Flip your mind and start a new journey of life! Lingjiu Mountain Huiming Growth Institute held the “Flip DNA-Life Experience Trip” course in Hualien Center. On the 30th, Lingjiu people held their third general examination. In the afternoon, they turned around to participate in this spring-limited life journey. They lit up the heart light of life all day, unlocked new life possibilities, and spent a beautiful life trip in Hualien. The participants shared that the course’s experience from the fetus to the end of life, coupled with the 328 Myanmar-Thailand earthquake, made them who live in Hualien more aware of impermanence. They hope that natural disasters and changes in the earth can be calmed down and everyone will be safe.
Master Xindao, the founding abbot of Lingjiu Mountain, once said, “Everything that happens in life is the result of cause and effect caused by thoughts. Thoughts are DNA, and thoughts are memory.” Master Baozhen of Hualien Central Control Institute said that impermanence makes us wake up and grasp the present to find the essence of life. After the 0403 earthquake in 2024, everyone experienced the impermanence of life. In addition to praying for Hualien, this course also hopes that everyone will embark on a journey of exploring the inner life and reshape the inner code of life DNA in this land full of spiritual energy.
The lecturer, Master Baoji, Vice President of Lingjiu Mountain Huiming Growth Institute, asked the participants to explore themselves, be emotionally aware, and experience the end of life through interaction, games, and immersive experiences in “awareness, letting go, and transcendence”. In the transformation opportunities of pausing, turning around, taking a deep breath, experiencing, and thinking, they turned over the old mind frame and started the journey of spiritual awakening.
More than half of the participants were new and had never been exposed to Buddhism. There were also three couples or grandparents who participated together. At the beginning of the activity, they prayed for the victims of the Thai and Myanmar casualties with a one-minute peace meditation. In the ice-breaking activity of “Long time no see, who am I?”, the relaxed and humorous interaction opened the hearts of the participants and helped them to re-recognize themselves. “You, Me, and Him Reversing the Karma Web” experience the interweaving and influence of interpersonal relationships, and understand that the existence of each karma has a profound meaning. In addition, in the “DNA Creation Pearl and Jade Web” activity, participants visualized the value and goal of life through unique and meditative creations on canvas and paper strips, and reflected on: What do they want to reverse the most?
Who am I? What do I want to reverse? The participants said that this journey of life made them more certain that changing themselves is the biggest adventure. What they want to reverse is not just DNA, but the self who is always afraid of change and afraid of letting go. It turns out that letting go is not compromise or forgetfulness, but giving yourself a chance to choose again. Participants truly felt the wisdom of letting go in the “End-of-Life Experience” and learned how to realize the silence and peace of death in the present moment. He said that what we are really afraid of is not death, but that we have never really lived between life and death.
Master Baoji encouraged everyone that only when you are willing to let go of the attachments trapped in the past can you truly move forward. Everyone’s life is a connection that affects each other. Our thoughts affect the world and each other. We hope that through lively and diverse interactions, everyone will be more aware of their own nature, create a world of love and peace, and achieve inner peace and tranquility.
