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改不了命的原因，除了因果業障以外，就是自我與任性了。

徒弟問師父，師父，您頭上爲何不見毛髪？師父回曰，這叫着絕頂聰明。這位徒弟就再問其師父，那我是否也應該仿效師父呢！其師父回曰，這叫自做聰明。

哈......！這當然是則笑話，但這笑話是有其寓意，有其禪機也。稍加的思考，必定能增長妳你智慧。

當我們失敗，或受到挫折時，應認眞仔細的回想失敗及受挫的原因，跟着重新規劃，重新再來。面子根本就不值錢，面子也根本對成功，或其它事情毫無挂鈎呀！

自我是自取滅亡，自取耻辱，自我傷害，自我摧殘，自設障碍。

任性是蒙上自己的眼睛，任妳你的習性，任妳你的感覺，任妳你所謂的第六或第七感，帶着妳你走錯路子，跌入山崖，跌入谷底。

吾，玳瑚師父，也曾經自我過。慶辛的是，吾的自我意識裡，有着一個修字。因此，吾從吾深意識裡，将毫無意義的自我，修出吾本性的智慧，來破除吾眼前的障碍，也幫助及恊助她他們，找回失去的她他們，讓她他們有眞正的立足之地。

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Apart from karmic obstacles, the reason why we cannot transform our Destiny is due to our self-centredness and capriciousness.

A disciple asked his Master, “Master, why are your hair missing from your head?”

The Master replied, “That’s called extremely intelligent.”

The disciple asked his Master again, “Then should I imitate you?”

The Master replied, “That would be making a smart alec out of yourself.”

Ha...! This is of course just a joke, but there is a moral in the joke and a zen allegory in it too. If you make some effort to ponder over it, you will definitely increase your wisdom.

When we fail or meet with a setback, we should seriously contemplate in detail the reasons for our failures and setbacks. And then recalibrate and start afresh. Our “face” (ego) is absolutely worthless. In fact, our “face” has no bearing on success and other matters as well!

To be self-centred is to invite self-destruction, self-humiliation, self-harm, self-ruin and set up obstacles for yourself.

To be capricious is like placing a blindfold over your eyes, and allowing your habits, your feelings and your so-called sixth sense or seventh sense to lead you down the wrong way, and then free-fall over the cliff, landing at the bottom of the trough.

I, Master Dai Hu, has been self-centred before. Fortunately, the word “修” (spiritual cultivation) lies deep in my consciousness.

Therefore, to break through the obstacles in front of my eyes, I would reach deep into my consciousness and cultivate the wisdom of my inherent nature from this worthless self-centredness.

I would then help and assist these people I see to regain the selves that they lost and truly gain a foothold in their lives.

【寫比邊個睇？】

中方？美方？還是香港人？

英國《Financial Times》首席國際政治關係評論員Gideon Rachman，星期日响中環親身帶住口罩食完催淚彈，訪問咗幾個示威者。之然出咗個評論，標題係”Hong Kong is the flashpoint in new Cold War” （香港成為新冷戰嘅爆發點）。

對於香港人，呢類標題可以話係已經睇到無感覺，聽到都瞓著。睇呢啲國際知識份子評論，首先要放低「香港人」呢個身份，用第三者嘅角度去「品嚐」，先可能了解佢地嘅「目標觀眾」係邊個，同到底想講咩。首先佢觀察到中美對呢兩個月嘅示威，好似食緊花生唔多理咁（"stand off"）。然後見到示威者揮住美國旗，講解示威者要求國際，特別係美國關注香港甚至制裁中國嘅攬炒心態。唔少香港人期望嘅Donald Trump出手，不過佢覺得呢條友咁鐘意威權又善變（"capriciousness and admiration for authoritarianism"）係信唔過。反而美國國會，民主黨嘅Nancy Pelosi同共和黨嘅Marco Rubio先係最關心香港事務。

而解放軍方面，如果覺得有效嘅諗都唔洗諗做咗（"thought it would work, it would not hesitate to deploy troops."），但係會有機會整爛放响香港個雀巢嘅蛋（"be reluctant to jeopardise their nest-eggs."）。咁唯有希望放完暑假，學生返學就無事囉。不過佢聽到太多示威者高叫“Defend Hong Kong, time of revolution”同埋"Better to die now, in order to be reborn later"（唔洗譯啦），結論係唔覺得會等到無咗動力。而香港人由以前剩係識睇錢唔理政治，再令香港變成國際新時代嘅尖端（"the forefront of a new era"）。

好似好平淡同悶，但係用返「香港人」身份理解，又覺得有啲意思。

原文傳送門：
Hong Kong is a flashpoint in the new cold war
https://on.ft.com/2YAFz2S

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If you follow this project, you might know that when it comes to Z it means the end of this round of my alphabet challenge. But, I don't want to end this story just yet. Therefore, I decided that the rest of 22 days, instead of start another alphabet challenge, I want to continue this story. I want to see how far it will go. Hope you can be tolerant of my capriciousness.
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