I met a Buddhist monk in India whom I thought was unusually quiet. There was once that he observed silence for a few years, avoiding all unnecessary speech. The reason for doing so was that he was fed up with all the misunderstanding and problems that arose as a result of too much idle chatter.
Is it not true that we are so often misunderstood? Sometimes, even the words we utter are often not what we mean. and at other times, we are perceived and judged through just our words with the real picture being lost.
Anything to learn from this? I believe there is. One is to remember the story of the big fish being hooked because he could not keep his mouth shut. Another is to hone the art of articulation which then can lead us to wearing masks and losing our identity.
Is it not better to practise mindfulness and make the maximum use of all our faculties?
Friday, March 13, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Ox
As this Ox year moves on, let my mind be like the Ox.
The Ox is not known for intelligence so let me remember that an Ox am I.
The Ox is gentle so let me overlook the faults of others.
The Ox is slow. Let me be slow in criticizing others, if possible never.
The Ox is not afraid of hard work (at least it appears that way).
Most of all, let me know that each and everyone is an individual and have rights, dislikes, worries, dreams and everything else which may be entirely opposed to mine. It is not their fault but mine to expect others to conform to my expectations.
The Ox is not known for intelligence so let me remember that an Ox am I.
The Ox is gentle so let me overlook the faults of others.
The Ox is slow. Let me be slow in criticizing others, if possible never.
The Ox is not afraid of hard work (at least it appears that way).
Most of all, let me know that each and everyone is an individual and have rights, dislikes, worries, dreams and everything else which may be entirely opposed to mine. It is not their fault but mine to expect others to conform to my expectations.
Kill Time Buy Time
A visit to a dialysis center is quite a hassle especially for those who do that 3 times a week.
I hear of people eating the food they like while they are hooked to the machine for it is one time they can be free of the ills of their body knowing that the machine will clean everything that is stuffed inside. On this, I would think that it is better to eat hours before the actual dialysis rather than while hooked to the machine. The food would then have been digested and entered the bloodstream.
Ah, I digressed. For those who accompany the patient, it is boring time waiting. How nice if there were an internet café or shops to kill those boring hours?
For those hooked to the machine, good money is spent but well spent it is for it buys them time.
What a difference? Some wants to kill time while another buys time.
I hear of people eating the food they like while they are hooked to the machine for it is one time they can be free of the ills of their body knowing that the machine will clean everything that is stuffed inside. On this, I would think that it is better to eat hours before the actual dialysis rather than while hooked to the machine. The food would then have been digested and entered the bloodstream.
Ah, I digressed. For those who accompany the patient, it is boring time waiting. How nice if there were an internet café or shops to kill those boring hours?
For those hooked to the machine, good money is spent but well spent it is for it buys them time.
What a difference? Some wants to kill time while another buys time.
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