Sleepless

A sleepless night. When it is time to sleep but one could not sleep. What makes that? 

Perhaps there is too much going on in the head. 

Perhaps there is too much interference going on in the external world. 

Perhaps it is a combination of both. 

Sometimes life can be cruel. Most importantly is how we look at life and how we choose to live life. The way we perceive life is the way life will be. This is the law of attraction. 

     

    

What Is

What is there to see? 

What is there to write? 

Life is amazing. Sometimes it really does not matter what is, it only matter what there is. 

Perhaps there is a mass of things to remember but there might not be anything important enough to remember for life. What seems to be important now might not be so the next minute. Life is ever changing. It is our duty to stay up to date with life. 

Sometimes we do not know what is real. Perhaps it is not important to identify that. Perhaps it is only important for us to know what there is.      

    

Disturb

Sometimes things happen. Whatever that happens seem to disturb the tranquility of life. Perhaps that is the first thought in our mind but is that really so? 

Everything happens for a reason. 

If life is smooth sailing out entire lifetime, will it be the life we are meant to live? Of course we would love to have everything going according to how we want it to be. 

Think again. 

Where is the fun in living? 

Will we have the motivation to learn new skills? 

Are we going to be satisfied with what we already have? 

Life is an ever changing game. There are times where life is a flow and there will be times where life is a rapid. Whatever challenge we face. Whatever potholes we encounter. The cure is always available for us to seek. We just have to learn to stay calm in search of what we seek. 

Patience is key.       

    

Smell

What is that smell? 

Where is that smell coming from? 

We are all born with the senses that make us. We use our eyes to see, nose to smell, ears to hear, tongue to taste, and skin to touch. These are the five senses that we learn in school that makes us who we are. There is another sense that is less prominent but most important, the sixth sense. It is said that when we were born, we are complete with all six senses but as time goes by, our filters become stronger and hence, the sixth sense just goes hidden without a trace. 

Is that true? 

Perhaps for most of us, but not all of us. 

Though we each have all the senses we need to survive, we each also have one or two senses which is stronger. And of course, there are some people with one or two impaired senses,, then their remaining senses would be amplified as a natural way of compensation. 

It is rather easy to determine which senses are our stronger ones. 

If something wakes us from our sleep, that could be danger. 

If something changes our emotion, that could be health related. 

If something makes us salivate, the could be delicious. 

When something smells delicious, we already preconditioned our taste buds. The enhanced taste buds will be able to taste each and every component of whatever that comes into contact with them. That makes the entire eating experience up a notch. That is gourmet. 

Some senses are indeed closely connected with other senses. All we need to do is to connect with each and everyone of our senses every single day. Life can be better with all our senses.      

    

Cool

Weather is the one thing that effects everyone in the entire world. It does not matter which corner we are situated in, weather effects our daily lives and us, as a whole. 

Sunny weather is great but prolonged sunny weather can turn into drought. 

Rainy weather is great but prolonged rainy weather can cause floods. 

It is important to have a balance between sun and rain so that we can have a balance in life. The sun provides heat and light. The rain provides water and life. Without either, there will be no chance for any organism to survive. 

What there is on the outside is also what happens on the inside. We probably cannot control the weather at large, but we certainly can manipulate the weather within. Perhaps a balance between our own active and passive sides is the key towards finding ourselves.     

    

Disturbed

A disturbed sleep can be caused by many things. Sometimes by external factors, sometimes by internal ones, and sometimes a bit of both. Whatever the reason, a disturbed sleep can wreck havoc to the entire days' activity. 

What is in a dream can be something that is in the back of our head. It does not necessarily mean anything important but it certainly has some weight in our life. 

In life, we try to make sense of everything that happens. Sometimes some things just happen without any sense at all. Some can come as a surprise, some can come expected. Perhaps with an open mind, more great things can happen and more great things can be achieved.    

Relationship

There is always a mixture of feelings in any relationship. 

Sometimes somethings just do not make sense. When we think everything should gel but they do not. When we think nothing is related but they somehow are. 

Life itself is mysterious. It is up to us to uncover life layer by layer like peeling the onion. The smell of the onion can freshen us up or make us cry.   

Move

When we intend to move things, we find the energy to do so. 

When we are moving things, we gather more energy along the way for everything else. 

This is called Motivation. 

Be still and calm. Give things a thought. Then, move the direction and live life. 

