tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post4396052753144982762..comments2024-03-19T18:44:15.041+08:00Comments on Little Stories: How To Touch The Face of GodGilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-76617192505108221092007-06-12T05:55:00.000+08:002007-06-12T05:55:00.000+08:00Wow, thanks for your blog. My peak experience came...Wow, thanks for your blog. <BR/><BR/>My peak experience came in the form of "the God-Man" Avatar Meher Baba<BR/><BR/>http://www.avatarmeherbaba.org/erics/wholoves.html<BR/><BR/>It hasn't been an easy journey, before or after, but<BR/>now it is one filled with guidance and compassion.<BR/><BR/>Who knew?<BR/><BR/>PeaceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-27352322296297430792007-06-06T15:05:00.000+08:002007-06-06T15:05:00.000+08:00Maslow was spot on.When Basic and Security needs h...Maslow was spot on.<BR/><BR/>When Basic and Security needs have not been met, viagra is not needed.<BR/><BR/>Go teach the smart boy in the PM's office about Maslow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-59420563500802918012007-06-05T11:03:00.000+08:002007-06-05T11:03:00.000+08:00To Mr/Ms Anonymous third from the top, there's not...To Mr/Ms Anonymous third from the top, there's nothing frightening about this post. Seriously you should get more frightened when you look at the Auditor General's report on our country's ministries and stat boards.<BR/><BR/>http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/06/01/auditor-general%e2%80%99s-report-millions-missing/#more-341<BR/><BR/>Chew on that!Lalalalalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132275990220618963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-38376789994438744462007-06-05T11:02:00.000+08:002007-06-05T11:02:00.000+08:00Haha everyone has read about maslow's hierarchy of...Haha everyone has read about maslow's hierarchy of needs before. And those who have read about it before also know that it's just another model, albeit one of the most famous ones (or should I say, the most famous) on human needs.<BR/><BR/>To (anonymous june 4 1:04pm - please put a nick next time so its easier to reference you), yes of course you can have a mix of all 5 levels. You don't necessarily have to progress from one level to the next. <BR/><BR/>That's the limitation of this model. It does not show how you can be at level 5 yet still be bothered about the nitty gritty of life - inevitably, everyone needs money to survive! And also, bear in mind, no one can feel safe enough in this age of terrorism and whatnot. Well maybe, if you're a cocooned Singaporean who has never been outta the country and your idea of an overseas trip is Johor Bahru or worse, Sentosa, then maybe...Lalalalalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132275990220618963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-9128004102057106152007-06-05T07:18:00.000+08:002007-06-05T07:18:00.000+08:00Anybody want to know the levels of our gahmen ?Aft...Anybody want to know the levels of our gahmen ?<BR/><BR/>After much research and thinking, I conclude that all levels of need by gahmen is astonishly MONEY.<BR/><BR/>Loving need of Money, security need of money, basic need of money, ego need of money, self-actualization of money NOT ENOUGH => Ultimate enlightenment of GAHMEN !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-24975878084363160242007-06-05T02:36:00.000+08:002007-06-05T02:36:00.000+08:00"The reason is that most people are unaware of the..."The reason is that most people are unaware of their potential, or have been conditioned by society to believe that they are "mediocre" or "average"."<BR/><BR/>In addition, I would like to add Skinner's explanation to the animals (including humans) interaction with the environment with regards to Maslow's hierachy. Just in case, some plp r unfamiliar with B.F Skinner, here the brief summary of him here; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_f_skinner<BR/><BR/>Skinner belief that an animal are born into the world with the intention of emitting operants*. The environment (environment varies in different contexts or cultures) will "encourage" "desirable" behaviors through rewards and "discourage" "undesirable" behaviour through punishment. <BR/><BR/>might Sounds chim to people who did not study psychology, however, skinner's believe actually shaped or enlighten my way of thinking and beliefs abt a person's success or failure in our contexts. Environment have been a powerful factor that i tend to tink that we neglected it. And yes i agree to what mr wang have written in his post-we are constantly being conditioned by our society through a system of rewards and punishments, whether