No 98 of Living Life Series 1
The inner truth of life lies in having peace and joy i.e. how to be peaceful and comfortable with life. We need to steer clear of denial, not wanting to do anything (and often everything). That will be sloth and torpor. We too need to steer clear of wanting to do everything and do each of them excessively as though we have unlimited resources, energy and time to do so.
We will only be overwhelmed. The activity, however, interesting, joyful and relaxing in the beginning will end up being tiresome, a switch-off, torturous and strenuous. We will end up not doing anthing else and neglecting other activities and needs. The activity will get the better of us and we will be sick of it. Our mental and physical health will be battered. We will not have inner peace and calm. We will literally short circuit ourselves and our life will be tumultous and stormy, like the sunami when tide recedes beyond the horizon only to return as giant monster waves to finish us off. This is no joy and peace at all.
Make sure we run our life and our activity. Do not be slave to our activity and indulgence. Let not the activity run our life. The activity must not run our life and ruin our life vis-a -vis our comfort, joy and peace. Take for instance a grand buffet with a spread of 100 dishes. We can only perhaps partake in no more than 10 to 20. Even then we can only have small amount or sample of each dish. Consuming too much of any one dish will upset our stomach. The buffet will ruin our joy and be no longer pleasant. We may even be worst off than if we are starved. Avoid being killed by starvation and avoid killing ourselves with food. We eat at the buffet but must ensure the buffet does not eat us up and finish us off.
In life, do decide on being comfortable and at peace with life. We decide on what we can do and not ape others blindly. We do not want to be better off just to show that we can do more or have more. The activities and items in life are means to an end and not ends in themselves. Life choices are unique for the individual and the station of life he is in. What is good for John is not good for Mary. As for any job, we must choose and run the job. We must not let the job choose and run us.
Let us not be overwhelmed and let this be food for thought. The good lord's image reminds us of the need for balance and to be steadfast. He has reiterated that the values for spiritual goals are the same and relevant for non-spiritual worldly life. We do not run away from life and we do not let life run us down. We must live life and not let life rob us of living life in peace -- inner divine peace of heaven even while in flesh and blood here and now. Cheers. Live life and not be ruined and be slave to life. Have balance and know your priorities and limitations. Know what you want but know what are your resources and limits.
The inner truth of life lies in having peace and joy i.e. how to be peaceful and comfortable with life. We need to steer clear of denial, not wanting to do anything (and often everything). That will be sloth and torpor. We too need to steer clear of wanting to do everything and do each of them excessively as though we have unlimited resources, energy and time to do so.
We will only be overwhelmed. The activity, however, interesting, joyful and relaxing in the beginning will end up being tiresome, a switch-off, torturous and strenuous. We will end up not doing anthing else and neglecting other activities and needs. The activity will get the better of us and we will be sick of it. Our mental and physical health will be battered. We will not have inner peace and calm. We will literally short circuit ourselves and our life will be tumultous and stormy, like the sunami when tide recedes beyond the horizon only to return as giant monster waves to finish us off. This is no joy and peace at all.
Make sure we run our life and our activity. Do not be slave to our activity and indulgence. Let not the activity run our life. The activity must not run our life and ruin our life vis-a -vis our comfort, joy and peace. Take for instance a grand buffet with a spread of 100 dishes. We can only perhaps partake in no more than 10 to 20. Even then we can only have small amount or sample of each dish. Consuming too much of any one dish will upset our stomach. The buffet will ruin our joy and be no longer pleasant. We may even be worst off than if we are starved. Avoid being killed by starvation and avoid killing ourselves with food. We eat at the buffet but must ensure the buffet does not eat us up and finish us off.
In life, do decide on being comfortable and at peace with life. We decide on what we can do and not ape others blindly. We do not want to be better off just to show that we can do more or have more. The activities and items in life are means to an end and not ends in themselves. Life choices are unique for the individual and the station of life he is in. What is good for John is not good for Mary. As for any job, we must choose and run the job. We must not let the job choose and run us.
Let us not be overwhelmed and let this be food for thought. The good lord's image (Lord Bo Tien's seated image) reminds us of the need for balance and to be steadfast. He has reiterated that the values for spiritual goals are the same and relevant for non-spiritual worldly life. We do not run away from life and we do not let life run us down. We must live life and not let life rob us of living life in peace -- inner divine peace of heaven even while in flesh and blood here and now. Cheers. Live life and not be ruined and be slave to life. Have balance and know your priorities and limitations. Know what you want but know what are your resources and limits.
