Fire and Ice ....

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

"Fire and Ice"
-- Robert Frost --

Lady In White...

金色筆記 31:

"色即是空，空即是色，受想行識亦復如是....." 佛家不是常說，今天，很有可能是你的最後一天，死亡是很近的距離。最近常常有這樣的感覺...! 不過，那該是解脫勇者的覺受，我卻是帶有恐懼...。~~~

Notes from Today's meditation session:

 1. No one needs any one's approval of identity, because there is none. I am who I am, who may had existed for 500 hundred years that how can anyone has the right to make any judgement....

 2. I should allow any thing to happen.....;
for instance, any one will betray me, hate me, leave me, kill me or lie to  me....or whatever, no matter how you trusted them..., how long you have been best lovers or best friends, or even families, no matter how honest they behaved themselves to be. Just be aware of anything arises. Be compassionate !!

3. Everything is  Impertinent as ever.  Empty as ever.

Twilight .....

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,

thou shalt not eat of it:

..........

Geniesis 2:17

Summer Time....

To sleep with a prayer ...

If you love and must need have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
and to bleed willingly and joyfully.

To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and
a song of praise upon your lips.

---" The Prophet" ---

遺忘

燈遺忘了光明

歲月遺忘了我

我 遺忘了愛情和 心跳

陌生在 生命的另一轉彎

遽雨遺忘了濕意

微風遺忘了呢喃

只有大海還記得

努力放縱地湛藍

生命原來也可以

如此不經意而自在

可以如此肆意揮灑

潑墨般的不留白

是了你是唯一

最美麗的澐彩

意外地拾回了

我刻意的遺忘

--- by P.W. ---

Photo by Claymens

Black and White...

Colorful Play with Black and White ...

Eye Catching Snapshot: 生命不過是一個連續的感知~~

不論是清淨的，不清淨的，覺受上的感知，

我們生命中所遇全部都是感知。

例如，人需要不斷的外來刺激才會感到快樂及興奮；

而這些感知不斷的在改變，而且他們不是真實的，不是獨立的，

更不是不變的存在現象。

故無色受想行識~~~

因此，我們必須在荒繆的輪迴裡接受一切的荒繆，

融入其中而修行。

-----宗薩仁玻切 "三現分"

Are we smarter than the Elephant ?

Ching Mai photo by Claymens

詩癮....

滄海月明珠有淚，藍田日暖玉生煙!

Posing with Chinese Calligraphy

唐狂僧懷素，以巴焦當紙練字，

狂草之筆，有如"驟雨旋風"，聲勢滿堂。

據說，他從未失誤過，

"忽然絕叫三五聲，滿壁縱橫千萬字"

Fashion in Pink

紅與黑 1 : Introduction

紅與黑 1-1

一八三○年的法國，是一個階級意識濃厚的社會。
於連是一個出身卑微的鋸木廠工人之子，但是他野心勃勃地想出人頭地。

他從市長家的家庭教師，做到巴黎侯爵的秘書，由於他的神學造詣和謹言慎行，漸漸得到別人的重視，甚至獲得市長夫人與侯爵千金的愛情 ... ...然而，在拘謹的外表下，他的心卻充滿了對英雄（拿破崙）的崇拜，對貴族的憎恨。他一步步走向名利之路，也不時和自己內心的矛盾交戰 ... ...
“紅與黑”的作者斯湯達爾先生就生活在一八三○年的法國，他觀察到社會種種不平的現象，特別是貴族階級和教會聯手所形成的黑暗勢力，以及新興資產階級人心的反動，促使他開始寫作，完成了這部批判時代社會，剖析人性的“紅與黑”。

紅與黑 1-2

司湯達 ( Thomas Standhal ) 1783年至1842年是法國批判現實主義文學的奠基人，他的代表作“紅與黑”標誌著以當代社會生活為題材的批判現實主義文學的誕生，雖然他活著的時候並未引起廣泛的注意，他曾宣稱到1880年才會有人讀他的作品，到1935年才會被人理解，如今，司湯達在文學史上的地位得到公認，他對現代小說藝術發展的貢獻已載入史冊。

　“紅與黑”起初的標題為“於連”，1830年定名為“紅與黑”，並有副標題“1830年紀事”。稱之為批判現實主義文學奠基作，是因為它最早體現了這一流派的基本特徵。首先，小說直接吸取現實題材，反映現實鬥爭。1827年的“法院公報”上登載一個 27歲的青年家庭教師槍殺了自己的女主人的案例，啟發了司湯達，但小說的故事已與生活中的案件有了很大的不同，作者用他長期以來對復辟王朝時期生活的觀察，聯繫當時的實際，注入他對社會矛盾的認識，使“紅與黑”成為一部反映復辟與反復辟鬥爭的形象歷史。作品中的“紅”代表了充滿英雄業績的資產階級革命時期特別是拿破崙帝國，“黑”代表了教會惡勢力猖獗的復辟時期，作品對社會的種種罪惡進行了全面的批判。同時，成功地塑造了典型環境中典型人物，尤其強調環境對人物的影響，也使這部作品成為典範。

