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mulanmatu @mulanmatu (68) • Philippines 30 May 07

I have been skeptical all this time. Lost. Since highschool, I tried to "search" for the right religion. In my country, Christianity is the thing. And I tried one sect after another. One charismatic group after another. I was...

search

truth

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mulanmatu Thank you Erika; guess you're right. Initiating this discussion months back and reading them now, makes me cringe with embarassment. I guess, I need not "ask."

18 Jan 08

arlene_27 @arlene_27 (231) • Philippines 21 Apr 07

What is your favorite spot in Baguio City? It's not easy for me to pick just one so I thought a survey might help me look at Baguio spots from a different perspective. :)

baguio city

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mulanmatu mike, your answer reminds me of my year-long memories of baguio. i agree to this one. very personal reason. enjoyed chatting and drinking cocktails then with a lady friend. i missed that time. session road looks so awesome from this view.

17 Jan 08

mulanmatu @mulanmatu (68) • Philippines 9 Jun 07

What keeps you to stay. To hold on. To keep on fighting? To be. To stay. To live? Do you think life is worth the struggle? Is it worth living at all?

life

worth

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mulanmatu Yes, you go girl, simply, enjoy the ride! And emerge a winner amidst the struggle!

9 Jun 07

mulanmatu @mulanmatu (68) • Philippines 9 Jun 07

What keeps you to stay. To hold on. To keep on fighting? To be. To stay. To live? Do you think life is worth the struggle? Is it worth living at all?

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mulanmatu Whoa! This one seems interesting. A two-word reply that means a lot. "Unique vision." A vision into something great, beautiful, and immensely satisfying. But pity us. We can visualize. We can have a vision. But we don't have a say in this unfolding...Our...

9 Jun 07

camar_lyn @camar_lyn (1028) • Singapore 9 Jun 07

I recently went to a second hand store out of curiosity. To my pleasant surprise, they do have a few good buys. Like a good just serviced APRICA pram, which would cost me $550, i bought it for $16!! That's a steal to me. They...

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mulanmatu Ok, let me qualify my statement. I said "it's not uncommon" for people who can afford new goodies to have a "distaste" for the second-hand stuffs. Now, in that statement, I think it's obvious that I am not generalizing to the whole. And my claim speaks as much...

9 Jun 07

mulanmatu @mulanmatu (68) • Philippines 30 May 07

I have been skeptical all this time. Lost. Since highschool, I tried to "search" for the right religion. In my country, Christianity is the thing. And I tried one sect after another. One charismatic group after another. I was...

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mulanmatu Yes, the Jungian collective consciousness, sounds like pantheism, monism. A holistic view on things, to which I agree, in a way. But, questions still abound in this head. And I think, Im bound for doom. If there's one thing I can't get away with, it's...

9 Jun 07

mulanmatu @mulanmatu (68) • Philippines 2 Jun 07

I wonder how diverse our conceptions of God are. Do you see God as a human being? An authoritative Being? The Omniscient, Omniprescent One? A point of light? Allah? Buddha? Brahma Baba? Why do we have such variety?

god

nature

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mulanmatu It's been awhile since I read this message but was not able to get back to it. Yes, god as an energy resonates with what I think of him. An energy that can be omnipresecent, but not omnipotent. omniscience but, he gets the sentience of finite beings to get...

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mulanmatu @mulanmatu (68) • Philippines 2 Jun 07

I wonder how diverse our conceptions of God are. Do you see God as a human being? An authoritative Being? The Omniscient, Omniprescent One? A point of light? Allah? Buddha? Brahma Baba? Why do we have such variety?

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mulanmatu That is God that we know. How sure are we of the God that we know? How do we know that these"God" who tell all of this is not a delusional God? Not a schizoprenic God? Can we know for sure? Or do we stick to these in mere blind faith?

