In a “life talk” column, to talk about life first, seems to be taken for granted, not unreasonable. And I think, for me, this topic is not difficult to write. I have been watching nine years, in life has rolled more than 80 years. Face life every day, always face life, let me such a sophisticated old man to talk about life, what is the difficulty? Wouldn‘t it be easy? But after a little further reflection, I immediately wondered: What is life? I don’t know.
Not only do I not know, but I see no one in the crowd who really knows. There are many philosophers at home and abroad who talk about life. What is the meaning of life, and what is the value of life, variety, bewildering, bewildering. But what did they say? I‘m afraid even they themselves are getting more and more confused. How can one make himself known when he is faint!
The philosophy of philosophers is supreme. With all due respect, however, their philosophies do not belong to us mortals. Let them, together with their home, sit in a sacred hall of glory.
As a mortal as I am, when I am full of food and have nothing to do, I sometimes think about the problems of life. I think, we “person” “life”, are absolutely passive. No man can make a plan of birth and then come back and make it happen. There is only one exception, the Buddha, Sakyamuni. He lived in heaven, and suddenly wanted to be born, to be born. Consider first the country to be born, then the parents to be born. After careful consideration, it descended calmly. But he is a Buddha, not a human being.
We mortals were all born, without exception, passive, without any active. We are born muddleheaded, we grow muddleheaded, sometimes muddleheaded, we die muddleheaded, of course, we live forever, like me.
The opposite of life is death. We are also essentially passive about death. We had only one initiative, and that was suicide. However, this initiative is not to be used casually. It should not be used unless it is absolutely necessary.
I have said so much passivity, so much confusion, that I do not personally appreciate and commend this set of ideas. No, no, I do not appreciate and praise. I was just telling the truth.
On the contrary, It seems to me that we can do something in the midst of passivity and confusion. After eating shark fin in bird’s nest, after eating vegetables in bran, after karaoke, after golf, I suggest people ask themselves: Why are you alive? Is to live only for permissive enjoyment? Is it to suffer from hunger and cold? By asking these simple questions, you‘ll clear your head a little and reduce your confusion. WeiYuBuXin, please try it.