麈滿堆

Saw the movie 野‧良犬 (The Pye-Dog) yesterday. Not sure if I am overly sentimental these days or what but this movie, surprisingly, hit me with quite profound feelings.

All characters in the movie are alone, singular person by themselves. And the theme is about how a little boy (Christ) that inter-linked and brought about the transformation (rebirth) within each one of them.

The little boy 林志宏(林俊輝飾) as the Puer/Christ character is the center image. Raised by the "Dual Mother" motif with his biological mother (李麗珍飾) and his grandmother (邵音音飾), he is to reunite with the Father (the Old King) (林子祥飾), that which will transform the Old King to the New King - of Life and Hope. Father and Son are one again.

The main character 陳滿堆(陳奕迅飾) as the Puer/Hero really ignites me. From one being whom is totally unconscious about Life, to the moment of enlightenment when he knows so much about Love. You can witness the moment when he finally becomes Conscious, the moment he made that one decision in life, he is so free, roaming about in the street with such a purpose and such joyful facial expression. Even at the moment of his death, his face is content and filled with joy. He totally lives out what Unconditional Love is. I am guessing his name is picked for a purpose. 陳滿堆 as 麈滿堆. Resonates with 本來無一物，何處惹麈埃。He got it. He is Empty.

Miss張(林苑飾) is the Helen of Troy moving into the stage of Mary, to the stage of Spiritual Love.

The whole movie is so filled with such a theme that I came across yesterday too from the New York Times, that "Young love is about wanting to be happy, Old love is about wanting someone else to be happy.” (Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/weekinreview/18zernike.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin). Such synchronicity.

I salute to these characters in the movie whom have lived this so fully.

心經 梅豔芳 Anita Mui Heart Sutra

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(A surprise delight when I came across this - a song that I have always liked and loved from Anita. Enjoy.)



觀自在菩薩 行深般若波羅蜜多時 照見五蘊皆空 度一切苦厄
舍利子 色不異空 空不異色 色即是空 空即是色 受想形識 亦復如是
舍利子 是諸法空相 不生不滅 不垢不淨 不增不減
是故空中無色 無受想行識 無眼耳鼻舌身意 無色聲香味觸法
無眼界 乃至無意識界 無無明 亦無無明盡 乃至無老死 亦無老死盡
無苦集滅道 無智亦無得 以無所得故
菩提薩埵 依般若波羅蜜多故 心無罣礙
無罣礙故 無有恐怖 遠離顛倒夢想 究竟涅槃
三世諸佛 依般若波羅蜜多故 得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提
故知般若波羅蜜多 是大神咒 是大明咒 是無上咒 是無等等咒
能除一切苦 真實不虛 故說般若波羅蜜多咒 即說咒曰
揭諦揭諦 波羅揭諦 波羅僧揭諦 菩提薩婆訶

Free * Be

Nov 9, 2007 Friday. The day that I am finally free and *be* myself again. A day to rejoice, celebrate, give thanks and show love.

The day I say "Thank You" to my parents and stand without judgement before my sister. The day I know, accept and acknowledge the love that I carry within. The day that I accept myself to be a full human being and love myself. The day I experience and express that love to fellow man. The day that I experience a human being with a human being...

Psalm 46:10
Be still and know that I am God.
Be still and know that I am.
Be still and know.
Be still.
Be.

I love Friday.

Journey to find/know/touch/accept yourself

Just came back from a 4-day workshop held by Maria Gomori. I had a similar workshop before but this time it went much deeper. I can only attribute that to Maria's marvelous energy and warmth and understanding.

We learnt to be congruent. As the process go deeper, we came to see how in fact this process, not unlike the others, is also a journey back to self. I came to witness the birth of a miracle - a human being. And how our feelings of anger, anxiety, fear and betrayal hides an angry child, and behind that angry child is a small, fragile, powerless, helpless, vulnerable self that you, *only you* can reach out to touch and hold that person, that individual.