Life is Simple. 

Dilemma

Life sometimes can be a dilemma. 

Has it come to the point that a decision needs to be made already? 

On one hand, it is important to keep ourselves drug free as far as possible to steer towards natural living. 

On the other hand, it is also important (according to medical experts) to reach herd immunity especially those living in urban communities. 

Is there anyway that one can maintain the basic principal of life? 

Or if this is the time to give in to what every member of the public sees as necessary? 

Pressure

When the whole world is worried about one thing, nobody seems to pay attention to what really matters. The root cause of it all. 

Is this the first time a pandemic occurs in history?

When the pandemic occurs. everyone is busy looking for cures. Is there not anyone interested in finding out why this pandemic is and why this pandemic evolves? Has anyone ever realized that it is a matter of acceptance and control? 

Acceptance... 

of Life and Death 

We all have but one life and thus should accept also the same one death. Whenever, wherever, whatever, whyever, however. Surely there are things undone. Surely there are circumstances we wished we would have more time for. Surely what is at hand and what lays in the future seems important. When the time comes, is there even an escape? 

Of course there is also the question of suffering till death but what is life without suffering. It is through the difficulties that we cherish the ease. It is through breathlessness that we cherish the air. It is through lack that we cherish the love. This is the flow of life. 

Control...

of Emotions and Situations 

We have all lost our senses. We have no control over our emotions and because of that, we fail to see the big picture and lose control over the situation. Surely there is a cure to everything but whether we are seeking a partial or impartial cure that is the question. 

When something terrible occurs, we are always driven into finding the fastest path to end the suffering. But is the fastest always the best? Very often we just take the seemingly best route to a near success without weighing the rate of success and the consequences it bears. Very often we are blinded by the near future and never look beyond that. What is may not be what seems, what seems may be something else. It is emotions over the situation that easily outweighs the importance of deciding based on the situation itself. 

It all comes back to one question: 

What is the purpose of this pandemic? 

From here perhaps only the answer to the entire situation can be answered. Everything happens for a reason and the sole reason is the purpose we should all seek, rather that getting panicked over who is vaccinated and who is dying. 

Emotions aside and all will be clear. 

Uncertainty

Uncertainty is the only certainty in the world. We have to stay top notch in the winds of change in life. 

Life

Life is always associated with new life. 

It is best represented by new leaves propping out of the bare ground or a dry trunk. With the slightest possibility of renewal, always come surprises. 

Never say never. 

The possibility is always waiting for the chance to show itself. 

Life

Life is all about being together with loved ones. 

Life is SIMPLE. 

Time is the essence of life.

The New Life Begins

History

What is true and what is believed to be true?

Education have given us much knowledge we need to live the life that we should. What have we learnt in school? Or rather what have been taught in conventional schools all this while?

The world is ever changing because of technology, new discoveries are made every second of the day. What are we holding on that we believe to be true? Your answer might most probably be everything that is written in books of all disciplines, journals and archives, and also probably the newsprint or the World Wide Web. Everything we see we always believe to be true.

What if, the truth is all along known but hidden?
What if, the truth is something that cannot be seen?

Has anyone ever had even the slightest urge to question what seems to be hard fixed?
Has anyone ever thought that some things have been deliberately hidden from us?
Has anyone ever been through circumstances that cannot be explained by any knowledge?

If you even have the slightest experience of something out of the norm, it is actually an enlightenment. It depends on whether or not you accept it with open arms. It is an eye opener. It is the important turning point that the universe is trying to show you and it is entirely up to you to feel the importance of it. Nobody can force you. Nobody has the right to.

We have been led to believe in many things that only limits our mind. Do you know that the best way to achieve all that you want is not to have all the knowledge in the world but to have all the experience life has to teach you? How have you been brought up to believe? Is it safe to say that our parents have been telling us to study hard so that we can get a high paying job in future, to not have to worry about money anymore?

I know at least I have been told this way and so does many of my friends. And so, we believe that the only route to success is through education. If you flunk in your grades, you are doomed to becoming a low paid worker. There is no way you are going to have a career path that leads to fortune. There is no way of getting out of poverty. You definitely need to find a job that puts food on the table.

Do you know that some of the most renowned people in history are actually school dropouts? There is no need to go very far and deep in search of the people. Albert Einstein is certainly one very good example. He did not finish school not because he was a failure but is very much due to the non-agreement with the syllabus being taught in school.

