It is another month. Time really in a jet speed to pass the days and nights. Month after month . Year after year and the final day will come .
I met an old friend at a gym on last Saturday . His hairs were all white and he aged like a 80 years old guy despite only at his 60s'/ He was with his wife and his wife looks half his age. He was so excited to see me and I was about to go in to the gym , he knock on the glass panel to alert me that he was there ..
On seeing him, I ask how is he and he says he was fine and also point to his wife coming off the trackmill . His wife was still working and he has retired. After that , he turn to me and ask me how was my condition , I told him " just getting old" and both of us laugh it off. He told me , "when the time come, it will come ". I think he is talking about the end of life I presumed.
He work out 6 days a week while I do yoga three times a week and two times on the trackmill at the gym. On Friday, I go for my back massage. I feeling all right but at times, a bit blue and worried. Yeah , life is like this and Buddha says "when there is happiness , there will be sadness . Vice versa". I can understand this logic as one extreme leads to another extreme and going for the middle would be the best option ie no happiness or sadness. A perfect balance situation.
When one end is black and the other end is white, the perfect color will be grey in the middle and the middle becomes the balancing point. A balance life and a balance emotion.
This is a condition which needs a lot of training and we have to narrow the gaps gradually and make the openness smaller and smaller through training before we can control our emotions to the middle point.
It is not an easy talk but if we do not try, we will not get any nearer and the solution to our life will never be achieved at all.
End of July is period in time. It has not meaning but a measure of how long we live and a measurement of events and space. Every moment is a present moment and it is up to us to perceive it. At every angle , the scenery is different and the colors are different. It is fate for us who we have perceived it.
Namaste.
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Monday, July 30, 2018
Rain
Wow, it is dark, grey and white outside
Looks like end of the day is near
Doom, Doom , Boom , Boom
Loud and deafening noise out there
It is raining and it is falling
Tit tit tat tat , the sound of falling rain
Make me feel down and blue
Why should it be grey or blue?
It all depends on your feelings
It is all within us to feel what we want
Be aware of the looming feel
Dun be confused or sad about it
It is never an ever lasting feel
It changes by the seconds
You can be happy and sad either times
If you are happy, you can also be sad
Buddha's middle path is the best
No happiness or sadness can dictate
Just like gray, middle of black or white
If no happiness , then no sadness
Wise man Lord , a great teacher indeed
To be wise is to be aware
Be aware is to avoid or to change
Using the wisdom deep inside us
Like the rain , it comes and goes
Raining in the Sun or shining when it rains
It does not matter the combination
As long as you know what is the best
Best of what , my loving Lord ?
Best of knowledge, understanding and wisdom
Just quest for such skill to be middle
Forever you are happy and gale.
Looks like end of the day is near
Doom, Doom , Boom , Boom
Loud and deafening noise out there
It is raining and it is falling
Tit tit tat tat , the sound of falling rain
Make me feel down and blue
Why should it be grey or blue?
It all depends on your feelings
It is all within us to feel what we want
Be aware of the looming feel
Dun be confused or sad about it
It is never an ever lasting feel
It changes by the seconds
You can be happy and sad either times
If you are happy, you can also be sad
Buddha's middle path is the best
No happiness or sadness can dictate
Just like gray, middle of black or white
If no happiness , then no sadness
Wise man Lord , a great teacher indeed
To be wise is to be aware
Be aware is to avoid or to change
Using the wisdom deep inside us
Like the rain , it comes and goes
Raining in the Sun or shining when it rains
It does not matter the combination
As long as you know what is the best
Best of what , my loving Lord ?
Best of knowledge, understanding and wisdom
Just quest for such skill to be middle
Forever you are happy and gale.
Thursday, July 19, 2018
TGF - it is here again.
Thank God , it is Friday again. So many Fridays have gone but it is a day I look forward to as tomorrow and Sunday will be a rest day. But , it will pass very fast like a blink of an eye.
Is it so fast ? Why not ? If you come back on Monday and look back , it is already gone. Faster than a blink of an eye. So we have to be aware that nothing stops for us.
