Chapter 290: Heaven and Earth
The old man introduced himself before, saying that he was just a passerby. Since he is a passerby, why does the old man want Zuo Zhe to ask "who am I"?
Zuo Zhe didn't feel malice from the old man's body, and he couldn't even feel the specific location of the old man at all. The old man seemed to be everywhere, and it was as if he had never been there.
It's like space for human beings, people live in space, but they don't feel the existence of space at all.
The space is intangible, qualityless, colorless, and tasteless. Everyone knows that space exists, but no one can feel it.
The five senses of human beings become the basis for people's understanding of the world. In other words, if you want to understand the world, you must first feel that the world exists. If you can't even feel the world, how can you understand it?
The question of "who am I" is a question that is closely related to the three views. The worldview, outlook on life and values in the three views are the core of human existence in this world.
Everyone has an infinite number of identities, this identity is the child of parents, the parent of a child, the other half of a husband and wife, a friend of a friend, a colleague's colleague, a subordinate of a superior, a subordinate of a subordinate, an animal walking on the ground, a human being with high intelligence, a human being who has been born for a few years, a human being who is still a few years away from death, the owner of tens of trillions of cells, the ruler of a number of wealth, and the owner of a pet......
However, all of the answers to these generalizations of the "Who am I" questions are a generalization. These generalizations limit the "I" to a collection of individuals, separating the "I" from the "not-me".
However, there has never been a single expression that can explain "who I am" in a fundamental and fundamentally positive way.
Because, human beings are originally a series of collections. A human being, which is made up of tens of trillions of cells, is not a simple individual in the first place.
In that case, why bother with questions like "Who am I?"
Because unwillingly.
Even if scientists say that human beings are just an orderly combination of organic and inorganic matter, even if they say that human beings are not born with any mission, will they accept this answer?
Especially for those who have the ability, the mission on their shoulders will not only not become a sword hanging over their heads that may fall at any time, but will also become a motivation to motivate themselves.
Knowing that their lifespan will not be long, they will work harder to raise the next generation; Knowing that there are all kinds of external threats, you will work harder to make yourself stronger and better deal with external threats; And knowing that there is no mission in life, I hope to be able to use the sense of mission imposed by people to keep myself and the people around me from being blind and purposeless.
If you have to say anything, then "seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages" will be the first word that comes to Zuo Zhe's mind.
The four "seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages" express one of the great meanings of life. Whether it is a single-celled bacterium or a complex human with tens of trillions of cells, they all follow the principle of seeking advantages and avoiding harm. Even those who can't think of committing suicide have changed the weight of "seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages" in their hearts at the moment of suicide. Just like those who have been tortured and feel that life is worse than death, life at that moment will even feel that death is a more beneficial choice for them.
Although, such a judgment is not a judgment made by the body, but a judgment made by the brain. But the higher the life, the stronger the instinct and the brain's decision-making power. There are heroes among the human race who have volunteered to die to defend their homeland. When insects reproduce, egg-laying insects are even driven by instinct to give all the life essence to the next generation, and die immediately after laying eggs.
It is living things that seek the good and avoid the harm, and non-living things do not know this at all. Ever since there was a "me" in this world, the world has become completely different.
Without "me", the world is as lifeless as the chaotic world before the opening of the world. And after the birth of "I", it was like Pangu opening the world, and the world underwent fundamental changes.
What is "I"? "I" is a generalization of oneself, not only one's own body, but also one's own consciousness and will.
Compared with the domineering "obedient and obedient" of the Mother of the World, who forces others to obey, the old man with the will of "who am I" is like a black hole that can absorb everything into it, so deep and powerful that it cannot be seen through.
Confronted "Who am I" head-on, Zuo Zhe immediately felt a heartfelt sense of frustration. It doesn't feel like you're at enemy of a powerful being, it's like you're at enemy of the whole world.
It's like a door that shouldn't be crossed, closed properly. But when the old man appeared, the door, which had been closed at the end of the day, opened a swarthy passage that could be passed through by one person. Once Zuo Zhe tries to cross into the dark door, his life is no longer in his hands.
However, in the face of this infinite attraction, who can resist the desperate attraction of the other party's black hole?
Just like Adam and Eve in front of the tree of good and evil, in the face of the fruit that exudes infinite temptation, even with God's stern admonition, they can only step by step in the end.
Who am I? This is not only a will, but also a "curiosity" that makes people unable to extricate themselves. Non-living beings are not curious, only living beings are curious to explore the unknown world. Here, someone will replace "curiosity" with "desire". But there is an essential difference between the two. The two are like two sides of the same coin, although they belong to the same coin, they have two diametrically opposed sides.
Curiosity is initiative.
Desire, on the other hand, is passive.
The curious will ask "who am I", while the person who is dominated by desire will ask "who am I".
It was like standing on the spot in a daze, but Zuo Zhe was answering questions with his thinking like a candidate for the exam.
Unlike the coercive control of the Mother of the World, this old man casts a net of heaven and earth. Unless Zuo Zhe can break free from this net, he will still fall into control. It's just that the realm of the Mother of the World and this old man is not consistent, and the realm of the old man is even higher. It's like a battle, on the one hand, you need a weapon to kill the enemy, and on the other hand, you can take a branch to achieve the same killing effect.
is like the description of the last decaying wooden sword in "The Condor Heroes", "After the age of forty, it is not stuck in things, and plants, trees, bamboos and stones can be swords." Since then, he has been refined, gradually moving to the realm of no sword is better than a sword. ”
"Who am I" without a sword is better than a sword.
However, has the strength of the other party really reached such a level? Or is it that the other party has only mastered one of the edges of this realm, and the understanding of this realm is not deep enough?