Suppose to have a sharing with friends on acupressure this Saturday but this has got to be postponed to a date that is TBD.
Reason: becoming my own testimonial again for JV who had HFM....slack. Suppose to let you folks witness this upon learning this. but touch wood that this doesnt happen to you too. :P
Got to quarantine her and so cant be meeting you folks for a time being. ...."Sehingga Diberitahu". hehe.
This is her 2nd time, 1st time being passed down by her sis fr the kindy. Now herself getting it fr the kindy herself.
I did some acupressure last week when she was down with fever. A mild fever at 38.3oC was the signal. Wasnt really putting the HFM thing into my mind though, so we continue to let her rest at home for 4 days, then returned to kindy for 1 day. Even told her to get better so that we can go eat durian. gee...
That's another story: had durian on the 6th day morning + mangosteen. Then found out about 1 blister in her mouth on the 6th day night. Fuzzy mum and dad then only quickly went "hunting" for red spots on hand and foot.
Bingo. spotted some.....on palms.
Darn the clinic medical assistance (the usual lousy one) couldnt really diagnose this as HFM, but we know it should be HFM. Since there were already 2 outbreaks in the kindy. Cannot be coming from nowhere.
But good gracious that acupressure was performed during her feverish period and i believe that itself had slow down the outbreak of a HFM symptom.
btw, only taken homeopathy's 1 hot fever and 1 children fever(or was it sth else? cant remember well) during that time.
And she actually had vomitted out some phlegm after the acurpressure session.
The Ah Pek Si Fu had mentioned before that acurpessure is especially good for immunity system related disease...not so good for bacteria infection though. SInce HFM is related to immuno, then it might be of help.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Wesay Day - part 2
It was a rather spontaneous decision to enter to Poh Oo Tong.
Though i believe it has got to do with the wish that i wished since last year that i wanted to be able to get in touch with the dharma learning that i used to had in uni life.
It really touched me to see those drama they put up.
Spectacular and amazing! Of course, one could see the hard work behind them. The costumes, settings, and not to mention acting by the teenagers. They are simply splendid!
YJ said may want to join me together for the metta class which is schedule to start in probably another 2-3 months. I am rejoiced!
Learning together is certainly going to be very fulfilling!
Gonna bookmark this site of Poh Oo Tong now: http://www.pohootong.org/home
Still vividly clear in my mind on the last scene: The Buddha said, "Do not feel sad on my departure, what i have taught you is already very sufficient. See the Dharma and you shall see me."
Life is so crystal clear with the Buddha's guiding light!
Though i believe it has got to do with the wish that i wished since last year that i wanted to be able to get in touch with the dharma learning that i used to had in uni life.
It really touched me to see those drama they put up.
Spectacular and amazing! Of course, one could see the hard work behind them. The costumes, settings, and not to mention acting by the teenagers. They are simply splendid!
YJ said may want to join me together for the metta class which is schedule to start in probably another 2-3 months. I am rejoiced!
Learning together is certainly going to be very fulfilling!
Gonna bookmark this site of Poh Oo Tong now: http://www.pohootong.org/home
Still vividly clear in my mind on the last scene: The Buddha said, "Do not feel sad on my departure, what i have taught you is already very sufficient. See the Dharma and you shall see me."
Life is so crystal clear with the Buddha's guiding light!
Wesay Day - part 1
Happy Wesak Day!Personally, i would think it is certainly a great wesak to start off with lots of metta! Partly due to the reignitation of the recent dharma camp. hehe. Post mortum for the camp: objektif tercapai.
A few of us actually started of with some little things that we can do at home,ie: a meditation in conjunction of the Wesak Day. Just sth like the Earth Hour where everyone switch off the lights, we just meditate at home, since everything start from within.
Upon sharing this with another group of friends are from Tibetan Buddhism, they actually do that almost every week and for each week they will radiate or share the merits with relatives or friends in need at that moment. This group do have Rinpoche that comes over to penang every 1 or 2 months to guide them with talks and mantra chanting.
Well, last night was the meditation day that kicked start.
Frankly, i actually dozed off. hahaha. can stand for only 15 minutes, then beh tahan liao. My physical body was really in a complete shut off mode, even walking meditation also like a drunken monkey liao. So i decided to call it a day and postpone the meditation to this morning since i wake up quite early most of the days. And with fresher mind, i could do it better. I guess this is the first time i have stretched my bandwidth after so many years without retreat. Normally can do till the most 15 minutes only. (better not use the word "pai seh", i think no need to feel guilty or what not, always better late than never). hehe
I was imagining the light of the Buddha that shine through from my head. And with that i wish for the metta from the Buddha to be radiated to all beings.
