Alpha-Omega or reincarnation?
Steve Jobs didn’t believe all those talents would disappear in a flash.
Many here in Asia believe the same.
Hypnotism brings back deep-seated memories in the brain, recalling multiple past lives .
Duyen No.
L’amour and Debt.
No coincidence.
Just virtuous or vicious cycle.
Spin it baby.
Make your choices. Think you are in control?
I know I have my parents’ gene pool.
My kids are partly mine and their moms’.
So on so forth.
Today Vietnam celebrates its Founding King.
Thoughtfulness and simplicity. Banh day Banh chung.
Round and Square, rice and beans, the Earth and the Moon.
Harmony. Peace. And Stability.
Being a small country, Vietnam has to fend of invaders with whatever comes handy.
Giac den nha dan ba phai danh (when attacked, women take up arms).
Then peace time. Farewell to arms. Welcome L’Oreal, Louis Vuitton and Lauren.
Just don’t assume. Behind the make-ups lies strength and subtlety.
Don’t mess with them.
Just smile, sweat and sorrow.
Fight on. Firm up your footing.
Turf and territorial protection.
This land is our land.
Shinning seas and dusty hills.
Fight on.
Then come home to simplicity, sweat and smile.
Alpha-Omega? No.
Next lives. Non-stop. Live on. Pay forward and pay backward.
Waste not your time. But then, time is always on your side. At least, here, in Vietnam.
For thousand of years people celebrate simplicity, harmony and subtlety. Gio To. Gio Cha. Gio Chong.
The self is not celebrated. It’s communal. It’s trans-generational. It’s eternal and cyclical. Forever bound in an unbroken chain of melody and harmony. Sounds like a chant, sounds like music. Sounds like Holiday. Sounds playful. Zen-ful.
Thang Nguyen 555 