GP 2009, Dunman High JC Prelims Q2

Is dao-ing a boon or a bane? Discuss.

Dao-ing, or ignoring, has been a fervent and recurring event in every single person's life. This is mostly caused by tiredness, lack of eye to eye contact, and being irritable and unfriendly. Dao-ing is a useful method of removing attention from a target, without the need to use force or insults. However, there are repercussions from dao-ing too often.

Ignoring people has been a innocent, yet effective means to prevent unwanted attention to a person. This is due to the fact that no deterrence, which will result in violence and injury, or insult, which will lead to a mental assault and enfeeblement. Hence, this is one of the most justified way of getting away from people.

Quoting from "http://en.wikipedia.org/daoing", Masters of dao-ing will neglect your existence, pretending that you're invisible, or talk to other people when they seemingly know that you are there. This rivals the art of tai-chi, where you attempt to defeat your enemy with minimal injuries, as well as the art of trashtalking, where you irritate your opponent until he gives up.

The final use of dao-ing, as quoted in the legendary وأنتم بخيكل عام وأنتم بخيكل احياء ذكرى استشهاد رئيس جمهورية العراق، الأمين العام لحزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي اد السيد الرئيس صدام حسينبخي, The Bookish Book of the Anciently Ancient Paperishly Papery Paper Scroll of Foolishly Foolish Fools states that "One who dao, will achieve a higher status of freedom than those who accepts everything". Quoting from "http://ks.cn.yahoo.com/question/1307021116201.html", Buddhism scriptures do state that "色既是空，空既是色". “色即是空 空即是色”此句出自于《般若波罗密多心经》。般若波罗蜜多心经,简称心经,是在中国流行最广泛的佛经.据说这是观音菩萨和舍利佛的一段对话.在佛学界,对心经的评价是很高的.认为心经是佛经的总括,读懂了心经,读佛经就入门了.

佛法中这句话基本要阐述的是万物本空的理念，原是要使我们了解万事本无其永恒的体现，一切皆将坏散，教我们不要对万物起执情，而使身心不得自在。结果有些人谈空却又恋空，其实恋取世事和恋空并无分别，同样是执取而不放。恋空的人弃绝一切以求一个空字，最后还是有一个“空”的意念无法除去。殊不知万事万物本空，弃与不弃都是空的，有弃绝的念头便已不空，爱空的念头已是“有”了。说明了色和空是不相碍而相同的。执着于色的人不明白“色即是空”，执着于空的人也不明白“空即是色”。

还有句话曰“耽静反为静缚”，不知大家听过没。也是同样的道理。静并不是教人躲到安静的地方，不听不想，那样等于用一个静字将自己束缚住，动弹不得，又有什么好呢？真正的静是心静而非形静，是在最忙碌的时候，仍能保持一种静的心境，不被外物牵动得心烦气躁。我很欣赏这句话，同时也在参悟此种心境。觉得在尘嚣之中保持着心的静境，岂不比那些寂静中虚度时日，或是身在寂静心不寂静的人更有意韵吗？

‘色'是指有形质的一切万物。此万物为因缘所生，并非本来实有，因此其当体是空。此谓之‘色即是空'。 Hence, this has shown that all form of existence is initially empty. One will do just as well not responding to verbal or visual signs than to respond, as nothing "exists".

However, negative repercussions of dao-ing can be detected, in both target of dao-ing, and the dao-er him/herself. The dao-er will be regarded as an empty being, a shell of a human, with no emotion, and will be regarded as deaf or blind, but this is not the case, as shown from wikipedia articles that blindness and deafness are caused by either significant damage to the visual and sensory organs or the medulla and cortex of the human brain. The dao-er will be negatively treated by the dao-ee, or person being dao-ed, due to the fact that ignoring a person, when the person is showing a sign of goodwill, is viewed as inhumane and unkind.

The dao-ee, after being dao-ed for some time, will have negative body strains, known as stress. Stress is a biological term which refers to the consequences of the failure of a human or animal body to respond appropriately to emotional or physical threats to the organism, whether actual or imagined. Stress will induce a state of alarm and increased adrenaline production, short-term resistance as a coping mechanism, and exhaustion. Common stress symptoms include irritability, muscular tension, inability to concentrate and a variety of physical reactions, such as headaches and accelerated heart rate. This might lead to cardiac arrest or brain damage from excessive stress. A study concluded recently noted that out of 1537 dao-ee's, a staggering 1428 have committed suicide. The remaining 109 are fictional characters.

In conclusion, it is very obvious that dao-ing, although a safe, painless, and easy way to remove unwanted attention, the physical and mental dangers it brings poses a harm to the health and well-being of a human being. Hence, dao-ing despite of its advantages, is still a bane to human society.

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