What Life Is

It has been said: since there is no true condition described by non-Existence then the universe can only have always existed. The physical universe is described by the word reality: The non-physical universe is described by the word imaginary. The fundamental substance of which the universe consists is described as being matter and its Energy: there is no evidence that these are substantially different. Since the universe has always existed the matter and Energy of the universe has likewise always existed. This fact demands that the naturally occurring relationships existing within and between matter and its Energy have likewise always existed. The relationships existing naturally within and between real physical things are referred to as being the naturally occurring physical phenomenon of reality. Philosophically these relationships are studied by the science of metaphysics.

Real things can relate with one another only in ways allowed by their identities. Some of these relationships have been discovered and others remain yet to be discovered. (1) Some of these relationships don't result in change. (2) Some relationships are of an electro-chemical nature and (3) some of these are self-sustaining (that is they attract the Energy resources from the universe necessary for their electro-chemical relationships to continue). And then (4) some of these relationships retain the by-products produced by its electro-chemical reactions where upon it grows and expands. The first is inert nature; the second includes all chemical reactions; the third includes the electro-magnetic gravitational subsystem that is necessary to identify these electro-chemical reactions as the processes of Life and the last defines what a living-organism is.

The self-sustaining self-generated electro-chemical relationships know of as being the processes-of-Life are a naturally occurring aspect of the universe and therefore; like the universe, have also always exis ted. Life describes a specific kind of naturally occurring eternally existing electro-chemical Energy process taking place within the universe between the fundamental physical substance of the universe know of as: matter (and its Energy). This is often referred to as the Life-processes that are naturally occurring within all biological organisms. Life is innate action and this compels its earthly host to enact specific acts of self-preservation in its Lifes benefit. But within the universe the processes of Life may be described by additional factors.

A. Life describes a self-sustaining Energy process. Life attracts the Energy resources from nature necessary for the continued functioning of its own electro-chemical processes.

B. Life describes an Energy consumption process. Life consumes the Energy resources it has attracted from nature.

C. Life describes a matter conversion process. Life converts the material Energy resources it has consumed from nature int o new substances which are then released back into nature.

D. Life describes a self-generation process. Life grows, expands and replicates itself by causing its host to perform specific acts of self-preservation and reincarnation

Humans have physical and intellectual components that must be in harmony and functioning normally if they are going to continue to survive. Like plants humans sense reality. Unlike plants humans must make judgments about what they are sensing. These judgments must be accurate; they must correspond with what reality is if mans goal is survival and it is. When a human volitionally applies his mind to the task of interrogating reality by applying reasoned logic to it he will discover two fundamentally different things about what the nature of reality is: 1) things live and 2) things don't live.

Things that live possess an additional distinguishing characteristic which things that don't live lack. Humans hold as a fact of nature that this characteristic is the fundamental distinguishing characteristic of the physical universe. Humans comprehend since they are identified as a living-organism they then possess this additional distinguishing characteristic. This additional distinguishing characteristic is of such significance to both the fact of their living Existence and the requirements of their continued Existence that it has been assigned the word Life in-order to gather more information about it.

Since Life does exist as the first observed difference of the physical universe: And since all things of the universe are explained by whatever substance the universe actually consists of: And since; at the fundamental level, the substance of the universe is explained by whatever matter its Energy and their electro-chemical relationships are: Then matter its Energy and their electro-chemical relationships (at some specific point) explain what Life is.

Humans must achieve the values their Life proce sses require or these will cease functioning and its human host will die. This requires that humans think about what value is in-order to discover what their Life processes require for their continued eternal survival. Metaphysically: Life is the fundamental distinguishing characteristic in the real universe. Epistemologically: Value is its intellectual incarnation. Value is the mental integration of what Lifes Existence means to a living-things continued Existence. Life is metaphysical fact; Value is its epistemological fact. The fact that Life exists physically creates the fact that value exists intellectually. Life and value are as one.

Value is a dependent concept. Value is identifiable only by the fact that Life exists. Value is dependent on Life for its proper identification. Life is an end in itself; Life describes what Life is and requires. Life requires itself in-order to continue existing. The requirements of Life are the values necessary for its continued Ex istence. Here since the first requirement of Life is its own continued Existence; then, its-self is its supreme-value. Contrarily: If Life is not the supreme in values this means that it does not serve ones purpose to act for the continued Existence of ones own Life. This being the case the Life processes going on within oneself will fail and one will die.

Life requires that the electro-chemical processes it describes continue functioning. In the universe these are naturally occurring process; they will continue to occur as long as there is matter (and its Energy). However within a living-being its Life processes have become dependent Energy processes. The processes described by Life going on within living-beings are dependent on that beings proper actions. And these are determined by the Energy resources necessary to keep that beings Life processes functioning. This is the principle of causality - The goal determines the actions necessary for its achievement. The iden tity of the actor determines what acts he is able to perform. If an actors identity does not enable him to perform the actions required for the achievement of a particular goal; that goal will remain unachieved by that actor.

Helping other lives to achieve their goal of continued survival is not a necessity in-order for ones own Life to achieve that same goal. The primary goal of Lifes electro-chemical processes is not the survival of other Life processes; it is the survival of its own Life processes. This is not to say that cooperating with another to mutual benefit is wrong. As a matter of fact mutually beneficial acts are good and proper human acts and ought to be undertaken; but only when a mutual benefit actually does exist.

Life is an Absolute. This means that Life is not; it cannot be considered to be, what it is not. Life can only be what it is. Aristotle put it this way: A=A. Meaning that Life is (can only be) true to what its identity is: in-fact. This defines what a true thing is. When we say a thing is true we are saying that it is always what it is in relation to what physical reality is; it is a fact of reality. Statements about what is true about reality are called truths; or true statements about what is real; i.e., about what is factual. These are often referred to as factual statements.

Since Life is Absolute; purpose, meaning and value (when properly defined) are Absolutely true. Since Life is defined as a naturally occurring and eternally existing phenomenon of the physical universe; this says that it is not proper to re-define Life as being or having purpose, meaning or value. It is only proper to say that these exist by the result of the fact that Life does exist. Since your Life exists: purpose, meaning and value result from that fact. Youre Lifes Existence validates that purpose, meaning and value do exist. All that reminds is to properly define these words.

I differentiate a living chemical-organism from a living-being by the word biological. In each case the Life processes occurring within each remain the same. Life is a naturally occurring eternally existing electro-chemical aspect of the physical universe. In the case of a chemical-organism the processes of Life occurring within it are not dependent on the physical characteristics of that living chemical-organism. However in the case of a living-being the Life processes occurring within it are depe ndent upon the physical characteristics of its host.

Again: The means of survival for the Life of chemical-organisms is not dependent on the physical characteristics of the organism. The processes of Life occurring within chemical-organisms directly attract the Energy resources from nature required for the continued functioning its electro-chemical processes. It is required that chemical-organisms possess some type of electro-gravitational system to attract the required natural resources for the continued functioning of its Life processes. These Energy resources are converted by its Life processes into the structure (the body) of the chemical-organism within which they are functioning and upon which the organism grows and expands. The primary example of a living chemical-organism is our own sun.

Biological-organisms are sensual in their nature. The means for the continued survival of the Life processes of biological-beings is dependent on the physical characteris tics of the biological-organism. The Life of a biological-being depends on the proper or moral actions (the virtuous acts) of the organism for the Energy resources required by and for its electro-chemical processes. It is said that a biological-being must seek and acquire the Energy resources from nature its Lifes electro-chemical Energy processes require in-order to continue functioning. The electro-magnetic gravitational system possessed by chemical-organisms has evolved into the Energy-resource sensing system which biological-beings must possess and to which they must respond in-order to supply their Lifes Energy processes with the natural resources it requires from nature to continue functioning

Youre biological-being evolved from the naturally occurring eternally existing electro-chemical relationships of matter and its Energy in the universe which holds the definition of what a living chemical-organism is. In the universe Life's continued Existence is an Absolute; it will always continue to exist. However; within your body Lifes Existence is dependent upon you (its biological host) to act properly with respect to its needs of survival. Meaning you must act properly in-order to supply your Lifes Energy processes with the values necessary for their continued functioning. This fact of survival for the Life which biological-beings possess identifies what proper human action is. Meaning: It is proper for a human being to act to the benefit of the continued functioning of his own Life processes. One either lives in accordance to what their Lifes Energy processes require or they will stop functioning and that one will die.

