二零一六年六月廿四日
各位：我是郭志強執事，是慈悲禧年專責小組成員之一。今晚我想同大家分享有關「慈悲」同「衰老」的題目。請不要誤會，我並不打算談論香港社會應該善待長者，應該全民退休有保障，或者出於同理心，出於慈悲，所以我們應該敬老；這些都是不爭的倫理抉擇。相反，我想告訴各位長者，請你們以慈悲之心，安享晚年；我想告訴各位青年人、中年人，趁您們衰老之前，請以慈悲之心，為衰老作好準備。各位長者，可能您們的記憶已經衰退，連今天早上吃過甚麼也忘記了，您面前的人似曾相識，不過忘記了是誰…不打緊。可能您祗記起某某曾欺負您，某某欠了您錢，某某對不起您…不打緊。您不是刻意想記起這些往事的，可是不知為甚麼，這些往事不受控制起浮現出來，不打緊。請您永遠記住一些美好的回憶，盡量保留那些令您開心滿意的經歷，讓這些經驗陪伴您走完人生餘下的日子吧。原諒那些令您痛苦的人吧。您念念不忘，祗會折磨自己，他們是不會與您一起痛的。痛的祗有您身邊的人。您一個人在痛，又何苦呢？當你一想起令您受苦的人的時候，不妨說「某某，我原諒你；某某，我祝福你。」每日說七七四十九次，連續說十日，奇蹟就會出現，你不會再為他們而痛苦的了。如果你不痛苦，在你身邊服事您的兒女、或者院舍的姑娘，就不會跟著您一齊痛苦了。您又好，我又好，大家好，何樂而不為呢？
各位尚未衰老的青年人、中年人。您們都知道科學昌明，醫療技術進步，人口老化已是不能避免的現實了。從前未有機會爆發的疫症，也因為人類的長夀而有機會展現出來。其中為人所熟識的「腦退化症」，就是一個明顯的例子。很多人在年青的時候，沒有處理好自己的人際關係，恩怨情仇。結果在心靈上留下深刻的傷痕，並且帶著這些傷痕衰老。在大腦開始退化的時候，選擇性地保留這些怨恨記憶，不斷拿出來折磨自己，實行「臥薪嘗膽」，希望他日有機會報仇的時候，十倍奉還！
對自己慈悲一些吧！長者們是身不由己，不能控制哪些往事可以浮現，把哪些往事淡忘。但您還可以，因為您尚年青。人生有如玩「收買佬」遊戲，收集的多，賣出的少。而且人類的記憶是永會不會磨滅的，祗是把目前暫時不需要的經驗，掃到潛意識裡去，有空就拿出來欣賞回味。現在就拿出您的美好記憶來觀賞回味，來強化它們吧；對於那些不愉快的際遇，轉化它們吧。
如何轉化？本著惻隱之心，原諒那些傷害您或者傷害您心愛的人的人，就能轉化這些不愉快的際遇了。不妨依照上邊的建議，連續十日，每日唸七七四十九次「某某，我原諒您。」同樣，本著慈悲之心，寬恕那些阻礙您升級的人；祝福那些在社會上巧取豪奪，橫行霸道，視公義為無物的人…連續十日，每日唸七七四十九次「某某，我祝福您。」相信我，奇蹟是會出現的。天主保祐！
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Beyond Money: Mercy & Ageing
June 24, 2016
Hi, I am Deacon Alex Kwok, a member of the ad hoc committee for the Jubilee of Mercy. Tonight, I would like to share with you the topic on "Mercy and Ageing". Don't take me wrong, I do not intend to speak about whether the Hong Kong society should treat senior citizens well, should push forth universal retirement protection, or should respect the elderly out of empathy and mercy. These are unquestionable moral choices. On the contrary, I would like to tell my senior audience, you should enjoy your remaining years with a heart of mercy. I want to tell my young or middle-aged audience, you should prepare for your own ageing with a heart of mercy before it is too late.My dear senior audience, perhaps your memory is already failing you so much so that you don't even remember what your breakfast was this morning. The face in front of you looks familiar but you just cannot remember the name ... No problem. Perhaps you remember only those who have bullied you, or who have owed you money, or who have betrayed you ... No big deal. You do not want to remember these things deliberately, but for some unknown reasons, they just keep popping up uncontrollably ... It is alright. Please remember those good old memories. Try to retain as much as possible those happy experiences. Let them accompany you for your remaining days. Forgive those who make you painful. Keep recalling these experiences will only torture you. Those people will not feel the pinch. Painful are only those at your sides. You are alone in your pains. Why suffer? When you think of those who inflict you pains, say "So-and-so, I forgive you. So-and-so, I bless you." Say 49 times a day for ten consecutive days. Miracles will appear. You will not feel the pains they inflicted on you anymore. If you are not painful, your children or the nurses who take care of you will not suffer with you. You are OK. I am OK. Everybody is OK. Why not do it?
All you whose ageing process has not started, you know that because of the advances in medical technology, an ageing population is becoming inevitable. Many plagues and diseases which did not previously have the opportunity to erupt are becoming active due to the longevity of mankind. The most conspicuous and well-known candidate is the "Alzheimer's Disease". Many people did not handle their interpersonal relationships during their youth well enough, leaving deep scars in their mind and soul and carrying them into old age. When the brain begins to deteriorate, it selectively retains the painful memories, continually rubs salts on their old wounds, wishing that one day, they will retaliate ten times the hurt.
Be merciful to yourselves. The senior citizens can no longer control themselves. They cannot control what may emerge, what may forget. But you can! You are still young. Life is like a game of Scavenger Hunt. You sell less than you collect. Human memories are not erasable. The less urgent ones are simply swept under the subconscious, only to be retrieved when your mind least expects them. Now, retrieve your good memories and strengthen them. For the unpleasant ones, transform them.
How to transform them? In mercy, forgive those who have hurt you or your loved ones. Then, you are able to transform those unpleasant memories. Why not try out the suggestion mentioned above? For ten consecutive days, say 49 times "So-and-so, I forgive you." Similarly, with a merciful heart, forgive those who obstruct your promotion, bless those who unscrupulously hoard wealth in the society, those who take the law into their own hands or those who trample justice etc. ... For 10 consecutive days, say 49 times, "So-and-so, I bless you." Trust me, miracles will come about. God bless.
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