Running / Walking (xvi)

Running / Walking (xvi)

Ron gave me the St Benedict medal. Sasha asked khenpo dorje to do a divination and the reply was that “u hv a astral flotsam attached. Not too serious but definitely disembodying. U ll be fine!💐🌺🌸💐🌺🌸”

And Sasha’s advice was

“Yes these entity-things can try to drain yr energy & shape-shift around u … so u r probably feeling what its feeling! They r like giant mosquitoes that inject their own emotions & drain yr energy. The practice is to Be Yourself as much as u can.Really they can be easily removed”

The practice is to be yourself

Well I was searching for myself – and for that matter , searching really hard of late. And this learning had to come to really drive me down to getting every wee bit of mySELF out

I used to be a really sensitive child

My nanny would say, if people wanted to share red eggs celebrating a baby’s full month of being, and they showed the eggs in my face I would cry non stop or get a fever

I recall having lots of talisman burned waters in my childhood

That day when I shared this with Helena, she said, “ maybe this is the real you but out of fear you blocked it- and blocked everything out. But maybe you could use this in a way to help yourself and others. Learn to shield yourself and take only what you need. Practice !”

She asked me,” actually what are you afraid of ?”

Now as I try make sense of it – The feeling is almost as if fear is part of me. I have grown so accustomed to it it constitutes my identity

But really – what is TPY like without fear? Who can she be?

I told Sasha I must be at a low and she agreed because “that ll be when they attach Positivity has a kind of natural buoyant energetic protection.Low thins out the energy …”

I know.

And I learned a lot about myself from this episode

The message that came through in the run was “ you asked for expanded consciousness didn’t you?”

Yes I did and this is one instance where my consciousness is expanded and can feel a bigger spectrum

But like Helena said, be conscious and learn to shield yourself from anything that affects you

Like Sasha said, “ be yourself”

As a child, I was always carrying a lot of fear, I was afraid of the dark and mysterious . I always had my imagination wild and created more fear because of that- estranging myself further from reality

Carried by fear carried in fear, I lost myself.

Totally lost it.

Ula said,” i guess you need love to you & your family..bcz i think you had lose some feel of love”

I asked for the reason of my existence and 2 days before we went to the beach in the evening

I was happied out. I haven’t felt that simple joy outwards from the heart in a long time

Seeing how the kids had fun and played with water with bf, I got my answer.

These folks in front of me are my reason. I thanked the universe for hearing me and replying back to me

And today after my run, I saw bf bathed in the sun walking towards me

He is my reason – that boy who loved me loves me knows me through and through and anchors me

And interestingly this time, with the knowing of the divination, I kind of felt quite at peace

I told myself to create a lot of space – when the space becomes really big, anything in that is dwarfed in smallness

And I drew notes from my learnings from Tibetan Buddhism practice- awareness. Just be aware

Sometimes I felt so sad and HuaiHao asked me, why are so so sad? I don’t have an explanation for him

Sasha said I could be feeling not me

And I was actually chanting a lot and dedicating the merits outwards feeling a lot of compassion for other beings and being grateful that I m in a position to chant and dedicate

I know that I did not do anything wrong and so I will be safe and protected

Most of all each time I trust the divine and protection is with me, I get goose bumps

In all of this practice, patience and openness is helpful. I recall all the Angel numbers that I kept seeing: 11:11 444 12:12 and the like , apparently it is a sign that I m travelling on the right path

Even at my level when things felt so out of place I kept seeing these

I suck out the very essence of light in me to venture forward. I trust that I can heal myself I trust and have faith in my own light

And I m most thankful I have so many supportive circles around me and most of all, I have Guru Rinpoche and all these wonderful mantras to anchor on

And, and -the sun was brilliant today. Sharing it with you.

