Moving Into A New Home

By Shiao-Jin, Formosa

The life of studying away from home has always been one of constant moving. The most bothersome issue is of accumulating more and more luggage with each move. It was a total of six pieces of luggage as well when I moved into Hsihu Center as a resident disciple. However, Master always uses every occasion to help us learn the spirit of detachment. Hence, after moving from the front of the mountain to the back some five, six, seven, eight times, I had the opportunity to deeply experience "simple living so naturally my luggage dwindled to only two pieces. Therefore, currently, I feel relaxed and at ease.

When I feel depressed or bored, I rearrange the interior of where I stay. After getting rid of some unnecessary items, it's really like moving into a new home and my mood is renewed from outside to in. I remind myself to start a new life from that day. When accumulated garbage is disposed of our magnetic field automatically changes.

Sometimes by just changing the color of the curtain, or the color of the table cloth, the atmosphere in the whole house changes. To add more life to a room, I've learnt that green plants are great, not to mention they also purify the environment and help cultivate our patience and caring qualities.

Changing the world begins with changing our own "dens In order to welcome 1997, we could give ourselves a great New Year's gift, that is, "moving into a new home You might try it!