Cats who teach me to fly…

I got up early today, as usual, watered my plants and starved my angel (my tabby white) a little. It was late yesterday when I remembered that there wasn’t any food left for her and the pet shop was closed. I got home hoping that she could save some dry food for the morning. When I got up this morning, her bowl was empty ha… I thought I could wait till 11am when the pet shop is open. However, when I was there, the shop was closed. I got back home, apologised to my angel and prepared canned food for her. She devoured the food and wiped her bowl clean. This is indeed very rare. However, she didn’t seem to be contented. She got out and nipped on my potted plants. 

I have a habit of meditating almost everyday. Meditation helps me a lot in calming my mind and building my patience. Lately, I don’t know why I always feel sleepy whenever I meditate. I would spend 20 to 30 mins meditating and the next hour would be spent napping :p. This is really a bad habit. If I don’t nap, I can’t concentrate on my work. I don’t know what causes me to feel sleepy. Honestly, I don’t like to feel sleepy. During meditation, I can feel that my body is sleeping and yet my mind is concentrating on the object I am focusing on. It is hard to describe the feeling but I just love it. I just don’t want to end the meditation.

You may have heard about meditations which can help a person to recall his/her past life. Well, I am not really keen in knowing or achieving that. My focus is only on my future. To loooook forward.

What am I actually frustrated about today? Hmm… MY WEB DESIGN! I have deleted everything again and am re-doing it again. Calm down, calm down, inner peace, inner peace… It was silly to get frustrated, wasn’t it? Yeah, that frustration only lasted for a second which I think it was not good enough. It should be zero second. Never happen. No frustration at all :).

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So, what got me here? It was my two days of depression, accompanied by plentiful of soul searching, a lot of self-questioning and seconds of self-enlightenment that got me here. I am flapping my wings now, beginning to soar to the highest…

I went to watch a documentary this afternoon, the title of the documentary was “The Great Mystery” directed by Catherine Corona. I got to know this documentary when I was reading the Straits Times. The picture of Catherine Corona having a conversation with a Tibetian Buddhist monk caught my eye first. As I was reading the headlines, it drew me into the the great mystery.

The documentary was about a woman who travelled across western America asking universal questions to people of different faiths. Why are we here? Who is God? Will there ever be peace?

Through this documentary, I had a further understanding about different people’s faiths, practices and beliefs. I have always respected all religions but I believe that there is only one God. I don’t label myself as a Christian or a Buddhist as I feel that we are simply one.

Today is the 13th of January 2011. It marks an important day to me as another new chapter of my life begins. My best friend, Melanie told me, Buddha has taught us that we should take the middle path to enlightement and I personally feel that I should take the middle path too in whatever I do. I am an impatient person. Meditation has helped me in staying calm and positive. God has helped me or I should say walked with me in getting out of my anxiety. This is something I would never forget.

It has been quite a day today. Love every minute and second of it.

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