Living biological-organisms evolved directly from living chemical-organisms which evolved directly from the processes of Life occurring withi n the fundamental substance of the universe defined by matter (and its Energy). Notice: The natural resources required for the continued functioning of Lifes electro-chemical processes remains unaltered wherever it is found (Life is Absolute). The idea of what a living-organism is must necessarily include the phrase as it exists wherever it is found within the entire physical universe if that idea is to be an accurate identification of that which possess Life. However: If this living-organism has evolved into a biological-being in the sense of what we call plants and animals here on earth then we must additionally specify that we are referencing a living-organism as being only those possessing Lifes electro-chemical processes here on earth. For this is the extent of our current knowledge of what biologi cal-beings are.

Visit any graveyard. Every person buried there did previously possess the Energy processes described by Life or they would not be there. Death (the loss of Lifes Energy processes) cannot be discussed absent the Life processes it references. However the definition of Life describes a naturally occurring eternally existing electro-chemical phenomenon of the physical universe. Meaning that Life has always existed in the universe and will always continue to exist; it is not only possible to speak of Life apart from death it is proper to do so.

Now notice this very important fact: All biological-beings eventually die. What then does the concept of proper mean relative to this fact? Since it is a fact that every living-being here on earth will eventually die does this say that biological beings are not (cannot be considered to be) a proper host for Life? Absolutely not! Why not? It is because of the principle of proper action. What does the principle of proper action say? Proper action is any action that results in preserving the electro-chemical processes described by Life. Every living-organism of the universe (which includes human beings) exists still by result of the principle of proper action.

In each instance where a specific type of growing and expanding electro-chemical process exists; these Energy processes are defined as the Life processes of a living-organism. Living chemical-organisms are able to continue to exist simply because they possess some type of a naturally functioning electro-magnetic gravitational system which does attract the Energy resources required for the continued survival of their Lifes electro-chemical Energy processes. Living biological-organisms continue to exist because they possess a natural resource sensing sy stem.

The principles of Proper Action are defined as those actions which result in the continued eternal survival of Lifes Energy processes. And this leads to the identification of the laws of nature. The principles defined as The Laws of Nature are determined by the physical characteristics of Lifes host. Again: The Energy resources required for a living-organisms Energy processes determine which actions are proper for their gain; and the characteristics of its physical nature determines if those actions are natural to it. Proper actions will continue to be defined by Lifes requirements as long as matter and its Energy continue to act in accordance to their identity; and they always will. This says that the laws determining a things natural survival acts are discovered by observing that thing as it exists naturally (and in the case of humans; rationality) in the universe. Each living-organisms physical identity (and again in the case of humans; their rationality) dete rmine the laws of nature governing the continued eternal Existence of the Life it possesses.

In each instance where Lifes processes are occurring within a biological-being this necessitates the identification of additional Laws of Nature if those Life processes are to continue functioning for the remainder of eternity. This means that since biological-hosts do eventually die they must successfully perform some type of Life preserving function prior to their death or; upon their death, their Lifes Energy processes will vanish; forever. Upon their death the chemical by-products previously produced by their Lifes electro-chemical processes will remain but the Life processes which produced them will stop functioning. Therefore it can properly be said that the continued Existence of living biological-organisms does not depend on the continued Existence of the Life processes they possess: Contrarily; the continued eternal Existence of Lifes Energy processes which they posses s depend upon their proper actions for its continued functioning. Therefore the reincarnation of their Life by some type of procreation is an additional required law of nature existing naturally within all biological-beings on this earth and wherever else biological-beings may occur in the entire living universe.

The Life processes of a biological-organism can be saved only when that living organism successfully creates another or an additional biological-organism directly from the living materials of its own body. This is the derivation of the word offspring. Living organisms spring-off (or produce) additional living organisms from their physical living Existence. Human offspring are a direct result of the principle of proper action as it is applied to the requirements for the continued Existence of the Life possessed by human beings. Human beings result naturally from the joining together of a human egg and a human sperm. Sperm and eggs are composed of the matter and Energy of the living being from which they originate; they extend that beings living Existence into the future. Thus the product resulting from the off springing (i.e., the recreation; or the reincarnation) of their Life by human beings is responsible for determining the proper definition of the words: purpose, meaning and value by demonstrating that a continuous living relationship exists between human beings and the naturally occurring eternally existing electro-chemical relationships of the universe which are identified by the word - Life.

Author:: James W. Peterson
Keywords:: Life,Existence,God,Energy,Absolute,
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What if Everyone was Rich?

What if everyone was rich? What if every American planned for the future and saved? What if people were responsible with their money and did not seek instant gratification above all? What if everyone was well off and could pursue those things they wanted to in life and have the freedoms that come from means and wealth? What if those who Worked hard, gave back and was deserving was rich? What if lack of such freedoms was a penalty for doing bad, evil or creating negative events upon the whole? What if wealth was a reward for being good to self, family, community and country? What if we rewarded for efficiency in companies, rather than attacked for success over under achieving competitors?

If we were all the same would our economic engine Work? Would Capitalism crumble and would productivity stop, rendering our nation lacking in the things we need? Would making everyone which lead to Socialism? Would you still Work if you were rich? If not, would anyone want to Work? W hat if no one Worked? Could the Robots do all the Work? Who would make the Robots, more Robots? Who would Repair them? Who would maintain the system? Do you think a human Civilization could grow and flourish if everyone was rich? And if everyone was rich and no one was Poor, wouldnt some people long to be what they could not be? Poor? People always want what they do not have right? So if everyone was rich; wouldnt some fancy themselves being Poor? What if everyone was Poor? What would they want? If they all wanted to be rich and went out to Work hard to get rich, would that makes sense for the productivity of a nation? Think on this.

Lance Winslow

Author:: Lance Winslow
Keywords:: everyone rich, Socialism, Capitalism, Poor, Civilization, Robots, Work, Repair, economic engine
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Cleanth Brooks' The Language of Paradox

In The Language of Paradox, Cleanth Brooks takes on the Language of poetry, stating that at its core poetry is the Language of paradox. Brooks bases his position on the contradictions that are inherent in poetry and his feelings that if those contradictions didnt exist then neither would some of the best poetry we have today.

Using works from Wordsworth to Shakespeare Brooks shows how the only way some ideas can be expressed is through paradox. His be st example of this idea is from Coleridges description of imagination,

reveals itself in the balance or reconcilement of opposite discordant qualities: of sameness, with difference; of the general, with the concrete; the idea with the image; the individual, with the representative; the sense of novelty and freshness, with old and familiar objects, a more than usual state of emotion, with more than usual order(Brooks 40)

Brooks points out that while it is an eloquently worded statement it is also a series of paradoxes. He argues that since poetry spends its time trying to explains ideas and emotions as intangible as the idea of imagination it too has to use paradox to best convey those thoughts. Brooks bolsters his argument on the use of paradox in poetry through a close reading of John Donnes Canonization. He says that if it were not for paradox Donnes poem would either come across as not taking love seriously or not taking religion seriously.

Since the poem does neither, Brooks concludes that Donne is able to use the discordant image of two lovers giving up the physical world for their love and through their sacrifice achieving sainthood only because of the paradox that the imagery of their love and that of their religion generates.

I agree with Brooks to a point, poetry is filled with paradoxes as a way to convey emotions or sentiments that arent so easily expressed through a single train of thought but have to encompass many contradictory ideas to begin to describe that emotion or sentiment.

His example of Coleridges response to what imagination is, is an excellent example of his hypothesis. However, the Coleridge example also undermines his premise in that paradox is not just the Language of poetry or literature but the Language of life. In everyday life we find ourselves trying to explain something, an idea, event, an emotion that is not easily explained by simple, straight-forward terms but requires a series of contradictions or paradoxes, if you will, to properly convey their meaning.

There is no reason why poetry shouldnt be any different and I think the radical tone of the chapter, this idea that he is creating a new and previously un-thought of way to look at poetry, is unfounded and hardly revolutionary.

