Tribu Paraiso, Diadi, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines

   
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     They invested their time and energy, nay, ego-minds, in an activity that exposed them to ridicule and all sorts of reactions that, it appears, irritate them.

     Their arguments against the burial of a dead man have become irrelevant.These discourses are mere expletives, routinely parroted by like-minded individuals and speak of the kind of persons that they are--unreconstructed human impostors enslaved by time-bounded psychological thinking of simpletons.

     President-elect Rodrigo Duterte is more circumspect,  kind and human. He should be admired for giving closure to the situation that has divided the country for the past years--the burial of the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani.

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Memory Boosters

1. avocado
2. Green tea
3. Oily fish: salmon, mackerel, sardines, herring
4. blueberries
5. dark, leafy vegetables like spinach and broccoli
 6. Nuts and chocolates

POST THAT DREW REACTIONS

     The blogger has always maintained that the past and the future are illusions. The past may illuminate but on the whole it does not serve a purpose. That is also true to the future which is not there at the moment. What is important is the Now, the present moment, where we exercise power and have our Being, that inscrutable entity that is there but has yet to be discovered.

     Where is this Being? Inside of us? Outside of us?

     Here is an inspiration from the spiritual teacher, Eckhart Tolle, quoted by March S. Allen in his preface to the former's "The Power of Now," published in 1999.

     "...Being is not only beyond but also deep within every form as its innermost invisible and indestructible essence. This means that it is accessible to you now as your own deepest self, your true nature..."

    Yes, as spiritual books that include that of Mr. Tolle, say, we are all subjects to psychological time with its emotions of anger and hate and all that is negative. Does love feature here? We don't know.

     Here is my FB post three days or so ago:

     I am honoring this present moment by swallowing hook, line and sinker that "ultimately, proof lies not in intellectual arguments, but being touched in some way by the sacred within and without."

     The quotation comes from the preface of the above-mentioned spiritual book.

The Padsan River in Laoag City, Philippines, looking east towards
the Cordillera mountain ranges. Photo by blogger from the Gilbert Bridge.