不好吃

這個花生茶果，皮硬的（某些位置）。

學習

Protecting ourselves and others does not violate ahimsa. Practicing ahimsa means we take responsibility for our own harmful behavior and attempt to stop the harm caused by others. Being neutral is not the point. Practicing true ahimsa springs from the clear intention to act with clarity and love.

nonstealing. While commonly understood as not taking what is not ours, it can also mean not taking more than we need.

One way to sidestep the trap of greed is to follow the advice of the sages: Be happy with what you have. This spirit of true renunciation will diminish the power of aparigraha.

23 Dec 06

不多多要求，心就能定下來了。

很美的關係

relationships, like asanas, require the willingness to remain present for the difficulties and challenges that inevitably arise. "Discomfort and imbalance are flags that adjustment is needed."

As with any type of yoga, one of the blessings of the yoga of relationship is the profound inner freedom that comes from realizing the goodness and beauty of our essential Being.

Learning to pause is the first step toward transformation and healing. We pause by stopping what we're doing—we stop blaming, withdrawing, obsessing, distracting ourselves.

很美的關係，可是有幾人懂得欣賞和付出一生的努力去實踐？！
13 Dec 06

送給朋友的妹妹﹐希望她能快樂過來。安慰的說話我不會說(因為我不願意說)﹐努力學習面對吧﹗逃避不是辦法的﹐始終要面對。

18 Dec 06

朋友的妹妹，很快（應該一年不夠）已經找到男朋友了。

完美不完美

we can have positive perfectionism and negative perfectionism

striving for reasonable and realistic standards that leads to a sense of self-satisfaction and enhanced self-esteem," whereas "neurotic perfectionism is a tendency to strive for excessively high standards and is motivated by fears of failure and concern about disappointing others.

Carl Jung went further—he said that healthy perfectionism comes out of the desire for wholeness and fullness, the fundamental human need for individuation and spiritual growth.

Acknowledging a failure doesn't mean that your whole life is a failure. On the contrary, it's often the first step toward freedom.

我絕對追求完美，是對自己好的一種完美。完美有什麼不好？！

22 Dec 06

工作上，做得絕對完美。過程輕鬆的。

別人的話

越來越不介意別人怎麼說，一些指責，只代表說話人沒有處理事情的能力。身邊很多這樣的人，每每動氣，不得了。

總是認為，稍稍看一點，就知道如何。不看，沒有辦法。

四點多

睡到下午的四點多。

肉乾

又吃，嘻！

安心

所謂“安心”法門，所謂“外息諸緣，內心無喘”等教法，也不過是“可以入道”的指示而已。尤其由“外息諸緣，內心無喘”與“安心”而到達證悟的境界，實在需要一大段切實工夫的程式，而且更離不開佛學經論教義中所有的教理。達摩大師最初指出要以四卷《楞伽經》的義理來印證心地用功法門，那便是切實指示修行的重要。

在佛學的要義里，所謂“修行”的“行”字，它是包括“心行”（心理思想活動的狀況）和“行為”兩方面的自我省察、自我修正的實證經驗。

8 Days....Left

Colleague said my time to conduct the briefing was wasted :)

Like to share, meant I understood.

Conversation

I: I know what the article said. <--- if you said so, I can say you don't know what the article is saying...

Friend: I do not meant understand.

I read the words, and I know the words. Understand?? No. That’s what I meant.

I: then you don't know loh....I dont use "understand" to talk to you.......why you change the word????

同一個問題

時常問同一個問題不悶的嗎？答的人也悶。問了十次也不願意去找答案，怪。

安

I read a booklet from 圣严法师 , I must first 安心before I can 安身. If the heart is not in the right place, sure the body will not be right.