At lunch time, a few minutes away. I was resting my eyes and at this age , I have been working on the computer for many years . My eyes gets tired easily especially having to read my messages in my hand phone . The words are getting smaller and smaller. My staff told me to increase the fonts but there is a maximum size , otherwise, it will make reading very difficult on the small screen.
God or our creator have make our eyes reliable and long lasting . Otherwise, it could have been damaged long time ago. Just imagine of using the computer for 30 years old more. What can I do about it ? It cannot be avoided as technology have advance so fast and now everything is compact and light. This is the way forward I think. Technology and artificial Intelligence will rule the future.
Talking about technology advancement , I was shock to see a video from Boston University and how they are using AI to do the manual jobs. I could see some robots walking like a human being and lifting heavy things on a conveyor belt. It is a shape of a dog or a human being . I am sure that the shape of a human in a robotic form will come out one day and as years gone by, it will make to look more and more like an human being . They will be able to perform all the human task except having a conscience. The conscience of what is right and what is wrong and the six senses of a human being. The ability to smell, taste , see, feel , hear and touch .can only be to a certain degree. However, the scope and possibility will limitless.
When we look at the " Transformers' on TV , we just take it as a fantasy but it will be real one day , when robot takes over the world. You will have driverless cars, flying robots , superman in a robot form and a Hercules , who can hold up heavy equipment or fighting in a robotic war. I just cannot visualize what the future might hold.
Not only the world is getting smaller, the sky will be crowded with flying robots while the roads will be filled by robots delivering goods to the people. There should be no danger except accidents because the AI will make the robots to avoid each other in their path. It is just the mess in the sky and on the roads. Our future human beings will be useless and lazy while waiting to be fed or moved around in their daily routine. There will be less and less of a physical challenge.
Nowadays, even medical examination can be done on-line and will X-rays in 3D and in colors. All medication will be arrange and delivered by the computer and what we need to do is to wait for a short while.
Yeah, this is Friday... time to think and to be aware of what the future might bring. It is scary and challenging as well to predict what the future might hold for us.
Namaste.
Is it so fast ? Why not ? If you come back on Monday and look back , it is already gone. Faster than a blink of an eye. So we have to be aware that nothing stops for us.
At lunch time, a few minutes away. I was resting my eyes and at this age , I have been working on the computer for many years . My eyes gets tired easily especially having to read my messages in my hand phone . The words are getting smaller and smaller. My staff told me to increase the fonts but there is a maximum size , otherwise, it will make reading very difficult on the small screen.
God or our creator have make our eyes reliable and long lasting . Otherwise, it could have been damaged long time ago. Just imagine of using the computer for 30 years old more. What can I do about it ? It cannot be avoided as technology have advance so fast and now everything is compact and light. This is the way forward I think. Technology and artificial Intelligence will rule the future.
Talking about technology advancement , I was shock to see a video from Boston University and how they are using AI to do the manual jobs. I could see some robots walking like a human being and lifting heavy things on a conveyor belt. It is a shape of a dog or a human being . I am sure that the shape of a human in a robotic form will come out one day and as years gone by, it will make to look more and more like an human being . They will be able to perform all the human task except having a conscience. The conscience of what is right and what is wrong and the six senses of a human being. The ability to smell, taste , see, feel , hear and touch .can only be to a certain degree. However, the scope and possibility will limitless.
When we look at the " Transformers' on TV , we just take it as a fantasy but it will be real one day , when robot takes over the world. You will have driverless cars, flying robots , superman in a robot form and a Hercules , who can hold up heavy equipment or fighting in a robotic war. I just cannot visualize what the future might hold.
Not only the world is getting smaller, the sky will be crowded with flying robots while the roads will be filled by robots delivering goods to the people. There should be no danger except accidents because the AI will make the robots to avoid each other in their path. It is just the mess in the sky and on the roads. Our future human beings will be useless and lazy while waiting to be fed or moved around in their daily routine. There will be less and less of a physical challenge.
Nowadays, even medical examination can be done on-line and will X-rays in 3D and in colors. All medication will be arrange and delivered by the computer and what we need to do is to wait for a short while.
Yeah, this is Friday... time to think and to be aware of what the future might bring. It is scary and challenging as well to predict what the future might hold for us.
Namaste.
