We must accept the reality that humans are generally not intelligent. The term “Artificial Intelligent” is a misnomer. What kind of intelligent can we learn from humans and computerize it? If humans are intelligent, there will be no war (shooting, currency, or trade war which will only have multiple losers and no winner) or manmade chaos (fighting over different religions/views, the strong bullying the weak, problems created due to desire for personal gain or desire to change the world according to one’s wishes, etc.). Computer programs to play chess or make stock-picking decisions are just “Artificial Cleverness”. The real “Artificial Intelligent” can potentially be more intelligent than humans and it will be able to maintain world peace. Unfortunately, before that can ever happen, humans may have use “Artificial Cleverness” to destroy the world.
Unless you stay with selected companions, otherwise you will find that almost everybody wants to hurt you with his words or his force; and almost everybody wants to retaliate with his words or his force. That is the reality of why everywhere in the world is a violent place to live in. People are not as civilize as they claim to be. You must love yourself, and then your neighbors, and live according to your highest values. You will then be extraordinary and different from the ordinary people which are probably more than 80% of the population. The best leader will hold the best values, rather than the best title or social status. The greatest courage looks cowardice (大勇若怯). The greatest genius looks ingenuous (大智若愚). “The fool who knows he is a fool is that much wiser”.
You must forgive the stupidity of humans and stay calm for your own happiness. “Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned”. You must reflect frequently and set a high moral standard for yourself but be very lenient with other people. Don’t demand other people to be morally upright; it will be futile anyway. You will then be able to avoid any unnecessary resentment. (躬自厚而薄责于人，则远怨矣。) Don’t expect your friends to be perfect. Forgive them when they make mistakes. To err is human, to forgive is divine. Do you think you are like a God who will never err? I have been in training for twenty over years, torn between different ideologies, and I don’t know when I will become a Jedi. But I don’t mind what will happen. Buddha asked his disciple Subhuti: “Can an Arahant (a holy man who has left behind all earthly desires and concerns) say within himself whether he has attained the wisdoms of Arahant?” Subhuti replied: “No, Bhagavat. The reason being there is no such Way to characterize an Arahant. All Ways are neither truth nor falsehood. If an Arahant says within himself that he has attained the wisdoms of an Arahant, that means he is still clinging to earthly desires and concerns. Therefore, he is not really an Arahant.” (阿罗汉能作是念。我得阿罗汉道不。须菩提言。不也世尊。何以故。实无有法名阿罗汉。世尊。若阿罗汉作是念。我得阿罗汉道。即为着我人众生寿者。) You must continue to practice the knowledge of knowing and also the knowledge of not knowing; don’t complicate your mind with too much unnecessary knowledge which then makes you worry about the future or anticipate trouble. Confucius said: “Youngsters are to be respected because you will never know how successful they can become. If a person is 40 or 50 years old and he is still not learning, then he will never be respected as a learned person.” (后生可畏，焉知来者之不如今也？四十、五十而无闻焉，斯亦不足畏也已。) Befriend with individuals who keep learning, not with someone who believes in his own doctrines and bounded by a shallow boundary. Close your eyes and meditate; don’t waste your energy in trying to be benevolent or assume you have the responsibility to educate the public.
Take a deep breath and soften yourself to become like a baby (槫气致柔 能婴儿乎). Return to the state when you were like a simple raw jade free from carving and innocent like a baby (反朴归真 复归于婴儿) to regain your birthright happiness. Those who truly love you don’t mind to see you being who you are, and those who mind don’t really love you; so, in either case, there is no reason for you to care about what other people think. No thought of unhappy past stays in a baby’s mind for one minute and no worrying thought about the future stays in his mind for one minute (不住相) or grows into a monster. A baby lives in the present moment; that is the supreme birthright intelligence that you need to regain. Nobody knows everything. Feeling worry about uncertainty and what you don’t know is like being afraid of dark. Why don’t you just let it be? Keep learning about the dark but never dislike not-knowing (知不知 尚矣). Be cheerful and innocent (天真无邪); don’t waste another minute of your life trying to control what is beyond your control. It is good to be mindful that you don’t know everything about anything. Conversely, it is a mental illness if you are not aware that you don’t really know the truth about anything (不知不知 病矣); you thought you know the truth, but you are actually wrong. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Just live and flow with time like one insignificant water molecule in the river. All problems are not a problem if you don’t see it as a problem; those are just natural rocks that you will naturally flow around them when the time comes.
Buddha said: “One who wants to admonish another should first ponder like this; ‘Am I or am I not one who practices complete purity in body and speech? Are these qualities present in me or not?’ If they are not there will no doubt be people who will say; ‘Come now, why don’t you practice complete purity in body and speech first?’ Again, one who wants to admonish another should first ponder like this; ‘Have I freed myself from ill will and developed a mind of goodwill towards others. Are these qualities present in me or not?’ If they are not there will no doubt be people who will say; ‘Come now, why don’t you develop a mind of goodwill yourself?’”
Meng Zi said: “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain with themselves and like to be the teachers of everybody else.” (人之患在好为人师。) Don’t be one of the fools and fanatics. The competition between “teachers” about who is right and who is wrong leads to chaos and wars in the world. Therefore, the desire to distinguish right and wrong is probably the greatest desire which causes endless sufferings, to oneself and to others around him.
RESILIENT KID 