Was telling friends the other day that, i really like the verse that we usually see outside of the mosque which reads "Sembahyanglah sebelum anda disembahyangkan." Self cultivation and self reliance has always been the truth that i think i should do that more often. Jangan sampai i jatuh sakit then only cari doktor --- too late by then, or perhaps may need more effort to bring ourselves up.
While on the other hand, i was reading and contemplating these words by Pema Chodron ( a tibetan nun) in her book When Things Fall Apart:"On the night on which the buddha was to attain enlightenment, the Buddha sat under a tree, While he was sitting there, he was attacked by the forces of Mara. The story goes that they shot swords and arrows at him, and that their weapons turned into flowers. What does this story mean? My understanding of it is that what we habitually regard as obstacles are not really our enemies, but rather our friends. What we call obstacles are really the way the world and our entire experience teach us where we're stuck. What may appear to be an arrow or a sword we can actually experiencence as a flower. Whether we experience what happen to us as obstacle nad enemy or as teacher and friend depends entirely on our perception of reality. It depends on our relationship with ourselves.The teachings tell us that obstacles occur at the outer level and at the inner level. In this context, the outer level is the sense that something or somebody has harmed us, interfering with the harmony and peace we thought was ours. Some rascals has ruined it all. This particualr sense of obstacles occurs in relationships and in many other situations; we feel disappointed, harmed, confuse, and attacked in a variety of ways. People have felt this way from the beginning of time. As for the inner level of obstacle, perhaps nothing ever really attacks us except our own confusion. Perhaps there is no solid obstacle except our own need to protect ourselves from being touched. Maybe the only enemy is that we don't like the way reality is now and there fore wish it would go away fast. But what we find as practitioners is that nothing ever goes away until it had taught us what we need to know. If we run a hundred miles an hour to the other end of the continent in order to get away from the obstacle, we find the very same problem waiting for us when we arrive. It just keep returning with new names, forms, and manifestations until we learn whatever it has to teach us about where we are separating ourselves from reality; how we are pulling back instead of opening up, closing down instead of allowing ourselves to experience fully whatever we encounter, without hesitating or retreating into ourselves."
May our hearts be filled with loving-kindness, compassion, altruistic joy and equanimity.
Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!
A few of us actually started of with some little things that we can do at home,ie: a meditation in conjunction of the Wesak Day. Just sth like the Earth Hour where everyone switch off the lights, we just meditate at home, since everything start from within.
Upon sharing this with another group of friends are from Tibetan Buddhism, they actually do that almost every week and for each week they will radiate or share the merits with relatives or friends in need at that moment. This group do have Rinpoche that comes over to penang every 1 or 2 months to guide them with talks and mantra chanting.
Well, last night was the meditation day that kicked start.
Frankly, i actually dozed off. hahaha. can stand for only 15 minutes, then beh tahan liao. My physical body was really in a complete shut off mode, even walking meditation also like a drunken monkey liao. So i decided to call it a day and postpone the meditation to this morning since i wake up quite early most of the days. And with fresher mind, i could do it better. I guess this is the first time i have stretched my bandwidth after so many years without retreat. Normally can do till the most 15 minutes only. (better not use the word "pai seh", i think no need to feel guilty or what not, always better late than never). hehe
I was imagining the light of the Buddha that shine through from my head. And with that i wish for the metta from the Buddha to be radiated to all beings.
Was telling friends the other day that, i really like the verse that we usually see outside of the mosque which reads "Sembahyanglah sebelum anda disembahyangkan." Self cultivation and self reliance has always been the truth that i think i should do that more often. Jangan sampai i jatuh sakit then only cari doktor --- too late by then, or perhaps may need more effort to bring ourselves up.
