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The colour Yellow is the colour of Sunshine, Hope, and Happiness !! It stands for Freshness, Positivity, Clarity, Energy, Optimism, Enlightenment, Remembrance, Intellect, Spirituality, Honor, Loyalty, and Joy !!! ……What else do you want???
I personally prefer the Golden Yellow , because it makes my heart sing, like the colour White does !! Therefore, I have plenty of both representatives in the garden, which make EXCELLENT associations with all the rest strong bloom colours in the garden, like the reds , Indian pinks, and blues!! Well, I would say a very ….Mediterranean-style-coloured garden…
L'unico modo di rafforzare il proprio intelletto sta nel non avere opinioni decise su nulla; lasciare che la propria mente sia una strada di passaggio per tutti i pensieri.
The only way of strengthening one's intellect is not to have strong opinions on anything, let your mind be a way of passage for all thoughts.
John Keats
Zeyon: One of the last Great Beings Know as the Ventrillions. Zeyon is One of if Not the most powerful being in the Multiverse Capable of taking on Huge armies Single handily, His Super speed ,Strength, time Manipulation , strategic Capabilities , And Genius intellect Make him A match for anyone!
The colour Yellow is the colour of Sunshine, Hope, and Happiness !! It stands for Freshness, Positivity, Clarity, Energy, Optimism, Enlightenment, Remembrance, Intellect, Spirituality, Honor, Loyalty, and Joy !!! ……What else do you want???
I personally prefer the Golden Yellow , because it makes my heart sing, like the colour White does !! Therefore, I have plenty of both representatives in the garden, which make EXCELLENT associations with all the rest strong bloom colours in the garden, like the reds , Indian pinks, and blues!! Well, I would say a very ….Mediterranean-style-coloured garden…
***** Amber Queen Rose is the MOSTly(!!!) Golden Rose bloom in our Garden!! Sweetly scented! She is a sturdy , healthy plant, with upward strong branches, dark green beautiful leaves!! Just Adorable!!!
O Mary, Seat of Wisdom, so many persons of common intellect have made through your intercession admirable progress in their studies.
I hereby choose you as my guardian and patron of my studies. I humbly ask you to obtain for me the grace of the Holy Spirit, so that from now on I can understand more quickly, retain more readily, and express myself more fluently. May the example of my life serve to honor you and your Son, Jesus. Amen.
Confucianism divides men into rulers and ruled. From the former it requires a sense of duty and from the latter filial piety. Here we see that the social Law is in no wise detached from the spiritual meaning of the whole tradition; inevitably it has concomitant spiritual elements which concern man as such, that is, man envisaged independently from society.
Indeed every man rules or determines something which is placed in some way in dependence on him, even if it is only his own soul, made up of images and desires; and, again, every man is governed or determined by something which in some way surpasses him, even if it is only his own intellect. Thus each man bears in himself the double obligation of duty in relation to the inferior and of piety in relation to the superior, and this double principle is capable of incalculable applications: it includes even inanimate nature in the sense that each thing can have in relation to us, according to the circumstances, the function of being either a celestial principle or a terrestrial substance.
Chinese wisdom foresees an application that is first social and secondly personal of the universal pair 'Heaven-Earth' ( Tien-Tz) and thus a conformity with the 'Ineffable' ( Wu-Ming) from which this pair proceeds, the Tao.
The point of junction between Confucianism and Taoism is in the virtues. The former envisages their social and human value and the second their intrinsic and spiritual quality. Man is the place where Earth and Heaven meet.
Egoism must be extinguished between devotion and duty.
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F. Schuon: The Chinese Religions from SPHF
The boys rolled into Vegas in style for the annual Intellects band reunion. Truthfully, Vegas ain't much to look at during the daytime. It's the night time lights that really grab you. So, it seemed like a good time for a little sliding.
Happy Slider's Sunday everyone. Check out the Intellect's reunion poster in the comments section below.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Seeing, in the finest and broadest sense, means using your senses, you intellect, and your emotions. It means encountering your subject matter with your whole being. It means looking beyond the labels of things and discovering the remarkable world around you.
~ Freeman Patterson, Photography and the Art of Seeing by Freeman Patterson , ISBN: 1550130994 , Page: 7
I Only Want You
Speaking In Tongues
So Easy
Flames Go Higher
Bad Dream Mama
English Girl
Stacks O' Money
Midnight Creeper
Stuck In The Metal
Already Died
Kiss The Devil
Whorehoppin' (Shit, Goddamn)
San Berdoo Sundburn
Wastin' My Time
Miss Alissa
Who'll love the Devil?
Who'll song his song?
Who will love the Devil and his song?
Who'll love the Devil?
Who'll kiss his tongue?
Who will kiss the Devil on his tongue?
Eagles of Death Metal is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, formed in 1998 by best friends Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme. Despite their band name, Eagles of Death Metal is not a death metal band. The story goes that a friend was introducing Josh Homme to the death metal genre. When he played a song by the Polish band Vader and made a claim that the song was within the death metal genre, Homme then referred to Vader as "The Eagles of Death Metal". After hearing this phrase, he wondered what a cross between the Eagles and a death metal band would sound like. With that, the band was born.
TRANSFORMATIONS OF AVALOKITESVARA.In case, young man of good family, creatures, carried off by the current of rivers, should implore the Bodhisattva Mahâsattva Avalokitesvara, all rivers will afford them a ford.
The concert of November 13th never ended. I would thus like, this time, to have in mind the image of a public who applauds jubilant and of a group happy to be there, greeting the crowd before leaving the scene(stage). I feel irreparably bound(connected) to this public and to this group from now on. At night of November 13th, we found ourselves parked in an inner courtyard with a part(party) of the group: the bass player, the sound engineer, etc. We had discussed. See again(revise) them on stage, with the physical courage which it always supposes, and in particular in these circumstances, it will be a very strong image. Finally, it is doubtless a positive image of myself whom I fetch through them. The hours pass, the term approaches, and I have more and more the feeling that it is about the concert.
www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2016/02/16/03006-20160216ARTFIG00...
In its psychological association the eagle shares and opposite symbolism which can be reversed through personal effort. Being symbolic of St. John the evangelist most firmly established in the intellectual realm, the eagle symbolizes the height of intellectual activity; however, this bird also can represent the degrading, consuming passion, of the intellect, which causes humans not to be ruled by the mind but the body. The eagle displays such behavior when he interrupts his elegant flight to swoop down on his prey to satisfy his carnal needs. At times humans behave the same way, their passions control them. This is the reason the eagle symbolized Adam, the first man, in medieval bestiaries: Adam, too, who originally dwelt close to heaven, lost his glory when sighting the forbidden fruit. Humankind like the eagle can improve its status by returning to the intellectual realm. This also has alchemical symbolism: when an experiment failed the alchemist had to start over again.The eagle's alchemical symbolism can readily be recognized in that the goals of alchemy are the transmutation of base (impure) metals or spirits into more purer or finer ones. This called for the destruction of the base metals to release the spirit and the renewal or reunion of the spirit in the new one. This is a renewal process, the death one the one and birth of the new, symbolized in the eagle. The eagle is thought as a royal bird as alchemy was called the royal art.
www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/~alchemy/eagle.html
But already, the room stamps for reminders(abseilings). Encouraged by mooses(run-ups) francophiles of Jesse Hughes, who wrapped himself later(just now) with a scarf(sling) blue, white, red knitted which anonymous hands tightened(stretched out to) him(her) since the pit, and by this three-colored(French) guitar which he took(brought) out for his last piece, the crowd demands La Marseillaise. It will be Brown Sugar, Rolling Stones. For whom dreamed about the " first concert besides of (its) life ", it is a value far more rock 'n' roll. At night, on the boulevard where the crowd passes by, Jesse Hughes's deep words resound as a mantra: " mother fucker, nobody will prevent me from continuing this trick "
Mais déjà, la salle frappe du pied pour les rappels. Encouragé par les élans francophiles de Jesse Hughes, qui s’est enveloppé tout à l’heure d’une écharpe bleu, blanc, rouge en tricot que des mains anonymes lui ont tendue depuis la fosse, et par cette guitare tricolore qu’il a sortie pour son dernier morceau, la foule réclame La Marseillaise. Ce sera Brown Sugar, des Rolling Stones. Pour qui rêvait du « premier concert du reste de [sa] vie », c’est une valeur autrement plus rock’n’roll. Dans la nuit, sur le boulevard où la foule s’écoule, les paroles profondes de Jesse Hughes résonnent comme un mantra : « Enculés de votre mère, personne ne m’empêchera de continuer ce truc. »
En savoir plus sur www.lemonde.fr/attaques-a-paris/article/2016/02/17/eagles...
connard, personne ne m'empêchera de continuer ce tour est plus juste
Currently on view at: Getty Center, Museum West Pavilion, Gallery W202
Title:
Portrait of Leonilla, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
Artist/Maker:
Franz Xaver Winterhalter (German, 1805 - 1873)
Culture:
German
Date:
1843
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
142.2 x 212.1 cm (56 x 83 1/2 in.)
