"how the life and the mind of a religous brother intertwine?"


"when you walk through a forest that has not been tamed and interfered with by man, you will see not only abundant life all around you, but you will also encounter fallen trees and decaying trunks, rotting leaves and decomposing matter at every step. wherever you look, you will find death as well as life.

upon closer scrutiny, however, you will discover that the decomposing tree trunk and rotting leaves not only give birth to new life, but are full of life themselves. microorganisms are at work. molecules are rearranging themselves. so death isn't to be found anywhere. there is only the metamorphosis of life forms.

what can you learn from this?

death is not the opposite of life.
life has no opposite.
the opposite of death is birth.

LIFE is ETERNAL."
-- Eckhart Tolle, from "The Power of Now"

happy birthday, bro. eson, sdb!

a back to back birthday celebration... i remember in our postnovitiate formation years, for two consecutive days, we have ice cream... my delight and craving. three things i associate with bro. eson... 1. coffee prince... he's a die hard... more

Previous blog entries:
Jul 20	-	happy birthday, bro. rj, sdb!
Jul 15	-	keep your eye upon the doughnut!
Jul 13	-	you are loved (don't give up!)