‘Striking Vipers’ In A ‘Black Mirror’

Jul. 1 | With technological advances, there is an ever-thinning fine line between reality and virtuality; real-life versus ‘fun and games’. What if the day comes, when the fantastically and sensually simulated is maximised so much, that it is preferred...

The Buddha’s Words On Loving-Kindness (Karaniya Metta Sutta)

Mar. 27 | [1] He sleeps in comfort. [2] He awakes in comfort. [3] He sees no evil dreams. [4] He is dear to human beings. [5] He is dear to non-human beings. [6] Devas (gods) protect him. [7] Fire, poison, and sword cannot touch him. [8] His mind can concentrate...

Thoughts On ‘The Haunting Of Hill House’

Nov. 27 | People are first haunted by their inner demons, before they become ghosts haunting haunted places, who might in turn become others’ outer demons. Haunted by unresolved and deluded attachment and aversion, both in this life and from life to...

Can Karma Be Created In Dreams?

Aug. 5 | 一切有为法  All conditioned dharmas [phenomena] 如梦幻泡影  are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, shadows, 如露亦如电  like dew, also like lightning [flashes]. 应作如是观  [All] should have such contemplation. – 金刚经...

Three Poems Of Master Shih Te

Dec. 1 | If you lose yourself in the wild, without any egoistic bearings, you might just find yourself, your true nature. – Stonepeace | Books XII See the moon’s bright blaze of light, a guiding lamp, above the world! Glittering, it hangs against the...

Dream Haiku

Oct. 29 | My dream is to awaken. My nightmare is to dream on.

Your So-Called Reality

Mar. 7 | If you know you are dreaming, you are to that extent awake, it is so-called ‘reality’ for you then, as you continue waking. If you do not know you are dreaming, you are to that extent asleep, it is so-called ‘reality’ for you then, as you continue...

Good Or Bad Dream?

Aug. 2 | We are caught believing in and living a dream reality, investing in it emotionally, unwilling and unable to see through it because of our own personal attachment to the dream, especially if it seems a good one. – Jon Kabat-Zinn (Coming To Our Senses)

What is Your Totem of Reality?

Jan. 19 | What you cling to as real, be it worldly or spiritual, is your refuge, even if it is not the true or best one. ~ Stonepeace In the movie ‘Inception’, ‘the dream hackers each fashion a unique totem for themselves, which they always hold...

‘Inception’ Of Some Ideas For Awakening

Dec. 13 | To know of you are still dreaming, strive to further awaken yourself. – Stonepeace In ‘Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious’, Christopher Nolan, the writer-director of the movie ‘Inception’ says, ‘For me, one of the key...

The ‘Inception’ Of Illusion Or Reality?

Aug. 9 | The ingenious film that is ‘Inception’ begins with the assumption that it is possible for multiple persons to enter someone’s dream, that can even be designed without that person knowing, thus digging out deep secrets from his sub-consciousness,...