Showing posts with label life wisdom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life wisdom. Show all posts

Monday, January 12, 2009

The Tree And The Cloud - What I Observe


One morning I parked my car as usual at train station and walk to the station. It was windy and the morning breeze felt so refreshing. While I wait at the station, standing there wondering will the train late again today, I look up and suddenly I sense something. It is there all the while but I didn’t notice it, the cloud and the coconut tree.

Just opposite the place where I am standing, I gazed over to the other side of the railway trail, and immediately I saw 2 dramatically different presentations. The cloud is moving swiftly across the sky blowing by the wind, but the coconut tree stood firmly and strongly, with its leaves moving slowly and light.

It really touch my heart : I was wondering how come the tree can stood so still but the cloud moved so quickly, blowing by the wind. Both are facing the same nature force ? Does it resemble to our mind ? Suddenly I realized that the tree and the clouds are same as our mind in 2 different states : one is cloudy & the other one is crystal clear and firm.

I keep telling myself that these are all about our mind state. If the mind is clear, firm and strong, no matter what happen you will still stay as you are. Just think of muddy water compare to crystal clear water, which one is giving more sense of purity & trueness ?

Some people are inborn with the ability to realize this but some are not. I guess I am the later one. All the while my mind so clouded and cannot stable down at all. Too many negative thinking & energy accumulated since my brain start absorbing and working.

But I am glad and thankful that finally I realized it. I believe all the goodness definitely will be rolling out along the way.

From there I started to change my thinking on how things work around us. I become more aware of my mind state and how it affect my thinking, and how it affect the response I received from things around me.

As long as I always be optimistic, thinking positively, my mind state will change and everything will occur based on the right energy I send out.

The nature really our best teacher !

Self Discovery & Realization – Taming & Settling The Mind…


Man’s mind can describe as wild beast waiting to release from the cage. The moment the cage door open, it will run wild without any direction. I believe each one of us have experience this before. I truly believe one’s mind can drive one’s craziness to the upmost level. Trying to drag it back but it will go farther & you will feel totally lose control of it.
I have been experienced before many times and every time the outcome is much painful.

Through Yoga, I have found a way to settle my mind. Breath, Observe And Let Go.

Almost 10 years I am looking for the answer, the cause of my tire-ness, headache, shoulder pain and neck pain. Finally I found the answer to my questions through yoga. All of these problems are caused by my breathing, not deep enough and my sitting position not in the right manner. My body was just too tense and it blocks my ‘Chi’s flow. I was so fortunate that I know the cause and thanks to those who have help me to find the way.

Then slowly from the observation of the way I breath, I slowly aware of the important of the mind and how it really affect our body and our breath. Unsettled mind will reflect in our breath & our body posture.

Yoga is a way to handle the fluctuation of the mind. It helps you to focus your mind back to where you are now. Most of the time our mind do not synchronize with our body and senses. Your mind is somewhere else when your body and senses are in another place. Yoga is a way to unite the mind, body and senses back to where you belong. Yoga lets you live the moment rather than let it pass away without your full participation or attention.

Once I was a person that never appreciates those great moments life has gave me until I found Yoga. Through Yoga I love myself more, enjoy my life more and started to learn how to appreciate each every moment and don’t take things for granted.


Love Life !