tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108263902011-10-31T00:17:37.929-07:00"Spiritual aspiration is to the intellect as perfume is to a flower." (author unknown)Anemonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519326473062611068noreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10826390.post-89276031041256296572011-10-30T20:00:00.000-07:002011-10-31T00:17:37.960-07:00

Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, Not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life.A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes.It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results.Let’s change to make a change!!!When it rains, most

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Should you not gain your wants, my soul, then be not grieved; But hasten to that banquet which your Lord’s bequeathed. And when a thing for which you ask is slow to come, Then know that often through delay are gifts received. Find solace in privation and respect its due, For only by contentment is the heart relieved. And know that when the trials of life have rendered you Despairing of all hope,

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The following is an article on Care2 website that i felt was worthy of sharing :)_________________I sometimes think that Zen students and entrepreneurs are the most patient, and at the same time the least patient, people. Zen students spend long hours, days, and years, sitting, facing a wall, expecting nothing. Entrepreneurs spend a tremendous amount of time, energy, and money planning and

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I'm reminded of my trip to Syria (done in 2008), several times... often when I'm lost in my consciousness and out of the blue, the scenes would play themselves out, as if a button has been pressed. I had gone to Syria with a group of people gathered between the NUS Middle East & North Africa Society and the Al-Markaz Arabic Language school. I had attended a sufi music event at the Arab

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"When the full moon shines on a clear night What would it have to fear of the dogs or their barking? The dogs continue to do what they are supposed to do And the moon continues to beautify the face of the night. A bit of weed floats on water Yet the water does not lose its purity Mustafa* splits the moon in half While Abu Lahab utters silly curses. Jesus revives the dead While his enemies pull

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a thousand words written a thousand miles travelled a thousand faces scanned a thousand smiles felt the heart records these tacitly - securely fastened by the seatbelt of time alas it is the hour for the soul in flight to fly... and to return - inshaAllah determined only by the hands of fate yet the written word of the writer within leaves beautiful memories to safeguard and behold farewell

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Your gentle smile, your softest of sighs your quiet but steady footedness the impatience to love boldly the rebellion to behold... the tinge of regret in me announces a desire unmet to live frivolously as you often voiced to not be afraid of what anyone thinks to live upon the wave of adventure to dare to dream to take on I take these lessons from you m'dear in the hope of extraditing all

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This is from a journal entry written in uni days. "There she was sitting on the edge of the lowly built well - whose curvature slightly resembling the soft turns of her humble anatomy. Peering intensely down the depth of darkness she feels desolate and disillusioned weighed down to a hundredth of a fraction. Conscience, her constant companion had suddenly deserted her and its rival- the

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I just loved this :) hehee

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"There is a tradition that Muhammad said, 'A wise man will listen and be led by a woman while an ignorant man will not.' Someone too fiercely drawn by animal urges lacks kindness and the gentle affections that keep men human. Anger and sharp desiring are animal qualities. A loving tenderness toward women shows someone no longer pulled along by wanting. The core of the feminine comes directly as

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I'm loving it! :) Capetown that is with gail winds and all. On Sat the day after I arrived, there was top of the news of these bitter harsh winds - and boy were they strong. But hey I braved it - hahaha. And while getting blown away by the wind is not something I experience but it was fun :) Took pics of waves with water crashing down on the beach where we were all standing and the foam

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hujambo! - Sijambo ;) merhaba! Nzuri ... ;) these are the greetings you hear all the time - everyone greets everyone else when you pass them on the track/road etc.I'm in Arusha now in a decent house so it has electricity, and a hot bath. And full meals.,Out in the village i was struggling to get a fire going with firewood - refusing to use kerosene to help ignite as my training I felt had been to

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My 4 day solo getaway to Lombok proved to be so different than what I had envisioned. No doubt it wasn't far from expectations but isn't it amazing how the human heart desires and what God disposes. And then we are only in a position to accept it. And work with it. Kira Kira turned out to be a fantastic choice for accomodation - i felt blessed that even in my short time away i met someone there

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It’s sooo good to be in KL again! It is almost exactly a year since I was last here. Coming to KL is such a reality check for Singaporeans – this is real Asia. Malaysian tourism got it right first time round – Malaysia, Truly Asia. It hits you when you walk the sidewalks, skirt around loosely covered potholes with cardboard lids, puddles of water (err, water or urine? Err, we won’t go there!) in

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http://news.sg.msn.com/topstories/article.aspx?cp-documentid=873932#toolbarSave the planet? It's now or never, warns landmark UN report Humanity is changing Earth's climate so fast and devouring resources so voraciously that it is poised to bequeath a ravaged planet to future generations, the UN warned Thursday in its most comprehensive survey of the environment. The fourth Global Environment

