This is why meditation is important, it makes you glowing.

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☆ The goal of this holy life is the unshakeable liberation of mind ☆

This pendant was a gift from my good friend Bhante Dhammasubho which is also a Chinese Tea drinkers. He gave shortly after I gave him my favorite Chinese Oolong Tea. I really like this pendant because it so reminds me to continue to diligently practice meditation although unfortunately I don't understand the purpose of writing is behind the pendant. The pendant depicts a buddha posture called Buddha Mudra Bhumisparsa - Calling The Earth To Witness the Truth.

Bhumisparsa mudra is translated as Touching the Earth, or Calling the Earth To Witness the Truth mudra. This hand gesture is always depicted with the right hand, while the left hand is on the lap, with the palm facing outwards (Varada Mudra).

Bhumisparsa mudra is said to be Buddha's hand gesture when he Achieved Enlightenment. It Represents unshaken strength and truth of his commitment to liberation, the which helped Overcome darkness (Mara) challenging him right before he entered the Light.

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FREEDOM'S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR ... LOVE

If You Love Somebody Set Them Free *STING

I give as much freedom to my beloved as I possible can. So often, though, I put myself into an uncomfortable situation where I get hurt. Does this mean I don’t love myself so much, and that’s why I put myself second?

It may be much more complicated than you think.

First, the very idea that you give freedom to your beloved is wrong. Who are you to give freedom to your beloved? You can love, and your love implies freedom. It is not something that has to be given. If it has to be given, then there will be the problems that you are facing.

So in the first place you are doing something wrong. You really don’t want to give freedom; you would love that no such situation arises in which you have to give freedom. But you have heard me saying again and again that love gives freedom, so you force yourself unconsciously to give freedom, because otherwise your love is not love.

You are in a troubled situation: if you don’t give freedom, you start suspecting your love; if you give freedom, which you cannot give, the ego is very jealous and it will raise a thousand and one questions: “Are you not enough for your lover or beloved, that she needs freedom — freedom from you to be with someone else?” It hurts, and that’s why you start feeling, “I am putting myself second.”

Giving freedom to her you have put somebody else first, and you have put yourself second. That is against the ego, and it is not going to help in any way, because you will take revenge for the freedom that you have given. You would like the same freedom to be given to you — whether you need it or not, that is not the point — just to prove that you are not being cheated.

Secondly, because your beloved has been with someone else you will feel a little strange being with her. That will stand between you and her. She has chosen someone else and dropped you; she has insulted you. And you have been doing so much; you have been so generous that you gave her freedom. Because you are feeling hurt, you are going to hurt her in some way or other.

But the whole thing arises from a misunderstanding. I have not said that if you love, then you have to give freedom. No, I have said that love is freedom.

It is not a question of giving. If you have to give it, then it is better not to give it. Remain the way everybody is. Why create unnecessary complications? Ordinarily, there are enough.

If your love itself has come to that quality that freedom is part of it, that your beloved need not even ask your permission.... In fact, if I was in your place and the beloved was asking my permission, I would be hurt. That means she does not trust my love. My love is freedom. I have loved her; that does not mean that I should close all doors and windows so she cannot laugh with somebody else, dance with somebody else, love somebody else...because who are we?

That is the basic question that everyone has to ask: Who are we? We are all strangers, and on what grounds do we become so authoritative that we can say, “I will give you freedom,” or “I will not give you freedom,” or “If you love me, then you cannot love anybody else”? These are stupid assumptions, but they have dominated humankind since its very beginnings. And we are still barbarous; we still don’t know what love is.

If I love someone, I am grateful that that person allowed me, my love, and did not reject me. This is enough. But I don’t become an imprisonment to her: She loved me, and as a reward I am creating a prison around her; I loved her, and she, as a result, is creating a prison around me. Great rewards we are giving to each other!