If you do not do well in your grades, that does not mean you are not great. The reason is simple. The syllabus cannot explain to you all the questions you have in your head. Whatever that your mind is thinking, it is way beyond the understanding of the current education system. This is actually great. It is because of people who have different thoughts that the world can improve. It is because of people who act differently that makes diversity in the world that we live in. It is because of people who become different that can actually make the difference in the entire world. Just imagine if everyone is the same. How boring can life be?

Think of it this way. Education is good to have only if education is updated whenever there are new discoveries. All the artifacts that the modern people find should be told in schools. All the new experiments that the laboratory are doing should be taught in schools. All that is known to a few should be made known to the children in schools. They are the future and they should be given the privilege of such information so that they can continue the legacy of discovery.

With technology, new information is discovered everyday. Utilize true history to make the better future.

 

History is not a burden on the memory but and illumination of the soul.

John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton (John Dalberg-Acton), English Catholic historian, 1834-1902

Language

What is the voice within?

We are so into everything that we have been led to understand so much that we have forgotten the fundamentals of life itself. When we were first born, everything was clear. The slightest movement means a whole lot more than just a movement. Life was simple.

What happened to ourselves? What made things seemingly so simple become a whole different story as time goes by?

Changes happen. Changes happen in all directions. We have been taught that there are three dimensions in our world. Thus come the very common phrase when everything seems to be not working for us… we are pulled from left right center. If you decipher carefully this phrase, it is just linear. Everything that we have been taught, our minds see as one single line, even though we learn so much in school that we live in a three dimensional world.

How do we pull ourselves out from such misleading phrases in life? Perhaps you would be thinking to make the dimensions yourself through the words that you use to phrase things differently. But then, the phrase will sound awkward… we are pulled horizontally vertically diagonally. These are very huge words to use when thinking of a situation we are in.

What is being described in our text books may be the knowledge that has been passed down through generations of scientific research. Parts of them may be true but a bulk of them still remain open to discussion, if we may. Mainstream history and science may not buy into any new ideas that do not fit into the existing journals. Whatever that is written seems to be hard fixed in the common people’s lives.

Why are we limiting ourselves into the theories of others?

We are all individuals. We are capable of having our own mindset. We have the power to influence ourselves to become our better selves. It is all in the mind. But there seems to be something missing out there. How do we actually do that?

Have you ever been in a room with a hundred people? When a person walks in, you can straightaway identify if the person is of caliber or not. That feeling is almost instantaneous. There is no explanation needed.

I remember a story told to me some years ago. An experiment done by a person of caliber to test if majority of the humans are depending on visual or seeing through their heart. The room is full. A man in suit walks in and the entire crowd cheered upon him thinking that he is the person of caliber that they are looking forward to listen to. And so the person did the entire presentation effectively. During the questions and answers session, a participant rose with a question that the person could not answer. Then, the person redirected to say that the answer is so simple, even my driver can answer it, pointing to another man that did not look like anyone important.

Our five senses love to play tricks on us, especially our eyes. Whatever we see we will think is the absolute truth. In actual fact, the man on stage was the driver while that uninteresting man sitting amongst the audience was the person everyone should look up to. Moral of the story is to always feel with your heart, not to let your five senses block the most important sixth sense in you.

Listen to yourself. Travel within to look deeper into what you are really looking for. What is the first question you ask yourself every single day? What is that question that you thought is not important and yet is shaping your life? What are you looking for?

Always ask questions. Even when the questions seem redundant. Even when the questions seem repeated. Even when the questions seem unimportant. What are we doing here? What is our purpose in this life? Are we really who we see everyday in the mirror? What is our destiny? Where do we come from? Which direction are we heading to? This world that we live in, is it really existent or it is all in our imagination?

No language can describe our life if we let go of all the barriers we have been setting up our entire lifetime.

 

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.

Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (Ludwig Wittgenstein), Austrian-British philosopher, 1889-1951

Knowledge

Knowledge means wisdom.

Is it really so?

A knowledgeable person is wise to a certain extent. Knowledge can be learnt, similarly to what we all are, knowledgeable. We went to school to study. We came out to society to work to gain experience. We surf the internet to get information. These are some of the ways we can increase our knowledge. With knowledge, we will know how to deal with certain things in life, certain situations that needs problem solving skills.

