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Chapter 91 The three most interesting things in the world

What do you think are the three most interesting things in the world?I think it's sex, wealth and faith.Through sex, we make human beings multiply; with wealth, our life has material security; with faith, we are full of hope for tomorrow's life. But it must be our own sex, wealth, and beliefs that interest us most.That is to say, we are only really interested in things that concern us. Therefore, we will not be very interested in how to form the national consciousness of the Peruvians, but we will be very interested in how to form the national consciousness of our people; nor will we be enthusiastic about the Hindu beliefs-unless we are Out of a curiosity, but we care deeply about our own beliefs that fill us with hope.

We might as well let Professor James Harvey Robinson answer this question.Here is an excerpt from the article "The Source of Thought" that you can get the answer from: During waking hours, our brains are always active. Even when we are resting, most of us know that our brains are constantly thinking, although our thinking is not very rational at this time.Generally speaking, when we are not disturbed by the outside world, we are in a state of fantasy, which is a spontaneous and most exciting state for us.In this state our thoughts proceed naturally according to their course of development, and are determined by our own inclinations and desires and their own possibility of realization.Precisely because they are our own, nothing interests us more.It can be said that when we are not consciously conditioning our own consciousness, they tend to form around us.It may be absurd and lamentable to be aware of this, but in ordinary times, we tend to ignore this point without comment, although, in fact, it is as dazzling and dazzling as the sun at noon.

In fact, fantasies are the prelude to the formation of our basic personality, and they are the reflections of our past experiences—they undoubtedly affect our positioning and judgment of ourselves, and this positioning and judgment are in turn the starting point of our fantasies. Therefore, you should keep in mind that when a person is no longer busy with housework or work, he spends most of his time admiring or praising himself; for ordinary people, he cares more about his family. He may ignore a revolution in South America, but he will care about the annoying razor blade at home; for a woman, she would rather listen to herself being praised, and praise you as the greatest in history Ten of the characters had no interest.

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