Is spirituality needed?

I heard how spirituality is needed to nourish the soul, just like how food is needed to nourish the body. So I have been looking into it.

I have been walking around in circles, and I have noticed a pattern. Whenever a person is too consumed by worldly external life, sooner or later the person would become incontent, break down and self destruct. Some sort of inner development or spirituality is need to maintain a healthy mind. I realised that spirituality is important to nourish the spirit, just as how food is need to nourish the body.

If there is no positive development from within, one become like a empty vessel or a vessel filled with dirt. If there is positive changes within, the whole aspect of life would improve.

A lot of people are in anti-depressant pills, they feel depress because they see and feel no light, no light within, they are usually brought up in society that concerns material riches and external life, they feel incomplete inside.

The word spirituality is very vague, some may be more than others, some may define it differently... but it all begins with becoming a better person, to not harms others and treat others with mutual respect. Character and morality sets the foundation for an inward spiritual journey.

Hope people find light, growth, contentment and peace within :)

Climbing up the social ladder?

I have come to realised not too long ago, that most people are not simple to pleased than others.

I have noticed that there is this social ladder that some people climb. The social ladder consist wealth, status, types of career, fame, speeches, image, beauty, class, manipulative intelligence reputation, materialistic etc... I too notice this trend at university, when student tries to dominate, out shine and step over others to have a piece of the pie, to higher their social status.

However, this does not fall well on me. There is something that bothers me when seeing people craving for such superficial things that will leads to many psychological problems, such as anxiety, aggression, esteem problems, concietness etc... To walk into this pscyhological dog eat dog world mentality is dangerous to the heart and should be observed cautiously.

One things a wise person would not do is to trade the good values and virtue for worldly desires and social status. Though, easier said than done.

Let me give you some examples. When a fool intimidate and dominant others (whether psychologically, verbally, physically. intent via using beauty etc...) in order to feel more superior and higher than others, they have lost true good values. Values of respect and code of honour is lost, values of loving kindness and thoughtfulness is lost, values of self dignity and virtue is lost, humility is lost, the ego blinds a person to only see themselve and not the bigger scope of reality and not being aware they are killing their own heart. Wisdom and much great values are lost when one tries to bully others.

Likewise, some competitive girls dress up and powder their face with tonne of make up to outshine other girls and give ugly bitchy throwns at other girls. These psychological battles hurt others and themselves, the survival of the fitness? But at what cost? It leads to jealousy, low self esteem, anxiety, a lost of peaceful heart, lost of humility and modesty, and they may not attract good heart company with such mentality.

It is a blessing for those who are strong to not bully the weak, the manipualtive intelligent people not to deceive others. Respect, code of honour and honesty is what makes the heart and society functional, without those society and the heart will crumble and beig chaotic.

The wealth of virtue is worth immeasurable more than with of money and status. Wise one would not trade the bright path for the dark path.

Key to success!...

I've been looking into a topic regarding success and thought I would jot a few pointers here:

Be focus on "specific" goal and to sacrifice lesser priority

You need a specific goal and aim. The goal should be something that you want or is inspired to. The goal should also be specfic, since if it is unspecific it is difficult to comprehend, visualise and be inspired to accomplish. Goals should also be specific in the sense there it is focused on one (or a few) and not too many, otherwise you won't be able to focus and put your mind whole heartedly into. If we bite more than you can chew, the food won't be properly digested if not chewed properly. That is why mastering a few will be more better than skimming many. A single punch is more effective if you put all your mind and energy into it, rather than combos that have no power into it.

Believe you can do it

For success, it is more effective to have a clear belief that you have the ability to achieve it for it to happen. Reality in our life usually manifest from thoughts. If we believe it is possible, then it is more likely to be possible. To believe opens doors. If you do not believe, you have already let yourself fail before it even begins.

Visual motivator

You can motivate yourself by thinking of the reward of your goal or the consequence of not fulfilling your goals. If not the reward, than you can think about the consequence of failing to not work hard.

Hard work and patience

You need to put hardwork, effort and determination into it for it to manifest. You need patience, because it may be something in the long run and dedication and patient is required to reach the end, as giving up half way you cannot accomplish (note that sometimes you must prioritize whether the goal is worth what you are sacrificing)

Being mindful (presnent) of your task and not dose off into delusional thoughts or thoughts of the outcome

Mindful. When carrying out your task, don't think of anything else a part from the task you are doing. Even thinking about the outcome whilst performing the task will affect your performances.

Have some rest and breaks to recover.

Resting is as important as working, as resting recovers you and helps you work more productively. Make sure you get enough good rest.

Sly manipulative people will get tangled

Last night, I was watching Dragon Ball, and there was a scene when a giant snake was chasing after Goku and Goku out smarted the giant snake by flying around until the snake tied it self into a knot. I could not help but to consider using this as a good metaphor to describe how deviant, sly and manipulative people will one day fall prey to their own deceit.

If the mind is constantly manipulative, thinking of twisting, turning and tricking, it will one day confuse and blurred itself. The emotions and subconscious mind manifest in what it usually experience and see, and if what it see is full of twist, turns and confusion, the mind will end up twisted, turned and confused.

Just like if a person build strong hate for others, the hatred builds inside the mind and soon one will find one hating one self.

If one constantly feed others with falsehood, falsehood will grow in one's mind and will oneday engulf the person.

If one twist and manipulate others, their twisted mind will twist themselves.

Like wise, if one try to slyly manipulate and confuse others, the mind becomes complicated and scattered, and oneday that will create confusion and the people will manipulate themselves.

Avoid using your intelligence to rationalize the wrong you have done. Many intelligent people fall prey to their own petty intellgence, harming themselves if they do not have virtue and wisdom. Intelligence with out virtue and wisdom leads to the path of destruction. Virtue and wisdom is the road to a bright path.

Honesty, straight forward thinking and sincerity is the way to go for a bright path. If you are true to yourself, then clarity, wisdom and light grows.

Implication of diversity

I am aware we are living in a world that is nolonger simple like the old days. We are living in the age of vast exposure of information via TV, internet, media etc. Furthermore we are living a globalized age, where we all exposed to different cultures, beliefs and mentality. Whether it is ultimately a good or a bad thing, I cannot conclude. But one thing that may be certain is that over exposure and stimulation may lead to various psychological or social implications.

What happens if we are exposed to a few dozens of different cultures? Do we accept it all and take it into our lives? Do we mix those cultures together? Do we respect it and leave it alone?

What happens to our mind when it is overly exposed and stimulated? There is little stability in a mind that is overwhelmed by so many cultures and ways of life. In fact, it may leads to scatterness and confusion. So sanity would naturally favour humans to dwell in a very few selected culture or way of life.

Yet, I have not drawn any conclusions yet.

Creating your own life

I have discovered that in this world we live, there are so many cultures, ideas etc... that