112607
Death Anniversary
of my maternal grandmother
who died in 1976 when I was
in 4th year high school at
the Ateneo de Manila University
in Loyola Heights...
Will tell you a "ghost story" later
in this blog... So the reader will
understand why I cannot be
an atheist...
I have to organize my ideas &
maybe create additional blogs
for my interests...
PHILOSOPHY
RELIGION & MYSTICISM.
OCCULT, MAGICK, including
ISLAAM
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
ARTS & CRAFTS
MALAYOLOGY
BANGSAMORO STUDIES
ENIGMATOLOGY
OTHERS
Please keep reading...
Monday, November 26, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
4th POST
112007
Within a mall...
Of course, "they" or "big brother" or "the conspirators"
can find anybody out in a matter of minutes or even seconds
in the Internet... You don't believe me?...
Even watched with amusement an arcade game
which I think is really addictive once one engages
in it. The more I reflect upon the "mall phenomenon"
& the game arcades within , the more I am convinced
that indeed all these SCENTS, SIGHTS & SOUNDS, & TASTES
were "PLANNED" by somebody/somegroup...
Is it a matter of pure profit motive that they created or devised
such contrivances (& rides in, say, Enchanted Kingdom)?
The hammer game & its adherents I observed exemplifies
P.T. Barnum's "A sucker is born every minute."
Am still thinking about ORGANIZING this blog of mine...
I originally imagined a plain BLACK screen with an
image in the center which when clicked expands to
reveal several icons... but my sheer INERTIA (better
term for laziness) resisted any effort at actualizing
a nice idea... I prefer words and sentences to images
& sounds which remind me of Shakespeare's "full
of sound & fury signifying NOTHING"! Just try
going thru the hundreds or thousands of blogs in
the Internet & see how empty & nonsensical people
have become..
I didn't conceive my blog to be a mere "diary" or journal.
Anyway...
I prayed a while ago but am not that certain about
the exact time & direction of "QIBLAH" but I tried
my best...
Before I mention anything further about the AGAMA
I'll try to bring out first all the "UNHOLY" thoughts
still remaining in my brain. It is not that easy to
change one's ideas or convictions... It takes time
(& luck (?) ) to shift from disbelief to belief to faith...
But I assure the reader that it can be "developed"...
At least that is my experience or in my own case...
Existentialism... Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Camus...
Maybe I'll just provide key quotes that express
best their ideas or those to which I agree or
expresses my own.
"Brevity is the soul of wit." - Shakespeare
[Some conspiracy theorists CONSTHEORS
claim Shakespeare was not an individual...]
Can anybody beat this "shorty"?
I really like one-liners. Even in cartoons. That's why I liked
Dennis the Menace & other shorties...
I really believe human beings now have
shorter attention spans compared to the
thinkers in the past who had no ballpens
or strong fluorescent lamps to help them...
I suspect the culprit: the indecipherable ingredients
of packaged foods like noodles, powder juice
etc. I always say aloud at home "Nakaka-bobo"
or "Pampa-bobo" [i.e. makes one stupid or
[TANG was originally conceived as food for
astronauts. This is what I know.]
THat's why I have to limit the length of
my posts. I even believe one should limit
oneself to one (1) hour during public
speeches/lectures. Half hour for the talk
& the remaining half for exchange/
audience interaction.
Within a mall...
Of course, "they" or "big brother" or "the conspirators"
can find anybody out in a matter of minutes or even seconds
in the Internet... You don't believe me?...
Even watched with amusement an arcade game
which I think is really addictive once one engages
in it. The more I reflect upon the "mall phenomenon"
& the game arcades within , the more I am convinced
that indeed all these SCENTS, SIGHTS & SOUNDS, & TASTES
were "PLANNED" by somebody/somegroup...
Is it a matter of pure profit motive that they created or devised
such contrivances (& rides in, say, Enchanted Kingdom)?
The hammer game & its adherents I observed exemplifies
P.T. Barnum's "A sucker is born every minute."
Am still thinking about ORGANIZING this blog of mine...
I originally imagined a plain BLACK screen with an
image in the center which when clicked expands to
reveal several icons... but my sheer INERTIA (better
term for laziness) resisted any effort at actualizing
a nice idea... I prefer words and sentences to images
& sounds which remind me of Shakespeare's "full
of sound & fury signifying NOTHING"! Just try
going thru the hundreds or thousands of blogs in
the Internet & see how empty & nonsensical people
have become..
I didn't conceive my blog to be a mere "diary" or journal.
Anyway...
I prayed a while ago but am not that certain about
the exact time & direction of "QIBLAH" but I tried
my best...
Before I mention anything further about the AGAMA
I'll try to bring out first all the "UNHOLY" thoughts
still remaining in my brain. It is not that easy to
change one's ideas or convictions... It takes time
(& luck (?) ) to shift from disbelief to belief to faith...
But I assure the reader that it can be "developed"...
