Insight # 145

2015 Chinese New Year Thought of the day ...
Now should be a season of giving and not expecting what you should get. What you have and will receive is what you have earned. So, work hard, do the right things in this coming year and reap. This is my sincere wish for all you good people. Gong Xi Fa Cai.

Insight # 144

2015 New Year's Thought of the day ...
Anyone who tells me it is not possible to change his or her mindset and attitude for the better, is doomed .... Have a great year ahead!!!

Insight # 143

To succeed in life, one must first learn to sincerely admit to oneself that one has made a mistake. Most of us can't do that, let alone admitting to others ...

Insight # 142

Almost everyone has a temper. Keep it and try not to lose it ...

Insight # 141

We begin life accumulating many undesirable traits among other things. BUT ... we have a lifetime to eliminate and correct them. INSTEAD ... we bring them to our graves ...

Insight # 140

It is disheartening to note that one can waste 10 irrecoverable years in life with the attitude "I'll do it later". This attitude is empty ...

Insight # 139

The ability to Pray and Hope is God given. If only each of us can sincerely do it for the well-being of others and not solely for ourselves, I believe that all man-created sufferings of this world today can be substantially reduced... 

Insight # 138

To put it in another way, whether spiritual or secular your past will consistently shape your future and the greatest challenge is to live the present. Only your wisdom can guide you ...

Insight # 137

Normally, when a person is complaining and angry about something, the most relevant and caring, but most damaging question you can ask is, “Are you suffering? …

Insight # 136

Rarely, but if someone courteously tells you in your face that you have changed (sincerely/insincerely, for the better/worse), you better take a serious note of it because you won’t or hardly have the time to notice it yourself …

Insight # 135

Simply put, a thinking mind is usually trained to focus and "see" what it wants or should. But, If you can break that habit, it can and will "see" all things as they are (suchness), including the so called "nothingness" and "emptiness". Those who understand that will refer to it as being enlightened ...

Insight # 134

All of us have lucky streaks in life. If we think we've made it, we are mistaken. Remember all things occur in cycles and if we are not careful, they come as fast as they go. We should work harder and wiser than what we did during the unlucky ones ...

Insight # 133

Pity for others arises from wisdom and compassion whereas self-pity, is from ignorance and greed ...