Sunday, February 8, 2009

Another weekend passed by

2/8/09
A weekend passed by so fast, it is Sunday night already.

Saturday morning I dropped my car at Firestone, initially for engine oil change, but ended up changing all four tires. I was sitting at Border in Galleria for 5 hours, with a cup of coffee and a piece of banana cake, fixing Bo’s paper-it gave me such a bad headache. Although a total wreckage by the time I was leaving, I stumbled to Macy’s for some beauty products before the final exit.

At the same night, we went to Kathy’s party-a full house with Kathy’s friends. It saddened me to see her finally packing up and leaving. Kathy is one of those friends who are so loyal and trustworthy. Hoping when the economy recovers, she will be back here again. The night was enlightened by meeting a Buddhism couple who explained to me how they view the world, people, life and death.
Here it is:
1. Life is suffering;
2. Suffering is due to attachment;
3. Attachment can be overcome;
4. There is a path for accomplishing this.


These are Buddha’s final words

  • Impermanent are all created things;
  • Strive on with awareness.

The conversation reminded me when I was a child, I had this strange thought about the world and people surrounded - their existence was because of my existence, and I was the one with THE MIND. The man (sorry that I did not get his name) told me that I had the heart and soul (Hui Geng) for Buddhism, but it was all gone now after learning to be a human. How interesting!

This afternoon, after dropping Cynthia with her clarinet teacher, I took a run in the campus of Rice University. Sunday afternoon at Rice has always been my best time in the week. Either strolling through the grass paths, sitting in the coffee house with a good book, or simply waiting in the music hall with the music floating in the air and the sun shinning out, it is so peaceful and beautiful. One time, Cynthia had a night lesson. The campus was magically changed by the lights. I was immersed in the night, stunned by the beauty, speechless. I told Kathy afterwards, she said to me "remember, you need someone to share, all these beauty and wonders".

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