Live A Wisdom Life - Way To Enlightenment

Secrets of Enlightenment

2010-01-04T00:25:00.000-08:00

Simple practice can lead to enlightenment. Just watch the video below. Feel free to share with me if you found something valuable. Enjoy!

Live with purpose.
Andrew

The Way to Happiness Foundation: Videos - Try Not to Do Things to Others that You would not Like Them to Do to You

2009-12-25T06:38:00.000-08:00

A Great video that just reflect the reality of our society today. If we can awaken from that circle, then the society will be more peace and harmony.

Watch it by clicking on the link below.

Enjoys!

The Way to Happiness Foundation: Videos - Try Not to Do Things to Others that You would not Like Them to Do to You

Have a Fantastic day ahead!

Live with purpose,

Andrew

So You Know What People Really Think By Mr Joseph Bismark

2009-12-17T01:33:00.000-08:00

I found this short and precise article which I would like to share with you here.

Read on and enjoy! :)

Have you ever noticed that people don’t always really say what they think?

I was in an elevator once in Singapore with a well dressed professional man who appeared to be in his late fifties. A young woman in extremely tight black pants, three inch heels and a low-cut red satin blouse stepped on at a middle floor.

He smiled in her direction and stated, “that’s a quite a stunning outfit.”

She gave him a big smile back, however, when she exited at the next floor and once the elevator door had closed, he turned and said to me…

“She looked like a tramp. How could a woman dress like that in a professional building?”

People rarely tell you what they really think, unless you insist. Especially when you’re the boss and you’ve just given a presentation, some will say “great job” and then they’ll slice and dice the speech when you’re out of sight.

People will not risk candour if there is nothing in it for them. So, if you want to know, you have to ask and also seek their opinion… You need to show that you really want to know.

Please take a moment to ponder… ask and seek opinions from the people close to you… be open to hear what they have to say in reply… it is only an opinion after all? It is not necessarily the truth… so relax… hear it and see what you can apply and learn.

Do not miss these opportunities for positive (or negative) feedback they can greatly improve you as a person.

If you find any value here, please feel free to share with me.

Thank you. :)

Live with Purpose,

Andrew teoh

Time Management By Vijay Eswaran

2009-10-26T17:46:00.001-07:00

Hi, I would like to share with you this wonderful article that I read this early morning. A very thoughtful learning here!

One very simple way of time management, which by the way, is itself a wrong word since one cannot manage time. It is something u leave to the almighty to do. This grandiose term time management is actually just about managing yourself. And there are people who call themselves Time management experts. There is no such thing!

Trying to manage time is like trying to put a fence around the ocean or hold a cup full of air! So that be the case, my friends. So what are u managing when u say u are managing time? In the simplest essence you are managing yourselves.

A classic example – there was a time I lived in the Philippines for close to 4 yrs. And Manila is very much like Bangkok, notorious for its long traffic jams. Arguably Manila is worse than Bangkok. While I was there, I had to put up with these very long traffic jams and sometimes u can be caught for so long that it takes an hour to cover one mile. So making sense of schedules in Manila was totally nonsensical. However one attempted to make appointments and attempted to keep them and leave the rest to the forces of the traffic Gods.

So, during one of these tempestuous moments, I was seated in a taxi with a good friend of mine and I was already about 45 mins late for an appointment and it didn’t look like I was going to get there anytime soon. Now even by Manila standards that particular jam was horrendous. As we were edging our way down the traffic, it appeared that I was going to have to cancel this appt or not make it at all. And in particular for me, this was the 3^rd time I was trying to meet this individual. So it was frustrating for me. I was venting my anger on anything and everything that moved. The birds in the sky to the people sitting in the cars around, to the seat I was sitting on. I was doing this for a good 30 mins before I realized that my friend was sitting there amiably with an almost beatific smile on his face and his hand in his jacket pocket and he seemed to be murmuring to himself. For a moment there I said to myself- maybe he has lost it! The traffic situation after all these yrs of living there had demented the poor chap. I tapped him on the shoulder and said- what in the blazes are u grinning about? I don’t see anything to smile about! We are caught in the middle of the jam and we cant go back to where we came from. We can’t move forward. We can’t open the car doors and the AC is not working. And I can count on the drivels of sweat running down my spine. Thence, he looked up to me with an almost saintly smile of his face – what’s the problem?