Take 1

Take 1

A Korean docuseries documenting K-pop reps, asking them if they were to do a perfect performance before they died, what song would it be and where—- all in one take

The episode on Rain was very inspiring

I kind of grew up with him

When he started out in 2002 that was when I began my career as a journalist

I remember watching his concert live and watching him on Take 1 made me feel alive

It made the engine in my heart start roaring

There were so many wonderful quotes, such as

“Just do it the way you practised “

“Treat the practice like the real thing and the real thing like a practice”

“The stage is about the tension between an artist and the audience and I will use that tension as fuel to unleash my energy on stage. It is my goal to put forward a performance that makes you shiver from head to toe as soon as it starts”

“Give a performance that is impossible to give. Even if it’s impossible, I like to give it a try”

“Even if it doesn’t work, I need to try my best first”

“I won’t stop unless we nail it”

“I always told myself to never regret things”

“People get a few chances in their lifetime. But if you don’t do your best each time, you won’t be given a chance next time”

“I don’t know how others evaluate me. But if I had evaluate myself on stage it’s not that I was cool or the best. It’s that u was true to myself. If I were to evaluate myself I’d say I did my best and was devoted. ”

His fans all went wild – obviously , seeing this one take . 25000 applied to come into the blue house to watch this performance and only 1000 came in

Qinzhi was watching with me and I told her, I also want to do something that makes me come alive and makes people come alive.

Running/Walking (xv)

Running/Walking (xv)

Running today has been very special

It felt like there was some force or energy at my trunk or core —— driving the run

I felt very awaken. The run was kind of easy.

It made me sit up and listen to it , observe it. And whenever my mind drifted, I went back to it.

Is it the qi?

Or the soul?

My very being or beingness? What is it?

Whatever it is, it showed me something else was there for me in my life and I had all along been oblivious to its presence

That was there very driving force of my life. When I was strong and when I was weak. It’s always been there.

I finally saw it. I love you, thank you. Please- forgive me. I am sorry.

And there are actually so many things or resources that are around us , in and with us that we do not see.

What was the thing I did to see it?

I did reiki on myself yesterday before I slept and this morning when I rose.

There were lots of jerks twitches and movements that came out of the body on its own

While I had been worried seeing as the body’s release of uptightness stress, today I saw it as energy moving in and out of the body

At least there is some exchange and I know some changes are in place

There is some flow

There was also a lot of fear in my heart area

Pretty strong and intense. While I used to have so much fear over this fear and succumbed to it, this morning I looked it it gave it space acknowledging its presence

I told my self to create space for it

Keep giving light to it

Be compassionate to this feeling.

Was talking to HuaiHao yesterday and he said I looked sad. He asked me why? I said maybe I lost myself and is directionless. And I beat myself up for that.

To which he said, “ that’s sad, then don’t beat yourself up!”

If we can be less judgemental not just on ourselves but to life, noting that Everything can , be. I think life would be a bliss and a breeze

This was pretty much inspired by a post I saw yesterday on IG

Heaven earth or hell, it all came within. In the first place we allowed it because a certain part of us got curious about a certain element of it .

But we so very often lose our grip. It is so because our own negativities, insecurities, doubts, fears, regrets, pain come to play.

We lose our footing as we get embroiled in it all. And tumble. This was what happened to me.

And at this point we do need people – our best guardian friends, our angels or a greater source of energy like the creator or god or buddhas you subscribe to — for that matter they all represent light they are light- to light up the pathway for us and to give us the added support energy strength blessings protection and healing to bring us back

And it’s also the mind. The super creative at work, creating all the good the bad and everything in between.

The mind is wavering in the wind and the practice is to anchor it on light or a mantra. And I am reminded of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche’s teachings. That everything is emptiness.

And I have to thank all buddhas and guardian angels who have been with me- all this while. For loving me.

I remember asking John why certain things work, and he says , “just know it does. It works like how nature works. So why does nature work? So go and learn about nature and your connection with it”

There’s a greater wisdom out there

That we could surrender or subscribe to. It actually does all the work

Like how it is in today’s run. How the sun rises everyday . How me and you were born.

Do The/This Day Well

Do The/This Day Well

Because I didn’t. So I got to discovering this. and a collection of thoughts below.

The Heart Went Wild

We were heading back from our walk and I was panting

Bf remarked if I was ok because we were just brisk walking

I said now even if I brisk walked, I was panting less than the days before when I was doing nothing but panting and frail and weak and fatigued

And he said, that is because your mind is lost and your heart doesn’t know what to do

Your mind went away and did not give instructions to the heart and the heart went wild too

Wow

And he hit the mail on the head. The heart went wild, went everywhere and nowhere.

