Happy New Year 2010 :)

We are seeing the end of the tunnel that is 2009. In less than 48 hours, we will usher in the new year, a new decade. How do you feel at this moment? Excited, sorrowful, anticipative or retrospective? How do you think you have fared in 2009?

No matter how you did in the past 12 months, the most important thing is your optimism, energy and HEALTH. That's the most important treasure you have. Remember to take care of your health well.

I wish you all the very best in 2010. Yes, the future is highly uncertain to many. Do continue to maintain your positive outlook in life as there's always a solution to your situation.

Happy New Year! ~

Natural Talents

I think everyone has special talents. These are in built in us and come as something natural.

For example, I have a colleague who is good at picking up new languages. Total he knows about 7 or 8 languages, although not at native standard, but has no problem talking to the locals if he travels there. As a result, he is very proud when people ask from him to translate for that is fulfilling his own belief and ability.

I do believe i have some natural talents, just that even at this age, i can't seem to find out what it is. Could it been lost when I was growing up?

Marie Callas tells me talents do not have to be something physically demonstrative. It can be something in your behaviour, like, a strong sense of humour or oratory guild, or charisma that allows you to connect to strangers easily.

Actually, nobody has only one specific gift. If you are a person with a good sense of humour, then you may also be someone who has ease with people, one who makes friends easily with a cheerful and merry outlook. These are talents in their own rights.

Hope you have a good weekend!

Auric Cleansing

Something interesting.

We have a layer of invisible energy that surrounds us called Aura. Ideally the aura should be clear, bright, glowing - with vibrant colours! But it can grow dull when a person is full of negative thoughts, or is down with sickness. That's why there is this spiritual branch called auric cleaning, which the name implies, to rehabilitate or cleanse your "tired" auras so that you can be spiritually healthy once again.

Auric cleansing can be done through many methods. Like seeking professional healers or psychics. In Indian culture, flowers and water are used to remove the bad energy and aura in a person, for example, the belief that water from Ganges can spiritually cleanse you. Gemstones, crystals, herbs, incense and oil are common materials used to cleanse bad auras too.

So, if you are always tired and eating physical ways of perking you up seem not fruitful, maybe you can try healers who do aura healing.

Cultivate a presence of mind

There is a common term here to mean a person lacks the presences of mind. We laugh at our poor friend, "why are you so blur?" to mean this friend does not know what is going on in his or her surrounding, be it a conversation, joke, gravity of a situation or lack of control of own actions.

That's why one of the most important aspect of a cultivated life is to show a presence of mind in everything you come across as that will put yourself in a confident and esteemed self.

Marie Callas espouses clarity of mind when we are dealing with life situations. For example, do not spout unintentional rubbish or rumours from your mouth as that may aggravate a situation or harm someone's reputation. Before answering, think how will your answer affect the outcome. Smart man can answer fast and wise!

Being sensitive to what others feel, widening your perspective will not only help you get through whatever that hinder your happiness, it also helps people to understand their own anomalies, too. I hope you get my point. It won't be easy, but please do your best. :)

Eclectic Tastes

I have always love music. Music is energy to me since I turned 15. It enriches my life when there was no handphones or internet. Radio and cassettes were the primary source of entertainment when I was young and they helped me to get through some toughest moment years back.

Through the year, my tastes have turned eclectic, from bassa nova to jazz/classic, and new age / psychic music. A bit of ethnic music completes the package.

My taste is very eclectic. I like everything from jazz to classical to disco and funk.

I love sharing music with daughters as well. Especially with my youngest girl. I am extremely happy that she likes nearly all of the music I like, so long road trips to Penang are always enjoyable as she will dance in the car. She really likes my disco, which is great because uptempo music helps to keep me alert.

Occasionally, I will dabble a bit into new age meditative music to soothe my restless mind before I sleep. It really builds up some mood in a lovely evening...

Do you have a vision?

It is a common scenario. You are in a situation which you don't enjoy and uncomfortable but it is a necessity you show your face there, all due to pressure from some external person, thing or circumstance? You feel like a victim of the forces acting you on.

In the end, taking responsibility for what seems to come to you then becomes not only necessary to your thinking, but a task that can and will change your life.

The reward for taking responsibility for your feelings and emotions, what you see, and what you think is well worth the effort. This is the key to your Powerful Mind.

You are the creator and the created all at once. The Love of the Universal Mind or Higher Power is in you as you.Do you have a clear understanding of your purpose in life?