4 Jun 07

mulanmatu @mulanmatu (68) • Philippines 2 Jun 07

I wonder how diverse our conceptions of God are. Do you see God as a human being? An authoritative Being? The Omniscient, Omniprescent One? A point of light? Allah? Buddha? Brahma Baba? Why do we have such variety?

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mulanmatu Why? Because they have attributed the Divine in them. Tell me, why do people worship false idols? Why do people kneel down on the image of a god in a sculpted ivory? Is there really one true god? Will u discount the possibility of polytheism? You must have...

4 Jun 07

mulanmatu @mulanmatu (68) • Philippines 31 May 07

When most of us were still students (especially those in college) we think that it's a lot easier to be a teacher. Most of us (including me) wished to be in the position of the teacher instead. But once, we stepped out of the...

student

teaching

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mulanmatu Yea, it's really easier to study. It's difficult to be in front of the class, to talk with them, to always be on guard with what you have to say. Well, I mean, not all teachers are good speakers. And besides, it's defficult for a melancholic type to hold...

3 Jun 07

mulanmatu @mulanmatu (68) • Philippines 31 May 07

Do you think a college degree matters? We know of quite a few who have experienced success in life without having finished a degree. And we also know people who have earned degrees but whose lives are quite disappointing. What's...

college success

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mulanmatu The success defined by social norm. By what we are used to.

3 Jun 07

mulanmatu @mulanmatu (68) • Philippines 31 May 07

I am. I usually go to bed at 3 in the morning. I stay in bed until before noon. It makes me feel guilty. I wished to be more productive if I can, but when can I do? Is it something that I have a control over? Or, I just can't help...

insomnia

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mulanmatu I decided to change into a more active lifestyle instead. I find pills a little intrusive. I don;t know if I can bear with the side effects. Will opt for a change in lifestyle first.

3 Jun 07

mulanmatu @mulanmatu (68) • Philippines 2 Jun 07

Have you ever felt like like doesnt make sense anymore? That all these struggles are for naught? That somebody was just playing a game on you?

life

meaning

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mulanmatu I really hope to be relieved of this "quagmire." And to start acting for it, right now. Thank you.

2 Jun 07

mulanmatu @mulanmatu (68) • Philippines 1 Jun 07

I want to earn a medical degree. It's just that I feel that I'm too old for it? Or is it just in my mind? Is 26 really too old to start working on a medical degree?

medical degree

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mulanmatu Thank you so much. It did lift my spirit to go on fighting and see to it that I make the right decision without being constrained by my our stereotypes on right timing.

2 Jun 07

mulanmatu @mulanmatu (68) • Philippines 31 May 07

I am. I usually go to bed at 3 in the morning. I stay in bed until before noon. It makes me feel guilty. I wished to be more productive if I can, but when can I do? Is it something that I have a control over? Or, I just can't help...

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mulanmatu Hey, that is something. Right! As long as I do what I can when I'm up it doesnt matter anymore what time I spend the 8 hours of bedtime I have. Hay. Just that,most of the times, the opportunity to be productive is there during daytime, not at night time, where...

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mulanmatu @mulanmatu (68) • Philippines 31 May 07

I consider myself a writer of sort. I'm into writing literary fictions and poetry in my vernacular language. I notice that, like the other artists that I know, I suffer from shifting moods. And I feel that without the feeling of...

depression

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mulanmatu Or maybe it's a circular thing. I mean, you write, because your depressed, and in turn, it becomes therapeutic to you because you were able to purge out your thoughts and emotions--the very feelings/emotions/thoughts that lead you to write.

31 May 07

mulanmatu @mulanmatu (68) • Philippines 30 May 07

I have been skeptical all this time. Lost. Since highschool, I tried to "search" for the right religion. In my country, Christianity is the thing. And I tried one sect after another. One charismatic group after another. I was...

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mulanmatu Erica, I find it difficult to be sure that any enlightenment that I may have had is a real thing. What if everything can just be attributed to the neurochemical processes going on in the brain? Just like when one experienced NDE, they say that there are...

31 May 07

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