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Diabetes is the number one cause of blindness in the United States, the risk of heart attack is two to four times greater for those with diabetes and the risk of stroke is two to six times higher. There is also an increase risk of kidney disease, high blood pressure, infections, gangrene and other Health - Exercise for better Health Health is wealth. If you can still walk, never be too late to walk. Daily exercise is needed as much as sleep, rest or proper nutrition. Exercise is better than medicine and once a doctor told me, if you are disciplined in your exercise, you may be successful in taking off your diabetic pills. With this statement, I exercise daily and now in good health with minimal medication. Health - Living with Diabetes Diabetes is the mother of all killer diseases and one cannot take it easy if he has it. A diabetic can live a normal life provided he knows how to take care. If diabetic is not careful then diabetes eventually can affect all the organs and systems of the body. Diabetes is progressive, causing no symptoms for the present but ticking like a time bomb. Life - A Child is Born With the sunrise and the sunset, every minute a child is born. The first cry seems to be joyful to the parents' ears, yet a cry of suffering one knows not. With every new born, death is seen, but where he goes to is a mystery to all. Not knowing where one comes from, one will not know why one comes to this plane, neither will one know of where to return. Life - A Great Lady Years ago I read a book about the most wonderful lady called "Peace Pilgrim" in America. She walked 25,000 Miles on Foot for Peace. She said, "I shall remain a wanderer until mankind has learned the way of peace, walking until I am given shelter and fasting until I am given food." Likewise, thousands of years ago in China, my Heavenly Master "JiGong" when he was a man, did the same thing, without Life - At the Workplace In life, we each play many different roles at home. At the workplace, never allow our personal emotions to carelessly come in which is inappropriate for all the reasons you may imagine. No matter how many big corporations called themselves as "big families" it is truly difficult to tolerate workers who bring their personal frustrations or opinions into the workplace. Learn to leave your troubles a Life - Bitter & Sweet The worst enemy of men is their own mouth. By it one falls sick, by it one dies and by it enemies are made. Guard yourself against your own mouth and beware of speeches made. When words are spoken carelessly and without any harm, upon entering into others' ears, a curse may arise. Be on guard at all times, even a careless whisper can bring us nightmare and bitterness for a long, long time. Life - Fame, Wealth and Lust Once becoming famous, one will be bound by a NAME. For this name, one must walk in restraint, fearing that the personal image may be destroyed. Hence people are often stranded by fame and harmed by fame. Life - Fantasies & Realities Real, what is real? Unreal, what is unreal? For many a time, man often cannot differentiate them. The air is real but no man can ever touch it or feel it. The mists and clouds look so real, yet nothing contains within them. Human life is unreal for it is not a permanent affair, yet man take it for real. Thereby, we see everything with seriousness and cannot get away from money and fame. Money in i Life - Giving and Taking Heaven speaks not and Earth speaks not. In the teachings of the truth, Heaven and Man are one and man acts for God by speaking the truth because man can speak. Contribution in terms of speaking and propagating the truth, is one of the highest merits that a man can do to save the world. One person can save likewise one person can destroy. To save people from this suffering world for eternity is the Life - Is Life Predestined? "Is Life Predestined?" is a very common question that people always ask and if it is predestined then what is the point of doing this and that, why not just let it be and wait. It is said, "Broaden your mind so it can contain all the things in the world; empty your mind so it can accept all the goodness in the world; calm your mind so it can tolerate all the happenings in the world; be composed so Life - Perfecting Oneself The Holy Eightfold Path will lead one to practise and achieve the "Highest Standard of Perfection". Everyone is looking for eternal bliss which all mankind should not miss and should seek now. Just look at our world, how despairing it is! We must first have the Right Understanding to begin with and then what follows will be right. Life - The Essence of Mind Over a period of 5,000 years, through the lineage of Tao, there are 64 Patriarchs and one of them is Hui Neng. On the Essence of Mind, he said that it is pure by nature and it is the seed of enlightenment. By making use of this mind alone we can reach Sainthood directly and one of his saying is "Sentient beings who sow the seeds of enlightenment; in the field of Causation will reap the fruit of Sa Life - The Golden Thread In the last 5,000 years there are a total of 64 generations of patriarchs in three different periods known as the Green, Red and White periods. The first 18 generations of patriarchs was from China, then the next 28 generations of patriarchs from India and the last 18 generations of patriarchs again from China making it a total of 64 generations of patriarchs. Life - The Human Heart When our eyes are attracted to something, we cannot easily forget them and tear them away from it. It can remain in the mind and heart for a long, long time. Sometimes, our eyes are so intrigued by a particular person or thing that images of them appear before us again and again right in front of our foreheads. This is because we live in a colorful and materially seductive world full of temptation Life - The Journey The physical body of Man would be spoiled sooner or later. If one does not die now, one would die later. If one is alive now, it is not sure that he can live later. Don't take the exterior (physical things) too seriously, the most important is that he must make good use of his vitality, time and the splendour of his youth in the right manner. During this span of time, do something that you conside