Do you have a vision?

What we think can affect our future

Marie Callas offers me a way to become even more prosperous in my life. In her letter to me, she says the life we live actually comes from our imagination - our thoughts, our visions and our beliefs.

Things that we say and do in whole life do turn out to be true in the end in physical form. She says we are the creator of our own reality and we are solely responsible for everything that is showing up in our lives.

Think about it more deeply.

For example I have buddies who are always complaining about life, such as high cost of living, inflation, food getting more expensive and bad economy...Yes, those few friends clearly experience a scarcity and lack of prosperity in them.

Another example is lonely singles at marriageable age lament that the good ones are taken, and the remaining could be the rotten apples. Exactly, that person's love life could be empty and full of unhappy incidents in the past.

Marie Callas reminds that there's good news though.

Just as we created our current circumstances with our past thoughts, we can also create our future life experiences with what we choose to think, say and do right now!

In Eyes of the Beholder

All of us are very unique and that is exactly how the Creator designed each and every to be.

There is a common saying "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder", each of us has an idea of how pretty someone or something appears physically. Comparatively, this could mean you may think Megan Fox looks stunning but another person may find her ordinary (yes, I have a friend who thinks she's ugly!). In the end, it just does not really matter as everything is entitled to own opinion.

We are sometimes weakened by people's opinion of how we look. The question to asked ourselves first is "Do I love myself?", the answer should be YES but if it is not,we have to deal with that. Then we need to sift out the right opinions from the nonsense. Taking only the constructive ones and trash the destructive ones because it will do us no good. We do not need to look like someone else in order to be happy good looking. Even the prettiest model can have inferiority complex.

Nevertheless, I believe in being healthy(taking care of our body) and dressing right. So if you work out because you want to stay fit, by all means, go for it.

Movie Time - GI Joe

Last Sunday I brought my family to watch the GI Joe movie. It was certainly an action packed right from the beginning to the moment right till the end. Since young, I had always like these cartoon series, and happy that they have finally adapted it into a featured movie.

As usual, you won't be disappointed by the CGI and action sequence. But somehow, it has a sense of deja vu for some scenes, sort of like seeing those somewhere in other movies, but i just can't remember which one. The most magnificent is of course the one in which the Eiffel Tower was destroyed. Awesome! Yeah, the invisible cloak was like taken from Harry Potter and some were like Transformer 2.

In the end though, all of us thoroughly enjoyed the time. It's just a quality family time and outing. It has been sometime since we have a movie together.

Crystal Healing

This is an interesting article:

People used crystals for centuries for healing and magical rituals. Their very appearance is mystifying so it's no wonder that the Western world latched onto the use of crystals as an alternative medical treatment.

The belief that the crystal is a tool that magnifies and isolates the energy of the universe to heal specific areas of the body has long been a tool for ancient healers. The colour of the stone used depends on the part of the body they attempt to heal.

The "prana" from India and "chi" of Chinese medicine both are life forces that circulate through the body. The chakra is the energy whorls located at various spots where the prana exists. In Chinese medicine, the chi follows a meridian and circulates. The use of crystals, in both cases, is to either enhance the energy or unblock it at specific points.

Sometimes the person receiving the healing energies lies as the person versed in crystal healing places the stones on the various charkas.

Crystals are part of the civilized world's economy. When you turn on your computer, crystals bring the communication of the world to your desktop. While no one knows whether crystals do the same for the body, it's one possibility that many people believe and use as an alternate method of healing on a daily basis.

Solar Eclipse

I think many of us are excited about the solar eclipse on 22nd July which is tomorrow. It has been many years since I last experienced one, and I remember I was quite young then, when the day turned dimmed as the sun was blocked by the passing moon.

Eclipse is a common astronomical phenomenon that is full of mythical connotations. My cina friends told me solar eclipse happens when the "heavenly dog" is eating the sun. I am sure other cultures have their own mythical beliefs too.

Scientifically, textbook tells me that solar eclipse is a natural phenomenon and it takes place when moon comes between sun and earth in a straight line. During the eclipse the moon passes over the surface of the earth. As we are at earth and we will be able to see that moon is going to block the light of sun as it totally covers the sun. This can only take place during a new moon, when sun and moon is in conjunction, as seen from earth. This is how solar eclipse takes place.

