The Ten Perfections Buddha (Parami)
Dana - Perfection of Charity
Sila - Perfection of Morality
Nekkhamma - Perfection of Renunciation
Panna - Perfection of Wisdom
Viriya - Perfection of Preserverance
Khanti - Perfection of Forbearance
Sacca - Perfection of Truthfulness
Adhitthana - Perfection of Resolution
Metta - Perfection of Loving Kindness
Upekkha - Perfection of Equanimity
THE PRISON of LIFE
Freedom is salvation from prison
~ this is a discourse on non-attachment from a booklet from Wat Palalei - a translation from Than Achan, Surat Thani Province.
Life itself is prison
The instincts are prison
The senses are prison
Superstition is prison
Sacred institutions are prisons
Teachers are prison
Holy things are prison
Goodness is prison
Views are prison
Purity is the highest prison
Voidness is no prison
Apr 16, 2010
Apr 15, 2010
Never Give Up ~ H.H.DL
Never give up
No matter what is going on
Never give up
Develop the heart
Too much energy in your country
Is spent developing the mind
Instead of the heart
Develop the heart
Be compassionate
Not just with your friends
But with everyone
Be compassionate
Work for peace
In your heart
And in the world
Work for peace
And I say again
Never give up
No matter what is going on around you
Never give up
~ His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama
No matter what is going on
Never give up
Develop the heart
Too much energy in your country
Is spent developing the mind
Instead of the heart
Develop the heart
Be compassionate
Not just with your friends
But with everyone
Be compassionate
Work for peace
In your heart
And in the world
Work for peace
And I say again
Never give up
No matter what is going on around you
Never give up
~ His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama
My Poem ~ Life is Precious ~ H.H Lati Rinpoche
This is written to honour His Eminence Kyabje Lati Rinpoche
Life is Precious
Once in a lifetime i meet a sage
humble, wise, in simple robes, perhaps like i imagined
being around your presence was humbling, forgiving, a blanketing warmth
alike an unconditional open heart waiting for me to come home
since the day we met, the trust was well-founded
your presence moved me, silently, subtlely, absolutely
when the last prayers were done, i could sense
your Eminence's committment to Great Compassion
life is fragile, life is precious
every moment every second
i can only try to do my best
and never give up
this is my promise
for having the greatest loss deep within
if there is a wish I know for sure, it is
to be in your presence to be blessed by you again, my dearest teacher.
I reverently prostrate with my body, speech and mind,
to the Buddha, Dharma and the Supreme Assembly.
May I quickly attain the state of Enlightenment,
for the sake of all sentient beings.
I am deeply grateful that I have the good fortune to have met His Holiness Lati Rinpoche within this lifetime, to receive his teachings and blessings. May this connection and affinity with Lati Rinpoche, a great practitioner, continue for many more future lifetimes.
His Holiness Kyabje Lati Rinpoche went into Nirvana (passed away) at the age of 88 years old on 12/04/2010 in the morning at 5:25am(india time), in Dharamsala India. His Holiness Kyabje Lati Rinpoche was full of Dharma Wisdom and a very Compassionate Greatest Highest Lamas of Gaden. He had benefited the Monastery and all sentient beings during his existence.
Rinpoche’s contribution towards teaching and spreading the Dharma was widely recognized by all, and was deeply respected by many devotees all over the world.
Lati Rinpoche was recognized as a reincarnation of a great practitioner and became a monk at the age of 10. He was the Abbot Emeritus of Gaden Shartse Monastery in Mundgod, South India. Belonging to a very rare class of scholar, saint and high practitioner who completed his training in an independent Tibet, Rinpoche continued to spread the Dharma by teachings at various monasteries and schools, after he followed His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama into exile in 1959. In 1964, Rinpoche arrived in Dharamsala, and was subsequently appointed as Spiritual Advisor to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Rinpoche served His Holiness faithfully till today. Rinpoche’s contribution towards teaching and spreading the Dharma was widely recognized by all, and was deeply respected by many devotees all over the world.
Rinpoche passed away peacefully in his residence unexpectedly. He was not hospitalized. This morning when Rinpoche woke up, he did his usual prayers and told his personal assistant, Sopon-la, he wanted to take his bath. This was unusual as Rinpoche normally had his breakfast before his bath each morning. Prior to that, he had also circumambulated His Holiness the Dalai Lama's temple.
After his bath, Lati Rinpoche instructed Sopon-la to leave his room, and said: "it is time for me to go". With that, Rinpoche entered into clear light meditation. Rinpoche's body is currently still warm and in the meditative state. This is a sign of an Enlightened being. We do not know how long Rinpoche will be in this state, can be 3 days, 7 days, 21 days etc... As and when his consciousness leaves him, Rinpoche's body will then be brought back to Mundgod, his monastery, for the fire puja (cremation). Arrangements are in the process to construct Rinpoche's stupa which is expected to house his relics when the time comes. Rinpoche's monastery, Gaden Shartse, will be making offerings to the 3 great monasteries on behalf of Lati Rinpoche's name, which will be to Gaden, Sera and Drepung monasteries. The number of Sangha in these 3 monasteries alone totals 10,000 monks. Lati Rinpoche was a great, deeply respected Gelug master and one of the most senior Buddhist teacher in these 3 monasteries. All the Sangha will be conducting prayers for Rinpoche in their respective monasteries and many more are expected to attend his fire puja as well as to pay their last respect to Rinpoche.
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May Thy love shine forever from the sanctuary of my devotion and may I be able to awaken Thy love in all hearts ~ Paramahansa Yogananda.
Prayer for the Quick Return of Kyabje Lati Rinpoche,
specially composed by HIS HOLINESS 14TH DALAI LAMA
by Gaden Shartse Dro-Phen Ling on Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 10:57pm
Dear Dharma Brothers & Sisters,
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has specially composed the below QUICK RETURN Prayer for us all to recite and pray for our precious teacher's swift return. Please continue to unite in prayers and make strong dedications.
Here is a note (attached with the prayer) from His Holiness:
"The students of Lati Labrang, the assembly of Gaden Shartse monastery, Trijang Labrang, Zong Labrang, Dro-Phen Ling Center Singapore, Phende Lekshe Ling Center Malaysia, Buddhist Center Taiwan, Gaden Shartse Education Committee, Phukhang Khangtsen, as well as Thepo Khangtsen approached me with a request to compose a prayer for the quick return of the late Lati Rinpoche. As I have had close association with this authentic spiritual teacher for over fifty years and have enjoyed a bond of pure faith and commitment, I have written this aspiration prayer. May the aims of this aspiration be fulfilled as prayed for.
This was composed by the Buddhist monk, the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, on the 5th day of the 3rd month in the seventeenth Rabjung cycle of the Tibetan calendar, namely, on 19, April, 2010."
PRAYER FOR THE QUICK RETURN OF KYABJE LATI RINPOCHE
O peerless savior and supreme Teacher, Shuddhodhana’s son,
O the seventeen masters and adepts, Nagarjuna and Asanga, and so on,
O Dipamkara as well as sovereign father Tsongkhapa,
Gloriously appear here today to grant auspiciousness.
On the great path leading to the heart of Enlightenment,
You’ve traversed by means of the perfect threefold discipline,
And have enhanced ever higher the realizations of enlightened qualities –
O glorious Guru, we offer our supplications at your feet.
Pray return gloriously to propagate the teaching of Lobsang,
By tying well the sash of monastic disciplinary precepts,
And, generating the altruistic intention to free all beings,
Engage in the tantric yogas of the two stages.