Life - The Law To achieve an ultimate goal of universal and perpetual peace, it is the duty of every man's responsibility. Everyone has virtuous inborn spiritual characteristics, unfortunately the majority of the world's population, lacking spiritual apprehension , rather choose to lay down their lives for the price of material interests and comfort. Hence, God sent down the five great religions namely; Taoism, Life - The Ordinary People A Saint is without desire, a Sage has very little desire, an ordinary person is full of desires and an ignorant person is overwhelmed with desires. What ordinary people enjoy are good health, rich food, fine clothing, beauty, and music etc. But after a hundred years if a person can live to is just like a dream even if he had enjoyed all the best in the world. Not a single penny he can bring along Life - The Realization One must make sense. If we stick to things that bear shapes and forms seriously, we will become lost beings. Victory over oneself is a real victory. If man were to walk in all directions, a lot of time would be wasted. Wandering in the dark, beware of the pits. All pits are traps laid down to capture their prey. Be the hunter of the Truth and not let plenty of beauties await us at the bottom. Do n Life - The Root We must take the root and basis as our major or prime importance. Once the basis is set up, the truth of all things will be generated. What is Root and Basis? What does the human way contain? "Three Guides and Five Constants" and "Five Human Relationships and Eight Virtues". If we do not start with the Root and Basis, but aim for the high and far (not practical), it is not natural and cannot be ac Life - The Search Everyone is searching, but for what? Most people say that they must first see or know of the unanswerable things before they begin. Unfortunately, as one waits for the answer, time is running out. Many do not realize and the search may be too late. Usually man often asks what the Universe is made of? Where is Heaven? What type of place is it? All these questions cannot be fully answered and an ans Life - The Way of Love Pure love is a willingness to give, without a thought of receiving anything in return. Love can save the world from nuclear destruction. Love your fellow human beings; make yourself fit to be called a child of God by living the way of love. Life - Time is Precious In life, men are controlled by time. They are always fighting against it. If time is not seen, man will not be so anxious. Think too much about it for time alone controls every action of man. By night one rests and by day one works. If men can forget about time, then they may work without even thinking of time to rest. Yet men are anxious of this movement of time. When one works, time should not b Life - To be Respected To be on the right track to the state of purification and perfection which in turn will gain respect, one has to learn and obey the rules of nature and for Chinese, we are taught the Truth which is unbiased and it is the root to the attainment of enlightenment. Life - What is Awakening? To understand "awakening" of the inner soul, we have to know what are "the body is empty," "the heart is empty," "the soul is empty," and "the Dharma is empty?" Life - What is Fate? This is the teaching of Tao of Heaven about the deeper meaning of life and fate and how a human being can become a Saint, Sage or just ordinary among humans: What is Human? (Part 1 of 2) In the teachings of Tao of Heaven, God is addressed as Lao Mu and this is what Lao Mu said about the beginning of human in this cycle of Heaven and Earth. What is Human? (Part 2 of 2) Listen to my sincere words. Now I forsake and descend you to the earth, you will be attached to the mortal world for sixty thousands (60,000) years. Alcohol, lust, wealth and power will mask your true selves. Desire for fame and fortune will trap you in bitter abyss. Once you loose loyalty, filial devotion, integrity and justice, you will be reincarnated into camels, lions...or elephants. There ar What is Human? - All About Heaven! There are many ways to classify Heaven. Buddhism partitions Heaven into three major regions: Heaven of Desire, Heaven of Image, and Heaven of Non-image. It further subdivides these three regions into twenty-eight sub-regions, depending on their pureness. Heaven of Desire has six-regions, Heaven of Image has eighteen, and Heaven of Non-image has four. Taoism partitions Heaven into thirty-six sectio What is Human? - The Nature in Human What are the True Nature, Human Nature and Animal Nature? We have to understand this question before we proceed to improve our lives to attain supreme inner peace and ultimately salvation. What is Human? The Five Great Religions The purpose of religion is to teach people the Truth of God, to redeem their souls, to move the evil so they repent, and to correct the wicked into good. All five great religions are derived from the Truth. Although each great religion segregates itself from others and each advocates its own doctrine, the essence of these great religions is identical. Each of the five great religions was establish White Sun In the growth phases, God called on seven Buddhas to govern the world so the growth would be orderly. In the regression phases, God called on three Buddhas to amass the souls so that the returning of souls and the essence of everything are orderly. White Sun (Heaven & Earth) Heaven is everlasting, Earth is long enduring. The reason that Heaven and Earth are everlasting is that they do not live for themselves. Therefore they can long endure. The saints put themselves last, yet find themselves to be the first. They put body aside, yet the body exists. The hand that gives gathers. Selfless acts are from the heart and they have no ulterior motives. The value cannot be mea White Sun (The Blind Man) There are a lot of natural phenomena, especially those that relate to our spirituality, of which we are ignorant or have very little understanding. However, it does not mean that they do not exist or are untrue. If we want to understand deeper into the nature of truth, we have to widen our horizon of realization and also elevate our scope of perception. Otherwise, our understanding of the world wi White Sun - A Good Role Model When a leader’s conduct