Passing moments
Day by day , time passes by
How are we mortals stop the time
Impossible , impossible , Impossible
Master Time stop for no one .
Every day when we wake up
We thank GOD for the new day
Hoping it to pass peacefully
Healthy , wealthy all the days
But Age have its say
Whether we live a day or not
We have to be thankful
For the additional time on this earth
We are not aware that Age rules
How our body react to the day
Our eyes are blur , our legs are weak
Despite we pray and hope .
A day start and a day can end
Through Birth, Age , Sickness and death
No One , Oh ! No one can escape
The fate of our passing life
I don't want ! I don't want
Our heart and soul will cry
But Master Time rules it all
Until the day we rest and die.
Yes, we have to be aware
Make us live joyfully and well
With each passing tickling seconds
We live long or short and finally die .
Goodbye , my love and friends
We will depart on our own journey
Living the passing happy moments
Until the end of our memory and time.
How are we mortals stop the time
Impossible , impossible , Impossible
Master Time stop for no one .
Every day when we wake up
We thank GOD for the new day
Hoping it to pass peacefully
Healthy , wealthy all the days
But Age have its say
Whether we live a day or not
We have to be thankful
For the additional time on this earth
We are not aware that Age rules
How our body react to the day
Our eyes are blur , our legs are weak
Despite we pray and hope .
A day start and a day can end
Through Birth, Age , Sickness and death
No One , Oh ! No one can escape
The fate of our passing life
I don't want ! I don't want
Our heart and soul will cry
But Master Time rules it all
Until the day we rest and die.
Yes, we have to be aware
Make us live joyfully and well
With each passing tickling seconds
We live long or short and finally die .
Goodbye , my love and friends
We will depart on our own journey
Living the passing happy moments
Until the end of our memory and time.
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Can a spiritual man be rich ?
It is a contradictory thought . Can a spiritual person makes money through his or her practice and be rich ? A spiritual person cannot make money from his or her practice as it will be against his or her principles. So , how can the spiritual person spread his or her teachings to as many people as possible since he or she don't have the money to do so. He or she will have to struggle with their own finance and will not be focus in their spirituality.
Today, I heard from a fung shui guru saying that this thinking is wrong. Why is money been called a currency.? Currency means power or energy . It provides the means to an end and without the mean , the end is limited or not attainable. Well , this thinking is also quite true.
Most spiritual beings need donations or charity to survive and focus on helping others. If without this donations or charity, they will need to work and find money to survive and will not have time for their practice or to spread their practice unless he or she is lucky enough to supported by a donor or a charitable organization.
In the ancient era , this spiritual being have to walk and how far can they reach ? So it is within a small area or country but with wealth, he can travel all over the globe to extend his or her teachings and reach millions of people in their journeys. This is logical thinking and practical way of life.
So, for a religion to reach far and wide, it will take much effort and time for the religion or a spiritual teaching to spread . Maybe through a thousand years before it can reach the millions of believers. Like the movie , " The monkey goes West ". This epic shows a monk and with his three followers travelled from China to India to gain the knowledge of Buddhism . We can see how hard was the journey and how it takes.
If this episode happens in this modern times, it will be a days trip to reach their destination and come back to spread the teaching . The speed of communication and wireless internet can spread the words in seconds. All this hardship and troubles of "the monk who travels to the West" will be gone.
Just imagine the opening of Tibet to the world . It is a place of the purist Buddhism and now it is open to the World. Many of the famous Lamas are out to the World from Tibet to spread the worlds of the Buddha.
Amitabha.
Today, I heard from a fung shui guru saying that this thinking is wrong. Why is money been called a currency.? Currency means power or energy . It provides the means to an end and without the mean , the end is limited or not attainable. Well , this thinking is also quite true.
Most spiritual beings need donations or charity to survive and focus on helping others. If without this donations or charity, they will need to work and find money to survive and will not have time for their practice or to spread their practice unless he or she is lucky enough to supported by a donor or a charitable organization.
In the ancient era , this spiritual being have to walk and how far can they reach ? So it is within a small area or country but with wealth, he can travel all over the globe to extend his or her teachings and reach millions of people in their journeys. This is logical thinking and practical way of life.