不是呀！

好好看法師說的是什麼。

沒有對與錯，只有正確不正確。什麼是對什麼是錯？說不定的。很多因素影響著。

如果你試著找自己的心，一定越找越多，邊找邊想，念頭紛飛。當你不再想時，這也是念頭，因為你在想自己的心並沒有在動，這當然是念頭。為什麼慧可做得到呢？因為他已經修行很久，遇到達摩一句話打回來，把他的妄想、分別、煩惱、執著的念頭打得粉碎，終於發現心了不可得；無心可安，才叫安心。

一點啦！

好去睡！！！

還可以說什麼

外甥男答衣服的作用是唱歌。

Stretch and Strength

做好這個才能做好其他的，文章如是說。右面的才是所謂的做得好（為何我說所謂做得好？因為我看到他的手臂不是伸展得太直，應該可以改善的)，腹部是平的，尾骨要向下。

為何做不到這個那個，都是同一個答案，力量不足夠。力量從何而來？需要時間練習。

Although we'll emphasize stretch, bear in mind that in order to be healthy the muscle needs to be strong, too.

23 Nov 07

做這動作的時候，如果一不留神，屁股很容易就會往後傾（尾骨沒有向下）。站在牆邊測試自己，懂得調節。
13 Dec 07

老師提醒做這個的時候，什麼也要往內收，肩膀不動，而胸口打開。怎知道肩膀有沒有動，靠牆做就是了。手能提升到那裡就是那裡，能不能碰到牆不是重點。
10 Mar 08

The latissimus dorsi is the most extensive muscle in the body, covering (if you include its connective tissue) the entire lower back, a large swath of the mid-back, and much of the sides of the trunk before running upward to form most of the outer wall of the armpit.

真的不看不知道，原來手不能高舉到耳旁是跟latissimus dorsi 有關的，它在下背的位置啊！

When the lats pull taught, they arrest the lift of her arms before they arrive completely overhead. This makes her arms angle forward rather than pointing straight up, creating the characteristic "closed armpit" profile of students with tight lats (see left photo). If the student continues to try to lift her arms higher or move them backward, the tight muscles tug at their origins, drawing her upper sacrum, pelvic rim, lumbar spine, lower thoracic spine and lower ribs up and forward. This is what creates the characteristic arched back and forward-poking-lower-ribs profile of students with tight lats.

勉強真的沒有幸福的（勉強舉高手了，原來壞了身體的其他部分，得不償失）。幸好我沒有這個思想，練習時沒有包袱。

剛剛看一看，手高舉的幅度已經超過耳朵了。

想起老師跟我們說過，把手曲一曲再伸展會做得較好，原因就是跟身體構造有關。伸一伸，放一放，再高舉的時候會伸展得更多。一股蠻力是不會成事的。

寫到這裡，又要稱讚一下老師編排的ground work，他老是說，沒做好的就只是躺著四十分鐘。

5 Apr 08

老師時常強調要把腋下淋巴打開。

咖啡

咖啡屋的咖啡好好喝。

Knee

It's also important to internally rotate when you do inversions and seated forward bends. Again, the goal is to have your knees point straight ahead (up toward the ceiling, in seated forward bends), so your legs are neither externally nor internally rotated.

應該

應該要早點睡。
應該少吃一點。
咖啡少喝一點。

身體有點不適。

同事病了

把他的工作也做了，沒有什麼，跟平日一樣。以往一天做不了多少的工作，現在不消一個小時就完成了（好有滿足感）。

今天，沒有人問我問題，效率高了。

Yummy

20 mins

Took 13 photos and 2 videos :)

Below 400K

hohoho :D

I know the next target will be below 350K or 300K.

夾雜

每次乘隧巴都看見這夾雜的景象，今天把它拍了下來。

Nothing in Control

It's not only weather patterns and other people who are beyond our control: Our own bodies operate largely in the no-control zone. Yogic lore notwithstanding, few of us can control our heartbeat or the rate of our blood circulation, much less avoid picking up a virus on a plane or suffering the crazed mutation of a set of cancer cells.

When you're in your controller self—that is, when you're in denial about these simple facts of life—it's no wonder that you're often irritated, scared, or tense. Yes, it's important to have a measure of control over life, but the deeper truth is that much of the time control is simply impossible, so the only way to avoid suffering is to give up your need to control.

I tend to believe pattern.

without discipline there is no internal container—no energy—or space for transformation.

