16.9.2010 happy birthday

不知不觉又过一年
我们的路也越来越远
踏起了新的旅途
外面的世界是什么样？

第二个生日没为你下厨做菜了
谁还记得当时的那些味道
彼此的回忆是最甜美的礼物
谁却还有勇气再度打开

日记再也没有自己
只有页页的祝福
自己也变成了知己
已忘了那孤单的感觉

不想再看到你伤心流泪
所以选择了黯然消声
如果知道你落泪无助时
影子中会有天使守护

守着给过的承诺
才能拉近了两人的距离
路纵然崎岖
也要牵着你的手走到最后

默祝 生日快乐

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All existence would be perfect - by CJ

I remember reading this story from a book:

Once was an Indian guru giving a talk. He said, “Life is perfect, everything is wonderful.”

Speaking of that, a hunchback man in the audience stood up and opposed, “Look at me, guru. I am the evidence of imperfection. I overthrew your statement that life’s perfect. Look at me again, I am a hunchback, I am so ugly, and I am so useless.”

The guru looked at him, said solemnly, “Dear friend, you are the most beautiful hump I’ve ever seen.”

We often feel that we are imperfect and unsatisfy with our current life. In fact, it is based from our own judgment. Open the hearts and all existence would be perfect.

中文版：

有位印度大师正在讲道:他说生命是完美的，每样东西都是完美的。

当他讲述到此，突然有一位驼背的听众站起来抗议：“看看我,我就是那个生命不完美的证明.看看我,我的存在推翻了你那生命完美的概念。看看我，我是多么的丑陋，多么的不方便，我是一个驼背的人。”

大师目视着他，然后郑重地说：“你是我看过最完美的驼背人。”

其实我们常常觉得自己不完美，那是来自于自己的判断，来自于自己的想法。敞开心胸，所有的存在都将是完美的。

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Happy birthday to Cinda

A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun, and today, the editor of juesatta, Cinda has started a new journey. It’s a special day for Cinda and the all of us.

Cinda is always a kind and faithful friend, someone who always cares about others more than herself. Not only does Cinda create laughter among us, rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.

Happy birthday to Cinda and hope all your birthday dreams and wishes come true. We’d also like to express our gratitute and thanks to Cinda for helping in juesatta. May you be happy always.

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Novelist and wife - by CJ

法国小说家吕西安.里歇著书立说常常妙笔生花、浪漫情事多多，但他的家庭生活太平静、太单调了。

吕西安.里歇每天到图书馆去写作，他太太每天操持家务，并负责打印丈夫定期在《里昂晚报》上发表的短篇小说。

他每天回家的第一件事几乎是一成不变的：拥抱一下妻子，亲亲她的前额，说天天重复的一句话，“亲爱的，我希望我不在家时，你没有过于烦闷，是吗？”

太太的回答差不多也是一成不变：“没有，家里也是有这么多事情要做。但看到你回来，我还是很高兴的。”

结婚23年来，几乎天天如此！

但是万万没有想到的是，奥尔嘉.巴列丝卡以第三者的身份闯进了他们的家庭。这是一个刚离了婚的漂亮、奔放，甚至有点寡廉鲜耻的女人。她降服了小说家，并且提出要跟他结婚。

小说家毕竟是小说家，他想出个妙主意。他编了一个故事，把自己与太太的现实处境转托成两个虚构人物的经历。为了能被妻子领悟，他还特意引用了他们夫妻间以往 生活中若干特有的细节。在故事的结尾，他让那对夫妻离了婚，并特意写道：那个妻子对丈夫已经没有了爱情，一滴眼泪也没有流地走了，以后隐居在南方的森林小 屋，靠丈夫补偿给她的足够的法郎，悠闲自得地消磨着自由的时光……

他把这份手稿交给太太打印时，心里难免有些不安。晚上回到家里时，心里嘀咕妻子会怎么接待他。

“亲爱的，我希望我不在家时你没有过于烦闷，是吗？”吕西安.里歇的话里带着几分犹豫。

太太却像平常一样安详：“没有，家里有这么多事情要做呐。但看到你回来，我还是很高兴的。”

吕西安.里歇猜测，难道她没有看懂？或者她把打印的事情安排到了明天？然而，太太告诉他，故事已经打印好了，并经仔细校对后寄往《里昂晚报》编辑部了。可是她为什么一字不提文中的情节呢？毕竟心虚，小说家没有多问；他受着情感的煎熬。

