Cause and effect

The world is a product of causes and effects. 

A nation, district, community, all subject to it

Some nations fairer better than others on some elements

The elements of culture, peace, tradition,  prosperity

So is the family

What parent does, children emulate

every decision and action effects children

if parents are cold and rude

thats all children know to act

if parents are warm, loving and kind

thats all children will learn

the parents are the cannons of conduct for children

Parents values become children's 

There is no trust and love

There is little loyalty

There is no growth as a family

the families that prosper

are normal with rifts

but have trust love and loyalty

there is greater bond

there is better trust

The leap

Consciousness of the moment
feeling of the moment
Moment of change

Change of direction
Conscious extra breath heaved
Sweet sweet breadth of relief

Change of wind
Breeze sifts between fingers
I can feel it
Velvety cool and moist

All senses free
From bondage of stress
Elated at the rebirth
I deliberately chose

Sense of accomplishment
At every paper and documents
Some filed away
Sone delegated
And some packed
They have destination
As I have

I am starting afresh
The journey on my own
Accompanying me
Guiding myself
With confidence
With knowledge
With wisdom
And make the better me everyday
For benefit of all

I have leaped!

Good deed

Hope the outcomes were as intended
Hope the family bonded. Closer than before

Before the well intentioned intervention
Hope the husband felt included
Hope he felt secure
He get felt that we are human
After all we are

Hope the wife has the wisdom
To take care if her family
To take lessons from some
N to nurture her own

God bless all

My Being

The me
All and whole
Feels blank
No me
No self
No pain

The fingers
On automotion
Tapping away random words
That fall together
Making possible sense


The mind
Making effort
Recapturing the day
Not much done
A friends obligation
Cleansing ritual

Assignment loaded
Dateline knocking
The clock tic tocking
Found myself defined
Life assurance and elation
In my simple exercise

I leap for change by being the change

Today, Yesterday and tomorrow

The yesterdays, 

Do I want to hold on,

Onto the sense of the familiarity, 

And comfort of predictability

And remain where I am

fester like an old log and fungus 

I have let it go

All that I have 

And all that I didn't own 

In true sense of owning 

I tell my soul 

You are Free 

Go claim your bliss 

Uncertainty looming

Nostalgia creeping

Only the familiarly unfamiliar

I march on eagerly

To embrace tomorrow 

With all my soul and being

Meet me there tomorrow! 

The journey

My journey was supposed to begin on 1st April but some how got delayed till 20 th. On 19 I decided to finally finally take off and let go of my self Imposed importance and indispensability. Then on 20th , went back to work place to clean up and hand over some important tasks. On the same day attended a Choku of a dear friend. We made plans to go to Punakha for blessings of the relics on 21 st April. On 21st morning found myself stranded between a Rimdo , office meeting and Punakha trip.   The meeting was not expected as I am on leave, and was easy to explain. Rimdo gave me a little unease to explain though a last minute call , it is still mine. Then it was rescheduled to later date on sat.

If each of us can define for ourselves a day of merit and harmonious gathering of the auspicious it would be 21st April for me.
- blessings of the relics of zhabdrung rinpoche, Garuda stone, relics in kuenrey , machey blessings .
- jigten Wangchuk and ngondro loong from legtso Lopen
- blessing and khadhar from JeKhenpo rinpoche
- hot stone bath in Pamtso .

Letting go of possessions is liberating

Gaw rangi zon ghazo, Chom rangi tsoen ghatsoe.

Today y realized the truth behind this saying.  I went to meet my aunt in a nearby village. There I found that she us not well. So I offered to take her to hospital. However she refused as she has to milk  the cows. The reason for not going to hospital us as simple as that.
Where as her sister is a happy go lucky lady. She spent a jolly good 2 months on pilgrimage. Now sige us again planing a trip to meditation centre. She also offered to come with us to hot spring.

Later the sister confided in me that she doesn't have anything in her name. How liberating that us tor her.  As I listened to her, I thought that she may sound very good on Bbs to talk. About how to live happily one day at a time. I want to live positively without cares like her. I was like her and miss that carefree me. 

All set to take off on my call

It's my hope that this constant feeling of euphoria heralds a good meaningful life. I am excited as though I have reached home after a year of boarding life. It seems only the right things are falling on my lap.  Good friends and all the right things that make me happy and content.

The technology enabled me to get glimpses n inspiration from lives of beautiful people like adora and  Olivia.  They are the people I either listen to or read about atleast once a day. They give me the highs of inspiration and ideas. The make me realise the power of reading and information. They help me define  my dreams and visions. They help me find my voice and expressions. They help me dedramatize and destygmatizing life events. They give me confidence and knowledge .

