Int he movie ‘Marie Antionette’, she quotes Rousseau in the open fields to her friends, after ‘breaking free’ of the palace: If we assume man has been corrupted by an artificial civilization, what’s the natural state. The state of nature from which he was...

If you really think you and I can’t change, you don’t really believe in Anicca. If you really think you and I can’t change, you don’t really believe in Anatta. If you really think you and I can’t change, you don’t really believe in our...

Best words of wisdom from the third Shrek movies, by Arty: Just because people treat you like a villain, or an ogre or just some loser doesn’t mean you are one. What matters most is what you think of yourself. If there’s something you really want, or someone you want to be, the...

Sometimes it’s uplifting Sometimes it’s depressing How can the same song do this? How can the same listener feel this? Unless it’s not the same song because it’s heard differently Unless it’s not the same listener, because it’s hearing differently Does...

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I lost a good idea… It just slipped my mind, as suddenly as it arrived. The very next thought… that it may never return terrifies me absolutely. The thoughts after this… are even more terrifying that the previous… What if… I pine ‘endlessly’ for a...

A Tit for a Tat (136) Tit: Her name is? Tat: Jem. Tit: Jan? ‘J’ for…? Tat: ‘J’ for Germany. Tit: Huh? Germany begins with a ‘G’! Tat: ‘J’ for Japan then! Tit: Followed by ‘A’ for America? Tat: No, ‘E’ for Ethiopia. Tit: Followed by ‘N’ for Naples? Tat: No,...

Date: 23 May 2010 (Sun) Time: 9.00-11.30 am Speaker: Shen Shi’an Venue: Pu Ji Si Buddhist Research Centre (39 Geylang Lorong 12) Register Free: Simply reply to moonpointer [at] gmail [dot] com with your name About the Amitabha Sutra: Featuring Amituofo (Amitabha Buddha), who is amazingly...

The most enlightening part of ‘The Losers’ was when the cornered Jensen uttered something ‘true to bluff’ those pointing guns at him… (Yes, it’s paradoxical) - ‘In the words of Ancient Tibetan [Buddhist] masters, “Don’t start none…...

Alternative Alice (3): Why Does the Cheshire Cat Grin? Alice: My Daddy told me to beware of those who smile a lot. Cheshire Cat: Why? Alice: Because they are either very jolly all the time, which is unlikely, or have something to hide. Cheshire Cat: But I’m not smiling. Alice:...

From ‘Marvel 1602: New World’ by Greg Pak and Greg Tocchinni: King James: ‘I grant indeed that a wicked King is sent by God for a curse to his people and a plague for their sins; but is it lawful for them to shake off that curse, which God hath laid on them? That I...

I heard of a Mother who had a kid who was frightened about ghosts. She dismissed them, telling him that there are no such things as ghosts. I don’t know when would be the right time, but I do think it’s good to educate kids on the supernatural as soon as possible, in an objective...

A Tit for a Tat (135) Tit: Look! that cockroach is lying on its back! I think he’s dying! Tat: Of course he is – especially if you don’t do anything about it! (flicks him over and he scurries off) Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/05/whats-the-name Previous ...

A Tit for a Tat (134) Tit: Where does the compass point to? Tat: North of course! Tit: Why not south? Tat: Don’t be daft – that’s the opposite direction! Tit: Looks like you didn’t hear that the Chinese call the compass the ‘south-pointing needle’...

Something I would never say in person, but echoes in my mind, when I see people offering animal products for consumption: Your good will in sharing animal stuff for food might be appreciated by living humans, but surely not, by the dead animals. What if they are so ‘well’...

In ‘X-Factor: Many Lives of Madrox’ by Peter David, Jamie Madrox or the Multiple Man (MM), who has the ability to create instant clones of himself recalls how he sent his dupes all over the place on his ‘great odyssey of learning’. However he loses track of them and...

In ‘X-Factor: Many Lives of Madrox’ by Peter David, Rictor: There’s plenty of people who think we’re evil. Appearances can be deceiving. Rahne: Ninety-nine percent of the time, things are exactly what they appear to be. Rictor: Yeah? Well, eighty-five percent of all...

I don’t understand how any deity is invoked by excitement, by songs, yells and cheers. Won’t overwhelming emotions get in the way? My Buddha-nature however, is invoked by calmness, by mindfulness, contemplation and realisation.        . Peace of mind paves the...

I don’t eat dead animals because that supports killing them, with demand for their meat. That’s why I’m vegetarian. I don’t eat produce of living animals because that supports torturing them, before being killed. That’s why I’m (actually)...