直到故事在报上发表后，闷葫芦才打开。原来，太太把故事的结局改了：既然丈夫提出了这个要求，妻子只得强忍心中的悲伤，夫妻俩离了婚。可是，那位在结婚23年之后依然保持着自己纯真爱情的妻子，却在前往南方森林小屋的途中抑郁而死。

小说家吕西安.里歇震惊了，忏悔了，当下就和那个令他神魂颠倒的女人一刀两断。

太阳又升起来了，他们的生活还在继续。如同太太没有向他说起自己修改故事的结局一样，吕西安.里歇也没有向太太谈到自己的这段情事。

“亲爱的，我希望我不在家时你没有过于烦闷，是吗？”吕西安.里歇回到家时，一如既往地问道，不过比以往更加深情。

“没有，家里有这么多事情要做。但看到你回来，我还是很高兴的。”妻子一如既往地回答，不过比以往更加温柔。

那些似乎太平静、太单调、太不浪漫的家庭生活，往往正是最安宁、最朴实、最值得珍惜的幸福生活。

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The missing piece - by CJ

‘Who are you?’ asked the missing piece.
‘I am the Big O,’ said the Big O.
‘I think you are the one I have been waiting for,’ said the missing piece. ‘Maybe I am your missing piece.’
‘But I am not missing a piece,’ said the Big O.
‘There is no place you would fit.’
‘That is too bad,’ said the missing piece.
‘I was hoping that perhaps I could roll with you….’
‘You cannot roll with me,’ said the Big O,
‘but perhaps you can roll by yourself.’
‘By myself? A missing piece cannot roll by itself.’
‘Have you ever tried?’ asked the Big O.
‘But I have sharp corners,’ said the missing piece.
‘I am not shaped for rolling.’
‘Corners wear off,’ said the Big O, ‘and shapes change.
Anyhow, I must say good-bye..
Perhaps we will meet again….’
And away it rolled.
The missing piece was alone again.”

“For a long time it just sat there.
Then… slowly… it lifted itself up on one end…and flopped over.
Then lift…pull…flop…
it began to move forward….
And soon its edges began to wear off…
liftpullflopliftpullflop…
and its shape began to change…
and then it was bumping instead of flopping…
and then it was bouncing instead of bumping…
and then it was rolling instead of bouncing….
And it didn’t know where and it didn’t care.
It was rolling!”

中文版：

从前有一个三角形，像是被人抛弃般地躲在一个角落里，它终日郁闷地躺在那里，等着别人来跟它合并，弥补它的棱角，好让它能继续朝前滚动。

就这样，一天一天的过去了，它望穿秋水也等不到这样的人到来。

直到有一天，它看到有一个大圆向它滚来，他兴奋的叫了起来，向大圆诉苦着说：”你可怜可怜我吧！你就是我所期盼的人啊！我一定是你失落的一角吧！”

大圆笑着说：”我本身就是圆满！我从没失落过什么角啊！”

失落的一角哀求着说：”让我跟你融而为一吧！带我走吧！”

大圆很无奈的道：”我真的容不下你啊！你为什么不自己走呢！”

失落的一角说：”我自己不会走啊！因为我无法滚动啊！”

大圆说：”谁说的，我也不是天生就是圆满的，我以前也是跟你一样有棱有角的，请问：’你努力过吗？’”

失落的一角说：”我一动就会摔倒，我也曾努力过啊！”

大圆专注的说：”努力不一定会成功喔！”然后停了下来，再继续语重心长的说：”但是成功却永远需要努力喔！”

大圆一步一步的滚着离开了。留下失落的一角独自深思。

失落的一角开始尝试滚动着，它一爬起来就马上摔倒在地，于是它咬紧牙根，一次次的爬起，也一次次的摔倒，在爬起与摔倒之间，它的棱角渐被磨圆了，它开始也能往前滚动了，终于失落的一角也变成一个小圆了，他也可以往前滚动行进了。

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Peace - by CJ

There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried and submitted their work. The king looked at all the pictures. There were only two he really liked, and he had to choose between them.

One picture was of a calm lake, perfectly mirroring the peaceful, towering mountains all around it. Overhead was blue sky with fluffy, white clouds. It was the favorite of all who saw it. Truly, they thought, it was the perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had mountains, too, but these were rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky from which rain fell and in which lightening played. Down the side of one mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. A less peaceful picture would be difficult to imagine. But when the king looked closely, he saw beside the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest in perfect peace.