At least that is my experience or in my own case...
Existentialism... Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Camus...
Maybe I'll just provide key quotes that express
best their ideas or those to which I agree or
expresses my own.
"Brevity is the soul of wit." - Shakespeare
[Some conspiracy theorists CONSTHEORS
claim Shakespeare was not an individual...]
Can anybody beat this "shorty"?
I really like one-liners. Even in cartoons. That's why I liked
Dennis the Menace & other shorties...
I really believe human beings now have
shorter attention spans compared to the
thinkers in the past who had no ballpens
or strong fluorescent lamps to help them...
I suspect the culprit: the indecipherable ingredients
of packaged foods like noodles, powder juice
etc. I always say aloud at home "Nakaka-bobo"
or "Pampa-bobo" [i.e. makes one stupid or
[TANG was originally conceived as food for
astronauts. This is what I know.]
THat's why I have to limit the length of
my posts. I even believe one should limit
oneself to one (1) hour during public
speeches/lectures. Half hour for the talk
& the remaining half for exchange/
audience interaction.
Monday, November 19, 2007
3rd POST
112007
Continuing my Camus quotes:
"I would rather live my life as if there is a God
and die to find out there isn't, than live my life
as if there isn't and die to find out there is. "
[I DON'T really understand this first one...]
"Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. "
[This fits me to a T.]
"One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves."
"The society based on production is only productive, not creative."
"There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.
Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the
fundamental question of philosophy."
"We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking."
I didn't quote some other statements because they no longer fit me
as a "believer" - (English translation of an Arabic term)
I
think this is enough for the French absurdist-existentialist writer.
Camus was born in Oran, Algeria. His book L'etranger (The Outsider
translated by Stuart Gilbert) is one of the most important books I have
ever read which really HIT me. The novel tackles the murder of an
ARAB! I wonder if Bush was briefed about MY life... because I read in one
website that Bush read or was holding or discussed or whatever this
work of Camus... I will discuss it later as a matter of course...
Continuing my Camus quotes:
"I would rather live my life as if there is a God
and die to find out there isn't, than live my life
as if there isn't and die to find out there is. "
[I DON'T really understand this first one...]
"Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. "
[This fits me to a T.]
"One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves."
"The society based on production is only productive, not creative."
"There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.
Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the
fundamental question of philosophy."
"We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking."
I didn't quote some other statements because they no longer fit me
as a "believer" - (English translation of an Arabic term)
I
think this is enough for the French absurdist-existentialist writer.
Camus was born in Oran, Algeria. His book L'etranger (The Outsider
translated by Stuart Gilbert) is one of the most important books I have
ever read which really HIT me. The novel tackles the murder of an
ARAB! I wonder if Bush was briefed about MY life... because I read in one
website that Bush read or was holding or discussed or whatever this
work of Camus... I will discuss it later as a matter of course...
Friday, November 16, 2007
2nd POST 111607
Nov. 16, 2007 7:16 P.M.
Attended EIR's Michael Billington talk
& was able to ask a question but couldn't
compose my thoughts clearly/logically
so wasn't able to exploit the full opportunity
Learned that "environmentalism" & "C02
problem" are the gimmicks of some groups...
I thought: why are some people not satisfied
with their own problems/misery/happiness
& try to INVOLVE others... I am definitely
not like them because I live my life privately/
to myself... Maybe I'm autistic without
knowing it??? They say that man is a social
animal (i.e. gregarious) but I feel Albert Camus
was fundamentally correct that one's death is
in a sense "one's own." Even Albert Einstein said
something similar: that in the final analysis one is
alone by oneself in one's existence.
You will die alone. Even if you try to
involve your most beloved one in a death pact
I doubt if you'll end up together in the same place
in the hereafter. [Imagine, a la Rome & Juliet
lovers' "suicide" pact, but one ends up in
heaven/intermediate place while the other ends
up in hell! HAR!
Quotes from Albert Camus
(Camus, an atheist-existential philosopher was one of the important
thinkers who influenced my early thinking. I read him in high school.
I wondered why his ideas struck a chord with my own... like he was
writing my own ideas... I had to undergo first the existential angst
before I decided to "have a religion". So my having a religion is not
really that simple because it is grounded on an existentialist base.)
"Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow.
Don't walk behind me; I may not lead.
Just walk beside me and be my friend.”
"What is a rebel? A man who says NO.”
"We are all special cases."
Camus style: Brief, simple, direct, devastating...
To be continued...
I intend to share my knowledge of other
people's ideas in so far as I AGREE with
theirs & shall write MY OWN later
TMNP
Attended EIR's Michael Billington talk
& was able to ask a question but couldn't
compose my thoughts clearly/logically
so wasn't able to exploit the full opportunity
Learned that "environmentalism" & "C02
problem" are the gimmicks of some groups...