In a daring pose reminiscent of harem scenes and odalisques, the Princess Leonilla of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn reclines on a low Turkish sofa on a veranda overlooking a lush tropical landscape. Only her unassailable social position made it possible for Franz Xaver Winterhalter to use such a sensual pose for a full-length portrait in Paris in 1843.
Known for her great beauty and intellect, the Princess is resplendent in a luxurious gown of ivory silk moiré with a pink sash around her waist. A deep purple mantle wraps around her back and falls across her smooth arms. Under carefully arched eyebrows, her heavy lidded eyes gaze languidly at the viewer while she artfully toys with the large pearls around her neck. Winterhalter contrasted sumptuous fabrics and vivid colors against creamy flesh to heighten the sensuality of the pose, the model, and the luxuriant setting.
Master Engineer Borri Fuseforged:
Dwarven engineers, known throughout the lands for their superb craftsmanship and high intellect. These practical theorists accompany the dwarven battle throngs with their deadly war machines and war strategies. Very few of these dwarven intellectuals achieve the title of Master Engineer, and revered greybeard Borri Fuseforged is among those elite individuals.
Thought of as an eccentric when he was just a beardling, Borri was incessant in his pursuits of inventions. A natural genius when it came to mathematics and engineering theories, coupled with his mischievous nature, Borri surpassed his peers in the Engineers Guild at an early age. He constantly tinkered with anything he could get his hands on, inventing knickknacks like the vibrating carving knife, the sonifying earpiece, and a particularly interesting beer mug that always stays cold.
It wasn't until his later years, when he began to see whisps of grey in his beard, that Borri began to focus his inventive mind on assisting the dwarven military. Creations like the Dwarven Steam Barge, Slayer Dropper, and the Ranged Thunder Gun allowed his peers in the guild to see Borri's truly superb intellect and elevate him to Master Engineer. Every dwarf elevated to this position carries the Master Engineer staff, so his peers can be reminded of who they are with.
During battle, Borri stayes close to his beloved war machine inventions, guiding the crews on where to best steer a rudder, aim a cannon, or fix an engineering issue. Using his Ranged Thunder Gun, Borri Fuseforged is able to pinpoint and execute enemy lords and heroes across an entire battlefield. When he needs to partake in close quarters combat, Borri unleashes the power of his triple-barreled Thunder Shot, blasting through ranks of orcs and goblins alike. Many a dwarven throng has Borri Fuseforged to thank for superb strategies and excellent working war machines.
“The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect”
City of Westminister, CO
"I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind."
- Emily Brontë
All my affection zoe_blue happy birthday! Your beauty and intellect has done so much to enrich my life!
Additional art work by my old Silverlake friend Aaron Goland and texture by les brumes.
Aaron Goland now works and lives in the Chicago area.
Doom’s Journal
August 29
The castle was cold this morning. If I hadn’t already executed the facilities manager I would go execute him right now. I contemplated using the Time Platform to go back and execute the facilities manager yet again, but decided the consequences would be a distraction.
Susan arrives today.
I still have to go through my notes, memorize my lines, and get the new “lair” set decorated and prepped. I really think this World Conquest Plan could be the one, it pushes all the right romantic buttons. It will make Reed look witless and controlling (not difficult), force the brother and the brute to act overprotective, and show Susan she can be empowered and fully equal to any man. In fact the entire scenario can only be defeated by Susan. Not fire, nor intellect, nor brute strength will have any effect. Only the thoughtfully applied abilities of Susan can save the world today, and “defeat” Doom.
It will be difficult of course. There’s little point in just handing her a victory, not when I’m trying to show her how strong and independent she can be. If during the day’s events her brother, or her damnable boyfriend were to be maimed (oh darn), or even killed (hee hee!), then so be it.
I changed my mind. I am going to pop into the Time Platform and execute that idiot facilities manager after all. I think it will be just the thing to relax me.
Charles Ignatius Sancho was a British writer, composer shopkeeper and abolitionist and is the first known Briton of African heritage to have voted in a general election.
Much of what we know about Sancho’s life comes from Joseph Jekyll’s 1782 biography, which accompanied a collection of Sancho's posthumously published letters. There are however doubt about the reliability of the biography and indeed it is contradicted in places by Sancho’s own writing.
According to Jekyll, Sancho was born in around 1729 aboard a slave ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean, in what was known as the Middle Passage. Sancho however wrote in his letters that he was born in Africa. His mother died not long after in the Spanish colony of New Granada, corresponding to modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela. According to Jekyll, his father took his own life rather than live as a slave. Sancho therefore grew up an orphan and so was taken to London, where he was forced to work as a slave for three sisters at a house in Greenwich, where he lived from around 1731 to 1749. As an adult, Sancho wrote:
“the first part of my life was rather unlucky, as I was placed in a family who judged ignorance the best and only security for obedience”.
However while at Greenwich he met John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu who, impressed by Sancho's intellect, frankness, and amiability, encouraged his education and gave him books to read. Sancho's informal education made his lack of freedom in Greenwich unbearable. Following the Duke’s death in 1749 he fled to the Montagu House where he served as the butler for Mary Montagu (née Churchill), Duchess of Montagu until her death in 1751. He would then go on to act as valet to George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, son-in-law of his earlier patron. He remained there until 1773. In 1758 Sancho married Anne Osborne, a West Indian woman with whom he had seven children.
By the late 1760s Sancho had become an accomplished writer, actor and composer of music and was considered by many to be a man of refinement. Over the course of his life he published four collections of compositions and a treatise entitled A Theory of Music. He was even the subject of a painting by Gainsborough. In 1766, at the height of the debate about slavery, Sancho wrote to Laurence Sterne encouraging the famous writer to use his pen to lobby for the abolition of the slave trade:
“That subject, handled in your striking manner, would ease the yoke (perhaps) of many – but if only of one – Gracious God! – what a feast to a benevolent heart!”
Laurence Sterne's widely publicised response to Sancho's letter became an integral part of 18th-century abolitionist literature.
“There is a strange coincidence, Sancho, in the little events (as well as in the great ones) of this world: for I had been writing a tender tale of the sorrows of a friendless poor negro-girl, and my eyes had scarce done smarting with it, when your letter of recommendation in behalf of so many of her brethren and sisters, came to me – but why her brethren? – or your’s, Sancho! any more than mine? It is by the finest tints, and most insensible gradations, that nature descends from the fairest face about St. James’s, to the sootiest complexion in Africa: at which tint of these, is it, that the ties of blood are to cease? and how many shades must we descend lower still in the scale, ’ere mercy is to vanish with them? – but ’tis no uncommon thing, my good Sancho, for one half of the world to use the other half of it like brutes, & then endeavour to make ’em so."
Following the publication of the Sancho-Sterne letters, Sancho became widely known as a man of letters.
After leaving the Montagu household, Sancho and Anne opened a grocery store in Westminster, where Sancho, by then a well-known cultural figure, maintained an active social and literary life until his death in 1780. As an independent male property owner, with a house and grocery shop in London, he had the right to cast his vote for the Members of Parliament in the 1774 and 1780 elections. In doing so he became the first person of African descent to vote in a British general election.
