You and Me

The Bear asked me, "Who are you without me?"
I answered, "There is no you without me neither will there be me without you."

#mindofasimplebear

尽行寿 献生命

尽行寿 献生命

简单的六个字, 但每一个字听进了心灵深处, 有了震撼的回响.

当我第一次在影片中听到已故的聖嚴師父说这句话时, 我流下了激动的眼泪.

有一种莫名的感动.

前一刻的我感觉有点累, 想放下一切休息. 回去再看了影片一次, 又听到了聖嚴師父说这句话, 再一次被感动, 仿佛有了动力再往前冲.

再一次的提醒自己, 时间不多了, 能做多少就做多少.

感谢聖嚴師父对我心灵的启发.

希望在接下来的生命中我能做的到, 尽行寿 献生命.

愿一切众生都发起慈悲之心, 唤起自身的佛性, 普度众生, 成就佛道.

愿一切众生幸福快乐.

合十感恩

简单熊 19.02.2013.

Falling in Love With Myself

Sometimes, in the middle of the night, loneliness creeps in.

Alone, I hope for a shoulder to lean on, a hug to rest in.  I know it is the time; the time for me to hibernate, to rejuvenate myself and to save myself from the fatigue of interacting with the world.

There are still a lot to do; responsibilities to be carried out, obligations to be fulfilled but how can I be in the right state of mind to express any form of metta and compassion if I am not kind and compassionate to myself?

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “You must be the change you want to see in the world.”

All forms of changes starts with oneself; and to fulfill my humble aspiration of extending love and compassion to others, I must first extend the love and compassion, internally, to myself.

Ajahn Cagino once said in a Dharma talk that when we practice metta meditation, the first step is to express the wish for oneself to be well and happy and when we expresses the wish for all sentient beings to be well and happy, we need to remember that we are part of all sentient beings. When I heard it the first time, I was totally blown away by the seemingly simple insight; when we think of great compassion, we have the tendency to think and fall into the extremity of sacrificing oneself for the sake of others, without wisdom and that is not, true compassion.

“If one is suffering, how can one save others from sufferings.”

Simple Bear 18.02.2013.

If I am dependent on others for salvation from sufferings, then I am leaving my salvation to others; I don’t have autonomous control over my own salvation.  

if we are dependent on externalities such as others calling us, complimenting us, giving us a present as dominant conditions for our own happiness, Venerable Chuan Guan once wrote ‘such a person hands over their happiness to others like the remote controller of a air-con unit, allowing others to raise or lower our emotional "temperature" and happiness in our life.’

Am I going to subject myself to the puppetry of others’ actions and intentions? I guess I won’t want to be a puppet bear.

One of my fellow Dharma friends told me over the weekend, that she always sees me being very happy and jovial; and want to learn from me. I am humbled and perhaps, feeling a little insecure by the compliment. Am I truly happy?

I guess most of the time, I am happy but there will be times, when I am alone, and unhappy. My friends would joked that I should get myself a girlfriend, I told them if I get a girlfriend because of the mere fact that I needed someone by my side, then it would be unfair to her. Falling in love in such time is a misperception; perhaps, it is mental and emotional fatigue has been disguised as love, conditioned by expectations and resulting in sufferings in the future.

During such times, I will fall in love again, with myself; having the care and love for myself and perhaps, emerge from the snow, a stronger, and hopefully more loving and kind bear.

My friends, remember to hug yourself if you ever need a hug; there is no need to wait for someone else to do it.

May all be well and happy.

With Metta,

Simple Bear 18.02.2013.

Today, not Yesterday or Tomorrow

'We pine for yesterday, dream of tomorrow and forget today; we always miss the time for happiness.'
Simple Bear 14.02.2013.

姻, 缘

台湾小说家几米说: “爱情最好不要顺其自然.”

我赞同.

明天就是情人节.  虽然人们常说, 姻缘强求不得, 顺其自然为上策. 我却认为人与人之间的相遇是因, 两人已往的业, 与缘之合, 而人与人之间的相处是缘分; 两人的努力也是缘的一种.  

爱情, 是一门课业; 需要用心, 才能成就伟业. 要努力, 但别执着, 随遇而安.

爱过, 就不后悔; 不管是相恋也好, 单恋也好, 勇敢的说爱.

想爱, 却不敢爱, 必定后悔; 别为自己找借口.

虽然不是每一场恋情都会开花结果; 我们用心照料的花, 也会被突如其来的狂风给吹毁. 我们能做的, 就是把曾经用心的回忆存起来, 纪念那一段爱情的美, 用那回忆来灌溉下一段爱情.

该爱的时候爱, 该放手时放手; 这样的爱情, 对得起自己, 爱人, 没有后悔, 只有感恩与祝福.

勇敢去爱吧! 朋友

情人节快乐!

简单熊 13.02.2013.

Peace, Here and Now

 
'Peace is always here, we just have to stop running away from it.'
Simple Bear 11.02.2013.

Dreams and Reality

 

'A dream in dream is reality; a dream in reality is just a dream.'
Simple Bear 10.02.2013.