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"Always Trust Your Feeling." Really?

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"Always Trust Your Feeling?"  This dictum sounds familiar and appealing. It is often used by my colleagues to address the students who consumes without any thought analysis. It sounds wise, thus the popularity. However, the reality is nuanced and misleading. This article discusses why the dictum is appealing and explores to interrupt the assumptions that frame the popularity of the dictum. Why does this dictum sounds fascinating?  The combination of "trust," "your," and "feeling" powerfully blends to tap into appealing aspect of human psychology and experiences. It can be safe to assert that it is powerful enough to hijack our rational self. "Trust your feeling" offers us utterly unique reason that equivocally sound reasonable to justify our feeling and actions. This phrase also helps us shield from societal judgement which is either dichotomies or are not of our liking. Simply put, it helps in what I may call "social-self preserva...

A Melon at Rukubji

Rukubji















As I dissolve among the ordinary
Drinking the ecstasy of sublime thoughts,
Burrowing through what-ifs, and
Rejoicing the best in my mind,
I re-make myself every day.

As I spread the deed,
With no ego of having nor fear of not having
I offer this chunk of melon
To the deity of Pelela
Who opens the door to scenic Rukubji, 
I offer this chunk of melon
To the serpent of Rukubji
Who once slithered through the valley,
I offered this chunk of melon
To the omnipresent Pema
Who pinned down the snake demon, 
I offer this chunk of melon
To the divine Kinley
Who blessed the valley with mastered,
I offer this chuck of melon
To the red-cheek beauties of Rukibji
Who shines the valley with unique art.

In my humble offering
May I find more solace, and
May Omteng Tshomem bless them more.
Lake below Palela (not Omteng Tso)
















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