mosely pacquiao, who else?

yes, he did it again. another win. another glorious feather in the cap of our great champion, manny "pacman" pacquiao. his dominance of his opponent made the fight a little bit on the hohum side.

pardon the pun, but, mosely pacquiao wins.

they say his secret is his passion for this sport he embraced. it never wanes. every time a fight is arranged for him, right at the first minute of his training his warrior heart, mind, and soul gets focused. he becomes one-pointed for a win. he discards every distraction especially doubt and fear.

in short, he becomes what he has chosen to be, a warrior.

during the fight, he performs his duty to the best of his abilities. he is a warrior so he gives his opponents war.

the Old Sages say in our quest for our True Selves one-pointedness is a must.  if we want to know who we truly are, we have to wholeheartedly go on the path of self-knowledge. we must not waver. like manny, we must leave every distraction by the wayside.

especially doubt and fear.

obama, osama

obama, osama. almost sounding alike. almost spelled alike. yet, there is a world of a difference between the letters b and s.

obama is of course barack obama, the 44th and current president of united states of america, the first african american to hold that office, and probably one of the most well-liked persons in the world, a great many americans also had thought him to be something like a messiah who will lead the country out of its dire economic situation. osama is of course osama bin laden, the world's most wanted terrorist and probably it's most hated man. the man who perpetrated that horrible 9/11 terrorist attack, a very depressing note in the world's history.  he got  killed in a special operation just recently.

of course, this is all relative. the recognition depends upon which side of the fence one is on.

obama, osama.
yin, yang.


it was said, one cannot exist without the other. the positive and the negative need both to be there to keep the balance. yin and yang are equal and opposite qualities. the imbalance between these create new unfoldings,  will trigger activities that will hope to restore the balance.

the death of osama will result to an imbalance. the scale has been tipped. this death will surely result to a transformation. yin and yang transform each other. if this is an advance, there should be a corresponding retreat. if this death will sprout a seed, then this seed will soon grow until the plant reaches its full potential and restores the balance.

the 9/11 event sprouted a seed and it is hoped that the death of the man who planted that seed is the mark that the plant that grew from that seed will soon reach its full potential, its full flowering,  its fruition, and restore the balance.

osama's death has also planted another seed. another plant will sprout. the cycle begins again  ..

newspaper hurting

what with the news that had hugged the headlines lately-- those devastating tornadoes that hit the u.s., the japan tsunami, filipinos executed in china, the unrest in the middle east --i can't help but leaf back to one of my old poetry notebooks. i remembered having scribbled something there about events that bring pain and inconveniences and uncertainties.

august 28, 1994

alien pains these are,
unrecognized, unremembered,
to things past
without connections.

and so, the hurting is strange
questionable--
what is its source?
where is its source?

how come tears fall
when the moment should not call
for tears to flow?
i am just reading news
done it before!
how come tears fall?
or, does it, this reading moment,
it calls for tears, now?

the sheets spread wide
the news, not uncommon now:

a child's rape,
a beheading,
Africa's skeleton people
slowly dying,
and princess diana photographed
in leotards revealing.



most times, i dread to look at news. most times now, they hurt.

the royal wedding, the show of opulence, somehow has distracted from the negative news.

i feel, we need fairytales to forget. even for just a couple of hours.