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Keywords:: Cleanath Brooks, Language of Paradox, literary theory and criticism, Language, new critics
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Alexander and The Alchemists

INTRODUCTION:

The Christians of the Greek mainland also numbered him among the saints. Alexander is honored as the pious knight, the defender of Christendom, as yet another Byzantine hero,

Alexanders popularity surpassed that of any of the other heroes of the ancient world. His achievements, whether real or imaginary, in all their endless variety, adorned both secular and religious monuments. Countless are the paintings and works of plastic or miniature art that flooded the medieval world. Further, many of the numerous illuminated manuscripts dating from the eleventh to the seventeenth centuries depict Alexanders achievements; some of them are of exquisite craftsmanship, while others have a charming simplicity in their execution

He ventured as far as the earthly paradise near the Pillars of Hercules, where a number of wise descendants of Herakles a De Danaan had taken refuge to escape the debauchery and lawlessness of mankind and where they had lived sinc e on vegetables and scholarly wisdom. This is the site of Tartessus. Thence he came to the Island of the Blessed, beyond the Ocean Could be Lyoness was still above water or it could be Ogygia[ancient ones as identified by Plutarch in the spot we call Iceland. It could be what we call the British Isles where his Bruttii cousins and supporters would have welcomed him. (1)

Of all the Great names in history there are few who are as complex and misunderstood as this red-headed Kelt born to King Philip II of Macedon. Some historians say he was the first to proclaim himself Divine while still alive. There is little difference between saying one is Divine and what the Pharaohs and Popes do as they claim to speak for the Heavenly Father or other representative of the Sun (Son). There were other similar mythic heroes including Lugh that myth-makers borrowed from. They went so far as to give Alexander credit for the travels of Odysseus and more. The myth-makers art in the family of the noble De Danaan is still a powerful social engineering tool. You will see a lot of the myths including those that became Jesus and you should question all perspectives about all these people. It is possible that Alexander did go to places like the Americas and Jesus too. Jesus (Yeshua) would have done so with his father-in-law who was the Roman Minister of Mines as well as a member of the Sanhedrin.

In a life about the same length as Jesus he left a similar indelible mark on history. He tried to educate and build a truly good domain after he had the pact with his Keltic brothers who did not fear him. We speak of him as Greek or Macedonian but these are just ways of differentiating people, as if these people really felt sovereign states had much right to rule; as they have come to do in our current corrupt society. Alexander was no saint and it would be better if we knew more about the things he believed and loved rather than the great battles where he out-maneu vered or bought off those who were supposed to fight for his enemies.

His tutor Aristotle was the son of Nichomachus the Royal doctor to King Amyntas. That tutor was even greater than Alexander and they shared things such as are written in the Secretum Secretorum which deals with alchemy. Alexander is rumored to have found the grave of Hermes and thus became the owner of the Tabula Smaragdina or Emerald Tablet. Under his direction Ptolemy (another alchemist) was put in charge of Egypt and the building of a great city with a Library that could elucidate our past and truly put an end to all the stupid things we think about our forefathers; but they intended to use it to Hellenize the world. Without knowing our true cultural heritage we have become sniveling head-bobbers catering to the present Empire. That Empire seeks to convince us they are the best kind of government mankind has ever had but some people always seem to be doing a lot better for themselves than they sho uld. Education is a tool that can be abused for the purposes of propaganda and it is hard for the brainwashed to see what is happening. For example, at first the Egyptians did not mind Greek being taught to their citizens. I am all for one language everyone can understand, one set of laws, one police force and one world order; but I am not for Synarchy or oligarchy.

I deplore the Hellenization or claiming of great ascendancy and Divinity that his ego took to make himself big enough to help others, but I admire many things about what he did. Can you imagine what the 500,000 books in the Library of Alexandria could provide for us today? The Senchus Mor and Psaltairs galore would have been there along with the Dogon and Timbuktu story of ancient things. The knowledge Pythagoras learned from the Great Pyramid in terms of the Therapeutae Singing of the Spheres would have left some clues to harmonics and what we know as String Theory today.

The impacts of Alexanders li fe on modern society are not nearly as great as they should have been. If the Great Library he caused to be built had survived, the Empires of religious intolerance the world has witnessed would be far further ahead. We might even have grown enough to ethically meet the technological and other challenges we now face. But his Hellenizing propaganda and the expansion of Empire was a large part of what lead others to do what they did. Napoleon is part of this hierarchial through-line. Julius Caesar and other Sons of Aeneas were as well. Lord Mountbatten was a student of heraldry, genealogy and sphragistics above all else. He arranged the union of Princess Di and Charles for the purpose of uniting ancient Royal bloodlines. He also changed the name of his family to Windsor so the people of the British Isles would not have to be constantly reminded that they were already the subject of the German Royal family. Their enemy the Kaiser as well as the Russian Czars whose title comes f rom Caesar are the same family. All of these people can take heart in knowing they are related to Alexander the Great, and there are many Romanovs with the name Alexander or Alexandra.

I am sure there are many things about Mystery Schools and the elites who benefit through secret knowledge or pacts and agreements in the life of Aristotle. There is absolutely no doubt about the importance of alchemy in his life. The question remains to what extent Alexander understood the ancient Brotherhood of Iesa and the Great Pyramid they left to convey the concepts and science that many Mystery Schools including Napoleons Masons say they know. There are many people like Napoleon who modeled themselves after Alexander. All of European history is a record of the transformative impact of his life. Could this all have been planned? In 1938 FDR said If it happened, it was planned.

Napoleon was far more important to societal changes and organizing the present laws than any other m an. He had help (or was directed) from many good people who you hear very little about. One of those people started the Royal Institution which later brought us Michael Faraday and his great scientific researches into the Fields of Energy that Newton (an alchemist) had called the Aether. This man is the alchemist/spy Count Rumford. Like Lafitte who tried to free Napoleon from the designs of murderous Royals and later funded Marx; Count Rumford was a man above any one nation; as are all Physiocrats or Merovingians. Napoleon hooked him up with a lot of other people as we see in this brief quote. Many people think Alchemists pursued making gold from lead. It was people who employed fakirs (The Nobility) that were largely into that. The lies against alchemy are evil and when Alchemists back the One World Order they are right to do so no matter what evil must be done to achieve it, I can argue. But you will have to read my book on Rumford to see the full reasons for my saying that in relation to what Napoleon was most likely doing and being directed to do.

In 1802 Rumford returned to Munich: his friend the Elector had died and he wanted to be assured of his continuing patronage and pension from the new Elector Maximilian. Finding that all was well he visited Paris. Napoleon was very impressed with him and put R in the special care of famous scientists and mathematicians, among who were Laplace, Lagrange, Delambre and Bertholet. This is when he met and fell in love with the widow of the great chemist Lavoisier. (2)

There is more to this than meets the eye. When Napoleon went to Italy he procured (took or stole) the works of the great alchemist Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci was a bastard and Napoleon may have had an affinity with him just as he did with Alexander the Great, who was his lifelong hero. To what extent Napoleon studied alchemy is a matter of debate but he surely would have known many of the things we will address about Alexanders involvement in the Great Work. Napoleon would have been a part of alchemical humanistic or other designs as long as he was in power or at least since he joined the Masons and Merovingians. Like Alexander, Napoleon took scientists, historians and other scholars along with him on his Egyptian campaign.

Many of the founders of the Illuminati of Napoleons era were great students of Frater Albertus Magnus and his young protg named Aquinas. Aristotles greatest influence on the present comes to us through Jesuit influences and educational prerogatives that are the foundation of Western culture. Aquinas put Aristotelian tho ught into the Church dogma. Alumbrados means Illuminati and the De Medicis and Borgias who created the Jesuits through initiates to Heliopolitanism like Loyola are part of a clan who did this planning. Aristotle had to leave Greece shortly after Alexander died and he was dead a short time after that. To what extent Aristotle sold out to the forces that influenced Plato or caused Socrates to drink hemlock is not fully known. Are these forces still in control of people to this day? I think I have shown they are, in many other books. It is the top-down and trickle down Voodoo Economic structure. Truth is stranger than fiction!

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Author:: Robert Baird
Keywords:: Alexander the Great, Alchemists
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Read This Article if You Do Not Believe in God

Are you one who does not believe in God? Well that is one way of looking at things, but it begs the answers to some Questions doesnt it? Answers that Religion has conveniently provided for the Believers. For instance if you chose not to believe, then you now will have to address some very challenging and perhaps fearful Questions wont you? Not believing is a lot harder than believing isnt it? The easy way is to simply go for all the explanations of a chosen Religion and leave it at that. No that would not take very much thought would it? If you have chosen not to believe in a God, Gods or Statues, then here are the Questions you must first address;

1.) How did the Universe Start?

2.) Who Started it?

3.) Why was it started?

4.) How should I live my Life while I am here?

5.) What h appens to me when I die?

6.) How will the Universe end?

Not exactly an easy set of Questions to answer considering the limited information available is it? Well, if you do not believe in a God or Gods you will need to be thinking of possible other answers for these Questions or you can chose to simply admit you do not know and forget these tough Questions. For one to be a true Atheist they must be willing to accept this challenge and proceed to help themselves understand. Being an Atheist in this case is a much more intellectual pursuit indeed. Think on this.

Lance Winslow

Author:: Lance Winslow
Keywords:: do not believe in god, Gods, Atheist, Believers, Religion, Questions, Challenges, Universe, Life
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Does Academia Make you White?

