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Spiritual Practice Eases the Mind

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修行是一劑安心良方

縱觀今日,物質生活較以前富裕，可是又多少人的生活是真正的幸福又自在？

原因就在於心靈、精神方面，大大不如從前，不但生活沒有安全感，也不知道如何安頓心靈，這是目前社會很嚴重的問題。為什麼會發生這種狀況？因為人心愈來愈墮落。

現代人求生存、求一己之力，長期下來的結果，終致社會落入這種人心不安的病態，如何才能在這種社會病態中找到平安？唯有修行這一安心良方，即使身處亂世，但是心卻能在淨土，法喜充滿、佛光加被。

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Spiritual Practice Eases the Mind

Although from a material perspective, we are wealthier and physically improved, sadly, not so many people are really happy. How could this be? This is because the people’s minds are polluted and in degradation. Although we have better physical life, we do not have better spiritual life. People live without sense of security. People do not know how to ease their mind. People work very hard to survive, which in turn makes the whole society unease. How can we find the peace in our mind amongst the stressful society? Spiritual practice eases one’s mind, which detaches us from the polluted environment.

Content: http://www.zen.org.tw/web/teachings_detail.php?id=3317

Picture: http://www.wallcoo.net/nature/green_leaves/index.html

What can't be hidden

You can hide anything. Any secret can be hidden, but these three.

"To Make a Killing on Wall Street, Start Meditating" By Katherine Burton and Anthony Effinger

Meditation seems to be a mystery to many people due to it brings lots of benefits which might be hard to express by others. However, more and more people gain through practicing by themselves and would like to share their experiences, including those businessmen in Wall Street. "Meditation’s arrival on Wall Street closes a circle of sorts. Whereas Siddhartha Gautama took to the lotus position out of frustration with his riches, traders are hitting the mat to obtain them."

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Transcendental Meditation is very useful; while the teachings of Chan Meditation passed down from heart to heart in the Chan Buddhism Lineage is very powerful and can benefit people in ways we may not expect. 

Check out our blog posts to figure out what interests you and give it a try!!

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-28/to-make-killing-on-wall-street-start-meditating.html

less money grabbing

Look within, and stop searching outside. 

Nothing valuable can be kept from the outside world. 

"Georgetown's Business School Will Now Offer A Meditation Class Inspired By Hedge Fund God Ray Dalio" by Julia La Roche

"Georgetown's Business School Will Now Offer A Meditation Class Inspired By Hedge Fund God Ray Dalio" by Julia La Roche on Businessinsider.com

You might be suprised that now how many schools have added Meditation as a subject and suggest their students to take it. Now in academic environment, more and more researches have proved that people do gain benefits from practicing Meditation. Like this week's article, one of the vary successful fund investors, Ray Dalio, strongly suggests the practice of Meditation helps him to achieve and maintain his success.

Practicing Chan Meditation can bring individuals multiple benefits.Just give it a try and you will figure out the differences.

http://www.businessinsider.com/georgetown-university-meditation-class-2013-4

生命的秘密水知道 Water Crystal and Emotion's energy

An amazing video documentary!  Not just because of the discovery and content, but because it really gives everyone something to think about. We as human being have emotions, we are constantly creating and sending out different frequencies. How does that affect the world we live in?  

English Full Documentary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDW9Lqj8hmc

Chinese documentary Simple URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWXOazi_0KI

Thoughts are like clothes

Control your mind, you can select your thoughts. 

Just learn to calm down so you can recognise them first. 

"Not Enough Time? Try Doing Nothing" by Peter Bregman, Harvard Business Review

"Not Enough Time? Try Doing Nothing" by Peter Bregman on Harvard Business Review webpage.

Many people may wish we could have more time, than the twenty four hours of one day. However, everyone only has 24 hours a day. How do we schedule our time and make it works so we could achieve our goals? People might be busier than usual and sometimes struggle on following though with their schedules. This is one of the major reasons to a highly pressured life. 

Look through this week's article, you might find that giving ourselves a short break will bring up our efficiencies way beyond our imagination. Bergman says, "Here’s the most interesting thing: sitting and doing nothing has made me significantly more efficient. 20 minutes of meditation helps me avoid hours of time lost in unproductive thought, unconstructive comments, and unstrategic actions."

Jump out of your comfort zone, we need some breaks to increase our efficiency. Let's practice Chan Meditation.

http://blogs.hbr.org/2010/09/meditation-a-best-practice-for/