Once you stand there and look out, you can see how all happenings in (your) life has served a purpose, and that nothing is wasted. We came to be in touch with our own inner being, our own inner resources, of who we are. Not to be perfect - there is no need to - and just to be whole. A seed has already been placed right at the beginning, and through this journey, we obtained nourishments to grow that seed into a tree - a plum tree, a coniferous tree, your tree.

An individual is but a face of God. I am grateful.

City of Angels

A movie that I have watched so many times and will still keep re-watching.

This time when I watched it, it was almost like slow motion and I am taken by every scene of it. And there are lines in there that made me reflect like never before. Just to name a few below.

At the beginning of the movie, when the little girl holds out her hand to greet the hand of Seth by her bedside, that's such a marvelous scene that reminds me of the Healing Presence of the Heart Center. A small hand of surrendering, letting go, into the big hand and letting the big hand hold the little hand. The lighting was superb, with a golden backdrop and with so much light and love in the scene.

A funny thing that I found out too this time is that Angels don't lie. They don't have to because they do not see things as inherently good or bad - not like us.

Since I am working on Masculine/Feminine relationship, the whole movie suddenly throws a new light to me from this angle. Remember the kitchen scene when Maggie was testing Seth that she literally cut into his hand. And she has to put up such an anger as she is facing with something that is totally beyond her. To the Feminine, Love is and can be totally beyond her and overwhelm her and this is her face that she is putting up to the Masculine. She is vulnerable and has to fight back by cutting into his hand - the useful part of the Masculine - that "touches" Her with *feelings*.

Ah yes feelings. "You should trust that. You don't trust it enough." Seth said to Maggie in the library. My always favorite line in the movie.

It also suddenly dawns on me about the progression of how the Masculine and Feminine unite. From the initial encounter, to the kitchen scene (the lesser coniunctio) followed by separation (alchemically) and then the pursue (oh yes with rain included) and then the final (greater) coniunctio.

And Seth said, "I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it. One." Reminds me of the Buddhist saying 一即一切 (and the same phrase can be said in reverse 一切即一).

Movie Weekend Oct 29, 2006

Having enjoyed the HOCC concert, two more movies that I watched also over the Chung Yeung Festival weekend.

The first one is "Dorm". Scary movie with meaning. Quite a new idea to film the-always-talked-about Karma event - that one has to go through one's moment of death *over and over again* if one is unsettled with its cause. Quite a profound impact. Nonetheless is this moment only occurred at one's death? Or it is happening moment by moment when we are tortured by the same person, same incidence or the same event in our daily lives?

What wounds one heals one. Vichen, Chatree and Ms Pranese, the Father(s).

The second movie is "The Prestige". Is one really up for Competition? The price you get is Perfection and the price you give is either you are killing yourself every single time, or you are only living half the life. It's that simple.

In both movies, are we really having a choice? You really think you are having a choice? Not until one realizes one's woundings.

(A re-post too.)

HOCC Live in Unity Concert 2006

I've always like Fridays. Always a happy and good spirit day for me. Everything around just seemed nice and as it should be.

And the night I spend at the Coliseum for the HOCC concert is no exception. A wondrous show!

Admire her guts, her sincerity, her authencity and her inpromptu action to greet parents in the middle of the show. What a blessing to review her real self for such occasions!

Bravo for the Taurians me being one!

I especially like the first part of the concert - visually depicting *transformation* with such vivid forms, costumes and movements - and even the sequence of colours is just right! Boy am I in for a surprise.

She is in top form, very fit. For everyone out there, it's a good idea to be an entertainer earlier than late when you can still sing and dance.

The sound system is abit harsh though and I cannot hear the lyrics clearly.

The epiphany that I received though is what does it mean by "in service". I am moved.

(A re-post from my other blogs. Concert was held Oct 26-28, 2006. I saw the one on Oct 29 2006 Friday.)