Choosing not to Grow Up

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. -- Chili Davis

Nalanda Buddhist Society: Ajahn Kalyano Visited Nalanda

Nalanda Buddhist Society: Ajahn Kalyano Visited Nalanda

Universal Problem

Viewing the 'other' as a 'stranger' is not the problem; the problem is dissolving the "strangeness". By Ron Adams

Demystifying The Thesis by Ron Adams

Dear Academic,

Knowledge is your power, words is your tool. So activate your hunger for words.

Best wishes
Ron Adams

The most beautiful day of my life

Every morning, tell yourself:"Today is the most beautiful day of my life." :-)

Effective Delivery

Metro Trains chief executive Andrew Lezala explaining to the public about the Melbourne's train network. The Age, 1 August, 2010.

''Because we have a spider [network], if we want to have a spider's web we have to have the buses connecting the legs up effectively,'' he said. ''The buses have a vital role to play.''

''When the services get to the centre, they cross over each other a lot,'' Mr Lezala said. ''If you traced the path of all the trains it would be like spaghetti. We need to get it so it is more like lasagne, so we have got … flow through the middle, so if one line is in trouble it doesn't affect another line.'

What I learnt from the e-mail, 7%

1. Agree to disagree.
2. Time heals everything. Give time time.
3. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
4. Forgive everyone everything.
5. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one does.
6. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

Sati Sampajanna

Three factors of meditation:
1) Sati – mindfulness, not forgetting or remembering,
2) Sampajanna – alertness, awareness or wakefulness,
3) Appropriate effort.

Suffering

Notes from Vassa one-day retreat with Ajahn Kalayno

1. Some suffering in life are subtle and we don't even know we are experiencing them.
2. Suffering is to be understood and dealt with wisely but not to be avoided.
3. Some suffering cannot be avoided, e.g. old age, death...

Miscellaneous
Hearing is just hearing: When you are mindful, you'll notice the whole hearing process. 1) I hear that 2) I give meaning to that (he is praising me) 3) I know that I am receiving praise 4) I check the truthfulness of the saying (you'll be able to do that only when your wisdom and mindfulness are strong enough)

Practise to think, say and react in a neutral way, e.g.
1) The cow is eating the grass on the field. (not the ugly cow is eating the grass on the field...)

Being a RI teacher

Children of Victorian, here I come!!

Time

Time is a concept.
It's conditioned by the absence or presence of your desire towards something.

When you want something so much but you haven't got it yet or you haven't been satisfied then you will feel that time passes so slow ...so slow...

A timely motivation to metta

1) We'll be able to detach at the end, only if we have tried hard enough in the first place.
2) Don't give up hunting until you get the best meat
3) Give more patience
4) Aim HIGH

Misc

" Many folk like to know beforehand what is to be set on the table; but those who have laboured to prepare the feast like to keep their secret; for wonder makes the words of praise louder." ~ The Return of the King ~

Home

What does this word mean to you?

Answers:
1. A place where I feel comfortable and relax
2. "My sweetheart is here, this is my home"
3. A place where my parents are living
4. A place within
5. This is home where I know I won't be alone
6. A place where everyone loves you no matter what

Jimmy Cliff - I can see clearly now

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun shiny day

I think I can make it now, the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is the rainbow I've been prayin' for
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun shiny day

Look all around, there's nothin' but blue skies
Look straight ahead, nothin' but blue skies

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
You're the rainbow I've been prayin' for
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun shiny day

Do it

"People often think: I need to go an MBA or something first. It's rubbish," says Charles Armstrong of Trampoline Systems. "The surest way to learn... is to do it."

"And the sooner you do it the better because as our lives proceed we have more to lose."

Quoting from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/10322902.stm

Status conscious

Am I becoming more and more status conscious?

Definition of "status conscious" is to want to have a high material standard of living by, for example, owning the latest gadgets and wearing fashionable clothes...

Learning to become a better one

Everyday I learn something and unlearn something.

难

很多事情， 难的也好，只要用心去做就不难了。
因为你用心，专心时你就不会在乎它难与否。

加油了。

Others

Do not presume or aspect others to think like you do, always.