Thursday, 5 April 2007
Nada
the truth is.sometimes you do good and good is done to you. sometime you do bad and misfortune comes to you. it is also true that sometimes good people face misfortune and bad people prosper.so it follows therefore that life is not or does not describe a linear function but rather a cubic one. life will screw you, people will let you down, but sometimes they will exceed your expectations. there is no telling. my philosophy has alway been that: LIFE DOES NOT OWE YOU SHIT! so dont nobody screw you up, do not expect anything from people. count only on yourself and expect only from yourself. if others come thro for you, let it be a pleasant surprise, not an expectation. that way you will be at peace with yourself, others and your God
Sunday, 1 April 2007
Richly Brewed Coffee
A story is told of this young lovely gal who had everything going on for her till one day she woke up an it was all gone. Suddenly day turned into night, everything went wrong and it seemed as though she had lost everything. So she cried until she could cry no more. Days went by, time matched on, but her life remained full of misery
So one day she woke up and decided that she couldn’t take it anymore. So she went to her dad, who was a chef and told him that she had given up on life. Enough was enough! she said. Her dad listened to her keenly, then asked her to gather three pans, fill them with water, and in one pan, put carrots, in the other, put eggs, and in the other, put coffee. Then he asked her to boil them. After a few minutes, he asked her to tell him what she had observed.
The eggs were pretty fragile before the boiling, she said, but after boiling, they became hardened. The carrots were pretty hard, but after boiling they became softened. And what about the coffee, her dad asked. The coffee was, well, just coffee, but after boiling, it become nicely rich with an alluring aroma
That's how it is my daughter, said her dad. We always go through hard times. It is up to us to either be the egg, which is so fragile, but after going thro hardship, we become cold and hardened and enclosed within ourselves. Or we can be the carrot, acting all tough and strong, till we go thro troubles, then we soften and become vulnerable. We should always aspire to be like coffee, made refined, sweater, better and more desirable by the experiences we go thro. Our experiences should add value to our lives, not make it worse. We should grow thro every one of our experiences.
'That which does not kill you can only make you stronger '- Tupac Amaru Shakur
So one day she woke up and decided that she couldn’t take it anymore. So she went to her dad, who was a chef and told him that she had given up on life. Enough was enough! she said. Her dad listened to her keenly, then asked her to gather three pans, fill them with water, and in one pan, put carrots, in the other, put eggs, and in the other, put coffee. Then he asked her to boil them. After a few minutes, he asked her to tell him what she had observed.
The eggs were pretty fragile before the boiling, she said, but after boiling, they became hardened. The carrots were pretty hard, but after boiling they became softened. And what about the coffee, her dad asked. The coffee was, well, just coffee, but after boiling, it become nicely rich with an alluring aroma
That's how it is my daughter, said her dad. We always go through hard times. It is up to us to either be the egg, which is so fragile, but after going thro hardship, we become cold and hardened and enclosed within ourselves. Or we can be the carrot, acting all tough and strong, till we go thro troubles, then we soften and become vulnerable. We should always aspire to be like coffee, made refined, sweater, better and more desirable by the experiences we go thro. Our experiences should add value to our lives, not make it worse. We should grow thro every one of our experiences.
'That which does not kill you can only make you stronger '- Tupac Amaru Shakur
karma
You know there is no need to stress or trip over getting even, because my life is gilded and grounded…..and I really believe that karma in itself avenges us - Angie Stone
Words from a song that’s a current favorite of mine. Is it really true. Is it true that life unfolds in a karmatic fashion? And just what is karma. Karma is the doctrine of actions and their causal consequences. For those of us who believe in karma, we believe that your present is as a result of your past, and most importantly, your future is determined by your current actions. Common sense really. But isn't it also true that certain situations we find ourselves in cannot be explained by our past? Isn't it also true that we can get away with some of things we do now. A friend of mine calls this buzzer beating: quitting jus before anything goes wrong. The thing about Karma is that it is within us and most importantly, it is independent of us. This means that we cannot beat Karma. We cannot buzzer beat. The good thing is we can let it work for us, by pursuing good causes, then karma will return good effects. And if someone wrongs us, we let karma handle that(okay fine, maybe sometimes they deserve a punch on the nose!). We let karma avenge us.
Pleasure and pain are effects. The fact that they change shows that they depend on causes. This is why you will not experience the pleasure you want unless you create its causes, and you will prevent the suffering that you want to avoid by giving up its causes. As soon as a cause of suffering is inscribed in your mental continuum, you will have to go through its cause and effects whether or not you would prefer to avoid suffering. The effect of harmful actions is based on the intensity of the delusions that motivate them. It also corresponds to the associated cause.
Some people believe in a system of rewards and punishments. That if you do good you get rewarded, if you do bad you get punished. I believe in a system of consequences. If you do good, you get good consequences, if you do bad you get bad consequence. So as much as possible try to do well. Not so much because you expect the same from people, but the more because you owe it to yourself. And if someone wrongs you…do not fret…for Karma will surely avenge you
As the Dalai Lama put it, 'pleasure and pain come from your own past actions. So it is easy to define Karma in one short sentence: Act well, and things will go well,; Act wrongly, and things will go wrong'
Words from a song that’s a current favorite of mine. Is it really true. Is it true that life unfolds in a karmatic fashion? And just what is karma. Karma is the doctrine of actions and their causal consequences. For those of us who believe in karma, we believe that your present is as a result of your past, and most importantly, your future is determined by your current actions. Common sense really. But isn't it also true that certain situations we find ourselves in cannot be explained by our past? Isn't it also true that we can get away with some of things we do now. A friend of mine calls this buzzer beating: quitting jus before anything goes wrong. The thing about Karma is that it is within us and most importantly, it is independent of us. This means that we cannot beat Karma. We cannot buzzer beat. The good thing is we can let it work for us, by pursuing good causes, then karma will return good effects. And if someone wrongs us, we let karma handle that(okay fine, maybe sometimes they deserve a punch on the nose!). We let karma avenge us.
