英文版本 Why we are on earth?

Why we are on earth?

                           

                          Material Enjoyment

The world goes on without me,

but when I fall asleep,

the world disappears from me.

 

My life,

is made up of what I see, what I hear, what I taste, what I touch,

and what I imagine.

 

Thus we try our best,

to open up our senses and imagination,

to experience a more exciting life.

 

However,

too much stimulations

make senses benumbed.

Once a holiday’s special treat,

now tastes no more than fast food.

 

Slowly I realize,

senses need rest and nurture,

just like we need sleep.

Beside our life essentials,

maybe a few material enjoyment could bring us more happiness.        

 

 

        

                             Social Value

We all have immeasurable value to our society.

When I am buying a product or service, the company makes profit, which helps sustain the employment of its staff.

When I am carefully comparing products, I contribute to the survival of the fittest in society.

When I am working, I help raise my family.

After I deposit money, the bank may loan it to the people who need to buy houses, and thus I could indirectly help them.

When I am investing, I create more and better choices for people.

When I am raising children, I create unlimited possibilities for the future of our world.

I am one of the most ordinary members of the society,

Millions of people as ordinary as me, together push the wheels of the society forward.

 

                          Nature and I

To survive I have to consume some natural resources.

Most of our life essentials could be renewable.

I may destroy nature, and also try hard to make nature recover.

We human beings, as the most intelligent kind on earth,

can constantly learn new technologies from nature,

can strengthen our understanding of nature,

so as to protect and intervene nature more effectively.

 

Some people see the end of the world,

but I see the very beginning of the world.

Education is strengthening,

population will be decreasing,

advanced technology will constantly reduce our damage and demand of nature.

We will eventually evolve from nature-takers into nature-protectors.

 

Even if the earth will be destroyed today,

like the Titanic sinking down,

will you flee away,

or sink with your ship like the Captain of Titanic?

For us,

earth is not merely a temporary home,

it is the Eden that has raised us and nurtured us.

Not to say that we still have plenty of time,

we still have unlimited wisdom,

everything is possible.

People and nature coexisting in complete harmony,

will not be merely a dream.

 

                             The life path

 

If life = personality + environment,

I cannot control my environment,

but can I control my personality?

 

My personality = born personality + childhood personality + adult personality

The born personality is like a birthmark that I could not choose.

The childhood personality forms based on the interaction between my born personality and my childhood environment,

and thus I cannot control it either.

 

When I can rationally make a choice,

it appears that I start to master my life.

But in fact,

my choices depends on the environment at that moment and my personality formed so far (born personality plus childhood personality),

and therefore I still cannot choose freely.

 

If life = personality + environment,

when I cannot control my personality,

or control my environment,

I cannot control my life.

 

This conclusion is not appropriate.

I think,

Life = personalities + environment + efforts + sense of right or wrong

It is like a computer game,

personalities and environment are like game settings that are preset the moment I was born,

whether I like it or not,

I have to participate in this game.

The only things I can control are how much efforts I will make and what senses of right or wrong I may have,

which determine how far I can go in this game.

 

If you have any doubt,

think about some important decisions in your life so far,

If you can choose again,

even if you know the result now,

based on the environment and your personality at that time,

based on the efforts and sense of right or wrong that you have established at that moment,

honestly speaking, you will make the same choice.

These important choices connect with each other,

presenting the image of a life path in front of you.

 

You may say,

the different game settings show that people are not born equal.

I think, on the opposite,

it explains that we could not judge anyone based on any simple criterion.

Maybe I am far behind you, either in terms of money or manner,

but I may have tried my best in my life game.

Standing on my life path,

trying to judge others based on my own experiences and imagination,

seems quite unreasonable and meaningless.

 

 

                                    Right or Wrong

This life game is more like a maze.

At critical intersections of my life path,

there is always a louder voice telling me which one is the right way.

If I deliberately ignore it, insisting on choosing the seemingly easier way,

as I proceed farther away,

the life path becomes narrower,

and the views get uglier.

Till I reach the dead end,

either choose to get stuck there,

or to walk back to the right way.

Totally exhausted and angry,

after wasting all the time and efforts.

 

If I insist on choosing the right way,

try hard to pass all the thorns and stones,

suddenly one day,

it opens up to a panorama,

the life path becomes wider,

and the views get more amazing.

Until one day,

the life mission clearly occupies my mind.

Look back,

I have been trained for carrying out the life mission ever since born.

scared yet proud,

I can hardly sleep or eat.

I try to ignore it or fight it off,

but it does not work.

Accept it and carry it out,

no matter what consequences it brings,

since that’s the right way and the only way.

Besides, how can I reply to the Creator if I do not complete my life mission?

 

We all have our own game settings,

either simple and pure,

or complicated and exciting,

or from simple to complicated,

or from complicated to simple.

If I do not put forth my best efforts to participate in the game,

If I do not insist on walking in the right way,

how would I know what surprises and obstacles the Creator has set for me?

 

You may ask,

why do we have different game settings?

