-There is no "old gun" here
"Sage Vincent" obviously talks about the so-called small people of the bottom society. Can he still be a big man? Drinking, gambling, sleeping with women, and even teaching children to fight with swear words... The ruffian is a ruffian. In the movie, there is no Vincent myth. The myth of the ruffian is called "artifact". Vincent didn't think of arousing anyone. "Heroism complex", he didn't think about killing harm for the people, let alone educate anyone by pointing his nose, but just so carelessly, he became a "saint." In the end, even he himself was surprised, and even he himself was moved. Of course, the child’s eyes would not lie, although the child’s speech at the end of the film seemed to be much more than a child’s comprehension, and perhaps it was a Chinese national. I underestimated the ability of American children to understand human nature. In short, we woke up from our sleep, it turned out that the saint should be like this.
Those who dare to expose the "lower self"
Vincent loves money. Vincent loves money and bluntly makes his fat neighbors dumbfounded. If a child eats a can of sardines, he will add it to the baby-sister's expenses. We must be surprised, right? He is so stingy and loves money so much, not to mention that the child is still his neighbor. Why are we not like this? It's just that our stingy is more concealed than Vincent, and also secretly relaxed a little inner bottom line. If a neighbor’s child is kept in my house every day and eats and drinks for free every day, I should complain to my family for a week, and I can’t bear to find a reason to turn that child away next week. . Anyway, I won’t tell my neighbors directly: You’re too shameless. You put the kids here all day long, and so on. Because I am Chinese, I want to save face, and I am even more afraid that others will say that I am stingy. Such a relationship must be over in the end. To put it bluntly, this is all to blame for the law of balance between giving and receiving. We can honestly understand whether this is true in real life. Before we become saints, the relationship between people must maintain a certain balance of giving and receiving. Therefore, in a country like the United States, there will be "baby-siter" clearly marked, which is the best explanation for children. Otherwise, we also teach children how to take advantage of others, rely on others and be irresponsible. To do this, you must first dare to face your true attitude towards money. Vincent’s appearance just tells us, don’t pretend to be forced, go ask people for money and say: So-and-so, you have changed, and this world is nothing. Only money and the like. This is called projection. We don’t understand that we love money and feel that it is shameful, and then we see that people all over the world who love money are shameful people. mistaken! Money is a pure thing, and your thoughts about it tainted her. We should love money, just like our own mother. That's right. Do you feel some kind of insult at the moment? That can only show that you still don't know how to love your mother in the right way. Here I still use some questions, but there is no way. Chinese people are all doing this, making big fuss and preaching morals. Vincent just told us a simple truth: you love money, you have to look at it, you have to dare to take off the "mask self" that "sees money as dung" and
does not put "love" on the mouth.
Vincent loves his wife. Continuing the paragraph: Vincent, who dares to face money directly, will take care of a wife who doesn't even know who he is for ten years. When Vincent’s wife suffering from Alzheimer’s first appeared in the camera, I was taken aback. The story did not tell him that it was his wife, but when Vincent stretched his stethoscope to his wife, and then looked up at his wife, we learned from him. In his eyes, he felt tenderness and love that he had never seen before. From his wife's beautiful and elegant demeanor, we can see that Vincent took good care of her. Vincent never tells people how to take care of his wife who is seriously ill, just as natural as "Don't spit anywhere" is not posted on the streets of the United States. If Vincent appeared in China, it would be terrible. He would appear on various TV shows. Vincent just did what he was supposed to do. Don’t we all know the vows of the new couple at the wedding the priest presided over? "Regardless of disease and suffering..." We can't do the most basic things. What we emphasize and propagate are things that we basically can't do. Vincent is a basic person.
Vincent loves women. Vincent has another pregnant girlfriend beside him, and she is not pregnant with Vincent's child. Lao Pao'er also has a woman. If her woman is pregnant with someone else's child, I think Lao Pao'er will "do" the man who made his own woman pregnant but disappeared. By the way, he told the man: You are not a fucking man. man! The Chinese audience must be applauded. Vincent is a man. He just did what he should do, what her girlfriend needs him to do, and what is really useful to the child in his stomach. Vincent only does what he can do, and does his best to change that "hit and run" man may not be something mortal can do. With all due respect, Lao Paoer is just a "sainted" ruffian.
