All That We Do Matters

According to the Filial Piety Sutra, there are ten types of kindness bestowed by a mother to her child: 1. The kindness of providing protection and care while the child is in the womb. While the foetus is growing in the womb, the mother nourishes the baby with her own body, and carry the burden of a heavy tummy, bearing the backache and pain that comes with it. The mother withstands the morning sickness, sluggishness and drowsiness from the body hormone changes without complaint and talks to her baby with love.  2. The kindness of bearing suffering during birth. The pregnancy lasts for then months and the mother withstands the morning sickness, sluggishness and drowsiness from the body hormone changes without complaint. She looks toward the day of holding her baby in her arms. During birth, she experiences fear and anxiety (especially in the olden days when medical care was limited) and the pain of giving birth when the head of the baby appears. There is always danger during giving bir

True Self Awareness Life delivers us a series of good fortune as well as uneventful mis-happenings and misfortunes. How we react or respond to these situations often depends on who we are at a given point of time. Are we acting based on our fear and ignorance, based on pride and ego, or are we acting based on our true nature? We are often frequently challenged to follow and act from within our values as we learn how to respond to the arising happiness, sufferings, pain, confusion and uncertainty. What is Our True Nature? True Nature is limitless and has no boundaries. It has no forms nor attachments. Who we truly are is not based on age, gender, race, family, friends, nor external situations such as material things, status and wealth.  Stop for a moment and ask yourself, “Have I ever taken a moment to ponder on what is my true nature?”. “Am I aware of what is going on in myself, my feelings, my body, my perceptions, my limiting beliefs, my response to situations, etc?”. What do you bel