Have You Ever Thought? (Part 2)

Have You Ever Thought? (Part 2)

Have you ever thought

That the body is so

badly put together

that, if you were

its creator,

you would feel

such a failure

and ashamed?

What Would You Do If You See Your Child Being Raped? What Would God Do?

 What Would You Do If You See Your Child Being Raped? What Would God Do?

If you see your child being raped

What would you do?

You would do everything to stop it

Even to scarifice your life

Because you love your child

But you are not all powerful

Yet you would do all you can,

and more

What would god do?

Letting The Moment Be

Letting The Moment Be

Rain has abated

It's cool outside

Quiet has settled

Only the soft patter

What Is Religion?

What Is Religion?

Religion is faith

In what was said

By someone

Somewhere 

At sometime

People then 

Made a whole

Rigmarole

Of rituals,

Practices

Out of it

And set up

Congregations

To gather

And practise

Their worship

What was said

By someone

Somewhere

At some time

Is what 

Is called 

Hearsay

In a court of law,

Hearsay is 

Inadmissible

As evidence

In the house of religion,

It is considered

Incontrovertible

Taken as a given,

A truth,

Indisputable

Ah, religion!

The beauty, 

And simplicity

Of faith!

Ah, ah, ah!

The Human Body : What The Heck!

 The Human Body : What The Heck!

The human body

Protoplasm wrapped

Around a naked frame

Fragile as a twig

A sad tale of creation

Or the fool of evolution

An indictment writ large

The human body

What the heck!

Truth opaque

I Remember

I Remember

I remember

That as a kid

I was burying my toy bus

In the sand

Just outside our front door

I wonder what has happened to it now

Of course, it has long rusted away

But I can still remember

The exact spot it was buried

Where a restaurant now stands

I remember

That as a toddler in the cot

Looking up at the smiling faces

Looking down at me

I felt somewhat overwhelmed

Because to a toddler

Everything looked disproportionate

I remember

That as a child 

Coming home from grandma's place

My mother holding my hand

My elder sister walking somewhat ahead

I felt safe and comforted

Though it was getting dark

And the road was not well lighted

Late in the evening

I remember

My Heart Aches For Humanity, My Heart Aches For Myself

My Heart Aches For Humanity, My Heart Aches For Myself

My heart aches for humanity

My heart aches for myself

Lost and helpless

Not knowing what life is all about

Searching for a meaning

Searching for a purpose

Some clinging to a religion, creeds or beliefs 

For any semblance of comfort and reassurance

All beating around the bush

Never quite sure what

Struggling to keep mind, body 

and soul together

In this mundane life

Pretending that life and death 

Are what they are

All that we see

Yet wishing they are not

Is there a future beyond death?

Is there even a beginning in the past?

What the heck,

Religions, creeds and beliefs are no more

than human constructs

To cope with our helplessness

Our ignorance

And therefore, 

Never the answer

Only the questions

Futile and naked

My heart aches for humanity

My heart aches for myself

Grounded In The Moment, I Am Just A Happy Witness

The Sweet Smell Of Nature
Pic By Ordinary Malaysian

Grounded In The Moment, I Am Just A Happy Witness

Standing at the window

With the fresh smell of after rain

Lingering in the air

And the sweet fragrance of nature

for company

The songs of crickets

And familar hummimg of ACs

To break the quiet 

of deep night

Grounded in the moment

I am just a happy witness

One Man's Memory Of An Experience

 

One Man's Memory Of An Experience 

Jeff

I lie in a corpse position

Insensitive to the surroundings

A blank look into empty space

The total silence of a grave

A sudden awakening of the spirit

Followed by complete detachment 

from the body

A strange feeling of lightness

Unparalleled to any thing experienced

No love, no hate, no expression

Yet amazingly beautiful

I Sit In Semi-Lotus, At Peace With Myself, A Smile On My Face And Love In My Heart

I Sit In Semi-Lotus, At Peace With Myself, A Smile On My Face And Love In My Heart

Waves of thunder rumble across the dark sky

Angry lightnings flash their presence

Rain pounding hard on the awning

I sit in semi-lotus

Absorbing the celestial drama

At peace with myself

A smile on my face

And love in my heart

I love Thee Rain!