So, for a religion to reach far and wide, it will take much effort and time for the religion or a spiritual teaching to spread . Maybe through a thousand years before it can reach the millions of believers. Like the movie , " The monkey goes West ". This epic shows a monk and with his three followers travelled from China to India to gain the knowledge of Buddhism . We can see how hard was the journey and how it takes.
If this episode happens in this modern times, it will be a days trip to reach their destination and come back to spread the teaching . The speed of communication and wireless internet can spread the words in seconds. All this hardship and troubles of "the monk who travels to the West" will be gone.
Just imagine the opening of Tibet to the world . It is a place of the purist Buddhism and now it is open to the World. Many of the famous Lamas are out to the World from Tibet to spread the worlds of the Buddha.
Amitabha.
Benefits of meditation - experience of the Thai " Wild Boar " football team
Why are the boys so calm despite stalled in a cave for many days during a massive flood ? The answer was the art of meditation. Their coach was a former Buddhist monk and he taught them the art of Meditation. There are 5 benefits of meditation :
1) It provides calming of the mind through slow breathing exercise and bring them to the present.
2) It trains them to have patience while waiting for the rescue team to reach them.
3) It teaches them to have the right and positive thoughts which invites the rescue team to find them and rescue them.
4) It provides the harmony among the boys trapped in the cave as they start to think of positive things about the team and binds them together in thought and spirit.
5) Meditation reduces the need for food but yet give them energy to survive.
It has been proven over thousand years after Buddha's teaching the art of meditation . It is mind over our physical self . This is technique which prolong life in a healthy way.
Amitabha.
1) It provides calming of the mind through slow breathing exercise and bring them to the present.
2) It trains them to have patience while waiting for the rescue team to reach them.
3) It teaches them to have the right and positive thoughts which invites the rescue team to find them and rescue them.
4) It provides the harmony among the boys trapped in the cave as they start to think of positive things about the team and binds them together in thought and spirit.
5) Meditation reduces the need for food but yet give them energy to survive.
It has been proven over thousand years after Buddha's teaching the art of meditation . It is mind over our physical self . This is technique which prolong life in a healthy way.
Amitabha.
Monday, July 16, 2018
Life is a joke ?
Why are we taking life so serious ? It is only a dream or a movie . It passes on with time. Yes, be serious in our work or attitude is good but it may hurt other people. If we can do our work and yet , avoid the hurt to others , then it should be the way , right ?
Making our self prominent and looks good at the expense of others have difference degree of perceptions and judgment . Some people will drive themselves straight to the wall and die standing rather than still drive but avoid the wall. Even they don't care too much for themselves , least to care about others . This is so disgusting to be around this people who only care about themselves or be selfish.
This attitude maybe their only way to protect themselves and they are more important than anything else. This protectionist attitude could be as a result of bad experience or the influence during childhood. Something could have happen to them and this harden their survival attitude. Yes, this people needs help and most of all divine help. It will be difficult to change them or loosen them u p.
Recently, I have a discussion with my colleague of people having this difficult characters. The no nonsense guy or gal who can die hitting a wall because of their straight forward principles, We agreed that this people is difficult to change as there is a Chinese saying " the Empire is easily changed but for the character of a person would not move at all ". This teaching or belief is through thousands of years in China and it is very true until today.
It is very changing talking to these people who will tell you that they have to protect their jobs or their professionalism and will not bend for others. But, they can accept others from bending for them. This is the survival technique of this so called die-hards.
Talking them out of their opinion will be disastrous and self hurting because they will bite you back and making you feel low and hurtful. They make us look like a thief when what you wanted is a peaceful survival for all.
Yes, stop them and tell them that they can write whatever they want and let the situation control itself. Just leave them.
Namaste.
Making our self prominent and looks good at the expense of others have difference degree of perceptions and judgment . Some people will drive themselves straight to the wall and die standing rather than still drive but avoid the wall. Even they don't care too much for themselves , least to care about others . This is so disgusting to be around this people who only care about themselves or be selfish.
This attitude maybe their only way to protect themselves and they are more important than anything else. This protectionist attitude could be as a result of bad experience or the influence during childhood. Something could have happen to them and this harden their survival attitude. Yes, this people needs help and most of all divine help. It will be difficult to change them or loosen them u p.