Going through some lectures on what adora advocates , I came to realise that one of my projects in life to set up  innovation  and empowerment centres for young and old.  This can tap into the untapped potentials of the people to give them a sense of purpose in their life and contribution to development of the nation and humanity.

Of course the first project will be the coordination for competency development project for my organization.  I may not be interested to go back to my present job and system but I have the moral responsibility to correct it through competence development project to overhaul and update the system.  I will coordinate and get it going hiring competent personal to run the project.

Going back to the project dear to me, the project will be innovation centre. Right now I can't imagine how many multiplucks and computers are surrendered, even those that have minor auctioned by dnp. I want to buy those computers and challenge the young minds to fix it. And the fixed computers can be play ground for the computer and gadget enthusiast. The enthusiasts will be allowed to play to innovate programs or fix hardwares.  I will hire the technical pioneers in innovation for the technical inspiration and leadership, and hire the education forward thinking pioneers as a CEO for this project.

It will be a arena to identify aptitude of the young minds and to hone their innate talents and skills. It will be a youth empowering project. At a national level it will contribute to maximum contribution of citizen to nation development and humanity. 

Euphoria

Euphoria is my state
High on loving healthy children
High on good friends
High on personal growth
High on the personal values
High on my ability to help
High on my optimism
High on the peace and happiness in the country

The year ablaze

2016 as the fiery monkey it self, my life feels ablaze in full swing.  I have taken a major decision to change the course. At this crossroad, the feeling is a blissful numbness and euphoria. I do random things spontaneously and it's a very good feeling. More time is spent on listening to myself and reflecting on the moments. The highlight of my moments are my blessings of my children's health, happiness and their values (hard work, humility, respect for all, kindness and empathy),Company  and support of few but good friends,  life changing selp, dance of a lifetime, offer of life changing platform and opportunity for growth and change lives. Overall some of my stereotypical perceptions have changed while some have entrenched. The growth is mostly mental in terms of pursuit of better mental state, level of thinking and widening view of perception. I am still procrastinating on my health and physical care. 

Today as usual no yoga or walk or water. But did a good thing reading and explaining Dzongsar khyentses rinpoche's losar message to my daughter who was listening in her sleep. Hope the good feeling trickles down in her heart and light up her day. I just want her to remember that everything is impermanent and do the best for the moment and rest will be taken care of. 

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoches message for the losar 2016

 Greetings to all who are celebrating the Monkey New Year,

Let us trust the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, and let us trust the law of cause, condition, and effect. If we trust the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, we are still Buddhists even if we play mahjong, eat meat, drink alcohol, or chain smoke.

Let us be kind and considerate. Do we like other people to be kind to us? Well, other people also like us to be kind.

Let us be generous, not just with money or diamonds but with our time and space and information.

And let us always remember the Buddha’s words that samsaric endeavours never end and are mostly fruitless. So let us not stress out that everything needs to be completed. We never know what will happen the next hour. So let us make the most out of this hour and this moment. If we are having a cup of tea right now, let us have it as if it is the last one in this life.

Do we want to be rich? Then let us learn to be content.

Do we want to be elegant and beautiful? Then let us be polite, confident, and kind instead of thinking Versace and Dolce & Gabbana will do it for us.

Do we want other people to listen to us? Then let us try not to use harsh words, and let us always begin our conversation with a smile.

Do we want our next generation to be happy and successful? Then let us teach them a different meaning of ambition, wealth, and goals:

Let us not spoil our kids, because if we do, they will grow up feeling so alienated and depressed.
Let us not push them to grow up so fast.
Let us not make our kids think that winning a competition is so important.
Let us try to eat at home at least once a week.
And let us not over-shop and fill our houses with things we will never use for years and eventually discard.
But most of all, let us parents do what we teach. We can’t teach our kids to be polite, gentle and likeable just with words. We have to be like that ourselves. Even seemingly minute things, like not talking loudly in public or on the phone and not jumping a queue, matter. Just as we don’t want others to do those things, others also don’t want us to do them.

And let us learn to do unplanned, spontaneous things at least for an hour or two once a week, because even planning a holiday ends up becoming a stressful chore rather than a real holiday.

Most importantly, let us remind ourselves not just to read these things, but to do them starting from Day One of the Monkey Year.

And every time we find ourselves doing one or more of these things, then let us reward ourselves by taking a short nap, listening to some music, reading one or two pages of a good book, and telling ourselves that with this stepping stone I will become a fearless servant of all sentient beings.