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Vesak Special
~The Power of Aspiration & Prayer

Dear Friends,

Do you know the importance & power of Aspiration and Prayer? All the Buddhas made strong and great Aspirations before they gained their Enlightenment. Below is a true Buddha’s story that illustrates the power of Aspiration and Prayer.

Once, the Buddha and his disciple, Maudgalyayana went with a large gathering of followers to another country. When the citizens saw the Buddha, they ignored him. When they saw Maudgalyayana, they ran to greet him and everyone, from the King and the Ministers to the citizens all bowed and made offerings to him.

The Buddha’s disciples were really puzzled. The Buddha explained “This is because of past affinities. Many aeons ago Maudgalyayana lived in the mountain and I lived in the hut below. A swam of bees was bothering me and I decided to smoke them out. But Maudgalyayana didn’t smoke them even though they stung him until his hands were swollen and painful. Instead, he made an aspiration, ‘it must be miserable to be a bee. I vow that when I attain the Way , I will try to save these bees!’ Many lifetimes later, the bees were reborn as the citizens of this country. The queen bee became the King, the drones became the ministers and the workers became the citizens. Because I didn’t like the bees, I now have no affinity with these people. But because of his vow, all the citizens revere Maudgalyayana.”

Such is the power of Aspirations. So it is very good and meritorious to make aspirations that benefit Mankind and all beings. It is especially powerful to make aspirations  and prayers as a group. On this evening, Hwee San will support you to make your special aspiration and prayer. Together, we can generate immense merits and positive energy that have far reaching positive effects for ourselves, our loved ones, Mankind and this Universe.

We will also be doing a special Lamp Offering Prayer for the benefit of ourselves and all sentient being. Feel free to bring your favourite candle.

We look forward to your loving presence. Feel free to bring your loved ones and friends

Date: 1 May 2012, Labour Day, Tuesday
Time: 7.30 – 9.30pm
Energy Exchange: Donation Of Any Amount
Venue: Leksem Ling (Tibetan)

Please email with your contact no. to reserve your place. Please wear comfortable clothing as we will be seated on the floor.

Pure Land Sharing Nite

Dear friends,

Come and join us for a night of Amitabha Buddha’s Pure Land practices. We will be reciting and meditating on Amitabha Buddha and his Pure Land.

“Amitabha” means “Infinite Light and Infinite Life”.

By reciting and meditating on HIS name, one can enjoy the benefits of:

• Good health and well being
• Protection from natural calamities and disasters
• Blessings from the Divine beings
• Protection from rebirth in lower realms
• Gaining rebirth in Amitabha Buddha’s Pure Land
• Awakening the Buddha within oneself

We will also be sharing the teachings, aspirations and practices of Amitabha Buddha. Please feel free to bring your loved ones and friends.
We look forward to your loving presence.

” If a man’s mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure”
~ The Buddha

Date: 5 Oct 2012, Friday
Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Energy Exchange: Donation of any amount
Venue:
Leksem Ling (Tibetan)
Good Hearts Garden (English)
Miao Xin Lin (Chinese)

We recommend that you be vegetarian (no meat, eggs, onion or garlic) on the day to keep your vibrations high. Please wear comfortable clothing as we will be seated on the floor.

Dharma Sharing Nite

~ Faith – The Key To Spirituality

Do you know the importance of Faith?
Do you know why Faith is the key to Spirituality?
What kind and what level of Faith do you have in Spirituality and the Dharma (Truth)?
Would you like to increase and strengthen your Faith?

Please wear comfortable clothing as we will be seated on the floor.

Dear Friends,
Happy New Year!

According to the Zen Tarot Cycle, year 2011 was the year of Breakthrough and 2012 will be the year of New Vision.

What were the breakthroughs that you had for 2011?
What is the life that you envision for 2012 and year of the Dragon?
Would you want to live a life that represents the greatest vision you ever had about Who You Are?

Come join us next Fri, 20 Jan to share your breakthroughs and new visions.

This session will empower you to continue to have your breakthroughs and create new vision for your life’s journey and your higher purpose. There will also be a meditation dedicated to world peace and well-being of all sentient beings for 2012 and year of the Dragon.

Feel free to bring your favourite candle, so you can anchor your wishes and intentions for year 2012. Also feel free to bring your loved ones and friends.

We look forward to your loving presence.

Date: 20 Jan 2012, Friday
Time: 7.15pm – 9.30pm
Energy Exchange: Donation of any amount

Please wear comfortable clothing as we will be seated on the floor.
* Please help forward this email to anyone who may be interested. Thank you!

