Meditation for the Day
Saturday, May 29, 2004
Deck: Osho Zen
Spread: One-Card
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Card 1: Going with the Flow(Ace of Water)
Every moment in life we have a choice whether to enter life's waters and float, or try to swim upstream. You are able to float now, trusting that life will support you in your relaxation and take you exactly where it wants you to go. Become a flow; don't remain stagnant.
Lao Tzu says: The way of Tao is a watercourse way. It moves like water. Water always moves towards the depth, searching for the lowest ground. It is non-ambitious; it never hankers to be the first, it wants to be the last, to be nonentity. It does not want to declare itself unique, exceptional, extraordinary. It has no ego idea..
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Zen knows only a vast life
Which contains all kinds of contradictions
In a deep harmony.
The night is in harmony with the day
And life is in harmony with death,
And earth is in harmony with the sky.
The presence is in harmony with the absence.
This immerse harmony,
This synchronicity,
Is the essential Manifesto of Zen.
This is the only way of life which respects
And loves,
And denies nothing, condemns nothing.
- Osho: The Zen Manifesto
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The Prayer
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
La luce che to dai
I pray we'll find your light
Nel cuore restera
And hold it in our hearts
A ricordarchi che
When stars go out each night
L'eterna stella sei
Nella mia preghiera
Let this be our prayer
Quanta fede c'e
When shadows fill our day
Lead us to a place
Guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we'll be safe.
Sognamo un mondo senza piu violenza
Un mondo di giustizia e di speranza
Ognuno dia la mano al suo vicino
Simbolo di pace e di fraternita
La forza che ci dai
We ask that life be kind
E'il desiderio che
And watch us from above
Ognuno trovi amore
We hope each soul will find
Intorno e dentro a se
Another soul to love
Let this be our prayer
Just like every child
Needs to find a place,
Guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we'll be safe
E la fede che
Hai acceso in noi
Sento che ci salvera
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Current Lessons
Deck: Osho Zen Tarot
Spread: Three-cards
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Card 1: Flowering (Queen of Rainbows)
Your life should reach to others. Share your enlightenment, share you
dance of the beyond. This is real compassion, real love.
Card 2: Turning In (4 of Water)
Desire brings misery, that there is no fulfillment through desire. That you never reach anywhere. Seeing this, you stop. Perhaps it is desireless you desire. All journeys are outward journeys, there is no inward journey. How can you journey inwards? You are already there, there is no point in going in. When going stops, journeying disappears; when desire is no more clouding your mind, you are in. This is turning in. But it is not turning in at all, it is simply not going out.
Card 3: Guidance (3 of Rainbows)
The truth of your own deepest being is trying to show you where to go right now. You have to awaken your intrinsic buddha, your dharma. Your life will become so radiant with good, with godliness, more than you can possibly conceive. If you go with it, this beam of light will carry you exactly where you need to go.
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Monday, May 17, 2004
Glad yet unsmiling
Sad but untearing
Homed yet homeless
Surrounded but alone
Emotions have faded
Hatred no more
Love has expanded
Yet pain to the core
- Shann -
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It's Monday yet again.. Sigh.. My mind's always blank on horrible Mondays.. Especially when work becomes more demanding.. Need to do some meditation to clear my thoughts..
Shann
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Let Me Fall (From Cirque De Soleil)
Sunday, May 16, 2004
Let me fall
If I fall
Though the feelings may
Or may not rise
I will dance so freely
Holding on to no one
You can hold me only
If you too will fall
Away from all these
Useless fears and chains
Someone I am
Is waiting for my courage
The one I want
The one I will become
Will catch me
So let me fall
If I must fall
I won't heed your warnings
I won't hear
Let me fall
If I fall
There's no reason
To miss this one chance
This perfect moment
Just let me fall...
- Josh Groban -
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It's Weekend!
Saturday, May 15, 2004
Weekend's here! Can finally catch a few more winks! Bad news is, due to the previous MC of 2 days, I've gotta bring work back home to complete.. I OT-ed till 8pm last night.. Sigh... Is there all work but no play?
Nah.. Will try to arrange dinner with a friend.. Well well, have got a few queued meetups. But haven't been able to fulfill due to work.. and illness.. and the exam coming up.. Wonder if they're free..
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To Where You Are
Friday, May 14, 2004
Fly me up
To where you are
Beyond the distant star
I wish upon tonight
To see you smile
If only for awhile
To know you're there
A breath away's not far
To where you are
- Josh Groban -
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Never Let Go
Thursday, May 13, 2004
I can't understand it
The search for an answer is met with a darker day
And we've been handed these moments forever
But I'm reassured there's another way
You don't have to close your eyes
There is room for love again
Ease the pain to realize
All that love can be
Forced apart by time and sand
Take a step and take my hand
And don't let it go
Never let go
Broken, once connected
We were so strong and so blessed in a simple way
So don't let me go it alone
Turn your head up to the sky
Nothing down below but me
Face the truth to realize
All that we could be
Torn apart by rage and fear
Hold onto what brought you here
Don't let it go
Never let go
- Josh Groban -
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Lost Butterfly
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
In a place that doesn't belong
A place outside Home
Though colourful still
Its sight is blue
Fluttering without purpose
Searching for the path to Home...
Where is Home?
There's no answer
Fear looms
Eating into its life
Where should it fly?
To nowhere...
With tears it sees Darkness
Surround the world
Where is Love?
Where is... Home?
She is lost...
She slowly withers...
- Shann BlackAsh -
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Sick, sick, sick...
Arghh... Hate this feeling.. Have been ill for 2 days. Imagine this: headache, bodyache, giddiness, nausea, indigestion, depressive feelings, all at the same time! Y must bad things come in groups..?
(Trying to breathe..)
I can't lie on bed and rest the whole day.. The more I lay down the more lethagic I become. But yet I can't do much though I feel I have lots to.. I hate being ill...
I banish you, illness!
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Unwell...
Monday, May 10, 2004
Sigh.. Feeling down, as usual.. Was absent from work and lecture today due to ill health. Not really that serious, but have been having head & body aches the past few days. Due to stress, i believe.. Given Xanax (anti-anxiety drug) by doc. I think he should have given me some Prozac instead.. Keke..
A lil info bout me: Im a young mum with a 4 yr old. Working in accountancy line. Gotta juggle the job of an employee, mum and a student all at the same time. Yup, studying too. Part-time, or some call it night classes.. Pretty stressful eh? Sigh.. Guess this is life.. I believe im not alone in this. In fact, this should be quite typical for Singaporeans, i guess. But thinking on the bright side, I know im not the worst..
Oh dear.. The medication is acting up.. Feeling drowsy.. Better Zzzzz..
Shann Zzzzzzzzz.....
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The Beginning..
The start of my Blog.. finally..
Finally somewhr whr I can dump my tots..
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