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<h1 class="post-title">letter to M, my friend who practises Zen Buddhism</h1>
<time datetime="2023-10-23T00:00:00+00:00" class="post-date">23 Oct 2023</time>
<p>Hi M:</p>
<p>I am writing on a sunny but cloudy morning in Singapore.</p>
<p>Ive
taken your sugggestion to observe the rhythm of the sun. One of my
favourite times of day, when I am working at my part-time job (at a meat-free
restaurant), is - can you guess it? - twilight; I like to watch the
sunlight fade to blue darkness outside the windows, while the electric
lamps indoors provide a warm orange glow.</p>
<p>The fading light, day after
day, night after night, reminds me that my busy-ness with myriad
operational tasks at the restaurant, is just a small puff of vapour,
compared to the vastness and ancient-ness of the Sun, not to mention the
galaxies in the emptiness of the Space beyond Planet Earth; the Sun has
been rising and setting since the time of the dinosaurs, and what
creature am I to presume that I am the centre of the Universe?</p>
<p>But I
need a spiritual belief to be my compass in this vast emptiness, and I
have found that through a personal relationship with King Jesus,
resurrected Son of God, who is alive, active and powerful (even today,
at this hour). But I ken that not everyone uses the same compass, and I
have been growing in my acceptance of that.</p>
<p>One good thing in my life is
like-minded friends who share edifying information with me, through the
wonders of the Internet. For example, Jill wants to find out more about
the Quakers, so she looks that up on her smart-phone, and tells me about
them, reading from her smart-phone, while I sit across from her on a
comfortable couch, marvelling at the ease-of-access of such information.
In other situations, my Buddhist brother sends me Buddhist Scriptures
that is free-of-charge to view at a Web-page.</p>
<p>(For example:
https://accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an11/an11.016.piya.html )</p>
<p>It is
true that the Internet can harm us if we let it, but I believe a rich
inner spiritual life can steer us towards a more constructive use of the
Internet.</p>
<p>Well, my shoulders ache from typing out this email with an
awkward posture at my keyboard, so I shall stop writing here.</p>
<p>Yours
sincerely,
T</p>
<p>On this day, the 23rd of October, 2023 Anno Domini</p>
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