Posted in Attitudes, Going Inwards on Nov 10th, 2011
Often, there are articles written about the attack and defence patterns in communication and also the importance of openness in our communication with others; but seldom, about the purpose of communication. We are born with a voice, a voice uniquely our own to express verbally what is in the mind or heart to oneself, another […]
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Posted in Attitudes, Going Inwards, Ideas, Poems on Nov 9th, 2011
You tell me Love is what I am And all I need to do Is to undo the blocks to Love’s awareness. If that is the case Why do I need to learn How to love myself Or even attempt on How to love myself? Is it not true That if Love is what I […]
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Posted in Going Inwards, Poems, Unreasonable on Nov 9th, 2011
If it is true that consciousness is the domain of ego and body is part of mind and mind being ego and ego being self is what I am dissolving and non-self is what I am to realise then is it a blessing or a curse that this body is still breathing a blessing or […]
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*photograph taken by Joseph Malinga* Have you got to know what is within you That you so eagerly rush to get to know the other Only to find that when the other can no longer fulfil you You run away and drop the other So quickly and cruelly? Are you able to understand what is […]
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I couldn’t sleep last night. It took some deliberation and conscious intent in order to put myself to sleep for at least a good three hours before waking up this morning. There is also an awareness that there is a loss of appetite today and after work, all I did after dropping off some friends […]
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Nevermind if it is a Buddha or Christ incarnation. Have you done your work? Or are you doing your work? Why bother if it is a Buddha or Christ incarnation? How do they serve you when you read some stories? What comes up in the mind or what arises within you? Are you mindful or […]
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Posted in Going Inwards, Ideas on Nov 4th, 2011
It is all innocence, really; only believing what is right and true. So how can another be wrong or stupid, when he or she too is only believing what is true and right for him or her; save when it threatens what is true and right for you?
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Posted in Going Inwards, Ideas, Quotes on Nov 2nd, 2011
at first, there is no choice until there is awareness of a conscious choice; paradoxically, by then, there is no more choice again.
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Posted in Going Inwards, Ideas, Poems on Oct 28th, 2011
For such a long time now I could not reconcile How it is so That when we are alone There is much admiration Yet in the midst of company and work Resentment could creep in. And I cannot deny There had been moments of unconsciousness Where there is blame and irritation Either kept in or […]
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Posted in Poems, Unreasonable on Oct 26th, 2011
This feeling, where does it come from? Perception tells me it is something else, defining some possible grievance not yet fully healed. Yet if that is so, why the smile so joyous? And this feeling; as if bursting with some vibration, some trembling sensation, ready to explode in elation! Or perhaps, what was before all […]
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