When we reach a certain age, people closed to us or known to us will die naturally or unnaturally around us. Like the storm at night, some young leaves or most old leaves will fall by the way. This is natural as Buddha have expressed it well that the circle of life is Birth , aged , sickness and death . This is wheel of life.
I had lunch with my boss and we dwelled into this subject about death of people we know. Yes, we are at the range or generation where all of closed associates and friends have be became old and start to die one by one. We agreed that we do not know and when it happens , it will just happen without any warning. But the most regrettable death is by accident or by a fall. Most old people will fall and when it happens , they will break a leg or a limb or maybe a sudden death.
It may become our habit to track the death of our friends or associates when we get old , just to remind us the fragility of life. It is not death which is scary , it is the lack of knowledge where we are going after death that is terrifying. This path is not known to us all at the moment and maybe will not be know by human beings.
A lot have been said about heaven or nirvana or Shangrila , it has never appeared before our eyes but only in books , bibles or scriptures and through the imagination of Man. When there is a heaven , there must be a hell as well. The good ones go to heaven and the bad ones goes to hell. This is again the making of Man.
How long we live , is also a question which needs a answer ? Can we can the date and time of our departure ? Nobody can tell me for certain. We can delay death but we cannot avoid it. Sometimes, it may not be delayed at all and can go in one swipe . phew .. here we go !! It is as simple as that instant.
Where can we go to find an answer ? How can we know ? It maybe in the stars !!!
Namaste.
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Sunday, March 25, 2018
How can we be misunderstood ?
What we say is not only a matter of words coming out from our mouth but also to the people who is receiving such works. The meaning of our message make up of words and it also depends on the understanding of these words. A wrong interpretation of a word in the whole sentence could bring us a different meaning or a wrong interpretation.
If the message is make up of a few sentences , the listener's ability to understand all the words and the adjoining sentences is also important to convey the right meaning. If some words or sentences is not properly recorded or understand by the listener, it could be a different interpretation and misunderstanding all together.
Apart from words and cohesive sentences, it also depends on the ability of the people to listen to it logically and un-influence by their thoughts and emotions. If a people is angry, certain words or the tone of the speaker could spell a disaster or if the listener is calm , it could spell a different meaning all together to him. When a person is angry, they often use very aggressive words or tones and to get back at the speaker. This is a natural re-action as all human beings are very protective of themselves.
So, in conclusion, words ,sentences , emotions and situations can carry a different meaning or impression to the listener and if there is a conversation if could be more complex which brands in all the parties to the conversation.
Namaste.
If the message is make up of a few sentences , the listener's ability to understand all the words and the adjoining sentences is also important to convey the right meaning. If some words or sentences is not properly recorded or understand by the listener, it could be a different interpretation and misunderstanding all together.
Apart from words and cohesive sentences, it also depends on the ability of the people to listen to it logically and un-influence by their thoughts and emotions. If a people is angry, certain words or the tone of the speaker could spell a disaster or if the listener is calm , it could spell a different meaning all together to him. When a person is angry, they often use very aggressive words or tones and to get back at the speaker. This is a natural re-action as all human beings are very protective of themselves.
So, in conclusion, words ,sentences , emotions and situations can carry a different meaning or impression to the listener and if there is a conversation if could be more complex which brands in all the parties to the conversation.
Namaste.
Monday, March 19, 2018
As we aged, we become weaker
As I was on my way back from Bangladesh, I overheard a conversation between an European man and his Thai girl friend telling her that his muscles is getting soften as he ages or it is difficult to toughen up his muscles. Yeah, lest to say , this also applies to his private part.
We can delay it but it will come sooner or later . One of my female relative told me that she felt the difference after hitting her sixties . Her joints become painful when she step up the bus or when she walk. It is the nature in life that everyone will have to go through. Some people can be better off but most people will have pain in their legs whether you exercise or not.
The right amount of exercise is important. Too much or too little can be damaging and detrimental to our health. I felt it in the last few days after exercising immediately after my Bangladesh trip. I thought the more exercise, it would be better but it is in the reverse when we aged.