Recently, I have a discussion with my colleague of people having this difficult characters. The no nonsense guy or gal who can die hitting a wall because of their straight forward principles, We agreed that this people is difficult to change as there is a Chinese saying " the Empire is easily changed but for the character of a person would not move at all ". This teaching or belief is through thousands of years in China and it is very true until today.
It is very changing talking to these people who will tell you that they have to protect their jobs or their professionalism and will not bend for others. But, they can accept others from bending for them. This is the survival technique of this so called die-hards.
Talking them out of their opinion will be disastrous and self hurting because they will bite you back and making you feel low and hurtful. They make us look like a thief when what you wanted is a peaceful survival for all.
Yes, stop them and tell them that they can write whatever they want and let the situation control itself. Just leave them.
Namaste.
Friday, July 13, 2018
Boredom ?
Our mind is really amazing .. it controls our emotions and feelings. At times, it is cloaked with worries and problems but at times, it hides everything and leave the mind blank and in boredom.
Feeling bored with our jobs or life is quite normal as we evolved around our environment and our self. The repeated routine and schedules make us bored. Now we do this and what is coming next is almost certain and predictable. We are running in circles as outside these circles , there will be risk and insecurity. We are safe creatures which tries to avoid fear.
From the morning, we wake up, we go to the toilet , brush our teeth , take a bath , use the same soap and cleaning from up to bottom , left to right, etc is all in a fixed routine. We are unaware of it because our mind is not focus or is thinking of many other things. If we quiet down and go through the routine , you think that there is an SOP for everything we do. It is as expected and boring.
In our daily life, everything is running in circles and n a routine until the last breath in our body. You can just recap what you have just done and whether it is as familiar as before. Things and process just repeat itself.
So , some psychologist will tell us to vary our movement or the way we do things on a daily basis. If we were to wear our pants first and then our shirts, it would be better to alternate it or when we brush our tooth from left to right , we should start the right to the left or center to the left. With this act, our life will be more variety and will become more interesting. It breaks the routine and boredom and makes our life more interesting.
So, in the sexual text of Kamasura , it describe about the 36 ways of sexual intercourse which provide variety to the way we conduct our sexual activities and this is to keep the fire burning in us and also to let us enjoy the immense pressure in carrying out these different ways of doing the passionate thing.
Our mind will feel the change and it will be more active rather passively exercising the routines in circles. Our circles or routines are our comfort zones and we fell comfortable living under these circumstances.
In our life, if we persistently do a thing or a process, we will be improving and finally be skillful in doing these tasks. This will make our mind bored as the action will be carry out naturally and in a certain way. Our mind slowly will become passive and inactive and then boredom will come. By doing differently , we are triggering the mind and keep it alert and active . Moving from one direction one day and another direction on another day, it will be challenge for the brain to remain alive and focus. The feeling and passion of doing it is different.
So, be mindful of this point and keep the mind active and well.
Namaste.
Feeling bored with our jobs or life is quite normal as we evolved around our environment and our self. The repeated routine and schedules make us bored. Now we do this and what is coming next is almost certain and predictable. We are running in circles as outside these circles , there will be risk and insecurity. We are safe creatures which tries to avoid fear.
From the morning, we wake up, we go to the toilet , brush our teeth , take a bath , use the same soap and cleaning from up to bottom , left to right, etc is all in a fixed routine. We are unaware of it because our mind is not focus or is thinking of many other things. If we quiet down and go through the routine , you think that there is an SOP for everything we do. It is as expected and boring.
In our daily life, everything is running in circles and n a routine until the last breath in our body. You can just recap what you have just done and whether it is as familiar as before. Things and process just repeat itself.
So , some psychologist will tell us to vary our movement or the way we do things on a daily basis. If we were to wear our pants first and then our shirts, it would be better to alternate it or when we brush our tooth from left to right , we should start the right to the left or center to the left. With this act, our life will be more variety and will become more interesting. It breaks the routine and boredom and makes our life more interesting.
