Dichotomy and Unity

While in the bathroom, where I usually think about profound things hehe, I realized something about myself.

I think the reason why I love reading about eastern philosophy so much (disregard the fact that I'm asian) is that eastern philosphy emphasizes more on how a person should live i.e. a balanced life as opposed to western philosophy, which focuses on abstract ideas that mostly point to the dichotomy of man i.e. the material and the spiritual.

In western philosphy, you could just read about how matter is evil while the spirit is good or vice versa and then read about the thoughts of western philosphers along the years which basically is recycled from the works of their predecessors with minor tweaking.

Don't get me wrong, I also like reading about these stuff because they present a lot of opportunities for mental gymnastics that always keep me on my toes, but I love eastern philosphy because It teaches me how to live now, here in the real world and not live among the clouds.

In most eastern schools of thought, there is no dichotomy with  matter and spirit.  Most of their ideas point to a balance between the physical and the spiritual.

In order to achieve true happiness, you must have balance in all the aspects of your life. 

I just love this because instead of focusing on the idea of dichotomy, they emphasize on unity.

The focus is on how to be a well rounded indivudual instead of a person who thinks himself to be composed of two opposing forces, matter and spirit and despising one or the other thinking that in order to be trully happy, one must be free from the percieved "bad" side.

At this point in my life, based on what I've learned and experienced along the years, I'm kinda leaning more on the idea that in order to be happy, we must have an inner unity, having balance in all aspects of our lives, embracing the fact that we are indeed composed of matter and spirit and in order to be whole NOW, we must embrace both aspects and try develop a balance between the two, intertwined in a graceful dance of unity.


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Reflection

I  journey to a place where few rarely visit, the vastness of the subconscious, that dark place where we can find the light to see a glimpse of  our true selves through our desires.

We are what we want.

But do we really know what we need?

Through our "wants"  we see ourselves, and once we see ourselves, we will have a clear view of what we really need.



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Relax

I love this Song.

It's brings me to a place where it feels everything will be all right.





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Meditate

Ang pag-usad ni minsa'y di katiyakan ng pag-unlad. Bagkus ito'y senyales lamang ng pag-kilos tungo sa direksyong maaring patungo saan mang direksyong tahakin na ang baseha'y dikta ng puso't isipan. Ang pag-unlad ay kabiyak ng pag-lago na ang basehan ay ang pagnanais maabot ang rurok na maaring maabot ng isang potensyal......minsan ito'y maari ring marating sa pananatiling payapa, tahimik, at sa di pag-kilos.



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Interesting

This is just a random photo dump of pics that I found from the internet that tickled my fancy.

1.)  Found this from a website that unfortunately I cannot remember anymore.  I don't know who took this photo but there's credits on the lower right portion of the pic.  I just find this adorable :)

2.)  These I saw at http://cameralink.com/photographers/denise-grunstein.  I just love the whole feel of the photos.  They give off that twisted storybook aesthetic that I love. 

3.)  And finally, some cute little monsters!  I LOVE the masks!  Cute!

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