conscious or unconscious. So if a person are unable to fufill his/her self-actualisation may not be solely that individual fault, enviornment can be the power factor which we take for granted most of the times. <BR/><BR/>Skinner wrote a book in how society can be managed or planned in a successful manner; in his book "Walden two", he wrote abt an utopian society, Walden two, embracing on his behaviorial techniques. An old book, which you may have to order online-which i did. I am 1/4 into this book, though a very slow n dull start. It get very interesting chp aft chp, moving into the methods and reasons of using behaviorial engineering in 'shaping' each individual into a competent and useful member of the society (community in "walden two") to read more abt the details on the book, copy the link below : <BR/>http://www.amazon.com/Walden-Two-B-F-Skinner/dp/0872207781/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-6330332-2240720?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180981345&sr=8-1 <BR/><BR/>Skinner(1976) "The choice is clear: either we do nothing and allow a miserable and probably catastrophic future to overtake us, or we use our knowledge abt human behavior to create a social environment in which we shall live productive and creatives lives and do so without jeopardizing the chances that those who follow us will be able to do the same. Something like Walden Two would not be a bad start."<BR/><BR/>*"operants" are behaviors that leads to consequencies (positive or negative outcome) operating upon the environment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-4161914826750243282007-06-04T22:59:00.000+08:002007-06-04T22:59:00.000+08:00Free meditation in Singapore at :http://www.lifepo...Free meditation in Singapore at :<BR/>http://www.lifepositive.com/Spirit/meditation/vipassana/vipassana.html<BR/><BR/>This gentle soul used to teach meditation for free at the Buddhist Library :<BR/><BR/>http://www.kktanhp.com/index.htm<BR/><BR/>After Lee Hsien Loong had cancer, he took meditation lessons from Dr. K K Tan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-7447532323113094372007-06-04T22:57:00.000+08:002007-06-04T22:57:00.000+08:00The secular god is the Aggridant.Check out Maslow'...The secular god is the Aggridant.<BR/>Check out Maslow's "Politics 3"<BR/>at www.maslow.org.Cannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11859734264355325137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-91247844553035322762007-06-04T22:08:00.000+08:002007-06-04T22:08:00.000+08:00Yeah ... I've had the experience of reaching theta...Yeah ... I've had the experience of reaching theta in meditation, and then automatically staying in alpha for the rest of the day. Just blissed out, calm and happy, no matter what happens. <BR/><BR/>And the space between stimulus and response widens ... You feel like you have vast control over your response to anything, and so you don't get irritated or angry or impatient or stressed about ANYTHING.<BR/><BR/>Lasts about 18 hours for me.Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-45222476841568044482007-06-04T21:45:00.000+08:002007-06-04T21:45:00.000+08:00For those interested, the brain emits different wa...For those interested, the brain emits different waves during different state of consciousness.<BR/>U can read a brief description of it here :<BR/>http://www.psychic-experiences.com/psychic-articles/brain-wave-states.phpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-67119064880363543072007-06-04T17:26:00.000+08:002007-06-04T17:26:00.000+08:00There is a new area of science pioneered by a Cana...There is a new area of science pioneered by a Canadian Professor who claimed and demonstrated that he has located the area of the brain which when stimulated will induced one to have psychic experiences like seeing Jesus if one is a Christian or Buddha if one is Buddhist. <BR/>Using drugs to induce a high are very dangerous as one becomes addicted to external sources beyond one's control. The drugs effectiveness also wear off and one will need more and more to get the same high.<BR/>In mediation it is the body natural mechanism which produce the hormones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-89675671260662378852007-06-04T13:16:00.000+08:002007-06-04T13:16:00.000+08:00Oh, I guess you are thinking about addiction or ho...Oh, I guess you are thinking about addiction or how the body adapts to the chemical signals and lower the sensitivity to them (homeostatic effect).<BR/><BR/>Use of psychotropics require great care. They are very potent chemicals/medicine.