Find the patterns and connect the subtle dots of the past, present and future… — I started jotting these notes down in May 2020. I came to revisit it this December. This is an invitation to read the following article and then find the patterns and connect the subtle dots of the past, present and future: Polynesian Seafarers ‘Discovered’ America Long Before Europeans, Says DNA…

In the Philippines, the aswang is a fiendish, supernatural creature that will drink the blood of an unborn baby. One night, my cousin was found unconscious on the ground. I think the aswang got him!! When I was 10 years-old, we moved from the coastline town of Marina, California to…

A Filipina yogini’s realization of how the Philippine saying means so much more Background: In the Philippines, the saying of “bahala na” means negative things for quite a number of people: For some it means being part of a brotherhood in a gang. For many others it means being lazy…

I grew up without you Although I never got to know you, you were still able to take care of us all, even after you were gone. Mom constantly talked of you. Spoke to you. I know you loved mom and us. And your mom and sisters. Tita Mer and…

I began to be curious about Sanskrit words in Filipino languages when I started learning yoga and heard the words guru and mukha, which mean teacher and face, respectively, in both Tagalog and Sanskrit. Asa is “hope” in Tagalog and asa is also hope in Sanskrit. Bahala in Filipino means…

revisiting threads in the Pagbabalikloob YahooGroup Jul 14, 2005 In the book The Self-Aware Universe: How Consciousness Creates the Material World author Amit Goswami describes the basis of colonial mentality: If we could single out one historical concept that has propelled humans and their societies toward much violence and warfare…

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. It is in dark times that we are most called upon to come through and shine. How can one shine in dark times? Let…

The ghosts and land spirits of my ancestral land paid me three visits. I dreamt of the long-gone aeta on the island of Buglas, dancing. I am being told of forgotten things, by diwata—nymphs—that dwell in the land and by restless souls who need remembrance. You might say I have…

I told the Universe I’m ready for anything. That was two years ago. And the things the Universe sent my way were total surprises. My guess is that everything played out from thereon, exactly as I planned it with the Cosmos, right before I was born. it’s my brand of…