Super Short Story (199): Saved By God? He saved her because he believed they are children of the same God, who would wish him to save her. She does not believe there is such a God, who could save her, but she is now a believer that even an illusion might indirectly save. She does believe...

Super Short Story (152): Blu-ray He said Blu-ray resolution looks so real that it looks fake, though it’s the other way round - he had gotten so used to less real resolution that the more real seems...

Samsara might be interesting at times, but it is also dissatisfactory most of the time, even if at subtle levels. So long as we are unmindful of this, we will be intrigued by it and mistaken its fleeting pleasures as true bliss, clutching at illusion instead of realising...

Sam & Sara #366 Sara: You were in my dream last night! Sam: What happened? Sara: I asked you, ‘What are you doing in my dream?’ Sam: What did ‘I’ say? Sara: You said, ‘How would I know? It’s your dream!’ Sam: Haha! Sara: So… what were you...

Tips are abound these days… on how to make your eyes look ‘more expressive’ using various make-up techniques. But… ‘more expressive’ of what? Of one’s make-up skills? Of illusion and disguise? Of willingness to trick the...

The ingenious film that is ‘Inception’ begins with the assumption that it is possible for multiple persons to enter someone’s dream, that can even be designed without that person knowing, thus digging out deep secrets from his sub-consciousness, or even implanting ideas...

If I were to summarise our mini pilgrimage to Taiwan, it would be 悲欣交集 (intertwinement of sadness and happiness). The Dharma is still strong and flourishing in Taiwan. Could it be because they have strong Dharma leaders who not only lead, preach but walk the talk too? Basically, there...

‘Summer Wars’ tells of how virtual reality as a ‘Second Life’ spills over to reality, till it becomes indispensable to real life when it gradually replaces aspects of it. In reality, like the illusory in Samsara, nothing is merely virtual once it is taken seriously...

When I was younger, during my adolescent years, there was a period of time, which felt like two years, when I diligently avoided looking into any mirror – because I didn’t felt like the person I saw in the reflection. There was a bizarre sense of disconnection, as if my face...

Because ‘I’ am part of this world, Because ‘I’ am interconnected with this world, Because ‘I’ am seamless with this world, ‘I’ am an illusion in the world. Notes: (On CPR Picture) Where do ‘you’ begin? Without the world,...

The only dialogues I found interesting in ‘Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist’ are as below. I wished there was an infinite number of them. Norah: … reminds me of this part of Judaism that I really like. It’s called Tikkun olam. It says that the world’s...

A friend sent me the above with this question: Bwahaha… i wonder what’s the teacher’s religion? I replied: Oh, haven’t u heard? It’s an ancient ‘universal’ religion called ‘egoism’, which most of us subscribe to, albeit to different...

Fai: My casual observation: both ‘practice’ and ‘studies’ seems to work well as means for ego inflation. I have met both ‘serious meditators/ practitioners’ as well as Buddhist scholars who have very big egos and think the world of themselves.  Me:...