标题: CSI S11E05 having and being [打印本页] 作者: ZoeOliver 时间: 10-12-25 23:33 标题: CSI S11E05 having and being 本帖最后由 ZoeOliver 于 10-12-26 01:11 编辑
The philosopher Erich Fromm, he forecast a society that was obsessed with possessions. He believed that human beings had two basic orientations: having and being. Now, a person with a having orientation seeks to acquire and possess things, property, even people. But a person with a being orientation focuses on the experience. They derive meaning from exchanging, engaging and sharing with other people. Sounds like the right way to be. Unfortunately, Fromm also predicted that a culture driven by commercialism, like the one we live in today, is doomed to the having orientation. Which leads to dissatisfaction and emptiness.
不同的人,会在这个故事里面品尝出不同的意味,也会从上面那段话中读出不同的偏重侧面。当时就开始对我起作用的,是这几句:a person with a having orientation seeks to acquire and possess things, property, even people. But a person with a being orientation focuses on the experience. They derive meaning from exchanging, engaging and sharing with other people.
having or being。我,一直以来,明显趋向于having。对物品是这样,对人是这样,对感情和记忆也是这样。占有,占有,占有。会为了得不到或失去而不安,由此产生了愤怒、嫉妒、悲哀等等远远超过我承受能力的负面情感。抑郁在这样的土壤上蓬勃成长,大价钱买来传说中的特效除草剂都没效果,抵不住土壤的过度肥沃。
预期,也是“有”的一种吧,自己“有”的某种未来状态。为了自己可能没有的东西而痛苦,本质上就是这样。用“有”或“没有”的标准来衡量生命的价值,“没有”意味着丧失价值和希望。这样简单粗暴的划分标准,过滤掉了人生中经历的每个美妙的时刻,从审判的角度严苛的对待自己, leads to dissatisfaction and emptiness。
看电视并不总是浪费时间,尤其是当我们追随创作者们的思维路径的时候。Colors of the wind中有一句歌词,If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you‘ll learn things you never knew,you never knew.