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An article that i come across just now which gives me a lot of hint on resting down my thoughts. It is a story on the connection of restless fish and human restless thoughts. Here is the simplified of the story:
A young man, who wished to gain back his peace in mind, has went to seek help from his teacher. And to his amazement, he was sent by the teacher to a river to watch the swimming of fish in the river. At first he did not know the purpose on why he was sent to observe this. However, after spending some time watching, all of a sudden, there is a flash sparkling in his mind. "My mind and my thoughts are restless too, exactly like the flock of fish. This is probably what the teacher wanted me to understand".
I come to understand that if our mind are wandering around, we will stay in a restless and aimless thoughts for restless thoughts can't lead us to a proper mindset of idea and can't bring us to success. Similarly to fish, when fish is not moving in the water, we can see the calm in the river - peace and crystal clear water that we can even see our image in the river. The disturb to the tranquility of the water will cause the fading and shaking of the water that cause us cannot see our image clearly in the water.
Yes, i need to calm down my restless thoughts. And do not keep my mind occupied by any unrelated matters so that i can practice CONCENTRATION. It is said that our mind is actually like a house. We have to construct a firm door to our mind to avoid all the trespassers to come into our mind. Only allowed 'visitors' can enter our mind and stay in our mind. So, build our own door in mind and only accept those we are comfortable with into our mind.
2 comments:
U can try to learn from my bro MJ! Even if ppl say bad things about him, he'll be so positive thinking until he thinks it is a good thing.he wont believe the bad things about him. When ppl teach him sth & ppl say he doesnt get it, he will think he himself is correct while the teacher is wrong!
MJ is really an optimistic person! ya, true, i need to learn a lot from him on his positive mind & attitude! I share some of your bro's characteristics with my bro too! he is also very impressed by his characteristics and he said to me that "This person will be very successful in future!" =)
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