up and about (會行會走)

Hi there

So glad to tell you that, finally, i am up and about.  yesterday, for the first time in two weeks, i was able to get up and even to drive around to find fittings for my water filter and today i went into andrews dental clinic.

As i was driving, i felt sooooo good!  guess you just dont know how lucky you are UNTIL you have lost that blessing.  to be able to walk and move around is such a 'huge blessing' indeed.

From this 2nd 'back injury' incident i learned that:

I really have to slow down and take good good care of myself.  exactly one year ago, i had the same incident and i took three days to recover, however, i did not get the message and continued to behave the way i did, doing ten things at one time, (making life hard for myself and those around me) so..., the second lesson came this time. 

Life always presents lessons to us in the form of accidents, problems, pains etc to help us learn, and if we dont, these lessons will keep coming back to us, each time more severe than the other, until we learn. (some people regard this as karma, suffering, or struggles). now i will make SPECIAL effort to change and TRY to do things S L O W L Y, and one thing at a time.

I hope all my friends and family will learn from my mistake and start changing for the better and better so we will live happier, easier and healthier. (if you dont know what aspects you will have to change, pls chant “nam myo ho renge kyo” to the gohonzon and the answers will come.)

Cheers

lydia

很高興地告訴你，終於昨天，首次在兩個星期, 我可以起床走動, 而且能駕車到處找我的水過濾器配件，今天我還可以去andrew's 牙科診所幫忙。
當我開車時，我真覺得 非常開心！我想大多數人直至失去了某些福運才知道自己曾經是多麼幸運，而能夠行走和移動就己是一個 '極大的福氣' ,

從這個第二次背部受傷的事故，我了解到：

我真的要慢下來，好好照顧好自己。整整一年前，我有同樣的事故，而我只花了三天的時間恢復，但是，我沒有從中吸取教訓，並繼續做我以往的行為方式，同一時間要做妥十件事，（這使我和周圍的人都吃苦），所以...，我得到了第二個教訓。
生活總是以某種事故的形式，比如問題，痛苦等，以幫助我們學習，如果我們学不到，這些教訓將繼續回來給我們，每次比以前更嚴重，(有人视此為宿命, 痛苦和争掙) 直到我們學到為止。現在我會 努力改變和嘗試很慢做的事情，而容許自己同一時間只做一件事。

我希望我所有的朋友和家人從我的錯誤得到醒悟，開始改變，使大家生活得更快樂，更輕鬆，更健康。 （如果你不知道哪些方面你將不得不改變，請高 "南無妙法蓮華經", 向康座祈求，你 定會有答案）

how my mind works (我思想的歷程)

hi

its now 3 pm, monday, and i am almost 99% ok.  i am going to tell you my interesting thinking process which may sound very familiar to you too.

ok, when i was 70% recovered 6 days from my back injury, i thought: (1) do i want to get well?  i am enjoying my time lying down and watching TV , if i am all well, i have to be up and doing things again?  i was not very ready for that yet.  as soon as i had that thought in mind, my recovery stopped and there was no progress.

on the 8th day, i started to think: (2) its now 8 days (friday) i am  still lying down watching TV, so its quite頹廢, also my energy level is getting very low because of lying down all the time!  immediately i chanted to the gohonzon to get well as soon as possible.  then i took action to consult a professional in hong kong who, after hearing my situation, suggested i change doctors.  just at that time andrew came home, heard my conversation  and arranged for me to see another doctor on sat.

i had two treatments by this doctor and was miles better, this morning when i woke up, i was 98%, very good, right?  so i had breakfast and then started to chant for 30 min.  while i was chanting, i started to think: now, (3)  what should i do?  i am much better, but not well enough to do a lot of things, but i have no excuse to lie down and watch TV the whole day? so what should i do with myself?  to be honest, deep down i wanted to continue to lie down and watch TV

interestingly enough, right after chanting, my back started to hurt again and i was back to about 80%.  i knew i had the wrong thinking and i immediately went to use my massage bed and now i am ok now, back to 98%.

what i want to share with you is: how powerful our mind is, and how much influence our mind has on our BODY and everything that happens afterwards (please see how my three different thoughts brought about the different results to my body) , in buddhist terms, this is called 一 念三千! meaning, one single thought can bring about three thousand different results! (the western saying is: its all in your mind).

