Assimilation: Dharmagram #59 The movie ‘Annihilation’ is not really about destruction, but a deeper exploration about the nature of death, rebirth and...

There were interesting detailed studies done on the links between birthmarks and past life memories by Dr Ian Stevenson from Virginia University: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_Reincarnation_and_Biology_Intersect  That said, various birthmarks can be due to various causes...

Some beings we are close to in this life we were already close to in a previous life, thus the present affinity. Thank goodness we don’t remember now, or it can be more traumatic than expected. That said, we are all relatives in one way or another, across the span of many interconnected...

Re-lighting candles for rebirthdays? Instructions say they will re-light on and on when blown ‘out’, till put in water. Sounds like an analogy for the need to extinguish even embers of the fires of greed, hatred and delusion to attain the peace of...

Of Asian Sisyphuses and human ostriches. The cure for cyclical suffering due to voluntary ignorance?...

Me: Happy rebirthday? Amituofo :-] Friend: Journeying closer towards dissolution [of this life] :-[ Me: No no no… journey to rebirthday in Pure Land! Friend: Haha. That sounds more positive! (It’s not my birthday; but a friend’s. Me never found my birthday worth celebrating....

Enlightenment is liberation from pointless cycles. (Picture: Joy on...

From ‘Mockingjay Part 2’, Plutarch Heavensbee’s letter to Katniss says, ‘The war is over. We’ll enter that sweet period where everyone agrees not to repeat the recent horrors. Of course, we’re fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a gift for...

Unnerving… Humans have begun hooking themselves collectively into the ‘matrix’ of virtual reality. There will come a day when virtual and thus false paradise seems more real and appealing than the real? How easy it would be to forget we are still stuck in the cycle of birth...

Moment: Wandering Thought #260 Whether you believe in the existence of countless past lives or finite past years, months, days, all of your past has led to this very moment. Have you learnt well yet? In this moment, what are the best thoughts to think? In this moment, what are the best words...