We will only be overwhelmed. The activity, however, interesting, joyful and relaxing in the beginning will end up being tiresome, a switch-off, torturous and strenuous. We will end up not doing anthing else and neglecting other activities and needs. The activity will get the better of us and we will be sick of it. Our mental and physical health will be battered. We will not have inner peace and calm. We will literally short circuit ourselves and our life will be tumultous and stormy, like the sunami when tide recedes beyond the horizon only to return as giant monster waves to finish us off. This is no joy and peace at all.
Make sure we run our life and our activity. Do not be slave to our activity and indulgence. Let not the activity run our life. The activity must not run our life and ruin our life vis-a -vis our comfort, joy and peace. Take for instance a grand buffet with a spread of 100 dishes. We can only perhaps partake in no more than 10 to 20. Even then we can only have small amount or sample of each dish. Consuming too much of any one dish will upset our stomach. The buffet will ruin our joy and be no longer pleasant. We may even be worst off than if we are starved. Avoid being killed by starvation and avoid killing ourselves with food. We eat at the buffet but must ensure the buffet does not eat us up and finish us off.
In life, do decide on being comfortable and at peace with life. We decide on what we can do and not ape others blindly. We do not want to be better off just to show that we can do more or have more. The activities and items in life are means to an end and not ends in themselves. Life choices are unique for the individual and the station of life he is in. What is good for John is not good for Mary. As for any job, we must choose and run the job. We must not let the job choose and run us.
Let us not be overwhelmed and let this be food for thought. The good lord's image reminds us of the need for balance and to be steadfast. He has reiterated that the values for spiritual goals are the same and relevant for non-spiritual worldly life. We do not run away from life and we do not let life run us down. We must live life and not let life rob us of living life in peace -- inner divine peace of heaven even while in flesh and blood here and now. Cheers. Live life and not be ruined and be slave to life. Have balance and know your priorities and limitations. Know what you want but know what are your resources and limits.
The inner truth of life lies in having peace and joy i.e. how to be peaceful and comfortable with life. We need to steer clear of denial, not wanting to do anything (and often everything). That will be sloth and torpor. We too need to steer clear of wanting to do everything and do each of them excessively as though we have unlimited resources, energy and time to do so.
We will only be overwhelmed. The activity, however, interesting, joyful and relaxing in the beginning will end up being tiresome, a switch-off, torturous and strenuous. We will end up not doing anthing else and neglecting other activities and needs. The activity will get the better of us and we will be sick of it. Our mental and physical health will be battered. We will not have inner peace and calm. We will literally short circuit ourselves and our life will be tumultous and stormy, like the sunami when tide recedes beyond the horizon only to return as giant monster waves to finish us off. This is no joy and peace at all.
Make sure we run our life and our activity. Do not be slave to our activity and indulgence. Let not the activity run our life. The activity must not run our life and ruin our life vis-a -vis our comfort, joy and peace. Take for instance a grand buffet with a spread of 100 dishes. We can only perhaps partake in no more than 10 to 20. Even then we can only have small amount or sample of each dish. Consuming too much of any one dish will upset our stomach. The buffet will ruin our joy and be no longer pleasant. We may even be worst off than if we are starved. Avoid being killed by starvation and avoid killing ourselves with food. We eat at the buffet but must ensure the buffet does not eat us up and finish us off.
In life, do decide on being comfortable and at peace with life. We decide on what we can do and not ape others blindly. We do not want to be better off just to show that we can do more or have more. The activities and items in life are means to an end and not ends in themselves. Life choices are unique for the individual and the station of life he is in. What is good for John is not good for Mary. As for any job, we must choose and run the job. We must not let the job choose and run us.
Let us not be overwhelmed and let this be food for thought. The good lord's image (Lord Bo Tien's seated image) reminds us of the need for balance and to be steadfast. He has reiterated that the values for spiritual goals are the same and relevant for non-spiritual worldly life. We do not run away from life and we do not let life run us down. We must live life and not let life rob us of living life in peace -- inner divine peace of heaven even while in flesh and blood here and now. Cheers. Live life and not be ruined and be slave to life. Have balance and know your priorities and limitations. Know what you want but know what are your resources and limits.
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