However, despite all these excitement built up by the media around the world, I won't be able to see the "longest solar eclipse" (about 6 minutes) of this century. This is because it happens in countries like India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China). The next total solar eclipse of such magnitude will only happen in year 2132!

A pity..

Out of the box

There is this creativity talk on the job. What is it? Experts say creative people are people who can come out with IDEAS..faster than anyone. It doesn't matter what kind of ideas, its how fast these good and bad ideas were churned out fast! The point is, some where will come a brilliant idea to solve the problem on the table. And in a more cost effective and better way.

I feel that if you are able to do that, then you will be a valuable asset to the organisation, as you can the one who comes out with ideas that could make the "gears" tick and move smoothly - a leading light. There are always problems on hand, and in the fast economy, that calls for someone with quick brains and composure. This quality alone can set you apart from another employee and make you more valuable to that employer.

Who does not have problems to solve at any kind of job they may be on?

I feel that thinking out of the box is something that can be learned. The sad thing is that this country needs many of such people in the top leading tier to progress. We are doing fine, but need something extra to jump to the "premier league" of asian countries.

That is why, drastic changes have to be made. Hope they know.

Meaning of LOVE

It's been a long time...glad this blog is still alive.

Everyone of us has a different meaning of love. People agree that humans need to love and be loved. There is no greater power than love in this world as its so empowering. It can motivate people to do things for others they wouldn't normally do. In ancient times, love can cause the collapse of a grand empire. Some even give up everything for the sake of the one they love. You see it in the newspapers everyday...

Here in our little planet, love is in abundance if you love for it and it comes from our heart that keeps it going on.

While there is much love, there is much hatred around too. Why is there so much hatred? The answer is simple. This world is unbalanced due to our different castes, religions and systems.

True love is more than a sentimental, gushy feeling that will keep us alive. Love is a decision, a choice we each must make.

In some points you will notice that most of people also find the definition of love same with that meaning, may be because it's the general definition of it. But for me to be more unique, in my own the meaning of love is giving or showing concern,help without expecting anything in return and even though they don't ask for a help".

It is important for us to know what is the true meaning of love in our own because it will be the key for us to be loved by others.

Short trip to the East

My family went to eastern city of Kuantan recently. It was the first time I went there and the 3 hours journey was enjoyable and cool. The traffic was not that heavy too compared to here in the capital.

The 3 hours journey was good, thanks to the chat I had with the people in my car. Else, I will be falling asleep. Actually I was there to bring my family for a tour of the country. It is my first time there too. Marie Callas says its an auspicious period for me to travel and she was right... Everything went smoothly. Nothing went missing! (for those who don't know, some items will go missing whenever we go for family outing)

We stayed at the hotel facing the scenic view of Kuantan river. There's an esplanade along the river and we rested at the eatery stalls over there. The food was decent and fragrant. Nothing to complain about except the sweltering weather.Yeah this is a nice place and i love this country.

Cutting it short..i plan to go there again in near future. The kids love it.

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a precarious moment

As i am writing this post, a tension is building up intensely in North Asia where N Korea is going to test a missile in the pretext of "self defence". This has brought jitters among superpowers and N Korea's neigbhouring countries. Personally, i think this is not right and can be viewed as an act of potential aggression disguised a national defence.

Just imagine your neighbour practising archery by shooting arrows across your compound to the open land beyond that. Would you feel good about that? No, i think you will want to confront them with your own dose of "arrows". The outcome is of course wars!

I am a peace loving guy and I advocate humanity and compassion. I just do not understand what some political leaders are thinking. I think they are all a bunch of idiots, and somehow we are ruled by these idiots. Ultimately i believe all of them are self serving protecting own interests rather than serving people.

Sad state of affairs huh?

Forgiveness - wisdom of living

Marie Callas tells me in her letter that the Law of Forgiveness is working in your life everyday whether you authorizs it or not. This is not a law that you are bound by - it is a universal principle that has existed even before man set foot on the earth.

When you practice forgiveness, you find that others begin to treat you differently, and they really open you to you after some time..its like seeing light at the end of the dark long tunnel and you feel the glee when there is finally light at the end of it. Some will appreciate you to such a degree that they will open themselves to you and give whatever they can to aid you.

The law of Forgiveness is a living mechanism which helps you to take back the power you may have thrown away in the past. It just doesn't worth it spiritually if you have some intense hatred or dislike for someone as you are simply wasting energy that can be used for more positive attitudes and experiences in life.