Think of the unbearable pain of the sentient beings
Who’re enveloped in the forces of five degenerations;
And to open wide the lotus grove of the Buddha’s teaching,
May your reincarnation appear soon as a source of merit for us.
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Translated by Thupten Jinpa, student of the late Kyabje Lati Rinpoché.
May the sun of H.E Lati Rinpoché’s reincarnation shine soon.
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Om Mane Padme Hum
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Mar 27, 2010
Cittaviveka
Teachings from the Silent Mind by Ajahn Sumedho
THis chapter titles 'Letting Go'.
Truly, wisdom springs from meditation;
without meditation, wisdom wanes;
having known these two paths of progress and decline,
let one conduct oneself so that wisdom may increase.
- Dhammapada 282
...if u fill your mind with more concepts and opinions, you are just increasing your ability to doubt. it's only through leaning how to empty the mind out that you can fill it within things of value - and learning how to empty a mind takes a great deal of wisdom.
... meditation is a skilful letting go, deliberately emptying out the mind so we can see the purity of the mind - cleaning it out so we can put the right things in it.
You respect your mind, so you are more caferful what you put in it. If you have a nice house, you don't go out and pick up all the filth from the street and bring it in, you bring in thingfs that will enhance it and make it a refreshing and delightful place.
.. when you are suffering - 'why am i miserable?' because you are clinging to somethin! Find out what you are clinging to, to get to the source. 'I'm unhappy because nobody loves me.' That may be true, maybe nobody loves you, but the unhappiness comes from wanting people to love you. Even if they do love you, you will still have suffering if you think that other people are responsible for your happiness of your suffering. Someone says "You are the greatest person I've met in my life!' - and you jump for joy.
Someone says "You are the most horrible person I've met in my life!' - and you get depressed." Let go of depression, let go of happiness. Keep the practice simple: live your life mindfully, morally, and have faith in letting go.
it's important for you to realise that none of us are helpless victims of fate - but we are as long as we remain ignorant. As long as you remain ignorant, you are a helpless victim of your ignorance. All that is ignorant is born and dies, it is bound to die - thats all, its caught in the cycle of death and rebirth. And if you die, you will be reborn - you can count on it. And the more heedlessly you lead your life, the worse the rebirth.
So the Buddha taught a way to break the cycle, and thats' through awareness, trough seeing the cycle rather than being attached to it. When you let go of the cycle, then you are no longer harmed by it. So you let go of the cycle, let go of birth and death, let go of becoming. Letting go of desire is the development of the Third Noble Truth which leads to the Eight Fold Path.
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THis chapter titles 'The 5 Hindrances'
Just as, 0 King, the bhikku, so long as these five hindrances are not put away within him, looks upon himself as in debt, diseased, in prison, in slavery, lost on a desert road. But when these 5 hindrances have been put away within him, he looks upon himself as a freed form debt, rid of disease, out of jail, a free man and secure ....
- Digha Niaya II - 73
In meditation one develops an understanding of the 5 hindrances - how, when one of them is present, you investigate it, you understand it, you accept its presence and you learn how to deal with it. Sometimes you can just tell it to go away and it goes; sometimes you just have to allow it to be there till it wears out.
We have subtle ways of being averse to that which is unpleasant and we tend not to be very honest about our intentions. Our habits are that as soon as something unpleasant arises we try to move away from it or destroy it. So long as we are doing this, we don't have any samadhi or concentration. It is only when these 5 hindrances are absent, or we are no longer attached to them, that we find any peace of mind or a concentrated heart.
It is only in the moment when a hindrance actually arises that we can really penetrate it and have insight. If you have noticed, you may go to some of these lectures and gain profound understanding of the Dhamma, but you can still get angry or feel desire for things. When the actual situation arises, you are not mindful; you tend to resist or resent or just judge.
The Buddha spoke of "5 Hindrances" on the spiritual path:
1 - sense desire (greed, lust)
2 - ill will (anger)
3 - dullness (sloth/torpor)
4 - restleness and worry (agitation)
5 - sceptical doubt
... In life, wisdom arises within us when we understand the things that we are experiencing here and now. You don't have to do anything special. You don't have to experience all kinds of extreme pain in order to transcend pain. The pain in your ordinary life is enough to be enlightened with. All these feelings of hunger or thirst, or restlessness or jealousy or fear, of lust and greed and sleepiness - all these we can regards as teachers. Rather than resenting them, saying, "What did I do to deserve this?" you should say, 'Thank you very much. I'll have to learn this lesson some day; I might as well do it now, rather than put it off."
THis chapter titles 'Letting Go'.
Truly, wisdom springs from meditation;
without meditation, wisdom wanes;
having known these two paths of progress and decline,
let one conduct oneself so that wisdom may increase.
- Dhammapada 282
...if u fill your mind with more concepts and opinions, you are just increasing your ability to doubt. it's only through leaning how to empty the mind out that you can fill it within things of value - and learning how to empty a mind takes a great deal of wisdom.
... meditation is a skilful letting go, deliberately emptying out the mind so we can see the purity of the mind - cleaning it out so we can put the right things in it.
You respect your mind, so you are more caferful what you put in it. If you have a nice house, you don't go out and pick up all the filth from the street and bring it in, you bring in thingfs that will enhance it and make it a refreshing and delightful place.
.. when you are suffering - 'why am i miserable?' because you are clinging to somethin! Find out what you are clinging to, to get to the source. 'I'm unhappy because nobody loves me.' That may be true, maybe nobody loves you, but the unhappiness comes from wanting people to love you. Even if they do love you, you will still have suffering if you think that other people are responsible for your happiness of your suffering. Someone says "You are the greatest person I've met in my life!' - and you jump for joy.
Someone says "You are the most horrible person I've met in my life!' - and you get depressed." Let go of depression, let go of happiness. Keep the practice simple: live your life mindfully, morally, and have faith in letting go.
it's important for you to realise that none of us are helpless victims of fate - but we are as long as we remain ignorant. As long as you remain ignorant, you are a helpless victim of your ignorance. All that is ignorant is born and dies, it is bound to die - thats all, its caught in the cycle of death and rebirth. And if you die, you will be reborn - you can count on it. And the more heedlessly you lead your life, the worse the rebirth.
So the Buddha taught a way to break the cycle, and thats' through awareness, trough seeing the cycle rather than being attached to it. When you let go of the cycle, then you are no longer harmed by it. So you let go of the cycle, let go of birth and death, let go of becoming. Letting go of desire is the development of the Third Noble Truth which leads to the Eight Fold Path.
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THis chapter titles 'The 5 Hindrances'
Just as, 0 King, the bhikku, so long as these five hindrances are not put away within him, looks upon himself as in debt, diseased, in prison, in slavery, lost on a desert road. But when these 5 hindrances have been put away within him, he looks upon himself as a freed form debt, rid of disease, out of jail, a free man and secure ....
- Digha Niaya II - 73
In meditation one develops an understanding of the 5 hindrances - how, when one of them is present, you investigate it, you understand it, you accept its presence and you learn how to deal with it. Sometimes you can just tell it to go away and it goes; sometimes you just have to allow it to be there till it wears out.
We have subtle ways of being averse to that which is unpleasant and we tend not to be very honest about our intentions. Our habits are that as soon as something unpleasant arises we try to move away from it or destroy it. So long as we are doing this, we don't have any samadhi or concentration. It is only when these 5 hindrances are absent, or we are no longer attached to them, that we find any peace of mind or a concentrated heart.
