Insight #11. MYOB....

Exactly. . . Mind your own business. . . perhaps this applied to me more as I have the tendency to go over the fence and kay poh (busy body). . . 

I was gently reminded by a good friend that one should not go over the fence and intrude into the private affairs of others. . . a good lesson. . .  and there are times, certain things don't need to be elaborated or dicussed upon, for example, like one own's cultivation. There is a distinct difference between sharing and boasting. . . 

So I shall M.Y.O.B in future. .

Insight #10. . . Nothing. . . is everything. . .

Since all phenomena are pure by nature,

meditate the thought of the non-existence of things.

With bodhicitta,

meditate the thought of great compassion.

Imperceptible by nature, luminous clarity,

meditate without any attachment to things at all.

Mind is the cause of the arising of wisdom,

do not seek Buddhahood elsewhere.

From  Arya atajñana nama mahayana sutra (Sutra of the wisdom of the Time of Death)

Insight #9. Subject to change . . .

From a good friend's blog: I also realized that we are all subject to change. . . Nothing stays the same, This is a solemn but insighful statement taken from a Pali recitation book. . . 


Pali recitation for meditators by Sujiva.

I am of the nature to decay - ( Jaradhammomhi )
I have not gone beyond decay - ( Jaram Anatito )
I am of the nature to be diseased - (Vyadhi Dhammomhi)
I have not gone beyond disease - (Vyadi Anatito )
I am of the nature to die - (Marana Dhammomhi )
I have not gone beyond death - ( Marana Anatito )
All that is mine and dear - ( Sabbehi Me Piyehi Manapehi )
Will change, Will vanish - ( Nanabhavo Vinabhavo )

I am the owner of my own kamma - ( Kammassakomhi )
I am the heir of my own kamma - ( Kamma Dayado )
I am born from my own kamma - ( Kamma Yoni )
I am related to my own kamma - ( Kamma Bandhu )
I abide supported by my own kamma - ( Kamma patisarano )
Whatever kamma i shall do - ( Yam Kammam Karissami )
Wheather good or evil - (Kalyanam Va Papakam Va )
of that - ( Tassa )
I shall be the heir - ( Dayado Bhavissami )
Thus by Us - ( Evam Amhehi )
Should (these) be frequently recollected - ( Abhinham Paccavekkitabbam )


So it is. . .