Your Suffering; My Suffering & Our Sufferings

Suffering Is Never Permanent

How time have, and can, change things and attitudes?

Gold prices has seen a low of under $300 in 1999, to above $300 in 2003, rangebound between $600-700 in 2006/7 and trades between $700 and slightly above $1000 in 2007 to current. Will gold break above $1000 and heads towards $1,300?

Suicide rates drop to a 9-year low of 8.76 per 100,000. Will it continues to drop?

Property launches are seeing queues building up and prices (psf) rising. Can this trend continues to sustain and break new highs?

H1N1 is spreading and hopefully a antidote is found soon. Perhaps, we can develop antibodies to overcome this strain of virus over time.

Stockmarkets have recovered from their dismal low and seems powered by liquidity not seen for awhile. Who's stopping the bull?

The Truth is Life is Impermanent and Living is a choice.

You can choose to wallow in self-pity or you can manage and flow with the situation and enjoys every seconds of life.

Your lifestyle is determine by yourself; don't live beyond your means.

The Order of Nature is flow and Change is the only constant.

Boredom

Repetition is Boredom but Boredom is Consciousness

When you becomes bored, move on
Whenever you feel bored you will feel restless
If you listen to the body and move away, the restlessness will disappear
Boredom is an indication that a great understanding is arising in you about futility, meaninglessness and emptiness
Man gets bored because man is conscious; Consciousness is the cause
A mediocre mind does not feel so bored
You will find people who think too much, are more bored, because they think
When you are bored, there is 'no aura of delight'
Boredom is the consciousness of repetition
Let there be NO boredom
Life is infinite delight

And there shall be Light

PEACE be with you

THE THREE UNIVERSAL TRUTHS ... Buddha

1. Nothing is lost in the universe - Matter turns into energy, energy turns into matter

2. Everything Changes - Everything is continuously changing

3. Law of Cause and Effect - The law of cause and effect is known as karma

From dust to dust; the earth recycles everything over time.

The only constant is change.

Do good and show mercy; not that you will go to heaven but it will definitely make Earth a better home.

Let us live with the flow and enjoy the power of nature as everything happens for a reason. Of course & ideally and selfishly, may the reason be/is mine.

Give generously and seek the truth and thank God for small mercy; For each time we find healings and comfort, we find PEACE

Stockmarket - Update

Bull, Bear or Sheep?

Afew weeks back, I mentioned that:

1) Sentiments dull and stockmarket moves down in, or around, a Lunar Eclipse
(already taken place) - 2009 Jul 07: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

2) Sentiments improve and stockmarket moves up in, or around, a Solar Eclipse

(action in progress or yet to unfold? I bet the former) 2009 Jul 22 : Total Solar Eclipse

The differences is in the degree of rises or declines.

Facts or Fallacies?

Sentiments are getting better and brighter, the economy seems to be turning the corner, housing pick-ups seem the undercurrent; the 'bleak' past had passed us by! Or have it? Omigosh, only time will tell. No matter how bad or foul your day is, walk away, leave whatever you need to do behind, go take a long walk, sleep it off ... when you return, the burden eases and you breathe lighter. Not because you have done something but time and event have elapsed and what seemed insurmountable had eased.

Wisdom

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. Find your own light. (Buddha)


“So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today. (Matthew 6:34)

Predictions - The Power Of The Mind

The Power Of The Mind

Man likes to make prediction and 'look into the future'
And the results of prediction is like a pendulum
When you are right, you move up a step in confidence and you presume the basis used was correct
If you are wrong, you discover reasons why you are off-tangent
More often than not, predictions are self-fulfilling
We move towards our goals and into the orbit of optimal position
Why?
The TRUTH is :
Human emits a cosmic force through their thoughts.. a force that can 'move' mountains
The cosmic power allows us to attract "Like with Likes"
What you wish for will eventually materialize because like the little genie ;

"Your Wish Is My Command"

Punch hard enough and you will punch a hole in the wall

Stockmarket Cycles

Stockmarket : Past, Current, Crystal-balling

A billion thanks to all my friends who read my blog. I have written on various issues but the stockmarket is something I like to opine though (mostly) unsolicited. The following were voiced;

7 Feb 2009 : Recovery 08.02.2009 - The East

..."Where the stockmarkets are concerned, its 'Trade with care' as fortune rewards the brave; For those who think they can bottom-fish and pile back into the markets after the crash like before, further dip is not a remote possibility..."

23 Mar 2009 : Stockmarket - The Uneasy Calm

..."For cash rich investors and those who needs to deploy their funds, its ideal to 'buy on weakness'... "

10 May 2009 : Uneasy Stockmarkets - Momentum Trading Or Guess Works

..." What you see is called "Momentum Trading", that is, you trade the trend and by sheer strength of liquidity, views are forced to change with the tides..."

Going Forward

In the various write-ups, I have forwarded my personal opinions as to why events move beyond commonsense and it demands steely political will to rein in the excesses.

Writers and scholars have given their miles of writings and arguments as to when and why the stockmarket will go up or down. In this update of mine, I offer none.

