February 2012
15 posts
“Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro, nôna te ngahere. Ko te manu e kai ana te...”
– Mâori proverb
Anonymous asked: hello Ben, i like your tumblr & your writings, they are so peaceful, always able to remind me to my favorite teacher. my question is: will you maintain the sense of hospitality toward others who, let's say, too devout til they're willing to kill unbelievers (or even those with "false beliefs")? yes, we've to fight fire with water, but you know, however big the bucket...
a helping hand is here and there.
I was woken up this morning by my neighbors downstairs having sex, a happily married middle-eastern couple. Well actually as I write this I am still accompanied by the divine squeals of their lovely, late-morning, love making..and yes that was sarcasm.
What a lovely way to start this beautiful day.
A piece of advice for you would be foreign students, learn to goddamn cook.
Anyway, it’s...
Anonymous asked: Ben, kenapa waktu milih kuliah milih jurusan HI? Dan apa dampak yang hebat dari masuk HI? Soalnya gw lagi bingung milih jurusan hehe
mencaridita asked: Kak, nama saya Dita. Saya baca post kakak yang menjawab sebuah pertanyaan. Linknya ([tumblr kakak]/16207729040/ben-do-you-think-its-possible-to-believe-in-an). Nah saya kan jadi pengen nanya, tapi ternyata kepanjangan jadi saya post di ([tumblr saya]/post/17812755386*dijawab-gag-ya). Kalo berkenan tolong dijawab ya kak, hehehehe. Maaf ternyata kalo nanya gabisa taruh link langsung. Salam kenaaal~...
Anonymous asked: hai ben,mau tanya nih...kok lo ambilnya education policy ya di NZ?bukannya s1 lo HI? emang kalau education policy itu lo bakal mau kerja apa ?
“It is our earth, not yours or mine or his. We are meant to live on it, helping...”
– Jiddu Krishnamurti
hellofida asked: hello ben! i guess u're too busy preparing for ur scholarship tht u forget to update ur tumblr (or maybe u're already in NZ?) :D. i hope life's treating u ok. anw, i'm applying for a student xchange to SAGA Uni and i have to make a motivation letter, i kinda confuse of wht to write fo the letter so i was thinking if i can see urs? (if u mind), if not, can u tell me any tips for...
Anonymous asked: ben, caranya ngirim tulisan ke jakarta post atau the jakarta globe gimana sih ? i've been trying to send my writting by email but never get the feedback or something. thanks in advanced ben :))
isn't it supposed to be summer here?
“Welcome to Wellington, where umbrellas come to die.”
It’s supposed to be summer here in Wellington, but seriously the weather is not what one would expect a summer would be. Dark clouds, rain and extremely windy, that’s why umbrellas are just useless here.
Hi guys, so yes it’s been a while I haven’t written anything decent in my blog. Well here I am, a bit...
January 2012
14 posts
Anonymous asked: Ben. Kemarin katanya di Twitter tgl 15 Jan ada biweekly discussion. Gue tungguin flyernya kok gak muncul-muncul di Twitter atau Tumblr lo :S
Anonymous asked: Ben, ada perubahan ga dari hidup kamu yang sebelumnya gak pernah meditasi terus sekarang meditasi?
beeforbunga asked: Pernah ke acaranya Gobind Vasdhev, he's a great man indeed! I love how he shows his love to his wife.
Anonymous asked: ben, menurut lo gimana tentang orang Indonesia yg suka banget pake bb demi kemudahan komunikasi lewat bbm dan up-to-date di social network? btw, lo pake bb?
Anonymous asked: halo kak ben, salam kenal ya. aku suka baca-baca blog kakak dan aku tertarik dengan meditasi. berhubung aku seorang kristiani, aku pengen nanya kira-kira meditasi itu sendiri bisa nggak di sinkronkan dgn cara beribadah orang kristiani? terima kasih :)
Anonymous asked: Do you think God have emotions? If your do, do you think that God is happy?
Anonymous asked: Heyheyhey. Are you scared of death? Just asking (:
brissiebrissie asked: i guess.. i'll just post my question on my tumblr.. omg so sorry.. bcz of this limit.. im not able to ask my all questions :(.. Ben.. could u please see my tumblr :( and u can post ur asnwer here :)
Anonymous asked: ben, takdir itu sebenernya apa sih? aku nggak pernah ngerti bedanya takdir dan nasib, yang sering dibicarain banyak orang.
rockyintan asked: Ben, do you think it's possible to believe in an absolutist, my-way-is-the-only-way religion and practice tolerance, especially towards other religions?
chasingthelasttrain asked: well yeah im in between a pessimist and realist. is that normal or okay though? i mean i try to be optimistic most of the time but at the same time i have to be realistic cuz life can throw shit at me sometimes. maybe it's wrong for me to think like that. i don't know... meh.
