# the question remains

By [cumquat](https://paragraph.com/@cumquat) · 2022-12-20

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So the question remains: How does the infinite side of the mind settle in this world? The conclusion is clear: it doesn't fit in the real world. Because everything that makes up this real world is finite. But there must be a solution to the problems inside our lives, and the solution must be beyond the real world. From the very beginning, the Chinese philosophers in pre-Qin period realized that there was only one way to settle the infinite side of our heart: to be born, that is, to transcend the reality. Western heart is also human heart, also face this problem, then they also have to be born, they take the way of birth is religion. How did Christianity teach Europeans to be born? First, our soul is sinful, original sin, and infinitely humble, and this sinful soul must be saved. Who saved the soul? God. God is something beyond reality. European Christianity arranged a way out of the world that saw every man's life as an expression of God's will. To do the world with the spirit of the world. This sentence is the fundamental spirit of Chinese philosophy: be born before you enter the world. If you've never been out before, how can you negotiate? The prerequisite for getting in is getting out. If you never die, you are only here, just as you have been here since you were born, then your heart has no place. As you pass away and come back, your heart is settled and the infinite side of your heart has its home. Such a life is always in the world, but with its meaning and its wonderful.

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