Which picture would you have selected? The king chose the second picture. Do you know why?

“Because,” explained the king, “peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all these things and still be calm in your heart. This is the real meaning of peace.”

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Mind the genie in the lamp - by CJ

There once was a very poor man, who woke up hungry with only 1 rupee left in his pocket. He decides to go to the market and see if his rupee can buy him some left over fruit. At the market he meets a fancy clothed man behind a table with a beautiful oil lamp on it, and a sign that reads “1 rupee”.

The poor man can’t believe his eyes, and asks the man what the catch is.
“It’s true, the lamp only costs 1 rupee,” the man says.
And he explains that in the lamp there lives a genie, who fulfills all your desires.
“Then why do you sell it?”, the poor man wants to know.
“Well, the genie is always active and rather impatient”, it is explained. “And if you don’t pay attention to him, he’ll start taking things away again”.
“Well OK”, the poor man says. “Since I don’t have much to lose I will buy it from you”.

When he arrives back home, he rubs the lamp and the genie appears. “How can I serve you, master?”, he asks.
“Prepare me a meal worthy of a king”, the poor man commands.
Within a second the genie serves an opulous meal with 87 courses.
The poor man is delighted, but when he wants to start eating, the genie asks again – “And how can I serve you master?”
Keeping in mind that the genie can also take away all the goodies, the poor man commands: “Build me a beautiful castle, suitable for a maharadja!”
Only a few seconds pass by, and the man now finds himself in a beautiful palace. He likes to explore it, but there comes the genie again, asking “How can I serve you, master?”
Every wish is immediately fulfilled, and when ignored, the genie takes away everything.

The poor man is annoyed and goes to the village sage, where he explains his problem.
After a silent conversation, the poor man steps to the genie and says: ‘Genie, build me a large pole and stick it in the ground”.
The genie immediately builds a pole and sticks it in the ground.
“Now genie, I want you to climb up and down the pole, over and over again”.
The genie starts climbing right away.
And now the man has time to eat his meal, explore his palace and do other things.

When he and the sage go to see what the genie is doing, they see that he has fallen asleep next to the pole.
“And so it is with the thinking genie of every man”, explains the sage.
“It is restless in its desire to satisfy every desire, and fragments our being.
The pole is a tool called a ‘mantra’.
“By repeating it over and over again, our restless mind is kept busy until it gets so bored that it falls asleep.
And this way our true self can enjoy the world.”

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Boiling frog - by CJ

A frog will try to jump out if it is dropped into hot water, however it will stay eventually cooked to death if it is put in a pot of cool water and gradually bring it to a boil. This story is a widespread anecdote, yet will we react like boiling frogs when come to confronting global warming?

Highly regarded scientific organizations worldwide have speculated that there is no longer any credible doubt about the environmental destruction of global warming. We are stoking global warming that may cause colossal damage to nature if, like the doomed frog, we ignore rising temperatures.

Based on the data from Natural Resources and Environment Ministry of Malaysia, our nation’s average temperature has risen by 1.1 degree Celsius in the past 50 years, consistent with the warming of global temperature. The ministry also showed that the sea level in our country is on the increase, at the rate of 1.25mm a year. These factors resulted in changes in the rainfall patterns thus causing more floods in our country.

Based on the climate modeling for the next 100 years, the temperature is expected to rise between 0.7 degree and 2.6 degrees Celsius. The changes are very crucial as the increase of 1-2 degrees Celsius would lead to 30% of flora and fauna to go extinct and threaten our survival.

Furthermore, the ministry stressed that warmer temperatures and greater moisture will favor extensions of the geographical range and season for vector organisms such as insects, rodents, and snails. This in turn might also increase the occurrence of vector-borne diseases such as cholera, malaria and dengue.

In another recent research, Malaysia scientists have discovered that climate change and air pollution are killing off the scent of flowers around the world. Some bees don’t seem to be pollinating flower seeds because of the missing scent trail of flowers. Flowers in colder climates are able to hold onto their essential oils longer, thus insects and bird are also reported as heading to the jungles where the weather is cooler, for their fair share of nectar.

