Havel Havalim

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Havel havalim, hakol havel

Meditation With a Man Richer than Bill Gatesand Warren Buffet Combined

T.S. Mong

February 2014

[*APPENDIX: The Boo o! E""#e$%a$&e$ 'a(e %& &o &he &o) o!&he )o)'u$%" +or#( %n &he $%,&%e$.-

Havel havalim, hakol havel %n ebre+ "an be &ran$#a&e( a$ /a)our o!a)our$ a## %$ a)our3 E""#. 1:25. I& %$ &he ey er$e o! &he en&%re Boo o!E""#e$%a$&e$. I&$ 'o$& )o)u#ar &ran$#a&%on %n Eng#%$h %$ /an%&y o! an%&%e$ a## %$

an%&y3 6a&%n: Vanitas vanitatum, vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas5. Bu& &h%$&ran$#a&%on '%$$e$ &he 'ar.

The ebre+ +or( Havel 'ean$ 'ore &han an%&y %&$ 'u#&%)#e'e&a)hor%"a# nuan"e$ %n"#u(e e)he'era#%&y7 %n$ub$&an&%a#%&y7 !u&%#%&y7 ab$ur(%&y.Havel #%&era##y 'ean$ brea&h or a)our. Brea&h or a)our5 %$ "hara"&er%8e( by%&$ fleeting )ro)er&y. 9ne !or' o! Bu((h%$& 'e(%&a&%on %$ !o"u$$%ng on ea"h!#ee&%ng brea&h. ou brea&h %n7 "oun& 1 you brea&h ou&7 "oun& 27 an( $o on &%##

you rea"h 10. An( &hen you $&ar& !ro' 1 a## oer aga%n ; a## &he +h%#e $he rea#%8e$ &ha& h%$>her #%!eha$ )a$$e( by #%e a +%$) o! a)our7 havel. I $ee &ha& oer $een&y year$ o! 'y#%!e are a#rea(y gone


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&he &ab#e& are $e##%ng ou& %n )ar&$ o! A$%a7 a$ ree#er$ )re)are &o$e& &he &h%ng$ ab#a8e (ur%ng ?h%na=$ ingming!e$&%a# Tue$(ay.

A$ %$ &ra(%&%on7 )a)er er$%on$ o! 'oney7 "#o&h%ng7 an(7 ye$7"on$u'er e#e"&ron%"$ are burne( a$ o!!er%ng$ &o &he (ea(7 an(&h%$ year A))#e=$ #a&e$& $#a&e %$ a))areny a## &he rage !or e,)%re(&e"h%e$ one $ho)ee)er %n Ma#ay$%a $a%( h%$ $&o" o! @00)a)er %Pa(2$ $o#( ou& u%"#y7 #ea%ng h%' unab#e &o 'ee&(e'an(. h&&):>>+++.enga(ge&."o'>2011>04>04>"h%na$(ea(a!!e"&e(by%)a(2$hor&age$$or&o!>5

ohe#e&h7 &he au&hor o! &he Boo o! E""#e$%a$&e$7 g%e$ no "urren"y &o $u"han %(ea. e an( &he Bu((ha are on &he $a'e )age +%&h regar( &o &he hae#ne$$o! &h%ng$. The!iamond"utraen($ +%&h a havel #no&e:

/Thu$ a## ye &h%n o! a## &h%$fleeting+or#(:

A $&ar a& (a+n7 a bubb#e %n a $&rea'A !#a$h o! #%gh&n%ng %n a $u''er "#ou(7A !#%"er%ng #a')7 a )han&o'7 an( a (rea'.3

S)ea%ng o! &h%$ )ar&%"u#ar uo&e7 I7 #%e a (%er +ho ha$ !oun( a )ear# a& &hebo&&o' o! &he o"ean7 "han"e( u)on &h%$ )a$$age by Fernan(o Pe$$oa:

9n"e +e be#%ee &h%$ +or#( &o be an %##u$%on an( a )han&a$'7+e are &hen !ree &o "on$%(er eery&h%ng &ha& ha))en$ &o u$ a$ a(rea'7 $o'e&h%ng &ha& on#y )re&en(e( &o e,%$& be"au$e +e

+ere a$#ee). An( &hen a $ube an( )ro!oun( %n(%!!eren"e&o+ar($ a## #%!e=$ e,a&%on$ an( (%$a$&er$ %$ born %n u$. Tho$e

