Siguro sila mismo ay takot.
Mahilig sila sa ganung mga spiritualizations?
They are convinced that they are right and that they have a
message for others to hear?
Nagiging importante sila? Siyempre, the value of a “prophet”
is in his prophecy. Kung walang prophecy eh di walang papel ang prophet.
Lagi nila yung iniisip kaya lumalabas sa mga panaginip at
pangitain nila?
I think God’s temple is in our hearts and we carry it with
us everywhere.
Hindi naman nawawala yun kahit pumasok tayo sa ibang houses
of worship.
Marami ring ibang hindi mo minahal na nawawala—hindi mo lang
napapansin kasi nga—hindi mo mahal.
I think a certain level of hunger makes the mind think more clearly.
It also positions the spirit to a more sensitive state as to receive spiritual
dealings. Symbolically, it also stands for a healthy degree of detachment from
the material world. To be able to attach to the spiritual world, going hungry
by and itself does not make one more godly.
Ano ba naman yan? Kaya maraming natu-turnoff sa fellowships
eh. Naka-base sa tithing ang membership? Kung ako, ayoko ng ganyang policy.
Pinoproblema ang hindi naman dapat problema. Eh paano yung OFWs na may
fellowship abroad? Alangan namang di sila mag-support nun eh dun sila
nakasilong. Favor ako sa hati. At kung ayaw na nila sa akin dahil hinahati ko
ang tithers ko, eh di ibibigay ko na lang nang buo dun sa open-minded church na
nagfi-feed sa akin. Pag hindi nila ako pinatayo sa ministry, we BOTH lose. Or
perhaps they lose more because I will serve where I am welcome.
Yung scholar, committed and answerable to the science of
scholarship, linguistics and historical context. Mas factual and scientific and
discipline nya sa pag-intindi at pag-interpret ng verse. Usually, may
specialized training/education siya. Wala siyang audience or congregational
superiors to please kaya posibleng mas objective ang interpretation nya.
Yung preacher, may audience to please, may religious
superiors to answer to, may “statement of faith” to operate within, plus yung
church has payables to think of. So, a preacher could be constrained by such
issues. The preacher is not as free to speak as the scholar.
BUT PEOPLE LISTEN TO
PREACHERS, NOT TO SCHOLAR! J
I think God’s temple is in our hearts and we carry it with
us everywhere.
Hindi naman nawawala yun kahit pumasok tayo sa ibang houses
of worship.
This is very personal opinion: If a person is so miserable
in marriage, one option is to get an annulment, remarry if there is someone to
marry at ipaubaya na nya sa Diyos ang case nya. Kung parusahan siya ng Diyos,
tanggapin niya. Kung hindi siya parusahan because of the merits of his/her
case, e di salamat.
But to stay in a hopelessly miserable marriage is just
another form of punishment—not from God but from one’s spouse or worse, from
oneself! Minsan lang mabuhay ang tao. Dapat maghanap ng ginhawa.
Bago may malito: LAST RESORT YAN HA. Hindi first aid at
hindi way out para lang sumama sa iba.
1.
May free will ang tao at kung sino ang patirahin
nya o i-welcome sa buhay nya, yun ang maghahari.
2.
Deceptive ang demons at nadadaya nila ang tao
into welcoming them into the person’s heart without full awareness of the
colonization/occupation/possession.
Halimbawa, ang tao na laging galit, bitter, resentful,
hateful, violent,etc. ay nakapagbubukas siya ng pinto para siya pasukin ng
masasamang espiritu. Napo-possess siya nang di nya namamalayan. That is why
Satan likes people to be angry while Jesus likes us to be forgiving and
kalmado—para no space for demons.
1.
Hindi muna nakinig nang mabuti bago sumabat.
Wrong entry.
2.
Ang gusto lang nya ay i-promote ang idea nya
kahit bagay sa usapan o sa takbo ng usapan.
3.
Gusto nyang magmukhang mas marunong kaysa sa mga
nagbigay na ng statement.
4.
Akala nya misyon nyang laging magkaroon ng
kakaiba o kontrang statement, na akala nya ay mahusay o magaling yung hindi
umaayon.
5.
Kulang talaga siya sa sapat na kaalaman.
6.
May memoryado siyang pa-smart lines na basta
maibulalas lang nya kahit wala sa lugar ay masaya na siya.
