Ma. Lourdes Macaya

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Cavite City, Philippines

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Short Story: A Sufi master speaks about the value of silence

Steve Marshall @innertalks (22298) • Australia 7 Sep 22

The Sufi master, Lahadin Sahkinbin, was giving a lecture on the real silence of real silence, and what could that ever mean. Here is what he said: “It is said by our greatest Sufi masters that God is a silent God, and...

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Ma. Lourdes Macaya I remember my mother, and I miss her each day. She was like an alarm clock in nagging us, from waking us up in the morning and every hour in checking our daily routine. There was no earphone before and so you could hear her voice banging your eardrum. When...

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Short story: A pastor sermons his people on gossiping, and other forms of putdowns

Steve Marshall @innertalks (22298) • Australia 13 Sep 22

The good Reverend, Pastor, Ben Jones, was giving a sermon to his parishioners, on one Sunday morning, on the subject of wording our disapproval against someone else, which can be a form of gossip. Here is what he...

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Ma. Lourdes Macaya We are carefree when young but ponders when fully ripened in time, be kind instead of being mean. There are those whose happiness is hurting others because for themselves they lack confidence, with so much insecurities in things that they do. These people,...

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Zen story: When is detachment really still just another form of attachment?

Steve Marshall @innertalks (22298) • Australia 12 Apr 22

The esteemed Zen master, Jodda Resposhe, was giving a discourse on detachment. Here is the wordage of his talk: "Detachment is not all that it's touted out to be." "We are told to give up attachment to our...

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Ma. Lourdes Macaya Love is attachment and detachment, letting go or holding on. Just the same as setting yourself free of material and immaterial things. The heart finds peace when you know how to define earthly attachment and detachment. The mind weighs the right and wrong...

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Short Story: Earth Cultures, and modernisation

Steve Marshall @innertalks (22298) • Australia 13 Apr 22

The American Indian chief, Little Small Wolf, was talking about the Indian culture to a reporter, intent on getting something useful for him to write up in his paper, for a Sunday editorial item. "Why are the Earth...

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Ma. Lourdes Macaya I like how the Indians respect the nature, how they consider it breathing. How living things participate and contribute in the cycle of Earth's own way of renewal, but imbalance is about to take effect due to abuse of its adopted humans.

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Short Story: Earth Cultures, and modernisation

Steve Marshall @innertalks (22298) • Australia 13 Apr 22

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Ma. Lourdes Macaya True enough, we are dividing the mother Earth forming culture and in the end claiming the soil on top of us or we are stepping on. The earth sustains us but we arrogantly managing it as if we are the one nourishing it, well in fact we are suffocating it.

27 Apr 22

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Up From My Siesta

Leiann Lynn Rose Spontaneo @Spontaneo (14700) • United States 27 Apr 22

I am up from my siesta! I am waiting for a mocha to cool off. Then, I really to accomplish a zillion book reviews. Lately, I have been myLotting way too much. I can still hop on myLot every-so-often, just not every single...

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Ma. Lourdes Macaya Nice start with a kick of mocha. Have a blessed Wednesday.

27 Apr 22

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Do gadgets make our lives easier?

Fleur @Fleura (30928) • United Kingdom 26 Apr 22

I started writing a response to a post by @MarieCoyle about inventions, and the response got so long I had to make it into a post of its own. Years ago (in the 50 and 60s) there was much talk about the life of leisure that we...

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Ma. Lourdes Macaya Way back then, life is so simple. Life span is long. We breathe pure air, we drink sweet water. Now, we buy bottled water and maybe soon with our experience of covid, we will buy a handy oxygen cylinder just to breathe fresh air. We are free frolicking by then...

27 Apr 22

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This flower smells like rotten meat

Rino Thesaloga @RinoThesaloga (11) • Banjarmasin, Indonesia 22 Apr 22

It is called Amorphophallus titanum. It grew in my village recently and lasted only for a week! And the smell was outstanding. If you ever smell rotten meat or animal Caracas, it is exactly the same.. A lot of flies came into it

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Ma. Lourdes Macaya I have heared about it and I wish to see one in real and not only in picture.

27 Apr 22

My little story

Gilang Romadon @Gilangr (31) • Palembang, Indonesia 26 Apr 22

Tonight I just returned to my boarding room after going to buy something. For some reason my gaze first fell on my small wardrobe. Wardrobe made of wood with a size of 150 cm which is brownish in color. It's just an ordinary...

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Ma. Lourdes Macaya You need to analyze the need v/s want. Have a priority list of those things. Set your goal towards passive income and so you could set aside luxurious spending. Be a minimalist, start decluttering.

27 Apr 22

Zen short story: The Zen master's pet canary

Steve Marshall @innertalks (22298) • Australia 26 Apr 22

The Zen master, Arzen Riposhki, had a pet canary, which he liked to talk to every day, around his breakfast time. He told his students that such talk relaxed him, and it got him away from reason, and the frustration, with...

