Mind labels with perception

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
Our life is the creation of our mind.
The Buddha

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
Shakespeare

看不清楚是因为戴了有色眼镜(perception).
So how does perception begin to form in our mind?

Daniel Gilbert 在 Stumbling on Happiness 书中提到, 验究显示因为我们有 memory (we remember how we felt)所以才会有perception. We perceive things as we think they are. When we are doing this, the brain gets information from memory (past experience), visual perception (present experience) and visual imagination(prospection).

越说越觉得跟 Paticca Samuppada 有关...

It's time 是时候了

前几天父亲节打电话回家时， 察觉老爸老了， 而我长得很大了。
退休后的他，生活素质下降了。时间都花在睡午觉及看电视。

当时是这样想的， 是时候我来当爸爸的爸爸了。
It's time for me to be my father's father and my mother's mother wholeheartedly and unconditionally.

首先，催他去换副眼镜。 看得清楚是很重要的！呵呵
再来，鼓励他在家门前空地种些小菜。
然后，让他帮我跑点腿。
。。。

要记住的是， 我不是要改造他， 只是要帮他再次的找到自己。
老爸， 接招吧。

Happiness

Happiness arises from the timely company of friends.
Happiness arises from having few needs.
Happiness arises from accumulated virtue at life's end.
Happiness arises from seeing beyond suffering.
~ Dhp v331 ~

Welcome!!

May you have a beautiful life!!

Success vs Value

Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.
~ Albert Einstein ~

A man of value is a man of success. How true it is?

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude to get what he desires.
~ Thomas Jefferson ~

Hibernating ...

想冬眠，因为觉得我又在迷失于花花世界里了。
让我静静的， 一个人再次的找到平衡点。

生活，不过如此吧。
呵呵
跌倒了，再爬起。
迷路了，再走过。
做错了，再改过。
没什么大不了的。

想冬眠，也可能是因为现在是冬天吧。
低温让人懒洋洋的。
冬天，是我想家的季节。:)
还好，还有个家让我想。 哈哈哈

Dalai Lama

''Peace of mind, you can't buy it from a supermarket. You can buy a diamond ring, but you can't buy peace of mind,'' Dalai Lama declares.

Who can give you the peace of mind?
Answer: Yourself

Koala - Phascolarctos cinereus

Ajahn Kalyano said koala represents 'metta',my Buddhist name, that's why people like to hug kaola.

So... I'm a koala.

No wonder I enjoy hugging and sleeping so much. :)

Loving You by MinnIE RipErton

Happy Wedding, Yar Ching!

Price Tag bY JEssiE J.

Don't be afraid as you have your heart to guide you.
Do continue to protect your heart.

Luck

Luck is often merely the result of persistent careful work coupled with astute observation. Hence, don't just sit there and wait for luck. Instead, let's work hard to EARN some luck. hehe

Birthday Message

A birthday message that I want to remember :)

Happy Birthday, little Lee Yean.
Look back of your past ages and ask yourself:
Do you feel proud of yourself?
Youth, as said, is not the state of age but rather the state of mind.
I know you just teased yourself over the age,
but I seriously believe we'll keep young and curious towards knowledge and learning, and in the process to be wiser. :)
Again, Happy Birthday.

Pindapata

休息

我想休息所以决定休息。

The Summary

To be remembered:
Wisdom is the essence,
Compassion is the outcome,
Mindfulness is the method.

~Benny Liow~

Word + Wording

我在想， 文字很历害只是因为阅读人的想象与扁见吧！
文字只是文字， 所有的东西都只是阅读人的个人的诠释罢了。

Open your ears

Remember to not only open your eyes, but ears as well then you can get some very good advices from others :)

Many thanks to you, Shin Foong and Happy Birthday!!
May you grow from a big boy to a big man soon keke :)

过去， 现在， 未来

我们常怀念过去，期待未来，忘了现在。
真的是性难移，惯难改。
要警惕自己， 不好好把握现在，以后那有好的过去可怀念？
看，死性难改。 又在期待未来了。。。
做人， 难啊。
Life is tricky that is why it's so wonderful. :D

It's Einstein again :D

“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”

~ Albert Einstein ~

Ahh.. Einstein, I love you so much :)

慈

"True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring."

~ Martin Luther King, 1967 ~