<BR/><BR/>Come to think of it, use of psychotropics in creative industry is not all that rare. Eg, many jazz and rock musicians in the 60s (less now) use psychotropics (eg marijuana) to acheive a heightened state of consciousness while playing music. ie, they think they become more creative and spontaneous.<BR/><BR/>Of course...... there is a price to pay, including addiction, "crashing" from the high, and even death.<BR/><BR/>And many of these same musicians when they get older, will not recommend using drugs anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-10730173306965056772007-06-04T13:09:00.000+08:002007-06-04T13:09:00.000+08:00I have had a kind of peak or flow experience in co...I have had a kind of peak or flow experience in court before ... It is quite bizarre, very difficult to explain. It is like I could read 4 minds at the same time - the judge's, the defence lawyer's, the accused person's and the witness's. Before the person could open his mouth to say something, I already knew what he was going to say, and I already knew my next three questions and his next 3 answers; and I already knew what everyone in the court was thinking about what the guy was saying. It wasn't just "knowing" through logical thinking and guessing; it was really just pure "knowing". <BR/><BR/>In my head I could even hear the defence counsel thinking "Shit ...! My client didn't tell me that" and I could hear the judge thinking "That's it, game over, game over" to himself.Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-73849553061215783512007-06-04T13:04:00.000+08:002007-06-04T13:04:00.000+08:00Mr Wang, I am not sure if you briefly highlight on...Mr Wang, I am not sure if you briefly highlight one thing, could there always be a mixture of those 5 levels at the same time? And also even if one has attained the last level, he could be easily pulled back or downgrade to lower levels again due to unusual circumstances?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-82944900813604510652007-06-04T13:00:00.000+08:002007-06-04T13:00:00.000+08:00There's a big problem with using drugs for this ki...There's a big problem with using drugs for this kind of thing (quite apart from the fact that it's illegal) ... when I have time, I'll dig up the explanation given by Osho on this. In brief, over time, you'll need more and more drugs to achieve the same state, and eventually, to get to the same state, you'd just have to overdose till you're dead.<BR/><BR/>Not Recommended by Mr Wang.Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-67528687606023969042007-06-04T12:31:00.000+08:002007-06-04T12:31:00.000+08:00Which reminds me.....Oh! I have slipped the surly ...Which reminds me.....<BR/><BR/>Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth<BR/>And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;<BR/>Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds, – and done a hundred things<BR/>You have not dreamed of wheeled and soared and swung<BR/>High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,<BR/>I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung<BR/>My eager craft through footless falls of air...<BR/>Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue<BR/>I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace<BR/>Where never lark, nor eer eagle flew – <BR/>And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod<BR/>The high, untrespassed sanctity of space,<BR/>Put out my hand and touched the face of God.<BR/><BR/>John Gillespie MageeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-7287717481243554982007-06-04T12:27:00.000+08:002007-06-04T12:27:00.000+08:00Roger Bannister could be having an endorphin peak,...Roger Bannister could be having an endorphin peak, from the intense physical exercise while running. This could bring about brief episodes of superhuman activity or a heighten state of consciousness.<BR/><BR/>(actually, the more interesting angle to the story is how many people consider the 4 minute mile to be humanly unbreakable way back then. Right after Bannister broke through the 4 min barrier, a whole bunch of people soon broke the 4 min mile barrier too. Sort of how your mind tells you something can be done (because it has been done), so you can actually do it.)<BR/><BR/>There have also been many documented cases of people who report seeing things like a bright light (or things along that line) while under very large stress (like - about to fall off cliff -that sort of thing), followed by a very clear and presicent sense of being. There is a term to discribe this, but I can't remember it. One theory is that a large amount of chemicals in the body, such as endorphins mix with adrenaline, can produce this phenomenon. As I recall, the research are still on going and not conclusive.