Some things you think about... and some.. not at all.. and some..you think about it only after it's been and done... how would you summarize your 2006? I imagine some would say... "lucky you!!"...and some would roll their eyes and bug out..."what..ever!!!"
personally, I had nothing to say of my 2006..its neither a high nor a low... I suppose another year is just another year.. it's how humans mark the length of time they have left on earth.. :-)... damn.. why am I always so damn melancholy in new years?
Am I looking forward to 2007? hmm.. interesting question... from where I sit today 2007 offers a wealth of possibility previously unthought before...new changes, new lives, new state of mind.. and hopefully travelling AND moving... perhaps.. this 2 months extension may really be a blessing in disguise... we'll see...
6 comments:
happy nu yearrr!!
wish i was there..:-)
what a view..
well... yes, blue eyes...
it is QUITE a view...
btw... you really should update your blog... it's a little... shall we say... empty... ha ha ha...
and now..it's getting worse, wilson..
i've changed d template..n u know what??
huhu...i don't even can't put my blog title in it!!
blogging sucks..:(
Happy New Year!
Interestingly I see lots of food photos on your blog. ha ha
What a beautiful picture of fireworks,by the way! Marvelous!
I want to tell you also that I've put my engagement photos on my blog already. Check it out!
Take care
Ciao
Got the following from my fren...
The following is translated from HH the Karmap New Year's Eve teaching given at Tergar Monastery.
" When I was little and living in the monastery, on New Years eve I would be anxious with anticipation waiting for the New Year to arrive. I could barely sleep, perhaps because of the possibilities of new hopes and aspirations. So for this New Year, I also have hope and aspiration. It's a new hope with the coming of this New Year that I might be able to walk on the same soil, the western continent. Walk through the same landscape and open the door to this intimacy. That is my hope for the New Year.
Looking back at this past year, we can recall experiences that have been painful and difficult. There are also joyful and happy experiences that we can recall. Different experiences, be they difficult and challenging or joyful and pleasant- they are landscapes, tapestries in our lives- something to do with attributes, significance in our lives. It's important to recall these joys and sorrows that have marked this last year. The point is, the difficulties one has faced, painful experiences, shouldn't be left by themselves, put aside, or ignored as too painful. The difficulties and challenges should be attributes in molding and shaping the contours of one's life and be put to meaningful use.
Personally I have faced particular difficulties especially in the years,1999 and 2000( his escape from Tibet), as many of you know. The difficulties and challenges I have faced have become the adornments of my life. Had I not, maybe I would be anonymous- but some kind of recognition can be attributed to those times. Every difficulty can be embraced as a blessing in disguise.
They can adorn one's life. Beneficial results can be found. What would be most preferable is to be able to use whatever problems one has faced for greater development for the coming year. So they become attributes, human dignity, repleteness, fullness- decorated by being able to learn. That would be the most precious thing to do.
If one can't do that, then at least one must put aside, let go. Don't bring a trail of baggage into the New Year- come with new life into the New Year.
In 2006, I have come through many challenges, in particular having taken up the responsibility of steering the Kagyu Monlam. It is quite a lot of responsibility, difficulty and considerations. But this eve, all of those challenges, however difficult have been worth it because they have been done for your sake. So why get stuck with those? So I've lefty them behind. Tonight I come to you crystal fresh. I hope that you too can come fresh- decorate and dignify your human life and at least don't bring a trail of baggage into the your present life. One needs room, so don't bring a trail of baggage from the past. Say goodbye to last year.
So what we need to consider-is that we don't view that time is controlling us- that custom is controlling us. Time is not going to dictate change or custom doesn't have control, but our willingness does. Feel inspired, motivated to change. We use the occasion of New Year to voluntarily serve as the vehicle of change. We can change anytime we want since it's not dictated by time or custom.....
. ...What we need is genuine experience of peace of mind, stability of mind, development of depth of capacity for wisdom – not dependent on counting how long one has done such and such. But on a daily basis looking at what's going on in one's life. What outlook is one developing from day to day, week to week, month to month.
....One needs two things:
1) Proper guidance
2) Examples of what is wholesome to adopt and what is unwholesome to abandon
Recognizing by oneself what is unwholesome and give it up and recognize what to adopt. Self Help. Help yourself to appreciate, help yourself to develop - not by being dependent upon another to show you, but by embracing the guidelines that you need to follow. In terms of self help, what do we need to do?
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