Documenting Eruditions
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 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 Quotes on Jun 11th, 2010
Not even if it rained gold coins can there be satiety in sensual desire. Sensual pleasures are painful and of little sweetness. Realizing this, the wise person takes no delight even in heavenly pleasures. The disciple of the Fully Enlightened One delights in the destruction of craving. ~ Buddha, Dhammapada 186, 187 ~
Posted in Going Inwards, Ideas on Jun 10th, 2010
Apparently, to free the mind is to be free of concepts. To be free of concepts means, to undo all sorts of limitations that binds us. I am speaking of things which we find are restrictive to our sense of being, which disable us to achieve our fullest sense of joy. But then again, peace […]
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 Attitudes, Going Inwards on May 19th, 2010
When I started my inward journey with constant efforts and willing inner work which included self-awareness, self-observation and self-inquiry, I soon realized that these qualities became pretty much a natural process unfolding during times of trigger. One by one, closed ones whom I was once and some, still pretty much attached to soon by now, […]
Posted in Poems on May 13th, 2010
A strong woman works out every day to keep her body in shape but a woman of strength looks deep inside to keep her soul in shape * A strong woman isn’t afraid of anything but a woman of strength shows courage in the midst of her fear * A strong woman won’t let anyone […]
Posted in Going Inwards on May 5th, 2010
It is amazing how the set ups of the outside world are constantly remind me how ‘real’ and ‘troubled’ I am, or how I could use the body to influence the mind. Maybe I am missing a point here, but I am still not seeing how an effect can sway the source of experience. My […]
Posted in Ideas on Apr 28th, 2010
I have many conditions in my life; and the easiest condition in my life, is to be unconditional. The easiest condition in my life, is yet the hardest I’ve ever had to deal with and practice – and that is, unconditionality.