shirleyxu's Journal

Journey to Mecca

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�� 今早我和敦敦研究了伊斯兰教的传播，我们对其五条教规产生了兴趣 （Five Pillars: declaring your belief in God；praying; fasting; giving to charity; and pilgrimage to Mecca.）。简单地说就是信念，祈祷，控欲，施予和精神追求。我们觉得麦加朝圣很神秘，敦敦说，过去没有现代交通工具，人一辈子也谈不上旅游，人们要靠着精神的力量，离开家园去追寻心灵的归宿。

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�� �我曾经跟敦敦讨论生命的意义，我问敦敦：“人要是能永远活着是不是件好事？”敦敦回答：“永生并不是件好事。”但当时他并没有仔细陈述他的观点，昨天他练笔，写了下面这一段对‘永生’的灰色见地。仔细琢磨一下，长寿的确是好事，可永生就完全是另一码子事了。实际上，我们一生下来就上了路，一生都走在通往麦加的路上。

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Thought about Eternal Existence

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Living forever, never dying. Bearing the burden of the memories, branded into the mind through the ages. Feeling so near death, yet so far. Struggling for eternity, never-endingly questioning the reason of pain. Walking upon this dreary world, over and over, feeling confused emotions, tangled thoughts, irrational urges. Everyone dying around you, the world itself slowly being destroyed. Being the sufferer of all torture, the victim of all damnation. This is the world of the damned.