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Miracles through shifting (2)-B
If you would like to have background music while you are reading, please click on the arrow below. Continue from “Miracles through shifting (2)-A” Now, when I think back, I’m not sure how I survived these past many years that I’ve been working this job. This shift was a turbulent one, but somehow, I managed …
The Next Level (1)
If you would like to have background music while you are reading, please click on the arrow below. Tai Chi is an internal Chinese martial art practiced for both its defense training and its health benefits; it is known for its relatively slow movements. A while ago, I auditioned for the role of “someone doing …
Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu – Chapter 10
載營魄抱一，能無離乎？ 專氣致柔，能嬰兒乎？ 滌除玄覽，能無疵乎？ 愛民治國，能無知乎？ 天門開闔，能為雌乎？ 明白四達，能無知乎？ 生之、畜之，生而不有，為而不恃，長而不宰，是謂玄德。 In embracing the One with your soul, Can you never forsake the Tao? In controlling your vital force to achieve gentleness, Can you become like the new-born child? In cleansing and purifying your Mystic vision, Can you strive after perfection? In loving the people and governing the kingdom, …
Do One Good Deed a Day
This article was originally posted in 2012. Somehow it got lost. I reposted it here to share it with the readers. When a news reporter asked a successful businessman what was the most important teaching that his father gave him, he replied, “Do one good deed a day.” One day when my son came to …
Rebirth of a Fraud Victim:The Phone Call After Midnight(37)
The Phone Call After Midnight CHAPTER 40 | THE PHONE CALL AFTER MIDNIGHT “Alice, promise me— don’t let anything bad happen to you again. Maybe you can endure it, but I can’t. Please.” Those were the words my professor from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Joel A. Huberman, said to me as he held me …
A Vision of Mortals and Sages
The mortal sight determines the mortal vision; mortal vision determines the mortal world that he sees.
凡人的眼界，決定凡人的視界，凡人的視界，決定凡人看到的世界。凡人看不到無為之大為，看不到無用之大用時，凡人在迷途中，覺悟不了道時，聖人說什麼，對於凡人來說，都可能是對牛彈琴。
Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu – Chapter 59
治人事天莫若嗇。 夫唯嗇，是謂早服；早服謂之重積德；重積德則無不克；無不克則莫知其極；莫知其極，可以有國；有國之母，可以長久；是謂深根固柢，長生久視之道。 In caring for others and serving heaven, There is nothing like using restraint (harvesting). Restraint (Harvesting) begins by giving up one’s ideas. This depends on Virtue gathered in the past. If there is a good store of Virtue, then nothing is impossible. If nothing is impossible, then there are no limits. If a …
Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu – Chapter 19
絕聖棄智，民利百倍； 絕仁棄義，民復孝慈； 絕巧棄利，盜賊無有。 此三者以為文不足。 故令有所屬：見素抱樸，少私寡欲。 Banish wisdom, discard knowledge, And the people shall profit a hundredfold; Banish humanity, discard justice, And the people shall recover love of their kin; Banish cunning, discard utility, And the thieves and brigands shall disappear. As these three focus on the external and are inadequate, And the people need what …
Don’t Expect Others to Stand at the Same Height as You!
(This is the modified translation from a Chinese article. I was unable to find the author’s name.) In an interview, a female teacher told the reporter her secret about how to teach children successfully: Don’t expect others to have the same view as you! Then, she told the reporter a story that illustrated her point: …
Jokes and Funny Video
Have a joyous weekend and don’t forget to laugh. Funny Joke I know 10 facts about you: Fact 1: You are reading this. Fact 2: You can’t say the letter ‘m’ without touching your lips. Fact 3: You just tried it. Fact 4: You’re smiling. Fact 6: You’re smiling or laughing again. Fact 7: You …
Three States in Life
Life has three states; you can be a pessimist, an optimist, or a philosopher. The pessimist sees the world from the foot of a mountain and sees the path as dark. The optimist sees the world from the mountainside and sees the flowers first. The philosopher sees the world from the top of the mountain …