If I love someone I am grateful and her freedom remains intact. It is not given by me. It is her birthright, and my love cannot take it away. How can love take somebody’s freedom away, particularly the person you love? It is her birthright. You cannot even say, “I give freedom to her.” Who are you in the first place? — just a stranger. You have met on the road, by the way, accidentally, and she was gracious to accept your love. Just be thankful, and let her live the way she wants to live, and live the way you yourself want to live. Your lifestyle should not be interfered with.


This is what freedom is. Then love will help you to be less tense, less full of anxieties, less in anguish, and more in joy.

But what goes on happening in the world is just the opposite. Love creates so much misery, so much pain, that there are people who decide finally that it is better not to love anyone. They close the doors of their heart because it is simply hell and nothing else.

But closing the door to love is also closing the door to reality, to existence; hence I will not support it. I will say: Change the whole pattern of love! You have forced love into an ugly situation — change the situation.

Let love become a help for your spiritual growth. Let love become a nourishment to your heart and a courage so that you can open your heart, not only to one individual but to the whole universe.

 

Osho, Beyond Psychology, Talk #25  

 _/"\_ may all beings be happy

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ADAKAH BATAS CINTA?

cinta tak terbatas jarak
walau kau di sana
aku hidup dalam pikiranmu

cinta tak terbatas ruang
walau kau tak di sini
aku selalu di sampingmu

cinta tak terbatas waktu
walau masa berlalu
aku slalu ada untukmu


cinta mu kepada ku sebagaimana aku mencintai mu....

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MEDITASI MEMPERLAMBAT PROSES PENUAAN

Meditasi tidak hanya membantu memperlambat proses penuaan, tetapi juga menenangkan pikiran dan mengurangi risiko penyakit yang mungkil timbul, bahkan dapat memeperpanjang usia hidup Anda.

QUANTUM HEALING , DEEPAK CHOPRA M.D,

(hal. 212-214) Meditasi merupakan keheningan, bebas dari pemikiran-pemikiran, emosi, ambisi, keinginan, rasa takut, atau apapun.

Robert Keith Wallace melakukan pengukuran pada sekelompok meditator dewasa didasarkan pada umur biologis mereka. Wallace menemukan bahwa para meditator, secara kelompok, umur biologis-nya jauh lebih muda daripada umur kronologis mereka. Perbedaannya cukup menyolok - pada wanita yang memiliki nilai terbaik, umur biologis mereka ternyata hampir dua puluh tahun lebih muda dibandingkan umur kronologis mereka. Yang lebih mengagumkan adalah bahwa kondisi tersebut sangat terkait dengan lamanya orang tersebut melakukan meditasi. Wallace berhasil membuat garis pemisah antara mereka yang melakukan meditasi kurang dari lima tahun dan mereka yang sudah melakukan meditasi lebih dari 5 tahun.
 

Kelompok pertama rata-rata lebih muda lima tahun dari umur biologis mereka, sedangkan kelompok kedua rata-rata 12 tahun lebih muda dari umur biologis mereka. Sebuah studi lain di Inggris, menemukan bahwa setiap tahun latihan meditasi akan mengurangi penuaan selama setahun. Penemuan lain yang benar-benar mengesankan tim penelitian Wallace adalah kenyataan bahwa pada kelompok subyek yang lebih tua, hasil yang diperoleh lebih baik dibandingkan pada kelompok yang lebih muda. Seorang yang berusia 60 tahun dan melakukan meditasi selama 5 tahun atau lebih, memiliki usia fisiologis 48 tahun.

Pada 1986, sebuah perusahaan asuransi bernama Cross-Blue Shield melakukan penelitian terhadap 2000 meditator di negara bagian Iowa. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan orang-orang ini jauh lebih sehat dibandingkan penduduk Amerika secara keseluruhan yang tinggal di 17 daerah, yang penduduknya banyak terserang penyakit, baik mental maupun fisik. Ini merupakan peningkatan yang sangat baik. Misalnya, kelompok meditator yang dirawat di rumah sakit karena kelainan jantung lebih rendah 87% jumlahnya daripada mereka yang tidak melakukan meditasi, sedangkan untuk segala jenis tumor, angka itu sebesar 50%. Jumlah penderita penyakit sistem pernapasan, saluran pencernaan, depresi klinis, dan sebagainya pada kelompok meditator juga menurun tajam. 