So, in the sexual text of Kamasura , it describe about the 36 ways of sexual intercourse which provide variety to the way we conduct our sexual activities and this is to keep the fire burning in us and also to let us enjoy the immense pressure in carrying out these different ways of doing the passionate thing.
Our mind will feel the change and it will be more active rather passively exercising the routines in circles. Our circles or routines are our comfort zones and we fell comfortable living under these circumstances.
In our life, if we persistently do a thing or a process, we will be improving and finally be skillful in doing these tasks. This will make our mind bored as the action will be carry out naturally and in a certain way. Our mind slowly will become passive and inactive and then boredom will come. By doing differently , we are triggering the mind and keep it alert and active . Moving from one direction one day and another direction on another day, it will be challenge for the brain to remain alive and focus. The feeling and passion of doing it is different.
So, be mindful of this point and keep the mind active and well.
Namaste.
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
What can i do ?
There are times in our life that we cannot provide a solution to a problem. It is not within our control or authority to save a situation. We just have to accept and execute it. What else can we do ?
It is so funny that we cannot change course or provide an alternate . It may also cause us more problem by denying the instruction from above. The boss have the say and if we reject it , we also have to face the consequences. It is better to minimize the damage around us.
Nevertheless, it is painful and difficult to execute the instruction which could affect the livelihood of a staff. It maybe his own doings but as a boss we have to take care of their welfare as well. We cannot just do nothing and pretend as if nothing happens. People's life will change and we will know whether it is for the better or not.
As Dalai Lama have said ' if we cannot help others, we should refrain from causing harm to them ". In this case, we are doing harm to people if we make decisions which affects them. It is impossible to maintain the outcome not to hurtful. It is a loss of livelihood and it is going to cause suffering to that person even if he has done something wrong.
When there is a landslide, it is better to taken care of your safety first , otherwise, by moving or taking action to save others , both of you could be hurt at the same time. The outcome is not certain and the decision should be make as fast as possible because the landslide will be falling on top of us.
In this case, it is wise to get both hurt if the situation is not manageable or predictable. One dead or two dead , is it a wise move ? It is a senseless death if we make the wrong decision. In such type of problem, it is better to save yourself and live the day. At least , we can do some good in the future, if we service this ordeal.
Coming to such situation, there is nothing right or wrong and it will depend on the interpretation of the situation. Since , it is subjective to the situation , outsiders will not see the facts of the case and should not make any unnecessary conclusion which is not fair to the people involved in the situation.
Life have to go on despite some damages and perhaps , this happening could be a blessing to the person who is facing the problem. What come and go in our life must be dependent on the course of our life and our predestinated journey through life.
Namaste.
It is so funny that we cannot change course or provide an alternate . It may also cause us more problem by denying the instruction from above. The boss have the say and if we reject it , we also have to face the consequences. It is better to minimize the damage around us.
Nevertheless, it is painful and difficult to execute the instruction which could affect the livelihood of a staff. It maybe his own doings but as a boss we have to take care of their welfare as well. We cannot just do nothing and pretend as if nothing happens. People's life will change and we will know whether it is for the better or not.
As Dalai Lama have said ' if we cannot help others, we should refrain from causing harm to them ". In this case, we are doing harm to people if we make decisions which affects them. It is impossible to maintain the outcome not to hurtful. It is a loss of livelihood and it is going to cause suffering to that person even if he has done something wrong.
When there is a landslide, it is better to taken care of your safety first , otherwise, by moving or taking action to save others , both of you could be hurt at the same time. The outcome is not certain and the decision should be make as fast as possible because the landslide will be falling on top of us.
In this case, it is wise to get both hurt if the situation is not manageable or predictable. One dead or two dead , is it a wise move ? It is a senseless death if we make the wrong decision. In such type of problem, it is better to save yourself and live the day. At least , we can do some good in the future, if we service this ordeal.
Coming to such situation, there is nothing right or wrong and it will depend on the interpretation of the situation. Since , it is subjective to the situation , outsiders will not see the facts of the case and should not make any unnecessary conclusion which is not fair to the people involved in the situation.
Life have to go on despite some damages and perhaps , this happening could be a blessing to the person who is facing the problem. What come and go in our life must be dependent on the course of our life and our predestinated journey through life.
Namaste.
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