The problem is that we are wasting our time and our day! He said- why would u imagine that I would allow a silly traffic jam to waste my time! If I had to leave my house everyday and allow the jam to affect my life which is a daily occurrence in Manila, I might as well not leave my house.

Now that stuck me as strangely rational. Here I was raising my blood pressure and condemning anything and everything and feeling helpless, and he seem perfectly calm. So I asked him what he was doing sitting there staring at the window…that can’t be particularly delightful! Then it struck me – Are you on something? What are you on? Give me whatever you are on…give me 2 of it! Right now I really feel like I could do with it.

He said no drugs my friend. This morning as I left my house, I got up too late to do my normal spiritual practices. I usually allot an hour to do my prayers and a round of my rosary beads. I missed it this morning and I was very upset because it throws off my day. And right now the good Lord has kind of balanced it out for me by giving me back my one hour.

Then after I finish this I have at least 6 letters I need to send out and he brandished a pen and a letter pad and said, “I am ready to get to work!”

And at that moment in time. …This is a little bit before cell phones became the norm, I was blown off the wall….if I am in control of my life, then I wait for no one. The more I am out of control, the more I find myself waiting. And that is essentially what this practice of the Sphere of Silence is all about.

Please share your thought here if you find any value in this article. I highly appreciate on every comment, and will get the chance to know you too.

Live with Purpose,

Andrew Teoh

Reaction By Vijay Eswaran

2009-10-18T05:19:00.000-07:00

Everything that we feel, sense, taste, hear or see is processed by the mind. The world as we see it, only exists in our mind. And it is the same mind that can change the perception of how it is filtered. And how we choose to react. Its not about what happens to you in this life that counts. Because everyone goes through valleys and mountains in their lives and you are all going to go through that. To be lost in euphoria for any length of time just because you are successful is equally as redundant or as damaging as being depressed or despondent or even self destructive because you are going to be hitting on the valleys in your life. The trick is to recognize that it’s not about the incidents themselves or the environment that you live in but rather how you react to it.

Choosing how we react, being able to control, communicate and consolidate that reaction is the single most fundamental element of success in managing one’s life. Now how much can one do that? Its easy to talk about that but challenging to put into practice.

If you find value in this post, please feel free to share with me your thoughts. I appreciate your sharing, and can able to know you too. Have a nice day! :)

Live With Purpose,

Andrew Teoh

The Essence Of Life

2009-10-11T07:57:00.001-07:00

There are Five Essence in life for us to deeply think about it. Read the following to discover...

The Essence of Goodness
What has happened is Good. Whatever is happening is also Good. Whatever is about to happen will also be Good.

The Essence of Greed
What is it that you are despairing for? What is it that you think you have lost? What did you bring into this world to have lost? What do you think is yours to take with you when you leave?

The Essence of Detachment
What do you think you have created that is yours to take with you? What have you taken thus far is only taken from this world. Hence, it was not yours to take or even to give, as it will remain here long after the taker and giver leave

The Essence of True Wealth
Any possession of yours today will belong to another tomorrow. Who in turn will have to leave it to another the next day. Wealth in Practice is what you do with what you temporarily have, before it is inevitably taken away from you.

The Essence of Life
That all things will change. That Change is the ultimate law of the Universe and the objective of Creation. Leaving Him as the only Constant in all this Chaos...and the Chaos in all that appears Constant

If you find value in what you read, please share with me in comment column. I will be glad to hear from you.

Have a Nice day!

Success is Yours,

Andrew Teoh

The 18 Step ‘A’ Plan To Life

2009-10-05T06:29:00.000-07:00

Take it as mantra of your life, and you will live a fruitful life!

Arise from your stupor of a life.

Awaken to a new existence.
Aspire to be greater than what you are and those around you.
Assess where you are today.
Analyse where you need to go.
Assimilate as much knowledge as you can.
Adopt everything you need to learn.
Apply it daily.
Acquire experience through trial and error.
Accept your failures.
Adapt yourself to your existing reality.
Adjust to every situation.
Accommodate every change.
Achieve your destiny.
Always remember to Appreciate everything you have.
Acknowledge everyone who works with you.
Attribute your success to Him.
And you will live a life that others will Applaud.

Please share more of your thoughts here. I appreciate on every sharing. Thanks.

The Biggest Mental Block

2009-09-06T19:58:00.000-07:00

What is the biggest mental block can one face? What hold us back? Read the article below and share with me your thought if you find value in it. Happy reading :)

A lot of things that you supposedly ought to learn are things you already know. And that is the biggest problem you are going to face, the biggest mental block.

