the gentle “typhoon”

probably the most special T8 i remembered

we were told last evening that T8 will be hoisted today before sunrise.

i woke up at 3 a.m. , very quiet. at 6 a.m., still no trace of wind though a little rain.

throughout the day it was very quiet, certainly a big contrast to all T8 we had before. not even as strong as a T3 / T1.

later in p.m, it was announced that T8 will be lowered in a few hours. i decided to go out for a walk.

to my very surprise, the street/ mall were very busy! most shops and catering outlets open and very full. unusual

i went to the beach, blessed with period of light rain.

on the way, everything feel like a normal day : people walking dogs, jogged in the rain, strolling the beach, taking kids for grocery shopping / exercise…

how strange it is for both people and business decided to operate “as normal”

i guess 2 major reasons :

1. businesses have been so hard hit earlier due to all kinds of restrictions under covid, so many decided to make up the lost as much as possible despite weather
2. people r getting more conscious, relying more on their own judgement instead of following programmed/ conditioned actions.

after exercise, i had a meal listening Eckhart’s latest recording. being reminded again that suffering is often necessary for human awakening.

something quite obvious for hkers.

interestingly, rain / wind started to strengthen later this evening when T8 was about to be lowered!

and the signal coincided with a few special events also happened today / tomorrow :

the 1st ever delay in announcement of policy address, as the ce and other top gov’t officials need to visit sz to meet with party leader

meanwhile, “experts” keep threatening the public that something very serious might happen if we do not take extra precautions / have more people tested as we enter winter, even though only single digit cases were confirmed lately for many days.

with much presence and patience, we meet all challenges with much greater vigilance, calm, ease…knowing all is well despite how bad it looks on the surface.

a new world incubating.

Sat Nam Deep I

Namaskar