【Reflecting on your Future Life】- Are we the initiator or the passive one?

For instance, for the moment that we can have a feeling for, it is the present moment. This is something that everyone can feel. May I ask: for this present segment of time, can you control where you will go next? Maybe some people willsay, “I can.” Sorry! You cannot. I say, “We have already discussed this question a few times before. When I say, “You cannot,” you say you accept that “I cannot” . Of course you cannot. But then when I say, “you cannot”, and you respond with this, “I can.” May I ask: when you are saying “I can,” aren’t you responding to me? That makes you the passive one. You are still the passive [having to react to me]. Ah! When I said “You cannot” and you said what? “I can.” What is this thing that you are saying when you say “I can?” You are responding to what I said to you, thus rendering you the passive one [having to react to me]. Since you are passive, may I ask then, are you the initiator or are you the passive one? Is this reasoning clear? Isn’t it right? Yes! This means that you are passive even when you are conscious, let alone the muddleheaded times. This is from the theoretical point of view.

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41A 03’11” Vol 6 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P5 L2
English Lamrim Vol 1 P161

日常师父法语📡41A 03’11”手抄稿第6册P5 L2

三恶趣苦 : 我们是主动还是被动？

譬如我们感受得到的每一个时候，就是现在当下的一段，这个是人人感受得到的。请问：现在我们当下的一段，你能够把握得住下面到哪里去吗？也许有人说：“我能够。”对不起！不能够。我说“你不能”。这个以前已经谈过这个问题好几次了，我说“你不能”，你说你接受“我不能”，当然是不能。然后呢，我说：“你不能。”你说：“我能。”请问：你说“我能”的时候，你是不是在回答我啊？你是被动的，你还是被动啊！我说：“你不能。”然后你怎么说？“我能。”你说“我能”是什么？你回答我说你，所以你是被动的，既然是被动的，请问你是主动还是被动？这个道理清楚不清楚？对不对？是！那就是说很理智的时候啊，尚且都是被动的，何况你糊涂的时候。这是理论上面。