Saturday, May 16, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
two trees
life and the knowledge of good and evil
There are two trees planted in my house. They grew to be big and strong. they two became the tallest structure around the area. Over time, they became the nesting place for birds, bees and other parasitic plants. Their branches interfered with the electrical and phone cabling.
The trees also shrouded the house and gave nice cool shades. It also created a private inner court to the house.
The trees symbolised strength, confidence, stablility and protection. Their presence made the surrounding strong.
Today, I see them being cut down, and what is being cut down are just the trees themselves. The symbol may be gone, but what they came to symbolise remained where they are, for I know they are not the symbols I previously thought them to be.
Humans need some representation to demonstrate, to show, and to convey what they want to tell others about themselves. Using either trees, animals, or imagination to create and substantiate this need. To think about it, why all these symbols when in reality, the true symbol is man himself.
Yet man cannot stand for himself as he does not represent the nature of forever. He cannot be the symbol of forever. Thus, he is not strength, confidence, stability and protection.
However, not all is lost. There is a true symbol out there that does more than being a symbol. It is actually the foundation of man. The only question is will the man acknowledge and accept it, or will he reject it.
I cannot see why anyone will ignore this, because one day he will have to face it.
There are two trees planted in my house. They grew to be big and strong. they two became the tallest structure around the area. Over time, they became the nesting place for birds, bees and other parasitic plants. Their branches interfered with the electrical and phone cabling.
The trees also shrouded the house and gave nice cool shades. It also created a private inner court to the house.
The trees symbolised strength, confidence, stablility and protection. Their presence made the surrounding strong.
Today, I see them being cut down, and what is being cut down are just the trees themselves. The symbol may be gone, but what they came to symbolise remained where they are, for I know they are not the symbols I previously thought them to be.
Humans need some representation to demonstrate, to show, and to convey what they want to tell others about themselves. Using either trees, animals, or imagination to create and substantiate this need. To think about it, why all these symbols when in reality, the true symbol is man himself.
Yet man cannot stand for himself as he does not represent the nature of forever. He cannot be the symbol of forever. Thus, he is not strength, confidence, stability and protection.
However, not all is lost. There is a true symbol out there that does more than being a symbol. It is actually the foundation of man. The only question is will the man acknowledge and accept it, or will he reject it.
I cannot see why anyone will ignore this, because one day he will have to face it.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
compliance and freedom
Resistance is futile
Obedience and anarchy, which way do we go? What law do we follow to be free? And based on what free mind do we lay down the law to follow? While we know that order is important to guarantee the future, we also want the freedom of choice, the freedom to change.
Wouldn't it be strange if the law of gravity wants the freedom to change? We would be floating one moment and stuck to the ground the next moment.
Equally strange is if we cannot walk backwards, only forward with a slight turn. There is no backward for us.
So, we go for in-between? Balance? Now that is conflicting for us. One moment we overly follow the law. The next moment, we are just lawless!
In fact, we are either resisting the given freedom to follow some wacko law, or, resisting the lawful rule to have a chaotic freedom.
I would pick the law that makes not only the most sense and follow it, but also the truth of the law that leads to the right freedom. I will have freedom within. I am free to choose so that the law is without the excessive freedom.
It is hopeless to resist one or the other. We yearn to follow something. How do we know what is the right one?
I would need to choose the law wisely. This wisdom of choice will lead to being in a lawful life living freely. I want this wisdom, this law, this freedom.
Obedience and anarchy, which way do we go? What law do we follow to be free? And based on what free mind do we lay down the law to follow? While we know that order is important to guarantee the future, we also want the freedom of choice, the freedom to change.
Wouldn't it be strange if the law of gravity wants the freedom to change? We would be floating one moment and stuck to the ground the next moment.
Equally strange is if we cannot walk backwards, only forward with a slight turn. There is no backward for us.
So, we go for in-between? Balance? Now that is conflicting for us. One moment we overly follow the law. The next moment, we are just lawless!
In fact, we are either resisting the given freedom to follow some wacko law, or, resisting the lawful rule to have a chaotic freedom.
I would pick the law that makes not only the most sense and follow it, but also the truth of the law that leads to the right freedom. I will have freedom within. I am free to choose so that the law is without the excessive freedom.
It is hopeless to resist one or the other. We yearn to follow something. How do we know what is the right one?
I would need to choose the law wisely. This wisdom of choice will lead to being in a lawful life living freely. I want this wisdom, this law, this freedom.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
next
whatever will be will be..
Do we know what is going to happen in the next few minutes? All of the time is no. This does not excuse us from the effort to plan for the future.
The problem is we are locked in the present. We are unable to retrieve the past to change the future.
All we are asking is how to guarantee a future? Apparently, we can't. No matter how much we planned, prepared or plot, we can't guarantee the future. There is no assurance. We can't even insure against this.
In oher words, we are destined to faced the unknown all the time. We are destined to work on the next steps, greying our hairs to make sure we can handle what is to come. However, all the hard work comes to nothing because we still cannot prevent the undesired outcome because we cannot control it.
Despite all these, there is a mysterious certainty I come to know, and that is destiny. This destiny is not what can be done about it, or what you can do. This destiny is simply what you believe, what I believe.