The logic is that if we push ourselves , it should be better as our muscles will get stronger. No, it does not work this way . It does note mean that we run longer or pushed harder , our muscles will be strong . We can hurt ourselves or the muscles can re-act negatively. Life is not always applying the same formula.
It is very important o pace ourselves . One day , it can be slower or another day, we could be faster and we have to listen to our heart or body to acknowledge the re-action. If we overworked , we should stop or slow down for the muscles to heal and when it is better , we can push it again . This on and off routine will make our body and muscles re-act in a positive way.
We have to acknowledge our age, our illness or our strengthen and be more logical and sensible in our exercise. This is the way of life.
Namaste.
We can delay it but it will come sooner or later . One of my female relative told me that she felt the difference after hitting her sixties . Her joints become painful when she step up the bus or when she walk. It is the nature in life that everyone will have to go through. Some people can be better off but most people will have pain in their legs whether you exercise or not.
The right amount of exercise is important. Too much or too little can be damaging and detrimental to our health. I felt it in the last few days after exercising immediately after my Bangladesh trip. I thought the more exercise, it would be better but it is in the reverse when we aged.
The logic is that if we push ourselves , it should be better as our muscles will get stronger. No, it does not work this way . It does note mean that we run longer or pushed harder , our muscles will be strong . We can hurt ourselves or the muscles can re-act negatively. Life is not always applying the same formula.
It is very important o pace ourselves . One day , it can be slower or another day, we could be faster and we have to listen to our heart or body to acknowledge the re-action. If we overworked , we should stop or slow down for the muscles to heal and when it is better , we can push it again . This on and off routine will make our body and muscles re-act in a positive way.
We have to acknowledge our age, our illness or our strengthen and be more logical and sensible in our exercise. This is the way of life.
Namaste.
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
We move, we change
The logic is very simple. If we move , we will bring changes in our life. If we go in a circle and expecting a different result , it will be madness. To make it simple, if we rest or sleep , things will remained as it is and there will be no changes.
We have to be real to our self to see this point . Some people will say , it is fate so whether we move or not , it does not matter. What is due to you will come to you ? Are we fated not to move and good fortune will bestow on us. So all the lazy man or women can sit and wait for their good fortunes to come or good fortunes will come to those choose to move in their life. Which perception is correct ?
There are so many arguments on both sides but logically, if we do move and make a chair , the chair will not be there. Can we sleep and wait for a chair to come to us. So, logically, the chair can come or not depends on whether some people give to us or not. What is the chance of people giving us a chair or we set in motion to create the chair . Which is more certain ?
For those lucky people, someone could have given him a chair but in reality , we have to move and make it our self. Otherwise, it can or cannot happen at all.
Namaste.
We have to be real to our self to see this point . Some people will say , it is fate so whether we move or not , it does not matter. What is due to you will come to you ? Are we fated not to move and good fortune will bestow on us. So all the lazy man or women can sit and wait for their good fortunes to come or good fortunes will come to those choose to move in their life. Which perception is correct ?
There are so many arguments on both sides but logically, if we do move and make a chair , the chair will not be there. Can we sleep and wait for a chair to come to us. So, logically, the chair can come or not depends on whether some people give to us or not. What is the chance of people giving us a chair or we set in motion to create the chair . Which is more certain ?
For those lucky people, someone could have given him a chair but in reality , we have to move and make it our self. Otherwise, it can or cannot happen at all.
Namaste.
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
On the way to work today
It could have been a normal day to work as usual after 42 years old working life. I felt a bit tired looking at the massive traffic on the roads coming out of my area and on the way to work. The traffic volume have increased compared to the previous years. Recently, the roads are getting wider under the DAP government . It has been a good thing rather the Gerakan's 22 years of no change.
We should not be worry of changes . Life is an evolving process and without changes , there will not be any movements and life will be boring and tiresome. Challenges keep our life moving .
Getting the traffic was okay except some road bullies rushing pass us or cut into our lane. It is very frustrating but can we do ? All these bastards or good for nothing brainless hoo doos running around wildly.
Suddenly , the car slowed down towards the end of the bridge towards Prai. The jam have gathered and I saw a bad traffic accident. A lorry have smashed into the side concrete divider of the bridge and with the lorry hanging by the nose and not falling into the sea yet.