While on the other hand, i was reading and contemplating these words by Pema Chodron ( a tibetan nun) in her book When Things Fall Apart:"On the night on which the buddha was to attain enlightenment, the Buddha sat under a tree, While he was sitting there, he was attacked by the forces of Mara. The story goes that they shot swords and arrows at him, and that their weapons turned into flowers. What does this story mean? My understanding of it is that what we habitually regard as obstacles are not really our enemies, but rather our friends. What we call obstacles are really the way the world and our entire experience teach us where we're stuck. What may appear to be an arrow or a sword we can actually experiencence as a flower. Whether we experience what happen to us as obstacle nad enemy or as teacher and friend depends entirely on our perception of reality. It depends on our relationship with ourselves.The teachings tell us that obstacles occur at the outer level and at the inner level. In this context, the outer level is the sense that something or somebody has harmed us, interfering with the harmony and peace we thought was ours. Some rascals has ruined it all. This particualr sense of obstacles occurs in relationships and in many other situations; we feel disappointed, harmed, confuse, and attacked in a variety of ways. People have felt this way from the beginning of time. As for the inner level of obstacle, perhaps nothing ever really attacks us except our own confusion. Perhaps there is no solid obstacle except our own need to protect ourselves from being touched. Maybe the only enemy is that we don't like the way reality is now and there fore wish it would go away fast. But what we find as practitioners is that nothing ever goes away until it had taught us what we need to know. If we run a hundred miles an hour to the other end of the continent in order to get away from the obstacle, we find the very same problem waiting for us when we arrive. It just keep returning with new names, forms, and manifestations until we learn whatever it has to teach us about where we are separating ourselves from reality; how we are pulling back instead of opening up, closing down instead of allowing ourselves to experience fully whatever we encounter, without hesitating or retreating into ourselves."
May our hearts be filled with loving-kindness, compassion, altruistic joy and equanimity.
Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Dharma Camp 2009 - Part 1
This happened after some 10 years.
We were so excited to see you all!
It's called supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! (No Marry Poppins here, but much greater than holding umbrella....we hold umbrella while listening to talks!)
This version is called - "Just Arrived": --- hmmm, we forgot to put up a sign that reads "WELCOME BACK!"
We were so excited to see you all!
It's called supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! (No Marry Poppins here, but much greater than holding umbrella....we hold umbrella while listening to talks!)
This version is called - "Just Arrived": --- hmmm, we forgot to put up a sign that reads "WELCOME BACK!"
Just as true as what Ven. Kai Pao mentioned:
"Do you expect to meet up in this place, at this time after 10 years?"
"The dhamma seed if not planted during that time, would you expect to be here?"
Hard knock truth.
Great awakenings!
And perhaps some reignation of the dharma flame.
It was really touching to know that Bee Go and Geok Tin were able to make it to the camp. Not that my heart was not all out for the rest of the friends, but for what we have been through together, it's kind of hard to explain that kind of sense of belongingness. It's also about the dream we have shared.
Then i started to reflect on my life journey:
I now know i had the choice:
- 1998: i had "no choice" but to start working due to family commitments (Granny was sick, and need to be hospitalized and with high private hospital medical bill, that pushed me to earn my salary fast.)
- 1999/2000:i had "no choice" but i did make a choice out of no choice to make a change to get out of that mnc INXXX pressure cooker. With top manager's exist interview and different views from people around me, i shut myself out of all these, coz i know i was not strong enough to take up all this....continue my journey in pursuing my dream
- 2005:i had a choice, but i know that i have a better way of improving my lifestyle. no rat race here. must do sth different here. i guess this is a starting point for me. i am back on track now, with the guiding light of the Buddha Dharma.
- 2009: a much more solid path now. looks like taking my very first baby step out of my shell. setting my way out to see more, oh yes, to "reignite the spirit of Dharma".
p/s:
- was i scared to death to make/take up commitments? Answer: oh yes! dearly!
- would i like to share what i know and to take up some responsibiliity : Answer: oh yes! and i would stop and say "no" i f i am real tired, can i? a human e...need rest ma
Dharma Camp 的余震
从dharma camp回来。很累。但感觉还好。不至于会到一面讲话一面睡觉的地步。(Believe me, i did it when i had my first girl some 6 years ago, juggling between school work, helping hubby's work， household chores(no maid la, that time), plus jaga anak. phew!)
为什么会这样子呢？来回每天都睡不到3小时呵。换成平时一定变猪了。这是余震吧。
谛听佛陀的教诲，没什么比这更殊胜。
早上在柔帆的亲子联络簿上，写下了这些，就当着是修持日记的开始吧: 如果改天懒惰了，在belakang kira la: :P 或许您可以提醒我一下。ah bo, 怎么可称法侣呢? 哈哈！
为什么会这样子呢？来回每天都睡不到3小时呵。换成平时一定变猪了。这是余震吧。
谛听佛陀的教诲，没什么比这更殊胜。
早上在柔帆的亲子联络簿上，写下了这些，就当着是修持日记的开始吧: 如果改天懒惰了，在belakang kira la: :P 或许您可以提醒我一下。ah bo, 怎么可称法侣呢? 哈哈！
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