Tag: mindfulness

In the movie ‘Murderer’, the protagonist model detective suffers from lapses in memory (due to an injury and another reason…

Hi readers, you know… moonpointer.com is meant to be Buddhist blog community, though over the years, there are few contributors….

Am recalling some of the songs I grew up with… Above is the video for ‘You Only Tell Me You…

During the Pureland retreat today, I noticed that the old man in front of me didn’t chant about half of…

I became serious in my Pureland practice after attending classes and doing in-depth research into the subject. For a couple…

Last Sunday, I attended a refresher lesson on meditation. I was pleasantly surprised and reminded of the powerful benefits of…

For supper last night, I reheated a prepacked naan using a microwave oven. To my shock, when it was ready,…

While attending a psychology workshop, all the participants did an exercise in mindfulness together. I was one of them. At…

After years of trying out various methods of organising my various to-do lists, I think I came up with the…

On the hottest day At the busiest hour With the tightest jeans And the darkest top In the crowdiest train…

A Tit for a Tat (25) Tit: The guy behind is giving unneeded commentary on the movie to his friend!…

In the movie ‘Land of the Lost’, an explorer-scientist discovers a dimension which is not way back in the past…

Did you know that ‘Padme’ means ‘lotus’, as in ‘Om Mani Padme Hum’? Did you know that the Jedi Order…

A Tit for a Tat (11) Tit: Hey! You misspelled ‘mispelled’! Tat: Hey! Not me! I saw you erase an…

Haunted by ‘Ghosts of Girlfriends Past’ ‘Ghosts of Girlfriends Past’ is about a fickle guy, who is so scrooge-ly with…

Batman, as a comic book character, was created in 1939. That makes 2009 the 70th anniversary of his creation! It’s…

Whenever I got bumped into by unmindful and unapologetic pedestrians in the past, the natural tendency was to give rise…

Capital Tower* catching the setting sun, glowing like a pillar of gold. Reminds me of Amituofo, that supreme beacon of…

Thank goodness that we can only have one thought at a time. Imagine if 84,000 thoughts assault you at the…

In ‘Kin: The Good Neighbours’ by Holly Black, Aubrey the faerie father tests the human Thaddeus on his love for…