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Miguel's Blog
What LDS/mormon leaders will never tell you
While on Earth, Jesus Christ taught everyone who listened to Him the Golden Rule "do unto others what you would like other would do to you", so I understand that apologizing is included in this basic principle, as well as the principle of forgiveness. Something that you will never hear...
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Two of my favorite songs: Randy Travis
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The Bahá'í community of Mechelen holds every other week a prayer evening on mondays. I am always counting down for these monday evenings because of the very sweet spirit that is felt when we are together. Bahá'í prayers are the most beautiful I ever heard/read, and when I read them...
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Thai Guide To Thailand
Sak Yant – Paed Dan – Eight Sided Yant
The Sak Yant design Paed Dan or Eight Sided Yant is a sacred geometric design similar in meaning to the Paed Tidt Eight Direction Yant. The Paed Dan Yant gives protection to the bearer when traveling in every direction. Whereas the Paed Tidt Yant design contains eight representations of the...
Available 24 hours a day, Music Zaa is a Thai online radio station playing requested international songs together with a selection of English language hit songs presented in English by their friendly DJs....
Wat Sanghathan Meditation Center
Wat Sanghathan Meditation Center, one of the popular Thailand Meditation Centers, is located in the Thailand Province of Nonthaburi, very close to Bangkok. Wat Sanghathan Meditation Center offers Meditation based on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Mindfulness on breathing and other methods as taught in the Tripitaka (Scriptures)....
Sak Yant – Phra Narai Song Khrut
The Sak Yant design, Phra Narai Song Khrut, is a complex Yant containing three figures from the ancient Indian epic, The Ramayana. The Ramayana was adopted by Thailand during the 18th Century, even though the Ramayana contains stories from Hindu mythology and Thailand is a Buddhist country, and became known...
Baan Tong Luang – Hill Tribe Cultural Preservation Village
After a visit to Baan Tong Luang, a Hill Tribe cultural preservation village near Chiang Mai, advertised as an Eco-Agriculture project, we had mixed feelings. Baan Tong Luang was opened in 2005 to "preserve the old traditional ways of Hill Tribe agriculture and to provide an income for the Hill...
Thai Orchid – Gastrochilus bellinus Rchb.f Kuntze
The flowers of this Thai Orchid may be small, measuring just over 2 cm wide but Gastrochilus bellinus (Rchb.f) Kuntze is an extremely beautiful Thai epiphytic orchid. Gastrochilus bellinus can be found in Northern Thailand and is also distributed throughout Southern China, Laos and Myanmar (Burma). In Thailand, this orchid,...
Sahar's Blog
‘Boots that are easy on your conscience’
Radicalism is dangerous. Just like extreme consumerism is at the heart of many of the problems afflicting our world today, it doesn’t mean that we should stop consuming all together. There is nothing wrong with enjoying the beautiful things in life, including the amazing results of humanity’s collective scientific and...
Getting Books on your Shelf: The Pros and Cons of Big versus Small Presses – Follow-up
Here is a quote I came across today that I thought pertinent, what with my previous post and all: “Thoughts may be divided into two classes: (1st) Thought that belongs to the world of thought alone; (2nd) Thought that expresses itself in action. Some men and women glory in their...
Getting Books on your Shelf: The Pros and Cons of Big versus Small Presses
Social justice has been a lifelong passion of mine, as has reading. Needless to say, I was thrilled when I realised, as a tween, that the two are intimately related. After all, “the reality of man is his thought (…). If a man’s thought is constantly aspiring towards heavenly subjects...
When movies are taken out of context
Many of my recent reflections on various topics asunder have, in their conclusion, included the fact that context is vital to understanding a situation or a concept. So it won’t come as a surprise that the following four paragraphs, taken from a really well-written piece posted on Den of Geek...
Post Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Reflections: Athletes and Discipline
The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics are over, and… Wow, what a ride! Those were probably the most intense Olympics I have ever followed and am so proud of all the athletes, especially the Canadian ones who brought in a record-breaking haul. Congratulations! On top of that, I had so many amazing...
The Sea World tragedy – some interesting thoughts
I wish I could take credit for the above mentioned interesting thoughts, but I can’t – mine are still a rather incoherent jumble of ‘but’s and ‘what if’s. However David Neiwert’s thoughts are far from jumbled, and here are some of his eloquently presented thoughts on the topic. Marine parks like...
MandM
Christianity on Trial – Tuesday Night
Just a reminder to come to tomorrow night’s event at the University of Auckland where Matt will be part of a panel along with scientist Dr Jeff Talon, theologians Joe Fleener and Michael Drake, whom you can fire questions at around the topic “Christianity on...