I love Thee Rain

When the winds howl

Plants and trees shake

The heavens darken

And the skies open

To pour their blessings

Upon earth

Thunders and lightnings display

What do you say?

I say:

Welcome, welcome

Be my guest

Stay

Don't go away

I love thee -

Rain

                 

When You Know You Are Not Alone

 

When You Know You Are Not Alone

 

When The Moon Hangs There In The Dark
Pic By Ordinary Malaysia

When night is deep

And everyone is snoring

Crickets sing

And cats fight

When the moon hangs

There in the dark

Keeping company

Like a faithful soul

You know,

You are not 

Alone

My Heart Aches For The Day....

 

My Heart Aches For The Day......

My heart aches

For the day

Humanity transcends

Its limitations

And frailties

No more pain

Nor old age

Diseases

Accidents

And death

Living 

Without fear

Nor lack

Only living

With joy

In the heart

And love

for all

The only concession

Emotional pain

To add dimension

And meaning

To life

My heart aches 

For the day 

Waiting For The Storm

A Storm Threatens

Pic By Ordinary Malaysia

The sky is overcast

The winds howl

A storm threatens

Quiet has long settled

People are all asleep

I am all alone

In the darkness,

Waiting

For the storm to break

The heavens to open

And poor its blessings 

In a spectacular display

Of thunder, lightnings and rain

The celestial drama,

That cleans and uplifts -

The spirit

I Smile At The Soulmate Beside

I Smile At The Soulmate Beside

Looking out the window

of my workstation

When the night

has settled

And quiet descended

Feeling the caress

of the cool breeze

on my face

With soothing guzheng music

playing in the background

I am back in

an ancient era

Sitting by the brook

Gurgling it way down 

the valley

Looking up the heavens

With the moon smiling down on me

And the fragrance 

of the plants

and flowers

surrounding

I smile,

at the soulmate

beside

Has The Bible Been Distorted?

 

Has The Bible Been Distorted?

This Pas holy man say yes and he is not going to apologise because he says he is right.

Christians are of course offended.

I am not a Christian or a Muslim or a Buddhist or a Taoist or whatever.

I am just - I.

I care only that we are all human beings, hopefully.

We talk too much sometimes, and we pontificate even more.

All because we feel entitled, anointed.

We speak for the divine, as if the divine cannot speak for itself.

We believe and we divide.

Do you believe in electricity?

That's silly, you say, to even ask such a question!

Right! 

You don't have to believe in electriicty because you KNOW it for a fact.

You believe only why you DON'T know.

When you know, you don't have to believe.

The same with the divine, no?

If you know the divine, you don't have to believe in the divine.

You know the divine for a fact.

Belief is for those who don't know, who aren't sure.

Same like faith?

Don't know!

Hehehe

You tell me!

I am ignorant.

I don't know.

So I believe!

Unless We Transcend The Body's Limitations

 

Unless We Transcend The Body's Limitations  

Unless we transcend the body's limitations

We are but a passing speck in existence

Insignificant and dispensable

And an insult

Subject to death

from disease, sickness, decay 

accident or old age 

Struggling to keep mind and body together

Fighting for our lives 

In a world of madness and mayhem

Calling the little marble

we live in home

The earth, if you must,

is only another speck

In the vastness of things

Across the galaxies

Dwarfed by the universe

in which it situates

And a joke across

the universes

And eternity

Unless we transcend the

limitations of the body

And comprehend

Eternity itself

The Best Things In Life Are Free

The gurgle of water in a brook
Pic By Ordinary Malaysian

The Best Things In Life Are Free

The best things

In life are free

Midnight, With The Crickets Silenced, I Wait For My Soulmate

 

Midnight, With The Crickets Silenced, I Wait For My Soulmate

Midnight

 With the crickets silenced

 I wait for my soulmate

So far away

Like a dream

The Crickets Demur, They Sing Hahaha.....

The Crickets Demur, They Sing Hahaha.....

