How I calm my mind just to achieve temporary peace

Our mind, obviously identified as our thoughts,perceptions,feelings ect., is an unbodied "thing" which recieves its information through its senses. The mind records the infomation and stores them in the memory chamber. Whenever I am free all alone to myself at any hour, I usually find a place comfortable to relax my body and my mind. And as I sit or lay down, I try to focus my thoughts to a single thought which is my breath. From that po[nt onwards, through my mindfullness, I am able to get away from the unnecessary thoughts that flow through my mind. Although the mind is at peace temporary,I am happy for that moment. To my knowledge, understanding and experience, the mind has a lot of chambers/chakras where it acts accordingly to it wishes. But I can tame my mind temporary and stay focused to my desires.

I am back after a long absence....Sawadee Krup

Hi ! everyone...Yes,I have been away for a long time, years. I am so glad that I can continue writting my blog again. I will turn 77 years old in October and I am looking forward to celebrate this auspicious event with my loved ones,my dearest family. They have always been with me through thick and thin, showering their love and care all the time. Well, I feel blessed. My life now is just a routine and I have almost renounced the disires and anxiety which I had before because all that I have desired, has happened and I am not eager to persue my visions. I am so happy and contended with whats happening within and outside my mind. I trully understand the universal truths, which is the 4 noble truths..Sufferings, cause of sufferings,cessation of sufferings and the way to live a life without sufferings. Although there are times my mind is atracted to the five senses,I manage to steer my mind through my mindfullness. Yes, this is , I think, the only way for me to stay away from sufferings. I meditate whenever I am idle and spend most of my time enjoying nature.Life is so beautiful and meaningful. Well, that all for the moment. I will catch up with you when the time comes. Byeeee and may you all be blessed.Amen

Hi..... It has been ages since I have not been active at my blog because my PC broke down and I was unable to purchase a new one. Anyway here I am using my daughters PC to share my thoughts in my last few remaining years of my material life.... Hmnnn....To start off with, I will be 74 years old in October 2017. I am in good health and I spend most of my time at my garden. The years has past very swiftly and my thoughts and visions has changed almost completely. I have come to a state of realization that life is only a process whereby I have to start as a baby by birth and end as I reach the horizon. I realized that it was not that smooth sailing from the start because of my EGO self. I ran into many problems and difficulties by allowing my senses to control my desires which lead me to anger, greed, frustration, lust and revenge. I always had in mind that nothing is impossible if we are willing to take the challenge. But the success never lasted long enough but it was followed by miseries. I was lucky I had a lot of loving kindness in me which somehow or another calmed me down temporary... I believed in faith and fate as well and I never hesitated to perform my prayers pleading the almighty for assistance. Little did I realize that all that has happened to me was my creation and not my fate. I could not control my mind which allowed my EGO to control my mind through the five senses to crave for a better life... Anyway , now that I have discovered the truth, I hope to lead a life with low profile... I am peaceful now and have no regrets of my past and I am not looking for the future...but enjoying the present doing the things I think its right... Goodbye for now.

It takes two or more to play a game.

Hello everyone, how are you ? I have been away for some time because of the traditional festivals.

And at the same time, I have not been well. I have this frozen shoulders for some time and my body aches make me unable to be fit. Anyway, mentally I am alright. I still have the awareness to perform my daily chores. At times, I am often distracted by thoughts. Although my body language speaks, but most of my family members do not take it serious because I do not complain.

I know that this is because I am growing old and most of my body organs do not function well as they did when I was young. I believe..as I know myself, that this is the cause of mismanagement of my body system . That is to say, I was careless about the food intake and the daily exercise which is important to maintain a healthy body. Now, the damage has been done and I have to find ways and means to move along till the end of time.

Most of us are aware of the cause and effect of any system, be it be of the body or the mind, but the bad attitude in us , that is, laziness , forgetfulness ect., deprives us of achieving our goals. It maybe easy to repair a vehicle when it breaks down, but it is not that in a human being. As the body deteriots, our mind does not function that well. The whole system breaks down and that is the end of us.

As such, in this material life, we should develop a wisdom when we are young to avoid this ending. As most people are aware of this , they just do not take this matter serious because they are healthy , in body and mind and in wealth. This is the major weakness of a human being.

In this material world which we live in, we have to live in a community and assist each other in times of joy and in misfortunes. We should share what we have and love each other by addressing the needs of the others.

This has never happened, is not happening, and will never happen, I presume , in this world. That is why we have wars between ourselves. Man has searched for peace and happiness all these while, by searching for their creators, forming religious sects, making reliougs laws and enactments, but yet they are unable to achieve their goals.