朝氣

那些在天橋柱躉上的綠葉，不知道是天然的還是人工的呢？

是日午餐

上星期也是吃這個。原來其他自選焗薯也有菜，下次吃輕一點的。








再外賣了酸辣粉，要的是BB 辣（可以辣多一點）。不知道辣的來源是否那些油，如果不是的話，走油會好些。







還吃了這些（只能再吃兩件）。

晚上吃了紅豆糕。過年時買的沒有表面黃色的一層。

雞屎藤內裡是眉豆。

《華麗上班族之生活與生存》

快開售了。

17 Feb 09

Tickets are sold out :(

核心

告訴朋友某國家來問我如何做，他不想知道是什麼，而是問哪一個國家。沒有告訴他，法國跟英國有什麼關係？！他“八卦”的心態全顯現。學習嗎？沒有。還說要學習管理，如何在短時間做好一件事也不虛心學習，還想學什麼？！他時常說knowledge transfer，知識是自己學會來的，沒有捷徑。一個月可以不懂，三個月可以不懂。幾個月下來還可以說嗎？！說出來對不起自己。

你是怎樣，小組就是怎樣。

再次

明天再一次失約（有機會碰到老師）。

倒不如

幸好去年PCCW 沒有請我。如果公司要裁員，倒不如靜靜找另外的工作（市場裡不是沒有工作，而是看你有沒有能力去做），抗議，沒有意義。

No Should

It's always important to leave your ego at the door when you practice yoga, so don't be too proud to practice Vrksasana near a wall if it helps. As with all postures, it's essential to let go of your ambition about how you think you should be in the pose and accept where you are as fully as possible. Be aware that your balance and flexibility can change from day to day, depending on what you ate, how you slept, and a host of other variables. So don't assume you'll glide effortlessly into the pose just because you've done it before. Tuning in to the subtle changes in your body, mind, and spirit will teach you how to stay in the present moment. Be playful and patient, use props if you need them, and if you fall, try again. With time, practice, and patience, you will make progress.

Friend likes to say should this and should that. Told him many many times it was not way of yoga. He doesn't listen, nothing I can help anymore.

Spine

If you feel achy in the lower back during Up Dog, it probably means that your upper back is stiff and your lower back is overcompensating by bending too much. With backbends the aim is to have all areas of the spine participate, not just the parts that are easy to move.

八寶飯

還有每月午餐，還可以打包。這半份八寶飯，幾十塊的。

Concentrate

"Concentrate wherever the mind finds satisfaction." How do meditators know the mind is finding satisfaction in a technique? First, they should enjoy it and be able to relax within it. It should give them a feeling of peace. Once they've become familiar with it, the practice should feel natural. If they have to work too hard at it, that may be a sign it is the wrong practice.

原來是我

時常說朋友遠離了，原來是我走遠了。他還在原地，我卻周圍去看看。我的話，對他來說有點像外星語。也不奇怪了。

站在原地，可以轉身看四周的事物。著他開步，很困難啊！還跟我說，他看到許多了。眼睛看跟親身接觸是兩碼事。

好還是不好

同事問我將會發生的事是好還是不好，我反問他什麼是不好。事情總有兩面，我說我總能看到好的。

不喊叫

同事們整天都在說說說，說的是老闆的不是。我一點也沒有加入，還工作得開心。很好。

這裡的好

不需要太理會同事。就算是一個文員，自己的表現自己負責。
老闆不會要求你具有不是工作主要的強項。
小組同事不投訴的。

Legs Raise Up 90 Degrees

Can do more than that :)

好奸

在說win win。誰？曾是大國咯。

嘗新

午飯時喝了紅棗蜜，不甜，好。
晚餐吃了菠菜麵（有很多芽菜），好吃。全吃完。

變

當你“確定”了需要改變時，第一件所要做得事，就是去“實行”改變。

怎樣實行改變？首先想一想，在你的生命中，有哪一樣是急於要被改變的？想到了以后，不妨走到鏡子前面，望著鏡子里的自己，靜靜地告訴自己：“我現在已經知道，所有令我不滿意的情況，都是我自己製造出來的，所以我一定要改變，把我所有不好的想法、做法都改掉。”

當然，不對鏡子也可以，你可以自己在心里這樣告訴自己，一遍、兩遍、無數遍。你既有了改變的意識，用上面的方法能喚起你的潛意識。潛意識的力量比意識高出幾倍，兩種意識一起合作，就能把你的智慧統統回復了。

