original version, the Princess finally jumped into the cliff and the Prince followed immediately. It was in this moment the mind of the two was shown and the Devil felt to his final death on the stage floor, as the spell is finally broken. May be the jumping is not acceptable to many and they cannot find another scenario to show what is true love. And it is very strange once they cannot know what is true love, the whole production would become tasteless and the other dances and music in the production would be mediocre. 


The question is can you kill the devils by putting them into jail?


And it is not easy to “educate” the new generation about what is true love.


Many cannot even “love” anyone in this material world. They know only to “own” someone and chase after material life.


However, we have found that the scenario is changing. 


Humans are changing in the human evolution.


Humans are changing from a state of self-interest to a state of mutual cooperation. 


It is the basic difference of Capitalism and Socialism. Though the world is complicated and many different thoughts appeared, but the trend is here. We humans are changing from a selfish mindset to a total mindset. Humans need to cooperate more than war. It is not easy to predict how long the process will last and what would happen during the evolution stages. However, one would easily know the direction of the human progress. 


Yet the most difficult part is you will not know who is the devil. They are all hidden and disguised. And you need to fight with them. They would take over your country and sell it. Human evolution had to suffer such setbacks sometimes. History will not be easy and straightforward.


And the Swan Lake has a clue. 


The only tool to fight with the devil is “True Love”.


What is “True Love” then? 


We human beings are evolving from a status of selfishness to a status of mutual cooperation. 


And true love needs to completely understand life. 


Life is not material posession but dedication. 


Life is not to bully, to loot, to fight for personal interest. Life is to give, to work, to help, to love.


When all these had become a norm for this and next generations, the devil will be gone. 


We are living in a material and filthy society, there are lots of place for the devils to hide. They can hide decades and decades waiting for a time to overturn the country. 


Our first question is why the Swan Lake is so difficult to understand. 


Now we have the second question: Why true love is so difficult to understand? 


If we can understand life which is not difficult, we would definitely know what is true love. And we would win the war with the hidden devils. 










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• 1 莊子宇宙 

• 2 明天誰會富起來(中國精神與世界大勢)

• 3 莊子寓言

• 4 李察寓言

• 5 Fables by Lee Chard

• 6 莊子兵法(Zhuang Zi Art of War)(bi-lingual)

• 7 真假莊子(莊子著作李察全譯本)









  

內外和陰陽有甚麽不同?(舊文新讀)

 

8572 內外和陰陽有甚麼不同? 20131022




內外是莊子的想法, 而陰陽是老子的想法。至於漢代出現的陰陽五行學說, 則是後期發展, 未必和老子有直接關係。

內是本質。任何事情, 都有一種內在的本質。但這種本質, 是需要透過全面溝通去知道的。所謂全面溝通, 就是用盡人所能應用的全部已知及未知的感覺與知覺能力的訊息傳遞。例如人的直覺就是一種未知感覺。你不會知道直覺何時出現, 亦不能精確定義何謂直覺。但是, 一個殺手在面前出現的時候, 有的人, 會知道對方不懷好意。

最有名的例子是差利卓別靈。他的創意、誠意和直覺能力, 無庸置疑。他在自傳中提到, 有一次在路上口渴, 進入一家小店向店主討水喝。店主給了他一大杯水。他忽然感覺不妥, 無論如何不想把那杯水喝了。又不好意思當著那人的面把水倒了。只好裝模作樣, 把水拿到店外倒掉。明天看報紙才知道, 那人是殺人凶手, 他剛剛用一種名叫木鱉子的毒藥, 混進水裡毒死了兩個人, 屍體就躺在樓上。

以上事例, 有點神秘, 不可思議, 難以解釋。而我們都可能肯定: 不明白, 不等於沒有可能。能夠迅速把握事情的內在本質, 才是克敵致勝之道。

相比之下, 外也不是不重要的。只是由於人類所慣用的視聽嗅味觸等感覺能力, 可以很快就知道甚麼事情正在發生。外在訊息, 一下子就能知道。但是, 內在訊息, 卻需要更多一些智慧。