It is only in the moment when a hindrance actually arises that we can really penetrate it and have insight. If you have noticed, you may go to some of these lectures and gain profound understanding of the Dhamma, but you can still get angry or feel desire for things. When the actual situation arises, you are not mindful; you tend to resist or resent or just judge.
The Buddha spoke of "5 Hindrances" on the spiritual path:
1 - sense desire (greed, lust)
2 - ill will (anger)
3 - dullness (sloth/torpor)
4 - restleness and worry (agitation)
5 - sceptical doubt
... In life, wisdom arises within us when we understand the things that we are experiencing here and now. You don't have to do anything special. You don't have to experience all kinds of extreme pain in order to transcend pain. The pain in your ordinary life is enough to be enlightened with. All these feelings of hunger or thirst, or restlessness or jealousy or fear, of lust and greed and sleepiness - all these we can regards as teachers. Rather than resenting them, saying, "What did I do to deserve this?" you should say, 'Thank you very much. I'll have to learn this lesson some day; I might as well do it now, rather than put it off."
Mar 26, 2010
R ~ Smile like a Millionaire
i remember one of my many precious lessons in Sept 2005 ~ "smile like a millionaire".
its free, it makes me happy and it brings joy to others.
and i remember my college crush - because the guy had a very sunny smile.
the most difficult thing i find is smiling at those who do not like to smile, or do not smile back. when i'm in my smiling mode however, no long face will stop the smile from being contagious!
oh, how wierd that even a person is usually not sincere, but when one smiles, there will be a gradual growth in sincerity. ; D becos its contagious, its a blessing to oneself and others.
oh, how is it that many tries to achieve so much in life - spiritual, mental, physical, wealth, etc etc.. but with such a painful face! haha.
and also in my himalayan yoga experience, there was a repeat of words i loved - remember to tell my forehead to smile!
and i must always remember to smile more so others will smile with me. even when i have stuffy nose!
my highest service and offer to those around me is to keep smiling. so if u see me not smiling, pls smile at me! thank you in advance for doing so.
N.
its free, it makes me happy and it brings joy to others.
and i remember my college crush - because the guy had a very sunny smile.
the most difficult thing i find is smiling at those who do not like to smile, or do not smile back. when i'm in my smiling mode however, no long face will stop the smile from being contagious!
oh, how wierd that even a person is usually not sincere, but when one smiles, there will be a gradual growth in sincerity. ; D becos its contagious, its a blessing to oneself and others.
oh, how is it that many tries to achieve so much in life - spiritual, mental, physical, wealth, etc etc.. but with such a painful face! haha.
and also in my himalayan yoga experience, there was a repeat of words i loved - remember to tell my forehead to smile!
and i must always remember to smile more so others will smile with me. even when i have stuffy nose!
my highest service and offer to those around me is to keep smiling. so if u see me not smiling, pls smile at me! thank you in advance for doing so.
N.
Mar 3, 2010
Patience, Kind Awareness
...
Take all the time in the world to endure the unendurable. What seems to be unendurable is endurable if you are patient. Remember the world happens to be as it is, and right now that's the only way it can be. The only thing we can do is to be patient with it. It doesn't mean that we approve, or like it any the more ... it means we can exist in it peacefully, rather than complaining, rebelling and causing more frictions and confusion, adding more confusion through believing in our own confusion.
We can allow conditions to be just as they are, because they come and go - their nature is to go away, so we don't have to make them go away.
We 're free and patient and enduring enough to allow things to take their natural course. In this way we liberate ourselves from the struggle, strife, and the confusion of the ignorant mind that has to spend all its time evaluating and discriminating trying to hold onto something, trying to get rid of something.
... taken from Cittaviveka (Teachings from the Silent mind) by Ajahn Sumedho
excitement
fascination
enjoyment
revulsion
aversion
dullness
fear
doubts
opinions
concepts
chaos
likes
dislikes
principles
beliefs
N.
Take all the time in the world to endure the unendurable. What seems to be unendurable is endurable if you are patient. Remember the world happens to be as it is, and right now that's the only way it can be. The only thing we can do is to be patient with it. It doesn't mean that we approve, or like it any the more ... it means we can exist in it peacefully, rather than complaining, rebelling and causing more frictions and confusion, adding more confusion through believing in our own confusion.
We can allow conditions to be just as they are, because they come and go - their nature is to go away, so we don't have to make them go away.
We 're free and patient and enduring enough to allow things to take their natural course. In this way we liberate ourselves from the struggle, strife, and the confusion of the ignorant mind that has to spend all its time evaluating and discriminating trying to hold onto something, trying to get rid of something.
... taken from Cittaviveka (Teachings from the Silent mind) by Ajahn Sumedho
excitement
fascination
enjoyment
revulsion
aversion
dullness
fear
doubts
opinions
concepts
chaos
likes
dislikes
principles
beliefs
N.
Dec 31, 2009
Salad Recipe
Mango Salad
Red Cabbage sliced
Mango
Cilantro
Lime
Cider Vinegar
Sugar
Pepper
Kale Salad
* 1 bunch kale (ribs removed), chopped
* 4 scallions, chopped
* 3 carrots, shredded
* 1/2 cup toasted almonds
* 1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds
* 1 red bell pepper, diced
* 1 cup cubed baked firm tofu or fried tempeh
* 1/4 cup Veganaise
* 1/4 cup nut butter (I like almond)
* 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
* 2 tablespoon soy sauce
* 1-2 tablespoon rice vinegar
* several tablespoon water
Directions:
Combine Veganaise, nut butter, sesame oil, soy sauce, and rice vinegar. Thin to dressing consistency with water. Toss with vegetables. This is a very versatile recipe, and you can add any additional veggies, fruit, or nuts that you like.
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Zucchini patties
5 - 7 cup peeled, grated, drained zucchini or
mixed zucchini (green, yellow, any shape)
1/2 Cup flour
1/2 cup bread crumbs or flour
1/2 Tsp salt
1 beaten egg
5 - 7 tbsp. olive or salad oil
1. Grate zucchini very finely and pour off the juice.
2. In a bowl, combine together flour, grated, drained
zucchini, salt, beaten egg.
3. Make patties from this mixture. Roll them in the bread
crumbs or flour coating them completely.
4. Add oil to skillet; Heat oil in skillet over medium heat,
rotate skillet to coat with oil. Add patties. Place over a
medium- high heat and when hot fry the patties for approx.
5-6 minutes per side or until done to suit your taste, or
until zucchini begins to brown and is tender-crisp. When
all patties will be fried, return zucchini patties to
skillet, heat through.
5. Serve with Tomato sauce, or Soy sauce. Very good with
sour cream on each patty.
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Refreshing Fruit Salad
* 1 green apple
* 1 red apple
* 1 orange
* a bowl of grapes
* raisins
* peanuts
Directions:
Peel the green apple and grate it into a bowl. Peel the red apple and chop it up. Peel the grapes and chop them up. Mix all of them together. Squeeze the orange juice onto the mixture. Crush the peanuts and add them into the mixture with the raisins. VERY refreshing.
Green Salad
* 1 carrot, finely diced or grated
* 2 cucumber, finely diced
* 2 onion, finely chopped
* 3 green chillies(depends on u), finely chopped
* 1 tomato, finely diced
* coriander leaves, a small bunch-finely chopped
* mint leaves (optional)
* ginger, optional
* a few lettuce leaves, finely cut
* a few cabbage leaves, finely cut
* juice of one lemon
* sea salt to taste
Directions:
Mix all the chopped items with salt and lemon and use as a good salad.
