”One word breaks the code of silence, silence tells me all the things I need to know, one word, one word tells me all the things I need to know.” – Kelly Osbourne
“Today is the last day I’m using words, they’ve gone out, lost their meaning, don’t function anymore” – Madonna
I was so intrigued with what Jersualem taught me yesterday. She gave me two words which she repeats 108 times per day and apparently, these two happen to be the words understood by the universe and it will give you back good things in return. She kept going “I know it’s stupid” but the fact is I’ve been doing rosary beads for like six years in a row now.
In Buddhism, we have 108 stringed rosary beads, with which we use to repeat some prayers in “Pali” language. There are altogether nine phrases in the routine I choose to do and my grandma recently bought me a book that has definitions for each phrase. I have yet to read that. However, I know that these phrases mean good intentions. So, for example, there’s one called “Arahan” and let’s just say it means “Good health to all”. The fact that this is repeated several times occupies your head and you have NOTHING to think of but to wish good health to all. A human’s mind is just so strong and doing rosary beads would be the only moment where we are allowed to cleanse it off by not thinking bad things for once. That’s why I don’t really believe in 100% optimism. Even mother tereesa would have greed in wishing others well. Honestly, Buddhism is just difficult to maintain and it’s more of a philosophy to get through life in a very mediocre way.
This also makes me think about how strong words are. Due to the difference in culture, we somehow have different levels of sensitivity. Myanmar people usually get defensive and Italians usually have a relaxed personality to words being spoken. However, I do think that no matter how much tolerant we are to words spoken, we DO react to it no matter if it’s true or not. So, you tell a gossip to this one dude who doesn’t believe in things. He would shrug it off and tell you he doesn’t care but at the back of his mind, he would have those words in repetition if he should choose to remember it. I’m pretty sure that even if we choose to forget or ignore comments, we still have it at the back of our heads.
The Bible has words that tells stories. A politician tells a lie to make others kill each other to fight for the so called truth. A school rumor can get a teacher fired. However, do we really say it all? Are we allowed to express ourselves to the level of others actually understanding it the way we want them to? I know of only ONE way to conquer such mess and I’ve been practicing it for a couple of years now. It’s not always successful since it’s so hard to win over my mind with my heart but I try not to give it up. It’s being open minded.
I guess only an open mind can keep us in peace without any doubts or greed of wanting to see things the way we want to by interchanging what was actually said.
“Today is the last day I’m using words, they’ve gone out, lost their meaning, don’t function anymore” – Madonna
I was so intrigued with what Jersualem taught me yesterday. She gave me two words which she repeats 108 times per day and apparently, these two happen to be the words understood by the universe and it will give you back good things in return. She kept going “I know it’s stupid” but the fact is I’ve been doing rosary beads for like six years in a row now.
In Buddhism, we have 108 stringed rosary beads, with which we use to repeat some prayers in “Pali” language. There are altogether nine phrases in the routine I choose to do and my grandma recently bought me a book that has definitions for each phrase. I have yet to read that. However, I know that these phrases mean good intentions. So, for example, there’s one called “Arahan” and let’s just say it means “Good health to all”. The fact that this is repeated several times occupies your head and you have NOTHING to think of but to wish good health to all. A human’s mind is just so strong and doing rosary beads would be the only moment where we are allowed to cleanse it off by not thinking bad things for once. That’s why I don’t really believe in 100% optimism. Even mother tereesa would have greed in wishing others well. Honestly, Buddhism is just difficult to maintain and it’s more of a philosophy to get through life in a very mediocre way.
This also makes me think about how strong words are. Due to the difference in culture, we somehow have different levels of sensitivity. Myanmar people usually get defensive and Italians usually have a relaxed personality to words being spoken. However, I do think that no matter how much tolerant we are to words spoken, we DO react to it no matter if it’s true or not. So, you tell a gossip to this one dude who doesn’t believe in things. He would shrug it off and tell you he doesn’t care but at the back of his mind, he would have those words in repetition if he should choose to remember it. I’m pretty sure that even if we choose to forget or ignore comments, we still have it at the back of our heads.
The Bible has words that tells stories. A politician tells a lie to make others kill each other to fight for the so called truth. A school rumor can get a teacher fired. However, do we really say it all? Are we allowed to express ourselves to the level of others actually understanding it the way we want them to? I know of only ONE way to conquer such mess and I’ve been practicing it for a couple of years now. It’s not always successful since it’s so hard to win over my mind with my heart but I try not to give it up. It’s being open minded.
I guess only an open mind can keep us in peace without any doubts or greed of wanting to see things the way we want to by interchanging what was actually said.
Listening to: Madonna – Bedtime story
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