<BR/><BR/>In some religion, to touch the face of god involves some form of drug use. This takes the form of psychotropic plant/mushroom or some form of trance. Egs are the mexican shamans (stories of Don Juan Matus), the American Indian (spiritual dreams - I think they call it waking dreams or dream walking or something), and even hinduism.<BR/><BR/>A friend from India told me how her caste has permission from the Indian government to allow their priests to use banned psychotropic drugs/plants for spiritual reasons.<BR/><BR/>Well, the above are not exacting on topic, just to expand on the concept of "touching the face of god".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-77322595532886652007-06-04T10:42:00.000+08:002007-06-04T10:42:00.000+08:00One more 9. LaughterOne more <BR/><BR/>9. LaughterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-12607829473139291922007-06-04T10:04:00.000+08:002007-06-04T10:04:00.000+08:00There is probably some kind of relationship betwee...There is probably some kind of relationship between what Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi calls "flow experiences" and what Maslow calls "peak experiences". <BR/><BR/>I think you could say that peak experiences are a much smaller subset of flow experiences.<BR/><BR/>A flow experience is what Roger Bannister had, when he was running that race to become the first man to run the mile under 4 minutes.<BR/><BR/>If you google around for his personal account of that race, you'd realise that he was having a flow experience, possibly even a peak <BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bannister<BR/><BR/>This is how he described how he felt when he was running the mile:<BR/><BR/>"No longer conscious of my movement, I discovered a new unity with nature. I had found a new source of power and beauty, a source I never dreamt existed." <BR/><BR/>Compare the above with descriptions of the peak experience as supplied in my earlier links. There is always this sudden sense of unity with nature / the world / the universe etc and the consciousness of "self" is stripped away (in Bannister's case, he says that he was "no longer conscious of his movement" - and bear in mind that he isn't sleeping, or resting, or in a daze - he is actually running as hard and fast as he can). <BR/><BR/>Will write more later, am busy at the moment.Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-12155263657366943122007-06-04T09:34:00.000+08:002007-06-04T09:34:00.000+08:00There are many ways to get the high feelings. I kn...There are many ways to get the high feelings. I know of the following situations which will cause the glands to release hormones like endophine into your blood stream inducing a temporary feeling of bliss.<BR/><BR/>1. Exercise<BR/>2. Drug<BR/>3. Orgasm<BR/>4. Achievement<BR/>5. Light at end of tunnel<BR/>6. Change in environment<BR/>7. 60 seconds in -60 C (German discovery).<BR/>8. MeditationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-82469214869476835082007-06-04T05:12:00.000+08:002007-06-04T05:12:00.000+08:00Don't worry too much for those Singaporeans who ar...Don't worry too much for those Singaporeans who are unable to reach Level 5. In Singapore, from Level 1 to 5 everything is the same: Money, Money, Money, Money, Money.<BR/><BR/>So, when you hit Level 1, you have already hit Level 5. How wonderful! Don't forget that Singapore is really unique and extraordinary. Our Emperor decreed, isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-43102118876772162872007-06-04T00:02:00.000+08:002007-06-04T00:02:00.000+08:00hmm...if his theories were right, our PM must be a...hmm...if his theories were right, our PM must be at 'buddha' or gandhi stage..:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-24313291451046655562007-06-03T23:53:00.000+08:002007-06-03T23:53:00.000+08:00erm, just go and look for Shunryu Suzuki's 'Zen Mi...erm, just go and look for Shunryu Suzuki's 'Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind'.<BR/><BR/>Or, just try the Zen breathing exercises.<BR/><BR/>And when you're walking, just walk; don't think about anything else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-76655246947439709892007-06-03T22:48:00.000+08:002007-06-03T22:48:00.000+08:00Just to add, Bangkok used to have a very good TM c...Just to add, Bangkok used to have a very good TM centre. The Singapore one used to be of low standard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-45677162069479645502007-06-03T22:46:00.000+08:002007-06-03T22:46:00.000+08:00TM is a good program. Even Bill Gates learned to "...TM is a good program. Even Bill Gates learned to "fly" from them.<BR/>http://www.tm.org/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com