He died on December 14th 1780. He was the first known person of African descent to have an obituary published in British newspapers. It was only after his death that his letters began to reach a large readership, when they were collected and published in 1782 as The Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African. The two-volume collection sold well and delivered to a wide audience Sancho’s reflections on slavery and empire, as well as his own vexed experiences as a highly educated person of African origin living in London towards the end of the 18th century. A plaque to his memory o was unveiled on June 15th 2007, by Nick Raynsford, MP for Greenwich, on the remaining wall of Montague House on the south-west boundary of Greenwich Park. The plaque was funded by Friends of Greenwich Park to commemorate the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, made law in 1807.
The colour Yellow is the colour of Sunshine, Hope, and Happiness !! It stands for Freshness, Positivity, Clarity, Energy, Optimism, Enlightenment, Remembrance, Intellect, Spirituality, Honor, Loyalty, and Joy !!! ……What else do you want???
I personally prefer the Golden Yellow , because it makes my heart sing, like the colour White does !! Therefore, I have plenty of both representatives in the garden, which make EXCELLENT associations with all the rest strong bloom colours in the garden, like the reds , Indian pinks, and blues!! Well, I would say a very ….Mediterranean-style-coloured garden…
"At the pessimism of the intellect must counterpose the optimism of the will"
Antonio Gramsci.-
“Al pesimismo de la inteligencia hay que contraponerlo al optimismo de la voluntad”
Antonio Gramsci.-
🇬🇧 English
This photograph, taken during Giovanni Spadolini’s official visit to Bogotá in August 1990, captures one of those moments where his presence filled the room even before he spoke. Spadolini had a way of combining sharp intellect with an almost disarming calm — the kind of charisma that didn’t need grand gestures, just a glance over his glasses and a measured word.
I wanted to show exactly that: the quiet authority, the reflective pause with a glass in hand, and the sense that whoever sat across from him was fully drawn into his orbit. Even in a simple exchange, he managed to make the atmosphere feel important… with that touch of Tuscan irony you could sense even without hearing the dialogue.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Questa fotografia, scattata durante la visita ufficiale di Giovanni Spadolini a Bogotá nell’agosto 1990, racconta uno di quei momenti in cui la sua presenza riempiva la stanza ancor prima che parlasse. Spadolini aveva quel modo unico di unire lucidità e calma apparente: un carisma che non aveva bisogno di gesti plateali, solo di uno sguardo sopra gli occhiali e di una parola misurata.
Volevo mostrare proprio questo: l’autorevolezza silenziosa, la pausa riflessiva con il bicchiere in mano, e la sensazione che chiunque gli sedesse di fronte finisse inevitabilmente nel suo campo di gravità. Anche in una conversazione informale riusciva a dare all’atmosfera un tono di importanza… con quella punta di ironia toscana che si percepiva anche senza ascoltare le parole.
There’s an anecdote about man meeting god one day and they both exclaiming to each other, “I created you.”. But there’s much more beyond our intellect that makes us what we are.
Have you ever felt this total upliftment , watching bloom photos on your computer screen?? This awe, that is a very emotional moment, like sharing with a beloved person a clear starry sky, somewhere out there all alone , during a serene summer night?
Well, for me, both situations, create unbelievable strong feelings of upliftment, of a deep, emotional gratitude, of thanking the Universe, because I have eyes to see , a human heart to feel, an intellect to admire…
Sad Chimpanzee at Colchester Zoo.
The complexity of a Chimpanzee intellect is matched by their rich and complex emotional repertoire. They feel, and they express those feelings. They use feelings as yet another way to navigate through their lives and relationships. Their feelings range from anger to exhilaration, from humor to despondence – and every other emotion we know.
"Among the Scholastic Doctors, the chief and master of all towers Thomas Aquinas, who, as Cajetan observes, because "he most venerated the ancient doctors of the Church, in a certain way seems to have inherited the intellect of all." The doctrines of those illustrious men, like the scattered members of a body, Thomas collected together and cemented, distributed in wonderful order, and so increased with important additions that he is rightly and deservedly esteemed the special bulwark and glory of the Catholic faith. With his spirit at once humble and swift, his memory ready and tenacious, his life spotless throughout, a lover of truth for its own sake, richly endowed with human and divine science, like the sun he heated the world with the warmth of his virtues and filled it with the splendor of his teaching."
– Pope Leo XIII.
Detail from the 'Triumph of St Thomas Aquinas' painted by Benozzo Gozzoli in 1471. This painting is in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
“Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest acts.
This is the secret of success”.
(Swami Sivananda)
This is a picture of Vinod who is a pehlwan (Indian wrestler), while Pritviraj (an other pehlwan) is giving him a facial massage during their training at the gym, the akhara which is at Scindia Ghat along river Ganga in Varanasi (Benaras).
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October 1
The plant Pammy gave me is startin to turn into its own little Jungle. I’ve been askin’ Orchid to water it when I’m out, and I dunno what she’s been waterin’ it with, but that little guy is happy. Her and Pam should exchange gardening tips. Sweet kid, that Orchid. Doesn’t say much, but she seems to mean well. I have no idea what Waller offered her to stick around. Come to think of it, I don’t really know anything about her at all. Except she’s bonkin’ Patten upstairs.
Ugh.
BUT, we’re not here to discuss petals and the crackpot, we’re here for somethin’ else. GUESS. WHO I HAD. IN MY OFFICE THIS MORNING. C’mon guess! (Naw you’ll never guess, you’re a journal). None other than LEX. FREAKIN’. LUTHOR. That’s right! He disappeared for a while after that whole Cloudburst disaster Digger and Floyd were tellin’ me about, then he popped up again, get this, completely penniless, tryin to steal from a bake shop! He got thrown into the general clink, but Amanda pulled all the right strings and got him on the Squad purely just to humiliate him. Normally I’d be kinda appalled, but if anyone deserves it, it’s him. Either way, I was sent to “analyze” ole baldy, and hoo boy, it was a riot. . .
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Excerpt from Harley’s tape recorder:
The sound of chairs being pushed around on the floor rings out briefly. Papers are laid on the table
Harley, warmly: Hello, Mister Luthor, let me be the first t’welcome you here to lovely Belle Reve.
Luthor, entirely flat: You’re hardly the first. Don’t I know you, Doctor . . . ?
Harley: Quinzel! Doctor Quinzel.
Luthor, more animated: Quinzel. Harley Quinn? You’re my ‘psychiatrist’? *Luthor laughs* Alright, Now I know this is one of your boyfriend’s sick pranks.
Harley, entirely calm: I’ll have you know Mister Luthor, I am a trained an’ seasoned pro. And my ‘boyfriend’ and I haven’t spoken in some time. In fact, I kinda hope he’s dead.
Luthor: Well, at least we have that in common. So tell me, what is it that you want to talk to me about?
Harley, flipping through papers: Welllll, it says here that I’m supposed to see if you’re fit for field missions, but let’s not insult both of our intellects, huh? Instead, I wanna talk to ya about The Big Blue Boy Scout.
There is about a minute of silence. Then;
Luthor: Didn’t you bite my head once?
Harley: Let’s just try an’ see past that. What is it, about Superman, that drives you so bananas?
There is another pause, and then:
Luthor: Well, ‘Doctor’ Quinn, it’s a number of things.
Harley: Let’s start with the most basic.
Luthor: Well, to start, he’s not even really a man. He’s not even of this earth. By that reasoning alone, Superman is a fraud. He masquerades as a symbol of hope, of human perfection, and yet his very name is a deception. Am I the only person left who remembers he’s not even one of us?
Harley: So to you, he’s unworthy of his hero-worship.
Luthor scoffs: Unworthy doesn’t begin to describe it. He isn’t god. He hasn’t helped humanity progress. He merely catches purse snatchers and the occasional radioactive psychopath. And yet humanity treats him as a supreme being, holding all our lives in his hands.
Harley: So, you see him as a false god?
