There are always two sides to the reality. In order to achieve peace, we need to stop, come back to our breath, be in touch with our pain, and know that our thinking, speech, and actions indeed are driven by our seed of violence, aversion, and the feeling of injustice. When we can touch our pain, we are able to see that the other party is also going through the same pain as us. We have our idea of happiness and we think this is the only way to be happy. In order to achieve peace, we need to first put down our concept of happiness, we need to sit down calmly, share our pain and inspiration with the other party, only when we are able to listen and understand each other, will we be able to find the middle way that works for both. May we all practice together at this important time of Hong Kong. This situation is our teacher, letting us see ourselves and understand ourselves better. 現實永遠都有兩邊。若要達到內心的和平，我們需要停下來，感受自己的呼吸，深深的接觸自己內心的痛，你會發現原來自己的念頭、言語及行為已被自己內心的暴力、憎恨和不公平的情緒所支配著。當我們好好的去觀察內心的痛，你會發現原來對方也跟自己一樣背負著同樣的痛。我們以為只有一個方法才能開心，要達到和平，我們先要放下這單面的想法。我們要練習先平撫自己的情緒，以平靜、開放的態度，坐下來與對方分享自己的痛與想法，當我們能夠聽到，明白到對方，我們很快就會找到中間點。 願我們在這個特別的時刻好好練習回到自己，這狀況是我們的老師，讓我們能夠透過這事件更了解自己與他人。 * A special thanks to Janet Lau for spreading the words of peace :)
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 03:45:32 +0000