Preaching by Dr Fu, Wai-man 符慧敏醫生講道 4/4/11

[Alex]

Tonight, April 4, we have invited Dr Fu, Wai-man to talk on the topic "Why did a mainline medial doctor turn to alternative medicine?"  Dr Fu graduated from the University of Hong Kong with MBBS and then became a specialist ophthalmologist.  She, however, turned to alternative medicine and spiritual quest.  Beyond our expectations, the talk turned out to be a very deep adventure of spirituality.  Her basic message is that we are all reincarnating spiritual beings, come to this world with a particular spiritual mission.  For instance, Buddha came to teach humanity enlightenment.  Our daily sense experiences are masking us from that mission.  When we do mindfulness practices such as meditations to still our mind, we can become sensitive to that mission, and accomplishment of it results in spiritual progress.  In her opinion, Hinduism and Buddhism are the religions closest to truth.  Particularly interesting is the story she told vividly of Swami Vivekananda and his famous Welcome Address at the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago, 1893.  Dr Fu will leave Hong Kong in a few days and won't return until October.  We look forward to further enlightenment from her then.

今晚原本邀請符慧敏醫生來談談「一個西醫為何走去研究另類醫療？」。她在香港大學醫科畢業後成為一位眼科專科醫生，但又對另類醫療產生興趣，後來更走上靈性追尋之路。出乎我們意料，今晚的座談會變成一趟深度靈性旅程。她的基本訊息是這樣：我們都是不斷輪迴的靈體，懷著一個使命來到這個世界。例如佛陀來教人覺悟。日常感官刺激蒙蔽著我們，唯有透過冥想，平靜心靈，才能察覺那個使命。而達成那個使命，靈性便得進步。她認為印度教和佛教最接近真理。最有趣的是她談到印度教大師斯瓦米維韋卡南達的故事及他在1893年芝加哥世界博覽會中「世界宗教議會」上的經典開幕致詞。符醫生快將離開香港，十月才回來，我們期待她再給我們開悟。



Swami Vivekananda at Parliament of Religions, Chicago, 1893

Swami Vivekananda 斯瓦米維韋卡南達
World's Parliament of Religions 世界宗教議會
Swami Vivekananda's Welcome Address 開幕致詞: YouTube, words

[XOX]

This is my response to alternative medicine bullshit. And yes, she is full of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGuXCuDb1U

[Alex]

Excellent short movie!  Thank you!

Everyone should take a look:  http://stormmovie.net

These statements in the movie are very strong arguments:

By definition, alternative medicine has either not been proved to work or been proved not to work.  Do you know what they call alternative medicine that has been proved to work?  Medicine.  (at 3:06 min)
定義上，另類療法是未被證明有效，或者已被證明無效的療法。你知道已被證明有效的另類醫學療法稱為甚麼嗎？是醫學。

Science adjusts its views based on what is observed.  Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved.  (at 5:46 min)
科學根據觀察所得調整其見解。信仰則否認觀察所得，以保護所信的。

Throughout history every mystery ever solved has turned out to be not magic.  (at 7:06 min)
縱觀歷史，所有被解開的每一個謎團，原來都不是神蹟。

Just this world.  Just this beautiful, complex, wonderfully unfathomable natural world.  How did it so fail to hold our attention that we have to diminish it with cheap man-made myths and monsters?  (at 7:35 min)
只有這個世界。只有這個美麗、複雜、奇妙、深不可測的自然世界。它本身已值得我們凝視，無須我們製造廉價的神話和怪物，將之矮化。