Luthor: Indeed. Humanity is its own maker: Its own supreme being. Only we as a species have propelled ourselves this far. It only follows that Superman would represent a Demiurge, in the Gnostic terms. We’re human beings, it’s only natural that we follow the strongest and most cunning of our kind. That arrogant caveman has been basing his motivations off of that fact alone for centuries. But when the strongest and most cunning are not only a fraud in their name, but their ideals, that is something that weakens humanity. Take his principles for instance. Hell, just take one. Take Justice. An abstract concept, with no true definition. In a sense, Justice could mean anything. For some, it means sending a murderer to prison. For others, it’s removing the hands of a thief. Would Superman allow a thief’s hands removed? Of course not. Justice is too broad a concept for one ma-, excuse me, one being, to fully encompass.
Harley: Fascinating. And if not for Superman, who do you think would stand in that place, leading humanity?
Luthor chuckles: Well, I don’t wish to self-aggrandize, but me, naturally. Look at me, the peak of human intelligence, the peak of human physicality. I was hewn for this role.
Harley: Ah, and that’s why you masqueraded as him for so long, protecting Metropolis yourself.
Luthor, getting energized: That was the only point when the world was as it should be. And for a time, I thought he and I could work in harmony. But, as I should have anticipated, he abandoned me, and cast aside both my help and my trust.
Harley: Now, an’ excuse me for sayin’ this, but dressin’ up in a big red S and protecting Metropolis, doesn’t sound like hatred for an enemy. It sounds a lot like hero worship.
Luthor says nothing.
Harley: I’d even go so far as to say that, maybe, deep down, you even . . . love him.
Luthor, angry: Hold your tongue, woman.
Harley: I mean think about it! Everyone always accused my “Ex-Boyfriend” of bein in love with Bats, even me after a while, and it’s such a similar thing! The two of you are always buildin’ death traps tailor-made, you’re dressin’ up in their costumes and sometimes takin’ on their roles. Look at you, you’ve done so much workin’ out so achieve his body on yourself. Hell, Mercy once told me at a party y’sleep with a picture of him under your pillow! That’s crazy stalker girlfriend stuff, Lex!
Luthor, angrier: Shut up, SHUT UP! I loathe every fiber of his being. I want nothing more than his insipid, vacant smile wiped from the face of this earth. I – no, no I see what you’re trying to do. You’re trying to get me angry on purpose. I don’t know why. Maybe because That Bitch in charge told you to. Well, I’m not going to be goaded into violence for your amusement.
Harley, after a decent pause: You want to have sex with Superman.
The sound of angry shouting, yelling, and crashing. The table audibly flips, a chair smashes. The sound of prison shoes on metal walls is heard. The creak of the door and sounds of struggle as guards manage to subdue Luthor.
There is panting, and silence, then:
Luthor, quietly, scathingly: I hope That Bitch blows your head clean off you psychopathic little clown.
There is the sound of him spitting, then being dragged bodily out of the room.
The sound of footsteps, heels on the tile floor, the door shutting, and the heels returning. The chair squeaks.
Then, the sound of Harleen Quinzel laughing uproariously. It echoes around the room. She’s laughing so hard, tears are in her eyes, then there is a click on the recorder, and nothing.
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I'm not gonna lie, I could have just made the entire arc this conversation.
Well here's my version of the Bronze Age Clayface -- Preston Payne.
- Transmits viral infection that courses through his body into others. He is immune to his own power to some extent, his touch causes organic matter to bubble, blister and melt into a pool of protoplasm.
- Gifted with an enhanced intellect that enabled him to graduate top of his class at Hudson University, and become a researcher at S.T.A.R. Labs immediately following graduation.
- Cannot exist outside of his special exoskeleton or else anything he comes into physical contact with will dissolve. In addition, Payne suffers massive migraines -- he refers to as the "fever" -- which can only be alleviated by transmitting his virus to another resource, ultimately killing them.
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I took some liberties instead of going for a faithful comic book design. The helmet, I would have preferred to use regular clear helmet instead of this one, if only I could have found the damn thing. I really should organize my parts better than just dumping them in my large "minifig parts" plastic bin. Since he's a former S.T.A.R. Labs employee I gave him a lab coat instead of using a blue cape/cloak.
Overall he's a pretty simple custom. But gets the job done, I just have to finish getting the parts for his wife Lady Clay and I'll be done with my Mud Pack.
C&C is always welcomed and appreciated.
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The Mud Pack:
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- Preston Payne
"The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct."
- Carl Jung
"It is a happy talent to know how to play."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thanks a lot for stopping by, my friends, I truly appreciate it...!
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disuse, noun...the state of not being used.
"Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect."
Leonardo da Vinci
...better keep those brain cells busy then!
textures thanks to Skeletalmess
Ravana - the Antagonist in the Hindu epic Ramayana where he is depicted as the demon king of Lanka.
Designed and Folded by me from a single 75 cm square sheet of tracing paper.
Final Size : 22 cm
64 grids Boxpleating
Difficulty - well....XD
Ravana is depicted and described as having 10 heads and as a follower of Shiva, a great scholar and a capable ruler, but someone who wished to overpower the Gods. His ten heads represent his knowledge in different fields. Further some versions of Ramayana interpret his 10 heads as :
1. Kama (Lust)
2. Krodha (Anger)
3. Moha (Delusion),
4. Lobha (Greed),
5. Mada (Pride),
6. Matsar (Envy),
7. Manas (The mind),
8. Buddhi (Intellect),
9. Chitta (Will)
10. Ahamkara (The Ego)
About the model - well it is surely one of my most time consuming ones ! I tried my best to add all the necessary details - the moustache, the sword , the shield & the lower body clothing (dhoti). Shaping the 10 heads was the most difficult part - mainly their positioning. I am planning to make a CP for this, mainly so I can remember it for myself :D
One thing I am happy about in this model, and the previous one ( Rama ), is that I was able to make these in the first attempt only ! No trial model ! That saved me a lot of time, unlike the Batman model (3).
Hope you guys like it. :D
Before, one could borrow books. Now one can borrow books & vinyl (and this is not 1997; with our inflation, today needs a borrowing system more than ever). But feelings for this place are not something one can borrow and give back. It’s always here.
"50 shades of ... blue!"
Blue like the sea and the sky .. Blue represents the intellect, truth, fidelity, constancy; it is the color of great depth, the feminine principle. It is the color of calm, infinity, peace, emotional serenity and harmony.
Tilly wears: Gzhel tatoo by *Find the Fish* 🐟🐠
Lorez wears: Gzhel Face Tattoo by *Find the Fish* & Slavic Siren Tintable by *Find the Fish*
Where can you find them?
Inworld 1: maps.secondlife.com/.../Buenos%20Aries.../146/218/26
Inworld 2: maps.secondlife.com/secon.../Serena%20Upolu/45/210/30
For the psychedelic trance musical band, see Astral Projection (band). For physical travel to other stars, see Interstellar travel."The Separation of the Spirit Body" from , a Chinese handbook on alchemy and meditation
Astral projection (or astral travel) is a term used in esotericism to describe a willful out-of-body experience (OBE), a supposed form of telepathy, that assumes the existence of a soul or consciousness called an "astral body" that is separate from the physical body and capable of travelling outside of it throughout the universe where it interacts with other astral bodies and is capable of implanting ideas into other people's minds. The idea of astral travel is rooted in esotericism and occultism, and was promoted by 19th century Theosophists—philosophers who explored the mystical and preternatural origins of the natural world.It is sometimes reported in association with dreams, and forms of meditation.Some individuals have reported perceptions similar to descriptions of astral projection that were induced through various hallucinogenic and hypnotic means (including self-hypnosis). There is no scientific evidence that there is a consciousness or soul which is separate from normal neural activity or that one can consciously leave the body and make observations..Claims of scientific evidence of astral projection are pseudoscientific.According to classical, medieval and renaissance Hermeticism, Neoplatonism, and later Theosophist and Rosicrucian thought the astral body is an intermediate body of light linking the rational soul to the physical body while the astral plane is an intermediate world of light between Heaven and Earth, composed of the spheres of the planets and stars. These astral spheres were held to be populated by angels, demons and spirits.The subtle bodies, and their associated planes of existence, form an essential part of the esoteric systems that deal with astral phenomena. In the neo-platonism of Plotinus, for example, the individual is a microcosm ("small world") of the universe (the macrocosm or "great world"). "The rational soul...is akin to the great Soul of the World" while "the material universe, like the body, is made as a faded image of the Intelligible". Each succeeding plane of manifestation is causal to the next, a world-view called emanationism; "from the One proceeds Intellect, from Intellect Soul, and from Soul - in its lower phase, or that of Nature - the material universe".Often these bodies and their planes of existence are depicted as a series of concentric circles or nested spheres, with a separate body traversing each realm.[18] The idea of the astral figured prominently in the work of the nineteenth-century French occultist Eliphas Levi, whence it was adopted and developed further by Theosophy, and used afterwards by other esoteric movements.
