Documenting Eruditions
Posted in Going Inwards on Apr 26th, 2011
Have you ever experienced before when you approach someone to address a discomfort within you, or to resolve a situation and what you get in return is a whole bucket of evidences and facts thrown at your face of how you were the one who had done and said all things wrong without you even […]
Posted in Attitudes, Going Inwards on Apr 25th, 2011
“Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.” – Buddha – It is interesting to observe life lessons which are easily transcended by one, may not be the same for another. I remember this tale of an acquaintance who progressed in the spiritual […]
Posted in Attitudes, Going Inwards, Ideas on Apr 24th, 2011
The other day as I was sharing some stories that I was experiencing in my space with a friend, she asked me why the need to create experiences such as the ones I shared with her for myself as in, what’s in it for me. I pondered a moment upon her questioning and it dawned […]
Posted in Excerpts from Books, Quotes on Apr 12th, 2011
A tear can be ego and anger can be compassion. Anger can be ego and tears can be compassion. It depends on where it arises from. ~ if not now, when?, Chapter 03 Peace + Anger, Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
Posted in Attitudes on Apr 6th, 2011
Have you ever wondered how you can diffuse a situation in the presence of another who is in a defensive mode of being weary, angry, confused, or sad? I’ve come to see, or even realised in my own experience and in observing others that the magic of touch is one. Do you remember watching movies […]
Those who are sensitive often feel weak. Those who feel strong are often insensitive. Some people are sensitive to themselves but insensitive to others . They often feel the others are “bad guys.” Those who are sensitive to others but not to themselves often end up feeling Poor me. Some conclude it’s better not to […]
Posted in Attitudes, Going Inwards, Ideas on Mar 21st, 2011
In each person or situation that I come across with, there is a little piece of me in each that warrants the meet – whether a quality that I admire, or detest, or perhaps even one that I am already at peace with, it is there, unless I am totally oblivious of it. And they […]
Posted in Going Inwards, Poems on Mar 17th, 2011
The husband leaves the door, together with her dreams; all of which she thought was hers, leaves together with him. A subtle clinging, she notices – the fear of losing the beloved; as he potentially walks with another; it might not be her at the finale. Yet when she saw the light, that surrounds him, […]
Posted in Attitudes, Going Inwards, Ideas on Mar 12th, 2011
The other day, I saw how the mind is always in a pattern of inadequacy. It is as if, I am not good enough for anything, not even a parking space; which is why, even when I am blessed with a spot to park the vehicle, the mind will constantly be worried if some motorist […]
Posted in Going Inwards on Feb 7th, 2011
Dealing with the mind is like dealing with a child. Much care has to be put into the act. When the mind is in a delusional state and once aware of it, we can lead it to inquiry instead of identifying with it further. It is like a child who has fallen from the swing […]