Ive been in school a long time, heard alot of facts, read alot of books, and researched innumerable studies. And, all in all, I can say that I have learned a great deal. Yet, when I think about my learning in its totality, I can not escape the notion that academia seems to socialize the so-called Black academician into a consciousness that is very influenced the ideals, values, and beliefs based inwhite supremacy. Now, you may ask, what exactly does all that mean? Essentially, the higher the Black academician ascribes to climb in the world of academia, the more westernized/eurocentric the body of information becomes. Before you dismiss what it is that I am saying, let me further explain how. First off, most Americans are educated from the start using a paradigm which is also entirely shaped from the perspective of European persons (i.e.history being the greatest example). In elementary, middle high school, and college, students learn American History throughout, which is almost entirely the account of white males and their dominance upon the weaker races. To be more specific, we learn that the Europe has always been the so-called civilizing force the world throughout. A great example would be the illustrations that all children recieve of Native Americans, which describes them as savages that were running around naked and hostile until the pilgrim landed upon their godless soil. And last, but definitely not least, students learn that the African-American was running around naked in Africa, and that he was a slave, whom enjoyed the toils of his labor; he, in turn, creates the all-time favorite-Negro spiritual, but accepts his place of servility willingly. Now, one could only imagine what this does to the psyche of the pupils who are taught these lessons. One may assume that the European pupil would in all probability excel, because he has been taught that he is the dominant, civilizing, intellectual who created polite society and academia it self.The African-American child, in many cases, performs poorly because he has developed an unconscious inferiority complex, which has manifested itself in sometimes poor scholastic performance. On the other hand, those who do excel are many times branded as acting white, because the psychology of inferiority has inadvertantly been supplanted in the minds of the students in a way that makes them believe that Blacks are innately less intelligent. Sound familiar? These types of lessons are such that they keep the status quo balanced. Think about it, education has always been the means by which the powers that be separate the haves from the have nots, only further stratifying class and economic positions of the persons that live in this country. It all makes so much sense. We are told early on, in every classroom, that the higher performers are the cream of the crop, tbus making the rest less valuable; We are told that knowledge is power, thus making the smart kid the powerf ul. We are told that we are priviledged, thus making educated people part of an elite group, which is especially true of the college-educated African-American. Now these sayings are probably motivational to many, but the problem is that all should be encouraged to do well, not just a select few. And, consequently, these types repetitive mantras, if you will, have a way of pushing many of the African-Americans whom excel in scholastics to shy away from their blackness. Remember, blackness is coorelated with ignorance; it is aligned with that which is bad and undesirabe, as it always has been. Now, I am not saying that this is true of all Black academicians; However, I would dare say that many have felt the pressure at one time or another to be more white. This is even more pervasive the higher that one goes in academia. Black academicians are taught how they should talk, how important it is to appear as a scholar; otherwise, one could be accused of being too black.

Thro ughout the educational experience, students are pointed to book after book, that is supposedly to help then become authorities in different areas. Problem? most of these books are written by Europeans, and are thus written from a European perspective that does not take into account the relevance and effect that the Black experience has on the Black academician and the culture. What is even more disturbing is the fact that many of those persons that are considered to be the foremost scholars on African and African-American culture are also European. So, the question then becomes how can the so-called Black academician become better equipped with a knowledge of self and the tools necessary to equip and lead his people if he is continually taught from a Westernized construct, the same one that in fact has served to strip him and make him take an assimilationist stance that requires him to leave out those matters that are culturally significant.

Ive sat in class after cla ss, where we Black academicians have talked about what we consider the Black Problem. And, very passionately ive heard many a classmate say with passion and conviction what those people could do if they would educate themselves. Now, who does that sound like.? Those words are emblematic of the disconnection between the Black academician and those that he desires to help; However, there must be reconnect if things are to change. If the Black academician is to truly understand the problem, he has to take his knowledge beyond the walls and halls of academia; I ask you, how can a doctor diagnose a problem if he never examines the patient in an up close and personal way? He can not. He can only guess because he has heard of some of the symptoms at one time or another. In effect, if Black America is to make more strides toward liberation and America wants to truly educate its' people, we must first be able to fully understand their problems and concerns, which can be done throug h education. To do so, we must get in the midst of our people, know our people, and stop seperating ourselves from our people, because for too long the opposite has been happening in the halls of academia. In other words, we need to stop preaching to the choir. We must also include the notion of Afrocentricity (circularity) in our teachings and Africa in the classroom; as cliche as it sounds, it is not just Black history, but it is American history. As weve seen since the years of desegregation, the other stuff just aint workin (forgive the EBONICS) . Essentially, what I am saying is that the canon from which we work now to educate our youth is prejudiced, warped, and only furthers exacerbates attitudes of racism and discrimination that have existed in this country for centuries; And, if we are to truly educate and empower Black Youth, which the world claims are the laziest and poorest performers in most classrooms, then the Black academician must make it his job to write h is own story, and teach from his own perspective.

Carolyn Hall is a native of Memphis, Tn. SHe recieved both her BA and MA in English from tennessee state university. Currently, she resides in Atlanta, GA. She is a doctoral candidate in African Womens Studies and a professor of English at the same institution.

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Academic Camouflage of Reality

Why does academia work so hard to deny reality, hide it and then purport a Utopian Dream Land which can only be had by working hard, living in reality, getting off their butts and building it? What I am saying is everyone wants to live in the ultimate Utopian Society, but it currently does not exist and someone has to build it you know. But who will build it?

Well the only person or group who even stands a chance is an Entrepreneurial Capitalist and they will most likely totally disagree on the means and methodology of Academia and academia liberals will fight them tooth and nail to see that the Entrepreneurial Capitalists do not get their way. So this is a classical political impasse which means Utopia will never be built due to the obstructionists of liberal academia, which claim to be the champions of this perfect world you see?

Of course their concept of championing a cause is to sit around and discuss it, philosophize about it and educate others of why it should be. Of course shoulda, woulda and coulda never built anything from what I can see when I travel this great civilization.

In fact if you look around in this great nation at all we are and all that we have build it is fairly obvious that academia hasnt built any of it really. They just like to sit around and talk about it and preach like Evangelistic Television Characters about the camouflaged reality that they envision, but refuse to allow anyone to build you see? Consider this in 2006.

Lance Winslow

Author:: Lance Winslow
Keywords:: Academic, Camouflage of Reality
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The Animal and the Human

Recent DNA analyses have revealed that humans share a majority of our genetic makeup with other Animals. Physically speaking, our similarities with our fellow beings far outweigh our differences. In the Western mindset, however, a sharp line is drawn between human beings and other Animals. Because they do not communicate in our language, it is thought, we do not have much in common beyond physical structure. For Westerners, only humans have a soul, a wide range of emotions, and the unique capacities of reason, imagination, and the changing of our environment on a grand scale to meet our needs. Despite the division in our thinking, we still have intimate Relationships with the Animals closest to us and cannot seem to resist anthropomorphizing them. There are several societies whose conc eption of humans place in the animal world is far different from ours.

Although these kinds of belief systems are widely varied, many see us as more closely related to other creatures, both physically and Spiritually. Here, I will examine a few of these non-Western ideologies and compare their conceptions of the human-animal relationship to each other and to Western ideas.

Several cultures which hold traditionally animistic religious beliefs share the concept of a time long ago during which humans were Animals and vice versa. In this Distant Time, Dreamtime or Mythtime, as it is variously referred to, Animals were able to take human form. Most Animals, it is believed, once possessed human souls, and some cultures think that they still do, although the average person is now unable to perceive them. Folklorist Charles L. Edwards hints that this idea may have evolved out of a memory of a much earlier period in the evolution of the human species, when the common ancestor of both humans and apes roamed the earth. This apelike being lived no differently from the other predatory mammals who shared his environment. Some of his offspring later began the process of change and adaptation that would produce our species. In outwitting his foes, instead of throttling them the diverging elementary man began to make plans of strategy. As their thought process grew more complex, Edwards argues, early humans expanded their thinking beyond their immediate surroundings and contemplated the unseen forces that governed their world. [These forces took form in the gods who dwelt beyond the clouds, and the myths of cosmogony and transformation arose. Now, when people belonging to animistic traditions look for ways of explaining the phenomena around them and of connecting their rituals to the greater processes of continuing cyclical transformation, they recall the time when myths were formed, when humans were much closer t o other Animals than we are today.

Edwards connects the deep sense of Spiritual communion with other beings out of which myth and belief in the supernatural arise to the formative period in the development of each human being known as childhood. He relates a story of his own childhood and the time he spent watching ants in his backyard, inventing stories to match the escapades of the ant-people. He envisions them as soldiers engaged in various industries at peacetime, but in wartime displaying remarkable valor and extraordinary strategy. This depth of imagination, which is now the exclusive domain of children, is the fertile ground from which spring the miracles of transformation and the deeper sense of connection through the anthropomorphism of playful storymaking. So we see in the child, as in primitive people [sic, the projection of his own fancies born of fear, or love, or desire, into the things about him which then become personified.