Biblica
Some have claimed that the Bible contains mentions of astral projection.[weasel words]Carrington, Muldoon, Peterson, and Williams—renowned experts in the field of astral projection—claim that the subtle body is attached to the physical body by means of a psychic silver cord. The final chapter of the Book of Ecclesiastes is often cited in this respect: "Before the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be shattered at the fountain, or the wheel be broken at the cistern." Scherman, however, contends that the context points to this being merely a metaphor, comparing the body to a machine, with the silver cord referring to the spine
Paul's Second Epistle to the Corinthians is more generally agreed to refer to the astral planes; "I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago, (whether in the body I know not, or out of the body I know not, God knows) such a one caught up to the third heaven..."This statement gave rise to the Visio Pauli, a tract that offers a vision of heaven and hell, a forerunner of visions attributed to Adomnan and Tnugdalus as well as of Dante's Divine Comedy.
Ancient Egypt
Similar concepts of soul travel appear in various other religious traditions. For example, ancient Egyptian teachings present the soul (ba) as having the ability to hover outside the physical body via the ka, or subtle body
China
Taoist alchemical practice involves creation of an energy body by breathing meditations, drawing energy into a 'pearl' that is then "circulated". "Xiangzi ... with a drum as his pillow fell fast asleep, snoring and motionless. His primordial spirit, however, went straight into the banquet room and said, "My lords, here I am again." ... When Tuizhi walked ... with the officials to take a look, there really was a Taoist sleeping on the ground and snoring like thunder. Yet inside, in the side room, there was another Taoist beating a fisher drum and singing Taoist songs. The officials all said, “Although there are two different people, their faces and clothes are exactly alike. Clearly he is a divine immortal who can divide his body and appear in several places at once. ..." ... At that moment, the Taoist in the side room came walking out, and the Taoist sleeping on the ground woke up. The two merged into one."
India
Similar ideas such as the Lin'ga S'ari-ra are found in ancient Hindu scriptures such as the YogaVashishta-Maharamayana of Valmiki. Modern Indians who have vouched for astral projection include Paramahansa Yogananda who witnessed Swami Pranabananda doing a miracle through a possible astral projection, and Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) who practiced it himself.The Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba described one's use of astral projection:In the advancing stages leading to the beginning of the path, the aspirant becomes spiritually prepared for being entrusted with free use of the forces of the inner world of the astral bodies. He may then undertake astral journeys in his astral body, leaving the physical body in sleep or wakefulness. The astral journeys that are taken unconsciously are much less important than those undertaken with full consciousness and as a result of deliberate volition. This implies conscious use of the astral body. Conscious separation of the astral body from the outer vehicle of the gross body has its own value in making the soul feel its distinction from the gross body and in arriving at fuller control of the gross body. One can, at will, put on and take off the external gross body as if it were a cloak, and use the astral body for experiencing the inner world of the astral and for undertaking journeys through it, if and when necessary....The ability to undertake astral journeys therefore involves considerable expansion of one’s scope for experience. It brings opportunities for promoting one’s own spiritual advancement, which begins with the involution of consciousness.Astral projection is one of the Siddhis considered achievable by yoga practitioners through self-disciplined practice. In the epic The Mahabharata Drona leaves his physical body to see if his son is alive.
Japan
The 'ikiryō' as illustrated by Toriyama Sekien.
In Japanese mythology, an ikiryō (生霊?) (also read shōryō, seirei, or ikisudama) is a manifestation of the soul of a living person separately from their body. Traditionally, if someone holds a sufficient grudge against another person, it is believed that a part or the whole of their soul can temporarily leave their body and appear before the target of their hate in order to curse or otherwise harm them, similar to an evil eye. Souls are also believed to leave a living body when the body is extremely sick or comatose; such ikiryō are not malevolent.[
Inuit In some Inuit groups, people with special capabilities are said to travel to (mythological) remote places, and report their experiences and things important to their fellows or the entire community; how to stop bad luck in hunting, cure a sick person etc., things unavailable to people with normal capabilities.
Amazon
The yaskomo of the Waiwai is believed to be able to perform a "soul flight" that can serve several functions such as healing, flying to the sky to consult cosmological beings (the moon or the brother of the moon) to get a name for a new-born baby, flying to the cave of peccaries' mountains to ask the father of peccaries for abundance of game or flying deep down in a river to get the help of other beings.
"Astral" and "etheric"
The expression "astral projection" came to be used in two different ways. For the Golden Dawn and some Theosophists[ it retained the classical and medieval philosophers' meaning of journeying to other worlds, heavens, hells, the astrological spheres and other imaginal landscapes, but outside these circles the term was increasingly applied to non-physical travel around the physical world.Though this usage continues to be widespread, the term, "etheric travel", used by some later Theosophists, offers a useful distinction. Some experients say they visit different times and/or places:"etheric", then, is used to represent the sense of being "out of the body" in the physical world, whereas "astral" may connote some alteration in time-perception. Robert Monroe describes the former type of projection as "Locale I" or the "Here-Now", involving people and places that actually exist: Robert Bruce calls it the "Real Time Zone" (RTZ) and describes it as the non-physical dimension-level closest to the physical. This etheric body is usually, though not always, invisible but is often perceived by the experient as connected to the physical body during separation by a “silver cord”. Some link "falling" dreams with projection.According to Max Heindel, the etheric "double" serves as a medium between the astral and physical realms. In his system the ether, also called prana, is the "vital force" that empowers the physical forms to change. From his descriptions it can be inferred that, to him, when one views the physical during an out-of-body experience, one is not technically "in" the astral realm at all.Other experients may describe a domain that has no parallel to any known physical setting. Environments may be populated or unpopulated, artificial, natural or abstract, and the experience may be beatific, horrific or neutral. A common Theosophical belief is that one may access a compendium of mystical knowledge called the Akashic records. In many accounts the experiencer correlates the astral world with the world of dreams. Some even report seeing other dreamers enacting dream scenarios unaware of their wider environment.The astral environment may also be divided into levels or sub-planes by theorists, but there are many different views in various traditions concerning the overall structure of the astral planes: they may include heavens and hells and other after-death spheres, transcendent environments, or other less-easily characterized states
Notable practitioners
Emanuel Swedenborg was one of the first practitioners to write extensively about the out-of-body experience, in his Spiritual Diary (1747–65). French philosopher and novelist Honoré de Balzac's fictional work "Louis Lambert" suggests he may have had some astral or out-of-body experience.
