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A Serious Re-consideration Towards Intubating Dying Loved Ones
即使您已经预立了遗嘱，甚至签了“不施行心肺复苏术（DNR）意愿书，都不一定有用。当您已经没有行为能力的时候，您所签署的所有文件都”不会自行“发生效力，而是“需要有人”来确实执行才能生效，并且还要”按照您的意愿“忠实地执行，您的“往生品质与尊严”才能获得实际的保障。
Even if you have already prepared a will, or you have signed Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) order, these measures do not guarantee you the decicion you have made will be in place, when you are incapacitated. Your proxy needs to honour your wish faithfully, to ensure that your intention is well implemented.
坦白地说，这是非常高难度的事，届时到底如何抉择后续的医疗措施？往往在家属及子女之间众说纷纭，莫哀一是，甚至于子女反目，兄弟倪墙。有的病人已经年过九十，甚至于是百岁人瑞，最后一旦触及“要不要急救？”的问题，往往“急救抢救派”会占上风，之前病人已经签署的所有文件都可能会形同具文。
Franky speaking, this is a very difficult matter. How do you choose follow-up medical treatments in the end? Often there are disagreements between family members, no consistent conclusion, children turn their backs against each other and fighting. Some patiends have already in their 90, or 100 year old, when confronted with question "Do you want mergency aid?", the "emergency rescue supporters" will usually prevail. All the documents that the patient has signed before will then serve no purpose at all.
听我这么一说，有人就开始担心了：“这样说来，在善终和往生的路上，岂不是大家都危机重重，险象环生，前途甚忧？”的确如此！不是我危言耸听。孔子说：“人无远虑，必有近忧。”所以，我们要未雨绸缪，早作准备。
Thus, some people began to worry:"If so, when we are on the journey of dying, we are all exposed to the risk of not able to have good death as we wanted?" Yes, indeed. I was not trying to exaggerate anything or creating fear among you. Confucius said:"If we don't have concern for long term, we will have worry in the near future."Therefore, we must prepare for "rainy day" in advance.
绝大多数现代人之所以无法善终，主要还是因为在思想观念上不能接受“肉体生命终究会停摆”的“自然性”与“必然性”，也看不到“灵性生命无限”的“永续开展性”，所以就不断地运用现代医疗科技来抗拒死亡，一味地阻止死亡的到来。最终所造成的严重后果就是，“平白错失”真正能够善终与往生的“宝贵契机”，最后不是“死得很痛苦”，就是“活得很痛苦”。
The vast majority of people unable to have good death is due to they can not accept the truth that our physical body will eventually die, it is a natural process and inevitable. They do not see that we will continue our life in the spiritual world. Hence, they tend to use modern medical technology to resist death, doing their best to stop the arrival of death. At the end, the serious consequence is that they miss the opportunity of having good death, they either dying or living in a very "torturing" way.
这就是为什么我会提出来“见好就收”，“潇洒走一回”，“不要拖过生命的赏味期”，“不要变成生命的延毕生”。。。等等“善终口诀”的思想脉络，这些都是我刻苦铭心的肺腑之言。
This is why I propose you all to "grasp the sense of right time to let go", "do not extend our own expiry date","do not delay your own graduation"... These mnemonics are my unforgettable sincere words from my heart.
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