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Ma. Lourdes Macaya There are times in which unknowingly with our actions, we tend to hurt others and so before we move to satisfy our instinct or guts, we need to always think twice of what will be the outcome.

27 Apr 22

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An interesting Bible passage looked at again.

Steve Marshall @innertalks (22298) • Australia 10 Jun 21

John, chapter 14, verses 23-24 (Living Bible translation) [b]Jesus said, “I will only reveal myself to those who love me and obey me. The Father will love them too, and we will come to them, and live with them. Anyone who...

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Ma. Lourdes Macaya So enlightening is your post, too many to highlight. " But be against being against is all we need be against", nice one. There is one God looking down on us all and yes, perfectly true. Freshly opened my Mylot this day afternoon of June and look first at your...

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Short Story: The Intelligent Universe.

Steve Marshall @innertalks (22298) • Australia 9 May 21

The self-acclaimed Spiritual master, Sri Germain Hilcroft, was giving a lecture in the community hall, of his local city. Here is what he said: [i]"The Universe is infinitely intelligent. It is supporting you in every...

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Ma. Lourdes Macaya @innertalks The mystery in the beauty of the universe is a puzzle that can not be completed unless we got the opportunity to be one of the God's chosen servant. And I am hoping when my time comes to an end, I will be gazing the beauty of the universe up above...

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How Lazy Are You?

Shiva @Shiva49 (26893) • Singapore 26 Apr 21

We are all guilty of being lazy but every rule has an exception. There are the few who cannot remain quiet at all. For me, it is not being lazy but how I get out of that rut. While I was working I had relied on a different type...

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Ma. Lourdes Macaya @Shiva49, I love to do the same will like yours and your must to things you wanted to accomplish, however, if it is laziness to stop and sigh in doing things that need to be done and slows you down because of fear of going out, facing people that will not...

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Why do you really exist?

Belex Hanns Abel @Belexhanns (3431) • Kampala, Uganda 21 Apr 21

Sometimes people wonder why they were born! The question goes to everyone because some think they were born to worship God only, others think they are to terrorise others and take their things. Some think they were born to serve...

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Ma. Lourdes Macaya We all exist with a purpose in which you will only find out along the way of your life journey. We coexist.

21 Apr 21

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Do people really have love?

Belex Hanns Abel @Belexhanns (3431) • Kampala, Uganda 21 Apr 21

The word love may simply mean ability of someone to care about his neighbour .There are many forms of love but the most common we know is the love between a man and a woman. I have seen couples whom they say have real love but...

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Ma. Lourdes Macaya @Belexhanns Love is in everybody's heart, it is like you need to mine like gold. It gets more pure when placed in a meticulous way of handling.

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One of My Favourite music

Belex Hanns Abel @Belexhanns (3431) • Kampala, Uganda 21 Apr 21

Good afternoon friends, I am now listening to one of my most favourite song,"GOD'S PLAN" by Drake. I like this song very much and I feel happy when I listen to it. I like Drake's music and he is my favourite artist. I like...

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Ma. Lourdes Macaya Sounds interesting and seems spiritually uplifting and motivating, I will try to find time to listen to it .

21 Apr 21

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Depression

Trisha Makhija @Trishhh (6) 3 Apr 21

Let's talk about how common this one word is getting into all of our lives. It's used to easily. "my favorite team lost I'm depressed", "I didn't score well in my exams I'm depressed". Are we all really failing to describe what...

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Ma. Lourdes Macaya @Trishhh You will never get out of your situation if you will not help yourself. Your life is a gift that you should enjoy while you still have it. Pull out a paper then write your vision for yourself. When you want or aspire for something go for it. Life is a...

4 Apr 21

Someday it's gonna make sense

Sarah Nyven Baltazar @nyvenrsarj (90) • Cebu, Philippines 27 Mar 21

To whatever you're feeling right now, in a deep pain, emotionally stress, exhausted, got to think with a lot of problems each day, anxiety attacks, being mentally drained.. Always remember that you were not there if you cannot...

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Ma. Lourdes Macaya @nyvenrsarj Yes, correct. Come to think of it, how we are being paralyzed by this invisible enemy while powerful countries are preparing their most modern armory which costs lots of money but is of no match to this virus. People don't realize the reason...

28 Mar 21

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Do you consider yourself a homebody, or someone who likes to go out?

Alexander Bowen @iZerox (4) • Chile 27 Mar 21

In my case, I am a person who prefers to stay at home and just go out to meet friends for a while or go for a walk to the mall. But in general, I enjoy staying at home, lying down and doing nothing xD

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Ma. Lourdes Macaya @iZerox I'm a homebody. When I was young I love hanging out with friends but with my own family now, the more I love staying at home.

28 Mar 21