The Blessed Life

Intellect can drive my smart alec attitude off the wall.  When it is not controlled, it is an arrogant attitude as though I know everything and anything.  But, do I really know everything and anything under the stars?  Intellect is a tricky thing; it is just as good as an illusion.  The more that I think I know, the more I know nothing. Intellect is not wisdom.  Wisdom not only knows but it also understands.  And, the distinction between knowing and understanding is what makes things, life in general, interesting.  Intellect is generally factual.  It has no emotions, no understanding. Would I rather be right or would I rather be happy?  Is there a need to be right all the time?  What is right for me may not be right for somebody else.  There will always be different perspective on any given subject.  I cannot be mindless to think there has to be one absolute truth when I do not know what truth is. The need to be right at all ti...

The only way for abundance to expand is when I accept its existence.  I have to recognize the importance and the quality that it serves me.  That, it is operating in partnership for a greater divine growth. This world is full of abundance (and opportunity).  It belongs to all of us.  Should I want it, I have to start to create a vacuum to receive it.  The concept of abundance needs this vacuum for it to get filled.  When the vacuum has limited space, there'll be limited provision. Abundance is everywhere.  It can appear in me should I let it.  All it needs is integrity.  I should not think of abundance in a negative way.  To receive it, it has to be an appreciation of life in its fullness.  It is the myriad of joy and strength of mind, body and soul. Recognizing the great value of abundance, which is to be accepted humbly, is the cultivation of respect for the Universe.  To attract abundance, I need to feel abundant.  I ha...

Everything there is in life is progressive.  Everything develops, grows and increases.  Whatever I have today started with a beginning, from zero.  Once, in my life, I did not have what I have today.  Once, in my life, I knew nothing. Can I live to remember how things get started?  In remembering, I learn to be appreciative and be grateful.  Can I stay humble looking back at my beginning?  What I am today is the ripple effect from my environment, from the people around me. As my wings grow as I live on, I should learn to continue to uplift myself humbly.  I should remember the process of my learning curve.  How all the kind individuals have helped me.  They show generosity, helpfulness and love.  All these qualities have led me to where I am here today. I am thankful to all these people who have guided me.  As I think that I have learned, I have to remember not to forget the values.  I should not be in such a hurry to cond...

I have to learn not to jump into conclusion so easily.  I should not claim and be absolutely certain that 'I would never' be doing something.  Saying that 'I would never' do such and such a thing is suggesting a bold statement.  Unconsciously, I assume that I am better at certain behaviours.   In life, nothing is predictable.  I will not be able to know what the future holds for me, until it arrives.  No matter how much self control I think I have or how moral I think I am, I am still experiencing life each day and that I am still an imperfect human. It takes magnitude of awareness to avoid using the word 'never'.  I have to learn never to say never.  Having confidence is one thing but I am not perfect as to see at my future.   People change.  Time changes.  Change is constant.  I have to realize that I will change too.  What I am doing today will not stay forever.  To say that I will never change is not true.  T...

The mind is constantly adapting and continuously learning something new all the time.  Learning is the never ending process that continues till the day death happens. How does my mind learn?  My mind is like a sponge.  Just as a sponge absorbs water and grows when it is wet, the brain absorbs knowledge and grows when it learns new things.  It soaks up huge amounts of knowledge from the basic five senses.   The mind absorbs information from every sight, every sound, every smell, every taste and every touch.  Gathering data is a natural thing that the mind do.  It does it effortlessly, continuously and indiscriminately. I need to be conscious of what I am allowing my mind to absorb.  Repetition is a mother of learning and whatever activities that I am repetitively doing will become me.  Should I keep watching TV series that's full of 'drama', I become 'drama' in my life too.  Should I keep listening to sad songs over and over, I will feel ...

Dear Divine Creator,  I reach for Your Divine's Hand.  Grant me clarify and focus as I walk further into my journey. Should time and space are sacredly to work for me, fill me with courage and strength that I can be at zero.   That my life can be useful.  That my presence be a blessing. Today, at the beginning of another year, I reach to You with this prayer for my mind, my inner child and my soul. (Sharing this wisdom from Louise Hay, from her book 'You Can Heal Your Life'.  Thank You, Louise Hay) [Quote] I am willing to let go.  I release.  I let go.   I release all tension.  I release all fear.  I release all anger.  I release all guilt.  I release all sadness.   I let go of all old limitations.  I let go and I am at peace.   I am at peace with myself.  I am at peace with the process of life.   I am safe. [Unquote] Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

It is important that I find balance in my life.  While it is essential that I make good sustainable money to survive, I should not make it as the ultimate goal in my life.  While it is key that I enjoy my life, I have to balance it by giving myself time to walk a holistic spiritual path too.  There has to be a balance between my material world and my spiritual life. When I am at the peak, I have to remember where I come from.  When I am at the bottom, it is good that I accept it positively.  At any moment, I have to stay humble.  I should not be too proud with a mindset that 'it will never happen to me'.  Life can turn around on me any moment. I have to ponder on the wisdom of Socrates.  He says 'Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?'  There is so much truth on his wise words. To live a balanced life mean...

Believing in myself means that I have faith in my own capabilities.  It means believing that I can do something, that is within my ability.  When I believe in myself, I can overcome self doubt.  I shall have the confidence to take action and get things done. It is important that I trust myself.  Trust creates courage.  I have to find the courage to fan the tiny inner sparks of possibility, within me, into flames of achievements.  It is the self confidence that allows me to keep looking for what can be my best. To be myself in a world that is constantly trying to make me something else is an accomplishment.  The beliefs that work for me has to come from not always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.  Naturally, I have fears, have doubts and have worries but I must not let these feelings stop me from believing. Self belief requires a holistic plan of actions.  I have to take control of my thoughts and feelings.  I have to overcom...

"The greatest thing you'll learn is just to love and be loved in return."  This is such a beautiful sentence, taken from the song "Nature Boy". Love is amazing and it is universal.  I am born of love.  Yet, I do not think much about it.  I take love for granted as much as I am accepting without question the air that I breathe.  Both sustain lives and yet I do not give them much thought.  Yet, I hardly think of them because they will always be available or stay exactly the same. When was the last time I thanked Love and the Air?  When was the last time I said "Thank you" to all the things that are around me? Have I thanked my wallet that houses the money, the important cards and that carries a photo of my loved ones? Have I thanked my bed that gives me the good goodnight sleep? Have I thanked my house that provides me with a safe home? Have I thanked the green grass, the tall trees, the beautiful flowers for beautifying my world? Have I thanked the wind...

Life lessons can be learned at any time.  It is whether I can appreciate and apply them.  Wisdom does not have to wait for the right place, right time.  Everything that is happening to me has a story to teach me.  Each event, each happening and each encounter is waiting for my realization. It depends on my desire, that very strong feeling of wanting, to learn.  Am I hungry enough for wisdom, to accept that there is meaning to life?  It has to do with awareness.  Have I been listening to myself?   When I am not, I will not be able to live my life to the fullest.  I will not know my values and will not know my life's purpose. Lessons to become aware come in many forms.  I have to understand on coincidences, on the synchronicity of life.  Synchronicity goes beyond space and time.  Synchronicity helps me to move forward and to enter a new phase of life.  The key is whether I am aware to comprehend its existence and follow...