7.
Mayroon siyang iba o limited audience within the
audience-hearers. Kung minsan may nagsasalita sa harap ng marami pero ang tunay
lang na kinakausap o pinariringgan ay isa o kaunti lang sa mga naroon. Kaya
lihis tuloy sa pandinig ng marami.
HUH! SINO NAMAN ANG MAY SABI NUN? The word ALBULARYO comes
from the word HERBOLARIO or HERBALIST. IT MEANS MINISTERING HEALTH, WELLNESS OR
CURE USING HERBS OR PLANTS. KUNG YUN LANG ANG GINAGAWA, WALA NAMANG EVIL DOON.
A joint study conducted by the UP Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy and
Agriculture discovered that a big percentage of the claims of herbularios about
the medicinal and healing qualities of plants are proven.
Syempre, iba na kung may mga bulung-bulong at mga
supernatural procedures.
We should isolate the traditional but scientifically sound
use of plants in healing from occultic practices although kung minsan combined
na ginagawa yun ng one and the same practitioner.
[Sagutin lahat ng SYA NAWA]
TAMAAN SANA NG KIDLAT, kahit daplis lang!
KAININ SANA NG LUPA, kahit iluwa rin kapagdaka.
DAPUAN SANA NG GRABENG SAKIT, kahit gumaling din after a
while.
USIGIN NAWA NG BUDHI hanggang halos mabaliw, kahit
maka-recover later.
DAPUAN NAWA NG GRABENG-GRABENG GALIS HANGGANG PANDIRIHAN NG
PARTNER IN CRIME.
MADEMANDA NAWA, MAKULONG AT MAPAHIYA, kahit makalaya rin
after 100 years.
ANAYIN NAWA ANG BUTO, kahit na ma-pesticide din after a
while.
TABLAN NAWA NG HIYA SA DIYOS, KUNG HINDI MAN SA ASAWA AT
PAMILYA.
MAGBAGONG-LOOB NAWA.
MATAKOT SA DIYOS.
SOBRA-SOBRANG KASALANAN YAN HA—YANG MAGTAKSIL SA ASAWANG
NAGHIHIRAP AT NAGSASAKRIPISYO ABROAD!
[O, yung mga magbabait-baitan at malulupitan sa wishes ko,
SHUT UP. Make your own wishes sa wall nyo.
Be selective. Piliin ang dadaluhan, pakikinggan at susundin.
Salain ang content ng turo nila kung talagang biblical at KUNG BAGAY SA CULTURE
NATIN.
UTANG NA LOOB IS FOREVER kung yung tumulong sa iyo noon ay:
1.
patuloy pa ring tumutulong sa iyo.
2.
Hindi ka pa naman “nakakabayad”/nakakapagsukli
ng kabutihan o kaunti pa lang”naibabayad” mo.
3.
Patuloy na mabuti sa iyo kahit nagbabayad-bayad
ka.
4.
Hindi na nakatutulong sa iyo pero wala namang
ginawang major masama sa iyo. So, sa balance, may utang ka pa rin.
UTANG NA LOOB IS NOT FOREVER kung:
1.
ang dami mo nang “naibayad” tapos may
ginawa/nagawa nang masama o pang-aabuso sa iyo ang concerned.
2.
Ginagamit yun ng concerned para ka abusuhin,
kontrolin, kawawain. Magsukli ka ng marami, then move on on. Hindi lubos na
nababayaran ang utang na loob pero at least dahil sa bad behavior nya at dahil
sa naisukli mo na, medyo bayad ka na nun. Pwede nang mag-good-bye.
UTANG NA LOOB IS FOREVER kung yung tumulong sa iyo noon ay:
1.
patuloy pa ring tumutulong sa iyo.
2.
Hindi ka pa naman “nakakabayad”/nakakapagsukli
ng kabutihan o kaunti pa lang”naibabayad” mo.
3.
Patuloy na mabuti sa iyo kahit nagbabayad-bayad
ka.
4.
Hindi na nakatutulong sa iyo pero wala namang
ginawang major masama sa iyo. So, sa balance, may utang ka pa rin.
UTANG NA LOOB IS NOT FOREVER kung:
1.
ang dami mo nang “naibayad” tapos may
ginawa/nagawa nang masama o pang-aabuso sa iyo ang concerned.
2.