is righteous he does not have to give orders to make others follow him. However, if his personal conduct is not righteous, he may give orders but no one will follow him. Only when a person's actions are righteous will the world turn to him with recognition and compliance. In the process of cultivation it is important that our hearts and mouths are one, our words and actions White Sun - Emptiness What is actually emptiness? It is not easy to undersatnd emptiness. According to Tao, image is emptiness; emptiness is image. The void is neither an image nor emptiness. Existence is nothingness; nothingness is existence. Both existence and nothingness are of the same essence. White Sun - Extraordinary Person From a poor family comes a respectful son. From a troubled country comes a loyal official. Be in the world, but do not be tainted by it. We must recognize our direction in life and not be manipulated or misled by our environment. Let's learn to be the master of ourselves. Learn how to control our desires and emotions and do not let them control our hearts. Refine ourselves and become people with e White Sun - Filial Piety Filial piety is the most important virtue of the eight virtues. Heaven said, "Without parents, there are no us; without Heaven, there is no earth." Parents give us the body and Heaven gives us the soul. First be filial to our parents otherwise everything is false or with ulterior motive. The highest filial piety is to save our parents back to Heaven. The middle filial piety is to care, love and ta White Sun - Freedom What is truly freedom? Do not let fate determine your life but let life determine your fate. Although there is fate, do not be pinned down by destiny. A free person is not dominated by fate and the force of karma. Know how to free ourselves from the net of karma. Manage our destiny and be truly free. The main purpose of life is to seek the path to total freedom and end the cycle of birth and death White Sun - Human Sensibility Human beings are sensible beings. Sensible means having or showing wisdom or common sense or that we do not simply follow something blindly without thinking about it. After listening to the description of a matter, we will contemplate on its Truth. We all have common sense but if the common sense is lost, then anything can happen. However, do not do things that can make us lose our common sense. White Sun - I Ching (Yin & Yang) The eight trigrams formed the foundation of the earliest holy scripture of China, "I Ching". Five thousand years ago, Emperor Fu Shi obtained the true Tao after seeking twenty-four masters. When he was bestowed upon the Decree of Heaven, a sacred diagram on the body of a dragon horse was revealed to him after appearing from the river Ho. It was called the Diagram of the River. There were fifty-fiv White Sun - Interesting Questions; Interesting Answers There are Ten Tribunals of punishment in the Underworld. When animals, fowls, fishes and worms (all living beings except human) die, their souls are sucked back into Hades at the Third Tribunal. Their death is mainly due to slaughtering rather than by sickness. This slaughtering is generally done by human beings and because these creatures seem to know that they have no way of escape, they feel ve White Sun - Lesson in Hell Goddess of Mercy known as "Kuan Yin" is known to every Chinese regardless of religion. Her compassion and love to save human beings from suffering have been depicted in one of her many forms as "Thousand Arms Goddess of Mercy" indicating extending her arms to save everyone who calls for her help and mercy. On 19th October 1976, she gave a discourse to the suffering souls in Hell and this is what s White Sun - Live a meaningful life. What is actually a meaningful life? Do we want to have just a successful career or a happy family? Can that be considered a meaningful life? Certainly we are here for a purpose and questions about life have been studied by philosophers, great writers and religious followers. Nobody can escape old age, sickness and finally death. Along the way, there are also a lot of other sufferings, physically a White Sun - Meditation The Great Saint Arya Bodhidarma is the greatest teacher of meditation of the past. He meditated for nine years in a cave in China before he found his successor to carry on the Lineage of Tao according to Tao of Heaven. The questions were asked by serious meditators and below the answers explained by him: White Sun - Mother There is a saying: “All parents are alike at heart.” In today’s society, people can be very cold hearted and their conscience may have lost. The homes for old folks are full of mothers and fathers. Confucius said that if you just feed your parents, you do that to your pets too. There is no difference. Filial piety is the first of the eight virtues. If a person is not filial to his parents, then ev White Sun - Punishment in Hell There is a type of punishment in Hell which I would like to disclose here because it is a very common problem in the world. May this disclosure help to wake up those who are caught in this situation at present and the punishment is the forcing of inserting iron pins into the mouth. Let's hear the confessions of the suffering souls: White Sun - Right and Wrong Mindfulness The power of the mind is a wonder. If you know which is right and which is wrong, you can develop your mind to become a better human. You can become healthier, younger and lovable. Let's see which is right and which is wrong, then change it if you have to. White Sun - Roots of Sufferings To find happiness, one must know what are the roots of sufferings. Once the roots are identified, it is very important that the sooner they are eradicated, the sooner one will find happiness and joy in life. If a human being let hatred grow in his heart, he will become an evil spirit. If an evil spirit let hatred grow in his heart, he will become a demon. Therefore, shunning hatred is the beginnin [1] [2]	Publish for Free Sign Up For Free Learn More Authors and Writers Submit Articles Submission Guidelines Link to Us Member Login Publishers Article RSS Feeds Link to Us Contact Us Article Aids U Publish Store Article Directories Word Count Utility Search U Publish by: Keyword

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