Already we can see the changes of our environment and nature: storms are becoming fiercer and extreme weather conditions like cold becoming colder and hot becoming hotter. Will we stand by and watch while droughts, floods, and famine take over our country? Or will we deteriorate into territorial species struggling for power, land, and survival? It is matter of survival and it is solely up to the people of this generation to decide.

Now we’re like the frog in water slowly heated up to boiling that doesn’t know to escape. However, unlike the frogs, we have the ability, the knowledge, the technology, and the power to save ourselves and respond to global warming. We simply need to find the cohesive willingness to take action and not to contribute to global warming.

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Lincoln and the helpless little creature - by CJ

“I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.”
– Abraham Lincoln

In reply to friends who chided him for delaying them by stopping to return a fledgling to its nest.

Compassion is how a mother’s tender heart quivers at the pain and suffering of her child when the child is sick. A mother is willing to do anything to alleviate her child’s suffering. As with boundless love, we also develop compassion to all beings who suffer pain and despair. A compassionate person cannot possibly be cruel to any being.

Love is the greatest kindness of all is a mother’s boundless, unconditional and protective love for her child. If we can shower a mother’s love on all living beings, our love would be boundless, unconditional and non-discriminatory. It’s boundless because we are reaching out to all beings. It is unconditional because we do not love with conditions attached or expectations of rewards or reciprocation. It is non-discriminatory, and this means it is given to all and not through selective choice or to one more than the other.

If we realize that all beings are subject to same vulnerability and mortality where all of us suffer from pain and eventual death, and all of us also appreciate being loved and cared for, then it makes sense to extend our love to all beings boundlessly, unconditionally and without discrimination. Just as we love our family and friends, let us widen our circle of love and kindness, and extend these feelings of goodwill and caring to encompass all living beings.

by Chan Kay Yein, Ph.D.

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Hakuin and the baby - by CJ

There was a monk named Hakuin (白隠 慧鶴) who was well respected for his work among the people.

In the village, there lived a young woman, the daughter of the food sellers. The young woman became pregnant by her boy friend who worked nearby in the fish market. When the parents found out about this, they were very angry and pressured her to reveal the name of the father. She wanted to protect the young man and blurted out the name of Hakuin as the father.

After the baby was born, the parents took the baby to Hakuin. They told Hakuin that he was responsible for the baby and left the infant with him. He responded: “Is that so?” And he simply accepted the responsibility for the child without further reaction.

The monk had no experience with babies. But he began to care for its needs, finding food, clothing, and warm shelter. The other villagers became very angry with Hakuin for his offense and his reputation was trashed. In addition, his disciples left him. These comments did not affect Hakuin, who continued to put his effort and attention into the care of the baby.

After several years, the young woman was filled with remorse. She confessed to her parents the name of the true father –  the real father was not Hakuin but rather a young man who worked at the local fish market. They immediately went to see Hakuin, apologized, and took the baby back with them. Hakuin watched as they returned to there home with the child he had cared for since birth and replied “Is that so?”

Comments:

“Is that so?” reflects the acceptance of what the moment brings. Acceptance in the sense that one responds appropriately to the situation with a calm mind and spirit. There are no calls of fairness or unfairness, of being experienced in the task or not, of complaining about a lost reputation, of wishing that it were different. The needs of present are simply addressed.

More than the physical situation, it is the spirit of the monk’s mind at the initial instant that the situation arises that makes his actions so compelling. It is not passive acceptance; there is direct action here. The calm mind allows effort to be fully directed to the situation without dispersal of energy.

The same tasks of caring for the baby could also be done with resentment or a turbulent mind. Then, there is room for fairness and unfairness, complaining and wishing it were different. Same tasks, but the energy is completely different.

All of these stories are about the reader, not a fiction story about the monk. The situation may be one at work, home, or with a friend that brings the same apparent unfairness and inconvenience to an individual at the moment. Responding with a calm or turbulent mind makes all the difference.

The calm spirit is within the potential of all humans.

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Missing cows by CJ

This is the story I read from a book:

A wise man was walking with his students. As they passing by a village, a farmer who seemed very worry and distressed, headed towards them.

He stopped then asked the wise man, “Have you seen a kine cows on your way here?”

“No, sorry to say I did not see any.” the wise man answered.

“Sigh, I am the most unlucky person in this world. These cows are the only assets I have and they are all gone missing now. I have been seeking for days yet I couldn’t find them. How am I going to live on without them?” said the farmer sadly.

“…I am really the most unlucky person in this world. Sigh..” he continued to seek for the cows.