「一念三千」,即說明於凡夫當下一念之中,具足三千世間之諸法性 相 (Three thousand worlds in one thought'

good or bad? its all up to you, according to what you think. so be careful of what you think!

in a separate email, i will share with you my understanding of WHY i had this recurrence of back pain injury. exactly ONE year ago, jan. 2010, i had this same thing happen to me and i only needed three treatments.

cheers

lydia

現在是星期一下午3時, 我背痛幾乎己經99％痊愈了。我想和你分享過去幾天我的思想程歴，可能對你也有幫助.

好吧，當我受傷

6天後我其實己經好了70％, 但我想：(1) 我是不是真的想痊愈呢？我現在很享受我的時間躺著看電視，如果我完全好返，我必須起來再做事情呢？我還未準備好呢。只要我有這樣的思想在心中，我恢復停止了，也沒有再取得進展。

第8天，我開始想：(2) 現在是第8日（星期五）了, 我還是躺著看電視，我開始覺得這是很頹廢，我的能量水平也變得非常低.  於是我立刻唱唸南無妙法蓮華經並向康坐祈求要盡快兩天就好起來。然後我採取行動，致電請教一住在香港的鐵打醫師，那醫師建議我要換醫生。就在這時我丈夫回家，聽到我的談話，並安排我去看另一位醫生。

經過這個醫生兩個療程，我己好了很多，今天早上當我醒來時，我己好了 98％，很不錯吧？所以我吃過早飯，然後開始唱30分鐘題目。當我唱目時，我開始想：(3) 現在，我該怎麼辦？我感到好多了，但沒有很好到可以做很多事情，但是我也沒有任何藉口躺下整天看電視？所以我應該怎麼處置自己？說實話，我內心深處想繼續躺下看電視.

有趣的是，誦經之後，我的背又開始痛，, 我又回到了80％左右。我知是我的一念錯了, 我馬上走去用我的按摩床，現在我現在已經好了, 回復98%。

我想分享的是：我們的思想力量是多麼的強大，我們的思想力量可以直接影響著我們的身體和所有發生的事，請參看我以上三个思想歴程帶給我的後果

!  在佛教術語，這就是所謂一念三千！含義是，一個思想可以帶來三千个不同的結果！ （西方說的是：一切都在你的腦中）。

“一念三千”，即說明於凡夫當下一念之中，具足三千世間之諸法性相（三千世界全在一念中.

一切事情, 是好還是壞？這都要看你，完全在你的一念之中。所以千万要注意你的想法！
以後，我將與大家分享我的這次的領誤，為什麼我會再次的背部受傷?。整整一年前，在2010年一月，我有這種同樣的事情發生在我身上，而那時我只需要三個治療。
 

cannot move (寸步難行)

hi there

just want to let you know what happened.  it is until now that i can sit for a little longer to send this email.

two days after i returned to sydney, i hurt my back, it was sooooo bad that i could not stand, sit, walk nor move.  kevin immediately came home from work and virtually had to carry me to a chinese accupuncture doctor who gave me all necessary treatments and medicine, and said i had to lie down all the time to recover.  today is the 7th day.

it was a real blessing that kevin did not have to work on sat and he spent the whole of friday afternoon and sat to cater to my every needs, bringing me water, food, bread and straw (because i cannot sit up and drink).  andrew bought me dinner and made me breakfast so i had all the care i needed.

at times when the pain was really bad, i tried to remember a song sung in the 'song of music':