我們並不需要知道實行改變的具體方法，只要誠心肯去改變，願心堅強，我們的潛意識將會感召改變的“因緣”，讓我們隨緣而改變。

我們的一思一想、一言一行，都能與外界感應，發生影響。而我們自己最大的力量，是在“當下”。我們現在的思想行為，可以斷定我們的將來；所以大家不要害怕改變，要勇猛精進，革除一切壞習慣。

不理會別人而繼續說

朋友時常跟我說他病了的同事怎麼樣。沒有別的事情好說嗎？我不認識他，沒有興趣知道。病的人在我身邊有很多，媽媽就是一個長期要吃藥的人。朋友中也有因病沒有工作，課堂裡有。另一群朋友中有。

不需要聽一些跟我無關的。

米線

坐在一角落，面向街。吃的是炸醬、魚蛋、腐皮酸辣米線，連湯都差不多幹掉，好滿足。

Core

The core, says senior Anusara teacher Desirée Rumbaugh, "is what supports us spiritually in our lives, and physically in our yoga practice. If our core is weak, the ups and downs of life are much harder to take. A strong core makes us more resilient."

if you begin overstressing one joint, you may start to misuse another, causing further injury.

Neck Stretch / Seated Twist

Friend told me that he did neck stretch while doing seated twist. Yes, the neck turns in this pose but it is not stretching.

He believes what he is believing. OK!

減吃

近這一兩天開始對自己說的話。不是肥了（有少少），而是身體給了很多很多的叫停訊號。
16 Feb 09

才說減吃，又買。不過真的吃少了，在每餐中。身體也好像輕了。

發覺身體有上重下輕的情況。

知

認知──再認，知覺和回憶一起構成記憶的 一個重要環節，即刺激——反映而產生的圖像。 感知，強調主體心靈的感應、感受和感悟，這是與生命主體的內在豐富性聯繫在一起的。“認知”強調對客體準確的反映，“感知”強調主體的悟性；推理——從某種確定的知識前提出發，按一定的邏輯推演出相關的結論，是一個形式邏輯的演繹過程。體驗，強調主體生命豐富性的內在整合，是生命的參與，生活的凝煉；判斷——在已有的知識、概念的基礎上，作出邏輯的結論，實際上是推理的結果。分享，是與他人，與不同的生命主體、不同的生活進行對話、交流，是不同生命的碰撞。選擇——是在一定條件下作出的決定，依然是意識形式的結果。踐履，強調生活本身，即生命主體的真實生活。

給你的又不要

都說這些東西是有用的，多番說。好了，現在知道是需要，問我要。No way！自己查看吧！加上了一句，這裡的每個人都有解決問題的能力。

從來也不無聊

著同事查看已經完成的工作，他自己發現了一些問題。好事，他上了一課了。

Inexhaustible

There's a saying in Buddhism: Delusions are inexhaustible. If we are constantly running from one thing to the next in a way that makes us feel depleted, then sooner or later we need to acknowledge that the ideas we have about what we can accomplish are out of sync with the reality of our lives.

the yogic principle of aparigraha, nongrasping, comes into the picture. Aparigraha teaches you to let go of the need to produce more, achieve more, acquire more. It motivates you to relax your iron-fisted grasp on material or measurable accomplishment.

分

一件事，不知道分了多少天去說。一天或隔天或隔幾天才說一句，很無聊。我的習慣是，一定回應。其實我可以不理的，不過不想這樣，回應是好事。

大人要做成年人世界的小朋友，又要做大人。拿他沒法。不過，也過分“關心”他了。

還在自我治療。

清清清

一件接一件，好滿足（令到別人把事情做好，更滿足）。下個月來的，又是“最差”的。

撐

好喜歡撐。嘻！是把腳跟撐出去。

Downward Facing Dog

rotate your arms externally (away from your ears) until your elbow creases face your thumbs. Feel the broadness of your upper back and the charge in your arms and shoulders.