I was LOST, big time

I got impatient trying to find something to do

I sent out resumes

And didn’t get replies

I tumbled into a very low low

I completely lost myself and couldn’t steer myself anywhere

For a while I didn’t know what I want and worse nothing really could motivate me or anchor me

Qinzhi was so right

She said ,” you look like you are so down with life “

And I worried her

Then yesterday when I felt better, she said, “ you look like you found something you are passionate for “

I told bf this and he asked me what I found.

Heal Thyself

I said I found – again this reminder – I can heal myself

Just today walking and chatting om ah hung – Guru Rinpoche ‘s mantra brought me newfound wisdom

I went back to the sacred cave in tso pema and saw Guru Rinpoche in his cave

I was kneeling before him and trying to feel his presence and blessings

It’s a very special feeling

Feels like there’s something else that touches you through and through in the air

Actually I kept asking for healing and blessings and today I understood that my prayers were heard – even if I thought I was not heard

I asked for healing and I kept going back to the past to check on myself and when I went there I always saw or found new things about myself

Yes there was healing

Power

And I also realized how much of my own power I have given out

Each time I looked outside for advice, I went out to look for consolation, I gave a bit of my power away

But- Each time I engage in initiatives to do something for myself engaging and ascertaining my power I feel good

Show Up for Today

And I didn’t couldn’t show up for life in the few days that I was not well

Do Today Do Now

I was thinking big! My purpose in life, the meaning I can derive . And I got even more lost

But just now ! The message I heard was- just look at tomorrow or even now . Do the day well. Make every moment of the day joyful, easy, effortless, happy, healthy.

And the bigger things will come

只要过好每分每秒,未来的都是生命的花红

If you make each moment count, everything that comes along is a gift from life

Heal at Will

Heal at Will

The colour in my face was not there

Qinzhi says I look so tired and that I m “done with life”

It’s an empty look

That even I got worried about

I was so empty and blanked out I couldn’t understand where or what went wrong

I tried to understand find out but just couldn’t

I was just emptied out

Was I in some kind of shock or did something grip me?

Did I shut myself down because I felt low and the cycle repeats?

I tried to anchor myself on Buddhist mantras and affirmations like looking in the mirror and saying I love you , I approve of myself

Sometimes there were realizations such as – this is another opportunity to train the mind and steer it to a firm standing

I was definitely thrown off course- how did I slip into this?

In everyday there are ups and downs and once again I see clearly for myself how the mind went off course and the body followed

And I know now what can help: meditation, simple qigong , moving the hands, shaking, running and walking in the sun, soaking the feet in sea water, hugging and kissing the kids, getting a hug and kiss from bf, watching k pop and

Sleeping

Sleeping is like a reset and I always wake up feeling better .

Breathe

Shower

Awareness actually

Actually – the simplest things anyone can do

To find back or come back to center

Then just now, after some movement, I had this voice which said- “ all this happened to remind you that you can heal yourself!”

Like a kind of cyclical repeat, these episodes of tired help me get into myself, and lets me find some kind of power I have stored in me. It happened again and again and each time I came out of it following an uplifting thought

I can heal myself – I can heal myself , this is the message tired brought me and reminded me of

And I asked, what and how. And I learnt to listen

These fatigued out low energy low esteem days and moments serve to let me know that I can snap out of them at will. And only I

And so can you

I m well and all is safe. Out of this only good will come. I am always divinely protected and guided, always traveling in the best direction .

And so it is. You too, wherever you are. For the very simple reason, life loves you.

The day after – on a bus, I heard a voice go- who says tired is bad? What is the value you attach to tired that made it worse?

We tend to have certain ideas about things and these may be the exact things that might not serve us

So free the self from concepts notions ideas attachments and experience greater space and freedom

9 Yrs 9 Mths

9 Yrs 9 Mths

Watching kpop drama <Shooting Stars> with HuaiHao, this episode spells of a budding love between a celebrity and the team lead of the PR department. And i turned to Huaihao and said, “Isn’t nice to to have someone you love?”