外在訊息是相對容易獲得的。現代化的科技, 相隔半個地球也能竊聽和偷窺。而有一種現象是:愈是依賴外在偵測技術, 就愈不能了解事物的內在訊息。躲在密室裡指揮的政治家, 常常無法判斷形勢, 就是這種緣故。相反是需要依靠自己的一雙腿。走出去, 實地觀測感受, 那種感覺, 才是真實無欺, 不會把人蒙在鼓裡。

內在本質是不容易的, 更不是略用微力, 就可能獲致。出門走走,也往往只是遊行散心而未必是用心。

內在本質不容易, 但卻並非不可能。按照莊子哲學, 萬物是溝通為一的。只要用心, 了解自己是萬物一體, 溝通就是可能的。相愛, 有內在溝通。自覺與宇宙萬物一體, 也有內在溝通。相反是唯利是圖, 自外於一切人與一切物, 就不可能了解。所謂直覺, 對於漠不關心的人, 只是廢話。這種現象, 與一種名叫「思想單位」的認知能力相關。若果思想單位只是個人,事事從一已出發, 只知重視自己的家庭和小單位利益, 或只知民族國家而不知道宇宙天下, 思想單位狹隘、封閉, 都不利溝通, 亦無助於了解內在。

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內外是和陰陽完全不同的兩種哲學想法, 但奇妙在於, 若是不能了解何謂內在,又或以為內在就是內裡, 就很容易混淆兩者。一旦了解何謂內在, 以後的所有其他哲學觀念, 都再難不到你了。

內外是莊子所提出的哲學心念(mind-concept)。這是中國人因為中文的緣故而特別有利的思辨模式。莊子最初只提出了數個心念, 例如大小, 自由, 一, 道通為一, 等等。就中, 最具震撼性的是「大」的心念。因為, 那時的人, 從未有自高空鳥瞰地球的印象。莊子提了出來, 「大」的想法, 從此就無法擺脫了。儒家中人以為, 大是值得追求的理想境界。所謂「有容乃大」, 目標就是要大。而老子更提出, 道就是大。以為「道大, 天大, 地大, 王亦大。」

而老子更從中提取了一種對立觀念。以為宇宙萬物都是互相對立, 而且可能互相轉化的。白天會轉為黑夜, 而生亦會變為死。陰陽就如同其他對立物, 例如高下, 大小, 長短等等一樣, 是可以互相轉化的。

老子的對立思想, 以為宇宙萬物都是對立的, 只有兩種形態: 非陽即陰, 非男即女,非大即小, 等等。而後代策略家的想法, 更是功利性質極強的。以為, 若要達成目標, 從另一個方向著力就可以更加省力, 用陰力比陽力更佔便宜。例如, 想要殺死一個人, 只要捧他上天就可以了。他自己會摔下來的。想要開除一個不聽話的手下, 把他升職就可以了。

本來, 這是一種相對簡單的思想。後代的五行學說, 已經完全不同。五行觀念是提出了金木水火土等五種相生相剋的觀念, 並非單一對立的。

想不到的只是, 這種從陰面著力的文化, 從漢代開始, 已經在兩千年的中國文化造成嚴重影響。陰面著力,後門開放, 已成習慣。以秘密手段搞政治, 走後門而不走前門, 本來只是一種腐朽的官場習慣。但其實卻是對於整個中國文化, 造成了封閉視野的大災害。

值得研究的是毛澤東的純陽手法。文化大革命之前, 所有的政治鬥爭都已經進入地下。祕密黨派, 已經把中央嚴密包圍。毛澤東的手法是從中央直接發出強烈訊息, 呼籥民眾起來。他說, 那是一種「陽謀」。關於文革的是非, 並非本文簡單可以描述。但是, 從中國哲學發展出來的陰陽思想, 以至種種秘密政治的形態, 卻是中國文化長期無法健康成長的大因素。

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How do you kill a devil?

 何謂「心魔」?何謂「真愛」?何謂「真」?

………………………………………………………李察(問到底No.8213     2011 0812 Friday)    
 
 
  如果說,地球上所有的大問題,都是人性中的心魔所做成,大約是接近的。
 
  如果人心之中,沒有了這一種偏向,今日的難題,也容易解決些。
 
  何謂「心魔」?
 