Has Science Disproved God? Thursday Night
Just a reminder that tomorrow night, Thursday 11 March, at 7pm, in OGGB 4, at the University of Auckland, Matt will be part of a panel along with scientists Drs Neil Broom, Jeff Talon and Robert Mann, whom you can fire questions at around the topic “Has Science Disproved God?” The...
Can State Expropriation of Minerals be Justified? Part II
In Can State Expropriation of Minerals be Justified? Part I, I set out a common law property rights argument drawing from the writings of jurists Blackstone and Locke as well as contemporary philosopher Ed Feser. I looked at what circumstances, if any, might justify the state taking of real property,...
Should we Have Faith in the System? The Judge, the Bully & the Bus-Driver
Sometimes judges get things right, really right, check this from the Herald: Judge Turns Tables on Driver’s Schoolboy Accuser A schoolbus driver was taken to court for grabbing the arm of a rowdy boy who would not stop pulling a girl’s hair. But the judge threw out the charge – and had...
Can State Expropriation of Minerals be Justified? Part I
New Zealand, like many nations, has a long history of the state taking real property, often without compensation. In this two part series I examine one sub-set of takings, minerals from the sub-soil of privately held property (although the argument herein could apply with equal force to any state taking)....
Christianity on Trial @ Auckland University
[ 16 March 2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Thinking Matters have organised some free to the public Q & A seminars at the University of Auckland. Christianity on Trial Today, many best-selling atheists argue that belief in God is delusional and a roadblock to political, moral, and scientific progress. In...
LoyarBurok
Of sodomy, caning and potato chips
Snacking on the difference in attitudes and competencies between the English Court of Appeal and the Malaysian Court of Appeal. ...
LoyarBurok Interview: NH Chan (Part 4)
Loyarburok is pleased to present its exclusive interview in five parts with the irrepressible and inimitable NH Chan. In this penultimate instalment, we speak to Malaysia's most famous retired Court of Appeal judge about what affected him to go on his one-man crusade and his experience with VK Lingam. ...
Isu Sebatan Wanita – Islam atau Politik?
Pendedahan oleh Menteri Dalam Negeri berkenaan dengan pengenaan hukuman sebat ke atas 3 orang wanita atas kesalahan persetubuhan luar nikah selaras dengan seksyen 23 Akta Kesalahan Jenayah Syariah (Wilayah-wilayah Persekutuan) 1997 (”Akta”) telah menimbulkan pelbagai kontroversi di kalangan rakyat Malaysia. Ia adalah salah satu daripada pelbagai isu-isu kontroversi yang timbul...
Assessing the Racial Composition of the Malaysian Judiciary
A critical assessment of the racial composition of the Malaysian Judiciary in relation to the Federal Constitution and societal and political environment. ...
The local judiciary is notorious for its lack of dissent. An examination of why a culture of dissent is important for the judiciary and the implications of lacking such a culture. ...
Remembering Who We Are -
What Else Does Knowing Your Life Story Help You Know?
Telling our life stories may be the most important way we have of giving our lives meaning, healing those parts of our lives that may need it, making peace with ourselves, and gaining the deeper, broader perspective on life that they can give us. Through telling our life story we...
How Can Your Perception of Your Life Change It?
Telling your life story has the power to connect you to your soul. You and your soul are the wings to elevating your life. Authentic, honest life storytelling stirs the soul, awakens its inherent qualities – like awe, love, unity, contentment, joy, and wonderment – and renews your life. The important...
We all have one, whether we’re aware of it or not. We’ve been watching lots of great Olympic stories over the past couple of weeks, and with the closing ceremonies coming up this weekend, what about your own version of these mythic stories? I’m not talking about winning medals, but...
What Happens When You Notice the Unnoticed?
In stopping the daily flow of life, in noticing the things that often pass by unnoticed, in looking closely at images that appear as frames in a quickly passing movie, in focusing on the fragments of stories that come to mind, we can witness the emergence of our soul. This...
What is the One Thing You Should Never Forget?
Rumi said, “There is one thing in the world that should not be forgotten. You may forget everything except that one thing, without there being any cause for concern. If you remember everything else but forget that one thing, you will have accomplished nothing. It would be as if a...
What Inspires Us to Help Others?
We live in remarkable times, the worst of times and the best of times. It often seems like the worst brings out the best in us. Where does this ability, this virtue, value, or spiritual quality, to care for others we don’t even know, and at the same time give...