Fragments of the Quiet Mind

  The soul is a fragile and ephemeral thing.   Tethered to the body like a ship to an anchor, it navigates the treacherous waters of existence with uncertain footing, and most often than not, unsure of its own direction. Like a lone sailor adrift in the boundless ocean, the soul searches for a purpose, a beacon of light to guide its journey through the tempestuous waves of life. It navigates through treacherous waters with an uncertain footing, buffeted by the winds of fate and tossed about by the capricious tides of destiny. The very essence of its being is an unquenchable thirst for meaning, a yearning to discover the purpose that lies beyond the horizon. With every sunrise and sunset, it scans the horizon in search of that elusive guiding star, that flicker of hope that will keep it on course. It struggles against the relentless currents that threaten to pull it under, fighting with all its might to stay afloat. Yet, even in the darkest of nights, it clings to the belief th...

Some mornings I wake up already mid-thought, like my mind kept walking while I slept. Not toward anything, exactly—just pacing. The question I fell asleep with resurfaces before my eyes even open. It has no new answer, but it returns as faithfully as breath. A strange comfort: to be haunted not by ghosts, but by inquiry. There’s a pattern to these questions. They orbit. Disappear for a while, then drift back in disguised forms. “What am I doing with my life?” becomes “Is this enough?” becomes “Would I recognize peace if I had it?” They change costumes, but not essence. Like light refracted through time. Answers, on the other hand, are cowardly. They rarely stay put. The ones I trusted at twenty have become hollow at thirty. Truth ages poorly. It sheds skin, then masquerades as something wiser. Maybe this is why I distrust conclusions—they feel too much like ceilings. Some people collect answers like trophies. I collect questions like old books with marginalia—underlined, dog-eared, ...

What if the universe is just one giant thought — like that embarrassing moment you had years ago that suddenly crashes back into your mind at 3 AM, uninvited and vivid, leaving you desperate to forget? It’s a cosmic thought, sprawling yet fragile, teetering on the edge of memory and oblivion. Maybe existence itself is a fleeting spark in a mind so vast, overwhelmed by the sheer weight of its own reflection. The stars, those ancient witnesses, might just be neurons firing in an endless dream, a pattern trying to make sense of its own chaos. Black holes? Not devouring matter but swallowing meaning — the universe’s own way of erasing parts of itself it can’t bear to face. We think we live in a place of permanence, but what if permanence is just the illusion of a thought clinging to its last thread? Time stretches like a fading echo, and reality flickers like a candle in a drafty room, trying to hold on to a story that’s slipping away. In this vast forgetfulness, we’re both the unive...

Ang nakakapanlumong karanasan ng isang pilosopo Sa kanyang pag iisa hawak ang sigarilyong tumutupok sa kanyang katinuan,  sa bawat hithit at buga ay sya ring bilis ng proseso ng mga ideyang di mawari kung dapat pa nga bang isipin o hayaan na lang. musika, sining, pilosopiya – Kabayo, damo, ulan at buwan. Di dapat ito pagtuunan ng pansin. mga kontradiksyong kinapapalooban ng pagdududa Mga katotohanang napapanis sa tagal ng panahong di napagtuunan ng pansin.  “Tama!” maski ang katotohan ay dapat ding maubos. Ang nakakalungkot ay ang kawalan ng lakas ng loob,  At hinayaang takot at pagdududa ang mamutawi sa iyong kamalayan.  At isa ring tulad mo ang nakapag isip ng ideyang ito- Sa pagitan ng pantas at ng kawalan,  sya ang di natitinag na sabihin ang kanyang nasasaisip  Binigyang kulay,  pinalawig ang emosyon,  at isinalahad ang kanyang saloobin.  Habang binabasa ang kanyang akda Wala ka ng magawa kundi tumunganga.  At sinasabi sa sariling, ...

The reverie of walking – that state where one becomes preoccupied in thinking, an art of fleeing from reality towards a fantasy world created to escape the tragedies of this world. I admit that I cannot escape the harshness and stressful conditions of this reality, and that is the very reason why I choose to cling to this 5 minute walk to the 6th floor -  to this ‘fantasy’ world I created-  Sadly,  the finitude of the stairs makes me wish na sana, nasa 158th floor na lang yung classroom…  It’s in walking that I am lost in my thoughts and in my thought comes realization. A dangerous thing to some but through my realizations, I am able to contemplate and know why things ARE (as well as why things ARE NOT).  This catastrophic spectacle of life happens when I think I am quite certain of something but then I suddenly realize that the 'thing' I thought I already know is slowly escaping my grasp (which most of the time, would leave me hating my stupi...