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Cucumber Salad
* 3 medium cucumbers, peeled if waxy, and thinly sliced
* sea salt
* 5 tablespoon (or less) vegetable oil
* 1/4 cup raw vinegar
* freshly ground pepper
Directions:
Toss cucumber slices with salt and set aside to "sweat" for an hour or two. Drain liquid. Combine oil and vinegar, and add to cucumbers. Grind black pepper over top, toss, and serve.
This goes well as a side dish on the rijstaffel.
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 15 minutes
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Italian Recipe
SALAD "DEL PREVOSTO"
Boil in their skins three good-sized potatoes, peel them and slice
them, then put them into a salad bowl, and pour over them one-half a
glass of white wine. Do this about two or three hours before they are
wanted, so the potatoes will have time thoroughly to absorb the wine.
From time to time mix them with a fork and spoon to let the wine
permeate. A few minutes before the meal make a good French salad
dressing, add some pickled peppers cut up, some capers, and some
chopped-up parsley, pour on the French dressing, mix up well, and
serve.
"ALLA POLLASTRA" SALAD
Chop up six lettuce-leaves and three stalks of celery, cut up the
remains of a cold fowl in small pieces, and mix with one tablespoon of
vinegar and salt and pepper in a salad bowl. Pour a cup of mayonnaise
sauce over, and garnish with quarters of hard-boiled egg, one
tablespoon of capers, six stoned olives, and some small, tender
lettuce-leaves.
Red Cabbage sliced
Mango
Cilantro
Lime
Cider Vinegar
Sugar
Pepper
Kale Salad
* 1 bunch kale (ribs removed), chopped
* 4 scallions, chopped
* 3 carrots, shredded
* 1/2 cup toasted almonds
* 1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds
* 1 red bell pepper, diced
* 1 cup cubed baked firm tofu or fried tempeh
* 1/4 cup Veganaise
* 1/4 cup nut butter (I like almond)
* 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
* 2 tablespoon soy sauce
* 1-2 tablespoon rice vinegar
* several tablespoon water
Directions:
Combine Veganaise, nut butter, sesame oil, soy sauce, and rice vinegar. Thin to dressing consistency with water. Toss with vegetables. This is a very versatile recipe, and you can add any additional veggies, fruit, or nuts that you like.
==========
Zucchini patties
5 - 7 cup peeled, grated, drained zucchini or
mixed zucchini (green, yellow, any shape)
1/2 Cup flour
1/2 cup bread crumbs or flour
1/2 Tsp salt
1 beaten egg
5 - 7 tbsp. olive or salad oil
1. Grate zucchini very finely and pour off the juice.
2. In a bowl, combine together flour, grated, drained
zucchini, salt, beaten egg.
3. Make patties from this mixture. Roll them in the bread
crumbs or flour coating them completely.
4. Add oil to skillet; Heat oil in skillet over medium heat,
rotate skillet to coat with oil. Add patties. Place over a
medium- high heat and when hot fry the patties for approx.
5-6 minutes per side or until done to suit your taste, or
until zucchini begins to brown and is tender-crisp. When
all patties will be fried, return zucchini patties to
skillet, heat through.
5. Serve with Tomato sauce, or Soy sauce. Very good with
sour cream on each patty.
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Refreshing Fruit Salad
* 1 green apple
* 1 red apple
* 1 orange
* a bowl of grapes
* raisins
* peanuts
Directions:
Peel the green apple and grate it into a bowl. Peel the red apple and chop it up. Peel the grapes and chop them up. Mix all of them together. Squeeze the orange juice onto the mixture. Crush the peanuts and add them into the mixture with the raisins. VERY refreshing.
Green Salad
* 1 carrot, finely diced or grated
* 2 cucumber, finely diced
* 2 onion, finely chopped
* 3 green chillies(depends on u), finely chopped
* 1 tomato, finely diced
* coriander leaves, a small bunch-finely chopped
* mint leaves (optional)
* ginger, optional
* a few lettuce leaves, finely cut
* a few cabbage leaves, finely cut
* juice of one lemon
* sea salt to taste
Directions:
Mix all the chopped items with salt and lemon and use as a good salad.
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Cucumber Salad
* 3 medium cucumbers, peeled if waxy, and thinly sliced
* sea salt
* 5 tablespoon (or less) vegetable oil
* 1/4 cup raw vinegar
* freshly ground pepper
Directions:
Toss cucumber slices with salt and set aside to "sweat" for an hour or two. Drain liquid. Combine oil and vinegar, and add to cucumbers. Grind black pepper over top, toss, and serve.
This goes well as a side dish on the rijstaffel.
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 15 minutes
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Italian Recipe
SALAD "DEL PREVOSTO"
Boil in their skins three good-sized potatoes, peel them and slice
them, then put them into a salad bowl, and pour over them one-half a
glass of white wine. Do this about two or three hours before they are
wanted, so the potatoes will have time thoroughly to absorb the wine.
From time to time mix them with a fork and spoon to let the wine
permeate. A few minutes before the meal make a good French salad
dressing, add some pickled peppers cut up, some capers, and some
chopped-up parsley, pour on the French dressing, mix up well, and
serve.
"ALLA POLLASTRA" SALAD
Chop up six lettuce-leaves and three stalks of celery, cut up the
remains of a cold fowl in small pieces, and mix with one tablespoon of
vinegar and salt and pepper in a salad bowl. Pour a cup of mayonnaise
sauce over, and garnish with quarters of hard-boiled egg, one
tablespoon of capers, six stoned olives, and some small, tender
lettuce-leaves.
Recipe!
DONNA HAY
SPICED COCONUT PRAWNS
Cheemy Chewy Argentinian & Fresh Oregano
Sherry Wine
Cloves
Salt
Lemon
Red Pepper
Unsalted butter (room temp)
soda lime & tequila
grapefruit, oranges, lime (all quartered)
Shivani's Recipe! Yellow Daal
Boil 2 cups yellow daal with about 4 cups water. Cook in pressure cooker – after first whistle, turn down fire. Ready after another 3 whistles. (about 10 mins)
Put mustard seed (abt 2 teaspoon) in hot oil till it starts popping, then add cumin seeds (abt 2 tspn)
Add chilli
Turn down fire and add asafoetida (this burns easily)
Pour in cooked daal
Add mango powder (1 tspn), salt
Add water for desired consistency
Turn off fire
Add coriander leaves.
Brinjal and potato dish
Put mustard seed (abt 2 teaspoon) in hot oil till it starts popping, then add cumin seeds (abt 2 tspn)
Turn down fire and add asafoetida (this burns easily)
Pound the following together and then add to the hot oil above:
• Ginger
• Garlic
• Coriander
• Chilli
Then add large portion of chopped onions to the above
Add diced tomato
Add dry mango (1 tspn)
1 tspn garam masala
add salt
Pour in potato and bringal pices
Add water and simmer for about 15 mins.
-end-
Naked Chef's Recipe!
Coriander Dip
To blend:
Natural Yoghurt
garlic
ginger
green chilli (de-seed)
coriander
salt
Lemon Zesty Dip
To stir fry in order:
Oil
Mustard seed
Curry leaves
Lemons (small quarters)
Chilli powder
Black dhal (some)
White vinegar
salt
(lemon becomes sweet when heated)
====
Pineapple with Sweet Mint Sauce
Sliced thin ripe pineapple
Mint leaves pounced with sugar (to dehydrate)
Sprinkle over pineapple to serve!