Anonymous asked: Hi Ben! Do you know that there's Bandung Tumblr Meet Up ?? All the tumblr bloggers from Bandung are invited. Maybe you can invite them too to the theosophical discussion ! :)
Anonymous asked: do you think it's possible for people to die from sadness?
2011, ubud and a study on loneliness
2011 was the year of change for me. The year of understanding that change is necessary, it is imminent and that it must be embraced with openness and jubilation. There were three events in 2011 that I recall as moments of change or perhaps moments of personal miniature enlightenments. Three pivotal events that has compeled me to understand myself, hence understanding life, a bit deeper. The first...
December 2011
20 posts
Anonymous asked: Jadi, coba lakukan sesuatu yg bertentangan Tuhan, are u happy???. then, menurut aku, kebahagiaan yg bersumber dr diri kita. does it mean that our happiness sticks to something? to ourself. Can u tell an independent happiness??....
belleoftheboulevard asked: you talk about finding happiness so much and how it's actually the main purpose of living. what do you think of people who are diagnosed with depression?
chasingthelasttrain asked: benny boy, explain to me the difference between being realistic and being a pessimist. cuz i feel there's a very thin line between those two concepts and i just never could quite differentiate it. thanks benny boy!
Anonymous asked: does buddhism acknowledge a God? saya banyak mendengar kalau buddisme merupakan agama tak bertuhan? - A
Anonymous asked: "you are the source of happiness itself. not god, not some physical object, nothing.", menurut saya kebahagiaan itu ada karena adanya Tuhan di hati kita. Jadi, sumber kebahagiaan adalah Tuhan itu sendiri. Sebagaimana terang karena adanya cahaya, dan panas karena adanya api. What do u think?
iamnorthern asked: Ben (idih asik), pertemuan bi-weekly itu masih ada gak sih? Tertarik untuk ikutan nih.
Anonymous asked: kenapa anda di ciptakan?
“There is a language older by far and deeper than words. It is the language of...”
– Derrick Jensen (via wistless, mythologyofblue) (via booklover) (via teachingliteracy)
“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of...”
– Jim Morrison (via bodhisattvaquotes)
deskofluna asked: Hi, Ben. I read your post about how you felt lost and out of place and I was wondering about how you were able to cope with it. Because the truth is, I'm sort of angry with everything. With God. With the world. I've prayed for years, and people told me God has a better plan. Right now, I can't concur with the statement 'everything will work out in the end'. It doesn't...
Anonymous asked: hi ben, sebelumnya selamat untuk beasiswanya! simple question, IELTS/TOEFL score kamu brapa?
rockyintan asked: Heard (well actually, read hahaha) you got a scholarship to New Zealand! And with a major you seem to be very passionate in. So, CONGRATULATIONS, Ben! I've always wanted to see the country. Don't forget to flood my Dashboard with black-and-white pictures of New Zealand :)
documenting Bogor
and this is my hometown.
ameliarhea asked: and so i've heard about your scholarship, congratulations ben! :) i read your story about this scholarship earlier, is there any specific majors this scholarship offer or we could just pick any major we like to take with this scholarship? and would you kindly inform me if there are information related this scholarship, too? you know how learning (and taking post grad) is pretty addictive :p,...
“In understanding what beauty is, we shall know love, for the understanding of...”
– Jiddu Krishnamurti (via acorda)
Anonymous asked: I've noticed that you write metta at the end of many of your posts, what does it mean?
Anonymous asked: ben IPK kamu berapa sih ? cerita dong soal beasiswanya..
an update on life and also some nostalgia here and...
Bleak and desolate they say my blog has been these days. Forgive me, life has surprised me and enlightened me in one of the most mentally torturous way. Since my dad died, I have become even more keen towards this thing called death. Not in a depressing manner but I want to understand death to the very core as a part of life. Life as a whole, life as a complex continuos unity, a web of...
November 2011
18 posts
17 October 2011
(originally written in my personal journal)
17 October 2011
I quit my job as teacher. Now I’m helping around once a week at Semi Palar as a planner for the junior high school that Semi Palar is constructing for next year. Glad that I had the guts to actually talk about this to the principal. I was on the verge of banging my head on to a wall, I was just about to lose my mind. Can’t...