Deep in the night

With only the crickets for company

I sit in the quiet

Dreaming of yesterdays

Two Hearts Beating, Oceans Apart, Will The Moon Shine Or Will The Moon Cry

Two Hearts Beating, Oceans Apart, Will The Moon Shine Or Will The Moon Cry

Will The Moon Shine
Or Will The Moon Cry
Pic by Ordinary Malaysian

Two hearts beating     

Oceans apart

Will the moon shine

Or will the moon cry

Like Hou Yi pining

For the mate

Immortal transformed

By a fate capricious,

Or not

The rabbit,

Its sign

Oh sigh!

Will the moon shine

Or will the moon cry

Have You Ever Thought

Have You Ever Thought

Have you ever thought

That god insults you

Or that evolution

Is a bungling, lumbering,

Ponderous tortoise,

A laughable beast

More pitiable 

Than a creep

What Do I Know?

What Do I Know?

(Video by Ordinary Malaysian)

The kenduri is over

Rain spatters on the canopy

And beats a noisy symphony on the awning

The ground is glistening from the wet

The cats have long stopped fighting

Crickets silenced

And frogs rendered a-amourous, 

surprisingly

Lightnings adding to the quiet drama

What do I know?

The Magic Of Rain And Mamak Stall : Coming Home

The road is empty of vehicles
and the shops are closed
Pic by Ordinary Malaysian

The Magic Of Rain And  Mamak Stall : Coming Home

.....the rain begins to beat harder and stronger outside. The road is empty of vehicles and the shops are closed. The mamak shop is quiet and I am the last customer as the owner switches off all the lights. Now it's getting darker and colder. Everywhere is so silent and peaceful.... I am going home....

Note: The above contribution is from a friend, Jeff

Those Were The Days

Those Were The Days

The Heavens?
Pic By Ordinary Malaysian

Today it has stopped raining,
for the first time after five wet days
I love the quiet as I look out
of the window
It brings me back to the days when
I was a child
When you have no concept of Tomorrow,
or Yesterday
When all it matters is the moment,
the NOW
When even eating a meal
is a disturbing distraction
When totality is what happens
NOW, not

The Mind Is A Monkey And Some Other Things

                                               

Lunch Courtesy Of Kris's Kitchen
Pic By Ordinary Malaysian

 The Mind Is A Monkey And Some Other Things

After lunch,

courtesy of Kris's Kitchen

At my work station

doing nothing in particular

Just reflecting

Embraced In The Now, Ignorant As A New Born Child

Embraced In The Now, Ignorant As A New Born Child

Outside, a light  rain is still falling

The ground now wet and glistening

Raindrops pattering on the awning

All have gone to sleep

Crickets and frogs have retired too,

strangely 

Everything is still

In the dark and quiet,

I breathe in the fresh air

Grateful to be alone

Embraced now in the moment

Not knowing anything

Ignorant as a new born child

What does matter?

What does it matter?

On A Dark Quiet Morning

Pic By Ordinary Malaysian

On a dark quiet morning         

With only the moon

Peeking out of the clouds 

Standing alone at the window

With a gentle breeze blowing,

I smile

At the memory of the past

And drink in its embrace

Like a hungry pub

Knowing

Even The Cats Have Stopped Meowing, Frogs Not Fooled And Crickets Quieted

Even The Cats Have Stopped Meowing, Frogs Not Fooled And Crickets Quieted

Sitting at my workstation

4 am in the morning

Rain starting to fall

and then gushing

No Crickets Sing No Moon Showing

3.30 am

Outside,

it is cool

The morning,

quiet as

a mouse

No crickets sing,

No moon showing

Blessed Is The Man Without A Religion

Blessed Is The Man Without A Religion

Blessed is the man without a religion

For he need not constantly look over his shoulder

To see whether he is judged lacking

Today I Met A Goddess

Today I Met A Goddess

Today I met a goddess

Standing at a distance

All by herself

So near, yet so far

Looking lost

Alluring

Irresistible

Drawn, 

I looked

Today I met a goddess

A Tale Of Existence Gone Wrong : Humanity Needs A Reboot

I am angry, and very, very sad. 

Normally in the animal kingdom, it is the big guys who eat the small guys. But here we are, zillion times bigger and yet we are being felled like ten pins by an invisible mite the Covid 19. What does that tell us? 

Something is wrong - very, very wrong. That we can so easily be brought down by an invisible mite says we are not the apogee, the top of the table. Rather, we are as nothing more than a passing fancy.