Nobody can escape, sorrow, di satisfication, old age and death. Not even the prophets. So, going back to my title, " it takes two to play a game " or " it takes two to tango " means, we as humans need a body and a soul , we need friends, we need neighbours, we need the old as well as the young ones, we need a vision in life , we also need a partner in life be it be of the same sex or otherwise. Lastly we need a " GOD " so we can have a guideline.

Look at nature as itself. They are well placed in the way they are landscaped. The mountains in many shapes, the forests in many sizes, the waterfalls and the rivers which flows towards the sea, and lastly the weather which has its seasons. Whatever comes in excess or grows over the limit, then , natural disasters accur temporary but then settles down soon and everything comes to normal. This is the same case as humans. We come ,we go....we come again and we go again. Whatever we have in excess has to go whether in charity or in DISASTERS.

Holiday in Penang

I am in Penang with Pat, Angie,her kids,Laura & Viola and Nancy. We stay at Bay-view Hotel. We came here on Monday 26.09.2011 and we will be leaving for KL on Friday 30.09.2011. I visited my old pals...Ah Thong, Ghani Zakaria, Pukau, Khaw Keng Boon and lastly Rosli Sallehuddin. I bought a merbok denak from Pukau for RM 300. Ah Thong and I exchanged birds. The food in Penang was as expected delicious. Penang is not like the old days. When I first came to live in Penang in 1963, Penang was a fairy tale island with the colonial buildings, the Squarters dwelled by the poor, villages and settlements the Chinese settled, rubber estates where the Indians worked and lived, and not forgetting the beautiful beaches with crystal clear waters. You could see your feet when you enter the water and see the little fishes nibbling your feet. At Penang road the electric trams were busy ferrying people to their destinations. The trishaws were pulled by the trishaw man transporting people from one place to another. We could hardly find the Malays in town as they were confined to their kampongs doing their kampong jobs. The people seen in town were the Indian Mamaks, the Chinese and not forgetting the Europeans. There were hardly ant cars roaming the streets. Most people travelled by bicycle. Yes , Penang was a busy place as what is today, but today it is a mad house, POLLUTED. I think the main reson for this disaster is because of the greedy people who wanted to get rich quickly, and also wanted to show the world that Malaya was not a third country. I believe that beauty is not seen only on the outside, but inside within yourself. Shame to the greedy people. Not only they destroyed the country's infastructure ,but created more deaths by accidents and drugs. The source of the problem is, guess what ?
Anyway, this problem has not only affected our country , Malaysia , but the whole world.

My lucky day

This is one of my lucky days in my life. It happened on the 6th.September 2001. At 7am , I left home to the General Hospital at Sg.Buloh , Selangor. After the check-up, I collected my medicine and then proceeded to the Government clinic which is situated about 3 kilometers away. On arrival, I decided to have lunch at the canteen. After lunch, I went to the pharmacy to collect medicine for my wife, Pat. As usual, I had to take a number and wait for my turn. Since there were allot of people, I had to wait for more than an hour. At last my turn arrived and after collecting the medicine, I left. I arrived at the Toto outlet to try my luck. as I alighted the car, I reached for my bag....but,,,the bag was not there..WHere is my bag ??? OMG !!! It is not in the car. It can't be..It must be at the rear seat. OMG not there...Where is it ??? SHIT !!! I started to panic. Did I leave the bag at the clinic. OMG . It is too late. There were a lot of people there. OMG it is lost. The bag contained my I-Pad, my medical appointments and records, medicine for Rebecca and me and lots of other personal effects. What shall I do next ? I PRAYED. A thought came and I decided to go back to the clinic hoping some good samaritan will return my precious bag. It took me some 20 minutes or more to the clinic. The first place to enquire was the canteen. The lady at the canteen shook her head to say NO. Then I proceed to the Pharmacy. All the seats were occupied. That left me no hope. Before I turn away, I looked hard again left to right, and to my surprise, MY BAG. OMG... MY BAG... The bag was seated comfortably at a seat. There were people next to the bag but...just my day.

PARENTS CHOICE

I did not take my parent's advice when choosing a life partner and so did my kids. Well, today, I think I know why parents were so particular in choosing their son or daughter-in-laws. First, by doing so, the parents take control of the situation. Secondly, they make the right choice most of the times because, they know the attitude of their children and they, with all the experiences, know whom to choose. At the end of the day, everyone benefit . The kids of today wish to choose their partners and most of them end up in divoice or separation. Most of the in-laws do not get along with their parents, and the parents end up being humilated. Anyway these kids have to face the same treatment one day when they grow old. HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.