Wisdom I Pondered This Week
- “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old but on building the new.” — Dan Millman
- “It is not necessary to meet your guru on the physical plane. The guru is not external.” — Neem Karoli Baba
- “All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.” — Federico Fellini
- “It hurts to let go. Sometimes it seems the harder you try to hold on to something or someone the more it wants to get away. You feel like some kind of criminal for having felt, for having wanted. For having wanted to be wanted. It confuses you, because you think that your feelings were wrong and it makes you feel so small because it’s so hard to keep it inside when you let it out and it doesn’t coma back. You’re left so alone that you can’t explain. Damn, there’s nothing like that, is there? I’ve been there and you have too. You’re nodding your head.” — Henry Rollins, The Portable Henry Rollins
- “Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.” — Epictetus
Things I Learned This Week
- 綠色情人節 (Green Valentine’s Day / Green Day)
是每年 8 月 14 日 慶祝的環保主題情人節,核心理念是「浪漫不必以浪費為代價」,旨在提倡愛情與自然和諧共生,並反思過度消費與浪費對地球的影響。它鼓勵戀人採用環保方式慶祝,如使用電子賀卡取代紙本、走進大自然共度時光、送環保禮物或實踐低碳浪漫。 - 麵茶
是一種由炒過的麵粉加糖或其他配料,再以熱水沖泡調成稠或稀質地,既可以做成糊狀點心,也能像飲品一樣享用。它在中國北方(如北京、陝西)常為鹹口味,加入芝麻油、蔥花等調味料,冬天食用溫暖又有飽足感;在台灣則多為甜口味,使用麵茶粉方便沖泡。在東南亞(馬來西亞、新加坡)也有流傳,由華人移民帶入,作為早餐或小點心。 - 「理型論(Theory of Forms / Ideas)
」是古希臘哲學家 柏拉圖(Plato) 提出的核心哲學思想之一。理型論認為,現實世界中我們所見的事物都是 不完美的具體表現,而它們背後存在一個 永恆、完美、不變的「理型(Form / Idea)」世界。這些理型是萬物的本質或範本,例如「美」的理型是所有美的事物的標準,具體的美麗事物只是這個理型的不完全反映。柏拉圖認為,透過 理性思考和哲學探究,人類可以認識這些理型,從而理解真理與善。理型論對後世的「形而上學(Metaphysics)」以及「認識論(Epistemology)」產生了深遠影響。 - 頌缽
(Singing Bowl) 是一種源自喜馬拉雅地區的傳統樂器,廣泛用於冥想、瑜伽和能量療癒。頌缽通常由銅、錫等金屬混合製成,外形像一個倒扣的碗,透過敲擊或用木棒摩擦碗緣,可以產生持續、和諧的振動聲音。這種聲音療法(音療)被認為能夠平衡身心、減輕壓力,並幫助進入深層冥想狀態。現代研究也指出,頌缽的聲波可能對腦波活動和放鬆反應有積極影響。 - 賽鴿
(Racing Pigeon)是一種經過專門培育與訓練的家鴿,以其強烈的歸巢本能、卓越的速度與耐力而聞名。起源於 19 世紀比利時與荷蘭,賽鴿比賽透過集鴿、放飛與歸巢的流程進行,並以腳環或電子晶片進行精確計時。不同的血統與培育系統,如 Janssen、Van Loon 等名系,常影響賽鴿價值。2006 年國家地理頻道推出的紀錄片《賽鴿風雲》更深入揭示了這項運動的魅力與背後的故事。