“紅與黑”通過於連這個人物生動的描寫，深刻地分析了青年人在資產階級社會中的命運。於連曾經是“一棵美好的植物”，是具有“驚人的意志力”和非凡聰明的青年，但他出身貧賤，在復辟時期才能無從發揮，理想不能實現，作者一方面寫出社會對他的敵意和打擊，但同時於連為了出人頭地向上爬，竟不惜採用卑鄙惡劣的手法，始終戴著一到虛偽的面罩，他把背誦拉丁文“聖經”作為踏入上流社會的敲門磚，用自己的才能和意志去征服女性，並不斷改換政治信仰，走自己所鄙視的教會道路，在與上流社會的抗爭中自己也走入墮落的深淵，從這兩方面來看，於連的悲劇既是社會迫害一代青年的悲劇，也是自私自利，目光短淺的小私有者個人的悲劇。作者正是通過這個個性與共性集於一身的典型向我們披露那個時代的某些本質方面。書中還著重描寫了環境對於連性格形成的決定作用，從而對時代進行廣泛的批判。

　重視對人物心理活動的揭示是司湯達藝術上的突出之點，心理活動不是脫離現實生活的繁瑣的渲染，而是人物性格在特定的環境和情勢下一種必然的反應，而且又反過來投射到當時的生活場景中。人物活動與心理描寫相結合是作者塑造典型形象的重要手段。比如於連征服女性時的精神世界描寫。

金色筆記 31 : About Camino

No matter how good you think they are, eventually people appear to be so similar in a way that they react similarly to something beyond their understanding or beyond their reach, appearing either sarcastic or impolite to defend themselves. Nevertheless, it is not a special discovery, but it is the characteristics of common people, and the fact of life.


 There is no good or bad people. I remind myself: Be aware.

However, do you believe in Purity of Love? That is the question. Some people call it God; some call it Love, or Compassion. Or, it actually remains in fantasy that living in a church, shrine or mansion could eventually prevent experiencing the darkness of mind.

Wish to see Camino~~現在我說故事給你聽....

著迷於專著的感覺失控─姚仲涵

姚仲涵 1. http://magz.roodo.com/article/2295
姚仲涵 2. http://magz.roodo.com/article/2323

Scattering Coordinate Link1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrgsBqDWyGk
"我會利用光與聲響的落差讓人們去感覺，因為這類的身體溝通，不需刻意學習，不用去懂得光的構成或光的學名，你很自然的可以去欣賞光影、閃電，或是那些爆炸那種光炫，它是很自然的現象。當身體感官順應著這些，就是我的創作，我不喜歡去講一個很清楚的事情，我樂於創造一種直接的感受力。 "

金色筆記30

突然有種及時行樂的想法: 

倘若瀟灑的，買一輛紅色的Porche, 買隻Camelia Diamond Watch, 在信義區買個Studio，

還有.......

因為，無人能預料

明天，你身上的一切是否還會存在.....

The Silk Road...

一步步的走著....留下的腳印，

也將隨風點點的消失....

                                                              Photo by Alex Liu

Life in the Zoo 1

Leopard, the best runner,  the most voracious creature on earth, could be appeared so tame, docile and cute....

Photo by W. S.

Reflection of Life

Our life, like shadow, like flame, could extinct and fade away in a second ....

Photo by Claymens

金色筆記29 :

我相信，大部分的人，都活在謊言裡。。。
活在自己為自己編造的謊言，活在別人的謊言裡；
也許，你說，這些不真實的東西，叫做夢想，希望，理想。
在凡人的世界哩，謊言，卻是讓人們生存下去的動力。

"Eat, Pray, Love" 2 : What is your word for a life time?

Discussion Questions:

1. Gilbert writes that "the appreciation of pleasure can be the anchor of humanity," making the argument that America is "an entertainment-seeking nation, not necessarily a pleasure-seeking one." Is this a fair assessment?

2. After imagining a petition to God for divorce, an exhausted Gilbert answers her phone to news that her husband has finally signed. During a moment of quietude before a Roman fountain, she opens her Louise Glück collection to a verse about a fountain, one reminiscent of the Balinese medicine man's drawing. After struggling to master a 182-verse daily prayer, she succeeds by focusing on her nephew, who suddenly is free from nightmares. Do these incidents of fortuitous timing signal fate? Cosmic unity? Coincidence?

3. Gilbert hashes out internal debates in a notebook, a place where she can argue with her inner demons and remind herself about the constancy of self-love. When an inner monologue becomes a literal conversation between a divided self, is this a sign of last resort or of self-reliance?

4. When Gilbert finally returns to Bali and seeks out the medicine man who foretold her return to study with him, he doesn't recognize her. Despite her despair, she persists in her attempts to spark his memory, eventually succeeding. How much of the success of Gilbert's journey do you attribute to persistence?

5. Prayer and meditation are both things that can be learned and, importantly, improved. In India, Gilbert learns a stoic, ascetic meditation technique. In Bali, she learns an approach based on smiling. Do you think the two can be synergistic? Or is Ketut Liyer right when he describes them as "same-same"?

