Back in China, when I was having nice and fanciful meals ever so often, the label given to me was “腐败”。I was enjoying life then, the only kind of life that I may be enjoying in a lifetime so I thought I might as well enjoy while I could. I knew I was “腐败” then but I thought what the heck. 今朝有酒今朝醉。
Dinner today was from some restaurant. I do not mind having nice and fanciful meals once in a while but when I recall what Ecarg said to me earlier, that she has not eaten for 2 days because of work, because she's busy, because she has no time/does not make time for eating instead of work, my contention with eating nice and fanciful meals ever so often reminded me of the phrase “腐败” again. You may have suffered before so it's time for you to enjoy now. I have but to wonder if "enjoy/enjoyment" is also “腐败”. You think it's well-deserved enjoyment; I think about those like Ecarg who are also deserving but undeserved perhaps. There are others who may think that your well-deserved enjoyment is undeserved.
Someone told me "The resources on earth are limited. So whilst you are enjoying yourself, someone somewhere is suffering for your enjoyment". You may say "So when someone else is enjoying, I was suffering for that person. So now I deserve what I have." So since the earth's resources are limited and you are enjoying, have you thought about those who are suffering? Are you sharing your enjoyment with them? Because 80% of the wealth on earth belongs to only 20% of the people on earth. So if you have plentiful resources now, have you spared a thought for the rest of the 80% who are suffering?
How does the gods, much less humans, decide who is the deserving, undeserved, well-deserved? Is well-deserved enjoyment “腐败”? How do we define deserving, undeserved, well-deserved? The lines are blurred.
Perhaps I have a bone to pick with the undeserved/well-deserved who have over-deserved because the deserving have been deprived of their chance at this world. I got upset because life itself is never fair.
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Err....suffering for someone else's enjoyment? I dun see the connection unless its something abstract like karma?
I see it as...maybe suffering for your own enjoyment before/ after but not for someone unrelated...
Its very difficult to ay who is more or less deserving. There are very rich people on earth born just with a golden spoon in their mouths, they dun even have to think about a job, their father-mother-foundation will see them through their lives.
You can't say that they are 'undeserving'...you'll just have to say that they are lucky. Likewise we're born in Singapore, we get a nice place to say, stable country and good food and education. Compared to some places this is very very good. I would say that we're lucky, but I won't say we're 'underserving' although I'm sure I can't say that we've done anything to deserve our good luck.
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