Ginagamit yun ng concerned para ka abusuhin,
kontrolin, kawawain. Magsukli ka ng marami, then move on on. Hindi lubos na
nababayaran ang utang na loob pero at least dahil sa bad behavior nya at dahil
sa naisukli mo na, medyo bayad ka na nun. Pwede nang mag-good-bye.
People fear death because they think of themselves as a body
with a spirit and that at death, the spirit leaves the body so it dies, decays,
gets buried or cremated, etc. They are so attached to the body that at death,
they identify with the body and not with the spirit.
Think the other way, You are a spirit with a body; at death,
the spirit is set free from the body and leaves it to reunite with God.
Identify more with the spirit and you will not fear death.
More than or beyond MALAS NA TAO, I have observed that it is
really more of CHARACTER.
Marami sa mga sinasabing “malas, laging nadudukutan” ay
kadalasan burara. Hindi maingat sa gamit. Ganun di yung “malas, laging
nawawalan/nananakawan.” Yung “malas, laging natatanggal sa trabaho” madalas ay
tamad, pala-away o kulang sa husay. Yung “malas sa pag-ibi” kadalasan ay hindi
mapili o masyadong bigay na bigay, etc. Yung “malas sa negosyo” madalas ay hindi
masyadong nag-aaral bago pasukin ang isang negosyo o hindi mapili sa partners.
Kahit yung sinasabing “GREEN THUMB” o “swerteng maghalaman,”
“malamig ang kamay sa halaman” ay, sa tingin ko, mahusay lang mag-alaga ng
halamn.
Ngayon, yung “malas na pangyayari,” mas maniniwala pa ako.
Sinabi yan ni Solomon sa Ecclesiastes 9:11
Here is something else I have learned:
The fastest runners and the greatest heroes don’t always
win races and battles.
Wisdom, intelligence and skill don’t always make you
healthy, rich or popular.
We each have our share of bad luck.
1.
A rapacious, selfish and greedy elite.
2.
Pasaway, selfish, law-breaking, vote-selling
masa.
3.
Outdated, imperious, backward, feudal,
pakialamero churches.
4.
Uncaring, pakitang-tao, bantay-salakay
vote-buying politicians.
5.
Exploitative and opportunist foreigners-at-heart
who are Filipino citizens for convenience and in passports only.
6.
A colonialists, self-degrading, slave-producing,
unpatriotic, educational system.
7.
A sensationalist, irresponsible,
ignorance-promoting, crassly mukhang pera/rating media na walang malasakit sa
imahen ng bayan. Bubulatlatin ang bituka ng bayan at ibubuyangyang ang mga
kapintasan ng bayan para lang maka-scoop. Nakaka-demoralize, causing Filipinos
to lose faith in and to be ashamed of their country.
8.
Lack of patriotism, love of country, national
pride ng napakarami sa atin. Hilig sa imported anything. Amnesia ng mga
Filipinong nakatira sa ibang bansa, nalilimutan ang Inang Bayan. Lack of love
for and gratitude to Pilipinas. Hindi paglingon sa pinanggalingan.
9.
Katamaran ng maraming hindi nagtatrabaho at
umaasa na lang sa kamag-anak.
10.
Bad governance. Corruption. Lack of nationalist
vision in government policy.
Attend a reputable, non-denominational, objective, unbiased
Bible School.
Self study.
Be open-minded. Do not instantly reject new or different
ideas but seriously study them?
Avoid generalization of ideas as bad, evil, demonic,
satanic, etc. or holy, inspired, anointed? Suriin munang mabuti.
Do not be obsessed with winning an argument but be
interested to learn from the other person.
Eh paano ka nga makaiipon eh ipinamigay mo na yatang lahat?
Pag ganyan ka ka-generous, you need a sideline for extra income.
Pero ang ipon mo so far, gratitude and pleasure ng mga
binibigyan mo, honor and glory of God and lots of ipon/savings na treasures in
heaven.
Change your:
Chemistry. Eat something you like. Have a drink (never alcoholic:
mas lalala).
If a doctor or psychiatrist would prescribe some medicine,
usually anti-depressant that could help.
Kinetics. Move. Walk. Run. Exercise. Swim. Take a shower.
Environment. Get out of the room/house/building.
Social configuration. Talk with someone you enjoy talking
with. Get involved with other people, like in organizations, activities,
projects.