終於被我找來了。

我教你

同事說好不好跟Wii 做yoga，激死。我說不如讓我教你好了，雖然我“無牌”。後跟自己說都是去考一個資格回來好了。

Warrior II

Stand with your legs ready for Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II). Lift your breastbone up and pull the scapula down: This action requires release and lengthening in the upper traps and contraction and firmness in the lower traps. Next, lift your arms out to the sides to shoulder height, turning your palms up. Feel how turning the palms up helps bring the shoulders down and activates the lower traps. Keeping that action and position of the shoulder blades, turn the palms back down; you now have the correct shoulder and arm position for Warrior II and many of the other standing poses.

反反手，方法很好。

以為眼花

閃一閃，同事跟我都緊張地問對方感受到嗎。我們倆怕自己眼花。原來是電壓驟降。

課堂體驗

今天學會了hyperextend，怪不得做plank 時手是不直的。
roll up，rolling 都做得比較暢順了。

Arms and Back

many of the standing poses will strengthen the arms and back if you practice them properly. Remember to draw the shoulder blades down the back, firm the triceps, and really lengthen the arms from the shoulder blades. Keep the sternum well lifted and the collarbones broad.

In standing poses, concentrate on keeping your arms firm and straight, reaching out expansively.

陰影

原來心裡有陰影，真的好可怕。那些根本微不足道的事情，卻可以無限量放大。幸運地，我沒有這方面的能力。

一個孩子看到一些較為昂貴的東西，著爸爸看一眼，可爸爸卻跟孩子說留待你自己有能力的時候。孩子說那刻爸爸沒有罵他，卻用一種很嚴厲的語氣。他總是在問爸爸不可以用一種溫和些的方法嗎？！孩子說，他根本不是想買那東西，只想爸爸看一眼。

我問孩子，為何要爸爸看呢？真的不想擁有那東西嗎？這麼深層的問題，孩子不懂回答；如果會的話，孩子不會跟我說以上的話。孩子現在已經是成年人了。

爸爸有需要改進的地方嗎？孩子要反省嗎？

我問孩子可有要罵人卻用溫和的方法，他說沒有。我說當你可以做到的話才要求爸爸也一樣啊！孩子是一個能極度容忍別人過錯的人，甚至是觸犯法律的，被他視為朋友的他都不會提出警告。

我跟孩子說爸爸給了你這麼多，要感激才真。埋怨什麼？！

孩子說不想像爸爸，可發現行為有點像他。他說的是人的本性，任何人都會如此。不想像爸爸，想像什麼呢？沒有方向啊！

他想的好像不要自己的影子一樣，可以嗎？影子的存在對我們沒有影響啊！只是有光時的反映，不需要理會。

爸爸是爸爸，孩子是孩子，兩個個體來的。孩子，你不可以主動點愛爸爸嗎？孩子啊！你也是爸爸，不想孩子愛你嗎？

是否很多的情緒問題的起因都是這麼微不足道？！如果是的話，要跟這類人說話就要用另外的一些方法（是怎樣我需要體驗摸索）。我是有點怕跟這些人接觸的，現在或許改觀。我是有機會接觸他們的，現可考慮。

14 Feb 08

面對這類人，還不能夠處理得當。

一開始，就抗拒了。沒有耐性。

聽話

聽話的艱難，不是從有了表達權開始，也與當下網絡時代的背景無關。楊絳早年就寫過《聽話的藝術》，她說，假如說話有藝術，聽話當然也有藝術。說話目的在表現，聽話目的在了解與欣賞。

18 Feb 08

喜歡聽多於說。

不平衡

身體的前後不平衡，前面比後面的重。步行時，有些時候，因為前面比後面重的關係，身軀前傾了，壓著肚皮。

Chest Open

Tuck your tailbone slightly and gently firm your lower belly (just below your navel). These two actions are vital in both Chaturanga and Upward Dog because they elongate and support your lower back. Now, slide your shoulders away from your ears and squeeze the bottom tips of your shoulder blades together. Feel how this awakens your upper back as it broadens your chest.

識做人

新小組成員主動來電跟我談，好識做人啊！

Back Stretch

source of the picture

Friend's Downward Facing Dog

Oh! No! Who told him to bend the knees???

Bend the knee alternatively for warm up is good. However while doing the pose, nothing can be bent.

The purpose of bending the knee is for the ankle to press firmly downward.

Expected

Finally, thing happens. Bye Bye! Man!

