Sunday, April 22, 2007

Seeking indication from god...

Do you still remember 卜学亮 <子曰>, there is one line saying "搞不懂就问人, 搞得懂就答人, 没有人懂还可以问神"? When you cannot really make up your mind, would you think of going temple and ask for an indication? I don't... but this round, I did.

I've never been to 柔佛古庙, in order to fulfill my little wish, I decided to pay this temple a visit. (If you want to get more information about this temple, please visit http://www.jb-tionghua.org.my/gumiao/gumiao.htm)

It was very crowded today. Look as though there's a event or something which I didn't ask more. There are altogether 5 gods. 3 joss sticks are required for each praying, except for one, no joss stick is required which is the one you seek for indication. Meaning to say, you'll be getting 12 joss sticks altogether. Joss sticks are not allowed to bring into the main hall, where you seek for indication from god (求签)

After all the praying, I went into the main hall and asked if I can 求签. The person-in-charge asked me if I know how to make it... haha... I believe the guy can tell from my face that I don't know how. In case you don't know how, let me tell you how:

1. Take the 2 "half-moon" so called 圣杯 (not sure if this is how it's named in chinese, but you know what i'm referring to right?), you must ask the god whether you're allowed to seek an indication from HIM.

2. Once you throw the 2 "half moon", if they present to you that one is up and one is down, the answer is "yes".

3. Taking the 签筒, you speak from your heart to the god your name, the place you stay, your age and what you're asking and you start the "shaking" until the 签 drop out. Well.. that doesn't end...

4. Now, you must throw the 2 "half moon" again to see whether the 签 is meant for you.

That basically explains the procedure of seeking indication from god. Here goes the indication I got today:

求财未遂如君意
欲望青云又路迷
且托守旧方为吉
等待时来百事宜

It's all about the work.. Because of another counsel from my AM, I'm thinking if I should stay as they said. It's very obvious from the the words that I should stay... My mum also said that this is accurate and tells exactly the situation I'm in. This makes me more undecisive.

I read this line from newspaper yesterday. It's words from a successful entrepreneur in Taiwan, 蔡万霖. He says:
"在尽力之后,要做的就是忍耐与等待,如果不能忍耐与等待,则前面的努力,会前功尽弃."

Does it enlighten me? I don't know. I only know that my mind is in a mess now. Counting down the days... 5 more days to go...

p/s: thanks Mr D for your time. Thanks for listening to my grumbles and accompanied me to the temple. I think you're merely accompanying without intention to visit in the first place. Hehe.

6 comments:

kitchi said...

我也试过在最旁惶的时候,想去庙里拜拜。每次都是去观音庙,不是没有想过去古庙,只是没去过所以觉得…

和你不一样的是,我不会去求自己在意的事。我想求一个心安。因为到庙里的时候,觉得心灵是最容易得到平静的。

坚持确实是一个很难得的特质。

总之决定就是不要后悔,不要在之后说,“早知道就留下来”还是“早知道就早点离开”…当我们可以选择的时候就好好做一个漂亮的选择然后坚持下去。

Anonymous said...

曾经在最无助的时候,我去了观音庙去求了支签,签文是什么,我忘了,只记得,是只上签。。。

因为不知道下一步该怎么走,求签,是为了让自己有一个guideline,希望,有个“人”可以告诉我该怎么做才是最好的。。。

我知道临时才去抱佛脚是不敬的,但是,我很庆幸在我最彷徨的时候,我还有最后的这个寄托。。。

娴说的对,别对自己的决定后悔,作为朋友,劝你留,劝你走的都有,该听得也听够了, 决定在于你自己,follow what ur heart want...

潇洒走一回(少俊) said...

啊,我也不喜欢去用求签来决定自己的未来,有些消极,但如果在十字路口徘徊已久去求份安宁总是好的.
Keep moving forward.
Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what kind of chocolate you are going to pick up next~

veerla said...

对。。。求签本来就是一种消极的表现。。 因为就是想找一个寄托,或许是找一个借口。

我想我的心里早就有答案了。。 只是一直不够勇敢。。

kitchi said...

没有什么所谓的不够勇敢,只是那个决定不够强,没有强烈到你义无反顾地勇敢。
不知道这样对你来说算不算是一种帮助,害怕自己说的只会扰乱你的视线。
加油啦!

veerla said...

对。。。 因为要走的理由并不会强烈到可以让我义无反顾。 因为那些东西和困难都是可以克服的, 只是要和不要的问题而已。。