Documenting Eruditions
Posted in Attitudes, Going Inwards on Aug 25th, 2010
I received a text message from a friend I have not connected with for years who shared that she was abused. Since I do not know her well (although we were from the same class during our younger days), it was as good as sharing with a stranger; and I guess the space between us […]
Posted in Attitudes on Aug 10th, 2010
I remember a fengshui master whom I regard as one of my earlier teachers told me in a light hearted manner, “If you did all the judging, then what is God to do?” At that moment, it dawned upon me that the stress I was going through in most of my relationships then was indeed […]
Posted in Going Inwards on Jul 3rd, 2010
Let me tell you of a story. There was once a seeker, who became a student to a teacher. The teacher focused on the teachings of Great Masters, rather than of the Great Masters themselves. This student felt much gratitude towards the teacher for because of his teaching, she has learnt and embarked on her […]
Posted in Attitudes, Going Inwards, Ideas on Jun 28th, 2010
Abandonment is a good old friend of mine and is an ancient pain residing in most of us. Abandonment is experienced through parents leaving children, man leaving woman or vice versa, friends leaving friends and etc, even in death; which most of us, lifetime after lifetime experience in different roles. Ask any persons whom their […]
Posted in Ideas on Jun 22nd, 2010
I receive this email about being a passerby to some, and some being passersby to me, occasionally. It is always an email to remind me to appreciate those in my life. When I sit down quietly to reflect on the people whom I have been blessed with their presence; in the past of whom I […]
Posted in Going Inwards on Jun 21st, 2010
I am most amazed by this mind. Counting the days and tirelessly listing down the cravings of food during the past 16-day rice & water fast, what I had thought would be a blissful feast on the 16th day at the time of break-fast, turned out to be a no-big-deal experience. As I walked along […]
Posted in Ideas on Jun 7th, 2010
Labels onto certain persons in our lives put these people up on the pedestal. A dad, a mom, a teacher, a BFF (best friend forever), a lover or whatever; because of the preconceived concepts or ideas of these roles by society which our mind had inevitably took it for real without questioning, limitations arises from […]
Posted in Ideas on May 27th, 2010
Today I bumped into a dear one during breakfast, whilst waiting for another dear one to arrive. Unfortunately, the dear one whom I had an appointment with did not turn up because the dear one whom I bumped into turned up. During breakfast, he asked me, “so how are you? Long time no see.” It […]
Posted in Quotes on May 21st, 2010
It is just a story, and yet it is through stories we learn. What we learn is not of how the story begun, went or end but of the essence the story presents. Give attention to the essence, we grow a little wiser; Give attention the story, there you go again – down and down […]
Posted in Ideas on May 20th, 2010
If we have truly tasted even a hint of self love, it is unlikely that we would allow ourselves to be reliant on love from another. I am not saying in the context where we stop others from loving us, or stop loving others; because that is in fact quite impossible and beyond our control. […]