I guess, that’s because of the different needs of each soul to reach perfection.

 

 

                                    My soul

I cannot see it, or touch it, or smell it, or imagine how it looks like.

But I know clearly that,

I like respect and being respected,

I like love and being loved,

I am proud,

I am happy,

I am sad,

I am lost.

 

We have all experienced these abstract concepts.

What senses are functioning to bring them to us?

Or are they originated from my soul?

 

Is my soul from the Creator?

Is my soul sent to Earth for practicing to perfection?

Is that’s why ever since born, my soul drives me to

constantly exploring the world with great curiosity,

trying hard to achieve “success”?

 

The creator has also laid down all kinds of distractions,

constantly testing my soul.

Until that day,

my soul decides that it can not make any more progress,

then it is the time for my soul to be judged by the Creator.

If the soul is still not pure enough,

maybe it will be sent to the next game,

starting another way of learning and practicing.

 

 

                                Soul and Body

In my opinion,

soul comes from the Creator, naturally with divine marks.

Body comes from the nature, naturally with all kinds of desires.

 

Body is the carrier of soul.

Satisfying the basic needs of body,

enables soul to focus on practicing.

 

Following the body’s desires too much,

the soul will be lost.

Suppressing the body’s desires too much,

will hinder the progress of soul’s practicing.

 

Happiness from the body is like fireworks,

evident but disappearing in an instant.

The more you get, the more your senses become benumbed.

merely a vicious cycle.

 

Happiness from the soul is invisible yet calm and long-lasting.

The more you get, the sharper your senses,

The more you can extract nutrients from the nature and human society to grow your soul.

 

The most difficult things in life are all kinds of balancing,

while balancing between body and soul might be the hardest.

Try constantly,

find the point which makes you most happy for now.

Just like practicing yoga,

try hard to extend but stay where you may still feel comfortable.

However,

as I proceed on my life path,

the balancing point should gradually move to more soul.

 

 

 

                             Everyone is equal

If our life games are preset ever since we were born,

we are just playing our own life games,

walking on our own life paths,

no need to argue who is more successful or who is more noble.

Maybe we have huge differences,

however,

we are all equal in front of love.

we are all equal in front of the Creator.

 

 

                             Why we are on earth?

We are on earth,

I think, to practice our souls to perfection.

And the main subject of the practice is, love.

 

Love myself,

Love my family, love my friends, love my life partner,

Love my children,

Love my country,

Love all human beings,

Love everything on earth.

 

Most of the time we love ourselves,

This is a natural kind of love out of instinct.

But if I love myself too much,

I will be called “selfish”.

 

As I grow older,

I have learned to love my family, my friends, and my life partner.

Love is reciprocal,

without an adequate response,

love will wither at last.

 

When I love a person who does not love me,

I could be up in heaven for a second,

and down to hell for the next second.

When a person loves me but I do not love him,

I may feel from touched at first to benumbed later on.

Untill I meet the right one,

everything flows smoothly like water.

No matter poor or rich,

I merely cannot leave you alone,

maybe that is the true love.

 

Since we have kids,

we start to learn the real unselfish love.

Trying our best,

only in the hope that our children will have a fulfilling life,

without expecting anything in return.

 

We learn to love people who we have never met,

and things that we have never seen.

We learn to care about everything on earth.

Our love is continuously growing.

 

If our life games are preset by the Creator,

What does He want us to learn through life?

Our environment and personalities differ so vastly,

maybe only love,

can truly test us equally.

 

                              The Creator

In the autumn, I planted a seed,

and waited patiently for the cold long winter to pass.

I watched it proudly breaking the soil,

going through hot sunshine, wild wind, heavy rains,

and cold, lonely, dark nights.

From tiny and fragile, to leafy and strong,

producing a round of flaming flowers after another.

The fall arrives,

sweet fruits hang all over the branches.

The leaves turn yellow,

flying quietly with the wind, down to earth.

I watch such a life cycle quietly,

expecting that after another cold long winter,

it will grow even stronger,

produce even more beautiful flowers,

and even sweeter fruits.

 

Who can tell me,

in the Creator’s eyes,

our lives are not like this?

 

A grass, a flower, a tree,

a butterfly, an eagle,

a lake, a mountain.

Which is noble? Which is humble?

Maybe,

in the Creator’s eyes,

each of us has a different soul,

similar to the differences among a grass, a flower and a tree,

similar to the differences between a butterfly and an eagle,

similar to the differences between a lake and a mountain,

there is no sense to tell which is better,

thus I believe,

in the Creator’s eyes,

everything is equal.

 

I love the seed,

but I know,

to grow strong, beautiful and fruitful,

it has to go through the harsh weathers and cold nights.

Still, I will water my tree occasionally,

and give it the necessary nutrition.

 

I guess,

the Creator looks after us the same way.

Pray to the Creator if you need His strength and support,

He will answer you,

sometimes not instantly,

but His answer will come to your mind one day,

perhaps in a way that you may not even think about before.

(Oct 1/2015  2:40pm by Vissie)