Pleasure and pain are effects. The fact that they change shows that they depend on causes. This is why you will not experience the pleasure you want unless you create its causes, and you will prevent the suffering that you want to avoid by giving up its causes. As soon as a cause of suffering is inscribed in your mental continuum, you will have to go through its cause and effects whether or not you would prefer to avoid suffering. The effect of harmful actions is based on the intensity of the delusions that motivate them. It also corresponds to the associated cause.
Some people believe in a system of rewards and punishments. That if you do good you get rewarded, if you do bad you get punished. I believe in a system of consequences. If you do good, you get good consequences, if you do bad you get bad consequence. So as much as possible try to do well. Not so much because you expect the same from people, but the more because you owe it to yourself. And if someone wrongs you…do not fret…for Karma will surely avenge you
As the Dalai Lama put it, 'pleasure and pain come from your own past actions. So it is easy to define Karma in one short sentence: Act well, and things will go well,; Act wrongly, and things will go wrong'
Of Fairies and Wishes
Have you ever wanted something so badly you would do any thing to get? That one thing you know shouldn’t mean so much to you but it does. Maybe it’s even bad for you. For each one of us there is always that one thing that you crave for, that which you think about and get the instant desire and need to have. How does that make you feel? A deep hunger, from within your very core. That voice that calls out for you and reminds you of this desire. And when your wish is granted, your juices are raved up, your senses heightened and your being is transformed into a satisfied state, almost as though it was your very reason for living. If only for that one moment.
What is that thing for you? At this very moment as you read this, what is that one wish that you would like to be granted? I don’t know about you. But for me, if I had one wish, one wish at this very moment. If I had a little fairy and she would ask me to make one wish. Id wish for….. A crisp cold bottled coke and a steer’s bugger! Damn I love that
What is that thing for you? At this very moment as you read this, what is that one wish that you would like to be granted? I don’t know about you. But for me, if I had one wish, one wish at this very moment. If I had a little fairy and she would ask me to make one wish. Id wish for….. A crisp cold bottled coke and a steer’s bugger! Damn I love that
About a Book
The thing about books is that you either love them or you don’t! I love books; I love them a great deal. So every so often I buy myself a book to indulge myself with for the month. i believe that if you really like something then it should be yours. So I buy, I don’t rent or borrow. There is this friend of mine who also loves books. A while back she introduced me to a bookshop that allows you to rent a book for a while, read it and if you really love it and would love to own it, then you can buy it. I have never taken up the offer. The book is either yours or its not. Period.
A while back a lovely book landed in my hands, wasn’t mine, but I liked it anyway. The kind of book you actually need to read a few pages before deciding whether it’s worth reading further. Everything about the book was lovely:, the cover, the title, the scent it gave when the pages are turned…..totally of the chain. So I said to myself. I cannot judge a book by its cover, ill read a few pages, then ill decide whether it’s worth the time.
The story had a lovely and captivating beginning. The kind that engages you, sends you on a trance, and keeps you hungering for more. So I turned the pages eagerly. Its story fascinated and occupied my whole day. The second chapter was not so interesting, I must admit, but I had faith, that if only I could get past this chapter, I would enjoy reading the rest of it. Then the night came, and I had to sleep. As usual, I reluctantly put the book beside my bed, and went to sleep, wishing the night would be short so I would wake up and continue with my reading.
Work up in the morning, reached out for the book but it wasn’t there! It just wasn’t there! I couldn’t believe it, I actually still think its either a long bad dream and that ill wake up for real and find the book where I left it but….it just aint there
Will I see the book again? Will I get a chance to finish reading it? I don’t know. I certainly hope so, but am not crossing my fingers on that
In the meantime am gonna call my friend and am gonna tell her: the book is either yours, or not. So ill stick to my bookshop, where they don’t ask you to try out the book before buying. You either buy or you don’t
A while back a lovely book landed in my hands, wasn’t mine, but I liked it anyway. The kind of book you actually need to read a few pages before deciding whether it’s worth reading further. Everything about the book was lovely:, the cover, the title, the scent it gave when the pages are turned…..totally of the chain. So I said to myself. I cannot judge a book by its cover, ill read a few pages, then ill decide whether it’s worth the time.
The story had a lovely and captivating beginning. The kind that engages you, sends you on a trance, and keeps you hungering for more. So I turned the pages eagerly. Its story fascinated and occupied my whole day. The second chapter was not so interesting, I must admit, but I had faith, that if only I could get past this chapter, I would enjoy reading the rest of it. Then the night came, and I had to sleep. As usual, I reluctantly put the book beside my bed, and went to sleep, wishing the night would be short so I would wake up and continue with my reading.
Work up in the morning, reached out for the book but it wasn’t there! It just wasn’t there! I couldn’t believe it, I actually still think its either a long bad dream and that ill wake up for real and find the book where I left it but….it just aint there
Will I see the book again? Will I get a chance to finish reading it? I don’t know. I certainly hope so, but am not crossing my fingers on that
In the meantime am gonna call my friend and am gonna tell her: the book is either yours, or not. So ill stick to my bookshop, where they don’t ask you to try out the book before buying. You either buy or you don’t
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