And HuaiHao turned to me and said, “mommy”

Awwwwwwwwww

This little one is beginning to appreciate vegetarian bee hoon his dad likes at a coffeeshop in an older estate in this part of this modern country. He was filled with hopes as he made his 45min journey on a bus to eat there. He said if the stall isn’t open he will cry. And the stall did not open. We took him there another day and look at him!

He said, “I m all blossoming now!”

And there were a few days Huaihao didn’t have to go to school so we went jogging at east coast beach soaked in some sun and sea breeze!

And with Huaihao, I kind of find my belonging

Every year on my birthday, Huaihao would be the first one to wake up in the morning and to hand me with two little hands, his handmade card. This year too! And he would kiss me kiss kiss kiss, he makes me feel very precious and appreciated.

On another day, we went to Uniqlo just to do a recce of what winter wear options they had and Huaihao took the chance to get on a ride

Just that he is little no more!

On the saturday before ah hui ah yi’s birthday, there was a last minute luncheon Huaihao could attend and this sincere little one made a card in quick time and coloured the cake with the colours of clothes ah hui ah yi would wear!

On another morning, Mommy took Huaihao to have eggs and toast.

Actually missed out on bedtime routines with HuaiHao in the last 2 weeks and we finally cuddled in bed one night.

HuaiHao : do you know how long I waited for this?

Me: wait? 

HuaiHao: We haven’t hugged like this for so long every second in the last 2 weeks felt like an eternity

On another day, it wasn’t quite the day I would ask for.

HuaiHao: so are you angry?

Me:… not really. It’s like, the feeling is——well done huh TPY 

HuaiHao: But life has its ups and downs what . It’s normal. Just breathe breathe and breathe… it’s ok. 

Is some angel speaking to me through this precious little one?

HuaiHao: How are you feeling now? You can feel your feelings mommy it’s ok. On the outside you are okay but on the inside you are hurt

Me: huh really ?

HuaiHao: You’ve got to be a sponge on the sea. 

Me: What’s that?

HuaiHao: It always rises up to the top. The sponge. Even if a hydraulic press presses on it, it always comes up. 100%

One night we were walking back home and HuaiHao saw a bright star

I said that it doesn’t sparkle do probably it’s not a star but a planet 

I fished my phone out and pointed an app at it

The star is Jupiter 

And HuaiHao said how wonderful is it to have an app like this that could show you something so far away

I said I don’t even know how to describe that distance from here to Jupiter 

HuaiHao said we are gazillions apart

I said that before HuaiHao came to me as a baby we are also that far apart

But something magical happened in the midst . Some kind of magic force or energy collapsed the distance in between and now we are here holding hands

Isn’t that wonderful?

Yes, wonderful isn’t enough to spell things out. As with everything in life, that we celebrate or not, it is a magical occurrence through and through.

More often than not, we do not see the beauty of something because of the preconceived notions that we have.

Dear Huaihao, I hope you will be open and wise to see life as it is, it is what mommy is learning now. I wish you lots of love and light.

Running / Walking (xiv)

Running / Walking (xiv)

Jogging and using it as an opportunity to open myself up to the universe ‘s messages

And as I ran I heard this: open up like a baby with open arms, smiling. Open up like a flower a smallest leaf. The natural tendency is to open up.

But with life and it’s events , we close up ourselves in or with fear . You close yourself off to whatever the flow brings . You close yourself up.

And this is an exercise that is on going.

There were so many instances my mind ran off somewhere and I had to call it back to the now. Just stay with what you see now and keep open

Open open open. Be here , is it about surrendering to the moment? Offering one’s consciousness to the moment?

We try too hard. And too often.

Be here — now.

Observe this silent hand at work. Trust

And I somewhat tasted bliss – of being in the now. Now is what you see where you are, here, anything is allowed and the possibilities are endless

Yet we keep occupying the now with lots of things

13 Years 8 Months

13 Years 8 Months

By the end of October, Qinzhi would be starting her holidays and officially graduated from sec 1. It seems just like yesterday that she finished with her PSLE

And one interesting thing she was tested for was cooking!

Qinzhi said she was stressed out and had vertigo. This something that bothered her and she took to thinking over and over about it until she experienced spinning. I explained to Qinzhi that instead of thinking and deliberating over it again and again, and getting herself into a spin. How about doing it. Stepping up to doing it?

