All Life Musings
Differences and Diversity in Life
Sunday, July 26th, 2009Life is not about making everyone agree with you, nor about making everyone the same as you.
And it is certainly not about shunning or even destroying those who do not have similar views or take the same side as you.
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Have You Been Investing in the Most Important Thing of All?
Saturday, July 18th, 2009What have you invested in lately?
Stocks? Bonds? Property?
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Isn’t Life Ultimately About Relationships?
Saturday, July 18th, 2009What have you been busy with lately?
Chasing your dream? Making money? Building the foundations of your career?
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Poverty, Hunger and Starvation; A Sobering Perspective - Chicken a la Carte (Video)
Thursday, April 16th, 2009While we in the developed world have more than enough to eat and use, and are in fact suffering from physical diseases arising from excess, many others are dying of starvation. Statistics vary depending on their source, but thousands worldwide could be dying of hunger… DAILY.
This short 6-minute video clip, which was part of the [...]
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Waiting For The Answers We Seek
Monday, March 30th, 2009Often times in life, we have questions which we are desperately seeking answers for. We look, we search, we dig, we scrape, we pray, we beg. No answer.
Then one day, we FINALLY see some light. Perhaps not exactly *the* light, but there are at last some much needed insights.
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Ron Paul Speaks at CPAC 2009
Monday, March 30th, 2009This short video clip shows American Congressman Ron Paul speaking to CNN’s TJ Holmes, while he was at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) 2009. Ron Paul was a former presidential candidate.
If you don’t already know about Ron Paul, please do. He comes across as a genuine good man, with excellent philosophies on liberty, health [...]
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Humans Are Stripping The Earth Bare Through Overconsumption
Monday, March 30th, 2009Human beings and modern civilization are plundering nature at a rate never seen before. If current trends were to go on, we will need the natural resources provided by two Earths by the year 2050. And that’s assuming we have not exhausted Earth’s resources by then. This and other details were revealed by a report [...]
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What Does It Mean To Be Alone?
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009Do you sometimes or often feel lonely, or alone?
What does it even mean to be alone?
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Can We Fully Enjoy Both Material Wealth and the True Richness of Life?
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009Can one wholeheartedly chase material wealth, yet still keep focused on the things which matter in life?
Can one fully enjoy the pleasures of materialism and consumerism, yet still swim in the warmth of kinship, warmth and love?
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In Search of Reasons and Causes
Saturday, February 21st, 2009Are you looking at a certain event or certain circumstances in your life and wondering what the cause(s) or reason(s) is / are?
Have you been seeking and searching, trying your darnest, but to no avail so far?
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Making a Difference - Defining Your Circle of Influence
Saturday, February 21st, 2009Let’s zoom in on a specific area in life which you are passionate about. It could be anything.
Are you frustrated that most of the world do not seem to understand the gravity of the situation? Are you annoyed that people cannot be bothered? Do you wish you could change people’s minds? Perhaps change the system? [...]
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Is Consumerism The Only Way To Give Our Children Something To Look Forward To?
Friday, February 20th, 2009If you have not already noticed by now, I often rant against modern day consumerism and materialism.
Quite simply, I think it is an empty shell which does not satisfy the human soul; perhaps it pleases, but only superficially and fleetingly. And it is most certainly not sustainable. At the rate the first world is consuming [...]
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Forwarded Emails - How Real are Their Stories?
Thursday, February 19th, 2009Do you frequently receive forwarded emails in your inbox?
Do you often forward them on?
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Is Modern Civilization Crumbling?
Thursday, February 19th, 2009Modern civilization as we know it is extravagant and woefully wasteful. Most people in the developed world are not dying because of lack of food; we are dying from being stuffed full of junk foods.
We spend and waste Mother Earth’s resources at an alarming rate. We not only plunder the environment, we treat animals, our [...]