On reaching office, many of my staff was late to work and one smart one sent me a photo of the accident. A lorry was hanging at the edge of the bridge after smashing into the divider. If the lorry have fallen into the sea, the driver could have been killed or serious wounded. The lorry might have to avoid a car and brake hard before ramping into the divider. Wow, a really bad incident and the jam from Prai to Penang was crowded and a long queue pushing it way back to the joining roads.
Yeah, it is one of those days when the traffic was jammed for a two or three hours time period. What can we say ? One of those bad days for the driver and a bad day for the drivers from Prai to Penang. They have to relax and take a slow pace fo life to understand all these has happen for a reason. What are the reasons? Perhaps Karma is taking its course on someone. Just as simple as that.
Namaste.
We should not be worry of changes . Life is an evolving process and without changes , there will not be any movements and life will be boring and tiresome. Challenges keep our life moving .
Getting the traffic was okay except some road bullies rushing pass us or cut into our lane. It is very frustrating but can we do ? All these bastards or good for nothing brainless hoo doos running around wildly.
Suddenly , the car slowed down towards the end of the bridge towards Prai. The jam have gathered and I saw a bad traffic accident. A lorry have smashed into the side concrete divider of the bridge and with the lorry hanging by the nose and not falling into the sea yet.
On reaching office, many of my staff was late to work and one smart one sent me a photo of the accident. A lorry was hanging at the edge of the bridge after smashing into the divider. If the lorry have fallen into the sea, the driver could have been killed or serious wounded. The lorry might have to avoid a car and brake hard before ramping into the divider. Wow, a really bad incident and the jam from Prai to Penang was crowded and a long queue pushing it way back to the joining roads.
Yeah, it is one of those days when the traffic was jammed for a two or three hours time period. What can we say ? One of those bad days for the driver and a bad day for the drivers from Prai to Penang. They have to relax and take a slow pace fo life to understand all these has happen for a reason. What are the reasons? Perhaps Karma is taking its course on someone. Just as simple as that.
Namaste.
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Life is uncertain , death is certain ( renewal)
Today , I have a lunch with a colleague and some friends . It is like a catch up to find how are things with our friends. I was shock to hear all the bad things that is happening to the people around us as age is catching up with us.
He told that when we are old, all the illness or sickness will come to us gradually. One of the quite famous Penang assembly man just died last night after going through three disasters at the age of 75. It was an acquaintance to two of us. He died of bone mellow cancer.
Another famous sport star , the star goalkeeper , Chow Chee Keong also died recently from cancer at age of 69 . He was a sportman all his life switching from football to golf on h is twilight years. Well, so life is uncertain by when but death will finally catch up on us.
Today, I receive a news from a friend , a marathon runner who was knock down by a "hit and run" vehicle also died after in come since December 2017. This is fate and it depends on the King of Hade to decide when we are called up. Finally , it will happen.
As for those of my friends who have gone into their 70s , some of them is either suffering from blood cancer, strokes or other non-curable disease. They are struggling to stay alive by medication and it is a matter of time, death will catch up with them. Of course, a few of my friends are still enjoying good health and good life and one of a former colleague is getting married at the age of 75. Yeah, happy moments at this current time but death is still waiting .
These news makes me wonder how many good years do I have ? At this age, I am still working and waiting for my wife to retire at 60. It is so worrying and having to get up every morning to work and each day , it is getting tougher to wake up and push myself out of the bed. This happens when I have a bad sleep or a eventful night of dreams. Well, this is the basic nature of life and this is the journey we have to go through. One of my retired friend told me that he don't know how to pass the days especially in the afternoon after all the daily chorus have been done.
Yeah, my sister in law is traveling all over the world to take her mind off her cancer problem and she still have to face the problem when she comes back from her travel and quiet down. It is all in the mind and this some thing that is uncontrollable unless we have a trained mind. Don't be happy only with the " what if ' and do away with all the constraints in life to be happy.
It is a tough road but we have to try our best.
Namaste
He told that when we are old, all the illness or sickness will come to us gradually. One of the quite famous Penang assembly man just died last night after going through three disasters at the age of 75. It was an acquaintance to two of us. He died of bone mellow cancer.