'snow flakes that stay on my nose and eye lashes, silver white winters that melt into springs, these are a few of my favorite things....; when the dogs bite, when the bees sting, when i am feeling said, i simply remember my favorite things, and then i dont feel, so bad....' yeah i started to think of things that will amuse myself and then i remember what was said about my grandfather, who was feared by us all, it was about his behaviour:

行路輕輕, 坐落驚驚, 講嘢細聲, 鬧人大聲

'walk lightly, sit cautiously, talk softly, and scold loudly'.

so now i am exactly like my grandfather and whenever i recall this, i started to laugh.

anyway, although my movements are restricted, i did not have a bad time at all, i spent all my time sleeping, watching TV and eating, and REST, which is what i need most.

looking back, since last aug, i went to vancouver to settle ryan, then toronto to settle my sister, back to sydney, the tour shanghai etc, back to sydney, back to hong kong, backi to sydney, back to hongkong, hokkaido, hongkong and sydney.

i spent every minute of the day doing things for myself and others and neglected my own body, therefore ......

i also thought how fortunate i am to have this happen in sydney when kevin and andrew can drive me to the doctor and take care of me, if this happened in hong kong, or canada, or ...., then it would be horrible.

i was told long time ago that:  if you chant nam myo ho renge kyo and trust the gohonzon, your will still have problems, however they will come at a time when you are most capable of handling them.

i am not going to translate this into chinese because i need to lie down now.  i hope my chinese friends will be able to read the message behind.  or, maybe i will translate this when i am better.

cheers

lydia

只想讓你知道發生了什麼。因為直至現在，我才可以坐一會兒發送此郵件。

回到了悉尼後兩天，我傷害了我的背部，這是非常糟糕，我不能站立，坐下，走路也動彈不了。Kevin立即下班回家，帶我到看中國的針灸醫生。醫生給了我一切必要的治療和藥品，並且說我要躺下直至康復。今天已是第7天。

它是一個真正的祝福，因為Kevin星期六不用上班，所以他整個星期五下午都伴著我，並滿足我的每一個需求，也把我的水，食物，麵包和飲管（因為我不能坐起來和飲水）。Andrew給我買了晚餐，讓我吃早餐，所以我擁有我需要的關心。

有時，當非常疼痛，我想記起在一首歌曲唱的歌曲音樂'：

'雪花是留在我的鼻子和眼睛的睫毛，銀白色的冰雪融化，春天來臨，這些都是一些我喜愛的東西....;當狗咬傷，當蜜蜂蜇，當我感覺說，我只要想起我最喜歡的東西，然後我不覺得，壞....'是的，我開始想的東西，會逗我，然後我記得說了什麼關於我的祖父，誰是我們大家擔心，這是對他的行為：

行路輕輕, 坐落驚驚, 講嘢細聲, 鬧人大聲

 

所以現在我完全像我的祖父，每當我想起這，我開始笑了。

無論如何，雖然我的行動受到限制，這都不是太壞，因為我一直都在睡覺，看電視和吃飯，休息，而這正是我最需要的。

回頭看，自去年八月，我去了溫哥華安定Ryan，然後我妹妹定居多倫多，回到悉尼，上海等地參觀，回悉尼，回到香港，又回到悉尼，回到香港，北海道，香港和悉尼。

我每日都把每一分鐘花在自己和他人的事情上，而忽略了自己的身體，所以......

我還認為我是多麼的幸運，因為這種情況是發生在悉尼。特別是當 Kevin和Andrew可以帶我去看醫生和照顧我，如果這是發生在香港或加拿大或....,那麼這將是可怕的。

很久以前，有人告訴我說：如果你唱南無妙法蓮華經和信任御本尊，你將仍然有問題，但它們會在你最有能力處理它們的時候出現。

我現在不翻譯成中文，因為我需要躺下了。我希望我的中國朋友能看到這封電郵。或者待我好一點才把它翻譯過來。

a happy life (一份美好的生活)

hi there

arrived sydney this morning,  when i was in the taxi, i was thinking: what shall i should have for breakfast, i am too tired to cook and too thirsty to have toast.  then when i was back home, i was delighted to find a pot of nicely cooked  on the stove.  i knew it was andrew who cooked this breakfast for me.  it is de li cious!  he put in 燒鴨, mushrooms, and tientsin cabbage, 津白, a funny combination but really tastes good.

