We are product from our past

Talked to a friend recently and she told me she noticed the change in me. Change to someone that is more cheerful, friendlier and charming. There is quite a dramatic change she told me as I was quite a sulk in the past to be truthful.

I told her straight to the point that I had done all these months. She said she had heard of Marie Callas too but had no firm idea what she is all about.

Now, instead of focusing on the darker side, I have this natural tendency to focus my thoughts on the bright areas. This is not the natural human trend and it takes determination to do that.

My friend asked me she is a pessimist most of the time and she sadly told me that most of the events near us are always bad so how to keep yourself to be positive?

Simply, there might or might not be a hard and fast rule to solving this problem. A surefire way to make sure any positive thoughts outweigh negative. Slowly but surely, if you continue your efforts at increasing your positive thoughts, sooner or later, it will supplant the negative thoughts as the dominant player in your thinking.

We are all the product from our past and irregardless of what the situation is or what outcomes you have had in your past, always remember that your past belongs in the past and has absolutely nothing to do with who you are in the present or what you want to accomplish in the future.

Dream and Vision

Lonely Sunflower has often heard people and friends talking about their dreams. How they would like to turn their dreams true and how much effort they want to put in to make dreams true.

Well, as I believe in dreaming the ambitious dreams, until this earth turns magical such that all your dreams will come true at a blink of eyes, we people got to have "something" that is more than your dreams.

Something stronger, more powerful.

That “something” is called Vision.

Right Sunflower would like to clarify, this does not mean anything to do with your eye sight. And I think you know that I refer to the personal vision for yourself or myself. A statement of intent to do something great in your life and near future.

We need a clear path for our life. That's the best I should say, a path so clear that you know what your life would be like 5, 10, 20, 30 years down the road. You may say life is unpredictable why worry for much. Well, a person without the plan is like driving a car aimlessly, isn't it?

A vision is a stronger than strong statement of what you wish to accomplish. Just check out the companies, most of them have a strong vision for their businesses. Vision is always the same.

A dream, on the other hand, is pliable and subject to change from circumstances negative or positive outside of you.

That’s why people who have a solid vision for themselves can’t fail. It’s mathematically impossible to fail. They simply work toward the vision and don’t ever quit.

You got a dream?

Great. Marvellous. Go for it.

But I prefer you to go one up by stating your intent, your VISION.

Having the Right Mindset

Lonely Sunflower would like to tell you the importance of having the right mindset such that it is in sync with the vibrations of the universal energy! If you can do that, based on what I have read from gurus, together with a clear map of goals and objectives of what you wish to achieve, you will ultimately swim in the pool of prosperity and wealth.

Previously, I had adopted a wrong mindset all along. I only discover the "truth" at this age. That is why I have always remained on the mid-lower tier of the society, envious of the high life enjoyed by those successful people.

Nowadays I am working on my inner belief system to change such old negative ideas. Only then will I be likely to become really successful, in my humble opinion. Marie Callas has said that many times and it's not lame to repeat it again.

I will like to encourage you to have a strong will, work hard with a thinking brain. I'm very sure if you follow the teachings of masters like Marie, you will get what you want in a very positive way.

Contacting a medium

My fourth uncle who is already in his 50s recently has been rather distressed and seem out of sorts. Normally he is quite chirpy and jovial but recently it seems something serious is bothering him a lot.

I have already been rather close to him among my five uncles maybe because he used to teach me homework when I was young and we are quite similar in personality. His pretty daughter who is my niece is also quite close to me as we are mahjong and msn buddies.

My niece told me his dad is moody recently and wishes to contact a medium so that he can talk to his passed away wife because she had been appearing in his dreams last few days and in the dreams, she was quite tormented. My uncle is mentally disturbed by these dreams and you can't console him by saying those are false. His wife passed away due to long term sickness just late last year and we are all very distraght as they are very loving.

From what I know, there are traditional Chinese mediums in the temple who are able to bridge you to your beloved. The medium is able to "call" back the soul of the dead and the soul will come and reside in the medium's body, who from there, able to communicate with the living person. I have never seen it in real but only in some HK movies.

You can change the WORLD

Have you read the title of this post??

Yes, you can change the world. You are not just a number making up the total population of this planet. You have an importance in this globe.

It's not the impossible, but you need to sit down and start to look for the strengths and pluses of your character. And from here, you transform your dreams based on your strength together with your determination and perseverance.

The world is changing too fast nowadays, you need to stay in the front or be washed to the back. It's no longer an immerse world here, we are talking about idea or information transfer in a few meek seconds. Simple yet not many people can fathom this concept.

The choice is ours and everyone has a CHOICE. If you make a right choice you will be part of the force that moves this world forward. Do not hide from others the light within your own heart. And when you see the light in another, join your light to theirs. That's is how we are going to built a better place to stay. With spirits and humanity and love.

Live Earth

Did you watch the Live Earth show on triple 7? How did you think of it? Does it create enough awareness?

For me, I did watch a bit, well, not really for the global climate message but to catch some of my favourite acts like Crowded House, Madonna or Huang Xiao Ming. Well, to use these famous names to create awareness is a good move because they are the people who can truly deliver the message to the masses as they have influence to people. We all love them, their music and their gossips that's why people will listen when they say "Save the Earth"!

On the other hand, millions of people are turning on televisions at home for many hours, so the message to save the energy has been defeated in certain sense. Say if a person turn on their telly non stop for 24 hours, and multiply that by 10 million times, how much energy alone has been consumed on that particular day alone?

People also criticised the areas like how much power was used just for the stage alone and that to really create message, acoustic version of the concert should be used instead.

What do you think?

Lifting the mood of me.

Sometimes, I tend to get into not so good mood, maybe because I don't have a good sleep or have nightmares, then the next day I'll fill easily annoyed over trival issues in office. Perhaps this is a childish behaviour. I have tried to change it but it just not going to get away.

Well, maybe I should go a walk in a place with scenic views. However, the weather here in this country is too hot to go that and colder highland spots are always packed with tourists. Perhaps I should listen to some classical or jazz music not into those sugar pop songs.

I read an article that says that laughter is the best way to lift the mood of people. I totally agree because I can laugh out really hilariously when I'm really happy. That's why my emotions can swing a lot. Therefore, I don't have many friends just a few good ones who really understand me.

Last couple of months, I am also into meditation as recommended by Marie Callas. Its really easy as simply find yourself in a comfortable sitting position with your back straight then close your eyes and become aware of the flow of air into and out of your nostrils. That's it! I do this for 10/15 minutes before I sleep and it does improve my spirits for the next day and I just hope the mood won't be spoiled by a bad sleep.

Occult Practices

A friend of my is a devout Christian. I think I mentioned her before in one of my previous posts.

The purpose why I mentioned her this time is because somehow she heard from somewhere (not many people know) that I'm into Marie Callas and those "occult practices", as what she asked me. She was against it but I told her she had no position to question my spiritual practice. This is the first time I have heard of this word "occult", please forgive me for my poor vocab, and I check this word up and it roughly means something related to esoteric or paranormal, or psychic magic.

Well, I'm at a loss to say. When a person is defiantly religious, my take is that this person has no tolerance for other religions or spiritual practices. This person regards his or her way as the ONLY way to go and all others are wrong. No offence please. I've seen personally with my eyes another devout Christian dismissing a clay statue of guanyin as idol and she smashed it in front of a group of fellow Christians to pieces while the rest cheered on. I was aghasted in that moment for their intolerance. That supports my view that humans will be destroyed by their belief and intolerance instead of working for peace together.

Sorry, this is just purely my own opinion and I mean no harm or acrimony.