The wise man then turned to his students and said, “You are lucky that you do not own any cow.”

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Are you here for peace? - by CJ

Humming by myself a song of no melody
on the journey with the march enwrapped
camouflage under the blanket
painted in red with blood of nobody

Quenching thirst with endless tear
with my crutch starving to hunt the vulture
yet the smells of the burnt dead
masking the appetite I crave for food

Days ago you lived as a man of the house
before you took the gun and hugged goodbye
for the nation you had to fight
deep in me I know you stood for us

The silent moon bathes the scene
I could hear your whisper, mommy
fear not and sleep tight my child
shall you see me in your dream

My company my dearest pet
your beard reminds me of uncle across the street
smiled always and made delicious toasts
not anymore after the fierce assault hit

Saviour yet foreigner
you are here to take everthing I had
yet you say you come for peace
is it really right to be wrong?

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觉，谢谢你让我在这里涂涂写写。
觉，谢谢你让我在这里抒发情绪。
觉，谢谢你让我在这里自我磨炼。
觉，谢谢你让我在这里提升自己。
觉，谢谢你让我在这里废话连篇。

觉，非常谢谢你让我成为你们的一份子。

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An endless journey by CJ

“The birth of a man is the birth of his sorrow. The longer he lives, the more stupid he becomes, because his anxiety to avoid unavoidable death becomes more and more acute. What bitterness! He lives for what is always out of reach! His thirst for survival in the future makes him incapable of living in the present.”
-Chuang Tzu

一个人去工作的时候，早上经过了一条河。放工后，又经过了那一条河。他和朋友说，他一天经过那条河两次。其实，所谓的河，是不断流着的水所形成。放工后，那人所经过的河，还是流着一样的水吗？

相对于河水，当我们观察周围的一切，它们都不断地变化：地球的转动、地核的波动、空气的流动等等。一切物品也慢慢的变旧、变坏，再被从新循环生产，变成新的物品。身边的人也是如此，健康变病弱，也可能再好转，还有人们性格、情绪、爱好等等，都时时地再变。一切都是我们的执着，认为一切都是永恒，痛苦就产生了。

人生其实也是没有起点和终点的路途，并不是出生的时候为生命的开始，停止呼吸的时候为结束。从当代物理学和物理学的角度出发，我们的生命体本就处于每时每刻分散离聚德运动变化之中，幻生幻灭，只不过我们习惯性的把它执着为一个粗大的，可以稳定存在的连续体。

就我们的生命来说，经历了不断的变化。生命的之前一个当下，我们的生命现在的当下正处于分散之后的从新聚合。相对于之后的一个当下，我们的生命又正处于从聚合走向分散。经历每一个当下，我们确实已经经历了一次生死，已经经历了一个轮回。

自己，就是意识到这个当下。当一个人对前一个当下的自己或之前的自己执着着，就会迷失自己。忘了活在这个当下的自己，就会不快乐。每一个当下，都是一个人生，都是一个自己。所以去学会改变每一个当下，当我们放下了这一个当下的爱欲执着，进而改变了自己以往的生活方式和人生态度的时候，我们的生命会发生灿烂的变化。

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Sea turtle and the dragon by CJ

一隻小海龟在海中游泳，在海面碰到一个从来没有见过的东西，感觉十分新奇，便向前问：「你是什麽东西啊？」

这个东西回答说：「我是龙！」说完便幽然地漂离开了。

经过了一百年，小海龟已成了大海龟，在海面上，他又碰到了这一百年前的老朋友，让他惊奇的是，自己从小海龟变成了大海龟，可是这龙的形体却一点也没有改变！

海龟自以为是世界最长寿的动物，此刻却碰到了更厉害的角色，很吃味的问道：

「你是什麽龙啊，为何都不会改变，也不会衰老呢？」

只听一个声音隐隐地自对方传出 ………..「喔！我是保丽龙！」

备注：保丽龙是由聚苯乙烯（Polystyrene , PS）发泡制成。聚苯乙烯是由石油提炼出来的一种塑料原料，由碳和氢组成，化学式是(C8H8)n，它可以制成蛋盒、养乐多瓶、录像带匣等塑料制品。

保丽龙也是一种致癌物质，它同时破坏保护地球的臭氧层。喝咖啡的保丽龙杯子、 自助餐盘子，几百年后还是垃圾，继续污染环境）。

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