6. Gender roles come up repeatedly in Eat, Pray, Love, be it macho Italian men eating cream puffs after a home team's soccer loss, or a young Indian's disdain for the marriage she will be expected to embark upon at age eighteen, or the Balinese healer's sly approach to male impotence in a society where women are assumed responsible for their childlessness. How relevant is Gilbert's gender?

7. In what ways is spiritual success similar to other forms of success? How is it different? Can they be so fundamentally different that they're not comparable?

8. Do you think people are more open to new experiences when they travel? And why?

9. Abstinence in Italy seems extreme, but necessary, for a woman who has repeatedly moved from one man's arms to another's. After all, it's only after Gilbert has found herself that she can share herself fully in love. What does this say about her earlier relationships?

10. Gilbert mentions her ease at making friends, regardless of where she is. At one point at the ashram, she realizes that she is too sociable and decides to embark on a period of silence, to become the Quiet Girl in the Back of the Temple. It is just after making this decision that she is assigned the role of ashram key hostess. What does this say about honing one's nature rather than trying to escape it? Do you think perceived faults can be transformed into strengths rather than merely repressed?

11. Sitting in an outdoor café in Rome, Gilbert's friend declares that every city-and every person-has a word. Rome's is "sex," the Vatican's "power"; Gilbert declares New York's to be "achieve," but only later stumbles upon her own word, antevasin, Sanskrit for "one who lives at the border." What is your word? Is it possible to choose a word that retains its truth for a lifetime?

(Questions issued by publisher.)

Lady in Pink with LaChapelle ...

"Candy Mosaic" by LaChapelle : We all live in a fatasy that we created within furnished with candies and jewery....!!

Photo location: MOCA 台北當代藝術館

Lady in Red 1 : Tagore's Playground

Dark clouds become heaven's flowers when kissed by light...
烏雲被光明親吻時，就成了天上的花朵...

God waits for man to regain his childhood in wisdom!

上帝等候著人類在智慧中重獲童年!

"享受吧，一個人的旅行 Eat, Pray, Love" 1 : Introduction

Ｅａｔ，　Ｐｒａｙ，　Ｌｏｖｅ　：　by  Elizabeth Gilbert

她在小時候有個夢想：以為自己長大後會是兒女成群的媽媽。但在30歲以後，她才發現自己既不想要小孩，也不想要丈夫。


這是女性對自己的覺醒，當然也是對自己困惑的開始。為什麼我想要的，和原來的世俗標準都不一樣？既然如此，不如享受自己的最佳身心暢快計畫！

在義大利極盡吃喝的享受後，作者忽然有了罪惡的感覺，這個感覺的出現，讓她害怕：既然我擔心罪惡，為何我還要放假？原來，以往我們是在耗費心神後，才去尋找「休閒娛樂」，然而，有人正是以「無所事事的生活」為最高目標！

這是個漂亮的措辭。Bel far niente是「無所事事之美」的意思。聽我道來──傳統來說，義大利人自古以來一直存在著勤奮工作的人，尤其是那些長期受苦的勞動者，即所謂braccianti。但即使在艱苦勞動的背景下，「無所事事」始終是大家抱持的一個義大利夢想。無所事事的美好是你全部工作的目標，使你倍受祝賀的最後成果。你越是閒暇舒適地無所事事，你的生活成就越高。你也不見得要有錢才能體驗。

體驗！印度　以前是「觀光」－＞現在要懂得「體驗」

作者到了印度，學習瑜珈與禪坐，這是人人對於印度習以為常的印象，也似乎是到了印度該去學習的事，但是她其實不喜歡每日早晨之後古魯梵歌的詠唱。外在的標準是教導我們必須忍受，或努力學習外界「認為對的事」，但是只有「勉強忍耐」一個方法嗎？既然得面對「不愉快」，不如學習體驗人生吧！
「這東西或許不好受，卻很有益。」
「該如何保持堅持下去的動機？」
「有別種選擇嗎？每回遇上挑戰就放棄？瞎混一生，過著悲慘、不完整的生活？」
「你剛說『瞎混』？」
「沒錯，我是這麼說。
「我該怎麼做？」

「你得自己決定。但是我勸你－既然你問我－趁待在這裡的時候繼續吟唱古魯梵歌，特別是因為你對它有如此極端的反映。假如哪個東西這麼用力摩擦你，八成對你奏效。古魯梵歌正是如此。它燒燬你的自我，把你變成純粹的灰燼。小莉，它是一條艱苦的道路，其動力超越理性所能理解。你待在道場的時間不是只剩下一個星期？之後你可以隨意去旅行，找樂子。所以，就請你再吟唱七天吧，之後永遠不用再去碰它。記得你的導師說過──研究你自己的心靈經驗。你不是來這裡觀光或報導，你是來這裡追尋。所以就去體驗吧。」

去愛！峇里島　自以為是的「自由」，其實是混亂－＞尋求定位自己，才能身心平衡!
--from Introduction ---