Protector or Servant

Protector of the light or servant of the dark

Dilemma or choice

Conditioned behaviour or conscious decision

Power of emotions or innate motivation  

Positive and negative

Push and pull

Yin and yang

Good and evil

The struggle between the two sides

Is the name of the game

Balance between the two polarities

Through deep awareness of the Self

Seeing through the equation of the light and dark

Not be deceived by illusion

That appears on the screen

Be the audience but not the actor

This is the eternal nature.  Be it.

The Wind, the Flag and the Mind

As two men were arguing about the flag flapping in the wind, one said it was the wind that was moving.  The other contended that it was the flag that was moving.  Then came the Zen master who was the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, who said with assertiveness that it was the mind that moved.  The monks were left dumbfounded.

With the way that we are wired, humans have a natural tendency to be captivated by the outside world.  It is easy to understand conceptually the saying: "As within so without, as above so below."  But we are still easily trapped by what our senses are telling us.  The origin of this saying goes back to ancient times with reference to the Hermetic principals and it will always remain a universal truth.  Simply put, our inner thoughts and feelings create what we see, hear and experience.  The circumstances of our lives are like mirror images of what is within and above us.  Precisely because we all possess such power of the mind, we are all co-creators whether we are consciously creating or not.  Look back, look now and look ahead, not even one single individual or collective human experience can deviate from this rule.  Only when we become aware of this inner power and use it for the betterment for ourselves can we start to talk about the true meaning of world peace.    

  

  

Childhood and Love Partners

Most of us yearn for an intimate and profound relationship with our love partners, one in which both parties can be interdependent to each other and grow together emotionally, mentally and spiritually.  Yet not everyone succeeds.  Unconsciously, we as human beings are also inclined to search for love that is familiar to us.  This is the kind of love experienced by us when we are nurtured by our parents or caregivers.  Growing up, we might perceive it being associated with their positive or negative traits based on our emotional response to their behaviours.  Whether it is a parent or caregiver, the wounds inflicted on us might not be intentional, but rather a consequence of the parent's or caregiver's own wounds.  Moreover, they are often our perceptions and may not be backed by any logical reasoning.  By searching for this familiarity, we may not realise how it has affected our choice of partners.  To heal from our wounds, we need to see where the psychological wounding stems from and develop the validation and empathy for our partners by mirroring their feelings.  If we truly believe that we are born whole and complete to begin with, our connection with our partners can provide the deepest insight for us to heal from our own trauma and be kinder to ourselves.