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Sunday, 7 August 2011

Mind is my biggest enemy

I got a msg from Mr Writer, he asked me about the question I asked some 20+ years ago after watching this movie - Rickshaw Boy by Lao She - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickshaw_Boy ; of coz I read the book too maybe 10+ odd years ago.

As I am reading the "description" from wiki -
Further, the book explores personality characteristics and their relationship to economic existence, especially tolerance for risk, tolerance for hard work, and assertiveness, and personal standards of human dignity. "He had a strong body, a patient disposition, ambition, yet he allowed people to treat him like a pig or a dog and he couldn't keep a job." [1]:48
Isolation and individualism are important themes in the book. "His life might well be ruined by his own hands but he wasn't about to sacrifice anything for anybody. He who works for himself knows how to destroy himself. These are the two starting points of Individualism."

Hehe, I cant believe as I revisited this.....it somehow unknowingly actually stems such a heavy copy in my head for so long..........The words would be "allow" & "destroy".
Anyways....interesting.

I think, maybe Mr Writer is troubled by my conflicts, coz they are abit....ummm....like psychological?! I think it's interesting how he described me as a scarlet maple leaf passing through the ebbs, mountain streams, tumbled down to the swirl of waterfalls. Once, when I was younger, different pple using..."rocket" or "pendulum" to label me too. Ummmm, I dunno how to answer his questions, as yet. But rest assured, I will give you a full report. :) Two citations given, which I find...ummm......hehe, disturbing to my mind, here U go:

'Clarity of mind means clarity of passion too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves'  Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662) Mathematician and Philosopher
'The mind acts like an enemy for those who don't control it'  Bhagarad Gita (5th Century BC) Ancient Hindu Text

Frankly - I am 50% agreeing about the quote. I think I havnt for surely achieving the clarity of mind. And I am actually quite happy my mind being my enemy. Rgd the question - what's the purpose of life? hehe, I dunno. I stop asking this long time ago, but more.....I want to know what my dream really is and to be more greedy, what my dreams really ARE. I think.....the purpose is simple, is to live. How we live, depends on what our dreams actually are.

Thank you Mr Writer. :)
I never utter it out my thoughts on such, but now, I feel more driven, geared.....or more clarified?! :)

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