Do You Live Only For A Day?

How vast is your life?
What is the depth of your life?

Are you only living your life, fretting over the daily ins and outs of it?

Many years ago, after listening to a Dharma discourse, I realized that the resources that I brought for this life’s reincarnation belong to the very very low grade. Henceforth since young, there were too many happenings that never went my way.

(Even if I am a university graduate, in the eyes of the Dharma, this resource does not account much as eventually, it isn’t the path to liberation from the Six Realms of Existence.)

The food we consume, the entertainment we amuse ourselves with, the clothes we drape over our bodies, the houses we stay in, the mode of transport we use all make up part of the resources we accumulated from our deeds in past lifetimes.

But all these, as with life, will all run out one day. And for many of us, they run out rapidly, hence many people have mid-life crisis.

Moreover for some people, all these resources are either borrowed or stolen.

Secular entertainment, marriage and children, mountains of wealth are too transient to satisfy me.

What I truly desire is to transform these material cravings to a higher spiritual attainment. I crave to live life more deeply and fearlessly, putting Dharma into practice, benefitting myself as well as others till I reach the Pureland.

My turbulent destiny once consumed me with a lot of resentment, but I soon realized that such hatred will only drive me sooner to my grave, with nary an ounce of happiness, despite giving up my whole life.

I don’t like to beg others to be compassionate towards me, but I am most willing to learn with a humble heart and open mind.

The destiny that I screwed up in my past lives, I am going to make it right this life with my own bare hands.

I am always grateful for the many accomplished teachers I learned from this lifetime. They allow me to design the destiny I yearn for, with the mind-staggering wisdom of Chinese Metaphysics and Buddhadharma.

Sometimes the people around me are the biggest stumbling blocks.

But I’m willing to resolve them one at a time. I believe that everyone can be my benefactor.

The other day I read a post by Varja Master Lian Yun:

Have we lived the entire 365 days?
Or did we just lived 1 day, and repeat 364 times?

I truly hope that my clients and workshop students will be able to turn their lives around with my guidance and teachings. Our meeting times are not very long, so cherish it.

May you have courage that is greater than mine, resilience that is more magnificent than mine, and always stay on the path towards kindness, towards betterment.