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Does evil exist?

By Drawing and artwork, Juesatta art, Wisdom

doesevilexist

The professor of a university challenged his students with this question. “Did God create everything that exists?” A student answered bravely, “Yes, he did”.

The professor then asked, “If God created everything, then he created evil. Since evil exists (as noticed by our own actions), so God is evil. The student couldn’t respond to that statement causing the professor to conclude that he had “proved” that “belief in God” was a fairy tale, and therefore worthless.

Another student raised his hand and asked the professor, “May I pose a question? ” “Of course” answered the professor.

The young student stood up and asked : “Professor does Cold exists?”

The professor answered, “What kind of question is that? …Of course the cold exists… haven’t you ever been cold?”

The young student answered, “In fact sir, Cold does not exist. According to the laws of Physics, what we consider cold, in fact is the absence of heat. Anything is able to be studied as long as it transmits energy (heat). Absolute Zero is the total absence of heat, but cold does not exist. What we have done is create a term to describe how we feel if we don’t have body heat or we are not hot.”

“And, does Dark exist?”, he continued. The professor answered “Of course”. This time the student responded, “Again you’re wrong, Sir. Darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in fact simply the absence of light. Light can be studied, darkness can not. Darkness cannot be broken down. A simple ray of light tears the darkness and illuminates the surface where the light beam finishes. Dark is a term that we humans have created to describe what happens when there’s lack of light.”

Finally, the student asked the professor, “Sir, does evil exist?” The professor replied, “Of course it exists, as I mentioned at the beginning, we see violations, crimes and violence anywhere in the world, and those things are evil.”

The student responded, “Sir, Evil does not exist. Just as in the previous cases, Evil is a term which man has created to describe the result of the absence of God’s presence in the hearts of man.”

After this, the professor bowed down his head, and didn’t answer back.

 [source: http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/religion/a/einstein_god.htm]

Give them your hand by CJ

By Compassion, Drawing and artwork, Juesatta art
Give them your hand by CJ

Give them your hand by CJ

After I finished watching “By My Side“, a Singapore TV series, I felt touched. The drama series portraits a few characters infected with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the problems they face every day and how their family and close friends’ life are affected. In the series, some people discriminate them and stay away from them.

When the main character, Bu-Fan knows he is contracted after having sex with a prostitute, he is unable to face up with the disease. He encounters problems like being rejected by friends, sacked by boss, and neighborhood’s discrimination. At first, the wife is at rage, disappointed with him and wants to divorce with him. His daughter hates because her friends stay away from playing with her and she is kicked out from her swimming class. However, Bu-Fan is always a good husband and father and because of that, his wife forgives and supports him and so does his daughter.

A wise man once told me: when he gives talk to the prisoner in jail, he doesn’t call them criminal. They are not to be tagged criminal because of a crime which they have done. They are responsible for that but shall not carry the name ‘criminal’ for the rest of their life. That statement is very true: everyone should be given a second chance.

The other character, Yu-Hang who is also contracted with AIDS from her boyfriend (who then passed away), spends most of her time helping other with AIDS. Since her boyfriend passed away, she doesn’t want to fall in love again because she knows it will not have fairy tales happiness. She keeps that as secret. In that series, Bu-Fan’s brother falls for her. However, being proposed for many times, she finally tells him the reason why she keeps rejecting him. He is stunned and does hesitate when he is told. Dramatically, the story ends up a happy ending as he never gives up on her.

Although I have not met anyone infected with AIDS in person, but I believe many people have incorrect perception of the AIDS disease and discriminate the patients. Every AIDS victim surely is depressed and dilemma when they know they are contracted. Some are blaming themselves, deeply regretted and begging for a second chance. If we can’t give them a second chance, how would they forgive themselves and go on with their life? 

The drawing above was inspired by the drama when Bu-Fan sits on the rooftop of a flat feeling dilemma and yet does not have the courage to end his life. It’s named Give them your hand on the purpose of hoping everyone of us; we can give them our hand without discriminating them. At this very moment, our hands meant so much to them to support and give them courage.

