Blog Revival! Hallelujah~

Apologise for not writing blog for a period of time. I'll write whenever I feel to, maybe this whole 3 months i didn't have the feel to blog. Nevermind about that.

So.........
What's going on with my life lately??

Big stuff, small stuff, but mostly positive changes happened to me spiritually, mentally and also in my USANA business.

Spiritually, for the first time in my life I am so devoted in learning Buddhism. I mean, ya, I am a Buddhist before and I took my religion for granted in the past. Didn't take any effort or time to learn it, understand it and also practise it. Since the day I've join the Vippasana Meditation class at Subang Jaya Buddhist Association (SJBA), I started to realise that meditation really helping me to live in the present. Often people are not living in the present, they are either thinking about the past or thinking about what lies in front of them in the future. In other word "absent minded". Thru the meditation class also, I am more able to control my feelings and emotions. Not easily get angry or upset. This is very helpful because I was actually a bad-tempered person. Yes, you all might think I'm a cool person, but the anger that i always wanted to express out, kept in my heart.

And guess what, I even went for the 3 days 2 night meditation retreat at Klang Buddhist Temple. Wow, my first time experiencing noble silence for the rest of the retreat. Our daily routines was in the morning, start with walking meditation once we woke up. Then had a breakfast and continue with the walking meditation for 30-45 minutes. Then sitting meditation 30-45 minutes, followed walking meditation 30-45 minutes, and went on the same routine for the rest of the day. Dhamma talks were slotted in the routine. First day I can't get used to it, meditate walking and sitting the whole day?? No chit-chatting with other people? Why weren't they allow us to do so? Well, simple answer, mindfullness. We were actually practising mindfullness. Be aware of yourself and the surrounding. Be aware of your footstep when you're doing walking meditation. Lifting your leg, moving forward your leg, touching the floor, feel the floor. Be aware when you are eating, lifting your spoon, scooping your spoon, opening your mouth, closing your mouth, chewing the food, swallowing the food.
What will happen if we talk? The mindfullness will break. I didn't know that until our teacher told us that the last day. So, yea, I did talk a bit with other meditation mate, just to know each other more. Nice to meet you all, Mr. Gan, Mr. Chew, Mr. Lim, Mr. Chua, Boyce Teoh, Mr. Yeoh and Chow Kien Seng!

Enough with the vippasana meditation. Now let's talk about Metta-meditation. Loving and kindness meditation. We practise this meditation on the last week of the 7-week Meditation Course, and personally i feel this is a very peaceful and loving meditation. The energy of love is there. Our teacher thaught us about love. Not that I-love-you-my-bf-I-love-you-my-gf. Loving every human being, every being, without condition. Not, you must be handsome only I love you, not, you must be rich only i love you, not, you must treat me well only I love you. The love our teacher thaught us on that day was Unconditional love. Love without condition. Loving all living beings. Aspire all of us to be happy, peace and well always. Aspire us all to be free from mental suffering. And at the end of the day, I felt so much love in me. A very deep satisfying, fulfilling love.

I want to thank espcially to Brother Tuck Loon and Sister Lai Fun, Brother Freddie and all Brothers and Sisters who had put in so much effort to organise this 7-week meditation course and also the meditation retreat, without hoping for any return and without fail assisting us and answer all of our doubts and questions on meditation, volunteery. A maha Sadhu to you all!

That's it for today. I'll be continuing writing some other day.
Until then, Sadhu sadhu sadhu.

With love.



p/s: This boy, Ram Bomjan, has meditated under the Bodhi tree, the tree where the Buddha meditated and attained enlightenment in the past, for 10 months without eating and drinking. He told his brother that he would meditate for 6 years. This boy a.k.a "Buddha Boy" is said to be the next Buddha. But unfortunately, we aren't able to see him after his dissapearance on last March 2006. The people around there said he had left to other place to meditate.



One of the Dhamma talks I attended during the last day of the retreat. The Dhamma teacher told us there would be 4 Buddhas coming to the Earth before it's gone. So, 3 Buddhas had came to our earth, could he be the last one, and our earth would be gone in a few years time? I'm not sure, but even if it's true, I'll be ready.