(hal. 250-252) Seperti yang pernah dibahas sebelumnya, penemuan terpenting dari penelitian Wallace adalah, bahwa meditasi jangka panjang benar-benar menghambat terjadinya penurunan umur lima sampai 12 tahun (Wallace menemukan sejumlah besar hormon DHEA (dehydroepiandrosteron) yang masih sulit dipahami; DHEA diduga membantu menghambat penuaan, dan kemungkinan bisa menghambat tumbuh dan berkembangnya kanker).

Perilaku positif, kewaspadaan mental, keinginan hidup, dan berbagai kualitas kejiwaan yang positif bisa memperlambat penuaan.

Pada 1980, seorang dokter muda, ahli jiwa dari Universitas Harvard, Charles Alexander, melakukan penelitian di tiga panti jompo yang terletak diluar kota Boston. Dia memilih 60 penghuni panti jompo, yang berusia sedikitnya 80 tahun, dan mengajarkan tiga tehnik pikiran-tubuh. Ketiga tehnik tersebut adalah tehnik relaksasi umum (sejenis tehnik yang biasa diterapkan pada program penanggulangan stres), meditasi transendental, dan sejumlah permainan kata-kata yang dilakukan setiap hari untuk mengasah pikiran.

Setiap kelompok mempelajari satu tehnik pikiran-tubuh, dan masing-masing kelompok diizinkan untuk menggunakannya tanpa pengawasan. Ketika dilakukan tes untuk memeriksa peningkatan kemampuan, rendahnya tekanan darah, dan kesehatan mental - faktor yang akan menurun sejalan dengan meningkatnya usia, maka para meditator memperoleh nilai tertinggi. Para manula tersebut juga melaporkan bahwa mereka merasa lebih bahagia, dan tidak merasa setua sebelumnya. Tetapi, hasil yang menakjubkan baru tampak tiga tahun kemudian. Ketika Alexander kembali ke panti jompo tersebut, sepertiga penghuni rumah jompo yang lama sudah meninggal, termasuk 24 persen kelompok peserta percobaan yang tidak melakukan meditasi. Angka kematian di antara kelompok meditasi ternyata nol.

Sekarang, orang-orang itu mencapai usia rata-rata 84 tahun, sebuah kejadian yang jarang dan indah, sebuah percobaan ilmu pengetahuan, yang membawa hadiah langsung berupa kehidupan..... 

Dikatakan bahwa peningkatan kesadaran cukup untuk memperpanjang hidup anda.

Quantum Healing (1989), Deepak Chopra M.D, Penerbit Nuansa 2002.

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Sehat & Bahagia Dengan Meditasi Kesehatan

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Meditasi merupakan salah satu cara guna menyehatkan dan menguatkan pikiran. Dengan melatih pikiran untuk berada pada saat ini (at the present) maka otot-otot pikiran baik akan menguat, yang dapat digunakan untuk menghadapi kehidupan/problema hidup, menyehatkan badan kita, menyembuhkan sakit-sakit, dan melepaskan reaksi-reaksi buruk dari trauma di memori. 

-semoga semua hidup berbahagia-

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LETTING THE UNEXPECTING HAPPEN

We search so much for the right choices, the right paths to walk, the right time, the right reasons, and the right person. But life isn't just about searching for things. It's also about letting the unexpected happen and finding joy in things and people we never searched for. Because life is affected by many uncontrollable conditions, it could have been planned change due to conditions that do not allows.

May I be Happy, May All Beings be Happy

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