The present moment

Trust yourself

The present moment

First master the moment, 

...then think about the future and whatever extra worldly questions you may have... 

Solar Term: grain rain (穀雨)

The last solar term in spring is grain rain. In this solar term, all the whole area around the yellow river and in Taiwan have plentiful rain. The farmers are busy with spring crops. The rain nourishes the grain, thus the name of this solar term: grain rain.  

Due to the plentiful rain, plans grow lavishly, fish and crab become plentiful as well. This is also a busy season for the those who raise silk warms! 

With the beginning of april, tung flowers blossom. You can clim the hills and admire the white tung flowers- a wonderful season to travel into nature. 

Before you take your trip, remember to to meditate during this solar term! Solar terms are a good chance to practice meditation, as energy is strong today. 

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Save yourself

Save yourself. 

Let the storm pass

You don't have to try meditating when your angry or upset. 

Let the storm pass, the light of your true nature will not come out to see you in the storm. 

Solar term: clear and bright (清明) aka tomb sweeping day

Fifteen days after the spring equinox is the clear and bright solar term. Weather is gradually getting warmer, flowers and plants sprout fresh buds. 

During this solar term, the wind is warm, blowing from the south east. Thus is also bring plentiful rain. Most people think about tomb sweeping day in this season. In the Chinese culture, remember the ancestors is an extremely important event. Strictly speaking, tomb sweeping day is a tradition which began in the Song dynasty, the goal was to let family descendants to remember their predecessors. As it is one of the three main ghost festivals, people may carry Switchgrass or willow branches in protection against evil. 

　　Although the wind blows from the south-east, Taiwan has yet to escape from the north-east winds. Weather can chance dramatically. Often the sun is out during the day, but nights become chilly. Thus the proverb「三月初，寒死少年家」。

With all the bustle in your daily life, remember to grasp the moment and meditate today! 

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clear your mind

“Study: Just thinking by yourself isn't much fun” by Malcolm Ritter on BloombergBusinessWeek.com

“Study: Just thinking by yourself isn't much fun” by Malcolm Ritter on BloombergBusinessWeek.com

Recent study says that seeking how to deal with loneliness is interesting. This article shows that in order to figure out how people would react while they are alone. The experiment was designed to let them give themselves an electronic shock. While they doing the experiment at home, most of them at first not to follow up and then while they feel about bored they tend to start the shock. Of course, all the participators would get paid within the experiment. The result gives people that people while they were alone, most of them would find out to stay just alone without cell phone, mobile devices and Internet’s bothering are hardly to bear.

Since many people are seeking their inner peace or their true selves from the busy business society. They might not be able to get through out of the study’s result. However, Chan Meditation participants will not have the result at all. Through the practice, we would not even have the thought of “bored,” all the thoughts would be let go. Our goal is to seek the purification. Once we access the true purification, we can be benefited with joy from inside our heart and fulfillment.   

Source:  http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2014-07-03/study-just-thinking-by-yourself-isnt-much-fun

Find the light within

 The true is said, although you have to witness it for yourself!  

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