Documenting Eruditions
Posted in Going Inwards, Ideas on Mar 23rd, 2011
When J says to lose idols, he did not mean to stop having or cease to have for that is beyond control; but to realize that idols are not what fulfils and is not what you truly want. What he meant was to lose the middleman, and to start here with yourself – acknowledging what […]
Posted in Excerpts from Books, Going Inwards on Mar 22nd, 2011
None of you are victims of someone else’s actions toward you. You bring into your life what you allow to come in. If you say “no” to what you don’t want, you bring in what you do want. It is that simple. The only factor that makes all this complicated is that you don’t always […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Posted in Going Inwards, Ideas on Feb 5th, 2011
Is there a difference between him going off to play golf or him going off for a date with another woman? Is it any of my business at all when what he does is simply bringing himself to a state of joy, or growth in his own journey? What part can I play except to […]
Posted in Going Inwards on Jan 30th, 2011
Last night, while having a discussion about the usage of laptops and computers, a loved one commented that I only used the device to wash my dirty laundry in public, as in journaling about my thoughts in the blog. Hearing that statement which seems to come from her, I couldn’t help but feel a little […]
Be grateful not to the form, but for the experience that comes through the form. Although gratitude to someone is perceived as something beautiful but this can come from the space of guilt as it is merely a form of conclusion that we are incapable of such experience thus the dependency on others which translates […]
Posted in Attitudes, Going Inwards, Ideas, Quotes on Dec 4th, 2010
Apparently, the Buddha said, Affection for a select few (dear ones) causes attachment, which in turn brings suffering when parting occurs. So develop unconditional love for all, including the ‘dear ones.’ It is a far superior love. My nearest understanding or experience of unconditional love was Mother’s Love. That was challenged by a beloved friend […]