From July till December, working as consultant in a change management project for a state-own firm in Tibet, met with tremendous obstacle, helped by so many people, and the project was successfully achieved goals previously set. With memories full of hardship endured, with dream of the mystery land, eventually, finished the assigned contract and found New Year came. Retrospectively, writing this article to trace back time spent in Tibet and the beautiful, even mystery land. First time came to Tibet, after aircraft landed, big mountains and extreme blue sky made us surprised: sky is always gray and full of dusty in mainland. Bus took us went along side beautiful Lhasa river; the water is so clean and transparent, just like character of inhabitant. The tranquil and vast land shocks me and made my imagination flow: there must be some divinity in the river and big mountain in charge of the nature. After finished the interview with client, we visited Yamzho Lake, which is one of divine lakes in Tibet. It is said that when high level Lama pass away, the lake can tell his apprentice where his soul is going and by some ritual they can find his reincarnation. When arrival Yamzho Lake, the unbelievable beauty and purity caught soul and body of us, not even let us thinking, just so obsessed with the extreme beauty: looking far from, the lake just like turquoise around the Snow Mountains, going alone side the lake, feel just like walking alone side beautiful mirror with reflection of self, the sky is so low as an umbrella but its color changing. The tranquil and purity made me believe what Bon, which is primitive religious believes before Buddhism, proposed that every people holds his Yidam and Yidam inhabited in beautiful place like Yamzho which guards against evil and gives people peace and luck.
As the project progressing and winter is coming, anoxic condition makes work even hard and due to tighten schedule made no rooms for traveling. After final report to senior leader of client succeeded, which means the project would to be close and we would left Lhasa soon after, the desire to unveiled the true face of Lhasa river was so strong. About nightfall time we arrived at Lhasa River which I dream about many times and come close near the river found it flow quietly, but with some power within itself makes you feel admiration and delighted. As night coming, the river become even quieter and silent and dim light cast even more mastery onto the land. Cold wind cannot prevent us from stay there longer and until night conquered river side and we had to leave. Hunger and cold, we went into Makyeame, which is a famous Tibetan bar located near The Jokhang Monastery, and want to get something to eat. Despite the cold outside, Makyeame is so cozy place to have leisure that make you stay there and have no idea to leave; decorated with Tibetan and western style mix together makes you feel go back to medieval; Tibetan songs are flown in the air make you feel purified and empty. In the bar there are notebooks for visitors to write something to express their mood, as departure time near, I wrote as follow: For working we come here; fall in love with pure land and blue sky; wish to share all this beauty with beloved; wish to purified our soul and make progress to enlightenment; hope to come here again with my beloved and I will find the note to tell her story about Tibetan; for my collogue Little Fish and Poet Huang thanks for your friendship and wish you all good luck.
After left Tibet, left Lhasa, the beauty of land and kind Tibetan people still remain in my dream and sometimes I feel that my soul is still hover over Yamzho Lake, which makes me believe that Yidam is there and protect me against evil and release my soul makes me fear no evil. Tashi Delek My Tibetan friends my consulting project.