秤的秘密

By Drawing and artwork, Juesatta art, Wisdom
秤的秘密 by CJ

秤的秘密 by CJ

  明朝时候,扬州有一富翁是开南货店发财的,他有一子两孙,家庭之间非常快乐。后来他病在床上,将要死的时候,将一秤杆郑重地交付他的儿子.并嘱咐他道:这秤是我起家的宝物,是用乌木合成的,秤杆中空,灌有水银,称出时秤稍向上,水银注纽,别人见了以为重,而不知反轻,称进时秤稍下倾,水银注尾,别人见了以为轻。而不知反重。我因此占了不少便宜,所以能致这样的财富呀.”

  他儿子听了,心中暗暗惊讶,父亲何以这样不道德。但因他正当病重,只好唯唯随顺,不便明言。后来他父亲死了,他就将这杆秤用火烧毁,并力行各种善事,扶危济困,养残恤老,孜孜如恐不及。他这样做是要想替亡父忏除罪恶。但由于真诚为善,不到三年家产己耗去了一半。虽然这样,倒是他所情愿的,心中并没有什么不快。不料膝下二个爱子。竟相继死亡,这实在是大凄惨了。行善得祸,他因此常叹天道无知,因果颠倒,心中不免怨恨。

  一夜,梦至一处状如宫殿,见一官员坐在殿上,当面告诉他道:“你父之富,是彼宿世所修布施功德,命中应有,并不是依靠那杆水银秤;即使他不用那秤,也能致富.但是他用了那秤,徒然自坏心术,加了一身罪业,至死不悟,自受苦报,这正是他的愚痴。那时天帝因其用心贪恶,所以为了破耗二星投作你子,以败你的家产。家败之后,还要继以火烧。而你呢,正当受你父的余殃,非但衣食不给,而且寿算亦短。你父生前以为有这许多家产遗给子孙,一定可以世代享受,舒适不尽。他哪里知道好儿子不能长寿,好孙子是来败家的呢。现在幸得你存心善良,能盖父过。天帝察你三年以来,真诚为善,始终无倦,这是很难得的,所以特命所司收回两星,不久将另降贤子,以光大你的后代,并增加你本身的寿算了,你应当勤修善果,勿存怨恨才是呀。”他醒来之后,恍然大悟,因此,为善更坚定,后来果然连生二子,皆成进士。

摘自《真快乐》

Jamie the animal lover

By Compassion, Juesatta art, Photography

After my grandpa passed away early September this year, his pet a soft-shell turtle was left alone at grandpa’s old house. We decided to give it away to someone who is kind.

By asking around, I got to know Jamie through a friend of mine. He was very interested in adopting this creature when he heard from his sister.

However, I will skip this part of the story.

The soft-shell turtle was transferred to Jamie’s house which seemed like a zoo to me. Jamie loves animals and adopting many animals including iguana, dog, geese, many kinds of turtle, fishes, and so on. He is full of compassion for these creatures. That was the reason we wanted Jamie to have the soft-shell.

Jamie's family and neighbours with the soft-shell turtleJamie’s family and neighbours with the soft-shell turtle

Explaination of the iguana's nature by JamieExplaination of the iguana’s nature by Jamie

Surprisingly, I got to know Jamie is an art teacher. I had the chance to see some of Jamie’s artworks and was very impressed with them. One of those artwork, Jamie showed me the iguana  modelling he made from clay. It was looking so real that I was reluctant to touch it when I saw it. It took Jamie 3 months to complete this iguana.

The next thing Jamie showed me was the Spiderman wall painting which was about 1.5×1.5m in size on the wall. He did this because most of his students love Spiderman so much.There were some photos of the creative artworks shown by Jamie, and they were placed in Jamie’s art gallery. One day, I shall pay him a visit to his gallery and see more of his work and snap some photos.

I have to thank Jamie for sharing his artwork and also his kindness of adopting the soft-shell turtle.

Clay craft by Jamie - IguanaClay craft by Jamie – Iguana

Wall painting by Jamie - SpidermanWall painting by Jamie – Spiderman