It is known to the world that everything can be learnt. How many do actually learn everything they need in order to get through this life we are in? What do we really need to learn?

We have been taught in schools all the subjects that are deemed important for the survival of the current world we are living in. What are they? Language? History? Geography? Mathematics? Science?

What does language got to do with life? Plenty. With language, we can communicate with each other properly without misinterpretation of the meaning. But how exactly will that fair if we are only learning one or two or even three languages when there are hundreds of different languages in the entire world? And that is excluding all the ancient languages that are no longer in use in the present day. Is there such a thing as universal language? Is there such a language whereby every single person in this world would understand no matter the native they are in? Is there such a language that allows us to communicate with other lives on earth; the plants and animals?

Why are we studying happenings of the past? This is in fact the most important subject we need to study but somehow whatever we have been taught may not be the truth at all. Evidence cannot lie but can always be hidden or excluded. When was the beginning of men? Where was the first civilization of humans? How did our ancestors manage to build megastructures that even modern technology cannot? How much are we learning from history? Is it just really just about the cold wars or the world wars? Or is it something bigger than that? How much do we really know about our past?

Geography probably the most interesting subject of all. It is studies of the earth and the earth is forever changing. Whether or not we can see it with our naked eyes, everything does change over time. There might be a stream here today but not anymore tomorrow. Our earth is a living planet and she makes subtle movements that effects our daily lives. Do you see cracks in your home? Some of these cracks are due to erosion. Some of these cracks are due to the earth’s crust movement. Slow movements create cracks. Large movements create earthquakes. It is as simple as that.

Mathematics can be complicated to many. It is not limited to only addition and subtraction. This is a subject we learn about numbers and numbers can bring many myths to light. We see numbers everywhere in our lives. Numbers are all written in our calendars. Numbers are what we see in our bank accounts. Numbers are the reason we have everything we have in our lives. Everything is one massive calculation. No matter how unwilling you are to see that everything is about numbers, we are living in a world filled with numbers because we are all using money to transact.

Science is one that permits us to see the future. What science is contributing to the world is inevitably the most important of all. This is the only subject that provides explanation to all there is and at the same time making every dream come true. Whatever we can dream of, science can make it happen. Have you ever had a vision of how your future looks like? There have been movies made upon dreams of the movie makers. This is made possible thanks to the invention of video equipment. Sometimes, we may even see real objects being created in real life for everyday use. This is science.

If you are great at all these subjects, does that make you a wise person?

All that we can learn is just knowledge, everything that seems important is broken down into digestible pieces. A wise person sees it as a whole.

 

To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.

Nicolaus Copernicus, Renaissance-era scientist, 1473-1543

Answers

Whatever we have been led to believe, is it the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

Technology is advancing faster than what we anticipated several decades ago. With such advancement, we are able to seek deeper into ourselves. What we believe in? What happened to us in the past?

We are so stuck with the beliefs that we are the only civilization on earth. We are so stuck with the history and science that we learnt from school that the first lifeforms are single cells and that we all developed from them. We believe deeply that we evolved from the ape family. There had been a circulation of a discovery that we are somehow also related to bananas because humans and bananas have very similar DNA.

This made me wonder vastly beyond my usual line of thought.

What if there was a mistake in their discovery? Is it possible that it was just coincidental? Could it have been a sabotage? May be someone did that addition of a certain DNA on purpose or there is an unintended cross-contamination? Perhaps my questions are common for the normal people. But as a person who had studied science and worked in laboratory environments before, such mistakes are out of scope. Scientists would have done multiple studies over and over before confirming the result as true. So my questions would seem like ridiculous.

Then comes more questions.

What have we been learning throughout the years? Why are the textbooks still the same as it is without the addition of the latest information and discoveries? How is it that whatever we have learnt in several decades ago is still what our children are learning to this date and time? What we learnt in school in the past is obviously outdated today. But somehow, our children are still learning almost the same things, if not the same at all. Time changes. We should advance too.

Education is important to the future of our world but education should not be limited to everything that is written in text books. Education is about exploration. Children are natural explorers. It is us, adults that have limited them and their beliefs that we are not alone. The universe is vast. We cannot be alone. There must be other lifeforms out there. People who have clarity of mind will be able to connect with the extra-terrestrials compared to people who only believe in what the eyes can see.