For ma ny non-Westerners, the rituals associated with storytelling and traditional practice comprise an extension and evolution of childhood, where the wonder and intimacy in the natural world they experienced as children develops into a greater understanding of ourselves and other forms of life. Most Western adults are, on the surface, all too eager to put childhood behind them. Our deep longing to connect to the wider life community manifests itself in other ways, though, such as our feelings towards our companion Animals.

The Distant Time stories of the Koyukon people, who inhabit the boreal forests of central Alaska, show another instance of the interrelatedness of humans and other Animals in a non-Western culture. Once again, the time when human-animal transformations occurred is seen as a dreamlike phase in the formation of the earth and cosmos: During this age [Distant Time the Animals were human--that is, they had human form, they lived in a human soci ety, and they spoke human (Koyukon) language. At some point in the Distant Time certain humans died and were transformed into animal or plant beings [... These dreamlike metamorphoses left a residue of human qualities and personality traits in the north-woods creatures.

Distant Time stories account for natural features and occurrences, as well as for the physical forms and personalities of the Animals. The myths also dictate how they must be treated. Since the Animals were once human, the Koyukon believe, they can understand and are aware of human actions, words and thoughts. Although the spirits of some Animals are more potent than others, it is important to treat all Animals with respect because they can cause grief and bad luck for those who do otherwise. Because Koyukon people were no different from other Animals in Distant Time and because of the awareness and power of animal spirits, it may appear that they do not conceive of a separation between human and animal realms. However, the Koyukon believe that only humans possess a soul which is different from the Animals spirits. But because they accept that humans were created by a human- animal (the Raven), the distinction is less sharp than in Western cultures. The similarities between us and other Animals derive not as much from the animal nature of humans as from the human nature of Animals, having been human in Distant Time.

The relative absence of a Boundary between the human and animal realms figures widely in the mythology of the Inuit and Eskimo. Their stories of a similar time long ago explain the way they see their world and also guide their traditional observances, rituals and overall lifestyle, much as the Distant Time stories do for the Koyukon. Just as the myths account for such things as the shape of the land, the cycles of sun, moon and seasons and the generation of all life forms, they also dictate how each person is to play his or her role in society. Tom Lowenstein investigates this phenomenon amongst the Inuit of Tikigaq Peninsula in northwestern Alaska in a poetic book entitled Ancient Land, Sacred Whale. For these people, the annual whale hunt and the elaborate preparations for it reenact a mythic cycle. The rituals surrounding the whale hunt represent a complex interplay between them and the spirit of the whale, whose power is seen as greater than that of humans. Their belief system comprehends the union of many opposites, including the human and animal. Just as Raven Man had the double character of bird and human, and the uliuaqtaq [unmarried woman who marries Raven Man in the story was a double creative/destructive presence , so the whale was perceived in terms of two main elements: animal and land. By reenacting the ages-old epic every spring, the Tikigaq Inuit play an essential role in keeping the forces of nature in balance, thereby ensuring their survival and livelihood.

A central aspect of the religious traditions of several Eskimo tribes of northeastern Canada and Greenland is the existence of the Sea Mother, who is both as a real creature living on the ocean floor and a spirit residing within sea creatures (as well as land creatures, according to some tribes). The ancient story of her coming to be the Spiritual ruler of the submarine world is similar across these cultures and it serves to bind the animal and human worlds together. According to one version of the story, the Sea Mother (who goes by different names, Sedna being one of the most recognized) was once a young woman living with her father. She had refused to marry, but a sea bird disguised as a man succeeds in winning her hand and whisks her across the sea. Her life with him is miserable, and eventually her father comes and takes her with him in his boat. The bird-man is furious, so he causes a windstorm which capsizes the boat. The woman is left hanging on by her fingertips. In anger and desperation, her father decides to amputate her fingers, each of which becomes a sea creature as it drops into the water. Once the last finger is cut, the woman sinks to the sea floor, where she becomes the Sea Mother, having dominion over the souls of the creatures made from her fingers.

Since the Eskimo depend on sea creatures for most of their food supply, keeping the Sea Mother happy is an important aspect of their endeavors. She is seen as having control of the souls of many creatures, which are able to take either animal or human form, and as a union of opposites. Her power is respected as greater than the human because people are utterly dependent on other creatures for survival. However, she is also scorned because of her refusal to join human society (which is indicated by her refusal to marry) and her insistence on living in a dream world. The human/animal Boundary is central to the Sea Mothers status both as an abject outcast and as a great power to be feared and obeyed. The peoples lukewarm relationship with her is indicative of their respect for and struggle with the Animals and the natural world, with which they must maintain the proper balance in order to ensure survival and sustainability.

In Witches Transformations into Animals, M. A. Murray investigates an example of human-animal transformation in a Western setting which took place among witches in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England and France, as well as in colonial New England. These witches carried on pre-Christian traditions. Each witchs transformation ability was limited to one or two Animals, usually a cat or a hare, but occasionally a dog, mouse, crow, rock or bee. Transformation was accomplished by being invested with the skin of the creature, by the utterance of magical words, the making of magical gestures, the wearing of a magical object [amulet, or the performance of magical ceremon ies. These methods appear as motifs in many cultures. Distant Time stories tell of humans becoming Animals by doing any of these things, and shamans continue this practice in several places. Another common belief which Murray argues is a corollary to zoomorphism is that wounds a person receives while in the shape of an animal remain on the body after a return to the human form. Witches saw taking on the form of their particular species as a way of becoming one with that Animals spirit, as shamans use ritual objects made of animal parts to communicate with the spirit world.

Jean Buxton examines animal and human identities in the traditional culture of the Mandari people of southern Sudan in Animal Identity and Human Peril. For these people, the physical location where an animal lives relative to the human homestead and village determines its cultural and Spiritual status. Like many Westerners, the Mandari draw a sharp line between the Animals of the ho me (Dogs and other domesticated Animals), the Animals of the village (cattle and other farmed Animals), and Animals of the three tiers of the wild, separated according to distance from the village.

Dogs are by far the most important Animals, and are the closest to people physically and emotionally. Mandari mythology contains stories of ancient people who had Dogs with horns that were featured in rain rituals. Owners of horned Dogs had higher stature than those with hornless Dogs. The Mandari also believe that primal Dogs could speak and warn people of impending danger, and that it was the dog who taught humans the use of fire, enabling them to become more social beings. In short, the dog is represented as needed and liked, and as reciprocating these attitudes. Cattle also have an important role considering their appearance in myth, their long-standing ties with people, and their economic and social importance. They do not, however, enjoy the same emo tional attachment to the Mandari that Dogs have. Although chickens are also considered Animals of the homestead, their dual classification as birds of the above causes them to lack innate dignity. Therefore, it is permissible to slaughter them with impunity.

Contrarily, wild Animals who inhabit homesteads, though categorized as wild nature, are often given immunity from human-induced harm because of their location in the homestead. Just outside the village lies the realm of semi-domestic and scavenger Animals, and further beyond lies the habitat of game and predator Animals. It is here where the line between human and animal solidifies. While Dogs and cattle are given the dignity and integrity of psyche, game Animals and those capable of killing people are not seen as deserving of any respect. One notable exception is the leopard, which is seen as more like a person and is given elaborate death rites. Mandari are quite clear about the basic separation between man and animal, and of the fact that while man is a part of the animal world, an animal is never a man.

Although the concept of the Boundary between humans and Animals varies between cultures, there are few examples of people for whom humans are absolutely no different from the other creatures with whom we share our world. In the cultures examined here, the existence of well-defined roles for each species, which are generally learned through myths that describe how each animal got its place in the living community, defines the way Animals are regarded and what Spiritual significance they are given. The grand variability of ideas about the human/animal division is indicative of our species multifaceted relationship with other species. The fact that humans are almost universally seen as unique may, in some respects, serve to qualify the uniqueness of nonhuman animal species. Certainly, for non- Western cultures especially, our exceptionality does not always make us the most powerful or important species. It only serves to define our place in the natural world and, in many cases, to deepen our connection to other species.

Malcolm Kenton is a sophomore and full-time student at Guilford College in North Carolina, where he is majoring in Environmental Studies and Political Science. His interests include activism on behalf of animal protection and the environment, politics, computers, music and reading and writing. He resides in Greensboro, North Carolina. He was the editor of his high school newspaper and has had op-ed pieces published in the Greensboro News and Record.

