12
Jul
2011

Peak Hour Paradox

At peak hour, there are more cabs, which means it is easier to hail a cab. At peak hour, there…

12
Jul
2011

A Horse Brotherhood

I’m generally not supportive of domestication as it is a often form of exploitation but in the documentary ‘The Monk…

06
Jul
2011

Karmic Disaster

The moment a natural or man-made disaster affects sentient lives, it is also a karmic disaster for those very sentient…

06
Jul
2011

For Whom?

For whom the phone rings, if there is no one there to hear, to pick it up? For you the…

06
Jul
2011

I Will Survive

Parts of this song is fantastic, almost Buddhistic… 寂寞寂寞就好 (田馥甄 Hebe) I’ll Be Better After I’m Lonely For A While…

06
Jul
2011

Do You Get Zen?

A Tit for a Tat (322) Tat: Because he didn’t get it, he says it’s very Zen! Tit: Because she got…

06
Jul
2011

Flower Haiku?

The silent Buddha’s silent flower… What was he saying? Or ‘not saying’?

06
Jul
2011

One Timeline

While the humans try to nip the problem in the bud by preventing Skynet from forming, why doesn’t the robots just nip the problem…

06
Jul
2011

Red Riding Hood

Lessons from ‘Red Riding Hood’: Anyone can be a werewolf in disguise. Even yourself, with a hidden beast inside. With…

06
Jul
2011

Disappointment

A Tit for a Tat (321) Tat: I think she’s disappointed with me. Tit: And… Tat: And I’m disappointed with her…

06
Jul
2011

Beginning Of Bodhicitta

I am only one, but still I am one [and not ‘no one’]. I cannot do everything, but still I…

06
Jul
2011

More Or Less A Paradox?

Less is More… which is Less is More… which is Less is More…

06
Jul
2011

Time-Travel Paradox

If you can time-travel to the past to change the future, what if you change it such, that you cannot…

06
Jul
2011

His Bipolar Swinging

His bipolar swinging of reason and emotion in this life is just like a compression of my ‘bipolar’ swinging of…

29
Jun
2011

Problem With Words

The problem with words, of how they are perceived differently, even if they are exact but few!

29
Jun
2011

Meaning Of Life

Since life has no (fixed) meaning, what the meaning of life is, is to give life a (meaningful) meaning. Since life…

29
Jun
2011

China Adventures (3): Mountain On Mountain

A mountain casting a shadow on a mountain A mountain in the light ‘creating’ a mountain in the dark Reminds me…

29
Jun
2011

China Adventures (2): Tipping The Enlightened?

As amusing as it is somewhat bizarre, many temple devotees in China like to deposit their cash donations in the meditative mudras (sacred…

29
Jun
2011

China Adventures (1): Golden Lotus

While preparing for a a Zen course: http://thedailyenlightenment.com/2011/05/course-the-magic-of-zen-origins-stories-essence I did research on the Flower Sermon, which is briefly this… When…

28
Jun
2011

Just Joking?

A Tit for a Tat (320) Tit: [Glaring] How could you say that? Tat: Take it easy! Can’t you see…