If whatever questions we have in the back of our minds true, then why are the mainstream media not talking about it? Why are people with such special qualities not advertised? Somehow, deep believers of the truth are sometimes labelled psychopaths. Just because they are different. Just because they have the gift. They are the special handful of people who are enlightened. They can see what we cannot. They can travel to places that we cannot. How are they different from us, the majority?

It is our limiting beliefs.

Through this date, scientists still cannot explain properly as to how the pyramids were built. Whatever theories that they have come up with, it only made sense to some people, not all. If technology this day cannot even build such a perfectly geometric pyramid with stones so large, how did our ancestors ever built such massive structures? If you think the pyramid is a wonder all by itself, think again. There are many other historical sites in discovery or are still undiscovered till this date.

Atlantis. Some people imagined it was an underwater civilization. Some people believed that it was once above sea level that got flooded somehow. There are so many questions about this historical site still left unanswered. It will be decades or even centuries more before the numerous questions can be answered. It is because the entire civilization is submerged in deep waters, excavation activities for new discoveries is complicated. We will probably not be able to get any answers in our lifetime.

Lifeforms are a wonder, there is no doubt about that. As human race, can we set aside our differences and seek what we need to learn from our ancestors? There is much to learn what we do not know. Why are we hiding in our comfort shells and believing what others are telling us? Can we unite as one?

Find what is missing and the answers will be clear.

 

I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.

Richard Philips Feynman, American theoretical physicist, 1918-1988

Enlightenment

A relaxed body, mind, and soul.

When you wake up in the morning and you feel at peace with everything. This is the best feeling ever. It is as if nothing else matters. It is as if everything in your life is as is because you want it to be. Everything is already in place for you. Everything you need you already have.

How many times have you ever had this feeling? If it is daily, congratulations. Perhaps your life is the ultimate life that everyone want to have. Perhaps you are leading the life of a saint. You can let go of all the sufferings. You can let go of all the happiness and sadness, all the joys and worries. Everything and anything that comes your way, you are able to neutralize to the point it is neither good nor bad.

How many people can achieve such enlightenment? If you think that only a handful, you may be right or wrong. Perhaps it is just the community we are all living in. Whatever everyone does is correct in our perception because majority always wins over minority. Perhaps it is just the environment we are all living in. Whatever we first see every single morning is the absolute truth we are living in.

Sometimes what we see might be true but most of the time it is not. Our eyes love to play tricks on us. Whenever we see something as good, we tend to follow to that same direction without realizing that every effect has its cause, every cause has its course, and every course has its effect. This is a vicious cycle of life. We are all connected whether we believe in it or not.

Connection between all lifeforms and the universe is inevitable. We can never see this with our naked eyes. It can only be felt through deep connection between ourselves and all there is. We, at this modern age lack the connection. The current way of life we are living in almost forbids us to see beyond our eyes. We have been led to believe in something the minority wants us to believe in.

Have you ever questioned the importance of education? This is the one most important part of the life of every living soul. But why are education in classroom settings? Why are certain subjects so important that we must study upon? How about spiritual lessons that have been intentionally left out and replaced with religious studies? What kind of moral are we teaching our children and ourselves?

These are perhaps some of the many questions that you might have asked yourself at some point of time. But because the vast majority are doing the same things, it is only natural for you to stop questioning and go with the norm, in order to be accepted by the society. Your parents told you that good grades secure great paying jobs. This will change your current situation for good.

But… WHO ARE WE?
What are we doing here? What is our purpose here?

If we are just here for the sake of being here then there is no purpose at all. There must be a higher meaning to everything that is in our lives. The next question is perhaps where… Where can we find our purpose of life?

The answer is simple.

Travel within. The only answer to whatever question you have is within. Somehow, we have been led to believe that information technology means everything and will be able to provide answers for any questions we ask. Do you know who are the people feeding the answers to the World Wide Web? They are just regular people like you and me with a slight difference.

They are the people who dare to dream. They are the people who put off all roadblocks in search of the truth. They may sound obscure. Whatever they say may sound too good to be true or too easy to achieve. In this day and life, simplicity is the hardest way of life. We have been trained to think in complicated ways. We have to let go of the past to live in the present to create the better future.

Life is really simple. Enlightenment comes from within.

 

When we wake up from our confused state of mind, that is enlightenment.

Karma Sungrap Ngedon Tenpa Gyaltsen (Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche), Abbot of Dzogchen Monastery, 1965-present