Super Short Story (98): Anticipation Back in the days when there were no phones or pagers, when one waits for someone who hasn’t turned up, as the minutes trickle by with the passing of time, does one think the person must be reaching soon, or is not coming at all? At what point does...

I notice that the poor in many countries tend to have more kids. Perhaps it is due to lack of education and thus family planning as well. Perhaps it is due to harbouring hopes in the next generation for bettering the family? If poor now, children offer more hope for the future? If poor...

‘Maybe I’m too bad to learn the Dharma!’ Nonsense! Everyone is bad or good enough to learn the Dharma. Besides, the ‘badder’ one is, the more one needs...

Cris Johnson in ‘Next’ says: ‘Here is the thing about the future. Every time you look at, it changes, because you looked at it, and that changes everything else.’ If you have a 2-minute warning of what will happen, will you be more relaxed or stressed? Even though we...

Shen Shi’an has sent you the following message from http://www.hopenhagen.com: On December 7 (4 days away), leaders from 192 countries will gather at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to determine the fate of our planet. Let’s turn Copenhagen into Hopenhagen....

Everyday is full of hope for everyone if everyone brings hope to everyone everyday. - Stonepeace Related Articles: Hope As Attachment http://moonpointer.com/index1.php?itemid=2115 Do What We Can http://moonpointer.com/index1.php?itemid=1395 Hope That’s...

In ‘Chickens with Plums’ by Marjane Satrapi is this recounted story where Azrael, the angel of death was commanded by God to take the life of a man in India. But the day before, he bumps into him in Jerusalem. Terrified, the man runs to King Solomon to ask that he be sent far away...

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...