Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Individualism advocates the primacy of the individual and his/her independence, interest, goal and opinion over external forces such as the power of the state or the norms of the society. With the advance of Internet, which gives everyone the power to communicate publicly worldwide, individualism has been rising at an extreme speed.

But that rise has brought about so many problems for almost every human society in the world, due to the weakening of society’s rules and orders – children listening to parents less, same thing with students and teachers; many countries are in political and social chaos – even politicians put their individual selves above the unity and interests of their countries; the youth lose directions and have little idea about their role and responsibility in their community. Most young people care about fashion, entertainment, good foods, hot spots, vaping… and have zero idea about what they should do for their community, be that their school or their country. Continue reading Individualism →

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

We all want big things – big house, big car, big job, big position, big money, big power, big name…

Who want small stuff?

But here is the important point: If you do anything very well, you shall have big name and/or big money and/or big power, whether you like it or not. You cannot stop the big things coming to you when you are very good at something. Continue reading Small and big →

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

If you are honest to yourself, you will be honest to everyone else. Most liars are not honest to themselves. They lie to everyone and most of the time they don’t recognize that they are lying, because their lying is a reflex – they just do it without thinking about it. Continue reading Self-measurement of your honesty →

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

We have talked about having a major goal in each period of our life, and persistently aiming at that goal to move forward until we reach the goal. Then setting a new goal for the next period. Most of the time, we work more effectively if we have a clear goal to pursuit.

However, if you are so hung up about your goal, you will become attached to it, with all the harmful effects of attachment. For example, you have a goal of having your own house before the age of 30. And you really focus on making money to fulfill that goal, to the degree that you are willing to join a corruption gang to do bribery deals, to make quick money. That is attachment with potential jail sentences. Continue reading Goal and non-attachment →