Are you curious about our world?
Do you live repeatedly and routinely, or do you live differently? Are you comfortable breaking the making-you-feel-safe rules/taking risks?
I tried to create a personal blog here today.I took the risk of wasting time in it. I was involved and occupied in doing this for hours. I found myself easily addicted to something new to me.
What about you?
星期一, 八月 21, 2006
An absurd world
The bitter ocean and the program of "building a bank in teamwork"
About alcoholics and AA,ect.
We don't know how long ago in the past or how far away in the future, there is such a curious and absurd world. In this world,there's a vast bitter ocean. It is full of magic lure, which is irresistible to the human nature of this world.It attacts people permanantly,torturing them because of their strong desires. But it is such a dreadful ocean,with enormous suffering in it.It is an endless,dark,mysterious bitter ocean. In the suffering swirl of the ocean,there are some people,drifting up and down,unable to control themself,nearly swallowed into the darkness of the sea bottom and dying.While on the land,there're some people,too,who were out of the bitter ocean when they were still alive.
But don't forget that in this world,the bitter ocean has a power that is irresistible by human nature.People on the land are under its magic lure forever. And this condition is unchangeable. It is the set rule of this world that,first,the bitter ocean will never disappear,second,the magic luring power and the bitter nature of this ocean will never disappear.
People on the land,are on the land. Staying on the land is indeed hard. Some people are not resolved to take the hardness on the land,so they sank in the bitter ocean again.
Some people are very self-confident.They believe that I am different from others,and that I have a will power strong enough to keep dry in front of the lure of the bitter ocean,also that even if I can't keep touching the ocean's little waves,I can control myself from sinking. Unfortunately,the fact is,as we have mentioned before,that in this world,the lure power of the
bitter ocean is irresistible to an individual's human nature. One's will power is useless in front of the magic bitter ocean.So,the "strong-will-powered" people sank again into the vast ocean.
Still some others start to build a bank between themselves and the ocean. They build with great effort and persistance,day after day,rock after rock,acting. They form a team to build a bank,adding rocks together.This bank seems to overpass the individuals' power and the individuals' human nature,and has the power to resist the bitter ocean's magic lure power.
Although the lure of the ocean exists forever,people seem to take shelter by attending the program of building a bank.The fact is,that the miracle power of the bank isn't the existance of the bank,but the fact that one attends the teamwork of building the bank. Attending the program enables a person resistance to the ocean. But once one fails to attend the teamwork
for some time,his individual human nature is unable to resist the lure,and therefore is likely to sink into the ocean. In this world, attending the program of building a bank in teamwork is the real bank between an individual the the bitter ocean.
When interviewed,a bank-builder says,"I feel that when I participate more, I realize that my bank becomes higher,with my bitter ocean smaller,so I feel safer.But when I participate less, I realize that my bank is weaker,with my bitter ocean larger,and I'm in danger of sinking. Perhaps someday,I will fall into the ocean again.If I have the chance to get out again,I must continue to attend the program to stay on land. "
Another bank-builder says,"In this world,I have never seen a fast-way to avoid sinking. When I see others could stay on land by attending the program although it requires hard work, I think I could take this way too."
And other one tells me that,"At first, I was very self-confident about my will power to take control. But as I saw so many people can't control themselves and sank,I started to realize that the rule of the world is that an individual's human nature can't conquer the lure. So I lost my self-confidence,and began to attend the building program. Now,my confidence has come back in part,not from my will power,but from the way of attending the teamwork of building the bank persistantly. I believe I can build my confidence on my own constructive behavior."
Yet someone who has been on the land for a long time says,"In this world, attending to build the bank is a life-long program.We take it day after day.Every 24 hours is a success. Indeed staying on land is not easy,but it is the only way out I have seen.Although life is hard on land,gradually,I can feel the joy and meaning of life."
Yes indeed, Perhaps it is not the only way out,but as an outsider and observer of this world,I have never seen an alternative,either.
This world in the story,is the world of the alcoholics. The bitter ocean is alcohol,while the bank is AA,group therapy,etc. I am an outsider and observer,also the interviewer of the bank-builders.
This seemingly curious and absurd world is also the real world of neurotics,and of all the "normal people". We build,construct,and take proper social action to keep on land. There's no other way out.Here the bitter ocean is not alcohol for alcoholics,but the human suffering in the broader sense. The bitter ocean will never disappear. But we can make it smaller through constructive behavior, and make a behavioral effort to avoid sinking into it.
About alcoholics and AA,ect.
We don't know how long ago in the past or how far away in the future, there is such a curious and absurd world. In this world,there's a vast bitter ocean. It is full of magic lure, which is irresistible to the human nature of this world.It attacts people permanantly,torturing them because of their strong desires. But it is such a dreadful ocean,with enormous suffering in it.It is an endless,dark,mysterious bitter ocean. In the suffering swirl of the ocean,there are some people,drifting up and down,unable to control themself,nearly swallowed into the darkness of the sea bottom and dying.While on the land,there're some people,too,who were out of the bitter ocean when they were still alive.
But don't forget that in this world,the bitter ocean has a power that is irresistible by human nature.People on the land are under its magic lure forever. And this condition is unchangeable. It is the set rule of this world that,first,the bitter ocean will never disappear,second,the magic luring power and the bitter nature of this ocean will never disappear.