I thought: why are some people not satisfied
with their own problems/misery/happiness
& try to INVOLVE others... I am definitely
not like them because I live my life privately/
to myself... Maybe I'm autistic without
knowing it??? They say that man is a social
animal (i.e. gregarious) but I feel Albert Camus
was fundamentally correct that one's death is
in a sense "one's own." Even Albert Einstein said
something similar: that in the final analysis one is
alone by oneself in one's existence.
You will die alone. Even if you try to
involve your most beloved one in a death pact
I doubt if you'll end up together in the same place
in the hereafter. [Imagine, a la Rome & Juliet
lovers' "suicide" pact, but one ends up in
heaven/intermediate place while the other ends
up in hell! HAR!
Quotes from Albert Camus
(Camus, an atheist-existential philosopher was one of the important
thinkers who influenced my early thinking. I read him in high school.
I wondered why his ideas struck a chord with my own... like he was
writing my own ideas... I had to undergo first the existential angst
before I decided to "have a religion". So my having a religion is not
really that simple because it is grounded on an existentialist base.)
"Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow.
Don't walk behind me; I may not lead.
Just walk beside me and be my friend.”
"What is a rebel? A man who says NO.”
"We are all special cases."
Camus style: Brief, simple, direct, devastating...
To be continued...
I intend to share my knowledge of other
people's ideas in so far as I AGREE with
theirs & shall write MY OWN later
TMNP
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
FIRST POST 111407
November 14, 2007
Manila
Philippinesia
NUSANTARA
Welcome to my blog...
I created this blog specifically to free the luwaran website
from the burden of my postings at their "Islam & Terrorism"
forum which I "hijacked" for some time (~3 months)
I have many interests:
Philosophy & Religion in general includingIslaam
Mathematics & Science, Technology
Arts & Crafts
Malayology
Enigmatology
Bangsamoro & Philippine Culture, History & Politics
Language & Symbology, atbp. etc.
Knowledge in general including esoteric/magical/mystical
Of course, I consider myself
"A SELF-APPOINTED, SELF-PROCLAIMED
FOUNDING FATHER OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES
IN THIS PHILIPPINESIA"
and I intend to use this site to articulate & develop my ideas
on this "new" field of knowledge which is STILL not
taken seriously in the academe or by scholars...
But this trend is now changing...
I intend this site to be for LEARNERS
"SEEK KNOWLEDGE FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE."
[I shall intersperse my statements with some humorous
remarks once in a while so I expect my reader to be
not really that "serious-to-death";
I shall use common icons, symbols or shortcuts like
HAR! (GUFFAW/LAUGH), :) etc]
I shall express myself in the most popular
international language of English...
Am not so fond of machines actually though I realize
the computer is a reality that we cannot ignore...
Am too lazy or better lack the initiative to create
a highly visual blog with lots of moving images
& sounds like the usual ones we see.
I prefer IDEAS to SENSUAL IMPULSES
although I am an extremely SENSUAL person
(i.e.very sharp senses except for my eyes which are highly-myopic)
I can be very JUDGMENTAL though I try to be fair
to everyone & do not want to "hurt other persons' feelings"
Of course, my OBSESSION is TRUTH
So, you may consider me a TRUTH-SEEKER
TMNP
Manila
Philippinesia
NUSANTARA
Welcome to my blog...
I created this blog specifically to free the luwaran website
from the burden of my postings at their "Islam & Terrorism"
forum which I "hijacked" for some time (~3 months)
I have many interests:
Philosophy & Religion in general includingIslaam
Mathematics & Science, Technology
Arts & Crafts
Malayology
Enigmatology
Bangsamoro & Philippine Culture, History & Politics
Language & Symbology, atbp. etc.
Knowledge in general including esoteric/magical/mystical
Of course, I consider myself
"A SELF-APPOINTED, SELF-PROCLAIMED
FOUNDING FATHER OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES
IN THIS PHILIPPINESIA"
and I intend to use this site to articulate & develop my ideas
on this "new" field of knowledge which is STILL not
taken seriously in the academe or by scholars...
But this trend is now changing...
I intend this site to be for LEARNERS
"SEEK KNOWLEDGE FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE."
[I shall intersperse my statements with some humorous
remarks once in a while so I expect my reader to be
not really that "serious-to-death";
I shall use common icons, symbols or shortcuts like
HAR! (GUFFAW/LAUGH), :) etc]
I shall express myself in the most popular
international language of English...
Am not so fond of machines actually though I realize
the computer is a reality that we cannot ignore...
Am too lazy or better lack the initiative to create
a highly visual blog with lots of moving images
& sounds like the usual ones we see.
I prefer IDEAS to SENSUAL IMPULSES
although I am an extremely SENSUAL person
(i.e.very sharp senses except for my eyes which are highly-myopic)
I can be very JUDGMENTAL though I try to be fair
to everyone & do not want to "hurt other persons' feelings"
Of course, my OBSESSION is TRUTH
So, you may consider me a TRUTH-SEEKER
TMNP
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