Flows like a boat~

flows like a boat...

the real life, we need to sail on the river of causes and conditions..

if we put our craving on one of the causes and conditions,

we would put our stop at the particular situation..

as we do not understand that every situation will changes~ ignorance,

we will eventually lead ourselves to have the worries and make our life miserable,

because the nature of each situations and things is changes and impermanence

flows like a boat,

a boat does not cling on with particular waves of water

even if we tied it up or anchor it up,

we will still find it float up on the water and letting the waves pass by it naturally

even though the boat still keep in contact with the water but the boat does not cling to particular waves or parts of the water...

if it does, we wont find any particular ways to tie the boat as the boat will hold on to the particular waves and goes where the particular waves heading to..

just like our life,

the waves of water resembled the waves of causes and conditions of our life,

there are many challenges, joys, sadness, and so on..

but these things are just waves of the river

they will come and they will go

they will be born and they will die

if we try to cling to particular situation,

we are trying to act like a boat trying to cling on a particular waves of water

it is naturally impossible to cling on

but we trying to act against the nature

and at last we brings suffering to ourselves as our efforts do not pay off...

so,

flow like a boat

everyone has his or her water to sail on...

some might sailing on the lake

some might on the sea,

river maybe,

big longkang,

maybe the water is calm,

maybe the water is as fierce as the tsunami,

no matter which and where you sail on,

much much waves will come

and they will certainly go

there is impossible act that we want to cling to one of them

when we can be like a boat,

we will find the joy of living in the moment

we will not put ourselves in the future to the coming waves

neither we will also not put ourselves in the past of the past waves

what we are living on is the current state which in the moment of each waves keep in contact with us

if we can live up to every moment,

there is no doubt for us to feel the true and real happiness...

the true happiness,

is not the external happiness which we usually feel from doing things we like...

it is actually from our inner heart and gives us the energy to make our life more meaningful

it also gives us the feel of stability of the big and strong mother earth ground..

flows like a boat in your water, my friends...

It just the Balance Scale...

Last week I heard a wonderful sharing by a reverend during his talk

the talk was held during the 7 days of meditation retreat

he actually brings out the point of our life links together with a balance scale...

Do you ever noticed that,

in our life,

we always struggling so hard to balance our balance scale of our life...

mostly our way of balance the scale is to add more load to the scale...

when one side is heavier,

we add weight to the other side of the balance to balance the scale...

when we accidentally add more weight,

the balance become unbalance again

then we repeat adding more to the other side

and adding here and there...

what will happen if the load is too overweight for the balance???

ya...the balance will eventually breaks or spoils...

don't you think it is very similar to our lives??

when we unhappy,

we finding ways, buying things, searching outside to find us the happiness..

when we have enough,

we want more than the enough...

we keep holding and accepting more responsibilities,

but we do not know how to manage them

when here we feel lack of something,

we find something there to add into the part we missing...

actually what is the correct way to balance the balance scale???

it is actually taking away the load from the scale...

when one side is heavier,

we taking the weight from the side...

if another side is more heavier,

we take the weight from the side...

eventually there is no weight on the balance scale when all weight is taken out...

and this time, the balance scale would be at its most balanced state. ( if the balance scale is in good condition)

most of us scared to let go....

our craving is too strong

we do not dare to give out and let go...

and thats why we feel very uneasy all the time..

many thinks of being self-centred is very good...and do not want to contribute out

actually the joy of giving out and let go the selfishness we had is the very very beautiful joy...

when we learn to be more and more easy to let go,

we would find ourself in a more and more relax state..

because we know we can slowly overcome our craving on material and emotional parts of us...

In the meditation practice,

if a person do a meditation with his mind full of craving here and there,

he will relax himself well in the meditation and would feel very very suffer in his meditation..

just like the balance scale..

to do well in meditation practice,

make yourself as the balance scale

balance yourself by slowly letting go the thoughts of craving,

you would find yourself in a more and more relax state

in meditation itself would also acting as the weight removal for your balance act

where much unknown things hidden in our inner mind which we would't realise them in our disturbed state of mind, would slowly surfaced in the your meditation...

by watching and let go of the unknown things and thoughts, we eventually taking out the 'trash' inside us...

that is why people who practice meditation in a correct manner would find themselves in very relax and focus state.

so, empty your balance scale, my friends...