=====
Curry
Oil
1 tsp Mustard seed
Curry leaves
* garlic bits
onion (finely diced)
ginger (2 thumbs)
6 tomatoes (diced)
1 tsp turmeric
1 cup water
coconut milk
salt to taste
=====
Sauce for Basmati Rice
Oil
Mustard seed
Black dhal
curry leaves
lemon skin (scrapped in slices)
Squeeze lemon juice on steamed basmati rice
salt to taste
coriander
=====
Green Mango & Beans Salad
Garlic
Dried shrimps
Green chilli (de-seed)
Lime juice
Fish sauce
raw Green Mango thinly sliced
Palm sugar
raw long Beans (in 1 inches)
raw Tomato
+++++++++++++++++++
Thai Recipe!
THAI STIR FRY RICE NOODLES - very quick dish
Fry together in order:
Dried prawns
Shallots
Beancurd (strips)
Preserved radish
Egg
Rice Noodles
Stock Water
Lime Juice
Fish Sauce
Sweet Tamarind
Spring Onions
Bean Sprouts
Crush peanuts
Dried Coconut
Coriander Leaves
====
Thai SPICY CRAB
Stir fry in order:
Shallots & Onions (pounced and crushed for juice)
Crab pieces
Roasted chilli paste & eggs & light soya sauce & chilli oil
Chillipadis
Chinese celery
Spring onion
======
Refreshing Beans
Stir fry In order hot Peanut oil:
Garlic & Chilli chopped & Fish sauce & paste (pounced)
Green Beans 1 inch
Prawns (de-shelled) (optional)
++++++++++++++++++
SPICED COCONUT PRAWNS
Cheemy Chewy Argentinian & Fresh Oregano
Sherry Wine
Cloves
Salt
Lemon
Red Pepper
Unsalted butter (room temp)
soda lime & tequila
grapefruit, oranges, lime (all quartered)
Shivani's Recipe! Yellow Daal
Boil 2 cups yellow daal with about 4 cups water. Cook in pressure cooker – after first whistle, turn down fire. Ready after another 3 whistles. (about 10 mins)
Put mustard seed (abt 2 teaspoon) in hot oil till it starts popping, then add cumin seeds (abt 2 tspn)
Add chilli
Turn down fire and add asafoetida (this burns easily)
Pour in cooked daal
Add mango powder (1 tspn), salt
Add water for desired consistency
Turn off fire
Add coriander leaves.
Brinjal and potato dish
Put mustard seed (abt 2 teaspoon) in hot oil till it starts popping, then add cumin seeds (abt 2 tspn)
Turn down fire and add asafoetida (this burns easily)
Pound the following together and then add to the hot oil above:
• Ginger
• Garlic
• Coriander
• Chilli
Then add large portion of chopped onions to the above
Add diced tomato
Add dry mango (1 tspn)
1 tspn garam masala
add salt
Pour in potato and bringal pices
Add water and simmer for about 15 mins.
-end-
Naked Chef's Recipe!
Coriander Dip
To blend:
Natural Yoghurt
garlic
ginger
green chilli (de-seed)
coriander
salt
Lemon Zesty Dip
To stir fry in order:
Oil
Mustard seed
Curry leaves
Lemons (small quarters)
Chilli powder
Black dhal (some)
White vinegar
salt
(lemon becomes sweet when heated)
====
Pineapple with Sweet Mint Sauce
Sliced thin ripe pineapple
Mint leaves pounced with sugar (to dehydrate)
Sprinkle over pineapple to serve!
=====
Curry
Oil
1 tsp Mustard seed
Curry leaves
* garlic bits
onion (finely diced)
ginger (2 thumbs)
6 tomatoes (diced)
1 tsp turmeric
1 cup water
coconut milk
salt to taste
=====
Sauce for Basmati Rice
Oil
Mustard seed
Black dhal
curry leaves
lemon skin (scrapped in slices)
Squeeze lemon juice on steamed basmati rice
salt to taste
coriander
=====
Green Mango & Beans Salad
Garlic
Dried shrimps
Green chilli (de-seed)
Lime juice
Fish sauce
raw Green Mango thinly sliced
Palm sugar
raw long Beans (in 1 inches)
raw Tomato
+++++++++++++++++++
Thai Recipe!
THAI STIR FRY RICE NOODLES - very quick dish
Fry together in order:
Dried prawns
Shallots
Beancurd (strips)
Preserved radish
Egg
Rice Noodles
Stock Water
Lime Juice
Fish Sauce
Sweet Tamarind
Spring Onions
Bean Sprouts
Crush peanuts
Dried Coconut
Coriander Leaves
====
Thai SPICY CRAB
Stir fry in order:
Shallots & Onions (pounced and crushed for juice)
Crab pieces
Roasted chilli paste & eggs & light soya sauce & chilli oil
Chillipadis
Chinese celery
Spring onion
======
Refreshing Beans
Stir fry In order hot Peanut oil:
Garlic & Chilli chopped & Fish sauce & paste (pounced)
Green Beans 1 inch
Prawns (de-shelled) (optional)
++++++++++++++++++
Dec 19, 2009
My Lesson In This Life
I have asked myself this question off and on. Ad hoc. I check up. See if its real. See if its influenced by fear whatsoever. If its ego self centered. If its solid. If its true to me.
At this moment, i'm repeatedly told that my lesson in this life is to remember that Change is the Only Permanence.
I'm here to remember that attachment can come in every form.
Sense emotions
Family ties
Friendships
Relationships
Opinions
Beliefs
Superstitions
Dislikes
Wanting to live
Worry Thinking
Things Stuffs
Knowledge
In control
Security
Love
Joy
Fear
When death comes knocking, it seems only then, I will truly breath, truly live, truly love, truly have urgency.
So i must remember that the death bird is sitting on my shoulder, anytime, anytime, anytime. I may even be living on borrowed time.
When I die, my wish is that my breath pace, my mind focus, my heartbeat, is all at peace and unshakable within. No fear.
I need to maintain my practice to gain this peace.
N.
At this moment, i'm repeatedly told that my lesson in this life is to remember that Change is the Only Permanence.
I'm here to remember that attachment can come in every form.
Sense emotions
Family ties
Friendships
Relationships
Opinions
Beliefs
Superstitions
Dislikes
Wanting to live
Worry Thinking
Things Stuffs
Knowledge
In control
Security
Love
Joy
Fear
When death comes knocking, it seems only then, I will truly breath, truly live, truly love, truly have urgency.
So i must remember that the death bird is sitting on my shoulder, anytime, anytime, anytime. I may even be living on borrowed time.
When I die, my wish is that my breath pace, my mind focus, my heartbeat, is all at peace and unshakable within. No fear.
I need to maintain my practice to gain this peace.
N.
Nov 20, 2009
My Poem ~ Being You, Being Me
In life, no matter what age, rank, situation or experience...
We grow with each other,
We learn through each other
We teach each other.
We are channels to deliver Truth.
We are also here as a witness.
Joy will be in us, just being us.
Let us fully embrace with courage
All our adversity and challenges,
Knowing this.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me?
If I am not for others, what am I?
And if not now, when?
~ Rabbi Hillel
We grow with each other,
We learn through each other
We teach each other.
We are channels to deliver Truth.
We are also here as a witness.
Joy will be in us, just being us.
Let us fully embrace with courage
All our adversity and challenges,
Knowing this.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me?
If I am not for others, what am I?
And if not now, when?
~ Rabbi Hillel
Oct 16, 2009
Quotes
The goal of life is to manifest that Divinity within by controlling nature internal and external. Do it by Work or Worship or Philosophy or Psychic control, by one or more or all of these and be Free.
Come out into the universe of Light, Everything in the Universe is yours, stretch out yr arms and embrace it with love.