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It's mom's b'day today - 22 October. I called her and spoke at length - and she called back, a lil while later. Mother and daughter conversations never end. It's literally a love-hate r'ship we have. There are periods of absolute in-sync bliss and then a horrifying period of 'pls stay away from me' that I'll always wonder how come they even exist, when there is such understanding already

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Children respond to love. They see not race, age, appearance. It's a simple response - to the Love from within. To Acceptance. When the child's heart connects with ours, you know you have hit home! :) God bless lil children. My last two weeks of Ramadan allowed me to get into that fold of society we (Internet-accessible generation) normally hear about vaguely but not have much to do with. I

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At 5.49am, I listened to the Azan. I had just had the pre-dawn meal - for the sunnah (optional) fast. Every cell in my body responding to every syllable in the azan. Wonderful. This was a consciousness my mind, body and soul liked. All 3 focused on One. What a wondrous morning it is. Past 6am, the morning birds are beginning to make themselves heard. I often wonder at the way birds wake up.

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I got this in an email and yes I've received this many times but such a useful lesson to be reminded of every now and then.:) EnjoyLessons on Life There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judgethings too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.The first son went in the winter, the second in the

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I'm so glad that my practise of visiting kabr'stans is such a dedicated practise despite all these years of living away from Pakistan.A visit to the khandan's kabres'stan is such an important and timely reminder - abt life, death, family, unity, relations, spirituality, mortality, Divine essence, returning back to source...etc.We live our lives and then we become a mark on a graveyard stone. we

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well, it would have been the epitome of my experiences here so far - but the ordeal we went thru y'day (Sunday) tested us at our very core.Firstly, it was an unusually hot day (hotest was on Friday at 44 deg C) Gosh. On Sat, day time, I saw the temp guage and it was 41 deg. No wind. Then it got so hot that it finally rained down on the land - phew! Hot heavy raindrops and i bared them on my neck,

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A rare phenomenon occurred on Monday night soon after Maghrib (sunset). I happened to be sitting in the verandah (which has a fly-wire sheeting to allow breeze to come in and yet is sheltered from the top) as it was humid inside the house. And happened to glance up into the sky through the slightly swaying coconut leaves – voila what a splendid sight withheld my gaze. Venus was bright and

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It's amazing how healing it is to watch a cat sleep. Make that a pregnant cat and make it a breezy afternoon.Watching a cat sleep takes away some of the worry from the ebb of one's life...Three nights in a row, the cat visits and company have become healing in so many ways. The pregnant cat is growing healthily, I’m happy to report. She esp loves it when I cup her preggie tummy in both hands and

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When I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me,Come here and learn a lesson from the lovely lemon tree.Don’t put your faith in love, my boy, my father said to me,I fear you’ll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree. Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweetBut the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is

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Wow I've just caught up to Episode 16 of Heroes... i'm probably 7 or 8 episodes behind.Amazing storylines that weave in and out with the past episodes...Still trying to get over how Claire is Nathan's daughter and Peter Petrelli the man who saved her is her uncle! Does Claire know Matt Parkman? hmmm... gosh my brain's overworked on possible scenarios... and then Sylar - Eeeuuu. Hate the guy.The

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Forgotten & left to the chance birds?It was by chance that I received an sms on Wed announcing a ST article which claimed that Khatib Bongsu was going to be taken over by the military.I remember the days when we fought to keep 'them' from wallowing up the precious bird nesting grounds - we went and got 25,000 signatures to save Senoko, and that was just 10 years ago - all credit perhaps to Dr Ho

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If I could provide love for all the cats in the world, i would ;) I can't believe how much I love cats. It's like they call out to me with their eyes! With the twitch of their ears. Their soft purrings, their sexy catty rolls on the floor and their desire to want more - more patting, more attention, more tickles, more caresses. Like

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you get this feeling of complete happiness, peace and harmony within and you know you've hit home. It's that feeling for me now after what seems like a bloody long time. I've finally started on working for myself. From home. I've meant to do this ages ago, even attempted it 3 years back and then gave it up!! Yikes. This time i feel more prepared and inshaAllah things will pan out more sustainably

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It touches you on the oddest of moments, teaching you in amazing tacit ways what the biggest virtue in humankind can possibly be - forgiveness. i speak not as an observer, but as a participator. at different parts of my life, i realise, it is forgiveness that makes us human, cleanses us of undue thoughts, purifies our horizon and makes us look once again at life, the world and the future with

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Well, before I set foot i thought I better remind myself where I'll be going. So here's a very very brief itinerary... SIN-Cali- Seattle-Vancouver-Toronto-Montreal-Ithaca- New York-(maybe Boston, Philadelphia)New York - London - Amsterdam - Frankfurt-Kaiserslautern-Rhine Valley-Prague- Bregenz- Zurich- Geneva - Morroco- Jordan(maybe), Dubai(possible sidetrip umrah to Mecca & Madinah - meet dad in

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