mindfulness in action…
When you say you are learning Buddhism, it is equal to say that you are ready to know yourself – metaphysically, to know about the essence of self; psychologically, to know about the operation of self; socially, to know about the construction process of self. When you say you are practising Buddhism, it is equal…
I see violence exists everywhere…it exists within a person, within a relationship, between human and its environment. Sometimes it exercises brutally, but sometimes it dresses up itself in a very attractive outlook, we call it ‘love’ and/or ‘justice’. What does violence come from? I would say it comes from fear! Fear breeds violence.
When I saw Batman: The Dark Knight, my friend kept on asking why Batman did not kill Joker as he came across many chances. For him, it’s a piece of cake! It is too silly and stupid.
When I was a child, I lived by dependence; When I was a teen, I struggled for independence; When I was a young man, I searched for autonomy; Now, it is time for me to live and grow into relationship!
世界的混亂與紛擾，是源於有太多要去幫助及渴求被幫助的人。
天地初開，提坦神族 (Titans)的後裔，普羅米修斯(Prometheus)隨手抓起一把軟土上使之難成人形，並把不同動物的性格特質如獅子的勇猛、小狗的忠誠、馬匹的勤快、巨熊的碩壯、鴿子的順良、狐狸的狡詐、白兔的怯弱、野狼的貪婪等糅合並灌注入泥人身上，使人類擁有了複雜的情緒。其後女神雅典娜對泥人吹了一口氣，為沒有呼吸和靈魂的泥人帶來了生命。
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjqnlyxAw4E] 若死亡並不是一切的終結，就如上述所言，是通往某處的一扇門，那麼我們對當世的生存或許將採取一個很不一樣的生活態度，因為那裡有著延續…
「如果心靈價值不再成為一個社會激勵人心的事，那麼物質進步就變成一種面具，遮蔽了生命沒有方向感的事實。」
活在當下是對身心在此時此刻的覺察，例如在此時此刻我在電腦前寫著這日誌 ─ 我認為這只是物理意義或認知意義下的當下。還有心理意義層面的當下： 當下，只有在沒有判斷，沒有選擇的心理狀態下，才能被真正的經驗 ─ 這就是解脫，就是自由。
「十多年的工作經驗中，遇上了不少被困擾與痛苦煎熬得死去活來的人。他們的遭遇為我提供了上好的素材去反省人生，我因而心懷感激。」一段曾在《從情緒到慈悲》一文的序言中所分享的感受。