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Why I Don’t Follow the Mainstream Media - I Do Not Wish to Fill My Life With Bad News (5 of 5)
Sunday, February 15th, 2009How often do you hear someone remarking how terrible the world has become, how horrible it is today, and how apocalypse is near because the human race has turned oh-so-evil?
In my mind, I’m thinking – oh, please.
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Why I Don’t Follow the Mainstream Media - I Wish to Avoid this Fear-Mongering Machine (4 of 5)
Sunday, February 15th, 2009The media is writing stories to sell. And one thing which sells extremely well is fear. The news, and the media in general, is a lot about fear mongering.
If you don’t take precautions and vaccinate yourself (vaccinations come with a whole host of poisonous chemicals and health risk, by the way. They are one major [...]
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Why I Don’t Follow the Mainstream Media - I Wish to Avoid Being Brainwashed (3 of 5)
Sunday, February 15th, 2009The power and influence of mass media is subtle yet immense. It hits not only our conscious mind, but deep within our subconscious.
Some of us are aware of the negative influences of media. Yet we continue to indulge in it. Why? Because most of us think “we are different”, that somehow we are sufficiently in [...]
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Why I Don’t Follow the Mainstream Media - It Presents Only a Small and Biased View of Reality (2 of 5)
Sunday, February 15th, 2009Over seven years ago, I was fixated on CNN for 8 to 12 hours every day, allowing the American media to brainwash me on how evil the Taliban regime was, and convincing me, I’m sure among millions of others, to give our mandate for the American military to walk into the country by force and [...]
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Why I Don’t Follow the Mainstream Media - Summary (1 of 5)
Sunday, February 15th, 2009I no longer have the newspapers delivered to my home daily. It has been that way for a few years now. I barely read them, and I rarely watch the news on television, too. In general, I follow the mainstream media very little nowadays.
I stopped watching the news and reading the newspapers partly because of [...]
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Frightening People Come Out On The Internet
Sunday, February 15th, 2009The internet brings a world of information to our fingertips. But it also opens many cans of worms.
Among them, is the “coming out” of all kinds of people.
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The 8GB Thumb Drive; A Classic Case of the Lures of Consumerism
Sunday, January 11th, 2009The modern world today is one of extreme consumerism, a culture which is doing its part to exploit the third world as well as kill Mother Earth. Consciously or, probably as is the case for most of us, subconsciously, we are fuelling this culture by our actions and habits.
I have a recent personal experience which [...]
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The Road Less Travelled; Making a Difference
Friday, December 26th, 2008Are you a vegetarian for health, environmental and / or humanitarian reasons?
Do you believe and / or fight for the rights of animals, our fellow owners and heirs of planet Earth?
Do you shun the consumerism which is enveloping so many developed and developing countries?
Do you believe in a power far greater than anything we can [...]
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Why Do People Dream of a White Christmas?
Friday, December 26th, 2008Generally speaking, I am hugely critical of the consumerism which Christmas now represents, or the Christmas which consumerism now represents, whichever way you look at.
Just now, I happened to be looking at an online Christmas postcard, and another though crossed my mind.
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Stampede at Walmart in New York
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008Quite recently, there was a piece of news of hectic shopping taking place in a Walmart store in New York.
There was early morning shopping, there was a long queue of shoppers waiting outside the door, the doors opened at 5am or so, and everyone rushed right in. And guess what happened?
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Introverts and Extraverts; Socializing and Solitude
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008I am a pretty strong introvert. Leave me alone, let me have a computer with an internet connection, a thought-provoking book, or beautiful natural scenery, and I am quite fine being on my own much of the time.
Of course, I am well aware of the adage that ‘no Man is an island’. And yes, I [...]
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The Contradiction of Holiday Decorations
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008I came across this thought in another article by someone else, and I found it somewhat amusing, yet also disturbing in a way.
It is Christmas time, and over in the United States, many families have put out the Christmas decorations on their lawn - infant Jesus, Mary, Joseph, wise men, sheep, manger scenes, etc. All very nice and [...]
