Friday, February 18, 2011

The Alternative Commandments

1. Do not do to others what you would not want them to do to you.

2. In all things, strive to cause no harm.

3. Treat your fellow human beings, your fellow living things, and the world in general with love, honesty, faithfulness and respect.

4. Do not overlook evil or shrink from administering justice, but always be ready to forgive wrongdoing freely admitted and honestly regretted.

5. Live life with a sense of joy and wonder

6. Always seek to be learning something new.

7. Test all things; always check your ideas against the facts, and be ready to discard even a cherished belief if it does not conform to them.

8. Never seek to censor or cut yourself off from dissent; always respect the right of others to disagree with you.

9. Form independent opinions on the basis of your own reason and experience; do not allow yourself to be led blindly by others.

10. Question everything.

(From www.ebonmusings.org)

Thursday, February 17, 2011

On My Way To Not Believing

At the beginning...
I believe that there's someone...
Watching our every move...
And take care of us...
And all the actions now will affect our afterlife...
Then...
I believe that there's still someone out there...
But he's just there...
With no care with the affairs of this world...
And I still do believe the actions will affect the afterlife...
Now...
I don't believe in that someone...
Nor the afterlife...
Why?
It's comforting to have some purpose in life to hang on to right?
However...
If there is no evidence for that someone or afterlife to be there...
Isn't my belief screwed?
Hence...
I'm on my way to not believing...
:)

Sunday, February 13, 2011

A Rat in a Cage

Last year, I have made a terrible blunder...
I have overcome it for now...
But occasionally...
The fear do come back and haunt me...
I feel anger and regret over my mistakes...
But then...
Despite all my rage, I'm still just a rat in a cage...
Even if I vent out my anger...
There's no changing what has happened...
The only way out is just to get out of the cage...
In other words...
To fix what's broken in first place...
It wouldn't be easy...
But it still has to be done...
Eventually...
:)


Saturday, February 5, 2011

Meeting of Two Worlds

Let's see...
Invited some friends to the open house today...
And for the first time...
I invited some of my school friends and college friends...
I was a bit nervous before today...
Wondering if it will be awkward for this kind of meeting...
Fortunately...
This clash of two worlds went very well I think...
Didn't expect an awesome exchange of conversations... XD
Anyways...
Looking forward to have this kind of meeting in the future...
:)

(P.S. It's supposed to be three worlds including university friends...
Too bad they couldn't make it...
Next time it is then... :) )