Healing Journey ~ Do You Over Think?

Do you overthink?
Do you play things out over and over in your head?
Do you look at all possibilities before you make a final decision on anything?

If so, you are not alone. Research shows that 57% of women overthink while only 43% of men are over-thinkers. If you are someone who spend a lot of time “in your own head” mulling over things, then this session is for you!

Overthinking is a habit we learn to do over time. People are not born as “over-thinkers”, but learn to become such to defend themselves against the possibility of failure. So, if you find yourself spending an unreasonable amount of time thinking through something, then you are an over-thinker.

Over the past 20 years several studies have shown the negative side effects overthinking can produce. Research shows that over-thinkers are more prone to sadness and negative thoughts. Overthinking has also been shown to actually impair problem solving because it enhances negative emotions and thoughts. So, if you are an over-thinker, it’s time to learn how to give your mind a rest.

Hwee San will guide you through some simple meditations – a powerful tool to overcome over thinking.

There are several therapeutic-grade essential oils that are highly beneficial for overthinking. Some are grounding and comforting, while others are regulating and clarifying.

Sandalwood embodies the principle of being. This is an oil that will lull and deeply calm the mind while helping to calm those agitated thoughts. It will help to replace a worried outlook with a more calmly reflective response to life’s problems. Frankincense is an oil that has the ability to instill tranquility.

Frankincense eases the mind when it is troubled by thoughts of regret, and worries of a mundane kind. It is perfect for those people who are mentally overwhelmed.

Overthinking is indeed a waste of time and energy. Come join us in this healing journey.
We look forward to your loving presence.

Date: 25 Nov 2011, Friday
Time: 7.15pm – 9pm
Energy Exchange: $20

Please wear comfortable clothing as we will be seated on the floor.

Find Out Your Life Purpose Workshop

Have you asked yourself this question – What am I here for?

Do you carefully listen to and follow your inner Divine guidance regarding your life purpose and calling?

Each and everyone of us has an equally important purpose. When we know and follow our life purpose, life takes on a special meaning, and a more harmonious and abundant flow.

Personally, since a very young age, I was seeking the answer to this important question. And at age 15, I found my answer. My life has never been the same again.

In this workshop, I will harness my 10 over years of experience working with individuals to assist you to gain clarity about the purpose of your Existence.

May your presence be guided.

Date: 12 Nov 2011, Saturday
Time: 2pm – 6pm
Energy Exchange: $80

Pls wear comfortable clothing as we will be seated on the floor.

Enneagram Workshop

  Enneagram (9-Personality Types) Workshop for Self-Awareness, Personal and Spiritual Growth

“Nine distinct personality types…
Nine different perspectives on life…
Nine ways of being in the world…”

The Enneagram is an ancient teaching that describes nine personality types and their interrelationships. It is a very accurate map of core psychological issues, interpersonal strengths, weaknesses and interactions as well as the connection between psychology and spirituality. Besides being incredibly interesting, the Enneagram can literally Transform Your Life!

What It Can Be Used For……

It can improve relationships and communication; increase productivity, happiness and satisfaction at home and at work. A better understanding can be gained on how and why people respond to things differently, why people push each other’s buttons – intentionally or not!

CIA Agents use Enneagram to understand world leaders and criminals. People in corporations use it to build better teams, improve communication, understand customers, resolve conflicts, negotiate better contracts, boost creativity and to balance strengths and weaknesses in management. People from all religions use it to deepen their spiritual journey. Individuals all over the world use it to transcend their lives, improve their relationships and transform their limitations.

COME Discover Yourself.

Who are you, really…?

What “type” is your colleague, your employer, your husband, your children?

Know Thyself & those around You

Structure of the Workshop:

Hwee San will give an introduction of the Enneagram and how it works. Participants will sit for the Enneagram Questionnaires and map out their own personality types. Using this tool, we can have a greater awareness of ourselves and explore our personal and spiritual growth journey.

Highlights of the Workshop:

• Explanation of each personality type, focusing on maximizing each type’s potential and transcending limitations.
• Exercises and practical strategies for letting go of unwholesome habits, improving relationships and increasing inner freedom.
• Revealing insights into the deepest motivation, fears, and desires of each type.
• Guidelines for the spiritual growth and evolution of each type.

We look forward to your loving presence.

Date: 19 Nov 2011, Sat
Time: 2pm – 6pm
Energy Exchange: $80

Please wear comfortable clothing as we will be seated on the floor.