Author:: Malcolm Kenton
Keywords:: Animals,non-Western,Spiritual,Koyukon,Inuit,Mandari,Boundary,Dogs,Ravens,Sedna,Relationships
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In Answer To: Words Of Encouragement

Throughout my life, I have always known that it is not easy to fight injustices. I grew up in Jersey City and started to Work during summers at the age of fourteen. I quit school just prior to sixteen and went to Work full time because after 22 years my father had decided to leave my mother and someone had to do it. My mom was trying hard to go back to Work after being a housewife for all those years but her health was not so great and she just couldn't do it long.

I made God only knows so many mistakes. When Mom and Billy died in 1974 I lost the only advisors I had my entire life...I was on my own. There have been many instances where if...

When my area developer Swindled me out of goodness knows how much I went as far as filing a lawsuit against the company...I did it myself...it wasn't easy. I just came up against a dead end when their Attorneys continued to throw everything they could in my path. I didn't have the money to go to New York and fight it the rest of the way...now it seems like a memory and nothing more but it did teach me that this world is a world where if you have enough money to fight for your cause you have a chance to win. If you don't have any money to fight oh well.

It is fine for someone like Robert Greenwald to run a production company financed by liberal elites and liberal organizations to do as he wishes to anyone and he has no responsibility to be fair when it comes to using people.

Along with the Corporate officers at Walmart who are paid millions and allowed to ignore the real problems that over time millions of Workers have had.

Continuously the extreme left and right wing elite do as they wish and are heard because they have money and power. It makes no difference if they are right, wrong or just in the entire thing for a laugh.

They use people on a daily basis under the cover of being Righteous. I am a bit impatient. Probably because I fear that as I did with the lawsuit, once again for a lack of money and a lack of knowledge I will allow what I know is the right thing go unsaid because I have not the ability to put it out there.

Seriously, It gets old to be taken for granted. Used, misled and ripped off and have no recourse simply because there is not enough money to fight it and make the people with endless resources realize what is right is right. It makes no difference who's side you are on.

I could promote my book or writing as anti everything...if I were really extreme I would have a much better chance at actually being noticed. If I had the ability or if I had the energy left I could wait a bit and file a lawsuit in the state of California against Robert Greenwald when he uses something in the film that I told them about and was already in the book I wrote.

I don't know if I have the energy to do it again. Do it again and lose out because I come to a dead end.

What will it mean?

It means that a man with money and able to ask for donations to push his film making will in some way promote himself and his agenda using my information to do it. Without my permission he will be able to use the time and energy I have spent over the years and I will never even be acknowledged as a person who originally knew about all of it and made the attempt to make things right.

It would be nice if I were in a circle of people, where because I knew someone I could have someone else censored.

It would be nice if someone, anyone would just listen and realize that I am not only doing all of it because of the notoriety but because what is right is right.

Sure, I would like to make money doing all of it, I would be nothing more than a liar if I were to say that I was only doing all of it for the pleasure of w aking a few people up. The problem is, I am not wealthy and I do not have an organization that is funded by anyone.

Seriously, Robert Greenwald has picked on Walmart because he is trying to be more like Michael Moore. I doubt that his reason is to be the savior of millions.

I picked on Walmart because somehow I hoped I could fix the Culture that a very good man founded the company on.

I would have, while I Worked for them been happy to share the things I knew.

Seriously, now that they have decided to make me into what they would call a traitor, I probably shouldnt care about the company or those left behind.

If they had listened, there would never have been a book. If Walmart had listened, if Lee Scott and Rob Walton were not so high and mighty there would have been a better place for the Workers and I would not be where I am.

The main problem was I could not continue to Work for liars and ignore the unethical situations that were occurrin g on a daily basis. I could not watch as associates were mistreated only because it was easier to do it the wrong way instead of really taking an interest in what was happening around me. I had to buck the system because it was and is flawed.

I could have continued to have a paycheck come in every two weeks that was only a mode of surviving until something else came along or until I could actually make someone realize what I was saying.

The Walmart Culture was a Cult. It was almost a religious institution. It was people Working on the art of making a retail company the best it could be and loving every minute of it even if they were not getting much from it in the way of wages and benefits.

It was an icon of something right in the world that went very wrong.

About the Author

Julie Pierce has Worked in the retail sector for more than thirty years. She has been a union member of the UCFW Union and the afl-cio more than once and has Worked for mor e than one large retailer during the course of her career. She attended Gulf Coast Community College, Panama City Beach, Florida, in the nineties in the pursuit of a degree in Journalism and Mass Communications.

Some of her Work has been published during the eighties and nineties in various editorial pages of newspapers in the state of New Jersey and Florida. She also did some Work as a community reporter for a weekly newspaper in Panama City Florida. Other Work includes an article in the Gulls Cry, the Gulf Coast Community College newspaper.

She is the wife of TSgt William F. Pierce Jr. (retired) USAF and the mother of three children and one grandchild.

Author:: Julie Pierce
Keywords:: Ethics, Swindle, Cult, Religion, Corporate, Franchise, Work, 1974, Lawsuits, Attorney, Righteous
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Is Your Knowledge of History Correct?

Have you ever been in a political or social debate with someone and they said to you; history tells us that if we do this then that will happen? Have you ever considered that maybe their knowledge of history is incorrect because the books that they studied or the history that they were thought and think they knew is incorrect?

In other words is all the history that we learned incorrect? For instance you may have been taught history one-way and someone else learned it another way; but are you correct or are they correct? I submit to you that there is another history and that neither they or you are correct. That is to day; anyone who says that they know history better than someone else is denying the fact that history is generally rewritten by the victors or those in charge at the time period in which it occurred.

If we are to use the quote that; those that fail to read or understand history are doomed to repeat it, then we must also the understand that most of all of the history that we use is incorrect and that is not the way it happened. As long as we understand that then we can be a much better judge of history by using common sense and studying the events that unfolded. It is your knowledge of history correct? Consider this in 2006.

Lance Winslow

Author:: Lance Winslow
Keywords:: Knowledge of History Correct
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Nude Art

Nude, we all are in our bathrooms, occasionally in our bedrooms, and when a celebrity is, every one wants to shoot that precious moment by virtue of our hi-tech devices, we were not blessed with, in ancient period when the only way to incarcerate those luxurious moments, was either painting or sculpture. In the beginning, they were gods, goddesses and angles, shown naked in paintings as symbols of grace, beauty and innocence, but then those were pretty women and handsome men painted undress under the strong wave of freedom of expression simply called Nudes in art, the most popular as well as controversial they remained in all ages.

They were hard to accept openly in society but always had a strong appeal for viewers to give them a glance, when in public and a detailed look when alone. Texture and glow of skin, masterly crafted muscles, bones under the tender or strong flesh, giving the canvass a depth and atmosphere so close to our imagination.

Basically nudes are the concrete form of creators thoughts and emotions under a certain instinct of wearing nothing but skin. There was no dress in the beginning of human history and might be so towards the end of human history. But anatomical study has always been a challenge to be adept in, for painters and sculptors. Religiously nudes were subject to free from any sensuality, on the contrary, they were taken as an expression of purity and nothing to do with attitude towards mortal life. Saints, goddesses and other sacred figures were above all social and ethical parameters but as soon as normal human beings were painted naked just to show them so, it was outlawed by righteous society.

When Raphael (1483-1520) painted THE THREE GRACES and David (1460-1523) produced TRIPTYCH OF JEAN DES TROMPES, they promoted the religious thoughts and concepts or Delacroixs famous LIBERTY was a symbol for pride and honor one could feel for ones home land although the lady holding the flag was expose d from the top, Then comes Manets (1832-1883) LUNCHEON THE GRASS showing a naked women sitting with two gentlemen fully and formally dressed, looking directly into the eyes of viewers, this painting was really hard to digest for the French society at that time, despite the fact that French society was quite interactive with traditional Nudes, whereas OLYMPIA by the same artist was bold enough nude to get appreciation for the impressionist.

Goyas (1746-1828) NUDE MAJA and Degas (1834-1880) key hole nudes of bathing women got applause and popularity in their respective times that helped this art to get the status of serious art rather scramble to sensuous feelings alone especially Degas crafty figures well knit with softness of pastels, became a byword of technique and thought. In 20th century, cubism owing to its sharp and misty combination in shape and concept struck art by means of pinching edges and overlapped images. Nude painting got more space to articulate itse lf, as the obscure and hazy ambiance gave artists the opportunity to avoid meticulous anatomical details to enlarge the conceptual and subjective aspect regarding this very art. Pablo Picasso was one of those artists, who not only gave nudes a new touch, but also caused the whole expression an indirect approach in terms of technique for certain circumlocutory subjects.

