Technology is only the most superficial thing. The same technology, on a purely technical level, as long as one can correctly understand the logical relationships within it and grasp the essentials, there is no problem. But the key is application, and here lies a huge difference. The market is full of endless temptations and traps, corresponding to human greed and fear. Merely staying on the technical level at most makes one a trading machine. Recently, even if some returns can be achieved in the market, such returns come at the cost of life expenditure. No matter how great the returns, they cannot compare to the cost of life. Life can only be repaid by life; life is meant to understand life, not for the so-called returns that bring nothing at birth and take nothing at death.
But there are some people who think themselves noble, who believe that staying away from money and the market is the so-called Dao. Sadly, these people are nothing but fools; their so-called Dao is merely a product of self-indulgence. Dao is not far from people; how could it conflict with the market? Human greed, fear, the temptations and traps of the market—where are they from the Dao?
In contemporary society, those who do not understand the capital market are fundamentally unqualified to survive, and being trapped in the capital market is only a mechanical existence. In modern society, a capitalist society, no matter how much it is criticized, it constitutes the only current reality of survival. Of course, you can resist this kind of survival, but all resistance will ultimately turn into capitalism, just like the game of moral capital and power capital in relation to the game of capital. Understanding and participating in the capital market, besides making small calculations like catching the pie in the sky, is also because this capital and this capital market are the fate of humanity. All greed, hatred, ignorance, doubt, arrogance of humanity gather here. Without freedom from this, how can there be freedom? Without liberation from this, how can there be liberation? Freedom is not avoidance; liberation is not avoidance either. True freedom and liberation only exist in the corrupt and evil world; only in the most corrupt part of this world can there be great freedom and great liberation.
Of course, politics is also the most corrupt part of this corrupt and evil world. Those involved in politics and the failures thereof are not qualified to talk about freedom or liberation; promiscuity is also the most corrupt part of this world. In promiscuity, those who claim to remain unmoved are meaningless in terms of freedom and liberation. Those who are untainted from the mud are nothing but self-indulgent waste; how can mud be dirty? And how can dirt matter? True freedom and liberation are freedom from unfreedom, liberation from non-liberation. Entering the mud and becoming dirty, or emerging from the mud and becoming dirty—if there is no mud to come out of, there is nowhere to be dirty; if there is no dirt to enter, everywhere is muddy.
Ultimately, investment markets test cultivation, character, and insight. Focusing solely on skills will always only produce artisans, never true masters. In ancient times, there was the so-called Zen retreat for seven days. In modern society, finding seven days to do a Zen retreat is extremely luxurious. But every week, dedicating one hour to forget all restrictions, forget all crowds, alone in a room, on a mountain, by a river, under the starry sky, in the echoing valleys of the mountains and fields—opening eyes without eyes, ears without ears, overlooking this world, listening to this world. In fact, where is not a room, a mountain, a river, a starry sky, or a mountain valley? Where is not a restriction to be cast off? In the jaws of capitalism, politics, greed, and fear, there is a cool place of freedom and liberation. Of course, if one does not have such insight, it is better to start with one’s own room, mountain, river, starry sky, and mountain valley. But ultimately, one must still be stained and corrupted in this corrupt and evil world; without this, there is no freedom or liberation. **$FUEL **$VANA **$XTER **
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Technology is only the most superficial thing. The same technology, on a purely technical level, as long as one can correctly understand the logical relationships within it and grasp the essentials, there is no problem. But the key is application, and here lies a huge difference. The market is full of endless temptations and traps, corresponding to human greed and fear. Merely staying on the technical level at most makes one a trading machine. Recently, even if some returns can be achieved in the market, such returns come at the cost of life expenditure. No matter how great the returns, they cannot compare to the cost of life. Life can only be repaid by life; life is meant to understand life, not for the so-called returns that bring nothing at birth and take nothing at death.
But there are some people who think themselves noble, who believe that staying away from money and the market is the so-called Dao. Sadly, these people are nothing but fools; their so-called Dao is merely a product of self-indulgence. Dao is not far from people; how could it conflict with the market? Human greed, fear, the temptations and traps of the market—where are they from the Dao?
In contemporary society, those who do not understand the capital market are fundamentally unqualified to survive, and being trapped in the capital market is only a mechanical existence. In modern society, a capitalist society, no matter how much it is criticized, it constitutes the only current reality of survival. Of course, you can resist this kind of survival, but all resistance will ultimately turn into capitalism, just like the game of moral capital and power capital in relation to the game of capital. Understanding and participating in the capital market, besides making small calculations like catching the pie in the sky, is also because this capital and this capital market are the fate of humanity. All greed, hatred, ignorance, doubt, arrogance of humanity gather here. Without freedom from this, how can there be freedom? Without liberation from this, how can there be liberation? Freedom is not avoidance; liberation is not avoidance either. True freedom and liberation only exist in the corrupt and evil world; only in the most corrupt part of this world can there be great freedom and great liberation.
Of course, politics is also the most corrupt part of this corrupt and evil world. Those involved in politics and the failures thereof are not qualified to talk about freedom or liberation; promiscuity is also the most corrupt part of this world. In promiscuity, those who claim to remain unmoved are meaningless in terms of freedom and liberation. Those who are untainted from the mud are nothing but self-indulgent waste; how can mud be dirty? And how can dirt matter? True freedom and liberation are freedom from unfreedom, liberation from non-liberation. Entering the mud and becoming dirty, or emerging from the mud and becoming dirty—if there is no mud to come out of, there is nowhere to be dirty; if there is no dirt to enter, everywhere is muddy.
Ultimately, investment markets test cultivation, character, and insight. Focusing solely on skills will always only produce artisans, never true masters. In ancient times, there was the so-called Zen retreat for seven days. In modern society, finding seven days to do a Zen retreat is extremely luxurious. But every week, dedicating one hour to forget all restrictions, forget all crowds, alone in a room, on a mountain, by a river, under the starry sky, in the echoing valleys of the mountains and fields—opening eyes without eyes, ears without ears, overlooking this world, listening to this world. In fact, where is not a room, a mountain, a river, a starry sky, or a mountain valley? Where is not a restriction to be cast off? In the jaws of capitalism, politics, greed, and fear, there is a cool place of freedom and liberation. Of course, if one does not have such insight, it is better to start with one’s own room, mountain, river, starry sky, and mountain valley. But ultimately, one must still be stained and corrupted in this corrupt and evil world; without this, there is no freedom or liberation. **$FUEL **$VANA **$XTER **