Saturday, August 19, 2006

Angel in hell (Part 2)- How does Angel live well in hell

Here is a continuation of Part 1, there may be consequtive parts coming in at later stages as I find new ideas to substantiate this philosophy so I decided to name it in parts in order to keep track of the posting.

How does Angel live well in hell?
This question is constantly being replayed in my mind as I witness numerous kind souls that I know being disappointed time and again from the result of being kind in the wrong way.

How many times have we been nice and end up being not appreciated? A question that I know many people ponder on. It seems like being kind is an art as you can't dispense kindness too readily or you will be taken for granted. From this question comes the topic, kind people need to know how to be kind and make sure that their kindness is not being taken for granted as the world is filled with people who are still learning to appreciate things.

The answer I personally feel comes from being able to perform some cruelty to be kind. Some of you may have tried to be nice to a certain someone but ends up being treated coldly and unappreciated. This is due to the fact that people don't like things that are freely available. Diamonds are expensive because they are rare. Given the same condition, if we live on a planet with many diamonds lying around, would you still value it highly? This is a simple demand and supply logic as too much supply of a goods usually comes with a cheapening of the product, if the demand isn't keeping up with the supply.

Feeling is a gradual build up and demand for kindness is a kind of feeling that doesn't rise fast. If you supply too much kindness to anyone who can't take it, you are cheapening yourself and end up being not appreciated. Yes you are just being nice but it is a pity that the other party doesn't need so much kindness. In order for angels, who wants to be kind, to survive in a world filled with not very appreciative people, they must learn to be cruel to be kind. Learn to control the amount of kindness that you are dispensing. A shortage of kindness will increase its value and when supply of it comes, the consumer will be able to value and appreciate more of its prescence.

Being cruel is to be able to stop giving kindness when someone's demand for it is just mild. Await the person to increase his or her demand before dispensing it bit by bit to increase the value of kindness itself. This is on condition that you know that deep in you, you wanted the person to feel appreciative of what you are doing so that your kindness will be received with open arms rather than down the rubbish bin. Being an angel is to be able to provide effective kindness rather than flooding others with kindness which will eventually drown everyone's feelings.

As angel in hell, to live well is to be able to know that we are giving kindness that is appreciated and understood. Excessive kindness is unappreciated kindness. Angels' first purpose in hell is to make sure that the kindness is being appreciated and understood and not just plainly flooding hell with un-needed kindness. You will end up being a unappreciated and irritating angel by others. When you start to question why no one appreciates your kindness and blame the world, pause and instead start to point the finger back and understand that you are the one who is at fault for not being able to spread your kindness effectively.

Well that's enough blogging for now, stay tune for Part III!!!

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

The beginning

Woah my first post! Witness the birth of my philosophy as I start blogging! Well the purpose of the blog is to let me be diligent enough to write down the philosophy I have on life through my daily experiences as I need to document this philosophy and never let them be lost as they slip from my mind.

Hope that some of you could benefit from reading my philosophy! I really have to thank Chris and Yaoming (my business partner) for suggesting to me to blog and when I have gathered all the philosophy in my life, I may be able to write a book of philosophy (if people find it useful)

As the first blog, I shall start my first philosophy in life, Angel in hell I have always wonder who or what is the best soul on this earth? This has always been in my mind and through my growing experience, I start to have an answer- The Angel in Hell is definitely the ultimate good on this earth that I aspire to be. Rationale being, an angel in heaven is so used to being good and they only meet angels who are good. To them, there is no temptation of being bad as they are surrounded by the kind angels. How could someone know what is good if they haven't live through the bad. To be more specific, how could someone know the importance of water if they haven't been thirsty before.

If an Angel can still maintain their goodness in hell after they have seen various vices being displayed as the norm day in day out, it is definitely equipped with the necessary goodness that is not swayed by the environment. The ultimate temptation will not change its faith neither would it be affected. Angel in hell must understand the habit of the evil and even adopt some of the habit (so long as they are not the ultimate evil). By being part of their group then could you start to affect them and let them trust your philosophy of goodness.

Why is this the highest attainment to me then? It is because I think that someone could not teach others how not to be bad if they did not try such vices before. To me the person who could understand what is ultimate good are those that have forsaken the ultimate evil in them. The highest attainment is to convert those around them to be filled with goodness too. To do that they need to understand the bad habits and live with this habits. Only then could they know why are these habits really bad and how could they kick these habits together. In psychology, if you are the "In Group" of any social group, you could be more persuasive and attain a higher level of trust. Only then could you be able to influence the evil around you and let the evil adopt your philosophy of good.

It doesn't matter what way you use to attain the result so long as it is for the greater good.

In Christianity- We have Moses who killed the Egytians for the greater good
In Buddhism- We have Ji Gong who eat meat even though he is a monk

There may be many instances where the good have to commit something bad in order to achieve the greater good. These examples are the amplification of how the good can maintain their fundamental goodness when they have committed something evil so as to achieve the final motive, that is, to achieve the greater good. Good and evil has no demarcation line, they are only clearly divided when you have a trained soul.

Well this blog topic is getting too long for a day, let me furnish the readers with more example of why I aspire to be an Angel in hell in my next blog. Stay tuned!

Cheers!