There was another stream of nude paintings that was neither sacred nor arty, but only sensuous; this art was in demand for dance floors, casinos, brothel houses and strip clubs. etc. it could not get any place in serious art but these paintings have got different, innovative ideas and twitching figures, definitely required perfection in skill as far as anatomical problems are concerned. Everywhere on earth, where art exists, nudes exist too.

In Pakistan even the normal art has been a taboo for society, then what about nude art? it must not exist here! It does exist, as Pakistan has got some real go od adroit painters who could fashion human anatomy with their skill and imagination and furnish the canvass up to the level of a treat to watch. Talism-e-Hoshruba by Ustad Alla Bakhsh has got tinges of semi exposed human bodies in a mystical atmosphere. Sadqains paintings give you an idea about bodies of active, working human beings that do not come under nudes but do reflect painters skill.

Shakir Ali, we could say, was the first one to paint abstract nudes as real art in Pakistan. His strong contours, dark bold colors and conceptual attitude, truly distinguish him from his contemporaries. Shakir experimented in showing womens body in a hidden abstract approach. In new generation, Saeed Akhter, with his realistic style of work has contributed valiantly in this prohibited art form while Jami Naqsh sharpened the edges of his ideas along with nude figures in his paintings done in knife work. As art is, what a person thinks about and the way of thinking, so the expression has been close to nature where sometime, norms and values could not be considered.

Bernard Berenson (1897) said, Not what man knows but what man feels concerns art. All else is science.

A painter n' sculptor, Researcher, Critic and Poet.

Author:: Nadeem Alam
Keywords:: Nude Art, Need of Nudes, Nudes in Pakistan
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An Overview Of Sacred Geometry

Sacred Geometry is the theory of dimensional evolution which assumes the universe is a living system kept together by the existence of a sacred geometry that encompasses the entire cosmos and makes for the blueprint for the manifestation of what we know as our material universe and in addition organizes the context through which all love evolves.

Our universe was designed to be highly efficient and is capable of performing a wide range of multiple functions at the same time. The very same geometry which provides structure to physical reality also allows for the perceptual environments that people and civilizations must move through as part of a systematic learning process on the path towards evolution.

Each dimension of this sacred geometry holds a unique place of perceptual space and a context of learning both for personal and social evolution. As each new dimension appears a new set of perceptions and potentials is awakened which we are free to accept and act ualize or ignore. It is in understanding the dimensional structure which exists all around us that allows us to be able to understand the path and direction of personal and social evolution.

Even though our modern science generally believes there is nothing of deeper meaning to the dimensional geometry of the universe other than the actual physical aspects, there is a view that is almost diametrically opposed to this that began with the Greek philosopher Pythagoras in 500 B.C. Pythagoras believed and taught the theory or belief that all of the mathematical patterns in the universe were actually expressions of divine intelligence and signified a divine intention.

According to Pythagoras, we are surrounded by organizational intelligence that is shown in its purest from through mathematical formulas and musical harmonies and allowing ourselves to be at the center of our experience; we can know and share the organizing patterns and principles that pervade the univers e. This is a thought that was even held by Albert Einstein, who stated that he received his greatest breakthroughs after praying and sleeping. The answers to the questions he was seeking came to him from the Universe while he slept! This is also the way that it can be explained for someone who is blind to be able to sculpt and for a deaf person, such as Beethoven to be able to compose intricate musical scores.

Plato, who taught over a hundred years after Pythagoras, continued in the teachings of Pythagorean thought in espousing that the universe or cosmos as Pythagoras termed it was a place of harmonious and beautiful order and placed such a high regard on geometry that he placed a sign above the door to his academy stating, Let no one unacquainted with geometry enter here.

Gregg Hall is a consultant for online and offline businesses and lives in Navarre Florida. Get more information on sacred geometry at http://www.emerald-energies.com

Author:: Gregg Ha ll
Keywords:: sacred geometry
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"Man" A Wild Beast

Complex Of Thinking

Preface
It may be unusual to say that the most perfect theories and concepts of the world are complex ones. Man himself is a complex being that has nothing to do with simplicity. Gratification acquired by struggle is just like a wild goose chase.

In this book, I would like to follow only but myself. I have neglected all of the past and passed theories, whatever revolutions they might have caused. In fact, the ground and the ultimate motive behind all such events is the human mind, whereof the constructions of imaginary buildings are materialized. Human mind is the very basic and the ultimate institution that brings about the change in social living. It causes both the construction and the destruction of earthly beings especially man.

I elaborate my views, as I said, in the light of my own view, regardless whether they challenge the views of Aristotle, Freud, or Buddha. It is such a vast topic that from the very beginning to now, ma n is in search of it i. e. search of man himself. All of the philosophers have given their hypotheses, and it is upto us whether we consider them upto date or out-dated.

I am just changing the title a little bit, however, the substance is the same one. I am also in the search of man with all of its human characteristics. My purpose of using these valueless and meaningless words is to detach or separate the human and the animal characteristics, signs, symptoms, behaviors and many more things. I may not be acceptable for many of the people but this is no matter. I am supposedly working for the origin of the human race to which, I myself belong too. I must not be apologetic in my comments about human race rather I would proclaim openly what man is in my eyes.

The personality of man is not my concern only, but I am prone to go after all of the institutions, social, scientific or commercial to check their validity in our life.

Since man is the subject, so it se ems very applaudable to begin with man himself to be the first topic in contents.

 Man or Human Being

Man is a kind of animals in its all of characteristics. The term social-animal for mans society seems incorrect since the animals also have a type of social living though on a little level. Surly, man can be called a rational animal but such a sense the animals also possess in terms of examining the situation, avoiding the danger, and recognizing the partner or children.

Thus, the question still is un-improved that what a man is or is like? But the title I would like to paste on man is surly an animal but by calling him unnatural animal.

Selfishness is a characteristic of animals in all of ways. Always, they care for themselves and subdue the others. This is called the power of nature. This is the very nature, which forces them to attack others, kill them and eat them. They have no passion of sympathy, love, compassion or kindness except for t hemselves. So, the nature forces them to obey it in a natural environment. In such a way, they are quite natural animals. What is with man on the other hand? Man is living an unnatural life that is not set for him by nature.

If we observe man through the process of evolution, we then can be able to admit the fact that man is after all an animal in its seeds. This is such a species that became supreme since man could get the power of thinking.

How was this thinking started? When was it started? Who was the earliest of the evolved man from pre-man species like apes? Was his life an animal life or he was better in his living?

These are quite complicated questions, which might never be given with answers. I will try to throw light upon them to my extent of perception. But the question of mans nature still lingers.

If on the other hand, we go through the process of Special Creation; well clearly see man being a violator of all divine laws. By the admissio n of this theory, one thing becomes clear that man was destined to be a superior creature and he is not an evolved form of animals. Once again by passing the basic question, we try to peep into the religious scriptures. Bible, Vedas, Granth, Avesta, and many other scriptures proclaim the fact of special creation. Quran (Holy book of Muslims) present both of the facts i. e. Evolution and Special Creation.

In the process of evolution, Quran has made us count 5 steps and stages.

1. Creation from water. (Protozoa or single-celled animal)

2. Creation from mud. (Mixture of water and clay)

3. Creation from stenched mud and clay. (When it came out of water)

4. Special creation. (When the multi-celled animal was transformed into man)

5. Creation from essence (embryo) of human jell-water.

So, whatever the process might have been, this fact what Quran narrates seems more influential. Anyway, the struggle for the creation of man emphasizes that man was especially created. In this way, man got some superiority over other creatures.

Thus, when it is proved that man is the model creature of the universe, it must have been ideal in all of its aspects of life. My question is to you, is it so? I know prematurely the answer i. e. No.

Let us compare now the man and animals, the superior and the inferior, the wise and the unwise, the civilized and the beast.

Animals kill others for their food, but man kills others for his greed. Thus, morally, animals have an edge over man. They dont kill others when they are satiated, but man even goes on killing despite having no need of it. Animals never kill their own race, but man doesnt hesitate doing so. Man has created such dangerous weapons that it seems man is wishful for the removal of human beings from earth.

Animals have never been given the concepts of accountability before God, so they have no fear of their doings. But man, on other hand, clearly sees the threat, but he doesnt even bother for that. Billions of words have been created for the moral teaching of man. Yet he kicks them whole off within a minute and turns into its unnatural nature. Thus, mans ultimate nature is wild one.

Man can only survive if he moves back to the Stone Age. To remove all of the tensions prevailing humanity, we need man be a hunter again. If not hunter, then maximum he should be an agricultural man, whose chief concern is his crops, who relies upon rivers, who prays to God for a good crop, who keeps interaction with other members of society, and who has enough time to share his moments with others of his vicinity.

Man must never be given the greed of wealth, nor should he be facilitated like today.