+ho (%e( $%')#y &urne( a "orner an( are ou& o! $%gh& &ho$e+ho $u!!er )a$$ be!ore our eye$ #%e a n%gh&'are %! +e !ee#57#%e an un)#ea$an& (ay(rea' %! +e &h%n5. An( our o+n$u!!er%ng +%## be no&h%ng 'ore &han no&h%ngne$$. In &h%$

+or#( +e a## $#ee) on our #e!& $%(e an( hear %n our (rea'$ &heo))re$$%e bea&%ng o! our hear&. No&h%ng 'ore... a #%&e $un7 a#%gh& bree8e7 a !e+ &ree$ !ra'%ng &he (%$&an"e7 &he (e$%re &o be

ha))y7 our )a%n &o !ee# &he )a$$%ng o! &he (ay$7 &he no+#e(ge&ha& %$ neer u%&e "o')#e&e an( &he &ru&h a#+ay$


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The Existential Bug

ho %$ or +a$ &h%$ 'an ohe#e&h ?on$%(er h%$ "a&a#ogue o! a""o')#%$h'en&$:

& undertook great 'ro(ects) & built houses for m*self and'lanted vine*ards+& made gardens and 'arks and 'lantedall kinds of fruit trees in them+ & made reservoirs to atergroves of flourishing trees+ & bought male and female slavesand had other slaves ho ere born in m* house+ & alsooned more herds and flocks than an*one in -erusalembefore me+ & amassed silver and gold for m*self, and thetreasure of kings and 'rovinces+ & ac%uired male and femalesingers, and a harem as ell . the delights of a man/s heart+& became greater b* far than an*one in -erusalem before

me+ &n all this m* isdom sta*ed ith me+ & denied m*selfnothing m* e*es desired0 & refused m* heart no 'leasure+

M* heart took delight in all m* labor, and this as thereard for all m* toil+ E""#. 2:4107 Ne+ In&erna&%ona#

er$%on5

ere +a$ a 'an +ea#&h%er &han bo&h B%## Ga&e$ an( arren Bu!!e&& "o'b%ne(.%&h &he +here+%&ha# &o ob&a%n any&h%ng &ha& 'oney "an buy you=( &h%n &ha&&h%$ "ha)=$ #%!e +a$ one "on&%nuou$ +%ne+o'enan($ong )ar&y. No& $o. e"augh& &he e,%$&en&%a# bug ; &he !ee#%ng o! ho##o+ne$$ !o##o+%ng a $ur!e%& o!

abun(an"e.

1ll things are earisome, more than one can sa*+

$he e*e never has enough of seeing,nor the ear its fill of hearing+ E""#. 1:H5

"o & hated life, because the ork that is done under the sunas grievous to me+ 1ll of it is meaningless, a chasing afterthe ind+ & hated all the things & had toiled for under the sun,because & must leave them to the one ho comes after me+

1nd ho knos hether that 'erson ill be ise or foolish23et the* ill have control over all the fruit of m* toil intohich & have 'oured m* effort and skill under the sun+ $histoo is meaningless+ "o m* heart began to des'air over all m*toilsome labor under the sun+ 4or a 'erson ma* labor ithisdom, knoledge and skill, and then the* must leave all


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the* on to another ho has not toiled for it+ $his too ismeaningless and a great misfortune+ What do 'eo'le get forall the toil and an5ious striving ith hich the* labor underthe sun2 1ll their da*s their ork is grief and 'ain0 even atnight their minds do not rest+ $his too is meaningless+ E""#.2:12@5

ou bu$& your a$$ &o ge& &he &h%ng$ you +an& an( +hen you hae &he' you a$your$e#! /I$ &ha& a## &here %$3 See )o)$ong III %n &he A))en(%,.5 I no+. Fore,a')#e7 I hae &h%$ e,"%&e'en& abou& re"e%%ng a "er&a%n o#u'e !ro'

A'a8on."o' eery &%'e I or(er a boo. An( +hen I=e go& %&7 han(#e( %&7 $'e##e(%& an( #ooe( &hrough %&7 &he &hr%## an%$he$ #%e havel, #ea%ng &he ue$&%on /I$&ha& a## &here %$ &o %&3 The $a'e +%&h )#ea$ure$ o! &he !#e$h7 &rae#7 rea(%ng7

+ha&haeyou. Havel havalim, hakol havel+

More a"u&e &han &he an%$h%ng &hr%## o! a"u%$%&%on %$ &he rea#%8a&%on &ha& %n&he en( one ha$ &o !a"e &he Coban a+aen%ng: /Nae( "a'e I ou& o! 'y 'o&her=$+o'b7 an( nae( $ha## I re&urn h%&her3 Cob 1:215. %n Sh% +ang7 %ng o!%ng$7 &he e')eror +ho bu%#& &he Grea& a## o! ?h%na7 $a+ &h%$ "o'%ng.Su""e$$!u# beyon( 'ea$ure7 &he one &h%ng &ha& e#u(e( h%' +a$ eer#a$&%ng #%!e &oen


