Friday, December 24, 2004
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Be Here NOW
At this moment if you set the alarm to get up at 3:47 this morning and when the alarm rings and you get up and turn it off and say: what time is it?
You'd say: NOW NOW where am I?
HERE! HERE! Then go back to sleep.
Get up at 9:00 Tomorrow. Where am I?? Here! What time is it? NOW!
Try 4:32 three weeks from next Thurs. BY GOD It is ....There's no getting away from it - That's the way it is that's the ETERNAL PRESENT.
You finally figure out that it's only the clock that's going around... It's doing its thing but you - you're sitting HERE RIGHT NOW ALWAYS NOTHING TO DO.
There is nowhere to go and There is nothing to do & We're going to keep coming to know one another more & more free of being identified with any veils less identified with their veils as you find the light in you, you begin to see the light in everyone else as you find God in yourself there is God everywhere.
An excerpt from the book Be Here Now by Ram Dass
You'd say: NOW NOW where am I?
HERE! HERE! Then go back to sleep.
Get up at 9:00 Tomorrow. Where am I?? Here! What time is it? NOW!
Try 4:32 three weeks from next Thurs. BY GOD It is ....There's no getting away from it - That's the way it is that's the ETERNAL PRESENT.
You finally figure out that it's only the clock that's going around... It's doing its thing but you - you're sitting HERE RIGHT NOW ALWAYS NOTHING TO DO.
There is nowhere to go and There is nothing to do & We're going to keep coming to know one another more & more free of being identified with any veils less identified with their veils as you find the light in you, you begin to see the light in everyone else as you find God in yourself there is God everywhere.
An excerpt from the book Be Here Now by Ram Dass
Did man Create God?
I am much baffled by this question. Did God actually create man or is it the other way round? Of course for those who believed strictly in the Fall theory, God made Adam and Eve. The temptation by the serpent which led to Adam and Eve being banished from the Garden of Eden. This speaks that from day one, men were sinners. But one interesting aspect to ponder upon is if there wasn't a fall would there still be God and man? The answer seems to be no. If you look at this properly it was the Sin of man that created God. Because before the sin and the consumption of the apple, God and man walked hand in hand. God made man in his image. Man did not know he was different from God until he ate the fruit of knowledge; the fruit of good and evil. Man had no clue as to what was good and evil, the two opposites of extremities.
I find this theory very fascinating. Why did God allow the forbidden fruit to be in sight of Adam and Eve? Perhaps he forsaw the Fall and the tumultous world that will come thereafter.
Maybe the God we refer to has been changed so much that God has become everything but the Creator. God is an agent of a greater force; a representative of the universe. A symbolic mythology of the intangible and incomprehensable energy that churns the entirety of eternity.
Well maybe, just maybe. It is the force that creates man that in turn creates an image of God to complete what can't be understood.
Don't get me wrong. I am not promoting a secular world. Human beings are in need of institutionalised religions. But they must have the spritual awareness to distinguish between the corruption of man and the truth of religion.
I find this theory very fascinating. Why did God allow the forbidden fruit to be in sight of Adam and Eve? Perhaps he forsaw the Fall and the tumultous world that will come thereafter.
Maybe the God we refer to has been changed so much that God has become everything but the Creator. God is an agent of a greater force; a representative of the universe. A symbolic mythology of the intangible and incomprehensable energy that churns the entirety of eternity.
Well maybe, just maybe. It is the force that creates man that in turn creates an image of God to complete what can't be understood.
Don't get me wrong. I am not promoting a secular world. Human beings are in need of institutionalised religions. But they must have the spritual awareness to distinguish between the corruption of man and the truth of religion.
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Don't Judge if you don't know
I have recently gone utterly mad. Reason being I have been doing things that make me tick inside. I follow my instinct or shall I say my Bliss. However looks like this Bliss is not getting me good response from others. Perhaps this Bliss is not used to please others but for me to find myself amidst a turbulent society.
To follow my Bliss is like asking to be ostracized. Because my Bliss takes me out of the realm of the ordinary. Many can't accept us radical folks. But this is how art is created. Dare to be different and stick to principles that throw others off balance.
No one wants to be thrown into the sea. Neither do I but if I don't meet the rough currents head on, I will miss the rapture of the underwater world.
Now where does my Bliss take me?
To follow my Bliss is like asking to be ostracized. Because my Bliss takes me out of the realm of the ordinary. Many can't accept us radical folks. But this is how art is created. Dare to be different and stick to principles that throw others off balance.
No one wants to be thrown into the sea. Neither do I but if I don't meet the rough currents head on, I will miss the rapture of the underwater world.
