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That was fun and delicious! Thank you @yakupchef for reminding us how incredible Turkish food #TurkishAirlines #Plug knowledge needs to be spread wider throughout the local community. It's not all kebabs, curries and dips. See for yourselves people. And Why the thumbs up? We're not sure it just felt right at the time! Lol
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【承擔】
It was a warm October morning.
I was sitting in the courtroom, for a trial on drug trafficking.
It had been over a decade since I stepped into the state courts.
Never thought I would be here again because of Stephy.
I had warned Stephy's mum after reading Stephy's Bazi.
That she would face imprisonment danger, physical and/or emotional, when she hit 30 years old onwards.
Her mum told me to tell Stephy, saying that she would listen to me.
I doubted so. I knew Stephy's character. Also I didn't have her number. Lame I know.
Turned out Stephy's mum did tell her after all.
But in typical Stephy's fashion, she brushed it off as nothing serious.
EVERYBODY knows not to commit crime, right?
I wasn't the only practitioner that forewarned her. Another did, when Stephy was her early 20s.
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One day, her friends approached her. Selling her on the great money drug traffickers made
She just had to bring some ice and erimin across the Causeway.
Once she cleared Customs successfully, all would be well.
She would receive S$700-1000, depending on the type of drug she smuggled.
Stephy fell for it, with no thoughts of the consequences. She didn't think it was possible for her to be caught.
Stephy had family who were once drug addicts.
Who cares if drugs rob people of their sanity and loved ones...
The money she could made was so blinding that her conscience was muffled.
On her second attempt at smuggling, the Singapore taxi that Stephy rode was stopped at the customs.
It was mandatory that all cars going into Singapore at the Woodlands checkpoint would be checked.
Fear pumped through Stephy's veins, as the customs opened her taxi's door.
The paper bag she casually placed on the seat was taken by the young customs officer.
Stephy wasn't expecting that. She didn't even attempt to hide the bag as she was in a hurry and very near to the Customs, when she collected the drugs to smuggle.
"Miss, what are these?"
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Stephy's mum spent about $7000 to engage a lawyer to defend for her.
I asked why spent the money, when we all know there was no ground for Stephy to win the case.
Her mum said, "So that Stephy will know her family still cares for her."
During the rest period, I saw Stephy's lawyer going over to plead with the prosecutor lawyer, for a lighter sentence.
But the prosecutor did not budge.
"She is old enough to know this would happen."
When the judge announced her imprisonment of 7 years, Stephy sobbed and fell into a slump. The female police officer grabbed onto her arm to help her up.
After they took her away from the courtroom, I asked to speak to Stephy.
I could never forget the pair of bloodshot teary eyes I saw over the bars...
The remorse, the bewilderment, the anger, the terror, the confusion...
My heart ached as she was taken away in handcuffs.
Before Stephy was caught, she had bought a plane ticket to Australia. She had wanted to continue her drug trafficking activities there. #moremoney
I am thankful that she was caught in time. Just a few grams more of drugs and Stephy could have been sent to the gallows...
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During her jail term, every time when I spoke to Stephy's parents, her 70-year father would cry and asked how such a fate could befall on his most doted daughter.
I knew their family history.
I wanted to explain the law of karma to him, but I couldn't bring myself to when I saw him wiping his tears with his handkerchief.
Stephy got to work in the Prison by answering calls. One of the joys in her jail term was making enough money to buy little bottles of Yakult and chocolate
3 years and 8 months in jail later, Stephy finished her home detention last November.
Life while locked up was dreadful. There were a lot of rules to abide.
"It was an eye-opener to meet all kind of people that we wouldn't meet outside. It's an environment of survival & holding onto the hope of release day."
I asked her how life was after release.
She said,
"Life is great, initial period had to adapt after being away for so long. It took about 6 months to get use to outside completely, although some things still seemed strange. It was great to smell fresh air & to be able to see greens.
The smell of freedom is simply wonderful."
Stephy only had one wish for the new year.
Being an ex-inmate brought shame to her at times.
"I hope I found a good job & can rebuild my life again. It's not easy but it's a hope."
"It is a waste of time to be inside jail & to be away from everything. It is the loss of freedom & fear of not knowing what will happen when returned to society. And the fear of not knowing if the past will haunt your future."
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There are times I would ask if I did the right thing after reading a Bazi.
Should I have emphasised the bad predictions, so that the client will be more aware and alert?
Or was I right to just mention it as a-matter-of-fact thing?
Everybody wishes to know more about their destinies but very few people want to change it.
I apologised to Stephy for not telling her personally about her imprisonment fate.
Despite being thought of as straightforward, I still find it difficult to articulate certain truths to clients.
Shifu often tell me to choose saying the complete truth, over saying only nice predictions.
"Don't sacrifice the truth, just because you want your clients to like you more and continue engaging you."
I was just an apprentice when I analysed Stephy's Bazi.
When I heard of her arrest, I took out her Bazi to understand the why, what, when and how behind her arrest. I wasn't sure she would get to tell me her whole story.
I know money is very attractive to many.
Some of us would do a lot to make good money, risking our health, freedom and even family time.
We have mouths to feed. We have bills to pay. We want to do more while we are still young.
Cutting back on spending is easier said than done, for there are expenses that are compulsory to keep the whole household running and alive.