Bleach

Vairagya is rooted in raga, which means both "coloring" and "passion." But vairagya means "growing pale." One interpretation is that our consciousness is typically "colored" by our attachments, whether they are objects, other people, ideas, or other things. These attachments influence how we identify with ourselves and with others. And because they come and go willy-nilly, we're always at their mercy and suffer accordingly.

Through vairagya, we "bleach" our consciousness of these colorings. This isn't to say we have to abandon our possessions, friends, or beliefs; we just have to recognize their transitory nature and be ready to surrender them at the appropriate time. Our consciousness becomes like a "transparent jewel" (Yoga Sutra I.41) that allows the light of our authentic Self, the atman, to shine through brilliantly without distortion. Then we know ourselves as we truly are, at once eternal and eternally blissful.

避來避去

只是吃飯，也避來避去。好小朋友。

Intelligence

The intelligence of the body is a fact. It is real. The intelligence of the brain is only imagination. So the imagination has to be made real. The brain may dream of doing a difficult backbend today, but it cannot force the impossible even on to a willing body. We are always trying to progress, but inner cooperation is essential.

If the brain receives knowledge from the body, it will be able to increase the intelligence of the body later. In this way, the body and the brain begin working together to master the asana.

After acting, reflect on what you have done. Has the brain interpreted the action correctly? If the brain does not observe correctly, then there is confusion in action. The duty of the brain is to receive knowledge from the body and then guide the body to further refine the action. Pause and reflect between each movement. This is progression in attention. Then in the stillness you can be filled with awareness. When you ask yourself, "Has every part of me done its job?" this is self-awareness. The Self has to find out whether this has been done well or not.

There should be constant analysis throughout the action, not just afterwards. This leads to true understanding. The real meaning of knowledge is that action and analysis synchronize. Slow motion allows reflective intelligence. It allows our mind to watch the movement and leads to a skillful action. The art of yoga lies in the acuity of observation.

Self-consciousness is when the mind constantly worries and wonders about itself, doubting constantly and being self-absorbed.

When you are self-conscious, you are going to exhaust yourself. You are also going to strain the muscles unnecessarily because you are thinking about the asana and how far you want to stretch. You are not experiencing the asana and stretching according to your capacity.

The moment you bring attention, you are creating something, and creation has life and energy. Awareness allows us to overcome tiredness and exhaustion in our poses and in our lives. Awareness in action brings back energy and rejuvenates the body and mind. Awareness brings life. Life is dynamic, and so therefore the asanas should also be.

恩

知恩、感恩、報恩，知恩是基礎。恩字上面是原因的因字，下面是心字，就是要能夠知道原因的心，知道事物因由的心。

So Content

Received praise again from senior management :) Like the word "contintually" and "efficiency".

US Friend's Words

They are fortunate to have you around

Stretch

While doing arm raising (actually stretching the side muscle), feet are adjusted automatically (pressing down). A proper stretch, alignment is there.

Friend's Warrior

Friend told me no matter how he adjusted the hips, they are not in square form. Sure he cannot do warrior in the right place. Answer is without alignment.

No need to look at him practising, I can ask alot of questions and know how he does the pose.

Warrior is not an easy pose. A long way to go.

輕描淡寫

別人不記得沒有看見的事情，不需要介懷。
輕輕告訴事情進展如何就好。
有沒有做過，沒有得作假。
總是認為，不需要問為什麼，而是如何做如何完成。

Take the Bus Home

Leave before 7pm. Take the bus home, feeling so good.

Don't Want to Argue

This is part of the conversation with colleague (I was not discussing with her). I know this is a remark for myself.

課堂體驗

做eagle 時（腳趾繞在小腿那裡），盤骨有點痛。
做side swing後攬腰，左邊胸骨附近的肌肉拉扯著（是肌肉嗎？！）；不過很快就沒事了。
站立捲下向前爬，plank 變成cobra，開始暢順了。
曲膝坐著躺下，腳板離地了。
背向天，大字提起手手腳腳，好好的伸展。
右腳的平衡比左腳好，變了。

沒有被導師調整過啊！

沒有去

遇見老師，他立即對我說不見我來。是說過會早起的，可上個星期看見一學員，真的想著不去的。老師說班上會有三個那樣的學員，今天只來了兩個，極度需要幫忙。問過自己，為何他們要讓這類學員來參加（他們參與能力低而會造成騷擾），會影響課堂的。今天好像再沒有問這問題了，因為是改變不了事實。

