Sheer Joy Avenue: February 2008

Friday, February 29, 2008

Daily Wisdom 004

The Snow goose
need not bathe
to make itself
white
Neither need you
do anything
but BEYourself
Lao-tse

Daily Wisdom 003

BE at Peace
and See
a clear pattern and plan
running through
all your lives

Nothing is by chance

Eikeen Caddy
Footprints on the Path

Daily Wisdom 002

Have no fear
of moving into the unknown
Simply step out fearlessly
knowing that I am with You
therefore no harm can befall you
ALL is very very Well!

DO this in
complete Faith
and Confidence

Eileen Caddy
(Footprints on the Path)

Daily Wisdom 001

I do not expect anything
from others
so their actions
cannot be in opposition
to wishes of mine.

Swami Sri Yogananda
(Autobiography of a Yogi)

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Sanctify Your Home

Sanctify Your Home - Making The Home A Sanctuary

More than just a place to live, a home is a sanctuary, a place of refuge where serenity awaits. As well as a safe, nurturing place for the body, a home is a shrine for the spirit. We do much to make our homes comfortable and tranquil for ourselves and our families. We want to make our home inviting to our friends, as well. We can also reach out beyond our walls to send that tranquility out to the world, which so desperately needs love and compassion. Imagine sending healing energy that can transform lives without even leaving the comfort of your living room.


To create an environment from which to send loving light outward, start by going inward. Take care that your own body is well nurtured physically and spiritually, with prayer, meditation, exercise, and good nutrition. Keeping a clean and tidy house honors the sanctity of your home, but beyond surface cleaning, it's important to cleanse regularly as well. Apply the spiritual principals of feng shui or vatsu to create harmony in every room of your home. Open windows to let in fresh air and sunshine. Clear stagnant energy by smudging with sage or incense, drumming, and/or clapping.


Ask for a blessing on your home through prayer or meditation. In a quiet place, breathe in calmness and center yourself. Begin to focus on a small, golden ball of light in front of your navel. You may cup your hands around the light and feel its warmth spread through your fingers, up your arms, radiating throughout your body. Imagine the ball of light growing in your hands and open your hands to accommodate it. As it continues to grow, stretch your arms out wider until the golden ball overflows, spilling loving light all over the room. Now watch the light spread throughout your house, pouring out the doors and windows to your garden and into your neighborhood. See the light flow like lava until the whole earth is engulfed in a golden glow of peace and love.


Breathe deeply to return to your space, letting the glow continue to radiate loving energy to all. Allow yourself to bask in the light and know that your home is a sanctuary for all who enter and even for those beyond its physical boundaries.

Thursday, February 07, 2008

Spirit and Space

Spirit and Space 2008
a Creative Sacred Space Creation Workshop

Date: APRIL 2008
venue: KL, Malaysia
"It's BEYOND
feng shui
and more!!! "
So what's Sacred Space Creation???
It's an Intuitive and Integral Method
of analysing and utilizing the chi(energy)
of your environment and your Inner Space.
In this method, crystals, Reiki, divination,
pendulum, singing bowl (for space clearing)
and other metaphysical tools
are uniquely blended and practically utilized.
Not forgetting the basics and profound wisdom
that he has gained from Chinese feng shui, Vastu,
I-Ching, Bazi, Tibetan geomancy
and other ancient wisdom traditions!
This Creative Workshop will contain:-
* an introduction of Feng shui history and background
* differences between FS and FS Schools - the Essence and the Forms
* modern tecniques used in FS today
* how we can 'fix' the flaws of current FS tecniques
* which teacnique is the BEST?
(Fly the Star or use the 8 mansions???)
* what's BEYOND feng shui?
* FS Vs Spirituality
* Sacred Spaces - a 2008 analysis
* basic principles in enviromental energy
* Creating a Sacred Space by using an Integral Method
* Energy Cleansing and Space Clearing
* Inner Feng Shui Meditation
etc etc...
Let Sherab guide you into the mystical realms of
Metaphysics, Meditations and Inner Space!
Sherab’s workshops, seminars and talks
are now managed and scheduled by
Sacred Space International
6013-9332933 I 603-92822933
or write to
for more details
THANK YOU!

Happiness NOW!


諸事大吉 如意吉祥

Wishing
ALL of YOU
Happy New Year
Happy Chinese New Year
Happy Losar - Tibetan New Year
Happy Every Year
Happy Every Month
Happy Every Week
Happy Every Day
Happy Every NOW and Then
Wishing YOU
Happiness
Every Moment
HERE
and
NOW!

Thought For the New Year


Message from Sherab
"Work, as you don’t need Money
Love, as if nobody has hurt you
Dance, as if nobody was watching you
Sing, as if nobody was listening
Live, as if this was Paradise on Earth!"

Happy Chinese New Year to ALL!


An auspicious and beaufitful message from one of my Lama firends!
enjoy and have a great day!

Dear friends of the Dharma,
Losar Tashi Delek - Happy Tibetan New Year!

We have survived another year~Congratulations~!
The New Year is beginning
We do our best without any expectations
It should be ok
Depending on the circumstances we have created
Being optimistic is essential
What goes around, comes around
It is beautiful to watch
Going around and around
In the World of Existence

You can't have one without the other
Good and Bad
Happiness and Sadness
Ups and Downs
Right and Left
Success and Failure
Meeting and Parting
Birth and Death

It operates spontaneously!
Realising Unity would be better
I reckon...

