mindfulness in action…
光在你們中間還有不多的時候，應當趁著有光行走，免得黑暗臨到你們。那在黑暗裡行走的，不知道往何處去。你們應當趁著有光，信從這光，使你們成為光明之子。 – 《聖經‧約翰福音12:35-36) 梵語佛陀(Buddha)一詞的意思是「已經實現了的人」，即已經掌握了真理的人。它被譯為藏語所用的詞sanguie，乃由兩個音節組合而成：sang 表示他已「驅散」了所有的遮蔽認識之物，而且他已從無知的黑夜中「醒來」；guie表示他已「展開」了所有的應當被展開之物，也就是所有精神的和人類的品質。 – 《僧侶與哲學家──父子對談生命意義》 見小曰明，守柔曰強。用其光，復歸其明，無遺身殃；是為襲常。《道德經‧五十二章》
“合抱之木，生於毫末；九層之台，起於累土；千里之行，始於足下。” ── 《道德經‧六十四章》
「我於是哀傷地學會了棄絕：詞語破碎處，無物存在(Sei)。」 -《海德格爾選集》
「人身中氣如軸，四維如輪，軸運輪行，輪運軸靈，中醫之法，運軸以行輪之法，運輪以復軸之法，軸輪並運之法而已。」 「運動圓為生理，運動不圓為病理，運動不圓用藥以回復其圓為醫理。」 「純陰則靜而不動，靜則直下。純陽則動而不靜，動則直上。直上直下，不能生物也。靜則沉，動則浮。由靜而動則升，由動而靜則降，動靜交合，則生中氣。動靜交合，陰中有陽，陽中有陰。陰陽者，生物之父母也。」 — 彭子益
主身者神 養人者精 益精者氣 資氣者食
The mind has two main functions, ‘doing’ and ‘knowing’. The way of meditation is to calm the ‘doing’ to complete tranquility while maintaining the ‘knowing’. Sloth and torpor occur when one carelessly calms both the ‘doing’ and the ‘knowing’, unable to distinguish between them. – Ajahn Brahmavamso
In the west, we commonly understand “happiness” as a feeling. But this feeling is fleeting. For example, when I eat a delicious steak, I feel “happy” (pleasure from the food hitting my stomach). But then I feel “satisfied” (no longer hungry). Unfortunately with material things, I am never satisfied— no matter how much shit I…
Creativity is all about constraining yourself— not having unlimited options. By stepping in the shackles, you will set yourself free. Freedom is limitations. Creative constraints are all about squeezing yourself into limitation which forces you to be creative. Thinking about creative constraints is refreshing. Why? In modern society, we are always trying to buy solutions…
擁有智慧，縱然尚未脫離煩惱，也不致被煩惱所困惑； 擁有慈悲，縱然身處在魔鬼群中，也不見一個敵人。
Delusion is the mind’s tendency to seek premature closure about something. It is the quality of mind that imposes a definition on things and then mistakes the definition for the actual experience. Delusion would have me believe that I was my anxiety and that I was forever isolated as a result. Motivated by fear and…