Today a few beloved friends came to visit. It is the first time since a long time I have had that many visitors visiting and it was indeed a pleasant surprise. While all my friends were seated in the hall, with my little one hogging the television whilst having her lunch, my partner was in […]
Tag Archive 'appreciation'
What you wish, is what you get
Posted in Going Inwards on Jan 22nd, 2011
Have you ever experienced, when you day dream about something, laugh about it simply contented in the arising feelings with the day dream and in some way, they manifest into reality? You might disagree as the experience may differ from the details of the day dream, but let’s look at the essence of the day […]
Be grateful not to the form, but for the experience that comes through the form. Although gratitude to someone is perceived as something beautiful but this can come from the space of guilt as it is merely a form of conclusion that we are incapable of such experience thus the dependency on others which translates […]
Ability to Receive and Give
Posted in Attitudes on Jan 6th, 2011
What is the point of giving when what is given is not received? Hence, what is the difference of whom it is given, when it is you who have received? Would the information or sharing benefit you any less if it was not for you? But if you have been uplifted through the information or […]
Christ-Mas
Posted in Going Inwards on Dec 25th, 2010
Since I was very young, I always had this close affinity with Jesus. I wasn’t sure why. I just felt very close to Him and thus when I was 14, I accepted Christ in the form of prayer as my piano teacher converted me. It didn’t occur to me what I was really doing, except […]
Acceptance Prayer
Posted in Quotes on Dec 2nd, 2010
I accept myself completely. I accept my strengths and my weaknesses, my gifts and my shortcomings, my good points and my faults. I accept myself completely as a human being. I accept that I am here to learn and grow, and I accept that I am learning and growing. I accept the personality I’ve developed, […]
Qualifications
Posted in Attitudes on Nov 21st, 2010
Today, after the free movie sharing at the centre, someone new approached me and asked what I did for a living. I told her that I was retired. She looked shocked and asked me if that was why I was conducting courses at the centre full time. I was a little surprised at her questioning […]
Pleasure and Pain
Posted in Attitudes on Nov 14th, 2010
The mind is constantly in search for pleasure over pain, as if there is a preference. When there is pleasure through an experience, it will want more of it, become addicted to it and yearn for it. It will be soon when the planning, scheming and manipulation starts coming into play to prey for what […]
Enjoying Guilt
Posted in Attitudes on Nov 7th, 2010
The other day, my partner and I were contemplating on getting a divorce. Not that there is anything wrong with our marriage, or relationship for that matter; it just felt like a moving on phase and the purpose is not so much as to leave him or the family but more of just wanting to […]
The mind is the same anywhere, everywhere. No matter how we try to twist it, twig it, it is the same with everyone. But, how each individual addresses the mind creates his or her reality or rather, relationship with the mind. And it boils down to ideas, perceptions and being able to relate to the […]