There are many twentieth century publications on astral projection,although only a few authors remain widely cited. These include Robert Monroe,Oliver Fox,Sylvan Muldoon, and Hereward Carrington,and Yram.Robert Monroe's accounts of journeys to other realms (1971–1994) popularized the term "OBE" and were translated into a large number of languages. Though his books themselves only placed secondary importance on descriptions of method, Monroe also founded an institute dedicated to research, exploration and non-profit dissemination of auditory technology for assisting others in achieving projection and related altered states of consciousness.Robert Bruce,William Buhlman, and Albert Taylor,have discussed their theories and findings on the syndicated show Coast to Coast AM several times. Michael Crichton gives lengthy and detailed explanations and experience of astral projection in his non-fiction book Travels.The soul's ability to leave the body at will or while sleeping and visit the various planes of heaven is also known as "soul travel". The practice is taught in Surat Shabd Yoga, where the experience is achieved mostly by meditation techniques and mantra repetition. All Sant Mat Gurus widely spoke about this kind of out of body experience, such as Kirpal Singh.Eckankar describes Soul Travel broadly as movement of the true, spiritual self (Soul) closer to the heart of God. While the contemplative may perceive the experience as travel, Soul itself is said not to move but to "come into an agreement with fixed states and conditions that already exist in some world of time and space".American Harold Klemp, the current Spiritual Leader of Eckankar practices and teaches Soul Travel, as did his predecessors, through contemplative techniques known as the Spiritual Exercises of ECK (Divine Spirit).
In occult traditions, practices range from inducing trance states to the mental construction of a second body, called the Body of Light in Aleister Crowley's writings, through visualization and controlled breathing, followed by the transfer of consciousness to the secondary body by a mental act of will.There is no known scientific evidence that astral projection as an objective phenomenon exists.There are cases of patients having experiences suggestive of astral projection from brain stimulation treatments and hallucinogenic drugs.Robert Todd Carroll writes that the main evidence to support claims of astral travel is anecdotal and comes "in the form of testimonials of those who claim to have experienced being out of their bodies when they may have been out of their minds."Subjects in parapsychological experiments have attempted to project their astral bodies to distant rooms and see what was happening. However, such experiments have produced negative results.According to Bob Bruce of the Queensland Skeptics Association, astral projection is "just imagining", or "a dream state". Although parallel universes are mathematically possible,Bruce writes that the existence of an astral plane is contrary to the limits of science. “We know how many possibilities there are for dimensions and we know what the dimensions do. None of it correlates with things like astral projection.” Bruce attributes astral experiences such as "meetings" alleged by practitioners to confirmation bias and coincidences.The psychologist Donovan Rawcliffe has written that astral projection can be explained by delusion, hallucination and vivid dreams.Arthur W. Wiggins, writing in Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction: Where Real Science Ends...and Pseudoscience Begins, said that purported evidence of the ability to astral travel great distances and give descriptions of places visited is predominantly anecdotal. In 1978, Ingo Swann provided a test of his alleged ability to astral travel to Jupiter and observe details of the planet. Actual findings and information were later compared to Swann's claimed observations; according to an evaluation by James Randi, Swann's accuracy was "unconvincing and unimpressive" with an overall score of 37 percent. Wiggins considers astral travel an illusion, and looks to neuroanatomy, human belief, imagination and prior knowledge to provide prosaic explanations for those claiming to experience it.A recent study, The AWARE Study, conducted by medical researcher Sam Parnia, was designed to get information on possible OBEs during cardiac arrest.
“In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seems puny.”
(Henry David Thoreau - American Poet and Philosopher, 1817-1862)
This man was having a ritual bath in the holy waters of the Ganges at Munshi ghat in Varanasi (Benaras).
Maybe his mind was then connected to the study of the origin and development of the universe mentioned by Henry David Thoreau...
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The lighting of the Deepam signifies its presence to the Deities. It is worth remembering the lighting of the Deepam represents knowledge. This also free us from darkness.
'Deepajoyothi Parabrahma Deeepajoythi Janardhana, Deepo me hara tu paapma Deepa Jyohtir Namostute
'I salute the One who is the lamplight that brings auspiciousness;prosperity,
good health and the destruction of the intellects enemy'.
History
The John Rogers who bought Riverhill in 1840 was an only child, with a modest fortune, and a fine intellect. He became a classics scholar, a scientist and a friend of Charles Darwin. He was one of the first members of the Royal Horticultural Society and a patron of the plant collectors of the day.
He chose Riverhill because its sheltered situation offered an ideal lime free hillside where he could hope to establish newly introduced trees and shrubs. From his garden notebook, it can be seen that planting started in 1842. Subsequent generations, continued the planting and in 1910 Colonel John Middleton Rogers created what is now known as ‘The Wood Garden’ a fine collection of Japanese Maples, Rhododendrons and Azaleas. His wife, the infamous Muriel, created many additions including the now hidden Rock Gardens.
Until the beginning of the 2nd World War, eight full time gardeners kept Riverhill looking immaculate. Since the war years, however, a shortage of manpower and a lack of money has meant that the garden was allowed to deteriorate, with many parts of the original planting lost to everyday use and visitors.
Today, four generations of the Rogers family live at Riverhill,
The estate is managed by Edward Rogers (Great-great-great-grandson of the John Rogers who bought Riverhill in 1840) and his wife, Sarah.
Zeyon: One of the last Great Beings Know as the Ventrillions. Zeyon is One of if Not the most powerful being in the Multiverse Capable of taking on Huge armies Single handily, His Super speed ,Strength, time Manipulation , strategic Capabilities , And Genius intellect Make him A match for anyone!
Alice: Diana has really gotten my curiosity up, Batman. Quite a declaration! The greatest mind in the Justice League!
Batman: ...
Wonder Woman: (thinking) Oh no, I know that look. Alice, be careful with what you say. Should I interrupt? No, it would do no good.
Alice: Why, it's actually like a gauntlet being thrown down. I think such an intellect should be tested.
Batman: ...
With each visit to Ladakh, I end up writing an essay on beauty. Has happened before and it happens again this time around. I'm not even surprised.
If there is one reason why Ladakh pulls me back year after year, it would be 'The People'. Not only are they genuinely kind and soft hearted but they define the word 'Beauty' in true sense.
In a world where beauty is applied in layers, smiles measured in grams and deeds connected to returns, here we have a place in middle of no where, away from all the madness of our "developed" world - with locals leading life as it's meant to be. Keeping it real and keeping it simple.
The idea of beauty is not the physical appearance of a person. Rather, it is an understanding of their culture, lifestyle and mannerisms that gives perceptual experience to one’s eyes, ears, intellect, and moral sense. Natural, powerful, real beauty originates from within the heart of individuals and when it blossoms, it is expressed in the most captivating, exquisite, and alluring manner which is hard to contain. Its contagious and I get a good dose of it with every visit to Ladakh. It's these people - the Ladakhis - who define the idea of beauty to me - in and out - period.
Yet another image of Padma Lamu - The Aryan. Everything said above holds true for this little girl. She defines beauty the right way.
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Dedicated to Tuvok
Security Chief – Spaceship Voyager – TV Series “Stark Trek”
To me he represents the energy of Logos, Apollo, Intellect, Rationalism I call A5.
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Ansichtssache
Thema Nr. 9
Was sind meine Ansichten über den Intellekt? – A5
Wissen – Bewusstsein – Spiritualität – Religion
Für mich ist der Intellekt die Fähigkeit des Erkennens und der Differenzierung. Über ihn habe ich gelernt, mir selbst Rechenschaft über meine emotionale und schließlich geistige Befindlichkeit abgeben zu können.
Wer bin ich? Woher komme ich? Wo stehe ich? Welche Richtung schlage ich in meinem Leben ein?
Die Fragen selbst formulieren sich mit Hilfe des Intellekts und die Antworten sind das Ergebnis einer ausgiebigen Expansion des philosophischen und psychologischen Wissens.
Durch die Funktion des Intellekts wird die Emotionalität als solche und ihre Färbungen erkannt. Zweifellos drücken auch Tiere Emotionen aus, doch der mit seinem Schwanz wedelnde Hund besitzt nur den körperlichen Ausdruck seiner Freude.
Als kleines Kind lag die Motivation zur Ausbildung von Sprache und Wissen in mir verborgen und diese Sehnsucht nach Licht und Erkennen, das Streben nach „Gott“ und schließlich die Rückanbindung an „Ihn“ (religio = Rückanbindung) entwickelte sich aus ein und derselben Motivationskraft, nämlich der innerpsychischen Funktion des Intellekts, der für mich zur Grundkraft des Logos gehört.
