Your self-awareness is an illusion,

You are just a storyteller.

You tell story from the vision.

But in your vision,

The only constant is yourself.

So in your story,

You believe you are the cause of everything.

Let the driver take the wheel.

You just enjoy the view.

You think you are the driver?

No, no.

You are the car.

In a conversation, my friend mentioned:

When we recommend things to others, we might not need to expect their feedback or acceptance.

Because everyone is on their own journey.

When we share things we want to share, it’s actually because we want to share them, it feels good to share, and it has nothing to do with the other person, so there’s no need for expectations.

Without expectations comes freedom.

I think this is well said.

This is the same principle as giving (dana) - true giving is giving without attachment. If you require gratitude or appreciation from the recipient, then the giving isn’t right—it’s amateur giving.

I suddenly realized that a person’s understanding and views of something are entirely determined by their past experiences. From this perspective, demanding that others understand something, or hold the same views as you, is actually unethical.

You can’t say someone is bad because they don’t understand, after all, this isn’t something they can control. Similarly, feeling bad about yourself because others don’t understand is also unethical.

Coming back to giving, if you expect understanding and feedback from the other person, then it’s not giving—it’s a transaction.

It’s incredible how the mainstream completely overlooks the theories of Gödel and Hofstadter. It feels like while the whole world is trying to build airplanes, Gödel and Hofstadter had already built starships cruising through the galaxy, yet no one realizes it.

A hundred years ago, Russell attempted to construct a perfect mathematical system that could explain everything.

Then Gödel discovered a flaw in Russell’s theory, a flaw similar to: “When you try to grasp it, it vanishes; when you let go, you had it all along.” (Though expressed in mathematical terms).

Hofstadter then discovered that Gödel’s theory wasn’t limited to mathematics - it was universally applicable, and quite possibly the very source of consciousness and the universe itself.

At first there were only numbers

Perhaps not even numbers

We gave them meaning

Meaning is metaphor

We created similarities between numbers and “reality”

Reality is story, story is metaphor

Numbers move back and forth

Our brains paint them into a rich world

我一直对比喻很感兴趣。去年写过一条笔记:

比喻就是分形。

但我现在对此的感受更进一步。

我怀疑“比喻”并不存在。

可能所有可以用上比喻的两个事物,都具有完全相同的符号化本质。

我们一群人,大家吞下了不同的药丸

有的成了超级英雄,

有的成了怪物,


你歌颂英雄,唾弃怪物,

但你忘了,我们都是这个伟大的探索旅程的一部分,

我们要给予怪物同等的尊重,

这是第一点。


还有一个更难以被理解的第二点,

即怪物不是怪物,

它在它的旅程里,它只是尚未长成你认得的样子,

当你认出来的时候,它已经不再是怪物了。

Literature, mathematics, physics, politics, music - all academic subjects are merely descriptions of the same thing at different levels (scales).

The resonance between masters of different fields far exceeds the resonance between masters and novices within the same field.

The deeper you go, the closer you get to the true essence behind.

如果世界是分形的话,那意味着它只能是一条公式。

因为多条公式的话,它就是一个拼接图形了,不合理。

所以只能是一条公式。

由于只有一条,所以它需要能够自己生产自己,自己表达自己。

也就是说它会是个很简单的东西。

而且从这个角度来说,这个公式会普遍存在于一切地方。

任何不同领域的人,理论上都会得到差不多的结论,

那个结论就是公式的体现,除非你能在结论中找到更简洁的递归。

你从最细微的生活层面领悟到平常心的道理,和你通过参悟宇宙终极规律而得到平常心的道理,是一样的。

它们只是来源有差异,但“规律”是一样的。

就好像从不同的尺度上观测一个分形图形,你都会得到同样的公式。

把自己变成空的

任何东西都流入你

观察只是对这个现象的一个不太准确的名字

人可以被看作一张画布

它反映了画者(环境)的内容

从这个角度来说,所有人都是不同的艺术表达

如果你觉得街头混混比企业总裁低贱

这和你觉得抽象画比写实画粗俗是一样的

学习

学习是关于自己,而不是关于对象的

并不存在向这个人学习佛法,向那个人学习创业,向另一个人学习编程,并不存在这样的事情

学习是关于开放自己,

关于接纳此刻世界给你的任何东西

要接纳,你必须先成为傻逼,成为loser,然后你才有接纳的空间


换句话说,往杯里装东西这件事,

并不是关于水、牛奶、啤酒的,

而是关于杯子的,

它只和杯子有关


我甚至不认同“学习效率”这样的概念

传统意义上的学习效率工作在一个非常狭窄的层面,

它意味着你能尽快从一个池子里能搞到多少水


但在更广义的层面,世界本身是一个巨大的水龙头


你无法预测世界在给你什么,你只能保持聆听,

而聆听意味着你需要是空的,

空的意味着你是放松的,

紧张是一种“满”


放松是最高级的学习技巧。


谈到这里,我忽然对 Tilopa 留给 Naropa 的六句话有了更深的理解。

那六句话大致是说,啥也别干,就在这里,休息。

我一开始心想,这徒弟是有啥心理问题还是咋地,为啥师父要留这种心灵马杀鸡给他。

现在我忽然明白,这是最高深最本质的学习技巧。

或许学习不是最合适的词,应该叫频率同步技巧,或是回家技巧。


学习这个词不合适的原因是,它意味着一种目的,

当你有目的,你就创造出了紧张,

当你紧张,你又满了。

所有的心灵方法,都是释放紧张的方法

辨喜

每个人都认为自己最适宜坐在君王的宝座上。但即便他是君王,也必须首先证明自己已经履行了与其地位相称的责任,然后,更高的责任才会降临于他。

仪式是具象化的哲学,以便人们理解它。

带着责任感的行动,是不带责任行动的前奏。

它们的本质是相似的,都是为了一个更大的东西而舍弃一个小的东西(虚假的自我)。

带有责任感的行动是为了 10 舍弃 1。

不带责任的行动是为了无穷大 ∞ 舍弃 1。

我写过的所有东西里,最垃圾的内容,就是带有目的的内容。

但这不是 yes or no 这么简单。

它是一个漫长的修行。

Everything people like has a reason.

And it’s a good reason.

行为的改变是没有意义的

影响分形的只有它的公式

而不是任何一部分细节

公式是视角