Find this destiny and I will find the certainty of what is going to happen next.
Do we know what is going to happen in the next few minutes? All of the time is no. This does not excuse us from the effort to plan for the future.
The problem is we are locked in the present. We are unable to retrieve the past to change the future.
All we are asking is how to guarantee a future? Apparently, we can't. No matter how much we planned, prepared or plot, we can't guarantee the future. There is no assurance. We can't even insure against this.
In oher words, we are destined to faced the unknown all the time. We are destined to work on the next steps, greying our hairs to make sure we can handle what is to come. However, all the hard work comes to nothing because we still cannot prevent the undesired outcome because we cannot control it.
Despite all these, there is a mysterious certainty I come to know, and that is destiny. This destiny is not what can be done about it, or what you can do. This destiny is simply what you believe, what I believe.
Find this destiny and I will find the certainty of what is going to happen next.
Monday, April 13, 2009
monkey's uncle
The vast abyss between the smartest ape and the densest human cannot be bridged by superficial similarities in the bony structure of their bodies. The most primitive beings ever found alive or in fossil form always bury their dead. No ape has ever done this.
People believe in a future life and therefore burial or cremate their dead, an exclusively human trait.
Even if chimps are 99% of human makeup, they lack not only this specific trait, but many others too. We can draw, record, make things do on its own, cut up a human and put it back together, make music and most important of all, give names to everything.
Scientist, including some of the brainest ever, cannot bridge the gap between the ape and the human gnome. How did the monkey become a man? For those who actually believe... are they mad?! Makes you wonder what is evolution.
Even if evolution does make sense, what is the next stage of evolution? Able to survive in a globally heated earth? Who ever came up with the idea of evolution is smart, but take it to the level that we were once swinging among the trees is ridiculous.
I don't need to be a scientist to know all these. Human cannot the evolution of man. However much we thinkk so, it is impossible.
I know I sometimes make a monkey's fool out of myself, but I am certainly not, and never came from the lineage of monkeys. Let other people believe they are the monkey's uncle.
People believe in a future life and therefore burial or cremate their dead, an exclusively human trait.
Even if chimps are 99% of human makeup, they lack not only this specific trait, but many others too. We can draw, record, make things do on its own, cut up a human and put it back together, make music and most important of all, give names to everything.
Scientist, including some of the brainest ever, cannot bridge the gap between the ape and the human gnome. How did the monkey become a man? For those who actually believe... are they mad?! Makes you wonder what is evolution.
Even if evolution does make sense, what is the next stage of evolution? Able to survive in a globally heated earth? Who ever came up with the idea of evolution is smart, but take it to the level that we were once swinging among the trees is ridiculous.
I don't need to be a scientist to know all these. Human cannot the evolution of man. However much we thinkk so, it is impossible.
I know I sometimes make a monkey's fool out of myself, but I am certainly not, and never came from the lineage of monkeys. Let other people believe they are the monkey's uncle.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
The day after Good Friday
"I am the ressurection.."
Easter is the first Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon, which is the first moon whose 14th day (the ecclesiastic "full moon") is on or after March 21 (the ecclesiastic "vernal equinox"). What a mouthful and challenging to explain.
Looks like we have to be scientists or specifically astronomy scientist to calculate this day. Many other religious dates are also using some form of astronomical calculator to compute its calendar. However, unlike other religions, the calculation for Easter is to determine a date to calebrate Jesus coming up from the dead. Specifically, to live again after death.
Where men have died or disappeared, the two dates of Good Friday and Easter are relentlessly debated, computed and fixed to commemorate the death and ressurection anniversary for this man.
Since we have to constantly calculate the date for an event, I think the dates serve as a reminder for something that was done.
Easter is the first Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon, which is the first moon whose 14th day (the ecclesiastic "full moon") is on or after March 21 (the ecclesiastic "vernal equinox"). What a mouthful and challenging to explain.
Looks like we have to be scientists or specifically astronomy scientist to calculate this day. Many other religious dates are also using some form of astronomical calculator to compute its calendar. However, unlike other religions, the calculation for Easter is to determine a date to calebrate Jesus coming up from the dead. Specifically, to live again after death.
Where men have died or disappeared, the two dates of Good Friday and Easter are relentlessly debated, computed and fixed to commemorate the death and ressurection anniversary for this man.
Since we have to constantly calculate the date for an event, I think the dates serve as a reminder for something that was done.
Friday, April 10, 2009
do that thing you do
bored beyond belief
After a series of event and excitement has gone, ever wonder what to do next? The are a lot of other 'distractions' in these modern days. So, what does the folks in the olden days do?
There are those people who do a lot and yet feels bored, and others who seems to do hardly anything feels occupied.
I cannot understand either group. It is best that I just do the thing I do and mind my own business. Just some of my ramblings in between activities to occupy myself.
After a series of event and excitement has gone, ever wonder what to do next? The are a lot of other 'distractions' in these modern days. So, what does the folks in the olden days do?
There are those people who do a lot and yet feels bored, and others who seems to do hardly anything feels occupied.
I cannot understand either group. It is best that I just do the thing I do and mind my own business. Just some of my ramblings in between activities to occupy myself.
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