This is the universe working in harmony after forgiveness has cleared the way for peace. So, in forgiving others, we become the recipients of comfort, peace and happiness.

I find this is wisdom of living.

Ghost

Check out this cool and scary local drama production called 'Ghost' on 8tv. Its now in season 2 and I think this is great and is a example of quality production we have seen for a long time out from his country.

My daughters absolutely love this series. They are always jumping up and down in excitement, shrieking in ear-piercing pitch high, and squealing whenever there is something eerie.

Monday

I receive a free Maria Callas amulet again in her first letter to me in April.

It feels good that she has not forgotten me.

I thought she has frankly, as her letter always brings cheers and horoscope knowledge.

On a side note, I had a bad weekend due to heavy flu. It feels scary when there is a lot of news reported in half a world away about a swine flu outbreak.

The weather has been exceptionally hot and humid. Somehow I have never felt such a high temperature in this part of the world before in my life.


Global warming? El Nino?

living in harmony

We are living in a country with diverse culture and traditional practices. On the whole I feel government has been doing a decent job to preserve this balance and stability over the last couple of decades. Generally we live with each other in harmony and respect of each other despite the unfair govt policy to favour certain group of people. Things i feel, are starting to crack in last 3 or 4 years. If this crack is not mended soon, i guess it could go beyond rescue as ethnic identity is a very stirring force that can wreak social havoc on national scale.

I am doing hard to be positive. What's wrong with learning a new culture, that isn't a crime, is it? To learn and understand each other's culture is the best way to maintain the multiculturalism in our country. I wonder why, top people are always playing with fire to advance their personal political motives.

Guess today's mood is a bit sombre.

Receive Marie's letter

Recently i'd really received a lot of mails. For example, yesterday i got 5 solicited mail from credit card companies all promoting different kind of products like spa package or latest e-gadgets. It was really interesting i feel as i prefer to look at it with a positive view.

In the midst of the pile of letters, I found my Marie Callas letter. Ya, i was waiting for a reply from her. It has been more than 3 weeks and i was wondering if she had missed mine. I am glad she hasn't. It feels good to see her writing to me again as i had not been replying to her for last 3 months. Really busy lately.

You can say that i need some spiritual replenishment now.

Empower your mind

We live in luck today in this internet age. we have inventions that make our lives so much easier. No worries about darkness or hot weather because we have lights and aircons. We can travel the world easily when these long distance flights. We have mobile phones that ensure that we don't get lost wherever we go. Information is also at our fingertips.

"I'm bored, there's nothing to do" never really happens for me. I can't wait for a spare moment to go check something out. Life is just so damn fascinating to be feeling bored.

You see, the Universe is always sending you signs and vibrations. All the time, and when you become aware and ask for signs, they come right to you. This applies to everything you want in life. Sometimes the signs could come faster while sometimes you need to be patient.

When receiving a sign of encouragement or a sign to take action, you have to think about what a particular sign means to you. I see positive signs all the time, like there was a sparrow who flew into my house recently chirping and fluttering excitedly. It was not losing its way definitely as it did not behave weirdly. To me that is a good sign that there is prosperity in my house.

You see,m there there is too much to learn to ever be bored or disinterested. Just pick a subject and go find out about it. A lot of stuff you learn can be life changing - and always for the better.

Empower yourself by having enquiring mind. Life is just too interesting to let go.

Living with stress

People feel stressed all the time, even little kids can have stress. It is very normal and a little bit of stress is actually good for us, don't you think so?

Stresses come about easily - school, jobs, family, friendship and problems with bf or gf.. If stress mounts up and is uncontrolled, some weaker people may succumb to it and sinker deeper into the mire, but there are also people who manage to overcome stress. A good and simple way to drive away stress is to take a deep breath when you feel you are choked by the mounting pressure.

If you feel stress attack is coming, pause for a while and inhale deeply. Or you could choose to talk to someone who you are close with. If there is no one around or you do not feel comfortable for the topic to be talked about, you could still opt to vocalize your problems with your pet. Yes its just that easy. Just like i am feeling a bit stressed now and i vent it via posting on this blog. I feel as i throw out my bottled up feelings, i could get better.

Really, with mental conditioning, stress is no big deal. Of course, looking at things positively helps a lot too.

Beautiful Sunrise

We live in such a beautiful place. I just love the sunrise as it gives hope and belief to me on each new day.


Did you see the sunrise this morning? When was the last time you actually watched a sunrise?

