Out of the Flames of Suffering...

... we can find new understanding about life.

The phoenix never tried to escape from the flames.

It allowed them to engulf and burn it down.

Through the flames, instead of around them.

It went into the flames... burnt its suffering self down... and discovered its eternal self.

The fire burnt at first, but then became a friend... no longer something that hurts. It became something that reveals!

The Voice of Anger

Next time you feel angry, listen closely.

Listen to the voice of anger.

It would say something like this:

"Aaaaarrrrrgh!!! This is not going the way me wants it to!"

No Blame

You can never be the cause of my pain... if you trigger it, you show me up to myself...

What Did You Allow Yourself in 2007?

We human beings are not designed to be static and constant.

We are meant to be continuously changing and evolving.

I am strongly convinced that if we do not engage in the flow of life and constantly stretch ourselves into new vistas of learning and experience, we will become miserable, because we will be insulting our very natures (which yearn for the sheer exhilaration of the continuous exploration of life).

We thrive when we are in the flow of exploration and achievement.There is a lot of discussion today about being still, meditating, and "just being". I personally believe that proper meditation is one of the most important topics that a human being could concern him/herself with.

However, I also believe that we need to be in the flow of exploration and achievement.

In the flow of action.

And not in contradiction to stillness and meditation. No, we can be in the flow of exploration and achievement while in harmony with a meditative space in our lives.

In fact, I believe that we should move towards making our whole life a meditation in action. Through proper meditation, we can liberate our minds of errant thought, and become fully engaged in whatever it is we are doing in the now, with bliss and joy ensuing from the clarity of consciousness with which we relate with life (people, nature, ideas, objects).

No task is small or large then. Everything becomes interesting and the "mundane" becomes a meaningless word.

If we are to accept that human beings have a need to be in the flow of achievement, then some good questions to ask ourselves are presented below:

What did I learn in 2007?

What new skill did I develop?

What talent did I tend to, developing it further toward mastery?

What passion did I pursue?

What new place did I explore?

What did I allow myself to receive from this wonderful world we live in?

What did I give myself to so fully, that I felt tired and happy inside when in bed at night?

Whom did I share with of my knowledge?

What did I add to my heart's treasure chest of experience, that will give me inner warmth, for ever?