Logos, Intellekt, Ratio… Ich verwende diese Begriffe häufig analog, manchmal differenziere ich sie noch untereinander, doch fasse ich sie in meinem Konzept unter der Bezeichnung Motivationskraft A5 zusammen.
Ich habe dieser Kraft in meinem Leben den Umstand meiner relativen Freiheit von der Ignoranz zu verdanken.
Durch Erkenntnis der Notwendigkeit der Vereinigung der Gegensätze von Logos und Eros, öffnete ich mich auch für die Hinwendung zur konkreten Erfahrung des Geistes und seiner Aspekte.
Der Logos führte mich zu Schamanen im Himalaya nachdem ich in Kathmandu (Nepal) zuvor die Stupa von Bodnath (buddhistisches Heiligtum) besucht und dort meine geistigen und intellektuellen Wurzeln geehrt habe.
Neben Ägypten liegt die andere Hochburg antiker geistiger Hochkulturen in Nordindien und dem heutigen Pakistan. Der philosophische und psychologische Buddhismus, den ich so nenne, um ihn respektvoll von der Volksreligion und ihren Regeln zu unterscheiden, gehört für mich zu den höchsten Erkenntnissen über die Aspekte des Geistes. Natürlich speist sich auch der Buddhismus aus noch älteren Quellen der Weisheit, ich möchte nur die indische „Advaita“ Tradition nennen.
Der Philosoph und Mystiker Ramesh Balsekar ist ein neuzeitlicher Vertreter dieser Weisheit. Seinen logisch präzisen Aussagen und nachvollziehbaren Schlussfolgerungen habe ich viele Erkenntnisse zu verdanken unter anderem die Auflösung der Restbestände meines christlichen Schuldbewusstseins.
Erkenntnis ist befreiend. Das Licht übte auf mich stets eine magische Anziehungskraft aus. Doch ich bin kein Lichtarbeiter. Ich kann meine emotionalen Wurzeln nicht leugnen, meine dunklen menschlichen Aspekte wie Neid, Eifersucht, Antipathie, Angst und Gier.
Natürlich ist meine ethische und gute Seite nicht erfreut über diese unbequemen Emotionen, doch werden sie vom Intellekt anerkannt und nicht verurteilt. Hagel, Sturm und Winter sind, was sie sind. Ich bin ein logisch orientierter Vertreter der Mitte, des mittleren Pfades und in so fern bringe ich das Licht des Herzens.
Der Weg zurück ins Herz, in dem Himmel und Erde, irdische Lust und geistige Klarheit vereint werden können, war für mich der logisch richtige Schritt. Logos und Eros sind antagonistische Pole – aus der Perspektive der Einheit in ihrer stärksten Ausprägung jeweilige Extreme. Daher erschien es mir unmöglich, ein nur geistiges Leben zu führen, wie es stark von A5 motivierte Menschen wollen und können.
Wer aus den Star-Trek-Serien Mr. Spok oder Tuvok kennt, hat Abbilder vor Augen, die ganz hervorragend auf „Menschen“ passen, die extrem von der Logik beherrscht werden. Aus der Sicht der Mitte, wird ein Mensch tatsächlich von einer Motivationskraft beherrscht. Sie macht mit ihm, was sie will und er kann sich nicht beherrschen, ob bei Schokolade, Sex oder geistiger Bildung.
Ohne die Motivationskraft die dem Logos, dem Intellekt oder der Ratio entspringt wäre mir Selbsterkenntnis nicht möglich. Ich danke den Gottheiten Apollon, Manjushri und allen anderen Göttern des Lichtes, die mir mit ihrer Einsichtsfähigkeit den Weg zurück ins Herz ebneten.
Im Licht ihrer Sonne vereinen sich Selbstliebe und Selbsthass zum Abenteuer Leben.
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Digital Art – own resources
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Olieverf op canvas, 137,5 x 104,5
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
Wie de man op het schilderij is, is een onderwerp van voortdurende discussie. Klassieke helden, zoals Achilles, of goden, zoals Mars en Apollo, zijn voorgesteld, terwijl krijgergodinnen zoals Bellona en Pallas Athene (de Romeinse Minerva) ook zijn voorgesteld op grond van de jeugdige trekken van het onderwerp en de prominente pareloorring. Deze laatste bewering wordt ondersteund door de aanwezigheid van een uil - een heilig symbool voor Athene - in reliëf in de voorhoofdsplaat van het pantser.
Het meest waarschijnlijke onderwerp van het schilderij is echter de succesvolle Macedonische koning Alexander de Grote. Hij was beroemd om zijn intellect, jeugd en militaire bekwaamheid en, zoals veel soldaten in de klassieke oudheid, vereerde Athene - die hier allemaal vertegenwoordigd zijn.
“Totalitarianism is not a historical coincidence. In the final analysis, it is the logical consequence of mechanistic thinking and the delusional belief in the omnipotence of human rationality. As such, totalitarianism is the defining feature of the Enlightenment tradition.” ‒ Mattias Desmet
Totalitarianism is a product of the Enlightenment tradition. It places faith in human rationality. It’s a belief system in which man’s intellect can save man, the world, and the universe. Man will solve man’s problems, thus bringing salvation to mankind. Its priests desire to form a new society built on rationality. They want a world without pain and suffering. They even want to conquer death. Science, man’s new religion, has its own creation story. In this story, man has been reduced to particles that interact according to the laws of mechanics. Life and mankind were randomly produced without any purpose or direction. Man is seen as a machine; he works (repetitively) as a machine; he will merge with machine. The universe is also a machine, and it too will eventually be manipulated. The spiritual elect of this religion look forward to an artificial heaven on earth, where man and nature have been replaced by perfect technological clones. Once this happens, man will have conquered both man and nature. He will then gain eternal life. He will synthetically live forever. “Amen and Hallelujah!” shout the transhumanists. As a result, the totalitarians will have realized their goal of a superman/super race like the New Soviet Man/Aryan Race. The idolatry of science, which aims to create a perfect world, will ultimately result in a dystopian nightmare. Their rationality will become irrational. Secular humanism will fail.
“Man is at last becoming aware that he alone is responsible for the realization of the world of his dreams, that he has within himself the power for its achievement.” – Humanist Manifesto I
With science came technological advancement. These advances separated man from nature, tradition, and family. The industrial revolution changed the social fabric of society. Before industrialization, most families lived in rural areas and did agricultural work. The family worked together to support itself. Multiple generations lived together in the same area. Extended families were an important part of society. After industrialization, many families moved to urban areas and did manufacturing work. They became cogs in the machine, working meaningless jobs. This movement split up the extended family unit. Then there was one: the nuclear family. “The dynamics of industrialization contributed to the rise of single-parent families. Factors such as increased divorce rates, the normalization of out-of-wedlock childbirth, and the empowerment of women to raise children independently all played a role in this shift.” As you can see, the nuclear family has not fared too well. Technology produced the radio, television, and social media, which have created an antisocial society. Technology was supposed to make life easier; it was supposed to make us happier, yet it has made us lonely and unhappy. Society has lost its meaning. People come home from meaningless jobs, only to live meaningless social lives online. Wolves chase after those separated from the herd, because they are easy targets. When the isolated are rounded up and killed, no one will fight for them because they are isolated from the herd. Those who are alone and isolated will be seen as useless eaters by their enemies. “To keep you is no gain; to kill you is no loss.” Indeed, a lonely society is very prone to accepting totalitarianism.
The Enlightenment was supposed to empower us, yet we have become more powerless. The Enlightenment was supposed to make us more independent, yet we have become more dependent. Plus, technology is controlled by the few. With science, a perfect artificial world is being built. It’s creating a fake Garden of Eden that is full of genetically modified foods, lab-grown meat, sex dolls that look like Eve, and synthetic-fiber clothing to hide our naked bodies of sin. Don’t eat the genetically modified fruit, it will kill you! Automated machines, robots, and artificial intelligence will replace man’s toil. Artificial wombs will replace the pain of childbirth. The digital paradise being constructed dehumanizes us. It steals our humanity. It makes us insecure, unempathetic, narcissistic, apathetic, cowardly, lonely, and isolated. An insecure society is less resilient. An insecure society is easier to control. An unempathetic, narcissistic, apathetic, and cowardly society will look the other way when people are rounded up and killed. A lonely and isolated society is weak and submissive. They feel empty and meaningless, and they have little self-worth. Such a society yearns for direction and authority. They are weak and lazy and want someone (the state) to take care of them.
