Marsvingsrim

(from a chat with a friend...or maybe it was more like a monologue :-))

I intets poesi du talar som jag.

Men utan mig utan svar.

Du har ett val utan ord.

Som en skiva av trä, kan kallas av bord.

Vad jag menar är hädan detta: Det rätta skall jag berätta

Att du tror du inte kan posie-prat

att du är illiterär, eller ordbokslat

Men det är enbart medvetenheten om borttappade ord, som självbenämner dig som om du oförstod.

O så i ett otalat språk. Talar du, o enbart du sanningen.

Men först den dan du erkänner omedvetenheten om att där inte finns ord.

Som omedvetenheten om att bordskivan saknar ben, fortfarande kallas bord.

Kan du enbart kallas poetiskt illitär, där det här bär, att du är medveten om vad det egenltigen är.

Jag vet du förstår det som behövs och äro skrivet av mig. Men ack så läses det och kallas oförståndigt, enbart utav dig.

Kan du enbart kallas poetiskt illitär, där det här bär, att du är medveten om vad det egenltigen är.

The realities of the life

A certain Ann wrote this to me:
The realities of the life are morst truliy seen in everyday things and action....nice day to you

My answer was:
I couldn't agree more. I'm of the belief that one ought to see to one's surrounding life and peoples in it before searching answers elsewhere. Although, I'm well aware that I belong to the minority in this world for thinking so. My prof for that you can find here at World Values Survey. I'm nonetheless convinced that many people are too prone to see what they want to see rather than seeing how things are.

Exciting times

I watched the news today and I must say that several interesting things are happening these days. Of course there is the whole Obama thing with eg. decision to close Guantanamo (finally!!), that 6 of the 7 political parties (finally!!) says yes to gay MARRIAGE. Which party that said no is...well, oyou can figure that out by yourself, no matter which country you are from. On the Swedish coin it says "För Sverige i tiden", meaning that Sweden is/should be a modern society and this is definitely a step in the right direction. Another thing is that the fosfor bombs that has been used (at least 20) in Gaza is going to be investigated. Have you seen the wounds that those bombs make? Huge holes in the skin that go bone deep.

Matrix & symbolism

For those who thinks Matrix is just a violent movie:

Karaktärer och namnsymbolik [redigera]

• Morpheus, kapten på skeppet Nebuchanezzar och Neos mentor/vän, är sömnens gud i grekisk mytologi.
• Nebukadnessar, Morpheus svävarfartyg, är namnet med den babylonske storkonung, som ville ha sina drömmar uttydda enligt Daniels bok i Gamla Testamentet. Nebukadnessar genomförde under sin regeringstid tre erövringståg mot Israel, det vill säga Sion. I Matrixtrilogin utspelar sig kampen för det tredje Sion.
• Neo är Matrixtrilogins frälsargestalt, den utvalda, som ska rädda människorna från Matrix och maskinerna. Hans namn är ordagrant "ny" eller "nytt", men ett anagram på namnet ger även engelska ordet "One", vilket i filmerna kompletteras med tillnamnet "the One", dvs den Utvalde, motsvarande Messias eller Kristus. För att bli the One måste Neo först dö och återfödas genom Treenigheten.
• Niobe, ej med i den första filmen, och Morpheus tidigare kärlek, och nuvarande fästmö till kommendanten i Sion, var också namnet på den drottning av Tebe, vars barn dödades av en gud som Niobe utmanat. Niobe blev symbolen för evig sorg i grekisk mytologi.
• The Oracle är ett av de mest intelligenta programmen i Matrix, hon ger råd till Neo och Morpheus. Precis som hennes motsvarighet i grekisk mytologi, Oraklet i Delfi, är hennes råd ofta dunkla. I hennes kök hänger en skylt med texten "Know thyself" - "Känn dig själv", denna text fanns även i Oraklet i Delfis förtempel.
• Trinity är Neos älskade, och hennes namn översätts till svenskans "Treenighet", den kristna benämningen på enheten mellan Fadern, Sonen och Den Helige Ande.
• Zion är människornas sista stad, och motsvarar Bibelns Sion, dvs de utvaldas land.
• Seraph, ej med i den första filmen, är singularis för Serafer, (eng. Seraphim) en sorts änglar med sex vingar, varav med två de täckte sitt ansikte, två sina fötter och två flög de med. Jesaja kap 6.
• Persephone, ej med i den första filmen, hustru till Merovingian, är enligt grekisk mytologi underjordens gudinna och Hades fru.
• Merovingian, ej med i den första filmen, namnet på kungaätten Merovingerna som styrde över frankerna från 481 till 751.
• Agent Smith. Namnet Smith är i England samma sak som svenskans "Svensson". Symbol för till exempel medelmåttlighet eller anonymitet.

Quotes

Some people take no mental exercise apart from jumping to conclusions.
-Harold Acton


What the mind can conceive, the mind can achieve.
-Clement Stone


The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
- Chinese proverb


When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.
- Friedrich Nietzsche


Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.
-C G Jung


Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people and neither do we.
-George W. Bush

Mammals, yep

Advanced...everything, isn't that supposed to be human as an opposite to the animals, including communication. Still it seems like the hardest thing, harder than going to the Moon or Mars. Maybe we're not at sophisticated as we tell ourselves. Nah, we're all animals, in one sense or another.

Naked woman in the Catholic church?

Sorry, but who took this photo inside the (Catholic) church? ;-) Either it was a mistake or the photographer got a really good shot. It was a big photo on the front page of the newspaper.

The Golden Rule in eight religions

found here. As an atheist, the one thing I TRY to live by is part of many religions. I don't see why it really has to do with any god, I just think it is a hell of a good think to keep in mind. I see it more as a humanitarian thing than a divine one. No, maybe not even that. It's common sense.

