tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608827560451576326.post5187075914001740269..comments2023-08-28T17:09:43.246+08:00Comments on be happy: Yoga teacher who doesn't like to hear or talk about the practice of yoga philosophy in daily life...Meng Foonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441592442348953178noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608827560451576326.post-68945048737613292272011-03-12T23:48:16.357+08:002011-03-12T23:48:16.357+08:00Hi Evelyn,
Great to hear from you.
Sorry for the...Hi Evelyn,<br /><br />Great to hear from you.<br /><br />Sorry for the late reply. I was away for two weeks for silent meditation retreat in Thailand. We've just came back a few hours ago.<br /><br />Dear Evelyn, I want you to know this.<br /><br />Actually, I could feel the heaviness in your heart before, during and after the class. And I did want to talk to you after the class but due to that day we were very busy, I need to get back to our studio after dropping off the people.<br /><br />That's why I had sent you a text message (to the phone number that you had sent the text message to me to reserve the yoga class) on the next morning to ask how are you (which I rarely would do like this to any other students unless there is a necessity to do so). I didn't know whether you had received my message or not.<br /><br />Anyway, I did meet you again on your last evening in Langkawi in the restaurant (where I didn't think of going since we were living here for more than one and a half year already, but we were being invited for a drink there with some friends on that evening).<br /><br />Non-attachment and letting go doesn't mean being cold and unconcern about other people's feelings and emotions.<br /><br />Yoga is about realizing the true compassion in us, so that through compassion we can share and help other people to know their own true nature and the truth of things, and thus it will enable us to observe and let go whatever that our body and the mind are experiencing from moment to moment through right understanding, right view, right concentration and right effort.<br /><br />You can write to me through my personal email mengfoonglai@gmail.com if you like to share whatever you want to share with me. I'll just be a listener without any opinion or advice unless you ask me to do so. I am not a life consultant, nor can anyone make other people problems and unhappiness disappear.<br /><br />At the end, it is up to ourselves to open up our heart and to know and accept the truth of things as they really are. When we know the truth of thing and are able to accept the reality as it is and not necessary the way that we like it to be, we will be free from affliction or unhappiness that caused by being ignorant about the truth or the nature of things.<br /><br />Accepting the reality as it is and letting go doesn't mean that we give up on hopes and ourselves, but it is about being open minded towards all the things (good and bad) that are subject to impermanence and know how to deal with the suffering or discomfort that arise due to impermanence and the function of our mind. And not avoiding unhappiness by ignoring or running away from our problems or unhappiness.<br /><br />I also would be pleased to see you again sometime, somewhere, somehow.<br /><br />Om shanti,<br /><br />Meng FoongMeng Foonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441592442348953178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608827560451576326.post-49651749039476832072011-03-07T20:44:53.092+08:002011-03-07T20:44:53.092+08:00Good morning Meng Foong, this was a very good post...Good morning Meng Foong, this was a very good post. After attending yoga classes for 6 years with a yoga teacher who I feel very comfortable with, who also speaks about 15 mins, before each Asana class about the philosophy of Yoga, I visited your class whilst on holiday in Langkawi. Afterwards, as soon as I was on my own, I just burst out crying, just so full of emotions which I could not let go of. This just proves to me, that I should, and will, carry on attending yoga classes, and carry on learning and practicing, especially how to "let go", which sounds easier than what it is. BUT, I would still like to learn this, without giving the impression of being "cold" and "uninterested", as one does have friends and family who share their own problems, and who need someone to listen to them. I would love to have sat and talked to you after class, but just felt you would not be interested, as like you said, you already just let go and pass on...But if ever I return to Langkawi, I will deffinately visit your yoga session again. Thankyou, greetings from Germany, Evelyn<br />evelynprivat@web.deAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com