Now where does my Bliss take me?
Monday, December 20, 2004
The Spirit
Once the spirit of defending what appears to be right is confused, the fighting becomes a brute battle. It becomes a personal achievement. Many times in one’s life, this spirit is often misconceived because of various reasons. Friends die or friends betray. Family turns into a blurring view of a forgotten spring. Loneliness suddenly is an ally and the only song that made sense is when the hands are stained with blood. Enemies changed into a faithful companion. What is right and what is wrong remains an unanswered question because justice is still not served. For there to be peace, must life be slaughtered? Perhaps death is the single suitable retribution for a defender. With death there is hope for a decent rebirth of the spirit.
Sunday, December 19, 2004
Ningen NoYakusoku - A Promise
An excerpt from the screenplay of a melancholic Japanese movie.
Husband (Yoshio Morimoto):
With my parents moving into our home it has disrupted our relationship. I am sorry.
Wife (Ritsuko Morimoto):
No. (A long pause)
Your affairs did.
Husband:
With my parents around and you having to take care of my senile mother, our sex life is interrupted.
Wife:
A good excuse for an affair.
Husband:
You have such a good imagination. (Laughs) There was never an affair.
Wife:
(Laughs)
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Man (Yoshio Morimoto):
(Looking at his naked mistress sitting beside him)
I need to go home now.
Woman:
I see. You have come to say goodbye. You didn't dare say you wanted an affair with me. So you just came. Now when you want to end this, you just leave.
Man:
It is getting late. I am sorry. I must go.
Woman:
Yes, go home. I will start a rumour tomorrow that you can't play with a girl. It will be a reason for you to leave me.
Husband (Yoshio Morimoto):
With my parents moving into our home it has disrupted our relationship. I am sorry.
Wife (Ritsuko Morimoto):
No. (A long pause)
Your affairs did.
Husband:
With my parents around and you having to take care of my senile mother, our sex life is interrupted.
Wife:
A good excuse for an affair.
Husband:
You have such a good imagination. (Laughs) There was never an affair.
Wife:
(Laughs)
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Man (Yoshio Morimoto):
(Looking at his naked mistress sitting beside him)
I need to go home now.
Woman:
I see. You have come to say goodbye. You didn't dare say you wanted an affair with me. So you just came. Now when you want to end this, you just leave.
Man:
It is getting late. I am sorry. I must go.
Woman:
Yes, go home. I will start a rumour tomorrow that you can't play with a girl. It will be a reason for you to leave me.
A Letter from the Past
Sally once said in her reply to me that it takes a long time to find true friends. By that I think she meant friends who would be there for me through good and bad. Someone who would understand me and tell me sincerely that I have done wrong. Telling me because he or she cares and not out of jealousy or envy. Telling me not because she wants me to mirror her. Someone who is not there to take advantage of me. Misunderstandings only tighten the ties of friendship. To have such bonding and trust it takes much hardwork and unconditional sharing. It is indeed time consuming.
Whether one is a friend will only be put to a test when a tragery occurs, sad to say. Many things need to happen before one can call another a True friend. It is not as simple as cracking a few silly jokes to making everyone laugh. Of course the initial likings must be there but it is the route after the hugs and kisses that determines where and how far we can go.
I received a hand written letter from an old friend. We went to Law School together. There is much history that built what we have today. Someone whom I feel her raging sincerity. We have experienced happy times and cried many angry tears. I had been foolish and she had been childish. But now I feel deep down that there is something "special" between us. Maybe this is the friendship which Sally said that took years to construct.
At times we tend to undermine the wisdom of another person. More so by someone who is much older than us. However I suppose I can retaliate out of pride and foolishness. But as I grow older and learn more; words of the elder always seem to come true, and it puts my retaliation to shame.
Whether one is a friend will only be put to a test when a tragery occurs, sad to say. Many things need to happen before one can call another a True friend. It is not as simple as cracking a few silly jokes to making everyone laugh. Of course the initial likings must be there but it is the route after the hugs and kisses that determines where and how far we can go.
I received a hand written letter from an old friend. We went to Law School together. There is much history that built what we have today. Someone whom I feel her raging sincerity. We have experienced happy times and cried many angry tears. I had been foolish and she had been childish. But now I feel deep down that there is something "special" between us. Maybe this is the friendship which Sally said that took years to construct.
At times we tend to undermine the wisdom of another person. More so by someone who is much older than us. However I suppose I can retaliate out of pride and foolishness. But as I grow older and learn more; words of the elder always seem to come true, and it puts my retaliation to shame.
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