So take a few moments to view the physical evidence of the daily renewal of peace and hope and life. Stand at the window and wait. Yes, we may need to go elsewhere to see a truly spectacular the horizon is always blocked by buildings...

Once you have experienced it, take hold of this positive experience and consciously process the feelings and sensations into a hidden memory, one that you can retrieve at any time you need a lift, comfort, or peace.

True happiness

Reading a latest letter from Marie Callas makes me think of this question. What kind of life do we have to lead in order to be considered as truly happy. Is it living in a big house, driving a luxurious continental car, buying items from shopping malls without ever checking the price tags? Right now, many of us are not that wealthy, so dreaming of this kind of life is surely the right definition of "happiness".


What I would like to ask is that how many of these people are truly happy? A lot of times we see these people engaged in power struggles, or some sort of court cases. Do you think deep inside this is true happiness? It often turns out that due to our materialistic way of life and thought, true happiness is located outside of the self. We claim that we have been dealt bad cards but if certain circumstances were to change, we would find true happiness.

If only we could meet that perfect mate, we would be happy for all time. If only we had a better-paying and more satisfying job, we would ask for nothing else in this life. If only we were rich and famous, all our problems would fade away.

Don't get me wrong. I am not saying that striving for happiness or success is inherently evil or harmful. Quite to the contrary. Looking for success is a healthy activity for us. Yet I think we should take all with a grain of salt; everything should come with a warning sign attached to it. Be happy with who you are and what you have and enjoy the process of looking for happiness because you never know, in the end, when you cross the corner and reach your goal, it may not be what it seemed in the first place.

Bit of Luck

It's been sometime since I came here. Does this mean the balloon has been deflated? Maybe my life's is so smooth that I don't need to blog to vent frustration anymore?

Maria Callas still writes to me regularly. Recently I read with anticipation that she is going to send me a free CD full of magic words and powerful principles of the Law of Attraction. Yes, I have got the CD and i listen to it while I am driving on the way to work.

Do you know, life has been good last 2 years. Think positive and get rewarded. It is up to you to choose how life wants to bee. Generally, I feel the economy crisis does not really impact this country a lot. Maybe our trade with other countries are no longer strong as before or we are more self sufficient? Importantly many of us are now working in Singapore and that brings foreign cash to this country too. I think that itself is a buffer to the economic stability of this country. On the whole I feel we are stagnant since the current PM gets into office. What you think?

I went a small lottery last weekend, I am so happy the lucky numbers given by Marie Callas brought me luck. Not a lot, just RM300. So I brought my family for some bowling sessions. It has been a long time since I last bowled. For two glorious hours I laced up a pair of slippery shoes and threw a ball down a greased lane trying to knock down as many pins as possible. And, as expected, I was rubbish at it. Yes I am getting fatter sad to say. But as long as the kids are happy, i am very happy. They are really hard to pleased nowadays!

Lastly i share this wonderful to all of ya.

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense."

–– Ralph Waldo Emerson

A process and a state

Great article from Marie Callas! I agree absolutely.

A state refers to something temporary that is likely to change, such as, for example, ice that melts once the temperature rises above 0° Centigrade.

This means that if you imagine riches as a state, you will always be stressed – more or less consciously – by the idea of losing it all.

On the contrary, a process is something that is with you throughout your life and never fails you. By opening up your heart and your mind to wealth, you will build up a feeling of riches inside you that no one and nothing can take away from you.

Tell yourself that enjoying financial success is being able to look yourself in the mirror at any time and seeing a worthy person you look up to as a model to follow.

You must believe that Life has given a divine glow to every human being. You can and should seize this wonderful and unlimited creative heritage that lies within you, transforming these spiritual riches in you into external material benefits.

You are here on this earth to lead a full and rewarding life. Real riches are the result of a frame of mind through which all we need comes to us without too much effort, so that our desires can be fulfilled. Riches are part of the reality and the goal of this guide is to help you to see the nature of this reality.

It is important you understand this: thoughts are also impulses of cosmic energy with the power to manifest themselves – for good or bad – in the real world. And it is not because they are invisible when they appear in our minds that they have no impact on the real world.

Let's Party..happy new yeaR~

I wish Marie Callas a very happy new year! Thanks for helping me to be better in 2008 and I wish more people will benefit from your help in 2009. May there be world peace too! relly hope for a year of harmony.... we have too many bad news last year.