Spirituality, a mere label.

Someone had recently asked me about my thoughts on spirituality. And I told her I'd write her my thoughts rather than articulate it. 

So I thought I put it up here and share my thoughts here too. So here you go =)

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Spirituality is a label used to identify with the essence of the inner realm. 

Like the biology that evolves physically, so does the inner realm, energetically. 

The inner realm is vast in its nature. Infinite. 

The access into this realm begins with awareness. 

Every awareness is an opportunity to observe life and all its occurrence, consciously. 

Spirituality is the seeking of the seeker. Much of what we seek, eventually sheds light to understand the seeker. 

When one decides to seek for answers knowing that there is more to life than what meets the eye, the seeking begins. 

But such is a process that it takes you within. Hence the birth of the seeker, or sometimes known as the observer. 

It is not a set of belief structures. It is an encounter varying in experience from one individual to another. 

However, there are many who form beliefs out of this experiences. 

Spirituality, with the term used loosely, is pretty much living with a conscience of balance, and that balance is about being at peace with the moment. The energetic realm of this affects the biology. It either puts you (the spirit) in a state of restlessness or one that is rested. 

It gives birth to clarity and intelligence.  

He Encountered

Nothing that he had sought outside of him, provoked the depth of joy that the heart was capable of celebrating.
The heart celebrated everything for the price of nothing.
The world outside celebrated nothing really, for the price of everything.
He looked within.

He encountered God when that which is within, provoked life.
He encountered God when the whole of him gave, did, loved, created, played, smiled and extended.

In moments of living out the all of him, he stumbled the divine.
He came to know God not by name, but by the vastness of it's presence.
He came to know God not by boundaries, but in the transcendence of boundaries.
He encountered God through the infinite unknown.
His prayer was not the articulation of words.
It was the intent and gratitude that immerse with every breath.

Every time he extended the more of him, he encountered the more.
Courage came, then freedom.
Freedom was responsibility.
It was growth.

Encountering did one thing.
It allowed possibilities to unfold through him. He encountered inspite the unknown - without limits.
With every encounter, he met the moment. With every moment, he saw the infinite.
In the infinite, he dissolved.
Duality found it's death.
He became the embodiment of love.
Love became what he poured, not what he seeked.
That which he poured became his participation with the vastness of the whole.

He encountered God through the very breath of life.
Not through beliefs.
The former, unconditional an experience.
The latter, conditioning to experience.

 He encountered.

I can do without it.

The world is nothing but collective consciousness trying to establish an identity for its own existence. It wants to be present in the presence of something. I can do without that identity. #timmythinks

Stillness captured

A beauty seated in stillness. Ariel.

Sunlight in Paris

It was winter in Paris, but this was the only morning that sunlight took on the skies. It was shot at the Louvre.

The year of the Water Dragon

I think the year of the dragon shall be one of courage. Courage that you must possess to transcend and breakthrough all boundaries that cultivates limitation. Courage that will see you unfold, flower & shine. Courage exhibiting honor, intelligence, creation and love.

Meeting nature

Here is a moment where we meet nature at our finger tips. This was photographed in the Louvre, in Paris. 

Mastery in flow

If you have seen his art, you know the essence of it boils down to mastery.

In the light of the master.

This is one of my favorite shots I ever took in my life to date. The lady in this shot is Heather. As many of us sat in the presence of a master speaking that afternoon, I got a glimpse of this moment and thankfully I captured a little of its essence from my lense. The photo was titled by the master himself. #turiya2011

Happy New Year.

For that which welcomes the coming year, is not the change of a calendar, nor the optimism that things will get better - but knowingness that potential shall flower. new realms will be yours. for you who have participated in my year, and allowed me to participate in yours - I will forever be grateful. It truly has been an awesome year.

I pray you immerse in the coming year and allow the joyous of life to manifest through you. Love to all.

This shot was taken when we celebrated the new year at Big Ben's in London. There were over 200,000 people in central London who came to catch the amazing fireworks show. It was beautiful, but it would probably be my last time going into the mass crowd and waiting for so long to catch a glimpse of the 10 minute show. Worth it nonetheless.

Lessons by the beach

To live out your heart this lifetime and all the lifetimes to come, is the only way to live. Such is a way of life, that requires you to live beyond the collective. As I sat with my guru by the beach during retreat, I caught a glimpse of another, possibly in reflection of his discovery. #turiya2011

Light & love.

She sat there and I saw the falling light. It was a shot in Sze Ya Temple, the oldest Taoist Temple in Kuala Lumpur, which was built by one of the founders of Kuala Lumpur, Kapitan Yap Ah Loy in 1864. This temple is located at Jalan HS Lee adjacent to Kuala Lumpur Chinatown or Petaling Street area and Central Market.

