Friday, April 18, 2008

世界本无事,庸人自恼之

五音令人耳聋。
五色令人眼盲。

Its really true. Yes, indeed, the world is simple.
世界本无事,庸人自恼之。

what is complex and not complex?

its a matter of acceptance.

an old man that fishes for 10 years, will find fishing a relaxing, easy hobby. A newbie learning fishing, will find it hard, and even a chore.

so, is fishing a complex hobby? Well, there's no answer to it. How the world works, is actually just the work of 2 opposite forces.

Once you know beauty, you know ugliness. You know whats good, then you will know whats evil.
Vice versa, which is why, evil, hardship is 'good' in a sense, without them, we never know what is 'good' and 'peace'.

When we rejoice in happiness, we should think be wary as well, when we worried about unhappiness, we shouldnt give up in despair. Happiness and trouble are inter-related and will interchange.

Change is what is constant in this world. Change is complex, but yet, it follows a systematic rule. The law of nature. The law of nature is complex, but yet, it is nothing but just 1 single law. So what is complex about '1'? '1' complex but yet not complex. This is the paradox.

To jump out of this paradox and achieve understanding, it requires true action. There are 3 kinds of people.

1. when one learn of a problem, he just sit and sign. even he know the way, he dismissed it.
2. when one learn of a problem and know a way, he is still doubtful and in the end, end up turning in circle aka 转牛角尖
3. when one learn of a problem, and know a way,he strive and work hard on it without complain.

Refining of our mind and heart thats decades and a long time. If it is so easy, to jump out of this complexity, then, everyone is a philosopher, everyone is a saint or sage.

What makes a wise sage and a layman?

超凡入圣- a transition - with determination and positive outlook, to raise from a state of secular to sainthood. However, a real wise sage, upon reaching that, will not grumble and complain about how the world is or is not. For this is how the world is. He/she continue to live in the mundance world with peace and harmony. Following the way of nature, he has inner peace and comfort.

defying the law of nature, a fish leaving water will die. Man sleeping during daytime and work at night will experience health problem. a bird without wings is not a bird.

well, one may say 'change'. The 8 phenomenons in this world - heaven, earth, fire, water, wind, mountains, thunder and the marsh(sea) went through alot of changes, climate etc. But they still remain a constant rule for the change. A cycle, a process. The logic is simple, but the process(Working) is not. All great things starts from small, all small things have complexity too.

A sparrow is small, but it has a full set of internal organs. This is the wonder of nature. Admire it, not going against it. The dinosaurs tired, but they failed. Same goes to the dodo bird. lolz

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