2010-12-08

情話

情話綿綿數千字
雙倍的距離
新時代的羅馬

一杯又一杯的咖啡
無數的可樂糖
以及寂靜無聲的凌晨四點
綿綿情話
總是難以開口的數千字。

二貳O九

在北往南的路上
以近乎水平的視角看
一片淡然的慘橙
點點的光在地平線
比滿月還要光


月淪為配角
星變作後備
光是黑,暗是白

2010-12-07

'Human Being'

In my previous note, I wrote about the trend from Being to Having, and then to Appearing.

Sounds pessimistic. Sounds like we are doomed to be in the era of Appearing, where things do not exist if they do not appear, i.e. things ,that are not seen by others, do not exist.

Well, it is not that bad. The word "human being" reveals it all.

Human (realization) , is always about Being. That is why we call ourselves 'Human Beings'.

At the point which human realization turns to Having, we are no longer 'human beings'. but a mutated species.

And from Having  we moved on to Appearing, and the quality of 'human beings' is completely lost.

In other words, in this era, we are no longer 'human being', but 'human being'-like creatures which appears to be human beings.

Appearing, or appearance is something temporary. Yet, we human beings, or the 'human beings'-like creatures, have an "ad infinitum" complex. We all are in pursuit of eternal existence, eternity. We are obsessed with infinity, forever, to the point where there is no limit.

This "Ad infinitum" complex will then drive us back to Being, because Appearing  cannot last long, and a life pursuing Appearing would be doomed to be a life of dissatisfaction.

The cycle would then be completed, when we return from Appearing to Being.