green, and what not.

::cliffsnotes:: / Tuesday, November 08, 2005

However wonderful, i believe, life is still not ideal. It's isn't (yet) perfect. And the main problem? It's us people. The society. Because of our behaviour and attitude to different things in life, we don't make it perfect. If you want your fate to change, first change your attitude. Let me give you some examples of different, let's say, values (if you rather call it). Here i am not pin-pointing anybody, while reading my post, it is definitely allowed for your mind to drift elsewhere.

Forgiveness. Unfortunately, today's society isn't that forgiving. But of course, i believe that everybody is trying to but are stuck in the middle of the rubber band. The tension of opposites. Take for instance, ex-convicts and employers. Singapore wants to show itself as a forgiving and compassionate country. Well, no matter how strong the government persuades employers to take in ex-convicts, employers will certainly would not budge because they already have a stereotyped mind of the ex-convicts. This leads me to the point of yin and yang, girl and boy. Both of them worked very well together (this society....) so why can't us? Different parties work together might be able to get up with something worthy. However small, such as gratitude, is a by-product for working together well. So why not do that, and make life a better place? Don't treat it as a negative item just because it isn't ideal. It's your everything. Once you give it up, you're gone. Life doesn't come by naturally perfect, it is your job to make your life perfect.

I'm trying to keep this post as casual as ever but if there's any deep thoughts around here, umm..please don't charge me for plagarism cos i really did not copied it from somewhere. Just a little boast: i'm a guru of life. ok, whatever you say....LET'S CARRY ON.

Death. Many people think that Death is a scary thing. Someone holding a sith in the hand, coming to collect one's soul, is definitely horrifying. Some people welcome death, whether in a positive way or what not. Of course, seeing Death drag someone to her cave is not that great either. When you learn how to die, you learn how to live. When you are aware of Death, you will be more involved in your daily life. do it the way the Buddhists do. Ask the Little Bird. Is it today? Have i done enough? Have i done the things i ought to do? You pioritise and learn how to live.

Emotions. This would be the last. My thoughts never seem to stop. Um..this has some connection to my previous post on "fusion". It was real (the emotions then), i'm just linking it back. I said something on detaching. Here's it.

Everyone must learn to detach from things. We can't cling on to things forever, as they are impermanent. They change as you change. And feelings and emotions are the same. You can't always cling on to that thought forever - be it good or bad - like a koala bear. Detatchment....

If you hold back on your emotions, and don't let yourself penetrate you fully, you can never detach, becuase you're too busy being afraid. Afraid of the pain. Afraid of the grief. Afraid of the vulnarability that love entails. But by diving in, you experience them fully and completely. You eventually know what pain is, what love is. You recognise this emotion. You experience this emotion, and then you just say to yourself, it's time to detach from it for a moment.

When you're to experience an emotion that's not great...

You recognise this emotion (since you experience it before), the feel of it, the moisture, the texture. Once you confirm the emotion, you can say, "This is fear, not good, so step away from it. Step away. don't let it penetrate you once more.

Approach detector....

Turn on the water faucet and wash yourself with the emotion. Feel it spilling out, drenching you head to toe. Recognise and experience that feeling. Let the tears drop. Let the laughter out. If you let the fear inside, if you pulled the emotions on like an old shirt, you can just say, "Alright it's just fear, i don't have to let it control me. I see it for what it is." Then, you have overcome fear - of a big thing

Same for lonliness. You let go, let the tears flow (crying is good - full, fast relief), feel it completely. But eventually, you'd be able to say, " that was a short moment of lonliness, i'm not afraid of it anymore. But now, i'm gonna put it aside, and realise that there are other emotions in the world and i'm going to find and experience it as well.

I'm done with my post. Go on with what you're doing. Feel free to detach anytime you want if you feel that is getting bory or whatsoever. Grab a bite, if you are attracted, cos it's a real long post (is it not?) that need analysing and reflection. I mean, if you feel that there is a need. If you did surface reading, probably you don't do well for composition, or you just think that there's no marks to it. Philosophy dears, its gonna affect you for the whole life (in a good way, no?), so why not cultivate this habit from young?!

Oh! Why did i write the above paragraph for? It's the end of post, no more......right?

/ihopped at
1:29 AM

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