Vincent loves children. Vincent loves children in the way he thinks is right. In other words, he didn't realize that it was love at all. Because he didn't mean it, Vincent didn't design an educational concept that he couldn't even understand, and then used it to "destroy people." As a result, children will see, listen, do, and feel for themselves, and then they will have a wonderful speech. Vincent did teach children to beat people. Let's see the result: the kid who was beaten became good friends with him. Some people slap you on the left cheek and you can turn your right cheek to him. Some people slap you on the left cheek and you get a nosebleed. But then you have to be good friends. If you can't, don't teach your children this. Since ancient times, wars have been everywhere. Facts have proved that using violence to control violence has not solved any problems. Vincent deposited the money he won from the casino with his child in his child’s name. He took the money from the bank when he needed the money most. This is the only place in the film that we can see Vincent’s conscience suffer. A scene of whipping. At that moment I saw Vincent's soul glowing. Gurdjieff once said in "Remember Yourself": For most people, the soul is a luxury. In all fairness, in Vincent's situation, our conscience will only seem to be blown by the wind. Because our conscience never stops with questions about how to treat children, we treat them as troubles, cats and dogs. Vincent, who never speaks the truth and does not want to listen to others' complaints, just tells him indifferently that the child needs a father when his fat neighbor is mad about his child's custody. Look at this, when everyone is irritated by divorce, who takes into account the child's feelings: He loves his parents, and who stops him and hates whom. This is the truest child's emotion, and it is much easier to make a decision considering this. Vincent can see this. How many people can see it?
People need to be loved
Vincent to others the opportunity to love him. Old Vincent fell ill. The sublimation of the whole film is that Vincent on the hospital bed gave him opportunities for pregnant girlfriends, fat women and children. This is the stroke of God's magic. Vincent's body is suffering, the people taking care of him are busy, the music is relaxed, and everyone is happy. That scene is probably the love expressed in the Bible. Love family, love neighbors...
Vincent is unhappy. We can all see that the death of his wife seems to have taken him all. Facing the children's routine greetings, Vincent said: Why don't you ask what she looks like? What kind of person is she? ...Yes, why are we incoherent in the face of friends who have lost their loved ones? Why are we so scared? Even this requires Vincent to tell us what to do, what kind of care a person who has lost a lover needs most at this time.
Say Vincent is a saint, he is. At least I don't doubt. Who told us that saints should only point to the sky or touch their chests and talk about love, light, souls, and other ghosts that we can't see at all. A saint, he should at least be an individual. He must first dare to show the basic needs, basic conscience, and basic weaknesses of a human being. He needs to have the ability to do it, but the ability to speak is unnecessary. We don't understand it anyway. Vincent was just doing it, and he didn’t stop him doing it. Gurdjieff once said: Don’t look at what a person says, but look at what he did; don’t look at what a person says, but see if he doesn’t. Speak out. So, don't let the swearing Vincent block you from seeing his essence.
Finally Vincent was happy. He, the once lonely "saint", can't leave the relationship after all: neighbors, lover, and friends. In this process, everyone gives and supports each other.
The human soul is like the barren land that Vincent is watering in the last scene, and there are seeds just around the corner, as long as you give him water.
Endnotes:
[Lower self: Whether it is anger, revenge, jealousy or sadness, these negative emotions derived from injury are not acceptable to parents, adults or the whole society. In this movie, many questions are related to the lower self. For example: money. When we were young, our parents’ attitude towards money would have a profound impact on us, and the feelings that most parents pass on to their children about money are accompanied by beliefs like fear, scarcity, and filthyness. Exposing the low-level self is the first measure to understand oneself and people. Otherwise, when creating impulses about things and people, one's own preconceived limitations will always block the ability to penetrate into the characters. ]
[Mask Self: The way we think we should be presented to others is also a self that can be shaped based on our ideals. It covers our fragile and vulnerable side. For example, once an outsider points out that you are not part of your ideal image, you immediately collapse. ].
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