I will venture to say, and thus test, the empirical probabilities that :

1) Sentiments dull and stockmarket moves down in, or around, a Lunar Eclipse

2) Sentiments improve and stockmarket moves up in, or around, a Solar Eclipse

The differences is in the degree of rises or declines.

The following dates are worth observing to determine if there is, or isn't, a correlation; During the year 2009, two solar and four lunar eclipses occur as follows:

• 2009 Jan 26: Annular Solar Eclipse
• 2009 Feb 09: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
• 2009 Jul 07: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
  
• 2009 Jul 22: Total Solar Eclipse
• 2009 Aug 06: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
• 2009 Dec 31: Partial Lunar Eclipse

Quote/UnQuote

[Many] ways of conduct and of life, . . . precepts and teachings . . . often reflect a ray of that Truth which enlightens all men. The Church, therefore, exhorts her sons [to] recognize, preserve and promote the good things - The Second Vatican Counsil (1965)

The sutras [here: discourses] of the Buddha contain countless metaphors. Because mortals have shallow minds and don't understand anything deep, the Buddha used the tangible to represent the sublime. People who seek blessings by concentrating on external works instead of internal cultivation are attempting the impossible." Bodhidharma

Its all about LUCK!

When the Angels smile at you

I witnessed what happened at the bar counter today:

The bartender had just finished cleaning the bar counter and left.
A flock of birds flew onto the bar counter to feast on fresh specks of water in and around the sink. They were merrily 'feasting', singing and noisily 'chatting' with one another and after awhile they flew back to nest in the trees.
The supervisor came by and angrily reprimanded a cleaner standing nearest the bar counter (who happened to walk past), "How can the bar counter be so dirty with bird droppings all over? Get it cleaned up immediately"

It was all over within 10mins.

If the bartender was sacked for not doing his work, it was definitely not his fault. The poor cleaner was reprimanded just simply because she was present in the wrong place at the wrong time!

How unfair can life be?

That's life mate; accept what fate dishes to you.

Sometimes when things go wrong, as they may, or when your luck is not in your favour, accept it gracefully, learn from it and walk away.

For all the good and bad that you have done, God notices. As to whether rewards or retribution befall you, time will tell. Good work may not be rewarded yet but don't give up, the birds will come by one day to sing praises and bring you good luck when its due and the Angels will smile with you.

Of course, if you are bad, maybe you will be given a load of shits.

Good Omens

Omens Are Mine To Create

The signs are there; but successes are few
The signs are ominous; but they never materialize
Its all in the mind.

I work hard and thoroughly explore every available angles but breakthroughs are rare
I don't give up even if my tire legs demand that I stop
I defy and shall not surrender to the Devil of Failures

'Cos the Angels of Successes are only a hairbreathe away
These angels are around and available if only we don't shut the doors
They are mine and sent to alleviate the pains and eliminate the failures

Believe in yourself; nothing is impossible
The pot of gold is at the end of the rainbow
Its a covenant that we shall get it if we have FAITH

Good luck.

Believe in it and it shall materialize. More often than not, successes are just an amoeba waiting to multiply; not one but a nucleus.

Be Inspired

I am who I am

What do the following quotes tell you?

“I am easily satisfied with the very best.” - Winston Churchill

Do, or do not. There is no 'try'. - Yoda (from The Empire Strikes Back)

Forget about all the reasons why something may not work. You only need to find one good reason why it will. - Dr. Robert Anthony

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. - Mark Twain

It is you, and only you, who can make a difference. Success or failure lies deep in yourself; unearth the unique you and metamorphose into a SUCCESSFUL you because you refused to be a failure.

Green

Going Green Or Going Extinct?

There is only one Mandate from Heaven:

Go forth and live wholesomely and fruitfully. Climb the mountains, swim the oceans and coexist with nature harmoniously. Dinosaurs didn't disappear but evolve over time to become smaller as there were lesser food to go round!

Either we live in harmony or some day, one of us got to disappear....

Heaven 天Earth 地People人


Heaven creates Earth and bless it with abundance so that People can procreate, prosper and pan out. There is no need to worry about Malthusian effect but Homosapiens, (taxonomically Homo sapiens—Latin: "wise man" or "knowing man"). are highly able to self-destruct as the iota of wisdom declines overtime; in its place you find selfishness, greed, indifference and tonnes of evil intents.

Be wise, be nice.

Our many 'tomorrows' depend on what we do TODAY

Rainbow Connection

Rainbows

Have enough and don't be greedy. When you hurt others and you scheme against your closest of friends, you will repay with 'a pound of flesh'. Worst still, your evil intent robs your next generation and rewards them with punishment.

In the story of Noah's Ark, God resolved that he would never again curse the ground because of man, nor destroy all life on it in this manner. Man in turn was instructed never to eat any animal which had not been drained of its blood.^[7]

In order to remember this promise, God put a rainbow in the clouds, saying, "Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth."

Man should live caringly, selflessly and make the world a better place instead of drowning in egoism, selfishness and begger thy' neighbour.

Rainbows give hope though the pot of gold is always missing but meals are not make of gold. Midas can't survive as everything he touches become gold.

Too much of anything will always be harmful like gluttony, laziness and work.

Give yourself the break and breathe the fresh air of dews and flowers. Hear the breeze and the songs of the waves.

Have hope and everyday will be blessed