Author: Shen Shián

Co-founder of Moonpointer.com
07
Dec
2016

Moon

A rather super moon (on 15 November 2016), after the Understanding Amituofo class, above the Buddha, as snapped by class…

07
Dec
2016

Expectations Checked

Dashed expectations are just reality checks. There is no need to see anyone other than the enlightened as high up…

07
Dec
2016

Lunatics R’ Us

This explains why some philosophies have traces of lunacy, since most philosophers are not fully enlightened yet! Thank Buddhas for…

07
Dec
2016

More Animals Saved

Great news! A volunteer couple from an animal shelter vowed to go veg after hearing a brief introduction on going…

07
Dec
2016

Heartbreaking Poignance

‘Baby steps (to go vegan) are “cool”. We (the cows and more animals) will just wait on this line (on…

07
Dec
2016

Humans Scarier Than Ghosts?

Some people keep saying ghosts are not scary, that humans are more scary. Er…. to be fair, most ghosts are…

07
Dec
2016

Persistence

Translation: ‘Persistence does not definitely lead to success. Giving up definitely leads to failure.’ But of course, never persist to…

23
Nov
2016

Aliens: Super Short Story #429

Super Short Story #429: Aliens He was never too curious about potential strange lifeforms in outer space because he already…

23
Nov
2016

Commitment: Super Short Story #428

Super Short Story #428: Commitment He decided to commit to not eating any part or product of any animal forever…

23
Nov
2016

Animals: Super Short Story #427

Super Short Story #427: Animals She loved some animals such as stray cats and dogs so much that she feeds…

23
Nov
2016

Shyness: Super Short Story #426

Super Short Story #426: Shyness He always knew that his so-called shyness was a subtle form of egoism – of…

23
Nov
2016

Gratitude: Super Short Story #425

Super Short Story #425: Gratitude He was incredibly grateful to his largely absent boss, who was not a control freak,…

23
Nov
2016

Neat: Super Short Story #424

Super Short Story #424: Neat He relished in the mess of the creative process – of multiple files open on…

23
Nov
2016

Rant: Super Short Story #423

  Super Short Story #423: Rant Her habit of ranting conditioned in him his habit of not listening to her…

23
Nov
2016

Depth: Super Short Story #422

Super Short Story #422: Depth He decided to write a deeper story for kids, as most kid stories are too…

23
Nov
2016

Blame: Super Short Story #421

Super Short Story #421: Blame She shattered the illusion that everyone and everything else is to blame for her unhappiness,…

23
Nov
2016

People: Super Short Story #420

Super Short Story #420: People He learnt to look out for the weather of people, as people are like the…

15
Nov
2016

Interest: Super Short Story #419

Super Short Story #419: Interest His startling lack of much interest in what others are much interested in made him…

15
Nov
2016

Scroll: Super Short Story #418

Super Short Story #418: Scroll She scrolled on and on in her facebook feed furiously, as if urgently looking for…

15
Nov
2016

Honesty: Super Short Story #417

Super Short Story #417: Honesty She was too weak for honesty in two ways – for others to be honest…