Posted in Attitudes on Mar 5th, 2011
As I recall what J has done for the world in the past, and also His presence in our lives now in the very moment we are willing to give up what was never true, I feel a much deeper sense of gratitude understanding why He has chosen such a role. This should be familiar […]
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It is very interesting how the mind works, hanging on not only on anything outside, as in a person out there, or a material out there, but also a state, or a personality experienced when I am asleep to what is lurking at the background. There was this instance, or a period of time, where […]
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Posted in Attitudes on Feb 26th, 2011
Once, a professor asked his students: “Why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?” The students thought for a while before one of them said, “We shout because we lose our calm.” “But why shout when the other person is just next to you? Isn’t it […]
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Posted in Attitudes, Going Inwards on Feb 19th, 2011
Some say, it is better to be asleep so that the dream can remain real in order for the intensity of the experience to be felt; for how can everything else be felt to the extreme of it, unless it is real? This reminds me of a scene in Matrix where this fella who betrayed […]
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Posted in Attitudes, Going Inwards, Ideas on Feb 10th, 2011
The mind, as how a kindred spirit puts it is like a frog’s tongue, spitting out of the month continuously, to stick on any bug; or thing, in the mind’s case; to put it in its mouth. It is constantly contacting something, as in anything that is outside of itself in search for something. Not […]
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Posted in Attitudes, Ideas on Feb 6th, 2011
Today a few beloved friends came to visit. It is the first time since a long time I have had that many visitors visiting and it was indeed a pleasant surprise. While all my friends were seated in the hall, with my little one hogging the television whilst having her lunch, my partner was in […]
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Posted in Attitudes, Going Inwards on Feb 5th, 2011
Seeking approval can be like an addiction. When we can’t get it from someone, we move on to the next and to the next and to the next. A wise teacher will know when to drop you – high and dry, and that period is much like experiencing a withdrawal symptom – lost and jittery; […]
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Posted in Attitudes, Going Inwards, Ideas on Feb 2nd, 2011
Gardening is very much like one’s spiritual journey. Today, I was blessed with the mood to look consciously at my garden and the plants that surround it. Automatically, I noticed some leaves which needed a trim, some stems that needed to be cut off and some leaves that needed to be swept. Because the weather […]
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Posted in Attitudes, Going Inwards on Jan 20th, 2011
If I can believe that no one out there can hurt me how is it that I am afraid to hurt others unless there is something that I am hiding from hence using that as an excuse not to ‘hurt’ another? Yet, how is it possible whether I hurt another or another is hurt by […]
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Posted in Attitudes, Ideas on Jan 19th, 2011
A song came into my awareness today. I think I must have heard it quite many times as this song has been in my iPhone for quite some time yet it did not catch my attention until today. It was a love song with meanings of a man, who sang of his letting go of […]
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