Jai Jai Jai Shri Mataji

Past few months, I have been taking a break from Sahaj music.  I felt there were too many things on my plate.  These are the activities on my agenda: Learn mandarin Finish cross stitch (x10) for my new room Move room, arrange, decorate, etc Prepare for registration of marriage Wedding planning The big bulk of to-do comes from wedding planning.  Besides working full-time and having to face the oncoming restructuring which complicates matter and having to deal with lots of red tape, I told myself, enough is enough.  Not putting anymore things on my plate. Recently my life have been very busy.  Mainly having to deal with other people and not my own things, accommodating to other people's needs and doing things for other people.   At first, I agree to do it.  I don't know how to say NO.  Then it began to weigh down on me and putting a burden in my day-to-day life that I felt paralysed for waiting for other people's decisions, instructions, w...

Yeah, the title is not that great.  Ever since I got matched to a Chinese guy from China, this word has been popping out a lot more frequent and I realised that we do have a lot of discrimination against a lot of people, whether we know it or not. I am a third generation of Chinese origin, born in Malaysia.  In another words, I am Chinese but a Malaysian.  Growing up in Malaysia, we mingled with other races a lot, especially the Malays and Indians.  Everyday in our life, in one way or another, we have to deal with them, whether it is paying to an Indian cashier or ordering from a Malay waiter or getting Chinese credit card sales rep bugging you, to us Malaysians, seeing another race is very common. We do have some racial differences which I feel we should all appreciate and understand each other's culture and tradition instead of discriminating. At my work, I have Indian and Malay colleagues, as well as Chinese colleagues.  We work together, share our differe...

After blogging so much about wedding planning, it's time to emphasize that the marriage is more important than the wedding.  Some people have grand weddings, but ended up divorce.  So, to me I feel, what is most important is the Marriage, how both people learn to live together, how both people learn to ascent and work towards a successful marriage. I was a little tired from wedding planning, tired of being bothered by relatives and fed up of accommodating to people around me.   I find a Chinese wedding is more for show, more for relatives and for my parents, rather than for the newlyweds themselves.  To me, a Sahaj wedding is more important and is more meaningful.  Every single step, every single mantra has its significance.  It's such a beautiful and auspicious ceremony that it will bring tears to my eyes.  I love the mantra sang by the late Dr. Arun Apte at the beginning of the ceremony, where the brides and the grooms yet to meet each other, with ...

I found this in an old email of mine.  Thought it's really a short but good article.  I don't know who wrote it.  It's so true and Shri Mataji always tell us to love. Love  Should Be  Your   Rule If there's a single word you should live  your  life by, it should be this:  Love . It might sound corny, I know … but trust me, there's no better rule  in life. Some would live by the  rule  of success. Their lives will be stressful, unhappy and shallow. Others would live by the  rule  of selfishness — putting their needs above those of others. They will live lonely lives, and will also be unhappy. Still others will live by the  rule  of righteousness — trying to show the right path, and admonishing anyone who doesn't live by that path. They are concerned with others, but in a negative way, and in the end will only have their own righteousness to live with, and that's a horrible companion. ...