From Robert Greene’s ‘The 48 Laws of Power’ is some counter-intuitive advice -
‘The key to picking a pocket is knowing which pocket contains the wallet. Experienced pickpockets often ply their trade in train stations and other places where there is a clearly marked sign reading ‘Beware of Pickpockets’. Passersby seeing the [...]
Lose Less By Having Less Stuff
By shian under Books |
2 Comments | Tags: complacency, greed, mindfulness
Time to Clock Out of Samsara? (2)
By zyrius under Odds & Ends |
Your Comment | Tags: complacency, Dukkha, Samsara
The company changed the clocking machine recently. It is now so easy to clock in and out that she even gets a kick out of ‘passing’ the scanning almost instantaneously – in just one go. It might have given her the illusion that it’s now more enjoyable to come to work. It made her wonder [...]
Perspectives : Organ Transplants, Euthanasia & AMD
By shian under Odds & Ends |
4 Comments | Tags: complacency, death, dying, euthanasia, hope, karma, life, organ transplant, Pure Land, suffering, suicide
Q: What’s your take on organ donations upon death? Some are against transplants in the first place, saying this is against the natural course of life itself. Anyway, if I were to die at home, I don’t think there would be much chance for timely transplants.
A: A karmic coincidence! I just wrote a series of articles related to [...]
















