Why everybody is happy in the new year?

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Why everybody is happy in the new year?

It is a natural feeling.

Almost everyone is happy in the new year.

Although many people are still suffering.

But they will be happy in this special day.

Why are they happy?

Why are you happy?

Why am I happy?

It is because:  the earth is rolling forward.

The earth is not rolling backward.

Something new is going to happen.

And the new thing is good.

It's the feeling of most people, if not all.

It cann't be wrong.

So,  may I wish you:

A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR ! ! !

It must be a very, very happy new year for you!

My best wishes for you.  

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Do you know how rich you are?

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Do you know how rich you are?

This is a question better answer earlier.   The sooner you find out the fact the earlier you can dig out the treasure.

It is true both in the upper level or an individual level.

Few people knew China can be rich 80 years ago.  In the dark years after the second world war,   China was considered a poor country in the world.

Why the country can be rich in such a short period of time?

How can they change their mind so quickly?

Resources are only one factor for being rich.  

It needs a mind to handle all other problems.

Yet they have succeeded.

Did they know they can be rich?

If you can know that their money is hidden in somewhere unknown to themselves.

Then you'll be enlightened.

You need to know your own secret resources.

You need to trust your own potential.

And you'll be rich soon.

But the question is not for a poor country.

The question is for a rich country.

The question is for those enjoying their richness:

What is the future of a rich country?

What can they do with their abundance of resources?

How can the copper money not rotten in the mud but useful for the future?

How can they prepare the younger minds to face the future?

How can they prepare themselves to know that nothing is forever and nothing is eternal?

How can the swords be sharpened not in a comfort zone, but in difficult challenges?

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What is the situation of human?

 

The clown has two large pockets on his pants. He continuously pulls out all sorts of wonderful toys from them, tossing them up and down. This clown is the finest symbol of human culture.

We humans have lots of resources.

We are just like the clown.  

We might not know what we have in there.

We are only searching.

We cannot know how rich we are.

Nor we cannot know how poor we are.

There must be something in there.

We keep searching and searching.

We keep tossing them up and down.

It creates a scene.

It is a good play funny to look at.

What is the most important thing you can find from this scene?

It must be in a peaceful situation, then you can enjoy the funny side of things.

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Why we are the product of a big secret?

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Why we are the product of a big secret?

No one knows why.

No one knows why we humans are here.

And the secret could last.

The secret could last for another10000 years.,

Or another 100000 years.

But each of us can have only 100.

It is not foreseeable for such a short term.

But the long is composed by the short.

A grain of sand can know the sea.

And the sea can know the future.

It is sure we are in a secret.

What is the meaning if you know the secret?

What is the meaning if you know the future?

Yes, there is a meaning in it.

Yes, there will be a meaning in it.

Because of only one thing:-

We can create our future before we are perished, but the ending could be anothing beginning.

We might be there to witness the future.

We might be there to create another beginning.

We need a positive mind to think about that.

I might be there and you might be there.

No one can deny this faith.

The faith is:

We have the power to create.

We can create a better world.

It is sure.

We are in a big secret.

But the secret is on our hand.

And this is the reason for optimism.

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What is my wish for the new year?

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What is my wish for the new year?

Can individual wishes be useful?

Maybe not.

Because the world is pushed by undercurrents always. All I can say is that the undercurrents are purposeful.   There must be a will of this undercurrent. But there might not be a will for the upper current.   

It seems human effort is of not much use.

The currents are going on by themselves:   Although different kinds of forces are trying to intervene.

But still, people are working hard on it.   No one wish to see the planet going to an unexpected direction.  

Now the major trend is still materialism.   Reason guidance is weaker than material push.

It means human efforts are weaker than natural tendencies.

Can human efforts be useful?  Can positive efforts be more influential?

I hope human efforts can be stronger year after year.

And this is my wish for the year 2026.

(人定勝天)

It means I am determined.

And all good people are determined.

We will win.

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The term 人定勝天 might not be appropriate.

Because human and heaven are one.

Human and heaven are cooperative, they are working for the same goal.

It is extremely important concept.

Humans will not be beating heavens.

And heavens will not be beating humans.

Human effort is composed of positive and negative forces.  They are one actually.

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Why I am happy?

 20251227

I've learned long ago that happiness should not be the objective of my life.   When you have a higher goal ahead and you are working hard on it, happiness will come as a natural companion for you,  and that is real happiness.

And sometimes very small things can make you happy.   Maybe happiness is not such a serious matter. Lost is an important source of unhappiness.  Doesn't it mean the opposite is true?

Lost is not happy and found is happy.

I lost my ring the day before.   It just slipped away from my fingers.   Maybe the weather is too dry that my skin is slippery for the ring.

I felt unhappy for quite a while.  I searched everywhere but no way can I found it.

And I ask myself, how can you be disturbed by such trivial things?

Then I was released from the trap of unhappiness.

Lost is not happy.

I lost my mother since I was 11.