Spiritual condition. Pray. Seek peace. Commune with God.
Do not isolate yourself. If being alone is unavoidable,
entertain yourself. Watch some comedy. Play some upbeat music.
Let go of anger, bitterness, resentment by forgiving those
who have hurt you.
Take care of yourself more. Like yourself more. Forgive
yourself if you have committed something you now feel bad about.
Pag dumadapo ang lungkot, itaboy mo! Change the topic.
Change the scenery.
If persistent, consult a psychologist or a doctor.
Ano ba naman ang mawawala sa iyo kung makikisama sa isang
gawain once a year? Kaysa naman masira ang relasyon mo sa mga nabubuhay?!
“Sabbath” could mean literal Sabbath (yung bawal
magtrabaho/kumilos pag Sabado) o kaya symbol ng mga iba pang religious commands
and regulations. The Lord was saying that the end goal of religious regulation
is for the benefit of people. The implementation of religious rules and
regulations should serve the purposes of men: that in the end, people are
served—that they find rest, peace wellness, healing, happiness, joy, etc.
People should be beneficiaries of religious law, not slaves of it. Ibinigay ang
kautusan para sa kapakinabangan, ikaluluwag at ikabubuti ng tao, hindi para
maghirap, masakripisyo at ma-balewala ang kapakanan ng tao para lang masunod
ang kautusan.
The Sabbath regulation was addressed to masters, not slaves.
Para yun sa mga amo para huwag magpatrabaho sa Sabbath at makapahinga ang mga
manggagawa. Ngayon, kung yung manggagawa na mismo ang kusa at di pinipilit na
gumawa para sa ikabubuti o ikagiginhawa nya, malaya siyang gumawa. Yung Sabbath
para sa kapakanan nya: hindi siya inaasahang maghirap, masakripisyo at malugi
para lang masunod nya ang Sabbath. Hindi siya required sumunod kung ang
pagsunod ay kalugihan nya.
Another possible rendition. RELIGIOUS LAW WAS MADE TO SERVE
MAN, NOT MAN TO SERVE RELIGIOUS LAW. Siyempre, ayaw ng mga conservative,
control-obsessed religious leaders ang ganyan. Wala silang pakialam sa
kondisyon ng tao. Gusto lang nila, legalistic obedience even if obedience puts
the people in grave disadvantage or loss. Pati nga maraming kapatiran, ganyan.
Ang concern nila, legalistic ang literal obedience to religious regulation of
the traditional interpretation of it, kahit na yung kapatid ay malulugi,
masasaktan, mahihirapan at magdurusa sa pagsunod.
Mabait at maunawain si Lord Jesus. Ang mga relihiyoso,
madalas hindi.
Kaya sabi ni Jesus, “Come to me all of you who are tired
carrying heavy (religious ) load and I will give you rest. For my yoke is
light.” Ang gusto ni Jesus, gumaan ang buhay. Ang gusto ng religious
establishment, masunod ang regulasyon kahit pa nga ang resultang pagsunod ay
lalong bumigat ang buhay ng tao.
Jesus-based interpretation and application is that which
makes life easy, light and peaceful. “Come to me and you will find rest for
your souls.”
Yes and no.
Yes kung sobrang bata at ang movie ay sobrang violent or
sex-oriented or horror: anything that glorifies or promotes immorality, fear,
violence or other negative values.
No kung yun na lang pagbabawal ang only protection mo for
them. Lalo na kung medyo may edad na. Baka maging rebellious lang tuloy at
lalong manood. O kaya, sa kababawal mo, maging curious at manood pa tuloy.
The best to do when children become older is to teach them
to be discerning: to know right from wrong, to know good from bad taste, to
determine good from bad themes, story lines, plots or stories. Children need to
be trained to filter out bad from good, rubbish from treasure.
So, watch good and bad movies with them and discuss. Guide
them as to what makes movies good or bad. Huwag puro pagbabawal.
“Train up a child in the way he should go and when his is
old he will not depart from it,” sabi ng Bible.
Over-protectiveness, like pure prohibition, may backfire.
By practice and under your guidance, train children to
recognize good from bad.
You mean understanding the literal meaning, the contextual
meaning then the symbolic meaning of the teachings in the Bible to be able to
apply it correctly in today’s life? From 1 to 10, how much do people
understand—as I see it? 5-6 or below. At kasama ako dun sa ang score ay 5-6 or
below.
