Take off the Mask of Feelings and Face Yourself!

 The cost of a bullet for an Ak -whatever can help save a child's life somewhere in Sudan, Libya, Syria, Iraq, and the list goes on...Myanmar, India, Bangladesh, Honduras, Haiti and only God knows where on this sick Planet! Wake up Human! Wake up before you are rudely Woken Up! Bam! Some zealous idiot decides to press the wrong Red Button, simply because his spouse, girlfriend or boyfriend refused him the night before; life as you and I knows it is over! No more time to sit and ponder, time to eat the roti canai by the roadside early in the morning nor time to take the garbage out; all gone! By then I hope the All Mighty has invited me home to face the consequences of my neglect and transgressions of my 70 odd year living this same life of denial and guilt. I AM AWARE! I will do as much as it makes sense for me to do to help alleviate the suffering of the Planet at least before I leave the mess behind me for good, as said the Historical Buddha Shakyamuni, The Prince Gautama, if I need to be spiritually awakened at this moment in time, I will say it again, I am Aware! I am grieved beyond expression deep within me, my heart and soul is numbed by the sorrow that i witness daily on the Internet and the various other Media. Life is suffering indeed and and none who suffer. When I am no more, suffering ceases to exist; I myself detach from everything and anything that hold me back; I fully surrender, I AM NO MORE! 

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                                   Not everyone is an awakened being, sometimes someone Is!

But i am fully here, still in this moment in time just as you are if you have been reading all these nonsense that I have been sharing about myself, how scared I felt at the sight of who I have become, i was lost, drifting like a soulless form, a Hungry Ghost. I owed it to the teachings of the Buddha to pull me through safely across the river; I am grateful that i was raised for twelve years of my childhood life as a Buddhist. For this i have to be grateful to the man who adopted me from the day I entered this life till the age of twelve, he was a Buddhist then and had spent two years at a Buddhist monastery in Sri Lanka where my Grandfather was originally from. He was the last of the Aryans who had landed in Sri Lanka who propagated the teaching of the Buddha. They were mostly fair skinned like a European and had the same demeanor as an Aryan Race. My Grandfather, may the Lord Rest his Soul and place him among the wise and intelligent, the creative and Compassionate towards man and beasts. May the Good Lord forgive his sins, his travails and his weaknesses, his ignorance; he was a great artist. Those who knew him my older siblings and my surviving cousins who grew up under his roof will testify for his character and tell mt if am am exaggerating. My eldest brother and my twin brother are still alive and so are a few of my cousins all over this country are still around, let them prove me wrong over what i am claiming.

                   I have stood under this tree for the past few years as Christmas approaches. The Lobby of the E@O Hotel the most Historic Landmark of Georgetown. Charlie Chaplin stayed here among other movie stars and Kings and Ministers. I like to tap the floor with my cane and listen to the echo above my head! So again I am wishing everyone, far and near, friend or foe, Black or White and all the in between a very Merry Christmas and a Happy new Year! Lets shed Light and Love between us all over the world. 

" A Man who justifies, does not convince!, Not even to himself!" _ Lao Tzu is said to have said.

The impression i had when I visited the Bujang valley for the second time is that, the traders whoever they were, helped to built an Altar, a center for worship if not a point of spiritual focus for the community. It was the just about the time when Buddhism was flourishing as a form of religious practice both in India where it was conceived and later into China and most of the Far Eastern Nations such as Korea and Japan embraced the teachings of the Buddha in replace of the corrupted practices that were being exercised by the priests and monks that predated Buddhism. Buddhism was a branch of Hinduism that broke off and spread its own branches all over the world as a Non-Religion, an Agnostic approach to  combat the rife and ape of the teachings of Hinduism through exploitation of the religious authority over the innocent lay people. The temples were filled with gold and degradation and the Preachers take advantage of the pleasures of life afforded them by their positions: and they still do this till this day and age. I AM AWARE! Have been and ever will be! I have lived the life of many religions and fully committed myself to having my faith in Islam as my final choice and for whatever it is worth, I know I am not and will perhaps never be a 'good', Muslim; are you?!

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 "TAKE OFF THE MASK OF FEELINGS AND FACE YOURSELF!" - Paramahamsa Yogananda

That was the Lion's Roar of the last century and many heard it traveled around the world of spiritual consciousness; those with hearts attached to to the Unconditional Love of the Lords, The Universe, The Source, the Tao. Look into the mirror and look deeply through its reflection and see who you truly are or who you think you are in this realm of existence, the Nirmanakaya or the realm of Illusions or maya. I am attached to this realm as my practice grounds to become a competent Bodhisattva and not make a fool of myself or become just another 'brick in the wall!' No, it would be an insult if not a disgrace for me not to acknowledge my status and self esteem as a man who have earned his Right of Passage to become who he chooses to become in the near future.