Wednesday, June 9, 2004

Writing Fascination

I used to think writing is only for highly intelligent people. It doesn’t follow I guess. I know a lot of high- IQ people but their minds stutter when they write. I don’t have such a gifted brain, but I know I can write. In writing, eloquence of the mind may be important, but I think, it is more important to have eloquence of the heart. For me, a genuine writing ability springs from the heart and soul, not just the mind. You may know a lot of high-sounding words, or maybe you’re an expert with crossword puzzles, but if you don’t have a genuine heart in conveying your thoughts, you can’t string those words into a beautiful package of language and touch a soul.

There are a lot of reasons why we should be fascinated with writing. It’s like a therapy for some broken souls. It’s like an outlet of fear and anger, a weapon to combat pains and hurts. Try sometimes to put everything on a piece of paper (then shred it off, later!) and I tell you, your heart will feel like it’s being consoled temporarily. Some people write when they are overflowing with joy… or when their hearts cannot contain the happiness within and they are bursting to the seams. Writing is more of a heart full of spirit that one is eager to share with someone. It’s like a soul that never ceases to say, “I love you” till the other soul says, “I love you” back. Thoughts never cease on flowing till the soul pours out everything in words.

Writing is magical too, because it makes you closer to souls you can’t reach…it comforts lonely spirits… it befriends strangers… it heals broken hearts…and it simply gives life to a deserted world. I don’t know but there is that amazing fascination I get when I write. It makes me happy…it consoles me…it allows me to dream and dream…it gives life to my soul. There is always this strong force within me, wanting to explode! That’s why, I want other souls to discover the magic and fascination one can get from writing.

Believe me, writing is not that difficult. Everyone can write, as long as there is that spark in your heart to create an idea or to express a thought. It can be a thank-you note for a friend…a message of comfort for a weary soul…a smiley face put on paper with your name on it…some sharp words of pain when you soul is hurting…words expressing your love to someone…anything that goes in and out of your mind is a masterpiece for writing.

Start with some simple words…write everything that comes in your mind. Never mind whether it’s structured or not, grammatically correct, or lousy. Just write it out. Spontaneity is more important. Make writing as a habit. Write whenever you want…in the morning when you wake up, you will be surprised, where did all these thoughts come from…and in the evening, you will be happy to transcribe everything that has transpired during the day. Write whenever and wherever you feel like writing…you can be in the middle of your sleep and something within you wanting to be heard or poured out, get up and write! You can be reading a book, and an idea eventually spring out, document it! You can be in your solitary moment, and you just want to share your solitude with a friend, grab a pen and say what you feel. You see, every moment is valuable…every moment is worth remembering…every moment is fleeting that how we wish we all have eidetic memories to store it in our minds.

So why not try, writing it all out now…and someday, you will be thankful…you’ve learned how to write!

Friday, March 26, 2004

Dream of Heaven

A passage from a book called “Transforming #1” caught my attention  that I can’t help but share it with you.  It tells you what heaven is like and what I believe it is so. It says:

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“Heaven is having an entire planet on which to live. Heaven is having billions of companions in the game called life. Heaven is having challenges, which stretch you out so that you can see how big you are. Heaven is being born and having a body to serve you and support you. Heaven is having people around you available to love you whenever you are ready to give up being right. Heaven is living in an age of transformation and having the opportunity to participate in that transformation. Heaven is having a condition of enlightenment in the world through which you can use your life to cut like a knife. Heaven is having people in the world whom you can admire and respect. Heaven is having nothing given to you. Heaven is starting from the starting line in life and building your very own personality and your very own life out of the raw material of your own abilities. Heaven is being alive and having a dream.”

Like a fiddler in the roof, I have a dream. I have a dream that I could create a difference in the lives of other people. I have a dream that transformation will take place in each one of us, and that we will wake up one morning and love not only those we know and near us but love those people we don’t know, not because of a certain reason, but just because that the way life is. I have a dream that starvation will end, and scarcity will be filled. I have a dream that every child can enjoy his childhood instead of running on the streets begging for food or struggling for a living. I have a dream that women are well protected and respected. I have a dream that all love will be pure and sacred, and not just casually given today and will lose its meaning tomorrow. I have a dream that there is no such thing as war and hatred and selfishness and cowardice. I have a dream that people will dare to step out of line, to be brave enough to put into action their transformed ideas, and to make the contribution to life that each person deeply wants to make. I dream all these dreams and I keep on dreaming them more and more everyday.

No doubt, I am no different from you. I know you have dreams too. I know that you ache to make your contribution in life. I know you want to create a difference in the lives of others. I know that when it becomes real for you that you can make a difference… that you can make the contribution of which you always dreamed, you will step out of line, you will operate in a space of no agreement, you will confront and be responsible for the condition of the world. And I know that you know that it starts with you, that once you know yourself and treat yourself out of your own magnificence you can begin to treat others in like manner.

