"Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs on hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate—he has little success in this—but with the other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins, for he sees different (and more) things than do the others; after all, dead as he is in his own lifetime, he is the real survivor. This assumes that he does not need both hands, or more hands than he has, in his struggle against despair."--Kafka



Tuesday, August 31, 2010

破事兒

我開始讀一行禪師的著作,始於菲律賓事件之後,我比起一般港人冷靜,近乎冷漠,也許是因為我沒有收看直播,又也許我沒有將血和傷口放大觀看之故。

冷靜是不容許在大災難後表達的,網絡上總對冷靜的人口誅筆伐。

我的冷靜始於我沒有資格去失控去痛心,看到倖存者嚎哭,繼而冷靜,表現堅強,不慍不火的寫出菩薩心腸的文章,而我只是個旁人,我憑什麼比他們更悲憤。

出事翌日,與同事討論事故,我說的都盡是分析,譬如說我相信因果,相信共業,這種事故是因緣成熟的結果,兩年前一個菲律賓廚師的投訴,萬萬想不到會弄成八條人命吧?我相信不分你我,這件事我們有份,不知何年何月何日,我做了一件事,可能就構成這宗慘劇,我相信我有分造成悲劇。

又例如我說,香港那麼多菲傭,但我又對這國家了解有多少,這國家有多少不公義,我對這國家的冷漠,也就助紂為虐,讓這種政治維持下去。

我相信自己有份。如果我相信自己有份,我實在沒有資格去悲憤。

以暴易暴沒有好結果,責任是需要去追究的,但怎去追究?我求不到一個非暴力的答案,我於是讀一行禪師,其實追究於我來只是破事兒,如何令這世界更有公義則是大事,因緣成熟,傷口是需要治療的,也許我沒有眼淚,但在近乎冷漠後,我決定塑造一個可以容納我的迷思的閱讀世界,去學習如何不要再種下禍根,以這種方法去悼念他們。

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