This, I Promise You Written by : Reiki Sanctuary Date : Wednesday, March 18, 2009

12 years ago, I decided to join a group for a retreat.  Spent a week away from civilization.  Away from the outside world.  It was a time, and place, of solitude.  A great deal of the days was filled with relearning about Self.  About the consciousness of the mind.  About personal sense and knowingness - in our attitudes, beliefs and sensitivities.  About the awareness within it and how the sense of self realizes into remaining awake.

While there was aplenty stream of consciousness, the one thing that changed my thinking mind was from the act to repeat simple mantra.  We were forced to memorize phrases.  We repeated them every morning, afternoon and night, day after day.  We repeated them whenever we made a conviction.  Whenever we found an insight.  Whenever we felt down.  Or up.

The more those phrases were repeated, it stimulated enormous energy.  There was great sense of propagated commitment.  There was internalized transformation.  There was light that changed the mind paradigm.

Today, I still recite them.  It is food for the mind.  This mantra, though long, recharges the thought process.  Here, I am sharing it with all my friends.  Inviting all my friends to accept it and to let it become a 'simple ritual' where you recite them in the morning.  And again, just before your zzzz at night.  I am very sure it will change your life - This, I promise you! 


It is good to memorize them.  It is good, for the first few times, to read them aloud.

The Mantra: 


I become what I think about.  The me I see, the me I will be.  I think, therefore I am, I do.

I think, I feel, I act to get results.  The more I act, the more I get.  The more I give, the more I get.

What I give out is what I get back.  Life is like an echo - when I shout, it yells back at me.  Life is like a boomerang - When I thow it out, it keeps coming back.

Yes, I am a choice maker.  What I choose in life, is what I get.

I think positive, I become positive.
I think negative, I become negative.
I think big, I become big.
I think small, I become small.
I think I can, I can.
I think I cannot, I cannot.

I get what I am looking for.  I found the 10 acre lot because I was looking for the 10 acre lot.

I think of hate, I become hateful.
I think of revenge, I become revengeful.
I think of fear, I become fearful.
I think of love, I become lovable.
I think of respect, I become respectful.
I think of humbleness, I become humble.

Yes, I become what I think about.
As I think in my heart, so am I.

What I can hold in my heart, I can have it in my hands.

I move in the direction of my dominant thoughts.  I am the sum total of my thoughts.  Thoughts become things.

Hard time or easy time, good time or bad time, it is up to me.
If I want to be free, it’s got to be me.

When I am unable to find tranquility within myself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
Where there is love, nothing is too much trouble, and there is always time.

The vision that I glorify in my mind, the ideal that I enthrone in my heart, this I will build by my life and this I will become.

I must have the vision to see my potential, and faith to believe what I see.  The courage to act with conviction, to become what God meant me to be.

As I advance confidently in the direction of my dreams and endeavour to live the life I have imagined, success will come to me unexpectedly in common hours.

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The Celebration Of Life Written by : Reiki Sanctuary Date : Sunday, March 15, 2009

Over the last few weeks, it is day 50 today to be exact, my aunt has been hospitalized.  A woman who never thought, and often avoided the hospitals, would be warded this long.  From just a vertigo attack - probably due to her blood pressure, now the doctors are advising us to be vigilant of her condition.  We are told that her condition is critical. 

Three weeks ago, she was placed in ICU, for two weeks, when she contracted the MRSA bacteria.  Sadly, she is now suffering with a side effect of Frontal Lobe Syndrome.

Like her, I have come to know of few others whose health have turned around since the beginning of this year.  Of prayers that I was asked to make for some people.  Of individual, like Sze Ern, who crossed over to the other world few weeks ago.  Of a father, of our dearest kin, who has just passed on today.  Of sadness.  Of separation.

Life has become a gathering of sombre mood causing, in a great deal, sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy.  Plus, the economic outlook is depressing.  To the same degree it's like a gathering of death.  Is this a synchronicity of what lies ahead?  That, nothing is a coincidence.  Of what we, and those that are still brimmed with good health, should take stock of our lives?  To make a reflection.  To reconsider the process of giving, and the gratitude of receiving.  To live in retrospect.

As I listened to their talks, and the more I listen about how we felt short not mentioning how much we love, and appreciate, the people around us, I become rather discouraged.  I am discouraged because we have the habit that we often 'wait' until someone has passed on, or separated from us, before we tell this person that we love him/her.

Why do we allow ourselves to wait until that someone cannot hear before we let him/her know how much we love them?  Why do we often live not recognizing the good quality of a person when they are still with us?  Why do we wait until it is too late?  Why do we, often deliberately, delay to 'build' someone up when the person is already out of our life?

When we are said to be spiritual beings, it is discouraging when we allow our mind to think negatively about each other.  That our focus is often on the mistakes.  The imperfections.  That we often amplify only the wrongs and conveniently refuse to speak lovingly about good deeds.  How we speak about each other makes a big difference.  As we lovingly express a person, our words bring comfort.  It brings us closer.  It creates bond.

Perhaps, we need to consciously celebrate life.  A celebration where stories are told - eyes mist over, laughter rings out, and as we conclude lovingly, the person rises and gives us the biggest hug.  That, this person gets to hear the stories and come to the realization that he/she has made a difference on earth.  And when the inevitable separation finally comes, we can say goodbye with the knowledge that they knew exactly how people felt about them.

Has someone made a difference in your life?  Has someone been an influence in your life?  I am glad to meet a dear old friend, Daniel over the weekend.  I am glad, in the presence of his partner, told him how special he had been in my life.  I am glad to mention to another friend, Paul the same thing too.  For all their paths that crossed mine, they are being cherished with good hearts.  For all the good days that were spent caring for each other; making our world a better place to live in.  It was them that made betters days for you and me.

Life is too short to leave kind words unsaid.  These loving words will make all the difference in the world.

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Welcoming My New Readers, My Old Friends Written by : Reiki Sanctuary Date : Monday, March 09, 2009

Alas! With our email [over the weekend] informing you guys of our new email address, it had extended with a little surprise [to many] too.  You now know that we have relocated.  That on 20 October, 2008  we had moved out of Hertford - once, a place that was filled with your loving presence, to a new Reiki Sanctuary in Jurong East.

And, that the mountain-me has started blogging too.  *surprise! surprise!*  Here's wishing you a happy read - ah! and I can see some of you already yawning!  Yeap, this blog will be one year come 15 March.  The initial postings - The First Few Entries.

We wanted to make it a quiet transition.  It was not an easy decision.  Now that we have finally settled in, we are looking forward to your visits.  No, there was no house warming nor will there be one in future.

Thank you for all the replies.  Thank  you for always being there.

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