  在西方觀念之中的魔,雖然與中國人的觀念有所不同,但基本想法是很接近的。中國人心中之魔,較為抽象,而西方之魔,則較為具體。
 
  關於「魔」的概念,在西方芭蕾舞劇《天鵝湖》中,有明確顯示。
 
  故事說,美麗的公主被魔鬼變為天鵝。王子非常氣憤,彎弓搭箭,想一箭射死魔鬼。正當他瞄準的時候,天鵝公主立即跳到王子跟前,用身體擋著王子的弓,懇請王子不要發射。王子愕然,既是魔鬼,射死了不就解決問題了嗎?但公主解釋:如果殺死了魔鬼,魔鬼的咒語,就不能破了。天鵝公主也永遠不可能變回人。所謂「心魔」,就是一種可怕的咒語,使人變為鬼的咒語。
 
  那麼,怎樣才能破解咒語呢?
 
  標準答案是:要用「真愛」。只有「真愛」才是魔鬼的剋星。
 
  但甚麼才是「真愛」?
 
  或者,我們今天熟讀莊子的中國人,會比較容易明白。
 
  把生命徹底投射出去,就是真愛。而所謂「把生命徹底投射」,就是知道生命的價值,在於付出,而不在於佔有。本來這就是一個很簡單的觀念。我們一生的努力,所賺的每一分錢,所做的每一件事,都是付出的,而不是佔有的,更不能帶進棺材的。
 
  這就是生命的最大奧秘:真愛就是付出,而徹底的真愛,是為了整個的大生命,而願意徹底付出自己。有了這一種信念,任何魔咒,都不能產生作用。魔鬼是只有用這種辦法,才能殺死的。如果不是用這種徹底付出的辦法,魔是殺之不盡的。
 
  問題是:今時今日世界上所有的難題,都能如此這般地解決嗎?
 
  或者可以的。絕對的誠意,是解決一切問題的起點。
 
  甚麼叫做「真」?
 
  「真」就是絕對。就好像一個人死了,絕對不能把財物帶走那樣的「絕對」。生命的本質,就是絕對的。生就是生,死就是死。一就是一,二就是二,是非是絕對分明的。世界上,沒有半生不死,或半死不生的那一回事。半愛半不愛,又愛又不愛的,都只是藉口。愛是不會拖泥帶水的。一個真愛的人,他的一生,就是絕對付出的一生。有付出,就沒有保留,更不會佔有。對於這樣的人,魔鬼是無能為力的。對於這樣的世界,魔鬼是不能生存的。
 
  以上三大問題:何謂「心魔」?何謂「真愛」?何謂「真」?看以複雜,其實非常簡單。在未來的美好世界裡,是人人都知道的。
 
  真愛這個世界的朋友,請把這一種觀念,盡力傳揚出去。





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What is the Problem of Capitalism?

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1 Capitalism is the source of loneliness. Every one must work alone.  There is nothing to rely on. Many die a lonely death in Capitalism. Welfare Policy cannot heal loneliness.  Economy structure determines the situation.

2 Everyone must use up all their energies to survive. This is the biggest merit of Capitalism. Humans had become smart in Capitalism. 

3 Capitalism creates a culture that truth is not important.  Whoever hires dictates. People are seeking money instead of truth. This could be the fatal point in Capitalism. 

4  Capitalism is an economy of self-centered units. Selfishness dominates the mind. Hate is an easy outlet and love is scarce. 

5 Capitlism is going down. Its a direction of hell when minds are covered. Crimes are everywhere. The poor becomes looters when the big ones are international looters.  

6 Its not known whether the above were core values of Capitalism or not.


資本主義有問題嗎?


1 資本主義是孤獨的根源。 每個人都必須單獨工作。 沒有什麼是可依賴的。 許多人在資本主義中孤獨地死去。 福利政策無法治愈孤獨。 經濟結構決定了這種情況。

2 每個人都必須用盡所有的精力才能生存。 這是資本主義的最大優點。 人類在資本主義中變得聰明了。

3 資本主義創造了真理不重要的文化。 誰出錢,誰說話。 人們尋求金錢而不是真理。 這可能是資本主義的致命點。

4 資本主義是以自我為中心的個體經濟。 自私支配了思想。 仇恨很容易出現,愛卻很稀有。

5 資本主義正在衰落。 人們停止思索,社會向地獄前進。 犯罪無處不在。 大人物掠奪世界,窮人掠奪超市。

6 資本主義的核心價值,不知是否包括以上種種。