Another famous sport star , the star goalkeeper , Chow Chee Keong also died recently from cancer at age of 69 . He was a sportman all his life switching from football to golf on h is twilight years. Well, so life is uncertain by when but death will finally catch up on us.
Today, I receive a news from a friend , a marathon runner who was knock down by a "hit and run" vehicle also died after in come since December 2017. This is fate and it depends on the King of Hade to decide when we are called up. Finally , it will happen.
As for those of my friends who have gone into their 70s , some of them is either suffering from blood cancer, strokes or other non-curable disease. They are struggling to stay alive by medication and it is a matter of time, death will catch up with them. Of course, a few of my friends are still enjoying good health and good life and one of a former colleague is getting married at the age of 75. Yeah, happy moments at this current time but death is still waiting .
These news makes me wonder how many good years do I have ? At this age, I am still working and waiting for my wife to retire at 60. It is so worrying and having to get up every morning to work and each day , it is getting tougher to wake up and push myself out of the bed. This happens when I have a bad sleep or a eventful night of dreams. Well, this is the basic nature of life and this is the journey we have to go through. One of my retired friend told me that he don't know how to pass the days especially in the afternoon after all the daily chorus have been done.
Yeah, my sister in law is traveling all over the world to take her mind off her cancer problem and she still have to face the problem when she comes back from her travel and quiet down. It is all in the mind and this some thing that is uncontrollable unless we have a trained mind. Don't be happy only with the " what if ' and do away with all the constraints in life to be happy.
It is a tough road but we have to try our best.
Namaste
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
The facts of life
Yeah, when we are born , we are destined to die . There is no other way. Like Buddha says birth , age, sickness and death is the basic cycle of life.
Lately , I have seen a lot of use of artificial intelligence in robots to replace part of our body functions, glue that can heal wounds , tattoo that sense the change in our blood sugar level and the growth of body parts to replace and make our life more comfortable. There is a case of robotic AI for dental treatment or surgical purposes. The use of AI is getting more rampant and is growing very fast.
There is a belief that AI robots will replace many jobs in the coming near future and will become more prominent . I have seen robots with AI who can response to actions , make decisions and re-act to external actions. It is inevitable that robot machines with AI is making our life much better but replacing human in area of work. There is also AI involved in food manufacturing which can make food available to billions in the near future.
The use of drone in Agriculture and to re- build forest , repair damaged farm land or landscape is getting more rampant and such use is growing very fast.
A whole lot of robot AI will be in use and this will make the world a much different place to live in. Less manual jobs but more AI and robots . This is one of the area of growth and computer knowledge will be well in demand in the coming 10 to 20 years. It will need a machine to repair another machine as it will not be easily comprehensible by human beings .. This will the world of the near future.
Hopefully, the danger of malfunctioned robots will not be a threat to human race or even worst to control the human race by some nasty villains as depicted in some movies. This should not happen if the use of this knowledge is for the good of the human race.
Namaste.
Lately , I have seen a lot of use of artificial intelligence in robots to replace part of our body functions, glue that can heal wounds , tattoo that sense the change in our blood sugar level and the growth of body parts to replace and make our life more comfortable. There is a case of robotic AI for dental treatment or surgical purposes. The use of AI is getting more rampant and is growing very fast.
There is a belief that AI robots will replace many jobs in the coming near future and will become more prominent . I have seen robots with AI who can response to actions , make decisions and re-act to external actions. It is inevitable that robot machines with AI is making our life much better but replacing human in area of work. There is also AI involved in food manufacturing which can make food available to billions in the near future.
The use of drone in Agriculture and to re- build forest , repair damaged farm land or landscape is getting more rampant and such use is growing very fast.
A whole lot of robot AI will be in use and this will make the world a much different place to live in. Less manual jobs but more AI and robots . This is one of the area of growth and computer knowledge will be well in demand in the coming 10 to 20 years. It will need a machine to repair another machine as it will not be easily comprehensible by human beings .. This will the world of the near future.
Hopefully, the danger of malfunctioned robots will not be a threat to human race or even worst to control the human race by some nasty villains as depicted in some movies. This should not happen if the use of this knowledge is for the good of the human race.
Namaste.
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