Turtle

"Imagine that the whole earth was covered with water, and a man was to throw a yoke with a hole in it into the water. Blown by the wind, that yoke would drift north, south, east and west. Now, suppose that once in hundred years a blind turtle would rise to the surface. What do you think? Would that turtle put his head through the hole in the yoke as he rose to the surface once in a hundred years?"

"It is unlikely Lord."

"Well, it is just as unlikely that one will be born as a human being; it is just unlikely that a Tathagata, a Noble One, a fully enlightened Buddha should arise in the world; and it is just as unlikely that the Dhamma and discipline of the Tathagata should be taught. But now you have been born as a human being, a Tathagata has arisen and the Dhamma has been taught. Therefore, strive to realize the Four Noble Truths."

Sunday, September 13, 2009

It's Been A While

It's been a while since I've last blogged. How time flies, and how everything seems to be so distant and so dreamlike - it feels so vague that I am doubting if things happened?

It's been one year since we started the project, and the whole thing has kind of ended now, at least for our team. Everyone has moved on. Took me some time to move on too, but I guess I am moving on right now.

My one week leave has allowed me to fill in some pieces in life's never-ending jigsaw puzzle. I also learned that when an aspiration is made, it will be answered someday, perhaps not in the way we have expected, but the answer revealed will be more profound.

Some lessons learned:
- Forgive myself and others, and move on
- I can't control the way people act, react, feel, etc; but I can control my actions, thoughts and speech.
- Difficult people are everywhere - they should not be the reason for a change/escape. Unless I learn how to deal with them, no number of changes will be sufficient
- I need to give more care and love to myself. I do not need to think I'm doing things on behalf of others. This is not selfishness, if I do not care for myself I will not have the capacity to care for others.
- If I do not know what to expect, what the final result should be - then I should fall on the next best guidance - intention. At least get my conscience and intention right, act based on the intention, and let life present the final result

Lastly, however bitter the answer I am getting now, somehow I know it's the answer to the prayer I made to Guan Yin, at Le Shan in Chengdu. It has indeed been a difficult journey to arrive at such "ending/answer".

Well, my advice to myself - remember what I asked for, remember my intention, and I will see the reason behind the answers...

ttg

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

im ur first ever reply

theman

turtlegurl said...

hmm.. okie, nice to know someone is reading, or someone whom I do not know came across this blog..

turtlegurl said...

thanks for dropping a note :)