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April 2022-04-21 09:01:55

What is your belief?



In my opinion, superstition is a tool that distorts the true meaning of different religious beliefs of various ethnic groups to deceive people and bring hope in their miserable lives. There is no good or bad tool in and of itself, it's who is using it and what motivates and how it is used. There are too many uncertain factors in the real world that determine the direction of a person's destiny. When a person is confused by the complex world and is at a loss in life, superstition solves part of the problem in a timely manner, to be precise, it should be part of the person's psychology. on the problem.

In fact, there is only one way to solve the problem. That is to try to grasp the uncertain factors as much as possible by learning the nature and laws of the world, so that the development of things will finally go into your expected track.

China's most famous old angry young Luo Yonghao once shook such a joke in the classroom of New Oriental. The general idea is that he also believed in superstitions since he was a child, but the fact that he had not even seen a ghost after living for more than 20 years made him doubt it. He thought for a long time with his so-called independent thinking ability, and finally stood firmly on the side of materialism. In the following years, whenever he entered the temple, he would stand in front of the Buddha statue and shout in his heart, "There is a kind of one-on-one challenge." Whenever there was thunder and rain, he would take the initiative to stick his head out of the window, and then go crazy to the sky. Calling "some kind of chopped up Lao Tzu". Later, he miraculously discovered that he was not condemned by God for these blasphemous behaviors, but instead became more comfortable as the days passed.

Of course, this is just a joke that this pseudo-hooligan used to amuse stupid students, but to me, this joke sounds really enjoyable.

Going home this winter for the Chinese New Year, we organized a cycling tour. After riding to Qinglong Bay, we went to Huiyun Temple for a stroll. The little chubby classmate was quite upset after admonishing me to worship the Buddha devoutly and failed, and said angrily that you dare to use the results of your postgraduate entrance examination to bet on the Buddha's failure. I suddenly felt a little guilty, after all, this result is still very important to me. So I said that even if there was a Buddha, he would not be as petty as you, and would not punish me for not worshipping him. The chubby classmate laughed a few times, and stopped making a sound as a winner.

Then the result was tragic.

But I still insist that the result of this tragedy is that I don't work hard enough, and it has nothing to do with those so-called gods and monsters.

But I always have a reverence for luck. You said the two ticket windows had the same number of people in line, why the team I chose was so much slower than the other team every time.



We live in an era of riotous demons. In such an era, to survive and live well, luck is very important. So people around are saying to do more good things, so that you can save some RP, and luck will be better. But I found that luck has absolutely nothing to do with good deeds. God doesn't let you do a lot of good things because you do a lot of good things.

Shi Kang said, look at the old peasant in the ravine, maybe he has never done a single bad thing in his life, and his morality is extremely high, but no one wants to read the story written according to his prototype, because it is too ordinary and there is no one to read it. On the contrary, the stories of murder, arson, rape, and looting have been enduring.

Shi Kang also said, if I drive a Jetta and take a little girl out to play, at night, I begged for a long time and not necessarily stay for the night, but if I drive a Mercedes and go to my mansion in Beijing at night, the little girl will immediately. Tenderly and infinitely told me that she was not leaving tonight. That's the power of money.

So now Shi Kang's goal is to be a very rich and rich writer.



When you have been following the moral principles of this society, being a careful person, and doing things honestly, all of your former friends are relying on their shrewd minds, stepping on the shoulders of others, and enjoying the beauty, money, and power. Great satisfaction, when the hall is full of blessings, can you still be as calm as a chrysanthemum?



I didn't understand this movie at first, but I realized the director's intention with the help of analysis. The picture is very delicate, and the characters of each character are also portrayed quite brilliantly.

There are three amazing scenes: one is when Larry is fixing cable TV for his son, he catches a glimpse of Mrs Samsky sunbathing naked on the front in the next yard; the other is when Larry sends his brother Arthur away to start a new life in a dream, Arthur is in the boat Headshot; the last one is at the end of the film, where Larry's son looks at the oncoming tornado, speechless.

However, I always feel that the essence of this film is somewhat similar to the propaganda slogan of our feudal rulers: exchange the suffering of this life for the happiness of the next life. Everyone should live honestly and be a serious man.

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A Serious Man quotes

  • Rabbi Scott: No, of course not. I am the junior rabbi. And it's true, the point-of-view of somebody who's older and perhaps had similar problems might be more valid. And you should see the senior rabbi as well, by all means. Or even Minda if you can get in, he's quite busy. But maybe - can I share something with you? Because I too have had the feeling of losing track of Hashem, which is the problem here. I too have forgotten how to see Him in the world. And when that happens you think, well, if I can't see Him, He isn't there any more, He's gone. But that's not the case. You just need to remember how to see Him. Am I right?

    [He rises and goes to the window]

    Rabbi Scott: I mean, the parking lot here. Not much to see. It is a different angle on the same parking lot we saw from the Hebrew school window. But if you imagine yourself a visitor, somebody who isn't familiar with these... autos and such... somebody still with a capacity for wonder... Someone with a fresh... perspective. That's what it is, Larry.

    Larry Gopnik: Um...

    Rabbi Scott: Because with the right perspective you can see Hashem, you know, reaching into the world. He is in the world, not just in shul. It sounds to me like you're looking at the world, looking at your wife, through tired eyes. It sounds like she's become a sort of... thing... a problem... a thing...

    Larry Gopnik: Well, she's, she's seeing Sy Ableman.

    Rabbi Scott: Oh.

    Larry Gopnik: She's, they're planning, that's why they want the Gett.

    Rabbi Scott: Oh. I'm sorry.

    Larry Gopnik: It was his idea.

    Rabbi Scott: Well, they do need a Gett to remarry in the faith. But this is life. For you too. You can't cut yourself off from the mystical or you'll be-you'll remain-completely lost. You have to see these things as expressions of God's will. You don't have to like it, of course.

    Larry Gopnik: The boss isn't always right, but he's always the boss.

    Rabbi Scott: Ha-ha-ha! That's right, things aren't so bad. Look at the parking lot, Larry.

    [Rabbi Scott gazes out, marveling]

    Rabbi Scott: Just look at that parking lot.

  • Larry Gopnik: She seems to be asking an awful lot. But then, I don't know. Somebody has to pay for Sy's funeral.

    Rabbi Nachtner: Uh-huh.

    Larry Gopnik: His own estate is in probate, but why does it have to be me? Or is it wrong to complain? Judy says it is. But I'm so strapped for cash right now, carrying the mortgage, and paying for the Jolly Roger, and I wrecked the car, and Danny's Bar Mitzvah coming up, I...

    Rabbi Nachtner: Something like this... there's never a good time.

    Larry Gopnik: I don't know where it all leaves me, Sy's death. Obviously it's not gonna go back like it was.

    Rabbi Nachtner: Mm. Would you even want that, Larry?

    Larry Gopnik: No, I- well, yeah... sometimes... or... I don't know; I guess the honest answer is "I don't know". What was my life before? Not what I thought it was. What does it all mean? What is Hashem trying to tell me, making me pay for Sy Ableman's funeral?

    Rabbi Nachtner: Mm.

    Larry Gopnik: And did I tell you I had a car accident the same time Sy had his? The same instant, for all I know. I mean, is Hashem telling me that Sy Ableman is me? Or that we are all one, or something?

    Rabbi Nachtner: How does God speak to us? A good question.