People on the land,are on the land. Staying on the land is indeed hard. Some people are not resolved to take the hardness on the land,so they sank in the bitter ocean again.
Some people are very self-confident.They believe that I am different from others,and that I have a will power strong enough to keep dry in front of the lure of the bitter ocean,also that even if I can't keep touching the ocean's little waves,I can control myself from sinking. Unfortunately,the fact is,as we have mentioned before,that in this world,the lure power of the
bitter ocean is irresistible to an individual's human nature. One's will power is useless in front of the magic bitter ocean.So,the "strong-will-powered" people sank again into the vast ocean.
Still some others start to build a bank between themselves and the ocean. They build with great effort and persistance,day after day,rock after rock,acting. They form a team to build a bank,adding rocks together.This bank seems to overpass the individuals' power and the individuals' human nature,and has the power to resist the bitter ocean's magic lure power.
Although the lure of the ocean exists forever,people seem to take shelter by attending the program of building a bank.The fact is,that the miracle power of the bank isn't the existance of the bank,but the fact that one attends the teamwork of building the bank. Attending the program enables a person resistance to the ocean. But once one fails to attend the teamwork
for some time,his individual human nature is unable to resist the lure,and therefore is likely to sink into the ocean. In this world, attending the program of building a bank in teamwork is the real bank between an individual the the bitter ocean.
When interviewed,a bank-builder says,"I feel that when I participate more, I realize that my bank becomes higher,with my bitter ocean smaller,so I feel safer.But when I participate less, I realize that my bank is weaker,with my bitter ocean larger,and I'm in danger of sinking. Perhaps someday,I will fall into the ocean again.If I have the chance to get out again,I must continue to attend the program to stay on land. "
Another bank-builder says,"In this world,I have never seen a fast-way to avoid sinking. When I see others could stay on land by attending the program although it requires hard work, I think I could take this way too."
And other one tells me that,"At first, I was very self-confident about my will power to take control. But as I saw so many people can't control themselves and sank,I started to realize that the rule of the world is that an individual's human nature can't conquer the lure. So I lost my self-confidence,and began to attend the building program. Now,my confidence has come back in part,not from my will power,but from the way of attending the teamwork of building the bank persistantly. I believe I can build my confidence on my own constructive behavior."
Yet someone who has been on the land for a long time says,"In this world, attending to build the bank is a life-long program.We take it day after day.Every 24 hours is a success. Indeed staying on land is not easy,but it is the only way out I have seen.Although life is hard on land,gradually,I can feel the joy and meaning of life."
Yes indeed, Perhaps it is not the only way out,but as an outsider and observer of this world,I have never seen an alternative,either.
This world in the story,is the world of the alcoholics. The bitter ocean is alcohol,while the bank is AA,group therapy,etc. I am an outsider and observer,also the interviewer of the bank-builders.
This seemingly curious and absurd world is also the real world of neurotics,and of all the "normal people". We build,construct,and take proper social action to keep on land. There's no other way out.Here the bitter ocean is not alcohol for alcoholics,but the human suffering in the broader sense. The bitter ocean will never disappear. But we can make it smaller through constructive behavior, and make a behavioral effort to avoid sinking into it.
On Regret
While you can't UNDO, you can QUIT completely as soon as possible.
Quit completely from an unwanted condition. Quit from a wrong execution of a part of the fated program. Everything will go well as soon as you have gone the right way again.
No life is perfect. We may experience many frustrations, sorrows, regrets, but the whole thing is worth experiencing after all. Would you like to live it again if you're given the chance?Well, now that you have the chance to do it again.,of course you want to avoid the regretful things in your previous life. Ironically, it's impossible for you to go back to an infant shape, or in the old Chinese myth, you're allowed to go back to the "Yang" world(the world of the living compared to the world of the death) only with a drink of "forgeting soup for the soul" before you're born as an infant, in order that you have forgotten all in your previous life( I'm telling this just as a joke). Even if you do it again with the memory of previous life, you may find that another way is more regretful. Perhaps every way designed in your life program has some fault. But why do you see the BUG so large?
So learn from your experience, go on with courage, and never trapped in regret. When you look back from a long distance, you'll find that a meaningful project has been done.
Quit completely from an unwanted condition. Quit from a wrong execution of a part of the fated program. Everything will go well as soon as you have gone the right way again.
No life is perfect. We may experience many frustrations, sorrows, regrets, but the whole thing is worth experiencing after all. Would you like to live it again if you're given the chance?Well, now that you have the chance to do it again.,of course you want to avoid the regretful things in your previous life. Ironically, it's impossible for you to go back to an infant shape, or in the old Chinese myth, you're allowed to go back to the "Yang" world(the world of the living compared to the world of the death) only with a drink of "forgeting soup for the soul" before you're born as an infant, in order that you have forgotten all in your previous life( I'm telling this just as a joke). Even if you do it again with the memory of previous life, you may find that another way is more regretful. Perhaps every way designed in your life program has some fault. But why do you see the BUG so large?
So learn from your experience, go on with courage, and never trapped in regret. When you look back from a long distance, you'll find that a meaningful project has been done.
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