We have a dumbed-down society. The education system teaches us how to be cogs in the machine. Mass media is a giant propaganda machine, indoctrinating the masses. The ignorant zombies have been trained to listen to the experts. These experts lead the sheep with twisted data and statistics. Thus, the people are easily led. Safety: give up your freedom of privacy to fight terror. Misinformation: give up your freedom of speech to fight hate speech. 15-minute cities: give up your freedom of movement to fight climate change. Mass immigration: give up your culture for multiculturalism. Abortion is women’s health. Euthanasia is good. By the way, how many genders are there? Society has been molded and shaped. You have been taught what to think, not how to think.
“I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers.” ‒ John D. Rockefeller
Students have been indoctrinated and radicalized by feminism, gender theory, critical race theory, and decolonialism. The goal: abolish women, gender, race, borders and nations. All hail the tranhumanist new world order! The youth are taught that capitalism is bad and socialism is good. They’ve been taught to hate their own country, traditions, values, and culture. They’ve been taught to hate their own race! Humiliation is a tool of control to shape and guide them. If a person loses their identity, they can be easily manipulated and brainwashed. Our youth have been taught that a communist revolution is necessary to overthrow capitalism. The end justifies the means! Therefore, radicals in the education system have raised up an army of woke activists. These woke evangelists have been poisoned by envy, hate, and bitterness. It doesn’t help that subversive billionaires are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into supposed ‘organic’ protests, which are being organized by professional protesters (communist agitators). Wokeism is the new puritan movement of today, with its moral values and commandments. These born-again socialists preach the dialectic gospel of social(ist) justice and equality. These radicalized saints promise a perfect world. A radicalized society is prone to accepting totalitarianism. In fact, it’s extremely prone to accepting totalitarianism. Especially when the youth are radicalized!
“Give me just one generation of youth, and I’ll transform the whole world.” ‒ Vladimir Lenin
Science, the religion of the day, has become corrupted. Fraud in scientific research is increasing. Falsified scientific papers are becoming more and more common. The perception of reality can be steered by crunching numbers in any desired fashion. (Climate change data is famous for distorting numbers.) Totalitarians mold the perception of reality with propaganda. The COVID-19 hysteria, with its “follow the science,” was proof of its degeneration. People blindly became disciples of the experts. Their apostles commanded: Mask up, even though it’s ineffective! Social distance, even though it’s useless! Take a PCR test, even though it’s unreliable! Take the vaccines, even though they haven’t been properly tested! Ivermectin is bad, even though it can help some patients! The population must be locked down, even though it’s physically and mentally bad for their health and weakens their immune system! Herd immunity, what’s that? Small businesses must be shutdown, even though big corporations like Walmart can stay open! Schools must be shut down, even though the average age of death is 70+ years old! Fire the unvaccinated healthcare workers, even though the emergency rooms are supposedly full and short-staffed! TicTok nurses! Dance, baby, dance! We’re in a pandemic, can’t you see!?! Falsely mark down unrelated deaths as COVID deaths—beef up those numbers! Big numbers, big money! Since this is science, we must suppress opposing ideas! Science that censors different opinions is not science. Much of society faithfully trusted the science, with its religious experts and scientific doctrines, numbers and graphs. In Nazi Germany, children were conditioned to accept any form of authority without question. Without question, many people blindly obeyed the COVID restrictions. To this day, some people mask up in public. They are religious zealots! They still haven’t woken up from their indoctrination. The science of today: take a big pharma flu shot, rather than rely on your own immune system; take a big pharma flu shot, rather than eat foods that are high in antioxidants like vitamin C. Could you not just find a natural vitamin C supplement? Nope! We love big pharma! We love big corporations! We love Big Brother! We love fascism! Since you’ve been trained to be a consumer, you’ll consume what has been marketed to you. Oh, the science of propaganda! Ah, the science of marketing!
“Scientism has remained to this day one of the strongest Gnostic movements in Western society.” – Eric Voegelin
During COVID-19, people were not only begging for totalitarian measures, but they were applauding them. They wanted strict rules to ease their uncertainty, fear, and insecurity. They coped with their insecurity by running others down. The big bad enemies were not the Jews, but the unvaccinated. Fear needs an enemy! People were calling for the unvaccinated to be rounded up. Some even wanted the unvaccinated killed. This made them feel more secure, like they had the upper hand. They had the camaraderie of the mob; they felt like they belonged! The extra rules helped ease their anxiety. They felt more in control of their fear. The fellowship of the mob helped to further ease their stress and insecurity. There is security in numbers! They rebuked, denounced, and excommunicated heretical friends and relatives who strayed from the holy narrative. They felt righteous, because they were supposedly fighting for a righteous cause. This made them feel virtuous. They were crusaders for the truth, and they felt heroic! They felt relief as they took out their frustrations on their enemies. They blew off steam! They felt good! They felt energized!
These people had an authoritarian mindset. Their true selves, their true natures, came to the surface. They had a mob mentality. They had a pack mentality. These people were so filled with fear, hysteria, and panic that they could not think straight. They lost their ability to calm down and think things through. They could not regulate their fears and emotions. As a result, they could not think critically. How can one think critically in a panic? In fact, since they were taught to be cogs in the machine, they weren’t really taught to be critical thinkers. Just as a child must learn how to walk, a child must be taught how to critically think. They were taught to solve problems related to the machine, but they were not taught to think outside the machine. That is why they say things like: I support free speech, ‘but’ not hate speech. They don’t even understand how speech operates under the framework of free speech. They literally can’t understand the concept of free speech! It’s over their heads. Will these people ever change? Nope, I’ve yet to see any of them apologize for their actions during COVID. Given the right crisis, our society will accept totalitarianism.
Big government, with its increased bureaucracy, administration, and management, loves to make ever-increasing rules and regulations. We are drawing closer and closer to totalitarianism. We will soon have a totalitarian system with digital biometric IDs, central bank digital currencies, and social credit scores. We are becoming a total surveillance society. Our data is being collected, tracked, analyzed, and sold. COVID caused a worldwide hypnosis, a mass hysteria, in which the masses were ready to trade their freedoms for safety. Nothing much has changed. The world’s population is slowly being boiled like a frog; it’s slowly being corralled into a worldwide authoritarian system. Like Nazi Germany, many today would pick totalitarianism if they were promised economic solutions in a time of financial hardship. If we had another great depression like the 1930s, many in our decadent society would pick a totalitarian system. They would choose digital IDs, CBDCs, and social credit scores if they could receive universal basic income to feed their families. Is it really a stretch to see why people would accept the Mark of the Beast?
In the fourth industrial revolution, man will physically merge with technology. Of course, this technology is supposed to make man smarter and healthier. It’s supposed to turn man into the perfect superman. How can the imperfect make the perfect? Man is an imperfect sinner. He has sinned against God. God is perfect, and sin is imperfect. Perfection and imperfection do not mix. Righteousness and sin do not mix. Light expels darkness, God expels sin. God’s punishment for sin is death. God will permit sinful man to utilize his strength and rationality to attempt to work out his own salvation. Ultimately, man will fail. Christ will return to stop man from destroying all life on earth at the battle of Armageddon (Matthew 24:22). Jesus will destroy those who, in their sin, are destroying the earth (Revelation 11:18). Jesus first came as a sacrificial Lamb for the atonement of sins. The second time, Jesus will come as a roaring lion to destroy His enemies. His enemies will choose His imposter, the antichrist. They will accept the transhuman Mark of the Beast. As a result, they will forfeit salvation. Only in Christ (the perfect sacrifice) is sin forgiven. Will you accept His salvation? Or will you try, in your sin, to work out your own salvation?
Revelation 3:20 “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and fellowship with him, and he with Me.”