Open Source MindOS, 2.2

朋友同事 5.2 | 已婚單身 2.2 | Singles 2.2

這段改編自 2010 年 4 月 10 日的對話。

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有重大壞處的「缺點」,如果可以改但不願意改,就是「人格問題」。

例如,「我太矮,不適合做籃球運動員」是我的「缺點」,但不是「人格問題」,因為這「缺點」不可能改。

又例如,「我烹飪欠佳,不適合做廚師」是我的「缺點」,但不是「人格問題」,因為這「缺點」並沒有重大壞處,只要我不以廚師作我的職業就可以。

再例如,「我烹飪欠佳,但選擇以廚師作職業」既我的「缺點」,又是「人格問題」,因為,這「缺點」既有重大壞處,卻又明顯「可改」—— 要麼我進修廚藝,要麼我轉換職業。兩步也不肯做的話,我的人格就明顯有問題。

換句話說,一個人如果「受教可改」,就自然沒有「人格問題」。所以,我的其中一個擇偶條件是,她的心靈作業系統,是 open source 的。

(安:但是,有時有些「缺點」,自己不單願意,甚至非常想改,但偏偏改不到。那樣,那個「缺點」,還算不算是「人格問題」?)

並不可能有這種情形發生。如果想改,但自己改不到,你自然會求教於人。如果自己改不到,但卻不肯求教,那就不算是「想改」。

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「缺點」有四大層次:

1. 你不知道自己有缺點;

2. 你知道自己有缺點,但不知道是什麼缺點;

3. 你知道自己有缺點,而且知道有什麼缺點,但偏偏不知道如何改正;

4. 你知道自己有缺點,而且知道有什麼缺點,再加上知道如何改正。

最後一種情形,很少會發生。而正正是因為大部分人,在大部分情況下,也不知如何改正,自己的缺點,「受教」才那麼重要。

拍拖(談戀愛),是一個「互相改變」的過程。

無傷大雅的缺點,你可以選擇不改,因為更改太快太多,會十分煩厭。但對於事關重大的缺點,你不敢不改。

要發現和改正自己的缺點,往往需要一個,十分瞭解你的人,加以提醒和指導。而拍拖,就正正是那個「互相修正」和「互相創造」的過程。

— Me@2014.06.30

 

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2014.07.08 Tuesday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

The paradox of happiness solved

It is often said that we fail to attain pleasures if we deliberately seek them. This has been described variously, by many:

    Viktor Frankl in Man’s Search for Meaning:

    Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself …

— Wikipedia on Paradox of hedonism

The paradox of happiness: 

If you do good work, you will feel happy.

However, if you do good work only because of the desire of getting happiness, you will not get it.

[selfless]

happiness ~ progress ~ self transcendence

do good work ~ keep going to the next levels

[selfish]

seeking happiness directly ~ focus on oneself ~ trapped at the same level

no progress ~ unhappiness

— Me@2011.06.22

快樂

~ 快

快樂源於進步快。

— Me@2014.06.13

2014.06.13 Friday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

Dear Esther, 4

cease to exist

~ cannot be found in the original region,

but is still possible to be found in the meta-region

For example, at the end of the video game Dear Esther, the character dies, computer screen turns black, you cease to exist there,

but you wake up and continue to exist outside that video game, outside that computer screen.  

— Me@2012.10.27

2014.06.01 Sunday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

無聊

~ 謂

~ talk

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無聊

~ 無謂

~ nonsense

~ nothing to talk

~ cannot keep going

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話題無聊

~ 話題不能說下去

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工作無聊

~ 工作沒有前途

.

— Me@2011.06.23

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2014.05.31 Saturday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

回到過去 3

Cumulative concept of time 20

你想回到過去,重新經歷年青時的生活。但是,你有沒有想過,「經歷」即是「走過」,又名「離開」。「經歷過去」,其實就即是「到達現在」。

(Me:那樣,如果我只是「回到過去」,但不「經歷過去」,我豈不是不會「失去青春」?)

無錯。但是,回到過去,但不經歷過去,即是停止時間。這個現象,學名叫做「英年早逝」。那不是好事。

但是,你亦不用灰心,因為,「經歷過去」或者「到達現在」,並不代表你「失去過去」。「現在」,就是「經歷了的過去」。「過去」,是「現在」的一部分。「過去的你」,是「現在的你」的一部分。你從來也沒有失去過,年青時候的自己。

正如,「使用金錢」的意思是,令它消失,從而換取其他,更有價值的東西。「使用金錢」而不開心,是因為你花太多的金錢,去買了一些,用處不大的東西。

同理,你覺得「失去」青春,是因為你沒有百分百地利用,當時的時光,去賺取最多的經驗,累積最多的財富,創造最多的作品。

— Me@2014-04-24 01:56:35 AM

2014.04.27 Sunday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

End

Every good thing has an end, because every good thing needs to update and upgrade itself.

— Me@2014-03-16 10:17 PM

end (not~) death

stop to change ~ death

— Me@2014-03-18 2:32 PM

2014.03.18 Tuesday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

Copy Me, 9

Reincarnation 4

Reincarnation is no different from dying unless you keep your memories, which I’ve not seen anyone who believe in reincarnation claim. If there’s both a new body, and a new set of emotions and memories, in which sense is this new person “you” ?

— Anonymous

— Quora

2014.02.07 Friday ACHK

Universe 5

Existence, 9

meaning ~ use

The sentence “the universe exists” is meaningless

~ The sentence “the universe exists” has no use

X exists

~ X is in a container

~ X can be found in that container

universe ~ the maximum possible container

So, it is bizarre to state, “The universe exists.

the universe exists

~ the universe is in a container

~ the universe is within something bigger

— Me@2012.10.17

2014.01.30 Thursday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

Outside the Universe, 2

Existence, 3.2.2

Even

the universe has no outside

is not the best presentation. Instead, we should say

“universe’s outside” has no meaning

or

“outside universe” has no meaning

meaning ~ use

Outside universe” has no use. There are no situations in which you would say, “X is in a place outside the universe.

— Me@2012.10.17

— Me@2014.01.27

2014.01.27 Monday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK