Renovation - Week 13A Written by : Reiki Sanctuary Date : Saturday, October 04, 2008

Last week, we embarked on a different life.  We decided to make some noise.  We decided to speak out and to listen more.  We decided to lead.  We decided to mediate.  We decided to learn.  We decided that if we don't find happiness, we won't find it.  We took chances and to pursue our goal.  We wanted to set free any bottled emotions.

Guess, when we try to be open and let go of stuck emotions, life provides us with experiential feedback and power to move on the results of our perceptions.  Admittedly, we were angry and not just feeling angry.  We were fed-up rather than the feelings of frustration.  We realised that we gravitated to an enmeshed feeling and cover up for something else.  We decided to resolve these issues and come to a freedom to act effectively and let the emotions speak and move.

Current Mess in Hertford

When we decided to drop our unwanted emotion and let it go at will, it makes room for peace and optimized resolutions.  Earlier in the week, Chiauw dropped by to discuss some technical details for the new house.  The Universe must have guided her to Hertford.  For her to see the packings that we had done.  For her to see the inconveniences that we have to live here, inside and outside.  For her to know that time and space are against us now.

Chiauw has, insofar, never apologised to us profusely.  Sorry seems to be her hardest word.  Somehow, that day, the word just came repeatedly.  However, we blamed ourselves too.  We should have told her our wants and how important they are to us.  We should have told her our deadline and it cannot be compromised.

The renovation seemed to progress, though not as fast as we wanted it to be.  When we went down to the site, all the works that were promised were on track.  They were not fully completed but they showed signs of near completion.  At least, as far as for Uncle Chong's part.  His promises that the Guest Room's wardrobe would finish by the 3rd of October was 80% completed.

Wardrobe at Guest Room:

Guest Room Wardrobe

Guest Room Wardrobe

Outstanding Works in Guest Room:

-  Clothes hanger in one compartment
-  Alumix Sliding Door for the wardrobe
-  Low Window Bench
-  Lower the height of Legrand switches and plugs

The Switches Are Too High!

The Dining Area wardrobe and latches had almost completed too.

Dining Wardrobe & Latch

Dining Latch (Left Side)

Dining Lights Are Too High. Need To Lower Them.

Outstanding works in Dining Area:

-  Doors for cabinet
-  Latch on the left side
-  Lower the Dining Light

There was also progress in the Kitchen.  The 'dry area' kitchen cabinet was fixed and waiting for Daniel (of Formwell) to deliver the laminated glass framed drawers next week.

Kitchen Cabinet (Dry Area)

Outstanding works in Kitchen

-  Main 'wet area' kitchen cabinet
-  Install Island Hood
-  Boxing-up DB Electrical box
-  Touch up false ceiling
-  Paint
-  Vanity and low cupboard at Guest Toilet

We were a little disappointed with the progress for the Master Toilet.  We had expected it to be almost completed.

Master Toilet

Outstanding works in MBR Toilet:

-  Mirror at Vanity and Recycled Wardrobe
-  Granite top
-  Sink and mixer
-  Parquet

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As I Walk My Life On Earth ... Written by : Reiki Sanctuary Date : Friday, October 03, 2008

Reflection:  in Solitude, in Abundance .. Magnificent Life

"I Want"

Mist

Only when we know where we are going that the journey gets easy.  Knowing that the path will lead us to where we want to go.  Knowing that we will be safe with what we choose.  Knowing it is comforting.  Knowing that it is what we want.  It just make our soul path seems clearer.  The road has less turns.  What I can hold in my heart, I can have it in my hands.  As I think in my heart, so am I.

Question is, do we know where we are going to?  Do we know, everytime we wake up in the morning, what we want to do first?  And then the next thing, and the next thing?  And how we want to spend the rest of the day?  Do we know, everytime when we are troubled, what we want out from it?  Why we want to do such and such a thing?  Do we know, everytime we like someone, what we want it to be?  How we want the next thing to happen?  What we want it to happen next?

Our life is a sacred journey.  It is always about change, growth, discovery, movement, transformation.  It continuously expanding our vision of what is possible.  Stretching our soul to learn to see events, and coincidences, clearly and deeply.  We need to listen to our intuition and taking courageous challenges at every step along the way.

Life is just like the labyrinth, full of circles and spirals, it represents our journey, and path, and relates to wholeness.  It creates the consciousness for a choice to be made.  A labyrinth, similar to a maze, is a complex series of winding paths although slightly different.  Unlike a maze that combines twists, turns and blind alleys, a labyrinth is unicursal.  Such is life - the way in is the way out.  There are no blind alleys.  The path we take leads us on a circuitous path to the center and out again.

I have always liked the question, 'So what do you really want?'  It's a basic simple question from the way in to the way out.  It invokes a sacred space and place in us to take.  More than often, it sets us on the path to be exactly where we are meant to be right now.  At a point of our life where we can only go forward and shaping our life story into a magnificent tale of triumph.  Of healing. Of courage.  Of beauty.  Of wisdom.  Of power.  Of dignity.  And of love.

When we ask this question, interestingly, it opens many hidden emotions and, at a very subtle consciousness, it takes us out of our ego to that which is within.  We get to understand ourselves so much better - our personality style and coping skills, our religious and spiritual experiences, how we get along with people and even what we believe about social and political issues.  The more we understand who we are and what makes us tick, with all our strengths and weaknesses, the more we come to understand ourselves.

Most of us just don't know what we want.  But in order to move beyond complacency, we need to know what we want in and out of life.  Try asking yourself the question and see how fast you can figure out what you want.  Try answering these questions:

*  What do you want to achieve by end of the week?
*  How do you want your relationship to grow?
*  Where do you want to bring your parents for the next holidays?
*  Which insurance plan do you want to get next?
*  Why do you want to be in love? Or single?

Don't be surprised that you may not even have the answers.  That you get stuck not knowing where to begin figuring out where to go and what you want for your live.

The problem lies with how we think.  Our mind is 'smart' - for all that we want in life, our mind often triggers the little voice that would probably tell us not to pursue, or do, since it requires us to work for it. 

Work, has somehow, given us a mental notation of incumbent pain and it is best to avoid it.  Our failure, or for whatever that we are not obtaining what we want in life, lies here.  Who we are today, whether we are poor or rich, negative or positive, happy or sad - it's because of who we used to be in the past.

Every results start with the basic question of knowing what 'I want'.  When we know what we want, we have taken a step to be proactive.  We have triggered the vibrations within us to act.  To think.  We bring consciousness of attention and intention. 

In The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Deepak Chopra wrote "Attention energizes, and intention transforms.  Whatever you put your attention on will grow stronger in your life".  The biggest favour we can do to ourselves in life is to figure out what we want.  Figuring out what we want from life is a personal quest.  This not only applies to our carrer but our family, health, personal development and relationship.

We have to communicate clearly the language of what we want.  Internalizing the language is not about saying it with a confused mind.  The end result will not work when we are in doubt.  When we cannot be truthful in how we want, there shall be no result.

Getting crystal clear of our direction in life, of what we want, sets the quantum physics of letting actions and decisions to manifest.  But first, there must be a conviction.  There must be a need.  It is not about creation of luxurious life but of taking charge and claiming your place.  At the same time, it will make clearer realization, and awareness, of what we don't want.

Living a life in a confusion of desires, in a mixed bag of dos and don'ts, in a conflicting puzzle will not lead us to our deepest self and back out into the world, of wanting, with a broadened understanding of who we are.  It does not set us free but empower us to become a prisoner entwined in confusing series of connecting passages. 

To know what we want, even for a simple thing everyday, encourages thoughtfulness.  It shapes our thought, and action, to hold immense power for joy, happiness and peace of mind.

There is no right achievable way to how 'I want' in life.  However, it is what we choose in our attitude that will set the difference.  In choosing the desires - the wants, make it serious.  Make it prayerful.  Make it playful yet realistic.  We ask the question when we play music or sing.  When we pray out loud.  When we walk alone and with a crowd.  When we notice the sky.  When we listen to the sounds.  Most of all, we need to pay attention to our experience.

When we release the answers, and affirming the 'I want ... ', there is an act of letting go and an emptying of worries and concerns.  It is here that we are in a receptive stage in the receiving state of insight, clarity and focus.  Next, it is all about empowerment and taking owernership.  It is about being energized and making what was said to manifest in our world.

In metaphysics and the ethereal world, with the vastness of the Universe and the boundless of abundance that belong to us, there is just no limit to all that 'I want'.  What we need to do is just ask.  It is our attitude towards the 'I want' that keeps apart the results.

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Talk To Me Written by : Reiki Sanctuary Date : Thursday, October 02, 2008

The Universe has an amazing way talking to us.  When we allow our mind to be open, everything around us tell us something.  It is how we want to listen to the cue and make it works.  It is how we want to accept the subtle message and let it be a guiding illumination.  It is how we analyze it that will make the difference.

Life is like an echo.
When I shout, it yells back at me.
Life is like a boomerang.
When I throw it out,
it keeps coming back.

Taken from a friend's blog, this simple "Cute Survey" is another way how the Universe is communicating with us.  It is fun.  It contains a little bag of synchronicity. 

Try it!

The Rules:

01.  Put your music player on shuffle mode.
02.  Press forward for each question.
03.  Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn't make sense.
04.  Comment on it.
05.  Tag 5 people.  (Anyone can do it, just copy the questions and change accordingly)

Ok, the truth can hurt sometimes! LOL.

1.  How are you feeling today?
Baby can I hold you - Tracy Chapman

Haha, kinda true.  Woke up this morning with thoughts of loved ones.  Today is my late dad's death anniversary too.  Gosh, why do I always live in a dream!

2.  Will you get far in life?
I write the songs - Barry Manilow

Err, If that is so, my song will always be about solitude ler.  Solitary can bring me far? Err, then what happen to 'no man is an island'?

3.  What's your best friend's theme song?
Hello - Lionel Richie

Err, kinda tricky.  Hmm, am I being tested?  Err, have I not bugged you too much liow?  Or this 'hello' is just a slang for 'Duh'?

4.  What is the story of your life?
Only love - Trademark

Ah, I was told that I tend to talk too much about this topic.  Good? Bad?  Haha, you decide!  Ok, I want to know too.

5.  What was high school like?
If I could turn back the hands of time - R Kelly

Simple truth - haha, I wasn't that bright in school!

6.  How can you get ahead with life?
From the mountain - The Stylistics

Ok, it's kinda loud and clear here - go up mountain often! Perhaps, it has always been the way I think that 'we come here on earth alone, we shall go home alone too".

7.  What's the best thing about your friends?
Knife - Rockwell

Eeeeekkkkkssssss!! Ok Ok, so the young wise man was right.  There's nothing wrong with them, it's me!  His word - I am a hindrance! Sorry guys!  Hahaha, better luck next time?

Why knife?  To leave me bleed? To cut and go separate ways?  Hmm, maybe should shuffle next song and see if it's:
1.  Separate Lives - Phil Collins or
2.  Separate Ways - Craig David

Argh, why isn't there this choice? Hahaha

8.  Describe your grandparents
If we hold on together - Diana Ross

Ah, sweet - it's all about family values!  Blood is thicker than water?  I always knew I can trust on them.  But wait!, Err, but maternal or paternal? 

9.  How's your life going?
When you tell me that you love me - Diana Ross

Err, Ok, this can be rather pathetic!  Haha.  WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!

10.  What will be played at my funeral?
I will remember you - Sarah McLachlan

Hahahaha -- err, is this the rainbow at the end of the tunnel? A Hope?  And what happen to question 7?  Will I be remembered badly?  Piang!  Please don't throw eggs / sh*t / what-have-you on my tombstone hor!!!

11.  Will you have a happy life?
One day I'll fly away - Randy Crawford

I have been waiting all these while leh!!!!  Oh wait, only a day?  And fly away where?  Can't there be heaven on earth?

12.  What do your friends really think of you?
You've got a friend - Carole King

Super confusing! I still have friends?!  They think or I think?

13.  Do people secretly lust after you?
Killing me softly with this song - Roberta flack

LOL - reality sucks!  Geez, do I need to go so low to get attention?  Argh, why not "It's Raining Men"?!

14.  How can you make yourself happy?
You're my everything - Santa Esmeralda

Ah, self love?  Err, tricky! narcissistic value?  Why can't it be something else?

15.  Will you ever have children?
You raise me up - Josh Groban

LOL - such a corny pun!  Viagra?

16.  What song would you strip to?
Valentine - Martina McBride

Haha, am I that err shy? Acting virgin? Old C Act Tight?

17.  What does your mom think of you?
Masterpiece - Atlantic Starr

Alamak!!  Then again, hugs to you, mum! Guess, you are always so proud of me!  Haha, was afraid it could be 'Woman in Love - Barbara Streisand'!!!

18.  What is your deep, dark secret?
Wind beneath my wings - Bette Midler

Oops, should not flap my wings too big then! It might expose the secret!  Hahaha

19.  What is your enemy's theme song?
Bye bye bye - N Sync

LOL -- Err, and I won't get to see them again? Ever? Good Riddance?  Thought we suppose to learn alot from our enemies?  Ok, guess I must say 'Take care!, It had been nice!' here then.  Hehehe

20.  What's your personality like?
Show me the meaning of being lonely - Back Street Boys

Ah, was told this before! - loneliness has always been my strength.  Sorry friends, it is always comfortable inside the cave up the mountain ler.  Catch you in heaven? See you next life?  Hahaha, guess  Reiki Sanctuary is not open to all! :P

Oops, and gosh! Have I not fully understood the feeling?  What else need to be shown?

21.  What will be played at your wedding?
I honestly love you - Olivia Newton John

Awwww.  Told you that I honestly love you, right? Hahaha, still don't believe?

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