“I’ve heard it. I know it.” And because you know it, you stop listening. The problem is you don’t make new mistakes. You make the old ones over and over again. The same things that prevented you from learning five years ago, are the same things that prevent you from learning today. There’s only one block to you coming up in this world, and that’s you! Being an expert is the problem. Because you think you know more than most people who come here, that becomes your biggest problem. Keeping an open mind is your biggest challenge.

What happens now? Where do you go from here? How do you rekindle the spirit in you so that it keeps burning? When the whole world is against you, that’s when you have to carry the biggest flame of all, the brightest flame of all. You’re each on your own individual journeys. You cannot feed the world, save the world, cure the world or carry the world on your back. It doesn’t need you. It has never needed you. Nothing is in your hands at the end of the day. The only thing you can do is improve yourself. That is the true purpose of why you’re here. If nothing has changed in you from the time you started, then the rest is of no relevance.

You are defined by what you do. Gandhi’s greatest journey was within him. If you focus on the journey within, you realize that the answers are within you. What is your purpose from here on? The whole purpose of The Sphere of Silence was to create the whole philosophy of asking, asking, asking. The challenges that we face - they will be different every day, in every part of the world. But the challenges that we face are meant for us. No one can face that challenge but you. So, “Why is it happening to me?” is not the question. The question should be, “Why have I not gotten past this?” If it’s happening to you again and again, then you’re repeating your mistakes. You need to make new mistakes. When you make new mistakes then you’ll have new problems. When you make the same mistakes, you’ll have the same problems. The mistakes that you can precisely pinpoint in someone else because you can see it so well, are the ones you make yourself.

Point is, it’s all you. It’s up to you, what you want to do.

Everyday something new is being born all the time. Life is a cycle. If you can see things with the eyes of a child, the world is a wondrous place. That’s the essential difference between an Einstein, a Mandela, a Newton, a Stephen Hawking, and an Abdul Kalam. A child gets excited over everything. When you stop learning, your mind stagnates. You nullify. You stuntify. But if you talk to someone who is living on the edge, who is living life’s challenges, everyday is a new day for them. Sleep only gets in the way. For them it really does. Their mind never stops spinning. Yours hasn’t begun. You can choose to live like this - well 90% of the planet does. Or you can wake up.

I do appreciate if you leave your comments here. By the mean time, I can get to know you better. Thanks and have a nice day!

Mango - Morality, Concentration, Wisdom

2009-07-23T09:48:00.000-07:00

We say that morality, concentration and wisdom are the path on which all the Noble Ones have walked to enlightenment. They are all one. Morality is concentration - Concentration is morality. Concentration is wisdom - Wisdom is concentration. It's like a mango. When it's a flower, we call it a flower. When it becomes a fruit, we call it a mango. When it ripens, we call it a ripe mango. It's all one mango, but it continually changes. The big mango grows from the small mango, the small mango becomes a big one. You can call them different fruits or all one. Morality, concentration and wisdom are related like this. In the end it's all the path that leads to enlightenment.

The mango, from the moment it first appears as a flower, simply grows to ripeness. We should see it like this. Whatever others call it, it doesn't matter. Once it born, it grows to old age and then where? We should contemplate this.

Some people don't want to be old. When they get old, they become regretful. These people shouldn't eat ripe mangoes. Why do we want the mangoes to be ripe? If they're not ripe in time, we ripen them artificially, don't we? But when we become old we're filled with regret. Some people cry. They're afraid to get old or die. If it's like this, then they shouldn't eat ripe mangoes. They'd better eat just the flowers! If we can see this, then we can see the Dharma. Everything clears up and we are at peace.

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IN THE SPHERE OF SILENCE

2009-07-21T05:40:00.000-07:00

FROM THE TIME WE ARE BORN, THERE IS A CONTINUOUS DIN

THAT HITS AND ASSAILS OUR SENSES. IT NEVER CEASES EVEN
WHEN WE ARE ASLEEP. IT IS A DIN THAT COCOONS US SO
MUCH SO THAT WE STOP HEARING. AND EVEN AS WE STOP,
WE CAN STILL HEAR THE DIN BUT NOT THE SILENCE.

VIJAY ESWARAN

GLOBAL ENTREPRENEUR, BEST SELLING AUTHOR & WORLD WELL KNOWN SPEAKER