Oneheart

I hardly stepped into SMU library lifestyle collection section, and come to think of it, I’ve only been there once.

Something about the aura of that section drew me heading there today… and I walked towards it, wondering what the heck the maktu* could be… and guess what? It was Sigmund Freud’s book called, "The Interpretation of Dreams".

OMG… for those whom dunno who Sigmund Freud is, he is like the grandfather of psychology, and his timeless exploration of the unconscious through the dream world with his detailed analyses of actual dreams, remains an invaluable tool in helping us all discover the truth about ourselves in modern psychology.

Anyway, in short, I’ve encountered his name countless time that the moment I saw this book, I went, "OMG! This book is meant for me."

Why do I say that?

B’cos I can interpret dreams. I haven’t tried interpreting other ppl’s dreams, but at least I can interpret my major dreams. And each time I managed to decipher the meaning behind my weird dreams and gained insightful realizations out of them, it left me feeling amazed and bewildered. Some of the dreams were so bizzare and nonsensical that it left me a huge sense of achievement when I cracked them.

Nah, there’s nothing secretive about the techniques behind interpreting dreams. In Paulo Coelho’s book, The Alchemist, he wrote that those whom believe in their dreams will know how to interpret them. I can resonate with him. The very first qns you gotta ask is, "do you believe in your dreams?" If you do, den i will share with you the techniques. Otherwise, you’ll just be skeptical and I’ll waste my energies talking thru your skepticism.

Yea, ‘cos I tried to share the techniques on my Pscyhology 101 course discussion forum, and guess what? I was bombarded by fellow students with cited terminologies from psychologists whom are skeptical with the idea of interpreting dreams.

So, you either believe or you dun.

Now, what is it in this book that fascinated me to pick it up?

Ans: I hope to seek some kinda scientific explanations behind interpreting dreams, and if anyone can do that, it gotta be Sigmund Freud.

Hohoho…

PS: *Maktu is introduced in Paulo Coelho’s book, The Alchemist, as omen. In contrary to popular misconceptions, omens can be both good and bad. 

I used to have this philosophy-

"The greatest love of all is to be able to love and be loved in return."

I’ll like to change that philosophy now, to:

"The greatest love of all is when you love yourself completely and whole that you dun need someone else to fill in those missing gaps."

and to add on to that…

"When you love yourself completely, you have then the capacity to love and encompass others in your love."

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I assisted TCC on last sunday. Guess what? This is definitely the longest record. It starts from 9am on sunday morning, and ends at 9.05am on monday morning. Completion ends at 10.10am. And I went straight to school after that.

May that record stay the longest. 

(Can you believe it?!? OMG!!! That is so freaking long lor!!!!!!!)

But there’re no regrets… what with the intention that all participants "get the koans", the drama in between, the "things" i got for myself while assisting, and most important of all- Participating in a 3rd koan that was meant for "Freedom of Flight (FOF)", the program after POS. Hiak hiak hiak hiak hiak….. mwhahahhahahaa……… Cool or what?)

Alright lah, just to console those whom din assist this TCC.

No one else GOT that FOF’s koan. Apparently it’s so chim that no one has sufficient awareness to get it completely. But some caught a glimpse of it though.

I’m waiting for that day when I get it completely. OMG!!! So freaking COOL n EXCITING!!!!!!!!!!!
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Okay, I should stop procrastinating any longer.

OFF TO STUDY!!!!!!

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Hey hey………. faster lah!
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The Lemon Debate

Had a recent debate with my project mates with regards to Lemons!

I insisted that lemons are alkaline and for those whom need to detox their bodies, esp. those with stomach flu or had a buffet dinner the night before, they should consume lemons! I got this fact out of my energy camp.

However, all of my project group mates insisted that lemons are acidic in nature!!!

We googled… and turned out that all of us were right. So here’re some facts about lemons…

1) Lemon has a pH value of approximately 2.0, hence making it highly acidic.

2) Lemon acid, when undergone a chemical reaction with our stomach’s HCL acid,
will form an oxide, which is alkaline.

3) Meats, such as chicken or beef, are tested alkaline before consumption. But, after digestion, it will be acidic. Hence, if you have a stomach discomfort, you should drink lemon juice!
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An insight gained in the hard way

The title suggested it all. Sigh… and i had to learn it the hard way.

All I had to do was to GIVE Fearlessly right at the beginning… instead of running away all the time
and having to "create a story" out of it. Luckily everyone’s so cool about it. I love both of them, LOTS. *muacks*

Another of my super DUH incidents. >_<

I’ve kinda lost count already. Hahahaha…. but i had so much fun laughing at myself that the joke kinda compensate my embarrassment. Whatever lah!

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My Backview

I’ve often wonder how I look like from the backview, until I recently got a pic taken by my fren. She took me from my backview without me realizing it. OMG!!! It must be the nicest pic of the year, b’cos i finally view myself from my back. What a paradigm shift!!!

From that pic, i grew to appreciate my body more. I’ve always put myself down and complained about being fat, and needing to workout on my abs, butt and thigh.

Not ANYMORE. I love my body, no matter what shape it’s in.