下個星期去不去，現在的答案是會的。可，不太肯定。始終老師不在，很不同的。老師著我下星期要出現，不去，往後別人也不會找我的了。有能力（而且是別人看到我的能力），就幫忙吧！

整個思路，好明顯，有好強的分別心。

格仔餅

有邊的，好厚身。好味道。
邊乘電車邊吃，好風味。

Intelligence

In between the mind and the ego lies the middle layer, intelligence. The distinguishing characteristics of intelligence are its capacity to perceive itself and its ability to choose to do something it hasn’t done before. In other words, intelligence is the part of our consciousness that enables us to objectively observe ourselves (including the mind and ego) and initiate change. Iyengar describes intelligence as “the revolutionary of our consciousness.”

Iyengar says that when one layer of consciousness is active, it expands, causing the other layers to retract. So when we activate our intelligence, we force the overactive mind and clinging ego to recede, giving us the experience of stillness that is yoga.

朋友時常說要找智慧，它就在這裡啊！

There is no purpose to using a prop if we don’t learn something from it.

while we are in the pose we must study the pose, not merely stay in it.

30 May 08

朋友說做chair pose 的時候，用牆來支撐大腿就不累了。問這方法好不好。我的練習，從來也沒有想過什麼的輔助，身體是怎樣就是怎樣。正確的練習，效果一定有。

朋友問題的答案，在文章裡。希望他能明白。

隨心所欲

“檢討你的動機”，動機就是身口意的“意”，在佛教里叫做“初發”，意即“初發的心”。一個人如果能時時把握初心，主掌意念，就能隨心所欲不逾矩了。

26 Sep 08

當意識到思想走出來，捉著它，它就消失了。這樣，不受干擾。

方法

Why that? This is method you don’t understanding (why? because they dont understand the correct method). That is why you this method you follow - no trouble! Body also is very perfect. You can understand? That is the method.

正確的方法是何等的重要啊！

That bad practice is not giving good knowledge.

Sthira means perfect. Sukha means happiness. That posture you sit and very happy you, don’t anyone pain: That is Stira Sukham. That is called asana. You can understand.

文章中有一個重點，就是按部就班。開始錯了，往後更正更加不容易。

24 Apr 08

明白不明白，能做出來就是明白。

很不一樣，一樣的

朋友說老闆喜歡問某某問題，而對他就提供很多的意見。
同事們說老闆的文字很攻擊性。昨天看看，跟寫給我的一樣。

老闆問問題有何不妥？！事情沒有做好，追趕是對的。問為何以前的時候不做，現在才做。這問題問了也沒有答案。可以說的是，當不瞭解環境的時候，想做也做不了。

朋友方面，願意聽就是意見；如不，就是批評。再，新人舊人，本是不一樣。

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Crazy :)

有沒有問題

下個月，新任務來了。有人加入，老闆問我有沒有問題。沒有，真的沒有。什麼人也好，沒有所謂。就算自己找回來的也未必合作得來。隨緣。

近來吃的

砵仔蒸飯
海南雞飯，油飯好好吃（飯不油，全吃了）。咖啡用mug 盛的。

總有原因

make me understand the article

這麼懶，怎學習？！猜，他沒有想過明白是由學習而來。

Leg

When done correctly, standing poses also strengthen the muscles that protect the knee and ankle joints and help you build a better foundation for your whole body. "They teach the muscles in your legs to hold your joints in proper alignment," explains Dario Fredrick, an exercise physiologist and Iyengar Yoga instructor in San Anselmo, California. By teaching you to properly plant your feet and align your knees and hips, standing poses improve your posture and coordination in everyday activities, not just during your time on the mat. As you learn proper alignment, you'll activate and strengthen the smaller, less-used, and often weak muscles in your arches, lower legs, and inner and outer thighs rather than relying solely on the larger leg muscles.

舉腳贊成。

By keeping your knees in proper alignment, you're automatically working to improve your weaknesses.