It turned me from an obedient child into a wild child.

It gave me freedom in my thoughts.

I was not happy but I was free.

It is strange feeling until now.

Happiness and freedom is two different things. And you might not have them both.

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What if you have become strong?

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What if you have become strong?

财多身子弱的故事

Now you know what is strong.   And now you know the taste of being strong.   And now you know how to be strong.

But you might not be aware that something is coming up secretly without your notice.

When you were weak you do not know what is fear.

Because you can lose nothing when you were weak.

But you can lose everything if you are strong.

Being strong is only external.

You need to be strong internally.

When you have fear, you will not be strong.

Why the fear can overcome the strong?

Why fear is the worst thing for the strong?

If you are as strong as Goliath in the bible story,  you will not know what is fatal, because the bible story didn't tell you that.

You need to be fearless against those stronger than you,  like when you were weak.

You need to be alerted that the fear has been there silently since you have become strong.

It is funny how can the strong become fearful like the weak?

This is the reality.

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Who is your master?

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Who is your master?

Sometimes you have a boss.   But the boss is not your master.  Your boss is only your team leader. Only you yourself could be your master.

Even god is not your master.

You obey no one except your own self.

Your inner soul will tell you what to do.

It is not a delicate difference.

It is a choice.

You are your own master,  and no one else, even god.

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How to finish the next war if it so happens?

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How to finish the next war if it so happens?

There might be numerous wars ahead if people do not know how to finish them.

What kinds of war will be waiting ahead?

You will know it soon.

But the problem is,  even though if you can win the wars,  you cannot win a long term peace.  The next wars will soon happen if they have time enough to prepare.

The roots of war must be taken away.

What is the roots of war?

Foolishness and greediness are merely two of the many causes.

Can you delete them?

The roots must be fully uprooted.

If you win the wars and forgetting the roots,   same   tragedies will happen again and again.

There must be a plan to eliminate future roots of war.

What does it mean?

It means the enemy cultural norms must be completely formatted, just to help them to grow normally in a healthy way.

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Can you change your enemy without a war?

 20251223

Can you change your enemy without a war?

Sometimes your enemies will stop only temporarily.   They are still your enemy without change.

They are just waiting for another chance to beat you.

Why they are not changed?

It is because their "norms" remain the same.

Policies and thoughts can be changed sometimes.

But a norm is behind all that.

Wars will not be stopped without a changing of norms.

The problem is, can you change the norms of your enemy?

Maybe that is the result of the 3rd or 4th world war.

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Why you need to see yourself from the other eyes?

 20251222

Why you need to see yourself from the other eyes?

人家怎樣看你, 有什麽關係?

I would say it is very bad practice to see yourself from the others eyes.

It is the habit of many people, especially Chinese.

They would find it uneasy if other people just look at them.

They need to dress properly for the other eyes,  not for their own feeling.

They are defined, or enclosed by a "norm".

Everyone must dress in the same way.   But the point is not in dressing.  The point is  limitation in your mind.   You cannot think what you like to think.

You will not be an inventor, but a follower.

When you are following all the rules,  you lose yourself.

It is more than individual behaviour.

When it has become politics, evil powers can do what they like.

路見不平, 你不會拔刀相助。  

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Thanks for Your Word

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                          一句說話一根弦綫一碗湯

                          三生有幸七分满意萬丈光

                          心無雜念眼睛明亮往前望

                          有些模糊有㸃迷惘向哪方

Thanks for your word, string, and the soup;

It is my honor, my pleasure and my light;

No other thoughts, but forward looking, 

eyes so bright;

A little puzzle,  a little doubt,

In my flight.

  

 

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What is your true fate?

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What is your true fate?

Your true fate is the grand fate.

Once you can see the grand fate ahead,  everything is not important.

Personal considerations are always not important.

You will find you are wise suddenly.

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How to handle your "fate" and your "will"?

 20251220

How to handle your "fate" and your "will"?

"Fate" and "Will" seem different,  but they might be not.

Fate is from the divine.   Or if you do not believe in the divine you can say fate is from the situation.  No matter what you say, fate is fate.  Fate is something coming.  Fate is something happening. Fate is something you need to handle with your own mind. Fate is for your own mind and your own might to handle.

Are they the same thing?  Are the "Fate " and the "Will " the same?

" Fate" is from heaven,  while "Will" is from your own mind.

What you wish to do is the " Will ".

What you have been given is the " Fate ".

Can you do everything as you wish to do?

It seems to be a big puzzle.

No one can do everything he wishes to do.

Because there is always a fate governing from the above.

You need to know your fate and do it accordingly.

If you do something against your fate,   you need to have enough will power to handle that.

If you believe fate is from the divine,   then you must believe the divine is kind-hearted.   It must be for your own good.

But still if you trust your own will  is so strong  that you wish to do something else,   then you must be prepared to bear the consequences.

If you are prepared to die for it, you just go and do your own will.

But you can also change your own mind.