PS: And i love that pic.
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Finally, I experience what it is like to fully love, and what agape is. In Paulo Coelho’s book, The Pilgrimage, he mentioned agape* as the love that consumes. And i’ve often wonder what he meant by love that consumes, until today. It was a great day for me today, where i was in permanent state of joy n love for the entire day. I will cherish this feeling n remind myself to return to that state constantly.

To him, to those whom made a difference to me in my life, I dedicate this poem, Agape, to you… Please experience…

Agape,

the love that consumes,

eating me up & burning me alive,

feeling my heart-beat pulsating through me,

flow of energy vibrating within me.

The more I give,

the more I generate.

The more I generate,

the more I give.

Agape,

the love that empowers,

allowing me to feel my insignificance,

reminding me of who I am,

returning me to my innocence.

The more I give,

the less I fear.

The less I fear,

The more I give.

Agape,

uniting me with GOD, Nature, Sea, Sky & Earth,

aligning both my body and mind,

when One becomes All,

and All becomes One.

Agape,

To you, i surrender.

To you, I love.

PS: There are 3 kinds of love, eros, philos & agape. Agape is the highest & purest form. In dictionary, it is defined as unconditional love. In the book, The Pilgrimage, it is defined as love that consumes. I’ll describe agape as the love that feeds you with so much force that you can move the earth and mountain. Earth-shattering experience for me man.

On hindsight, I think there’s a powerful combination of ONE Choice n Energy Camp that generate this "Oomph" state. Otherwise, I can’t explain where this earth-shattering force came from.

"Oomph.."

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Mooncake festival

My tutee kid mum hand-made a box of snow-skin mooncake for me. So nice of her, isn’t she? Every bite I had, I tasted her sincerity, sincerity & sincerity. And needless to say, it was sweet.

Happy mooncake festival to all, and have a joyous union with your closed ones. =)

Term Break

Term break is coming soon Term break is coming soon Term break is coming soon Term break is coming soon * 100 ………..

I’m so looking forward to it. The 1st thing I’d do is to rest whole day at home doing nothing at all, so that i can recuperate n rest enough for another 7 weeks of action, den catch up my course syllabus, have a nice massage, pampering myself with a hair treatment and facial mask, catching up with frens…  did i mention SLP SLP and SLP?!? I miss my beauty slp, after giving extra tuitions almost everyday to prepare my students for their exams! Everyone’s having their exams now! Argh!!! I WANT MY TERM BREAK!!!
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Energy Camp

I assisted last week’s energy camp ‘cos my mum went for it. In a nutshell, the energy camp is set up with 5 main objectives of imparting the correct methods of breathing techniques, one’s diet, sleep posture, the way we walk, and alignment of body and mind.  Alot of our health problems, be it irregular PMS for the females, frequent bouts of flu and illnesses like headaches, muscle aches etc., short attention span, lethargy, sweaty palms n cold feet, etc, come from the lack of the above 5 health-maintaining principles, esp. diet for most of us.

As such, if you want to solve your present and any future potential health problems, you should not visit a doctor, ‘cos a doctor will only give you medication to suppress the symptoms, and not remove the root cause of the problem once and for all. So if you have sinuses and cough frequently, and you visit the doctor, he will only prescribe the same medicine for you. That will not solve the root issue, which may probably arise from your poor breathing technique n improper diet.
Hence, the main highlight of this energy camp is that the course is customized based on individuals’ health status.

I attended the energy camp back in august, and what I got out was, 1) found out the root cause of my sweaty palms n the solution to it, 2) increase my attention span during class, 3) increase my energy level, 4) detoxifying my body, 5) relieve muscle tensions, 6) increase energy level, and the most IMPT of all, 7) I lost weight!!

But when I assisted the sept energy camp, I got even more values for myself!!! OMG!!!

1) I grew TALLER by 1 inch!!!!!!!!!! Can you believe that?!?

2) My tummy shed a little fat.

3) I have breakthroughs in my relationship with my mum

4) There was a short energy channelling exercise and OMG!!! for that moment I can sense energy VIBRATING throughout my body, and you wun believe if i said this…
I was so OVERWHELMED with LOVE energy that I was moved to tears. The LOVE energy that came from my mum, from sw, my love for myself, from the participants, from the assistants n instructor, from the sky above me, from the ground beneath me, from the greenery in front of me, from the sea behind me. I could FEEL energy pulsations on my bum and lower abdomen. I could FEEL LOVE overwhelming me and I felt so insignificant compared to this universal force. GOSH! Where did all that feeling come from?!?

Anyway I was so overwhelmed with the universal LOVE which came from everywhere, and I went over and gave my mum a hug. Okay, I know there’s nothing spectacular giving your mum a hug. But when you gave a hug and everyone felt your energy, and your mum was so moved that she couldn’t articulate her emotions, that shows something. It was a warm fuzzy and heart-warming experience for everyone, especially me.  ‘cos i’ve always wanted to let my mum noe my love for her, but due to pride, i didn’t. Yup, so this energy camp was an incredible experience for me.

James, the course instructor, commented on my insights. He said it is those who are willing and daring to give that will receive the most in the end.  Yea… i agree with him. Now, I just wanta tap into the infinite universal force and keep giving. Who needs some LOVE? Who can do with more LOVE?

Come come….. I will GIVE you some. ; )
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