23 Apr 08

成效在身上了。一天練習五次，在地鐵車箱裡。

Empty and Full

It is very important in Tai Chi Chuan practice to be able to understand the empty and full concept. Generally, in Tai Chi Chuan practice, empty refers to the top and full refers to the bootm. Here, top refers to the upper body. The upper body is very light, as if empty. Bottom refers to the lower body. When the feet are full, it forms a strong foundation. Therefore, empty the top means suspend the head from above, relax the shoulders and sink the elbows, relax the chest and raise the back, loosen the waist and pull the abdomen inward. Full in the bottom means to pull the buttock inward, open the groin, bend the knees and point the toes forward.

The bottom has to be full in order to be stable. The top has to be empty so that it will be easy to move. This empty and full happens everywhere in the body. After one understands this concept, the body will have a better balance and coordination.

yoga 的道理也是一樣的。

2 Jun 08

在課堂上，老師時常提醒我們的。

想想，工作上也是這理念的。

吃

昨晚吃的，可我已經吃了晚餐。刻意下車買的糕點，十元三件。好大粒紅豆。

麻糬想著是今天吃的，可一件又一件，全吃了。

成長

生命是在什麼狀態下成長呢？生命是在快樂、舒展的狀態下成長。

心

心忘了一切，那就是“忙”。

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Finally :)

滿意

大大大老闆滿意了。

Unsafe Havens

While the basic experience of fear is that "something is wrong," many people turn that feeling into "there must be something wrong with me." This is especially true in Western culture, where one's sense of belonging to family, community, and the natural world is often weak and the pressure to achieve is so strong. You may feel as though you must live up to certain standards in order to be loved, so you constantly monitor yourself, trying to see if you're falling short.

When you live in this trance of fear, you instinctively develop strategies to protect yourself. I call these attempts to find safety and relief "false refuges," since they work, at best, only for the time being.

One such strategy is physical contraction. When you stay trapped in fear, you begin to feel tight and guarded, even when there is no immediate threat. Your shoulders may become permanently knotted and raised, your head thrust forward, your back hunched, your belly tense. Chronic fear can generate a permanent suit of armor. In such a state, we become, as the Tibetan teacher Chögyam Trungpa taught, a bundle of tense muscles defending our very existence.

The trance of fear traps the mind in rigid patterns, too. The mind obsesses and produces endless stories, reminding you of the bad things that might happen and creating strategies to avoid them.

You might run from fear by staying busy, trying to accomplish a lot, or judging others critically to boost your ego.

Perfectionism

It's true: just as we have good cholesterol and bad cholesterol, we can have positive perfectionism and negative perfectionism. Not surprisingly, what makes the difference is how we feel about ourselves. In Perfectionism: Theory, Research, and Treatment (American Psychological Association, 2002), psychologist D. E. Hamacheck defines normal perfectionism as "striving for reasonable and realistic standards that leads to a sense of self-satisfaction and enhanced self-esteem," whereas "neurotic perfectionism is a tendency to strive for excessively high standards and is motivated by fears of failure and concern about disappointing others." Carl Jung went further—he said that healthy perfectionism comes out of the desire for wholeness and fullness, the fundamental human need for individuation and spiritual growth.

聖嚴法師病逝

悼

“有病”

我說我自己。根本就知道，可陪著他玩。時時緊張，希望幫忙。原來是不需要的，一點也不要。

已經為自己治療的了（可選擇當看不到或者不去看，不過不想用這個方法）。夏天，能好起來的了。

多到不想看

到圖書館看雜誌，看了一本yoga 的，再走到書架群，被那些多到不知有幾多的東西弄到頭暈暈。今天狀態不是太好，下星期再去。

《對話的文明》

作者：池田大作與杜維明

被書名所吸引的。

對話，不是說服對方，不是表彰自己，也不是利用機會改變別人對你的誤解。
只是“承認”，還不能擺脫“雖不否定，但會忽視”的秉性。

課堂體驗

代課導師的一堂。
很累，一開始已經累，身體很重。有點不想動，做得不太投入。
還是吸氣的時候呼氣呼氣的時候吸氣。
兩手向旁伸展的，能掌握了。
做著類似triangle 的動作，身體開始隨動作而張開。

同一個天空

同地點拍的（望向左右之不同），可分別很大。