Maybe you are wrong.

You need some more help from the divine.

You need to manage your own thoughts.

Are you still prepared to die for it?

If so, then go ahead.

note:

Be very careful not to die for the wrong thing.

A chinese proverb:  入错棺材，死错人。

Sometimes you can enter the wrong coffin and die  wrongly.

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Why a lean horse can help you go faster?

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Why a lean horse can help you go faster?

The completely shattered man on a lean horse,  still wanted to go. 古道，西風，瘦馬  could be well matched for a determination.

You have to fight against many things.

There will be a fate for you,  and you need to have a gut to fight against the will of the gods.

What you have is a fate.

What you might not be aware of is the will.

There are wills for you and your enemies.  You need to suppressed them all.

And you are sad.

The feeling would drive you forward.

Where are you going on that lean horse?

 你騎着瘦馬要往何處？

Where are you going on that lean horse?

 

With the rotten vines,  old trees, evening crows,

With the villages, bridges and flowing brooks,

When the west wind was blowing on ancient roads,

When the western sun was falling low,

 

There was a lean horse;

With a completely shattered man;

By the far edge of the world.

Ting Jing Sha by  Ma Zhiyuan  (馬致遠:  天淨沙)

Translated by Lee Chard

原作:

孤藤老樹昏鴉

小橋流水人家

古道西風瘦馬

夕陽西下

斷腸人在天涯

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Why there might be no governance from the gods

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Why there might be no governance from the gods?

It is because the governance has been left to the humans.

You need to manage your own affairs.

There might be intervention still.

Interventions cannot be denied or predicted.

Rely on yourselves.

Shoulder up your responsibility before intervention comes.

And,

Premeditate all possiblities.

Possibilities are not merely human affairs.

Keep watching not only on your small playground, 

 but the above.

Try seeing everything from the above.

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Why the gods are not omniscient and omnipotent?

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Why the gods are not omniscient and omnipotent?

 Because they need to cooperate with humans.

 But still  I dare not to make it as my conclusion.

 What is the difference of knowledge and wisdom?

At first it seems to be simple and easy to understand.  It seems knowledge can be taught but wisdom cannot.   But the question is, can humans acquire more knowledge? Can humans know everything?  Is knowledge unlimited?   Can the total of knowledge be found one day?  When the total of knowledge is completed,   you can say that is omniscient.  

Will there be one day humans and gods can reach such a stage together? 

And then other problem arises.

Do we have enough wisdom to handle such a huge knowledge by then?

It seems I am talking nonsense.   No one will bother to know more about this kind of imagination.

But it is the basics for our children.

Humans need to know that they are in the very, very early stage of development.  It will be a disaster if they do not know it.   It's a very basic feeling needed to remain humble.

You need a full wisdom to handle a full knowledge in the future.

It means only one thing:

It is an urgent requirement of humans to acquire them both.

It is a duty for you.

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What is important to know in our lifetime?

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What is important to know in our lifetime?

It is extremely important for children to know this.

Most of the time, even adults and very high intellectuals do not know it.

It is the difference of knowledge and wisdom.

Knowledge can be learned bit by bit.   Knowledge can be learned through training.  Knowledge can be given or refused.

But wisdom cannot.

Wisdom cannot be taught.

Wisdom cannot be revealed through the holy books.

I cannot define what is wisdom.   I cannot make the definition of wisdom.

I know only one thing:  

Wisdom can be discovered by your own.

No one else can teach you.

I doubt whether your god can teach you wisdom.

Different nations have different religions.

But I doubt whether the religions can help one to build up his own wisdom.

Because wisdom is an inner feeling.

You can only feel it by your own self.

Your father and your mother or your teacher cannot teach you.

It must be your most precious moment if you can find it,  by your inner discovery.

The gods or the heavens will be with you by that time.   They cannot teach you either.

They can only be united with you if you got it.

I dare not to say it before.

Because it means there is a limit of the gods or the heavens.

The gods and heavens cannot do everything for you.

They are not omniscient and omnipotent.

They need to cooperate with humans.  

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What is the purpose of the universe?

 20251213

What is the "purpose" of the universe?

Sometimes when you imagine more about the universe,  You find it is a secret can never be explained.

If the universe has got no beginning  and no ending,  and if the universe has got no boundary,  and the universe has got no outside area .... for example, you can say the outside of my home is the street,   and the outside of my island is the sea,   and the outside of our planet earth is the space.   But what is the outside of the space?   My imagination told me that there is no outside of the space.  The space is filling up the whole of the universe.   There is no outside of this universe.

Well, that is fine. 

Can you tell me what is the purpose of this universe?

Can you tell me where is the universe going?

Maybe that is an easy question.

It is as simple as abc.

You just ask yourself, where am I going?

If you know where you are going, then you know where the universe is going.

Or you can ask, where are we going?

The same could be answered like that: 

You just ask where am I going?

You must have your answer already.

Please tell me, or write it down if you are really serious.

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