then, i started unpacking and took a nap.  when i woke up, i had to sweep all the leaves on the drive way , quite hectic but a good exercise.

later, i sat at the front door, looking at the opposite houses, trees, clouds and the sky.  the air was so clean and fresh, the sun was setting and the scenery is very beautiful.  dog dog was with me, i felt really good, relaxed, peaceful and serene.  this, really is a happy life, and i thank andrew for giving me 這一份一份美好的生活

and i thank the 'gohonzon' for all these blessings.

am sharing some photos with u.

cheers

lydia

below is the chinese translation (hehe, now i know how to do the translation using google, and with my pen writer, i am able to write chinese now, hehehe , very happy!)

今天早上抵達悉尼，當我在出租車上，我在想：我應該吃什麼早餐呢，我太累太渴了，後來，當我回到家裡，我很高興地發現一盆香噴噴的燒鴨粥 在爐子上。我知道這是andrew 為我做的早餐, 他放了燒鴨,香菇，天津白菜，一個有趣的組合，但真的很好吃。

然後，我就開始拆行李。然後睡了一會,當我醒來時，我不得不清掃driveway所有的葉子，工作吃力，但是一個很好的体力努動.後來，我坐在門口，望著對面的房屋，樹木，雲和天空。空氣是那麼清新，太陽即將落山，景色十分優美。狗狗和我在一起，我感覺非常好，輕鬆，寧靜和安詳。這確實是一個幸福的生活，我非常感謝andrew給我這一份美好的生活。

而我更感謝'康座' 給我的blessing.以下和大家分享一些有趣照片!

Sunset

 

clouds changing colour

a dog and a rose!!

me - sitting on the latch

dog dog - a good companion

A rose blossom

'tangled' english 3D (魔髮奇緣3D)

 

my dear friends and family,

 

just got back from seeing this movie 'tangled'.  since yesterday i have been thinking whether i should go because there are a few things i need to handle, and maybe i could see this when i am back in sydney, because there is only one place in hongkong which shows it in english.

 

this morning, i asked myself: what actually do u want to do? and my heart tells me that i want to see this movie, therefore i decided to put everything aside and saw the 3.34 movie, alone.

 

its a GREAT movie, main characters are so  lively and pretty, and the sceneries so nice and beautiful.  i bought myself a pack of popcorn and was hugely enjoying myself.  now i am back home,  feeling very happy, content and satisfied.

 

i bought myself 1/2 catty of very fresh choy sum 菜心 for HK$5, and some BBQ pork, 叉燒, and will have a very simple meal with steamed rice.

 

sometimes we really have to ask ourselves 'what do we want' and then listen to our hearts,  very often we  tend to 'force' ourselves to do things and end up frustrated and unhappy, because we are not fulfilling the needs of our inner soul,

 

chanting 'nam myo ho renge kyo' can definitely help us attain happiness, and we can find happiness in very simple things.

 

cheers

 

lydia

breakfast

my dear friends and family

 

andrew and i return to hongkong for chinese new year (he has now returned to sydney to work and i am still in hongkong ).  one day, when i woke up, i found that andrew had already gone downstairs to buy 豬 腸粉 (steamed rice sheet roll) with sweet and peanut sauce, and 蛋撻 for desert, and made me a cup of tea, then set them up nicely for my breakfast.

 

after breakfast, he said, 'now u have u something to write!' which means, he wants me to tell my friends about how nice he has been, hahahahaha

 

a candaian  friend of mine said that andrew is a 'keeper' (meaning someone you have to keep), do u agree? heheheheh

lydia

 

 

 

an ugly couple

my dear friends and family

 

guess who this ugly couple is???

 

i will post this photo on my iphone,keeps me laughing all  the time!!!  tks brit brit.