Secrets of Enlightenment

Simple practice can lead to enlightenment. Just watch the video below. Feel free to share with me if you found something valuable. Enjoy!





Live with purpose.
Andrew

The Way to Happiness Foundation: Videos - Try Not to Do Things to Others that You would not Like Them to Do to You

A Great video that just reflect the reality of our society today. If we can awaken from that circle, then the society will be more peace and harmony.

Watch it by clicking on the link below.

Enjoys!

The Way to Happiness Foundation: Videos - Try Not to Do Things to Others that You would not Like Them to Do to You

Have a Fantastic day ahead!

Live with purpose,

Andrew

So You Know What People Really Think By Mr Joseph Bismark

I found this short and precise article which I would like to share with you here.

Read on and enjoy! :)

Have you ever noticed that people don’t always really say what they think?

I was in an elevator once in Singapore with a well dressed professional man who appeared to be in his late fifties. A young woman in extremely tight black pants, three inch heels and a low-cut red satin blouse stepped on at a middle floor.

He smiled in her direction and stated, “that’s a quite a stunning outfit.”

She gave him a big smile back, however, when she exited at the next floor and once the elevator door had closed, he turned and said to me…

“She looked like a tramp. How could a woman dress like that in a professional building?”

People rarely tell you what they really think, unless you insist. Especially when you’re the boss and you’ve just given a presentation, some will say “great job” and then they’ll slice and dice the speech when you’re out of sight.

People will not risk candour if there is nothing in it for them. So, if you want to know, you have to ask and also seek their opinion… You need to show that you really want to know.

Please take a moment to ponder… ask and seek opinions from the people close to you… be open to hear what they have to say in reply… it is only an opinion after all? It is not necessarily the truth… so relax… hear it and see what you can apply and learn.

Do not miss these opportunities for positive (or negative) feedback they can greatly improve you as a person.

If you find any value here, please feel free to share with me.

Thank you. :)

Live with Purpose,

Andrew teoh

Time Management By Vijay Eswaran

Hi, I would like to share with you this wonderful article that I read this early morning. A very thoughtful learning here! 

One very simple way of time management, which by the way, is itself a wrong word since one cannot manage time. It is something u leave to the almighty to do. This grandiose term time management is actually just about managing yourself. And there are people who call themselves Time management experts. There is no such thing!

Trying to manage time is like trying to put a fence around the ocean or hold a cup full of air! So that be the case, my friends. So what are u managing when u say u are managing time? In the simplest essence you are managing yourselves.

A classic example – there was a  time I lived in the Philippines for close to 4 yrs. And Manila is very much like Bangkok, notorious for its long traffic jams. Arguably Manila is worse than Bangkok.  While I was there, I had to put up with these very long traffic jams and sometimes u can be caught for so long that it takes an hour to cover one mile. So making sense of schedules in Manila was totally nonsensical. However one attempted to make appointments and attempted to keep them and leave the rest to the forces of the traffic Gods.

So, during one of these tempestuous moments, I was seated in a taxi with a good friend of mine and  I was already about 45 mins late for an appointment and it didn’t look like I was going to get there anytime soon. Now even by Manila standards that particular jam was horrendous. As we were edging our way down the traffic, it appeared that I was going to have to cancel this appt or not make it at all. And in particular for me, this was the 3^rd time I was trying to meet this individual. So it was frustrating for me. I was venting my anger on anything and everything that moved. The birds in the sky to the people sitting in the cars around, to the seat I was sitting on. I was doing this for a good 30 mins before I realized that my friend was sitting there amiably with an almost beatific smile on his face and his hand in his jacket pocket and he seemed to be murmuring to himself. For a moment there I said to myself- maybe he has lost it! The traffic situation after all these yrs of living there had demented the poor chap. I tapped him on the shoulder and said- what in the blazes are u grinning about?  I don’t see anything to smile about! We are caught in the middle of the jam and we cant go back to where we came from. We can’t move forward. We can’t open the car doors and the AC is not working. And I can count on the drivels of sweat running down my spine.  Thence, he looked up to me with an almost saintly smile of his face – what’s the problem?

The problem is that we are wasting our time and our day! He said- why would u imagine that I would allow a silly traffic jam to waste my time!  If I had to leave my house everyday and allow the jam to affect my life which is a daily occurrence in Manila,  I might as well not leave my house.

Now that stuck me as strangely rational. Here I was raising my blood pressure and condemning anything and everything and feeling helpless, and he seem perfectly calm. So I asked him what he was doing sitting there staring at the window…that can’t be particularly delightful! Then it struck me – Are you on something? What are you on? Give me whatever you are on…give me 2 of it!   Right now I really feel like I could do with it.

He said no drugs my friend. This morning as I left my house, I got up too late to do my normal spiritual practices. I usually allot an hour to do my prayers and a round of my rosary beads. I missed it this morning and I was very upset because it throws off my day. And right now the good Lord has kind of balanced it out for me by giving me back my one hour. 

Then after I finish this I have at least 6 letters I need to send out and he brandished a pen and a letter pad and said, “I am ready to get to work!” 

And at that moment in time. …This is a little bit before cell phones became the norm, I was blown off the wall….if I am in control of my life, then I wait for no one. The more I am out of control, the more I find myself waiting. And that is essentially what this practice of the Sphere of Silence is all about.

Please share your thought here if you find any value in this article. I highly appreciate on every comment, and will get the chance to know you too. 

Live with Purpose,

Andrew Teoh

Reaction By Vijay Eswaran

Everything that we feel, sense, taste, hear or see is processed by the mind. The world as we see it, only exists in our mind. And it is the same mind that can change the perception of how it is filtered. And how we choose to react. Its not about what happens to you in this life that counts. Because everyone goes through valleys and mountains in their lives and you are all going to go through that. To be lost in euphoria for any length of time just because you are successful is equally as redundant or as damaging as being depressed or despondent or even self destructive because you are going to be hitting on the valleys in your life. The trick is to recognize that it’s not about the incidents themselves or the environment that you live in but rather how you react to it.

Choosing how we react, being able to control, communicate and consolidate that reaction is the single most fundamental element of success in managing one’s life. Now how much can one do that? Its easy to talk about that but challenging to put into practice.

If you find value in this post, please feel free to share with me your thoughts. I appreciate your sharing, and can able to know you too. Have a nice day! :)

Live With Purpose,

Andrew Teoh