The Universality of the Golden Rule in the World Religions

Christianity	All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye so to them; for this is the law and the prophets. Matthew 7:1
Confucianism	Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. Then there will be no resentment against you, either in the family or in the state. Analects 12:2
Buddhism	Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful. Udana-Varga 5,1
Hinduism	This is the sum of duty; do naught onto others what you would not have them do unto you. Mahabharata 5,1517
Islam	No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself. Sunnah
Judaism	What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellowman. This is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary. Talmud, Shabbat 3id
Taoism	Regard your neighbor’s gain as your gain, and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss. Tai Shang Kan Yin P’ien
Zoroastrianism	That nature alone is good which refrains from doing another whatsoever is not good for itself. Dadisten-I-dinik, 94,5

Please

by Staind.

I have not forgotten the good thing nor the bad things.

Ok to put a harmed dog to death?

Think a second or two about these questions:

* Do you think that it is wrong to put eg. a dog to death with an injection if it has a disease that can't be cured or if it has been in an accident where it had its spine broken? In both cases there are a lot of pain involved.

* Why?

* Are you religious?

2008 & Amnesty

Maybe I should summarize the year that passed? I'm a bit inspired of a friend who did that. The more I think about it, I realize that it is pretty hard thing to do, in public like this at least. On the outside I guess that there are not that big of a difference, for example I still don't have a new job that I can feel satisfied with, but considering the more personal things both this and that has happened.

Moments:
* a sister (not mine!) who told lies and made a mess of several relationships (I sure wonder what she was thinking about)
* good byes (although I wonder how good they tend to be)
* a few new friends
* insights

There is one thing though that has become even more evident this year and that is my involvement in Amnesty. I have become group secretary for my group, member of the board for the part of Sweden that I live in, traveled to Stockholm for a budget meeting, different courses, seminars, camps, ran around at a couple of concerts talking to hundreds of strangers, gotten to know a whole bunch of new people from all of Sweden and all the different levels of the Swedish organization. Went to a workshop about how to become a better leader, but that one was held in Malmö. Up next is a course held in Stockholm in the beginning of February about multitude, how Amnesty works to get a better multitude within the organization, methods how to do it at a locoal level and how to create and lead groups with great multitude. During October I spent 12 days working for Amnesty. Too bad I don't get paid ;-) It's all worth it because I love it. I know that many people might not understand that but that's not my problem. They don't know what they are missing out on.

Promedac, my old school

I studied in this school for about a year ten years ago. Oh, well, I studied some, mostly math. I had all sorts of times there, good, bad, fun, boring ones and to be honest some which to me seemed a bit odd/American. American influences to that extent IS odd considering it was a Mexican school in Mexico with Mexican students and teachers :-) I have a lot of memories from this time... I am glad that I now have the possibility to reconnect to some of the people there, including my old host siblings :-)

DO THE EVOLUTION, BAAABYYY!

by Pearl Jam. I might have put this song here before but it is well worth looking/listening to. This is one of the energizing songs but unfortunately also pissing-Natasja-off (it is a reminder, hence the frustration and anger). I refuse to even consider the thought of this even being a subjective matter. It's a fact, whether you like it or not. This is as objective as anything ever will be.

It's up to you if you want to support those who strive for more of this (as shown in the video) or not. If you want to be PART of it. Keep track of the Swedish media and you'll see what the different parties think and what they DECIDE to do and don't give that crap about how difficult it is to know who to vote for. I'll give you one single question below, of course it is not enough to see all the questions that are important but it is a pretty telling one.

I'll just ask you a question at a 1st grade level: Fact 1. Cars (most of them) are bad for the environment. Fact 2. Trains are not bad for the environment. Where do you think that the most of the money for transport should be put, on cars or trains to help preventing the fact that there is a environmental catastrophe?

I'll say no more...


Woo..
Im ahead, Im a man
Im the first mammal to wear pants, yeah
Im at peace with my lust
I can kill cause in God I trust, yeah
Its evolution, baby

Im at piece, Im the man
Buying stocks on the day of the crash
On the loose, Im a truck
All the rolling hills, Ill flatten em out, yeah
Its herd behavior, uh huh
Its evolution, baby

Admire me, admire my home
Admire my song, heres my coat
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
This land is mine, this land is free
Ill do what I want but irresponsibly
Its evolution, baby

Im a thief, Im a liar
Theres my church, I sing in the choir:
(hallelujah hallelujah)

Admire me, admire my home
Admire my song, admire my clothes
cause we know, appetite for a nightly feast
Those ignorant indians got nothin on me
Nothin, why?
Because, its evolution, baby!

I am ahead, I am advanced
I am the first mammal to make plans, yeah
I crawled the earth, but now Im higher
Twenty-ten, watch it go to fire
Its evolution, baby (2x)
Do the evolution
Come on, come on, come on

Freedom of religion according to Stellan Skarsgård

One of the most famous Swedish actors Stellan Skarsgård who can be seen in Mamma Mia, Pirates of the Caribbean, King Arthur, Ronin, Amistad, Good Will Hunting, Deep Blue Sea, Exorcist and Dogville just to mention a handful. He will also appear in four more movies during 2009. This is what he has to say about freedom of religion in Sweden:

"Har vi religionsfrihet, så måste vi också ge barnen frihet att välja. Om de hemma får lära sig att de kommer att brinna i helvetet om de inte ber till Gud, så ska de åtminstone få möta ett alternativ i skolan."

(Stellan Skarsgård om att extrema sekter tillåts driva frikolor i Sverige)


If we have freedom of religion, we also have to give the children freedom to choose. If they at home learn that they will burn in Hell if they don't pray to God, then they should at least meet an alternative in school."

Stellan Skarsgård about extreme sects which are allowed to run private schools in Sweden