And writing about this made me understand once again, that Qinzhi and me are alike. I also deliberated over things -over and over again. She was showing it outwards to me

One other interesting thing she was tested for was art

We couldnt really head out to a meal for my birthday because the next day she had Math Paper 2. But on my birthday morning, Qinzhi woke up early and presented me with a card

And it is all that matters because I just want Qinzhi to be happy and healthy. The things Qinzhi taught me,

to come back to myself

to recognise and acknowledge one’s feelings

to be confident

to fully express oneself

is way too precious just like her.

Recently I started kissing Qinzhi in bed, when I head into her room to switch off her dome. And I feel that she’s blossomed even more.

Love is the most important healing power

May you be well and happy Qinzhi.

Running/ Walking (xiii)

Running/ Walking (xiii)

Listening to Joey Yap these 2 days inspired me in two ways

He said that if you wanted something, it’s not the wish you made that makes it possible but the steps you take . When you take the correct action, you do not have to keep your eyes on the end result because you get there.

It’s the steps you take.

Second, he talked about opening up to grace. And that we have notions about what is grace. Like this is grace or healing and that is not and in so we could not see what has been given .

This brings me to the point of me realizing this point yesterday during the run—— that my body actually has healed the keloid over and over again. If this isn’t grace what is????

YET I failed to recognize it. And time and again it has stood by me. Mended me.

Today in my run , I found something else.

That me of all people must have at one point in time believed that I m lesser, lesser than beautiful.

It could be a time when I was fat and obese and there were well meaning people around me poking at me in fun ways to make me watch my diet but I took it the wrong way.

And in an instant, I of all people put an energy on myself as I too, believed in that.

I believe and grew to become ugly somewhere, my esteem and confidence bruised

I did away with my fleshy round face and rosy blush cheeks

Today in my run, I actually saw this for myself. And how I – of all people stopped myself and limited myself and subjected myself to a lesser state

But seeing this was liberating, I came face to face with the little girl I was and she was crying.

“Why did they say those things to me? Am I not perfect beautiful cute?”

And I said to her, “ forgive them! They said these things as passing remarks. They did not know how to express better. They still loved you anyway.”

Let them go and that intense energy you subjected yourself to- dissolve into nothingness

“You are beautiful as always. Find back the blush the rosy cheeks the round face. Don’t give them up just like that.”

And for once, I found the keloids scar beautiful. They were a testament to how much my body loves me, stood by me , and beautiful because of this story of knowing

I love you TPY. I really love you!

Running/ Walking (xii)

Running/ Walking (xii)

It’s been close to one month since I stopped running , recovering from flu

The last week has been extremely tiring for me with foggy feelings fatigue breathlessness

When I ran all this while nothing of the sort plaqued me

It came to my understanding that the energy isn’t flowing or circulating in my body and there was a lot of stagnation

Probably also another nod to my professional life as I now look outwards and forward to starting out again

Yesterday while preparing dinner, I told myself to do every bit deliberately

Be in the moment and not be led away by the fogginess and the associated frustration and helpless feelings that came along

There was a lot of surrendering to that state I was in it trying to make sense or worry or find out what was not right

Not trying to get out of it desperately

To just be with that state and not being afraid of it not stopping it nor trying to force my way with it – and end up making things worse

But the sun came out this morning and I decided to head out

I ran somewhat slowly first

And I intended to open myself up to the now

And to listen in to whatever message or guidance the universe brings

And bring me messages it did

⁃ We are the very ones who close our doors to life. Really subtly this happens. We close up and we know this is true because or when we open up

⁃ Awareness can heal. I thought of the repeated bouts of fatigue and breathlessness. Each time worked my way with it using whatever awareness I have or have not- they were important practice sessions for me to wake up. Awareness of the situation can have immense healing powers

⁃ it doesn’t matter how slow you go so long as you are in the right direction, you are getting there

⁃ I thought of my keloids- thing is even though it has been inflamed so many times each time it healed. The body heals. The body is on my side

⁃ But how many times did we wreck our body by not taking care of it

⁃ The next thing that came: give thanks. Say thank you, thank you body for healing me each time

An eagle flew by as I completed my run

I also learnt that there is a lot of power in “I call my power back”