WHAT WE UNDERSTAND IS LITTLE; WHAT WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND IS
MUCH. There are very, very, very few people that I think have a high
understanding of the spirit and content of Scripture—and those few are not
preachers.
The Lord is the Lord of all. Pwede nyang gawin ang anumang
gusto nyang gawin at gamitin ang anuman o sinuman. Let God be God!
Romans 12:2 says,
Don’t be like the people of this world but let God change
the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and
pleasing to Him.
CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT HER. Then your feelings
will follow your thoughts and change, too. Then you body will follow your
feelings and will change as well.
Overall, you could be friendlier to her. Then her spirit
will perceive and discern the changes in you. Her spirit will change, too,
followed by her feelings and body. Baka kaya nga inis siya sa iyo eh kasi
nararamdamang inis ka sa kanya. Siyempre, you harvest what you plant.
Teach and discipline yourself to like her. She will
surely like you back. APPLY THIS SA LAHAT NG TAONG INIS KA. Lakipan ng dasal.
BE HAPPY!
*PRAY. Before the
day begins, in the middle of the day and at night(or morning) before you sleep.
Mas maraming gagawin, mas dapat manalangin. Prayer clarifies the mind, soothes
the nervers and opens the day for God’s blessings and guidance. Have prayer support.
Ask people to pray for you.
*Have enough rest.
Quality rest enables one to think more clearly, plan and perform better.
*Choose what you
would do and what you wouldn’t. Don’t land at every airport. A few meaningful
activities are better than so-so ones.
*Delegate when you
have the luxury to do so. Focus only on what you do best. Let others do what
they are good at (and better that you could).
*Have in-between
breaks. Do not have a bumper-to-bumper schedule. You end up leaving activity 1
before it ends and arriving late for activity 2. If you run after two ducks,
you will catch neither.
Dati na po akong nagbibigay ng tithes dahil may trabaho ako,
eh ngayon po umaasa lang ako sa social welfare benefit dahil unemployed ako
ngayon. Dapat ko po bang ituloy ang pagbibigay ng tithes?
A woman must be interesting—and mysterious. Spiritual but
not overly religious. Reachable but not really available. Humurous but not
funny. Knowledgeable but not know-it-all. Virtous but not holier-than-thou. Aware
but not self-conscious. Open but not wide open. Audible but not loud. Visible
but not everywhere. Special but not snobbish, interested but not eager.
Wrong packaging o image. Baka may image na parang
unapproachable or unreachable. Your body language might be saying: “Ayoko.
Huwag mo akong lapitan.” O kaya, Mataas ang standard ko, kulang kayong lahat.”
O “Sobra akong conservative. Walang fun with me. “ O “Sobra akong cheap;
ikahihiya mo ako for sure.” Etc.
Wrong placement. Yung kinalalagyan nyong lugar or position
ay hindi maganda: out of the way, inaccessible, invisible, wala sa circulation.
Wrong company. Ang mga kasama nyo ay turn-off sa marami.
Baka sobrang anything.
You look too eager na parang dadakmain mo at kakainin nang buhay ang sinumang lumapit.
Kulang sa social graces or refinement or overly refined.
Sobrang brotherly or sisterly—wala tuloy magnasa o makaisip
ng malisya sa iyo. You’re always the tulay but never the object of romance.
Too familiar, too common, too much available. Nakakalat sa
lahat ng lansangan, present sa lahat ng party. When you’re always there, no one
would miss you.
May mga kapintasang madali namang lutasin: Bad breath?
Sobrang daming galis? Kamut nang kamot, body odor? Marumi lagi ang kuko?
Salaula, unhygienic? Marumi ang balat, mabantot ang anit, lumulobo ang ilong
pag bumabahing, bumubula ang laway sa gilid ng bibig pag nagsasalita? Talsik
nang talsik ang laway? Etc.
Kung babae, marami kang kapatid na maton. Kung lalaki,
obvious na Mama’s boy.
Mabigat na ugali: mahilig magreklamo, dumaing, magagalitin, maarte,
etc.
Distance is not always measured in miles.
Stay close in spirit.
Communicate.
AND MEET PERSONALLY EVERY SO OFTEN. Have a definite
plan/timetable concerning your eventual reunion so you have something to hold
on to.
