Once a strand of hair falls off, it is totally disregarded, no longer cherished, even deemed as disgusting and useless. This is how fickle we are, in our ‘love’ to the body. Will you readily let your whole body go when dying too?
One Strand of Hair
By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends |
Your Comment | Tags: attachment, aversion
Haunted
By Shen Shi'an under Comics & Graphic Novels |
Your Comment | Tags: attachment, aversion, ghost, guilt
A lesson learnt from ‘Anya’s Ghost’ by Vera Brosgol. There is an unseen ghost behind every seen or unseen ghost – the real ghost, the real ‘demon’ behind the ghost, that ghost of attachment or aversion that binds the ghost, keeps the being being a ghost. Every ghost in unfortunate, but in guilty ways, for [...]
Phantom Love & Loss
By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends |
1 Comment | Tags: attachment, aversion, death, heaven, hell, love
Some lament of not finding a dream partner, of not getting the one one wants now. Some lament of losing a dream partner, of not having ‘the one’ any more. Which is worse? Not getting what you want now, or losing what you get later? Is it worth it? Getting heavenly marital bliss now, only [...]
Dharma of The Blower’s Daughter
By Shen Shi'an under Music |
1 Comment | Tags: attachment, aversion, love, Samsara, suffering
Above is Ni Andong’s cover of Damien Rice’s ‘The Blower’s Daughter’, whose original version is below. Ni’s take sent some shivers down my spine (in a resonant, not creepy way), more so than Rice’s version, which is moving too. But what’s more interesting is that I finally heard the last words clearly – I can’t take my [...]
She Smiles On
By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends |
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Roach resting on her image’s crown I freak out but she* smiles on Namo Guanshiyin Pusa! * not the roach!
Ugly Paradox
By Shen Shi'an under TitTatTot |
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A Tit for a Tat (228) Tit: Isn’t it strange? Tat: What is? Tit: We like to see good-looking people as it’s pleasing to the eye…. Tat: So…? Tit: But if they are very good-looking, we might feel jealous. Tat: And if they are not so good-looking? Tit: We feel disappointed! Tat: Either way, such [...]
The Last Supper
By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends |
2 Comments | Tags: Amituofo, attachment, aversion, mindfulness, regret
The vegan restaurant is closing soon. (Vegsenz at Tekka Mall, at end of month) It’s my last chance to eat there (till they reopen at another place). Should I savour the dishes not yet tried? Should I savour the ones I’m familiar with already? Will I be glad? Will I regret? What if it’s my [...]
Dreamare of Samsara
By Shen Shi'an under Music |
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From TheZena56: ‘I had a nightmare once. I was walking down a snowy road and the full moon was blood red. And I swear I heard something like this (Digital Daggers’ cover version of Tears for Fears’ Head Over Heels) playing in the background. And I had the biggest urge to run because I felt [...]
Like & Dislike
By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends |
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A Tit for a Tat (184) Tit: One fried dumpling left. You want it? Tat: Since you like it, you can have it! Tit: One soup dumpling left. You want it? Tat: Since I don’t like it, you can have it! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/12/car-number Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/12/sticks-stones About aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/02/logo-for-a-tit-for-a-tat-series
The Arbitrary Toilets
By zyrius under Odds & Ends |
2 Comments | Tags: attachment, aversion, equanimity
There are two unlabeled toilet cubicles in the office. Most males use one, that became the less clean one. It’s less clean, I guess, because males are generally less sensitive about cleanliness? But I’m not one of them! So now I use the other one, since there is no hard and fast rule that only [...]
The Language Is Not The Message
By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends |
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A Tit for a Tat (174) Tit: I cringe whenever I hear his bad English! Tat: I cringe whenever you miss his message! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/11/how-to-enjoy-sleeping Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/11/mindful-enough About aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/02/logo-for-a-tit-for-a-tat-series
Running from Fear
By Shen Shi'an under Music |
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Watch video of Massive Attack’s ‘Angel’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaef2NgwqHY Senseless antagonism of many against one and senseless antagonism of one against many in retaliation? The chase goes on… There is nothing to fear but fear itself? One forgot this, and ran, before he faced his fears, before they forgot this, and ran…
Play It Again!
By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends |
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A Tit for a Tat (169) Tit: Why do you keep replaying the same song? Tat: Well, if I prefer another song at the moment, I wouldn’t! Tit: Why not give the another song a try? Tat: Well, if I prefer another song at the moment, I would! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/10/sooner-or-later-2 Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/10/do-you-wanna About [...]
Upset Being Upset
By Shen Shi'an under Movies/TV |
Your Comment | Tags: aversion, peace
Lisa says an accidental haiku in the film ‘Little Buddha’: I’m just upset with myself being upset. Here is another haiku to reply that: We need to make peace with not being at peace. (I put Nietzsche’s pic because he seemed pretty upset most of his life for being widely misunderstood.)
It Happens
By Shen Shi'an under Comics & Graphic Novels |
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In ‘Wolverine: Not Dead Yet’ by Warren Ellis and Leinil Yu, Wolverine barely escapes yet another attempt to kill him. Landing after leaping out of a window, we see him standing to gather himself in pain and rage, while a partially ripped bumper sticker reads ‘IT HAPPENS’ in the background. It gave me an idea [...]
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