「屠妖节」 : A little thought..

Writing so early?
Yup.
In fact, I'm just back from skating alone in the morning rain.
A little crazy I know, but . . .
Just take it that I like the rain a little too much. Mm..

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We know today is Deepavali, a festival of lights.
We know it is also popularly known as 「屠妖节」.
We know 「屠」 means massacre (almost)..
We know 「妖」 means evil ones (almost)..

Wa.. So today must kill a lot of evil and demonic ones? Nay..

「光明」会驱走「黑暗」。
讲的应该是咱内心的「光明」与「黑暗」。

要「屠杀」的并不是外面的「山妖水怪」，
而是要「屠杀」咱内心的「心魔」。
「山妖水怪」若是改邪归正也能修成正果。
如果我们真的有本事的话，
应该是去度化它们，而不是将它们赶尽杀绝。

So I think we have no qualm that it suggests that this day signifies the triumph of light over darkness and victory of good over the evil within ourselves.

So a little reminder to myself :
- 我们是否已经将我们的「心灯」点亮？
- 我们是否已经将我们的「心魔」降伏？

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有一位圣者这么说：

如果不管做什么事情都随着环境而走、而做，
就离不了善恶、因果之轮回，
这就是所谓的天定胜人，人随着自然而走。

如果能够明是非，辨善恶，
知其不可，不为之，
知其善者，勇为之，
能够避祸趋福，去恶扬善，
无形中就能改变环境，也达到至高的修为。