Inner and outer, 5

Layer, 3 | 水平 7 | Onion self 5

The deeper the consciousness, the more powerful it is.

— Me@2010.08.06

The diagram is not the truth. Instead, it is an analogy. It is a model only.
— 
Me@2012-02-08 12:55:31 PM

The deepest self is the universe.

— Me@2012-01-16 2:20:19 AM

The diagram is not the truth. Instead, it is an analogy. It is a model only.

— Me@2012.02.11

2012.02.11 Saturday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

存在先於本質

Batman Begins, 2

本質先於存在

我在買零件組裝電腦前,心目中,會對那部電腦的性能有所要求,例如它的運算速度有多高。換句話說,那部電腦在存在之前,就已經擁有自己的性質。那就為之「本質先於存在」。

— Me@2012.02.06

存在先於本質

其最著名和最明確的倡議,是沙特的格言:「存在先於本質」。他的意思是,除了人的生存之外,並沒有天經地義的道德或靈魂。道德和靈魂,都是人在生存中創造出來的。人沒有義務遵守,某個道德標準或宗教信仰,卻有選擇的自由。要評價一個人,就要評價他的所作所為,而不是評價他是個什麼人物,因為一個人,是由他的行動來定義的。

— 改編自《維基百科》

2012.02.06 Monday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

魔間傳奇 8.2

這段改編自 2010 年 3 月 6 日的對話。

… humility is the mother of all virtues …

— Stephen R. Covey

(安:會不會有另一個可能性是,你某個朋友有雖然人格有問題,但他十分願意改善。只要你暫時容忍,加上你盡力協助他修正自己,他最終會變成一個人格完整的人?)

如果有這樣的一個人,我非常願意和他做朋友。

但是,一個人的人格問題越嚴重,他就越覺得自己的人格沒有問題。所以,你所講的「人格有問題但又十分願意改善的人」,本身原本的人格問題一定不會太大。他們和人格完整的人一樣,都是稀有動物。要找到他們做朋友,難如登天。

還有,既然他們本身的人格問題不大,而又十分願意改善,他們很可能一早就已經修正了自己。到你找到他們時,他們已經變身成人格完整的人。

一個人只要願意修正自己,幾乎所有人格問題都不會是最終問題。

— Me@2011.12.05

2011.12.05 Monday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

The delusion

The most powerful illusion, 2

February 12, 1950

Dear Mr. Marcus:

A human being is a part of the whole, called by us “Universe”, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest — a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. The striving to free oneself from this delusion is the one issue of true religion. Not to nourish the delusion but to try to overcome it is the way to reach the attainable measure of peace of mind.

With my best wishes,
sincerely yours,

Albert Einstein.

Mr. Robert S.Marcus
World Jewish Congress
1834 Broadway
New York 23,N.Y.

— Letters of Note

— Edited by Shaun Usher

2011.11.15 Tuesday ACHK

Phantom

Mara: “You who go where others dare not; Will you be my God? The architect of my house?”

Siddharta: “Finally I meet the illusion of self; Your evil house will not be built again.”

Mara: “But you live in me; I am your house.”

Siddharta: “O, trickster; phantom of my own ego, you are pure illusion. You, self, do not exist. The earth is my witness to this Supreme Enlightenment.”

— Wikipedia on Little Buddha

2007.06.20 2011.10.29 Saturday ACHK

Painting 2

神來之筆 1

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…, knowing it is the light that is driving me. I used to think I was the artist when I was painting. I now see, since my NDE, that I am only the brush, my life experiences are the paint, my life is the painting, and the world is the studio with love as the subject.

— Lessons from the Light, p.48

— Kenneth Ring

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2008.12.19 Friday ACHK