I am certain that every one of us has, at the base of our hearts, the desire to contribute, to make a difference.

I guess things are never too late for us to start a transformed life. Sometimes though, its difficult to travel on our own towards an unexplored road, but if we have other souls walking along beside us, doubtlessly we’ll reach the path destined for each one of us. After all, we live in this world for a reason. And that reason, we have to find out.

I am looking forward to the future of our partnership in this journey called life!

Friday, February 13, 2004

The Roller Coaster Ride


Roller coaster is unpredictable. You get in, you sit down, and you’re strapped on. You’re there for the ride. And then you go up, then you go down, and your stomach feels like it’s falling out of your body. It’s so exciting and you’re scared and you don’t know where you’re going and you don’t know what’s happening next. It just goes around and around and around.

Life is like a roller coaster. You just get on, and you’re there for the ride. You go up, you go down, you make mistakes, you get praises, you feel good, you feel bad, you tell the truth, you tell lies, you get a slap on your face, you get an honest reward, you win some, you lose some, you love today, you will be out of love tomorrow.

Like a roller coaster, everything in life is uncertain. No one stays on top no one remains at the bottom neither one clings at the center. It may not be given as a choice but everyone can have the chance to have a good ride in the roller coaster of life.

Friday, January 30, 2004

Spreading Good Energy

Hello, friends….
“A new spiritual awakening is occurring in human culture, an awakening brought about by a critical mass of individuals who experience their lives as a spiritual unfolding, a journey in which we are led forward by mysterious coincidences.”

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I’ve read the book, “The Celestine Prophecy” by James Redfield, many many years ago but the amazement I got from that book kept on puzzling me until now. I can say that reading that book was one of the best experiences in my life. I've always been a person interested in the mystical and many times I experienced that feeling of unexplained connection between events, places, things, or people I’ve met in my life’s journey.

I am sharing the energy to you now, simply because I feel I have to. Maybe, you can also share the energy, if you feel have to.

Keep dreaming…
Chille:)

Coincidence…Serendipity…Karma…Destiny…words that speak about pure chances…accidental occurrences…chance encounters…a twist of fate…a happenstance…a pure work of luck. The happenings of such events in our lives pose a mystery. But are these purely coincidences or part of our real existence that we just happen to ignore?

If there is such thing as Advocates of Coincidences, perhaps I’m one of them. Movies or novels that illustrate a twist of fate or speak about destiny or mysterious coincidences really touch my heart and leave a mark in my memory. I always have this feeling of de’javu or something familiar in certain person or events or places. The mystery makes me want to explore more and search for a link. I believe there has to be a connection somewhere. I believe every person; all the events of our lives are there because we have drawn them there. What we choose to do with them is up to us. And I have proven not only once, but many times in my life that the connection really exists.

Though it’s not as grand encounter as the characters in Serendipity, or as extraordinary as the Message in the Bottle, my encounter with mysterious coincidences taught me a lesson that everything is just a matter of energy. As mentioned in the book and I quote, “We now experience that we live not in a material universe, but in a universe of dynamic energy. Everything extant is a field of sacred energy that we can sense and intuit. Moreover, we humans can project our energy by focusing our attention in the desired direction...where attention goes, energy flows...influencing other energy systems and increasing the pace of coincidences in our lives. “

You see, the happenings of coincidences in our lives can be increased if we desire to. If we learn how to uplift each person that comes into our lives and really see the beauty in every face that we meet, then we’ve found our connection to that person…and that is not chance encounter. It was meant for us to meet that soul because there is something we need to do for that person. And if we make that our personal mission in life, then we will further enhance the flow of mysterious coincidences as we are guided towards our destiny…the destiny to lift others to their wisest self.

You don’t have to be rich and famous to be able to make a difference. I am not rich, I am not famous, but through writing, I share good energies to my friends and to other souls I don’t even know. Sometimes, thoughts just pop up in my mind…not knowing exactly where it will go or how would it end. I let spontaneity flows in and allow the energy to travel. I know somehow, the words will form a beautiful thought and connect a soul somewhere. And it does. Many times, I receive little notes from friends and people I don’t know saying how they have been inspired by my thoughts. (And all the while, I thought, I was not making sense!) I love these people because they give me good energy and create purpose to my writings. Reason why, I always say my gratitude to those people whose thought has inspired me or moved me. I know it gives them life to write some more. And that’s what I call…bridging good energy!

Each one has its own creative way of contributing to the world. Rather than wishing and dreaming that you will be rich one day so you can act and help the world, you can actually do your share now. For instance, instead of stealing energies from other souls, why not learn to uplift them? Instead of intimidating people, learn to build an unprejudiced connection…be open-minded. Instead of wallowing regrets of the past, appreciate the present and discover your own growth path. That way, you will feel a sense of lightness or buoyancy within... a sense of inner connection to your personal mission and to the real purpose of human life in this planet.

Spread the good energy!