Awareness - 5:45pm @ 23/03/2013

When we start being aware of our own actions, we start to realise that we (our body) are doing (action) what the mind is thinking, we can actually go deep into the very source of beliefs we had (that's why we do certain things in a certain way).
- being aware of our own body, mind and feelings,
   - we can stop bad habits from forming and change some bad habits into something good.
   - we can have the realisation why we are doing things in a certain way
   - can trace back to any set of beliefs (origin) and change them.

                 
Cause -> set of beliefs ->  action ->  habit ->  (awareness) ->  break habit -> (awareness + wisdom) ->  know which set of beliefs ->  (constant awareness + wisdom) ->  break or change and even do programmative beliefs

We can only break or change these chain of actions by being aware.

Book Review

Recently I am reading this book from a friend of mine who attended the MIP course.

Its quite lengthy. So its taking me a longggg time to read this. Hopefully I can finish this asap.

Theravada retreat - 2D and 3D objects - 1:30pm - 23/03/2013

My small little insight

I saw a kid's drawing on the wall. It literally looks 2D. Lol. Very cute. Even though it's drawn at an perspective angle, the carpet looks like it's viewed on top.

One thought came to my mind, why is it that our eyes viewed the world in 3D format (with am angle, obviously), even starting right from the time we were born, but why do we have to learn to draw in 3D perspective? And its so difficult to learn?

Is it - a skill we picked up?
         - we are not really looking at objects? But only briefly seeing them, and let the rest register in our minds ( that's why we failed to capture the 3D aspect and let the mind do the rest of the generating to recognize it as 2D instead?
        - and if we learn to be aware of our sight, to really 'see' carefully, will our drawings tremendously improve? And all those drawing lessons where the teacher pinpoint the nook and corners of ankles, feet, etc will be unnecessary?

Company cutting costs

Currently I'm now contracted to this company that just went thru a big revamp one week before I started my work. The studio manager was axed suddenly and without reason nor notice. And that was the first week that the new CEO came in from India parent company.

2nd time he came, he came to axe another programmer. Whom I really liked and just had a beautiful baby girl borned in India just one week ago. Whilst wishing for my own contract to be changed to permanent job, I started to think about the Diamond Cutter theory. I remember it says very clearly that when a company start to cut down on welfare and etc, which is expected to help the company financially, but in fact, the company will be much worse off then before. Now I really see this with my own eyes. This is the perfect example, unfolding right before my eyes.

This team that I'm currently working with is an amazing team. They have the best people, and a perfect conducive learning environment. Even when I was lazy and lack of motivation in my last job, here, in this company, I saw myself stretched forward and taking things on my own and further then I have honestly ever tried to.  And it's easy here to do so, because there are so many great people with talent here.

But when the new CEO started to come in and axe people, the entire atmosphere of the company changed. Initially people stayed till really late, working overtime without complaining, taking full pride in their own work. But the second time the boss came in to axe another staff, the entire staff started to panic, and actually start looking out for jobs right away. It's really irony, because, this is one team that I would say, could have the ability to make anything happen. So strong was this team that I never saw it before. It's a self-sustaining team that's so hard to come by.

So the Diamond Cutter theory IS correct. Once the company cuts thread benefits, down the company goes. Now no one really even have the mood to do late nights anymore. So theorically, we have actually become MORE expensive to hire.

Strange isn't it?