After reading Zhou's novel, I began to think about optimism and pessimism.

I think ordinary people have no right to choose optimism or pessimism. How does their philosophy of life support themselves and their families? If an ordinary worker dreams of optimism and pessimism all day, what mood does he have to do a good job? If a farmer is troubled by this problem, how much energy does he have to work hard?

Thinking optimistically and pessimistically ―― or expanding the scope a little ―― philosophy is not suitable for ordinary people. Only Thales who looks up at the sky has the right not to look at the situation on the ground. Only Socrates, who does not love knowledge but loves wisdom, can claim that he is thinking about the origin of life.

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I don't know what philosophy I stick to.

Zhou stressed that because life is only once, decadent people regard it as zero and fall into the abyss of pessimism; Obsessed people therefore regard it as a whole and arouse the desire for possession. But he thinks neither is true wisdom. He strives to achieve a kind of persistence at the bottom of pessimism, or to insist on the pessimism at the bottom-that is, the supreme realm of detachment.

Mr. Feng Youlan doesn't want to directly classify himself as optimistic or pessimistic. He tried to explain a philosophy that was born and entered the world. However, so far no one has been able to complete such a philosophical system.

Perhaps, I have always adhered to the philosophy of being born into the world, but I have not published a book like theirs.

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I tend to be pessimistic.

I always ask questions about meaning and always do things with the clearest purpose. I'm afraid that efforts and sweat will be wasted on absurdity without an ending.

What is the most meaningful thing? What am I going to do?

Is the pursuit of happiness?

Or do you get another kind of happiness by avoiding pain?

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Pessimism holds that some people are too persistent to see the essence of the world-emptiness. Indeed, life cannot be possessed. Persistence and excessive pursuit of the world often lead to failure to pursue happiness and pain. In the ultimate sense, success and failure, happiness and pain in the world are only fleeting, and there is no need to be persistent.

To pessimists, all the so-called meanings are moans.

It is easy to be pessimistic, but it is difficult to be completely pessimistic. Buddhism is the most pessimistic philosophy, but the pure land Sect of Buddhism not only recites the name of Buddha every day, but also seeks to enter the paradise in the afterlife. This is a desire in itself, but the realization of desire is not in this life, but in the afterlife.

It is precisely because life is short and time flies that it is precious.

Who doesn't want to make a difference in this world, and who doesn't want to make the world different for themselves?

The pessimistic destination is empty, and it is still empty after hard thinking.

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Stop asking the meaning. Meaning is not something that people can answer, but a privilege of God.

Don't always see through the essence of things, but give them the best meaning.

Every road has its reasons to follow him, and every choice has its reasons to make. In this world, every living being has the meaning of survival and suffering. Not asking about meaning is the answer to meaning.

So, stop heckling life. It is you who are questioned. God sees how you choose pessimism and optimism in your life answer sheet, and how to answer the meaning.

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What is the standard to distinguish optimism from pessimism? Is it a word from the mouth, a word from the pen, and a vast sea of philosophical works?

Positive optimism is not about imagining how successful and great you will be in the future, talking about flowers and applause in the future, or rushing forward without hesitation because this road is thought to lead to a certain peak.

A positive attitude towards life can never be expressed in one's language. It must be rushed out by the down-to-earth trek, spelled out by the spirit of dare to do and dare to do, and bred by the loneliness of suffering.

However, pessimists may unconsciously give up their lives because of an ism and an article. This is why there are still a large number of religious believers, and why people who have suffered a lot think of philosophy or religion first, not inspirational books.

I can't draw a clear line between the two, but I know that pessimism can defeat the mentally weak, but it can never defeat the real optimists, who never talk much about wisdom.

Pessimism is imagined and spoken.

Optimism is forged by action.

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This is a duel, a duel of pessimism and optimism. I want to be an audience. But unfortunately, every time I watch this fierce battle, I am unconsciously involved in one of the two. Being influenced and tortured by this side became his shield. Tired of suffering here, it was thrown there again, melted and decomposed again.

I was pushed around in the confrontation between the two sides. However, the most painful thing is not those two boxers, but myself.

People who think they are smart are so bloody that they almost become victims.

eight

I found that I gradually like Zen.

This is not a religion, but a belief beyond wisdom. Every Zen master is no longer an ascetic, but a thinker and philosopher who has long known everything in the world.

"Live in the moment!"

"Normal mind is the Tao"

"Bodhi has no books,

The mirror is not a stage,

There's nothing,

Where is the dust? "

Zen master never talks about pessimism. They don't take part in the debate between optimism and pessimism. They have no hope for the afterlife. They pursue inner peace and liberation.

This is the simplest and purest philosophy. Simple and a little silly.

It turns out that "stupidity" is the ultimate wisdom, the most beautiful moral character and the most practical philosophy.

From simplicity to complexity, to mature simplicity, I am called wisdom.

From chaos to sobriety, and then to conscious chaos, I have a full understanding of my life.

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I don't want to talk about optimism and pessimism. I just want to cherish every road and every choice.