2025.06.02 - All beings suffer, who will save them?

Title: 2025.06.02 – All Beings Suffer, Who Will Save Them?

Practicing True Multilateralism

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/XvOw2I-_8pJF4b-PCtjtMQ

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the United Nations. Eight decades of history remind us that the international system centered on the UN is a vital safeguard for humanity’s progress, and multilateralism built on coordination and cooperation is the best way to tackle global challenges. At this pivotal crossroads, we need more than ever to revisit the original spirit of the UN’s founding, firmly uphold the UN‑centered international system, the rule‑based order grounded in international law, and the fundamental principles of international relations derived from the UN Charter’s purposes and principles, and to practice genuine multilateralism.

Mao Zedong: All Beings Suffer, Who Will Save Them?

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/tqyFcpWXXaIrl-lZ1fg-uQ

Born during the Qing dynasty and coming of age in the Republic era, Mao Zedong felt the old, dark, and unjust aspects of society more acutely than we do today. He had every reason to follow the path of the “successful” people of his time—multiple concubines, grand mansions, endless banquets, mingling with the powerful, while the common folk were left out. Yet he never wavered from his original purpose. What he sought was not personal pleasure or private gain, but to stand up for the countless poor Chinese people.

Rereading “The Little Horse Crosses the River”

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The familiar fable contains a philosophy that can be revisited again and again by an individual, a city, or even a nation. Perhaps that is why adults still need to read fables. As someone put it, “When you reread a fable, you realize that as a child you heard a story; as an adult you read a life.” In these tales we glimpse the human condition—when we are caught in endless “involution,” we resemble the impatient farmer in The Farmer Who Tried to Accelerate Growth; when we fall into futile stubbornness, we are like the man in Carving a Mark on a Boat to Find a Sword, trapped by his own fixed sign.

“Self” and “No‑Self” in Healing

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Compassion is not the same as pity. After I prepared myself with the resolve “I will take full responsibility for my own life,” I discovered an inner strength. I no longer longed for a hero to rescue me, nor for others to share my karmic burden. Likewise, I shifted from “carrying the patient forward” to “encouraging the patient to move ahead on their own.” With less pity, I often “reject” patients who are unwilling to pay the price. As Teacher Nona once said, “Sometimes a doctor’s refusal is crucial—it can be a heavy blow that prompts the patient to finally take responsibility for themselves.”

Clarifying: Why Do TCM Practitioners Train in Qigong?

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When the practice of qigong transforms from “something you need to persist in” to “a habit that becomes natural,” becoming as ordinary as eating, dressing, or sleeping, our state of being and way of life change dramatically. Perhaps then the “romantic” passages in ancient classics that describe an ideal life will resonate with you on a deeply personal level.

Three Prescriptions of TCM: Medical Model, Lifestyle, and Mindset

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/-Ou26txD9tA53MBoP4eN6Q

What Traditional Chinese Medicine calls “issuing a prescription” is actually opening a new direction for a life that feels temporarily stuck—it comprises three parts: the medical model, the lifestyle, and the mindset.

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Originally written by Ping Xia (平侠) and published in Chinese on 拾一集 (Weekly Reflections). Translated and adapted for DriftSeas with permission.