I love the story. As an avid audio-listener you might consider also offering it in audio.
The question that arises in me after reading is: Are we all guided by a higher force that has a long-term plan in mind? If so, does this plan include evolving to higher levels of fulfillment, even if it takes multiple lives? Assuming that higher force has the best for us in mind one could wonder if interference might just make it harder to evolve.
On the other hand, innovation is hard to imagine as a prepared point in time as we would then have to assume that the higher force lets us suffer unnecessarily by delaying innovation unnecessarily.
My solution would be to assume that the story is actually not to be taken so literally but rather as an example of the value of seeking advice from elders and their experience.
With that in mind I am reminded about my grandpa who always said: "Axel, don't ever trust a statistic that you did not manipulate yourself."
He said a lot of other things like that but this one always comes to mind first 😉
Thank you for suggesting the voice-over! I found a free tool on the Internet and uploaded it right away.
Oh, I absolutely love the solution you proposed. Regardless of the choice Liao-Fan made, the alternative path remains unexplored, and there is no clear right or wrong. What Liao-Fan demonstrated was indeed listening to the advice of elders and drawing from their experiences.
I believe the questions that arose stem more from my own perspective. I'd like to clarify that it isn't the intention or the central message of the book.
As I was writing back to your comment, I saw it might get quite lengthy, so I thought about making it a post. As an ex-engineer and a marketer, your grandpa’s teaching - Don’t ever trust a statistic that you did not manipulate yourself resonates with me very much.
Axel, I really liked your comment, and I hope you'll have time to read the rest of Liao-Fan’s story that I'm going to share.
Very well written! You did a wonderful job telling this story. Eastern stories are so rarely told in western discourse, so this was a new one for me.
One thought that comes to my mind: How much of Liao-Fan's destiny do you think was crafted by Mr. Kong's advice and foresight? I often wonder with future-telling like this if the person ends up in a self-fulfilling prophecy, through which they end up following the prophecy because of the prophecy itself.
In my opinion, future-telling is always accurate (provided it's not misinterpreted), but it's like a projectile—the longer it travels, the more influence there is to change its course. You're right about the self-fulfilling prophecy part. At one point, Liao-Fan became bound by his fate, just as Mr. Kong's prophecy predicted, for 20 years.
Very interesting perspective.
Hope you enjoyed it!
I love the story. As an avid audio-listener you might consider also offering it in audio.
The question that arises in me after reading is: Are we all guided by a higher force that has a long-term plan in mind? If so, does this plan include evolving to higher levels of fulfillment, even if it takes multiple lives? Assuming that higher force has the best for us in mind one could wonder if interference might just make it harder to evolve.
On the other hand, innovation is hard to imagine as a prepared point in time as we would then have to assume that the higher force lets us suffer unnecessarily by delaying innovation unnecessarily.
My solution would be to assume that the story is actually not to be taken so literally but rather as an example of the value of seeking advice from elders and their experience.
With that in mind I am reminded about my grandpa who always said: "Axel, don't ever trust a statistic that you did not manipulate yourself."
He said a lot of other things like that but this one always comes to mind first 😉
Thank you for suggesting the voice-over! I found a free tool on the Internet and uploaded it right away.
Oh, I absolutely love the solution you proposed. Regardless of the choice Liao-Fan made, the alternative path remains unexplored, and there is no clear right or wrong. What Liao-Fan demonstrated was indeed listening to the advice of elders and drawing from their experiences.
I believe the questions that arose stem more from my own perspective. I'd like to clarify that it isn't the intention or the central message of the book.
As I was writing back to your comment, I saw it might get quite lengthy, so I thought about making it a post. As an ex-engineer and a marketer, your grandpa’s teaching - Don’t ever trust a statistic that you did not manipulate yourself resonates with me very much.
Axel, I really liked your comment, and I hope you'll have time to read the rest of Liao-Fan’s story that I'm going to share.
Very well written! You did a wonderful job telling this story. Eastern stories are so rarely told in western discourse, so this was a new one for me.
One thought that comes to my mind: How much of Liao-Fan's destiny do you think was crafted by Mr. Kong's advice and foresight? I often wonder with future-telling like this if the person ends up in a self-fulfilling prophecy, through which they end up following the prophecy because of the prophecy itself.
Thanks for reading! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
In my opinion, future-telling is always accurate (provided it's not misinterpreted), but it's like a projectile—the longer it travels, the more influence there is to change its course. You're right about the self-fulfilling prophecy part. At one point, Liao-Fan became bound by his fate, just as Mr. Kong's prophecy predicted, for 20 years.