- Swami Vivekananda
Desire for truth removes all other desires;
then it dissolves and what remains is bliss.
- unknown
Come out into the universe of Light, Everything in the Universe is yours, stretch out yr arms and embrace it with love.
- Swami Vivekananda
Desire for truth removes all other desires;
then it dissolves and what remains is bliss.
- unknown
Oct 10, 2009
Crudo Recipe for healthy living
BASIC STOCK
2 large onions
2 sticks celery with their leaves
4 leeks, trimmed
4 large carrots, trimmed, peeled
3 tomatoes, quartered
2 sprigs thyme
1 large sprig rosemary
2 bay leaves
6 peppercorns
couscous with raisin
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http://www.living-foods.com/recipes/
SMOOTHIES
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Ice to crush (optional), raw eggs (optional) Serves 1 to 2
Banana Smoothie — 2 bananas, 1 dragonfruit / kiwi fruits
Orange Smoothie — 2 oranges, 1 raw eggs
Papaya Smoothie — 1 ripe papaya, 1 raw eggs
TUNA YU SHENG
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This can be made either with akami, the leaner, bright red cut of tuna or chutoro, the fattier, pale pink cut. Daikon sprouts, called kaiware in Japanese, look innoicent but have a pungent hot radish flavour. The ingredients can be found at Japanese supermarkets. Serves 2 to 3
Dressing:
3 Tspn of cold pressed mild flavoured olive oil
1 Tspn plum sauce
2 tspn lime juice
3/4 tspn raw honey
1/8 tspn ground cinnamon
salt and white peper to taste
1 small red grapefriut
1 small cucumber
200g sashimi-grade tuna, well chilled
2/3 cup loosely packed daikon sprouts
1. Whisk dressing ingredients untill smoothly blended. Set aside
2. Peel grapefruit and separate its segments. Remove all pith and membranes, break grapefruit flesh into small bits. Set aside.
3. Peel cucumber. Still using the vegetable peeler, shave cucumber into long, thin slices, stopping when you reach the seeds. Stack the slices and cut into thin julienne shres. Soak strips in cold water until needed.
4. With a very sharp, thin-bladed knife, slice the tuna as thinly as possible. Lay the slices out on a serving plate and drizzle dessing over them.
5. Pat cucumber shreds dry with paper towels and sprinkle over tuna with daikon sprouts. Finally, crush and sprinkle rice crackers over all. Serve immediately.
The flavours of this recipe are already balanced, but if you'd like to include a larger variety of compatible tastes and textures in the spirit of traditional yu sheng, you could add the following to the mix:
• julienned pickled ginger
• julienned green mango (not too much)
• pomegranate seeds
• sesame seeds
• pine nuts
• bits of pomelo flesh
• finely shredded Japanese shiso leaves
For pic go to http://siy-siy.buzznet.com/user/
2 large onions
2 sticks celery with their leaves
4 leeks, trimmed
4 large carrots, trimmed, peeled
3 tomatoes, quartered
2 sprigs thyme
1 large sprig rosemary
2 bay leaves
6 peppercorns
couscous with raisin
-----------------
http://www.living-foods.com/recipes/
SMOOTHIES
------------------
Ice to crush (optional), raw eggs (optional) Serves 1 to 2
Banana Smoothie — 2 bananas, 1 dragonfruit / kiwi fruits
Orange Smoothie — 2 oranges, 1 raw eggs
Papaya Smoothie — 1 ripe papaya, 1 raw eggs
TUNA YU SHENG
-------------------------
This can be made either with akami, the leaner, bright red cut of tuna or chutoro, the fattier, pale pink cut. Daikon sprouts, called kaiware in Japanese, look innoicent but have a pungent hot radish flavour. The ingredients can be found at Japanese supermarkets. Serves 2 to 3
Dressing:
3 Tspn of cold pressed mild flavoured olive oil
1 Tspn plum sauce
2 tspn lime juice
3/4 tspn raw honey
1/8 tspn ground cinnamon
salt and white peper to taste
1 small red grapefriut
1 small cucumber
200g sashimi-grade tuna, well chilled
2/3 cup loosely packed daikon sprouts
1. Whisk dressing ingredients untill smoothly blended. Set aside
2. Peel grapefruit and separate its segments. Remove all pith and membranes, break grapefruit flesh into small bits. Set aside.
3. Peel cucumber. Still using the vegetable peeler, shave cucumber into long, thin slices, stopping when you reach the seeds. Stack the slices and cut into thin julienne shres. Soak strips in cold water until needed.
4. With a very sharp, thin-bladed knife, slice the tuna as thinly as possible. Lay the slices out on a serving plate and drizzle dessing over them.
5. Pat cucumber shreds dry with paper towels and sprinkle over tuna with daikon sprouts. Finally, crush and sprinkle rice crackers over all. Serve immediately.
The flavours of this recipe are already balanced, but if you'd like to include a larger variety of compatible tastes and textures in the spirit of traditional yu sheng, you could add the following to the mix:
• julienned pickled ginger
• julienned green mango (not too much)
• pomegranate seeds
• sesame seeds
• pine nuts
• bits of pomelo flesh
• finely shredded Japanese shiso leaves
For pic go to http://siy-siy.buzznet.com/user/
Aug 29, 2009
Saucha: Purity/Clarity
A precondition actually to everything we manifest.
My favourite being Mona - refraining from talking for the day ; )
Did you know most thoughts we garner comes from external influence? Most of us hardly hear our own internal voice. The real voice that reveals truth i mean. ; ) Not the loud egocentred. Of course knowing the difference and finding it is a journey in itself..
So, those who haven't found their voice, saucha can sometimes help. Because only when we purify within & our habits, we can then recognise what is purity. (Bare in mind there's a difference being attached & obsessed in cleanliness too.)
Benefits for the lay: Being in touch with our highest (purest) integrity & values elevates our pure intent in the heart (tots & mind gels together as always) - to share complete love, joy, beauty of all things good. Exuding all this first must come from within. It clears away negative physical and mental states, in which most of us feel trapped in.
***
excerpt text: http://www.yogachicago.com/mar04/saucha.shtml
Every day we can practice purification in a variety of ways. Different faith traditions and cultures have their own purification techniques, but there are many common themes. In addition to our culturally prescribed bathing, tooth brushing and flossing, here are some other examples: mindfulness walks in nature (yes, even in winter), singing, chanting mantras, ringing of bells, smudging with sweetgrass and incense, blessings with water, rituals with fire, anointment with oil, use of the neti pot (to cleanse the nostrils), tongue cleansing, fasting from sleep or food, mona (refraining from talking for a day), abstaining from television, clearing out clutter and excess from our lives, recycling, surrounding ourselves with a bath of white light and even laughter.
Physicists say that 99% of matter in the universe is energy and space, invisible to the human eye. Those who practice saucha are more attuned to these subtle energies and often can discern the need for a brief ritual cleansing after experiencing negative energies. Using simple ways to clear our energies each day helps eliminate obstacles we cannot see. Practicing saucha is a way to increase our consciousness and spiritualize our everyday lives.
***
excerpt text: http://www.lakecenteryoga.com/html/saucha_-_purity.html
Saucha is cleanliness of body, heart, mind and environment. This involves making choices about what you take in as food, through all channels, mouth, ears, eyes and mind. Purity of body, cleanliness, good health habits, a clear and orderly environmen
Do you let any thoughts come in your mind at random, or anything to go into your mouth, or listen to anything that may even be disturbing to your being?
Practice evenness of mind, thoughts, speech and discrimination. Keep the environment clean and clear.
