Human existence is such that we are forever seeking that which we do not have. This desire for a more decadent lifestyle is defined as materialism and capitalism and it is the fuel that drives our economy, pollutes our lives and is destroying the environment in which we coexist with more than 6 billion people and a billion other species.
This competitive race for greater wealth, or perceived ownership value, leaves us with a continual yearning for more. We can, therefore, never be truly happy following that spiral pathway of unfulfilled satisfaction.
It is not until we give up all such desire, to focus only on what we are and what we have within our being, that we will find true happiness. And it comes freely, at no cost to anyone, but with great benefit to ourselves and to the greater world around us.
This doesn't mean that we need to give up on our material life, our possessions or career; it means that by finding and focussing on the inner peace we will become less reliant on drawing happiness from the physical world.
As an Agnostic I'm not religious in the slightest, but a Jewish philosopher once claimed that "it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven".
The truth from that analogy is that the journey to physical wealth can cloud all that which offers real happiness in the journey of life.
Gaza Ceasefire?
Any ceasefire, truce or treaty between Israel and Palestine will be short-lived unless it includes:
a) the complete withdrawal of Israel AND
b) the establishment of a separate Palestinian nation AND
c) the public acknowledgement of an end to the Zionist agenda.
I do not believe that all these three things are possible. At the best we may see A and B, but never C. It is likely that we will only temporarily see A.
"True peace is not merely the absence of conflict: it is the presence of justice." Martin Luther King Jr
a) the complete withdrawal of Israel AND
b) the establishment of a separate Palestinian nation AND
c) the public acknowledgement of an end to the Zionist agenda.
I do not believe that all these three things are possible. At the best we may see A and B, but never C. It is likely that we will only temporarily see A.
"True peace is not merely the absence of conflict: it is the presence of justice." Martin Luther King Jr
War across the Middle East is inevitable
The Angry Arab News Service commences a blog entry titled "Unintended Consequences" by writing:
I couldn't post a comment on the blog, so instead my reply is here:
No - not unintended.
It was quite predictable and part of the masterplan - full scale war across the middle east is not only inevitable, it has been carefully orchestrated.
It is no different to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident that started the Vietnam War. It is no different to the Reichstag fire that allowed Hitler to seize power. It is no different to the US government's complicity in 9/11 that allowed it to enter Afghanistan and no different to the fake WMDs that led to the invasion of Iraq.
So many successive governments cannot be that stupid and unlucky - even when "led" by the likes of President Bush.
There is no coincidence - only the illusion of coincidence (no apologies for The Matrix quote).
The New World Order continues to make its moves on our chessboard. It will only cease when we start acting like Kings, Queens and Knights instead of Pawns.
"have just returned from the Middle East and witnessed how Israel's assault on Gaza is radicalizing mainstream Muslim opinion. Shown endlessly on Arab and Muslim television stations, the massive killing of civilians is fueling rage against Israel and its superpower patron, the United States, among mainstream and moderate voices who previously believed in co-existence with the Jewish state."
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2009/01/unintended-consequences.html
I couldn't post a comment on the blog, so instead my reply is here:
No - not unintended.
It was quite predictable and part of the masterplan - full scale war across the middle east is not only inevitable, it has been carefully orchestrated.
It is no different to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident that started the Vietnam War. It is no different to the Reichstag fire that allowed Hitler to seize power. It is no different to the US government's complicity in 9/11 that allowed it to enter Afghanistan and no different to the fake WMDs that led to the invasion of Iraq.
So many successive governments cannot be that stupid and unlucky - even when "led" by the likes of President Bush.
There is no coincidence - only the illusion of coincidence (no apologies for The Matrix quote).
The New World Order continues to make its moves on our chessboard. It will only cease when we start acting like Kings, Queens and Knights instead of Pawns.
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