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The Story of ‘Monkey See, Monkey Do’
Monday, December 22nd, 2008I once came across this story about monkeys. Well, I cannot remember exactly if it was monkeys, chimpanzees, gorillas, or what, so I’ll just stick to monkeys for simplicity’s sake.
This is apparently a true story of a research project which was carried out by scientists. I cannot recall the exact details, but will reproduce it [...]
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The Conditioned Elephant
Monday, December 22nd, 2008It is said that when an elephant is “domesticated” or raised in the zoo, a rope is used to limit the area which it is allowed to roam, with one end of the rope being tied to one of its legs, and the other end being tied to a pole.
The little elephant will then be restricted to [...]
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Are Zoos Cruel?
Sunday, December 21st, 2008Are zoos cruel?
When I visit the zoo and see animals holed up in enclosures, cages or tanks, with little room to maneuver and no need to fight for survival or find their own food, one thing goes through my mind – the lions, tigers, leopards, elephants, otters, etc, do not have the chance to fulfill [...]
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For And Against Truth
Friday, November 28th, 2008There have been many men who have spent their lives fighting for truth. Some just work very hard, while others have suffered and died for it.
It could be truth in a big way, or just little truths which we stand for and believe in.
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Think You Know The Truth?
Thursday, November 27th, 2008How many times in life have you been convinced that you knew something, for sure?
How many times have you felt strongly convicted about something?
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Choices - Is It A Good Thing?
Thursday, November 27th, 2008Ah. Freedom.
Ah. Choice.
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The Dreamer
Thursday, November 27th, 2008Do you have dreams of what you may one day be, or what you may one day have, or what you may one day achieve?
Not just dreams, but fantasies, perhaps?
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Is Bigger Necessarily Better? Do We Always ‘Know’ The Best Solution?
Thursday, November 27th, 2008The other day, the toilet bowl in my bathroom was clogged.
I had noticed that the ‘hole’ in the bowl seemed to be bigger than other toilet bowls, so I went out and bought the biggest plunger I could find.
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Wish You Could Read Minds? Think Again.
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008Do you sometimes wish you could read the minds of others?
I know I do.
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When Things Become Too Easy and We Get Complacent
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008Do you play chess?
Or perhaps checkers?
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Life’s Plans and Expectations against Life’s Unpredictability and Uncertainty
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008Ever heard of the term ‘life expectancy’? I’m sure you have. It gives us a rough gauge of how long we can expect to live.
Too much about life these days is about expectancy, projections, what’s expected, and what not.
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Seeking Solutions Instead of Looking for Problems and Obstacles
Monday, October 20th, 2008Have you thought about why you are not healthier than you are now?
Have you thought about why you are not doing the things which you know are right for your body, such as eating better food and exercising more?
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Life - Too Short or Too Long?
Monday, October 20th, 2008Every so often, we read in the newspapers about how a very young person has passed on, due to some accident or disease.
Inevitably, equally often, we hear about how it is such a waste for someone to die ’so young’ or to die ‘too young’.
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Life So Fragile - Putting Things In Perspective
Monday, October 20th, 2008Have you ever had a near death experience?
I haven’t, although I have done a fair bit of reading about such occurences, and I have to say they are extremely intriguing events.
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No Right Paths, Nor Wrong Paths, Perhaps; Just Different Paths
Monday, October 20th, 2008Every single day, every moment, each of us are journeying.
In our own ways, on our own paths, we are moving from Point A to Point B, then from Point B to Point C, and so on.
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Fact or Not, Divided by a Thin Line
Monday, October 20th, 2008How many times in life do we make the distinction between fact and opinion, or between fact and a mere theory?
For example.. the existence of the human soul - that surely is merely a theory, right?
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Man - So Different, Yet So Similar
Monday, October 20th, 2008Every single human being is pretty much unique.
We look different - varying skin colours, face shapes, heights, and other physical attributes.
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