Experience the Power of Our Mind
~ Meditation Retreat

Meditation is a very effective technique for improving your creativity, problem solving capacity and enhancing your total well-being. Artists and poets do it naturally and enhance their inspiration. Great scientists such as Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison were known to have practiced various forms of meditation. Meditation is sometimes described as “listening to the silence between thoughts”. Our effort in meditation is directed towards consciously increasing the periods of such silence. When the mind is silent and still, everything becomes clear.

Meditate frequently and you will find that you gain a deeper understanding of yourself through the observation of what occurs in your mind. You will find that you gain valuable insights into who you really are.

Some other benefits of Meditation:

• Greater faith in, or understanding of, one’s religion or beliefs
• An increase in patience, compassion, and other virtues and morals or the understanding of them
• Feelings of calm or peace, and/or moments of great joy
• Physiological effects – Reduced blood pressure, lower pulse rate, decreased metabolic rate, changes in the concentration of serum levels of various substances

Come and experience all these for yourself. We’ll be conducting a Meditation Retreat on Saturday, 5 Nov.  We’ll be doing meditation and sharing our experiences of meditation.

We look forward to your presence.

Date: 5 Nov 2011, Saturday
Time: 2pm – 6pm
Energy Exchange: Donation of Any Amount

Please wear comfortable clothings as we will be seated on the floor.

The 5 Keys To Happiness Oracle Cards fuses ancient Tibetan wisdom and contemporary Western psychological insight to give you the keys to achieving a happier and more balanced life.

The 5 Keys To Happiness Oracle Cards are keys that will open up the closets of your mind and free you from past experiences and emotions that still affect you in the present. They will lift your mind to a point of clarity that will enable you to reconise true happiness.

The 5 Tibetan elements that have inspired this deck are: Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space. By using these 5 natural elements, it is similar to the system used by the Tibetans and other societies whose aim it is to encourage people to bring balance into their lives by recognising the lack or overabundance of any one element.

For example, if you have too much of the Earth element, you may become lazy or overtired; or if you have too much of the Water element, you may become too gushy and allow your emotions to pour out all over the place. Too much Fire may cause you to become overly passionate about your ideas, making you angry or overbearing, while too much Air will make you too thoughtful or floaty. An overabundance of the Space element could leave you feeling spaced out.

The oracle reading with Hwee San will help you see yourself as a combination of these natural elements. Therefore you can gain a greater comprehension of your life, and thus be able to bring balance, and happiness into your life and grow toward your spiritual destiny.

May your presence be guided.
Date: 22 Oct 2011, Saturday
Time: 2pm – 6pm at 1 hour per person (Choose a 1 hour timing)
Energy Exchange: $70 for 1 hour

THE GUIDANCE JOURNEY ~ An Interactive Experience for Guidance

The Guidance Journey is a way of seeking guidance on any area of interest or concern in each player’s life. Simply state the subject about which you are seeking guidance, and compile insights as your journey progresses.

A few examples of requests for guidance are as follows:
• I am open to receiving guidance on how to proceed with my career.
• I am open to understanding the core lesson in my love relationship.
• I am open to any spiritual guidance.

The Guidance Journey introduces whole new levels of awareness and invites players to gain a unique perspective on their lives by working with a family of personal archetypes and their location on the Archetypal Wheel, similar in format to an astrological chart.

The Guidance Journey is an interactive experience. Each player will come up with a request for guidance and through an intuitive process he/she will pick 12 archetype cards from a deck of 74. Through another intuitive process, the players will map the 12 archetype cards to the 12 houses of the Archetypal Wheel. When a given archetype lands in a specific house, it represents the highest guiding wisdom possible within the realm of experience regulated by that house for the issue for which guidance is sought.

The 12 houses of the Archetypal Wheel are divided as follows:
Personality – Aries
Life Values – Taurus
Self-Expression – Gemini
Home – Cancer
Creativity, Good Fortune – Leo
Occupation, Health – Virgo
Relationships – Libra
Other People’s Resources – Scorpio
Spirituality – Sagittarius
Highest Potential – Capricorn
Interaction with the World – Aquarius
The Unconscious – Pisces

No insight is worth much until it manifests as life-changing works. The players will make 12 choices that will change their lives by incorporating their insights they have learnt. For example, “I am a positive force for change” or “I am a loving source of peace” The 12 choices should represent new thoughts, insights, and feelings that they haven’t yet utilized or expressed. Through consciously animating them with the actions they choose, they will engage the process of change and transformation with more force that can be measured in words.

We look forward to a spiritually uplifting Guidance Journey with you.

Date: 1 Oct 2011, Saturday
Time: 2pm – 6pm
Energy Exchange: $70

Please wear comfortable clothing as we will be seated on the floor.