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9ne o! &he ho&&e$& )o)$ong$ %n &he !abu#ou$ $%,&%e$ +a$ /Turn Turn Turn31O5. The #yr%"$ are (er%e( !ro' "ha)&er @ o! &he Boo o! E""#e$%a$&e$. I&=$abou& ha%ng !un an( &a%ng one=$ #u')$ a#ong &he +ay %n #%!e. I! &here=$ $u"h a&h%ng a$ a )o)u#ar7 )h%#o$o)h%"a# )o)$ong7 &h%$ %$ %&. See )o)$ong I %n &he

A))en(%,.5

75cursion+ here +a$ I %n &he $%,&%e$ In a $he##. a#!a$#ee)7 ha#!a+ae. I#%e( an( $&u(%e( %n a $e'%nary &ha& !orba(e ea&%ng )or7 #%$&en%ng &o )o)'u$%"7go%ng &o &he 'o%e$7 rea(%ng 'a&er%a#$ ou&$%(e o! "hur"h (o"&r%ne$. In &he en( %&

+a$ rea(%ng &ha& +oe 'e ou& o! 'y (og'a&%" $#u'ber. 7nd#of#e5cursion+

Live the moment

Go, eat *our bread ith (o*,1nd drink *our ine ith a merr* heart04or God has alread* acce'ted *our orks,8et *our garments ala*s be hite,1nd let *our head lack no oil+8ive (o*full* ith the ife hom *ou love all the da*s of*our vain life hich He has given *ou under the sun, all *ourda*s of vanit*0 for that is *our 'ortion in life, and in thelabor hich *ou 'erform under the sun+Whatever *our hand finds to do, do it ith *our might+E""#. :105

e## $a%(. I=## (r%n &o &ha&. I en


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ra&her &han &he *in(ar5 $%(e7 a#&hough #%!e %$ *in#an(*ang+

The P$a#' o! 6%!e

by

. . 6ong!e##o+

$ell me not, in mournful numbers,8ife is but an em't* dream94or the soul is dead that slumbers,1nd things are not hat the* seem+

8ife is real9 8ife is earnest91nd the grave is not its goal0

!ust thou art, to dust returnest,Was not s'oken of the soul+

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$rust no 4uture, hoe/er 'leasant98et the dead ;ast bur* its dead91ct,. act in the living ;resent9Heart ithin, and God o/erhead9

8ives of great men all remind usWe can make our lives sublime,

1nd, de'arting, leave behind us4oot'rints on the sands of time0[1-

No&e

[1- 6ea%ng /!oo&)r%n&$ on &he $an($ o! &%'e3 6ong!e##o+ re!er$ &o &hee,a')#e$ o! /grea&3 'en. Do +e hae &o be grea& &o be "oun&e( ha& abou&eery(ay7 un(%$&%ngu%$he( !o#$ Don=& &he%r !oo&)r%n&$ "oun& e$ &hey (o &o9urFa&her+hoar&%nheaen7 $ay$ Ce$u$7 !or een &he !oo&)r%n&$ o! $)arro+$'ean $o'e&h%ng an( ea"h $%ng#e hu'an be%ng %$ +or&h 'ore &han 'any$)arro+$ Ma&&. 10:2@15. Aha No+ +e "an be a$ "h%r)y a$ #ar$. ?an +e 9r(o +e a"%##a&e be&+een ho)e an( (e$)a%r7 $"e)&%"%$' an( )%e&y #%e ohe#e&h


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*APPENDIX

7CC87"&1"$7" MADE IT T9 TE T9P 9F TEP9PMLSI? 96D IN TE FABL9LS SIXTIES

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e!ra%n:5 To EverythingThere is a season"nd a time to every !ur!ose, under Heaven

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1 time to be born, a time to die1 time to 'lant, a time to rea'1 time to kill, a time to heal1 time to laugh, a time to ee'+

1 time to build u', a time to break don1 time to dance, a time to mourn1 time to cast aa* stones,

1 time to gather stones together+

1 time of love, a time of hate1 time of ar, a time of 'eace1 time *ou ma* embrace,1 time to refrain from embracing+

1 time to gain, a time to lose1 time to rend, a time to se1 time for love, a time for hate1 time for 'eace, & sear it


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