As it is famous, An idles brain is devils workshop. When man turns to be prosperous, selfishness strikes his mind automatically and he draws big lines between him and other lower part of society. This idleness (caused by prospe rity) forces him to create disturbance in the life of poor for his timely pleasure and activity. In fact, in this way, the lower class becomes a toy in the hand of high-gentry.

I plead to the thinkers of this generation to put forward a solution of this problem or accept my view to cleanse the society from brutality, selfishness, exploitation, deception, assassination, and so on. I hope, you agreed a bit with me, and would have enjoyed. Please keep intact since I will write more Articles on similar problematic issues.

Syed Waqar - A thinker of reality.

Author:: Syed Waqar Ali
Keywords:: Man must learn from Past.
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You Cannot Prove a Negative or a Positive Anymore?

Often when people are Accused of something they cannot prove a negative. In other words you cannot prove that you did not do something that you didn't do. Recently, someone Accused me of my rsum and told me I could not prove what I had done in the past.

In fact, I could prove it but it would take a lot of time on my part to prove it and it would be no reason to prove it to someone who e-mailed me and called me a Liar.

I asked the gentleman; Are you saying that you cannot prove a negative or a Positive? What does that say for mankind? If someone slanders your name you cannot prove you did not kick your dog. If you do something Positive you are saying that reality is no proof either? There is a verifiable way to prove it, except that it would be time-consuming.

The gentle men and Accused me of tooting my own horn. It is not as if I placed something on my rsum which was not true such as a college degree which I did not earn but bought in the mail order, as many people have done. I only tell people a small percentage of my abilities. I down play my abilities, successes, etc. and quite frankly I am getting a little tired of it, always pretending to be less than what I am, as to not offend anyone.

You see, someone who works very hard and harder than anyone else and carries more than anyone else will often have one incredible rsum at a very early age from all that they have done. That is just the way it is, as if you are always doing something you are always accomplishing something and eventually the credits add up.

Yet, the more you do the more you were attacked. I asked myself why and I believe it is because most Humans do not try very hard and are quite Lazy. I cannot list everything I have done, can do or will do in the future, who would believe m e? I suppose compared to the average person many of my accomplishments do not look feasible even if I can prove it, why should I?

It appears in the future the individual will no longer matter only the socialist beehive and it will be politically correct to do anything better than the most laziest person on earth. I care not to participate in such a screwed up world. So you lessers, cheaters and Lazy folks better get a move on, because I'm not going to stop for you. Consider this in 2006.

Lance Winslow

Author:: Lance Winslow
Keywords:: You Cannot Prove a Negative, Positive, Accused, rsum, Liar, Weak, Lazy
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What Separates Humans from Animals?

Human Beings are an interesting species in that they believe somehow they are special, that their God created them in his image and they are more divine than other animals on the Planet. We have heard all the reasons why humans are better or different. That they can think, plan, dream, reason and have choice?

Surely you have pondered this question, yet if you have a pet; a dog or cat, you know they think. You watch them move their feet while sleeping they are dreaming about something obviously, running around the yard, chasing a mouse, whatever, what else could that be? Some say well only humans have empathy; that is utter and complete hokum and hogwash. We know dogs and chimpanzees have empathy that has been proven over and over again. Dolphins too, having rescued people drowning and left others to drown, obviously they are thinking about who to save and why?

Let me throw out a couple of other thoughts on this subject, as like you I too have thought here. In m y conclusion of this thought and in all my observation of humans, I do not find a single redeeming quality or even a seriously debatable point that mankind has something extra that other animals do not have? Even sharks seem to reason and choose where to swim? Monkeys and Dogs have empathy?

One thing I have thought on is that humans can over come many of their innate tendencies, such as the need to procreate. Although other animals can do this, it appears to be much easier for human beings than other animals. However this might end up being our downfall of the species some day off in the future. I do not believe mankind is anything special, but as has been said they are mostly harmless.

One thing that makes humans unique might be that no other creature lives in such fantasy of self-importance or false ego? That must be it? Think about it.

Lance Winslow

Author:: Lance Winslow
Keywords:: what makes man different, human beings, self importance
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Muslims and Christians What on Earth is Your Problem?

Hey is it just me or do you see another conflict coming of biblical proportions as Iran promises to build its nuclear weapons and atomic bombs and then blow Israel off the map? Didnt I read about such an event taking place in the Middle East somewhere?

Indeed and maybe you did too, but why is mankind turning prophesy into reality in some divine mission to destroy our world in some insidious way? And Iran would do this in the name of who? Allah? That seems rather silly and yet we would stop him in the name of Jesus Christ. Why not let Allah and Jesus talk this over themselves and when they decide what to do one of them can come visit me?

Until then why dont we dump this insanity and forget about the Armageddon and end of days and World War III and simply stop this escalation to a large-scale nuclear holocaust in the name of religion? What on Earth is the Problem here? Who needs all these lunatics miss interpreting religious literature and molding future history to fit their insane interpretation of it all?

Why not all the normal people decide here and now to remove religion from our human civilization and dismiss all these notions of war in the name of gods? Why not tell all these psychotic nut cases that quite frankly we have had enough of your crap and let them know it is no longer acceptable in the present period, period. Consider this in 2006.

Lance Winslow

Author:: Lance Winslow
Keywords:: Muslims and Christians, Earth, Problem
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Many People Complain About US Overseas Policies

Often people complain about the United States of America and our over seas policies and they will start pointing out some of the things which were not so good, without recounting the total reality of the situation or what really happened leading up to such events. And just so you know where I am coming from I support the United States of America in their efforts to protect the American People.

I support whatever they must do in this otherwise crazy Machiavellian World where guns, drugs, arms and sex trade are often used instead of currency and where brutal dictators do anything to stay in power. I support the United States of America to protect the Homeland and defeat any enemies and stay up on any future threats to the on-going viability or flows of our civilization. I support the current Administration, do not deny history, and would like to point out in a cruel and often evil world, sometimes you have to fight fire with fire.

I wish it were not so, but I sta nd by my country to do whatever is necessary or deemed appropriate to protect American Interests and the American people from physical, economic or future harm. We have a responsibility to our ancestors and future generations to honor their hard work. We have a responsibility to the next generation to hand off our nation to them at the top of its game. Most of all we have a responsibility to ourselves in the here and now to protect the greatest civilization in the history of mankind. Thank you very much.

Lance Winslow

Author:: Lance Winslow
Keywords:: People Complain, About US Overseas Policies
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An Overview Of Sacred Geometry

Sacred Geometry is the theory of dimensional evolution which assumes the universe is a living system kept together by the existence of a sacred geometry that encompasses the entire cosmos and makes for the blueprint for the manifestation of what we know as our material universe and in addition organizes the context through which all love evolves.

Our universe was designed to be highly efficient and is capable of performing a wide range of multiple functions at the same time. The very same geometry which provides structure to physical reality also allows for the perceptual environments that people and civilizations must move through as part of a systematic learning process on the path towards evolution.

Each dimension of this sacred geometry holds a unique place of perceptual space and a context of learning both for personal and social evolution. As each new dimension appears a new set of perceptions and potentials is awakened which we are free to accept and act ualize or ignore. It is in understanding the dimensional structure which exists all around us that allows us to be able to understand the path and direction of personal and social evolution.

Even though our modern science generally believes there is nothing of deeper meaning to the dimensional geometry of the universe other than the actual physical aspects, there is a view that is almost diametrically opposed to this that began with the Greek philosopher Pythagoras in 500 B.C. Pythagoras believed and taught the theory or belief that all of the mathematical patterns in the universe were actually expressions of divine intelligence and signified a divine intention.

According to Pythagoras, we are surrounded by organizational intelligence that is shown in its purest from through mathematical formulas and musical harmonies and allowing ourselves to be at the center of our experience; we can know and share the organizing patterns and principles that pervade the univers e. This is a thought that was even held by Albert Einstein, who stated that he received his greatest breakthroughs after praying and sleeping. The answers to the questions he was seeking came to him from the Universe while he slept! This is also the way that it can be explained for someone who is blind to be able to sculpt and for a deaf person, such as Beethoven to be able to compose intricate musical scores.

Plato, who taught over a hundred years after Pythagoras, continued in the teachings of Pythagorean thought in espousing that the universe or cosmos as Pythagoras termed it was a place of harmonious and beautiful order and placed such a high regard on geometry that he placed a sign above the door to his academy stating, Let no one unacquainted with geometry enter here.

Gregg Hall is a consultant for online and offline businesses and lives in Navarre Florida. Get more information on sacred geometry at http://www.emerald-energies.com

Author:: Gregg Ha ll
Keywords:: sacred geometry
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