Randy, about Aunty who is feeding the cats.  Would be great to have some pics of her feeding the cats posted on that facebook page about her cause.  More real you know.  People will be interested to see.  Sorry to post that here - couldn't post it on facebook for some reason.

Pummy, Yesterday I tried to send you an email on providing help for the cat feeder but the mail was returned.

A few minutes ago, I sent you another email.

Yes, can identify with that a bit.

A tiny moth flies into the window and my cat is alerted to it.   In my eagerness to shield the insect from the feline, too much force is used and the insect is accidentally killed.  I feel a bit lousy after that.  From that day onwards, more subtle force is used when holding a brittle and fragile insect like a small moth.

My apology if this has been posted before.  May all sentient beings be free from all suffering and all its causes.

Thanks for the explanation, Wai Meng.

Hello all, sorry to barge in, in one of the you-tude videos, his Eminence Tsem Tulku Rinpoche mentions about merits accumulated in this physical body and in the subtle mind.   Merits accumulated in the subtle mind are carried forward to the next life while knowledge and talent of the physical body from the present life will or may have some impressions on the next life/reincarnation.

Good Karma on Pummy for her help to feed and shelter homeless and voiceless animals.  Good karma on Wai Ming for bumping the thread to create awareness on the less fortunate.  May Pummy's mum live a long healthy life.

  Sometimes poverty is not as unbearable and sad as others might get the impression it is.
  I only mention this because I've noticed in my own mind that there have been warped views on this, warped views because I have humored warped values. I think having decent clothes and a nice house is more important than the happiness I aim to get from these things. However I know happiness doesn't have to depend on these things, so I notice my view is warped.

 I don't have any experience starving and I wouldn't want any, I was just talking about what people with computers and cars and places to sleep tend to put value on and how they might even feel sad looking at someone who in reality is far better off than them.

True.  A simple lifestyle is no sin.  We will pay the price for consuming too much of this so-called tasty and rich food.  No disrespect to my father, I've warned him about it, he's healthy lad, but he has, just like many of us, become a slave to the taste bud and now he is in a nursing home after suffering a stroke.

Randy, about Aunty who is feeding the cats.  Would be great to have some pics of her feeding the cats posted on that facebook page about her cause.  More real you know.  People will be interested to see.  Sorry to post that here - couldn't post it on facebook for some reason.

Hi Pummy,

Thanks for the advice.  You can post it here, no worry.  I guess the person who started the Facebook S.O.S does not have this habit of taking photos, doesn't have a digicam or doesn't have the idea back then.  I will suggest to them about it soon. 

Randy,
I watched the video from another source not on the forum.

I think neutering the cats is the most important now.

Oh I see, Wai Meng. 

Yes, neutering is important.  I wish the government can reinstate the state-sponsored neutering program before they ban it during the Sars outbreak.  A wishful thinking.

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Oh dear, I still have worldly concern.  I feel a little dejected when I learn my application for the SPCA voucher is rejected.  Later I learn it's not uncommon as the SPCA budget on it is low.

The eight worldly (or mundane) concerns are:

Material Gain / Material Loss
Praise / Blame
Acceptance / Rejection
Pleasurable Sensory Stimulation / Unpleasant Sensory Stimulation

Yes, anger is a root which is not easy to rid of.  We live in a fast paced world so less patience and consideration for others let alone loving kindness for a stranger.  When we're accustomed to so and so situation, and when we're faced with the same situation again, the judgmental mind takes over.  Dissatisfaction arises and anger follows soon after.  When this becomes a mental habit, it gets more and more difficult to become kind and wholesome.  Chanting on Metta helps,  contemplation on the plight of less fortunate people is good too. 

Yeah Its was very moving watching this video , very moving a couple months back.

Good job on the pet rescue thingy , you need more help in Singapore?

Oh, I am sorry I've posted the above again.  It's good for awareness anyway.

Thanks.  In fact, the situation in SG is not ideal for animal caregivers and feeders alike.  One has to ballot for the sterilization voucher from the SPCA, which is limited in numbers.  Many caregivers and feeders have gone broke because of the medical cost and pet food.   A few days ago, I saw a S.O.S  from Metta cats (SG) on facebook.  Yesterday evening,  while I was at a cat boarding house, I decided to give the distressed lady a call.  This auntie lived not far from my mother.  The lady in distress said she was looking for a job.   I told her the boarding house had a bag of 20kg of cat food to give away.  Later this evening, I will use my bicycle to deliver it to her flat.  Thanks for listening.

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=8785700630&topic=4411#/group.php?gid=141063363781&ref=nf

One of the reasons why Kechara House is set up for.

http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/1081/Chicken-a-la-Carte

SPG> Sorry to hear about your pendant.  If some unpleasant situation arises again; after the event, visualize a Medicine Buddha out of the person, or Avalokitesvara and let the heart sutra plays in your head, tell yourself that you and him/her are in this samsaric existence together.   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2D8epuXla8