Practice orderliness surrounding the self and our thoughts. Orderliness of environment. Clearing of energy.
By the practice of mental purity one acquires cheerfulness, one-pointedness and vision of the self.
In an ancient Upanishadic hymn, a sage prays:
Oh Lord,
May my body become pure.
May I be free from impurity.
May I know myself as Divine Light.
Oh Lord,
May my mind become pure.
May my self become pure.
May I know myself as Divine Light.
Oh Lord,
May I realize You with my purified understanding.
May I realize the highest bliss with my purified understanding.
May I realize You who are the highest bliss with my purified understanding.
Namaste.
My favourite being Mona - refraining from talking for the day ; )
Did you know most thoughts we garner comes from external influence? Most of us hardly hear our own internal voice. The real voice that reveals truth i mean. ; ) Not the loud egocentred. Of course knowing the difference and finding it is a journey in itself..
So, those who haven't found their voice, saucha can sometimes help. Because only when we purify within & our habits, we can then recognise what is purity. (Bare in mind there's a difference being attached & obsessed in cleanliness too.)
Benefits for the lay: Being in touch with our highest (purest) integrity & values elevates our pure intent in the heart (tots & mind gels together as always) - to share complete love, joy, beauty of all things good. Exuding all this first must come from within. It clears away negative physical and mental states, in which most of us feel trapped in.
***
excerpt text: http://www.yogachicago.com/mar04/saucha.shtml
Every day we can practice purification in a variety of ways. Different faith traditions and cultures have their own purification techniques, but there are many common themes. In addition to our culturally prescribed bathing, tooth brushing and flossing, here are some other examples: mindfulness walks in nature (yes, even in winter), singing, chanting mantras, ringing of bells, smudging with sweetgrass and incense, blessings with water, rituals with fire, anointment with oil, use of the neti pot (to cleanse the nostrils), tongue cleansing, fasting from sleep or food, mona (refraining from talking for a day), abstaining from television, clearing out clutter and excess from our lives, recycling, surrounding ourselves with a bath of white light and even laughter.
Physicists say that 99% of matter in the universe is energy and space, invisible to the human eye. Those who practice saucha are more attuned to these subtle energies and often can discern the need for a brief ritual cleansing after experiencing negative energies. Using simple ways to clear our energies each day helps eliminate obstacles we cannot see. Practicing saucha is a way to increase our consciousness and spiritualize our everyday lives.
***
excerpt text: http://www.lakecenteryoga.com/html/saucha_-_purity.html
Saucha is cleanliness of body, heart, mind and environment. This involves making choices about what you take in as food, through all channels, mouth, ears, eyes and mind. Purity of body, cleanliness, good health habits, a clear and orderly environmen
Do you let any thoughts come in your mind at random, or anything to go into your mouth, or listen to anything that may even be disturbing to your being?
Practice evenness of mind, thoughts, speech and discrimination. Keep the environment clean and clear.
Practice orderliness surrounding the self and our thoughts. Orderliness of environment. Clearing of energy.
By the practice of mental purity one acquires cheerfulness, one-pointedness and vision of the self.
In an ancient Upanishadic hymn, a sage prays:
Oh Lord,
May my body become pure.
May I be free from impurity.
May I know myself as Divine Light.
Oh Lord,
May my mind become pure.
May my self become pure.
May I know myself as Divine Light.
Oh Lord,
May I realize You with my purified understanding.
May I realize the highest bliss with my purified understanding.
May I realize You who are the highest bliss with my purified understanding.
Namaste.
Aug 20, 2009
My Poem ~ Ode to Fear
Instead of fear, let there be Empowerment, Respect, Trust & Integrity.
In the moment of fear, this is what I heard,
"Those who fear are those who bully
Those who fear are those who forces
Those who fear are those who pretend & buy favours
Those who fear are those who are void & insecure
Those who fear are those who are bounded
Those who fear are those who are chaos within
Those who fear are those who are in reality, lost
Those who fear are those who's untrue, unwise, unwelcome
Those who fear are those who forget groundedness
THose who fear are those who never dare to walk alone
Those who fear are those who seek others' approval
Those who fear are those who cannot face truth
Those who fear are those who lack self trust
Those who fear are those who has no peace"
If only we knew that fear IS and will always be a simple matter of choice.
In every second of fear, there's a choice and chance to breathe fear out, just as much as a chance to breathe in courage, peace & love.
Where there is love, there is no fear.
In every breathe, there's an opportunity to let go of it.
In every breathe, there's an opportunity to let love in.
~N
In the moment of fear, this is what I heard,
"Those who fear are those who bully
Those who fear are those who forces
Those who fear are those who pretend & buy favours
Those who fear are those who are void & insecure
Those who fear are those who are bounded
Those who fear are those who are chaos within
Those who fear are those who are in reality, lost
Those who fear are those who's untrue, unwise, unwelcome
Those who fear are those who forget groundedness
THose who fear are those who never dare to walk alone
Those who fear are those who seek others' approval
Those who fear are those who cannot face truth
Those who fear are those who lack self trust
Those who fear are those who has no peace"
If only we knew that fear IS and will always be a simple matter of choice.
In every second of fear, there's a choice and chance to breathe fear out, just as much as a chance to breathe in courage, peace & love.
Where there is love, there is no fear.
In every breathe, there's an opportunity to let go of it.
In every breathe, there's an opportunity to let love in.
~N
Jul 11, 2009
is procreation an egoistic need?
proof me wrong please.
because no matter how I put/see it, it is still the same results.
few reasons why I would consider procreating, and the same reason why I don't want to, because it seems selfish and a self proclaimed will...
- to have younger ones to care for me/ partner when I'm ill, bedridden or weak
- to continue the good work of human kind if I didn't do enough of it within my life
- to carry my values for a better world
- to fulfill the wish of another to carry on their family name
i wonder if others who had procreated ever thought of these...
because no matter how I put/see it, it is still the same results.
few reasons why I would consider procreating, and the same reason why I don't want to, because it seems selfish and a self proclaimed will...
- to have younger ones to care for me/ partner when I'm ill, bedridden or weak
- to continue the good work of human kind if I didn't do enough of it within my life
- to carry my values for a better world
- to fulfill the wish of another to carry on their family name
i wonder if others who had procreated ever thought of these...
Jul 6, 2009
Poem ~ GOD has a good sense of humor
GOD has a good sense of humor
Because He created you to Terrorize & Create Nightmares for others
He gave you the Voice to Whinge, Whine, Nag & Deafen others
He educated you to say Rude things to others with a Fake British Accent
He said ‘Bow to God’s Temple’ but you misheard it as Bow to Your Temper
He proclaimed Divine Truth, you mistook it as that’s Divine Me, Myself & I
He directed your Heart to work with your Brain but Forgot to Activate Both
He led you to believe the Biggest Joke that the World Revolves Around you Alone
He accidentally presses Rewind & Play instead of Erase & Eject …
GOD has a great sense of humor indeed.
~ inspired by someone who is real, and hitler like in real life. for me, it is a positive personal experience to convert an unpleasant experience to something creative & positive ; )
Because He created you to Terrorize & Create Nightmares for others
He gave you the Voice to Whinge, Whine, Nag & Deafen others
He educated you to say Rude things to others with a Fake British Accent
He said ‘Bow to God’s Temple’ but you misheard it as Bow to Your Temper
He proclaimed Divine Truth, you mistook it as that’s Divine Me, Myself & I
He directed your Heart to work with your Brain but Forgot to Activate Both
He led you to believe the Biggest Joke that the World Revolves Around you Alone
He accidentally presses Rewind & Play instead of Erase & Eject …
GOD has a great sense of humor indeed.
