Monday, October 23, 2006, 11:49 PM - All About Meditation
Last Saturday night, My dearest friend Ji Wen - who had in the past 10 years studied and practiced full time under Master Haikong in the White Tower Temple, text-messaged me that the Canadian Embassy had finalized both her and Master Haikong's visa permission for their 20 day culture exchange visit in Canda. It has been a long waiting for this news to come, and it finally here!I still remember 8 years ago when I first met Master Haikong in his temple, like many others, I was skeptical about meditation and being extremely offended by the religious settings around the temple. Master Haikong, however, despite our negative and ignorant attitude, patiently guided us through the entire meditation process and tirelessly gave Dharma teaching to help each of us to overcome obstacles in our lives. During the seemingly extremely short days in the temple, he had inspired all of us by not only teaching and giving advices, but also merely his physical presence. 8 years have passed since, and I can say that meeting with Master Haikong is by far the most important experience in my life of all times!
The lessons I have learned from Master Haikong helped me come to the realization that no matter how much time and energy we spend in finding and chasing after happiness by trying to make more money, getting better houses, planning more trips, getting more degrees and keeping our lives busy, however hard we may try to make this the best of all possible worlds, this is not happening to us! We pay a lot of attention to our home and our bodies; we clean them, adorn them, spend money on them, decorate them and constantly repair them. But how much attention do we give to the real home - our mind? How often do we clean out our mind? How much do we exercise it? How much do we adore it? How much nourishment do we give it? All our life experience come through the filter of our mind, if our minds are in chaos, it doesn't matter where we are and who we are, we will be in chaos; if our minds are at peace, it doesn't matter where we are and who we are, we will be in peace.
Looking inward is the only way for us to reach out to our own mind.
Master Haikong spent 10 years intensively contemplating and meditating in a mountain cave, determined to find a meditation method that can be accepted and practiced by ordinary people without the limitation of race, age and religious beliefs. - TWDD meditation was created during this 10-year solitude retreat. It has been taught to and practiced by millions, and proven to be a extremely powerful tool for us to push open the door and windows of our mind to let the sun shine through, and, to take control over the well-being of our mind and find the happiness within.
Yes, Master Haikong will be with us in Canada in the next two weeks. We invite everyone come to our home and meet with this loving, compassionate, knowledgeable and humorous Meditation Master!
-- Wen
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