Buddha babble on Real Life Fiction

    There comes a time when a person must move on…life is made up of stages: there must be movement otherwise life stagnates.  Sometimes, you find yourself stuck at a certain stage, trying to get to the next one, frustratingly, always falling short.  In game terms, this would probably mean that you haven’t XP’d enough-you haven’t had enough experience nor are strong enough to go to the next “level”.  The willingness is there (thus the “frustration” part), it’s just that Life often throws you on a loop.

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MEANING LESS

Everyday, we struggle to make our lives meaningful. Every day we spend is an exercise in finding our true purpose in life - in pushing towards it if we already have an idea what it is. Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing profound about finding life’s meaning through daily rituals. Sometimes we realize our personal legend while going through the motions, other times we have to stop and muse about what we’re doing with our lives – sometimes things and ideas click, most of the time, they don’t. But that should not stop us from living.

So we try to keep moving forward…sometimes we don’t succeed, sometimes it takes a while to gain an inch, but we continue the struggle. Through death, through absurdity, we push forward. Even if things do not make sense to us, our best way of coping is by looking past the problem (not ignoring it, mind you): seeing a future where the meaninglessness has either been 1) solved (given meaning) OR 2) has resolved itself (the meaninglessness resolved through rendering it meaningless/unimportant). There are truths that are harder to take than others…this is probably because it takes longer before one gets used to them.

HARD TRUTHS

- Death is final and no one is ever really prepared for it._ (more…)

(These dudes KNOW something you don’t…)

Come summer boys between ages 10 to 16 (16 being rather late) will flock to clinics, community health centers, hospitals and their resident witch doctors to undergo a ritual that will supposedly separate them from the rest of their brethren: the so-called ‘tuli’. Regarded as a rite of passage in our society (more…)

It bothers me no end how so many individuals seemingly lack this supposedly very “common” trait. My definition of common sense is “the ability to recognize and simplify both mundane and complex situations and act accordingly upon what the situation dictates”. If you see a pile of dogshit in your path, you’re supposed to avoid it right? (more…)

1. CLICK

First and foremost would be the internet. Nothing will be able to compare to the sheer power and enormous effect that this technology has both wrought and sowed in our lives. Instant Messaging, e-mail, internet telephony, communication speed limited only by how fast one types or clicks the mouse. Information is available on ANY kind of anything a mere click away. A network comprising of millions is online at any given second ready to provide knowledge, ready to spout opinion, ready to give unsolicited advice, ready to cater to any kind sick or twisted fantasy. Video on demand, item on demand, music on demand, sex on demand— again, available in just one click. Welcome to the future.

2. GO GADGET GO

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My first stab at this sort of thing will not be an original – rather, I would like to share an article that I received from my e-mail a couple of years ago. Sometimes when we get too caught up with what we’re doing at the moment, we lose sight of what’s really important.

A group of students were asked to list what they thought were
the present “Seven Wonders of the World”. Thought there were
some disagreements, the following received the most votes:

1) Egypt’s Great Pyramids
2) Taj Mahal
3) Grand Canyon
4) Panama Canal
5) Empire State Building
6) St. Peter’s Basilica
7) China’s Great Wall

While gathering the votes, the teacher noted that one quiet
student hadn’t turned in her paper yet. So she asked the girl
if she was having trouble with her list. The girl replied,
“Yes, a little. I couldn’t quite make up my mind because there
were so many.” The teacher said, “Well, tell us what you have
and maybe we can help.” The girl hesitated, then read, “I
think the “Seven Wonders of the World” are:

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