~ inspired by someone who is real, and hitler like in real life. for me, it is a positive personal experience to convert an unpleasant experience to something creative & positive ; )
Jun 30, 2009
Open Heart
Today, my heart is open. And thanks to the art of being in union, I have been able to focus on being open with less and less blockages - in physical, in mental, in emotional. it is a practice i would love to keep at.
Before my day begins, there is a gesture I could do, to direct the base energy to the heart chakra, and from the intellect to the heart as well.
In lay language, what i mean is, Intention & Motivation is one of the most important thing to set before we actively move in thoughts, words and action. THus, a chance to direct daily intentions and motivations towards our beautiful heart chakra.
That we may or could dedicate our pure heart & offer it to every being's benefits, in what we say, do or act.
Looking at life as a whole, I'd sum it up as:
When we die, we ask ourselves if we had lived and given with all our heart
When we are living, we seek so desperately to feel belong and yet need space to expand
When we are entagled in our own life cycle of self driven desires, we want so much to be free from pain derived from the natural formation of having desires.
But Be wary that we very naturally speak from self driven desires.
One binds us, the other frees us.
One gives us a black face, the other makes us glow, shine.
One makes us feel heavy, rigid and stagnant, the other light and flowy like an open channel.
An Open Heart brings nothing but joy, happiness, warmth and love into our hearts. When we have loads of that lovely juice, we would naturally flow and expand that out. life will only be sweeeeeet.
How can anyone and who would ever want to resist this awe inspiring experience? Of course the one who taste the sweetness will keep doing it to get this selfish results too. ; )
Channel your thoughts, your desires, through your pure heart and to live your life's purpose, even if that means we would have to walk new paths, meet new people, let go of our past or serve those to whom we do not like, or walk the same road of others we do not approve off in virtue.
Every opportunity is an opportunity and platform to be this open channel, and to learn to remain our open self and be unshaken like a mountain - peaceful and steady on the inside. Strong and flourishing, on the outside. A sanctuary for many.
Namaste.
Before my day begins, there is a gesture I could do, to direct the base energy to the heart chakra, and from the intellect to the heart as well.
In lay language, what i mean is, Intention & Motivation is one of the most important thing to set before we actively move in thoughts, words and action. THus, a chance to direct daily intentions and motivations towards our beautiful heart chakra.
That we may or could dedicate our pure heart & offer it to every being's benefits, in what we say, do or act.
Looking at life as a whole, I'd sum it up as:
When we die, we ask ourselves if we had lived and given with all our heart
When we are living, we seek so desperately to feel belong and yet need space to expand
When we are entagled in our own life cycle of self driven desires, we want so much to be free from pain derived from the natural formation of having desires.
But Be wary that we very naturally speak from self driven desires.
One binds us, the other frees us.
One gives us a black face, the other makes us glow, shine.
One makes us feel heavy, rigid and stagnant, the other light and flowy like an open channel.
An Open Heart brings nothing but joy, happiness, warmth and love into our hearts. When we have loads of that lovely juice, we would naturally flow and expand that out. life will only be sweeeeeet.
How can anyone and who would ever want to resist this awe inspiring experience? Of course the one who taste the sweetness will keep doing it to get this selfish results too. ; )
Channel your thoughts, your desires, through your pure heart and to live your life's purpose, even if that means we would have to walk new paths, meet new people, let go of our past or serve those to whom we do not like, or walk the same road of others we do not approve off in virtue.
Every opportunity is an opportunity and platform to be this open channel, and to learn to remain our open self and be unshaken like a mountain - peaceful and steady on the inside. Strong and flourishing, on the outside. A sanctuary for many.
Namaste.
Jun 23, 2009
Application
What's the use of having All the Paper Qualification, All the Knowledge, All the Language, All the Right Books, when we don't know how to apply it for the benefit and abundance for ourselves and for others?
Excellence
Excellence. Boy, am I oozing fire on this topic! Now, let me start.
This reminds me of a book I read: There's No Such Thing As "Business" Ethics: There's Only One Rule For Making Decisions by John C. Maxwell
I liked and agreed with John.
THe summary of it is - If you behave in excellence at home, you would apply it in business. So, if its true, that would mean, if I am a liar, i'd be a liar everywhere. If I am rude, I'd be rude everywhere.
And being with/accepting double standard. DOES IT EQUATE TO INTEGRITY?
The level of integrity a person has equates to everything about him/her.
Otherwise, nobody would, should and will ever believe, and want to be any way related to him.
Let's think for a minute...A person WITHOUT integrity. Really, is that someone you'd like to associate with?
Now, let's bring that home to me and you. Habits - no matter how tiny, forms our daily thoughts. So, if I don't have an attitude for delivering excellence in one area, do you think I'd have it in others?
Perhaps, you'd argue, well, we have to be selective sometimes due to time frame, etc.
Acceptable if its within your own space. We are not perfect, not even Superman is.
But when we throw our second, third base, or worst attitude to others - do you think that's something excusable?
If it is intentional, i don't think so.
If it isn't, I'd say - accept it, apologize, and move on & forward.
I personally see BEING IN EXCELLENCE IS A HABIT.
A daily practice in mind, heart and spirit.
I had also build an opinion that I should walk my talk. And to be expecting excellence from others, I would need to BE IN excellence myself. ; )
Lastly, may I add, that just like everything else in life and topics, the level of excellence still depends on one's perspective and own experience in their own exposure/environment. Hence, one's level can differ from another - so effective communication between two parties are key important factors.
So, if we are coming from a Win Win, it's good and very important to see both sides of the story.
I know there's unlimited room for improvements. Let's do it together shall we!
Excellence = Mastery. My key interest of course...!!!
~ Namaste to my teachers along the way
This reminds me of a book I read: There's No Such Thing As "Business" Ethics: There's Only One Rule For Making Decisions by John C. Maxwell
I liked and agreed with John.
THe summary of it is - If you behave in excellence at home, you would apply it in business. So, if its true, that would mean, if I am a liar, i'd be a liar everywhere. If I am rude, I'd be rude everywhere.
And being with/accepting double standard. DOES IT EQUATE TO INTEGRITY?
The level of integrity a person has equates to everything about him/her.
Otherwise, nobody would, should and will ever believe, and want to be any way related to him.
Let's think for a minute...A person WITHOUT integrity. Really, is that someone you'd like to associate with?
Now, let's bring that home to me and you. Habits - no matter how tiny, forms our daily thoughts. So, if I don't have an attitude for delivering excellence in one area, do you think I'd have it in others?
Perhaps, you'd argue, well, we have to be selective sometimes due to time frame, etc.
Acceptable if its within your own space. We are not perfect, not even Superman is.
But when we throw our second, third base, or worst attitude to others - do you think that's something excusable?
If it is intentional, i don't think so.
If it isn't, I'd say - accept it, apologize, and move on & forward.
I personally see BEING IN EXCELLENCE IS A HABIT.
A daily practice in mind, heart and spirit.
I had also build an opinion that I should walk my talk. And to be expecting excellence from others, I would need to BE IN excellence myself. ; )
Lastly, may I add, that just like everything else in life and topics, the level of excellence still depends on one's perspective and own experience in their own exposure/environment. Hence, one's level can differ from another - so effective communication between two parties are key important factors.
So, if we are coming from a Win Win, it's good and very important to see both sides of the story.
I know there's unlimited room for improvements. Let's do it together shall we!
Excellence = Mastery. My key interest of course...!!!
~ Namaste to my teachers along the way
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