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"I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance."
Monday, April 25, 2005
hmmm

I wanted to wash some dishes, and as I was pouring the liquid detergent on them the cap of the bottle somehow popped open and some of the detergent found itself in the company of my left eye. Now that's something to blog about! Isn't it? No? Hmmm, well what about the dream I had last night? My life has a lot in common with the EKG of a dead person, and so I dreamt of Spot our neighbour's cat! Isn't she beautiful? Hmm, this doesn't seem to do it either. Well, what can I blog about?
Oooh I did actually do something interesting. I just remembered, for one day my life wasn't completely empty, I visited a Hindu temple! Yes, it was beautiful, I had passed by it a few times, and marveled at the building's beauty and then one day my sister said she had to go to a Buddhist temple to attend some ceremony (she's studying world religions) but there were none close to where we live and so I suggested she goes to the Hindu temple.
We went so she sets an appointment and we got to speak to the chairman who was very friendly and stayed for about 2 hours talking! Well, he was doing most of the talking. He spoke of the four paths, Jnan Yoga, Karma Yoga, Raj Yoga and Bhakti Yoga and also about reincarnation. I found it very fascinating and wondered at the beauty this world could be if human beings could put into action all the good they know.
We then went to where they conduct prayers of some sort, and he explained how they bathe the God/s in milk and honey and about the offerings and then before leaving he gave us fruits from the place of offerings, I was moved : )
We thanked him and I said 'namaste' : ) he was surprised i know it! I was so happy lol.
Ok, that's it. Go read something beneficial :P
Thursday, April 14, 2005
The new self

Can you really ask what reason Pythagoras had for abstaining from flesh? For my part I rather wonder both by what accident and in what state of soul or mind the first man did so, touched his mouth to gore and brought his lips to the flesh of a dead creature, he who set forth tables of dead, stale bodies and ventured to call food and nourishment the parts that had little before bellowed and cried, moved and lived.
How could his eyes endure the slaughter when throats were slit and hides flayed and limbs torn from limb? How could his nose endure the stench? How was it that the pollution did not turn away his taste, which made contact with the sores of others and sucked juices and serums from mortal wounds?
It is certainly not lions and wolves that we eat out of self-defense; on the contrary, we ignore these and slaughter harmless, tame creatures without stings or teeth to harm us, creatures that, I swear, Nature appears to have produced for the sake of their beauty and grace. But nothing abashed us, not the flower-like tinting of the flesh, not the persuasiveness of the harmonious voice, not the cleanliness of their habits or the unusual intelligence that may be found in the poor wretches.
No, for the sake of a little flesh we deprive them of sun, of light, of the duration of life to which they are entitled by birth and being.
PLUTARCH
I went vegan on April 2nd. Just like that, you know how some smokers quit cold turkey? Yup, it was the same thing for me, I just woke up on that day and decided no more meat, poultry, dairy, eggs, fish, honey, silk, leather etc.
Ok.
Somehow I feel liberated. From what I do not really know. And there's also this part of me thinking that I'm finally doing something for this planet. I've even thought of writing a book on veganism/vegetarianism but then thought with all those books out there which more or less have everything one needs to know, I might as well write about something else. But then now when I thought of it, anything I decide to write on, would have been covered. Is this another one of Murphys laws?
Anyway, I will write about it here though, do my part on shedding more light on the subject.
Thursday, April 07, 2005
Now, that's what happened!
Sunday, April 03, 2005
Angel

Whoa that was a random entry back there! But blogging is still depressing! Ok, well, I'll write more on this later, gotta be in the right mood ; )
Ok guys, I'll be gone for a few days, but do visit again, I will have things to say :P
I'm leaving you here with this angel, he goes by a lot of names, Chico, Chongooz, Tu Tu, Bon Bon, Tranqi, Sunshine, Baby Boy, Shamorty, and I'm sure there were more, but just can't remember now, heh.
You can name him too! Let's see what suits him best by just looking at his picture!