As of today, I'm changing this blog to host my photography and how I randomly capture what I come to see with life. For my random thoughts - it's all hosted on http://timmythinks.com I'll be travelling Europe come Dec 2011 - Jan 2012. So I'll be putting up some photos here. =)

Steve Jobs, thank you...

for he who extends his work in contribution to humanity, has extended himself. he that extends himself, is love in action. then, blessed is the world that shares his life and all of his creation that transforms reality - for we now celebrate him, only to realize we celebrate love, in the very essence of it. love that extends itself, creates & transforms. it never dies, because its nature transcends time & space. Steve Jobs, was merely love having another name that shall continue to evolve our reality at large. RIP kind sir. *screenshot of Apple's official website, (www.apple.com) on the day of his passing.

Happy Independence Day, Malaysia.

Independence day must be a reminder that we ought to perfect the path of every individual coming to their independence. For that to happen personal responsibility becomes the base for freedom to flower. When the collective comes together as independent individuals, then a nation of great consciousness is born. The essence of independence is personal power regained. The blame game becomes obsolete a nature.

Happy Independence Day, Malaysia.

making a stand for yourself & looking after your interest

don't mistake making a stand for yourself & looking after your interest to be the same thing.

the former can still build relationships. the latter destroys. the former acknowledges the other before self. the latter acknowledges only the self. the former extends space, the latter collapses it. the former in acknowledging self, restores personal power of another. the latter, insist on being acknowledged to be in power. the former stands centered, and sees the big picture of abundance. the latter seemingly stands centered, misses the big picture and finds the scarcity of the moment.

the former, usually a creator, the latter an opportunist.
the former lives in love, the latter in survival.
the former, in his evolution evolves the circle around him too. the latter evolves to be better than the circle around him.

both however are patterns.

my observation.

To begin with me

I'm finding a need to share this at this time where people roam the streets for a cause, here in Malaysia. To begin with the self, is where it all begins. It is where the biggest reform one can ever begin. The most courageous. Not the streets, not with the government, not with systems. Physical reality will shift ONLY when many recognize personal responsibility and reform from within. It is the basic understanding of creation, we have missed. It is alot easier facing what is outside of us for change, than to come within, face the self and change the within. The truth the within unfolds reforms the heart & spirit. The outside reforms minds & perception. Go to work on the self, is the base of what Marianne Williamson writes. My favorite piece.

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

-- from A Return to Love, by Marianne Williamson.

my priority

The more I encounter life, the more I am realizing who, why & what matters. For that which matters shall have the best of me. No compromise, for this is a call to live in priority this lifetime.

my love

my love does not thread on feeling. it is not a trade. it is not an exchange that settles with a tit for tat. it is truth. it is an extension of my core to you. it is far larger than what my name could ever hold, transcending any measure and comparison.

it is my simple gift when you are in my space.

Tonality...

The definition and depth of a word/phrase communicated is found largely in the tonality articulated.

Celebrating Revenge?

I think the death of Osama has become the celebration for many who have kept a level of vengeance within. In the celebration of his death, I am guessing we're celebrating revenge. Subtly, the celebration is a propagation of revenge. How can humanity evolve as a whole when we take pleasure in living out our hurt? The man died, because someone put a bullet into his head, as he did with many others. Regardless what he did, his death was murder too. And the masses celebrate that? Do you see the joy that is coming out from some of them who came to know this news?

The subliminal our children may pick up is that it's alright to lash out revenge, and if it comes through, celebrate. Think about it?

At Sukhumvit soi 8

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First 2 days of retreat

I'm on a 10 day retreat as a follow up of last year's retreat in Langkawi. I thought I document my deepest discoveries and share a little here. I just realize, the more I pen down my discoveries, the faster it could possibly embody itself into my living. All that I write here, is a personal encounter with myself and does not reflect the content of the retreat itself, unless quoted. Because the nature of the retreat is about coming back to the I, personal encounter is pretty much how it takes its course. It is simple blurbs I put here from the vast discovery I had penned down on my notes. Here are some of them. =)

On day one it was about going beyond influence. My biggest discovery for the day, in my allowing people their way to be, I find my own freedom. In allowing them to be without an idea of them, the best of them flowers. Going beyond influence is about taking back your personal power. In my discovery, that would be love.

Day two my biggest hit - to allow another the space to live out their beauty, only then can I truly live out mine. Therein, the creator in me unfolds. In order for me to see the best of another flowering, the best in me rises to see and become beauty I have missed.

Day three continues.

Good night you.

gratitude moment

There are people that will step into your presence & allow you to truly live out the essence of you without having invested interest. I call them angels. Your flowering is their celebration. When you find them, celebrate them tenfold. If you haven't found any, time to review the model of the world you hold. *gratitude moment*

I remember the night I shot this. It was a beautiful night.

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I stand for this

I live for love. It is the one thing I stand for with my life, and no idea of religion nor imposing beliefs could ever draw a boundary in the space love creates.

my office playground

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Beauty I see..

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Of leaves,branches & sunlight

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A mother's joy

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