Be happy, Be content, Beware
Let the three B's be at Be.

Baa Baa....

From Lama Lambchop

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Dance, like no one's watching

Hi and Happy Chinese New Year to all of YOU out there!
I will be conducting a two-day wokshop entitled
Sacred Space Creation in APRIL 2008,
welcome and let's share and learn and play together!
In this festive season, I would like to share a meaningful article
sent by one of my friend:

We convince ourselves that life will be better once we are married, have a baby, then another.
Then we get frustrated because our children are not old enough, and that all will be well when they are older.
Then we are frustrated because they reach adolescence and we must deal with them. Surely we’ll be happier when they grow out of the teen years.
We tell ourselves our life will be better when our spouse gets his/her act together, when we have a nicer car, when we can take a vacation, when we finally retire.

The truth is that there is no better time to be happy than right now.
If not, then when?

Your life will always be full of challenges. It is better to admit as much and to decide to be happy in spite of it all.

For the longest time, it seemed that life was about to start. Real life.
But there was always some obstacle along the way, an ordeal to get through, some work to be finished, some time to be given, a bill to be paid. Then life would start.

I finally came to understand that those obstacles were life.
That point of view helped me see that there isn’t any road to happiness.
Happiness IS the road.
So, enjoy every moment.

Stop waiting for school to end, for a return to school, to lose ten pounds, to gain ten pounds, for work to begin, to get married, for Friday evening, for Sunday morning, waiting for a new car, for your mortgage to be paid off, for spring, for summer, for fall, for winter, for the first or the fifteenth of the month, for your song to be played on the radio, to die, to be reborn… before deciding to be happy.

Happiness is a voyage, not a destination.
There is no better time to be happy than… NOW!
"Live and enjoy the moment. "

(Author unknown)

其實我覺得人生就是這樣,充滿著未知數:每一日的生活,都有不同的挑戰。我覺得,每一次的挑戰,不論結果如何、所遇到的挑戰有多麼的大,在挑戰的期間,你也會有所得著。我們每一時刻,所做的都是令我們的人生經驗更加豐富,我們每一次都有所得著與學會的知識,這些就只有在我們日常生活中實踐學會,並沒有一張佈滿問題的考卷,給你去完成,這些都不可以利用分數來計算的。人生如沒有挑戰困難的話,會如何呢?沒有挑戰與難關,我想你也鍛煉不到忍耐吧,也沒有上進心,令我們的生活變得更加充實。每一刻,你都可以用樂觀來看,儘管你在困境中,但世界上給你更加多困難的人可能有很多,我們覺得樂觀的應是我們現在承受的,還是我們能夠控制與解決的,每一刻,是康莊大道還是崎嶇不平的山路,都令我們生活更加快樂充實,令我們學會更多的人生道理。
Now, think and try to answer these questions:
1 – Name the 5 richest people in the world.
2 – Name the last 5 Miss Universe winners.
3 – Name the last 10 Nobel Prize winners.
4 – Name the last 10 winners of the Best Actor Oscar.
Can’t do it? Rather difficult, isn’t it?
Don’t worry, nobody remembers that.
Applause dies away!
Trophies gather dust!
Winners are soon forgotten.
Now answer these questions:
1 – Name 3 teachers who contributed to your education.
2 – Name 3 friends who helped you in your hour of need.
3 – Think of a few people who made you feel special.
4 – Name 5 people that you like to spend time with.
More manageable? It’s easier, isn’t it?
The people who mean something to your life are not rated “the best”, don’t have the most money, haven’t won the greatest prizes…
They are the ones who care about you, take care of you, those who, no matter what, stay close by.
Think about it for a moment.
Life is very short!

And you, in which list are you? Don’t know?
Let me give you a hand.
You are not among the most “famous”, but among those to whom I remember to send this message…

Some time ago, at the Seattle Olympics, nine athletes, all mentally or physically challenged, were standing on the start line for the 100 m race.
The gun fired and the race began. Not everyone was running, but everyone wanted to participate and win.
They ran in threes, a boy tripped and fell, did a few somersaults and started crying.
The other eight heard him crying.
They slowed down and looked behind them.
They stopped and came back… All of them…

A girl with Down’s Syndrome sat down next to him, hugged him and asked, “Feeling better now?”Then, all nine walked shoulder to shoulder to the finish line.
The whole crowd stood up and applauded. And the applause lasted a very long time…
People who witnessed this still talk about it.
Why?
Because deep down inside us, we all know that the most important thing in life is much more than winning for ourselves.
The most important thing in this life is to help others to win. Even if that means slowing down and changing our own race.

If you spread this message, perhaps we will succeed in changing our heart, perhaps someone else’s heart, as well…
A candle loses nothing if it is used to light another one!

名譽與勝利就好像煙花那樣,一直的吸引著我們,可惜這些就只有外觀上的華麗,真正的美與實在就不見得有這麼多了;這些外觀的,都只是可以只有短暫的光輝,消失了就是消失了,給別人都只是那一刻的享受,對比之下並沒有給人長遠的印象,都只是一些容易給人忘記的東西吧。不如實在一些,會令人心有感動吧- 換來造福別人,令人真心的感動!