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."

Friday, January 06, 2012

Sleepy

At work and sleepy.. This is the 4th day in a row, for "normal working schedule + traffic jam". Yesterday on the way to work I felt sleepy too, but recovered at work. Today, I felt sleepy on the way to work and is still continuing to feel sleepy after half an hour doing some administrative stuff to my laptop..

Sigh, and I thought I felt refreshed earlier this week! I must keep on conditioning my mind to think so. I should be feeling ok, as I'm not working overtime and I did have enough hours of sleep albeit continuous dreams throughout the night.. maybe the dreams are the cause of the tiredness during daytime. I haven't had so many dreams for a long time.. wonder why they are appearing now but I don't remember much of them.

Maybe just one :) I was in HK, and I had a chance to sit on a jet plane operated by Mr Chow Yuen Fatt!! Haha.. the trip was either to the Artic or Antartica (strange!!). There were other people as well including 2 of my bosses, and 2 quite elderly ladies asked another passenger to help them to check in HK immigration.. seems like they somehow got in illegally to HK to make this flight! But I woke up before the flight could take off, and actually I also wanted to get off the plane because it seemed dangerous.. from HK to the North or South Pole? On a jet plane? Without any preparation? It was just weird, but still, rather nice to have CYF as the pilot!

~ttg @ Realized Tranquility of the Heart~
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