While you can avoid buying new clothes for yourself, your children had outgrown their school uniforms and the schools are always asking for money for this and that.
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君子愛財，取之有道.
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p.s thank you to Stephy for giving me her permission to publish her story.
《善待自己》
Treat Yourself With Benevolence (English version below)
道家的太極圖畫得實在好。一半白一半黑，白中有黑點，黑中有白點。 這當中蘊藏著修行人最終所要悟得的真理，那就是證道。 這當中也蘊藏著罪業眾生，從這五濁惡世，返回太虛清淨界的深密。吾等罪業眾生，一直在六道中輪迴，一世一世的受盡生、老、病、死、求不得、愛憎會、五陰熾盛等眾苦，沒能真正享過「清福」，那是因為我們太過執著於認假為真啊！
吾，玳瑚師父，實實在在的告訴大家，當我們投生為人時，就開始一段「活生生」的，幻生幻滅的旅程。這裡講個笑話，帶領大家進入正思維，領悟笑話中的禪機。有位婦女向其先生，深情注視地說：「感謝你給於我如此美輪美奐的房子，舒適豪華的房車、珠寶鑽石······，真不敢相信，這一切是真的。」 其先生則木訥地望著她。此時，鬧鐘的鈴聲響在耳際，啊······原來剛才是在做夢。哈哈哈！是的，人生是場大夢，而睡眠中的境界，也就是人生的小夢。
要斷了人生的大夢，方能斷了輪迴的大大夢。獨一無二的方法，唯有趁早修行，且精進不懈，願能早日修至無眼界、無意識界、無無明、亦無無明盡。這樣就不會「見色起相」，誤了自己的「終身大事」，求出無期啊！學佛修行重在三無漏學，即戒、定、慧是也。戒止不當之身、口、意、定力方能產生。定力產生之後，慧力也就隨之而生，此時此刻，所判斷之事情，才能超出「見色起相」，之心裡做出，無知加重自己的罪行啊！
真學佛者皆知，且知之甚詳。咱們偉大的大聖佛陀，教示我們勿誹謗修行人與出家僧眾。因此，我們學佛修行的佛子，若對於某某修行人，或出家僧眾有「不明白之處」，可以親近她他，研究她他的書、細心聆聽她他的說法開示，才下定論，方是學子、君子所為啊！千千萬萬不可人云亦云，以訛傳訛才好。妳你知道嗎？在這人世間，誹謗她他人已是有罪哦！本是同根生，務請善待自己。
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The Taiji diagram from Taoism is a fantastic illustration. One half of it is white, and the other black. In the white half lies a black dot, and in the black half lies a white dot. In the diagram lies the one and only Truth which all spiritual practitioners aspire to, that is, to be one with the Way. This Taiji diagram also holds the deep secret for all sinned sentient beings, on how to return to their original form in the Universe. All sentient beings, including myself, have been suffering endlessly in the six realms of existence through endless reincarnations. They are being put through the sufferings of birth, old age, sickness, death, unfulfilled wishes and desires, separation from loved ones, association with those we dislike, the flourishing of the Five Skandhas, etc. We never really enjoy a life of peace and blessings because we are overly stubborn about mistaking the illusory nature of things as the reality.
Master Dai Hu offers you the truth: the moment we are born as a human, a seemingly real journey of fantasies begins. Let me share a joke with you, so as to guide everyone onto the Path of Right Thought, and comprehend the hidden Zen in the joke. A lady looked at her husband lovingly and said, "Thank you for giving me everything. The lovely house, the luxurious limousine, the diamonds and jewellery...., I cannot believe these are all real!" Her husband looked at her with a wooden face. At this moment, the alarm clock rang. Aah.... it was only a dream. Ha ha ha! Yes, your life is like a big dream. Even as you sleep, you are entering another dream state, albeit a smaller one.
You must pull the plug on this big illusion of life, to break free from the endless dream-like cycles of reincarnations. The only way is to start spiritual cultivation as early as possible, with steely determination and diligence, and set your intent to attain spiritual accomplishments of no sensory, no consciousness, no ignorance and also no ending of ignorance. In this way, form shall not arise, to distract you from the greatest affair of your life, or escape will be in vain. The focus in learning the Dharma and spiritual cultivation is on the Three-fold Training of Sila (Discipline), Samadhi (Meditation) and Panna (Wisdom). Discipline restrains transgression of your body, speech and mind, giving rise to concerted focus in meditation. Wisdom follows when the state of meditation is accomplished. The moment wisdom emerges, your judgement shall transcend all forms and attachments caused by the mischief of your mind, without the ignorance that will burden you with more sins!
As a genuine student of the Dharma should know in detail, the Great Lord Buddha taught us to refrain from slandering spiritual cultivators and the Sangha. Therefore, we, as students of the Dharma and spiritual cultivators, should not jump to conclusion if we have insufficient understanding of any particular monk or spiritual practitioner. We can get nearer to him, read his books, listen intently to his Dharma discourses, before we make any unbiased judgement. This is the trait of a real learned person! Please do not ever follow the herd and base your judgement on hearsay. Do you know that slandering is a criminal offence as well? We are all born from the same source, so please treat yourself with benevolence.
www.masterdaihu.com/treat-yourself-with-benevolence/
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