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A war memorial in Edinburgh On the second day of our stay in Edinburgh, we woke up and got out of bed, not quite 'bright and early', as it was, and, after performing the usual tasks, made our way down to the restaurant for breakfast. Here we were served by competent and attentive staff, as well as being 'entertained' by one of them. With the stamina derived from our lovely breakfast, we resolved to take the bus and make our way back to the City Centre, resorting to the No.31 bus to do so. As we did the day before, we again alighted in Princess Street, just in front of Edinburgh Castle. Gone was the illuminating lights, which were now replaced by a Sun which seemed to lack its fire and heat, and was more than reluctant to leave the shelter of the clouds behind which it took refuge from a dour and hazy morning. As far as having a sunny and bright day was concerned, it would not get much better than this for the rest of the day; which meant that it would not be a...

This is another video of a journey on the VRR train in Wales, United Kingdom. Apologies to viewers, if you have already seen this one. If you have, then you might still enjoy having another look at it; if you have not, then please have a look and, if you will, enjoy the journey.

From a philosophical perspective, our obsession with having more time, indeed, our desire to have more time, is really being driven by our awareness, consciously or subconsciously, of our innate mortality. We know what is coming and we want to do what 'we have to do before we run out of time.' This is the same, when we apply the concept to any of the myriad tasks we have to complete or try to complete during our living.  Be it completing our work on time to get paid, or preparing the baby's feed on time to ensure his/her welfare, or getting to the train station on time to get our train. All of our tasks are 'goal focused' and, probably mostly or at all times, are intended to meet socially, culturally, biologically and environmentally determined goals, within our living environments.  And so it is, that it might not be so much about what are the things which we allocate our limited life-time span to achieve, but rather that of how we experience accomp...

Edinburgh Castle And so, we drove along Corstorphine Road towards the City Centre, and alighted at the lower end of Princess Street, just after we passed the Edinburgh Castle. We took a number of photos of the castle, but spent most of the time walking along Princess Street, admiring the shops, the illuminated Castle, the fascinating and historical and architectural landmarks  and shoppers all about us.  Yes, Edinburgh is indeed a grand and alluring City which commands the attention and wonderment of the discriminating visitor. The Omni Centre Having enjoyed our walk around the parts of the City Centre, our attention was soon drawn to the rumblings of our tummies, as they reminded us that it was time for them to be fed. And so we made our way from Princess Street to the Omni Centre, in Leith Street, where we had an enjoyable and competitively priced meal and drinks at Weatherspoon. The ambience was pleasing and enjoyable, with lovely music to assist the diners ...

From this vantage point, I can get a more rounded and informed view of my problem, which should help me to make a better decision. Today has started with me having the sad experience of observing how a person, who is very competent as carrying out certain tasks, can encounter difficulties by making the wrong call in following an advice which they really should not, and would not have normally accepted. In living and navigating our way towards our ultimate destination, there are times when we would and do benefit from the informed and sound advice of others. We do not always seek such advice, sometimes thinking that we do not need it, probably having convinced ourselves that we are already the fount of, if not all, then most knowledge. Probably not being aware that knowledge is not necessarily the same as wisdom or prudence, but is rather like a man with tools or equipment, which might not be the right ones for the job at hand, or which he/she might not have the skills and in...

This is a short video of the setting - from my vantage point - of the pre-Autumnal Sun, set to pre-recorded music. Please take and look and see if it can contribute towards your day's or night's entitlement of contemplative or actual pleasure, and enjoy!

It is a long road ahead; getting from England to Scotland. I have a lot of respect for Scotland and the Scottish people. Scotland, with its beautiful mountains, valleys and lochs, is most pleasing to the eyes of the beholder, and inspiring to the intellect and spirit of those who contemplate on it. It is a country which inspires poetry, not only in the imagination of the Scottish bard, but also of ordinary mortals. And then there is the history of Scotland and the Scots, both actual and mythological, which has become a large part of the history of the former British Empire.  Yes, I might be wrong on this, in which case I apologise for any error, but, I have come to believe that, without the Scottish people and eminent men and women of Scotland, the former British Empire would not or might not have been as 'great and glorious' as it had been. That being as it may, considering that it all  or mostly now belongs to the past and cannot be undone, even though it might...

Humans travel through time and space as if they were a train, but relentlessly moving towards a 'salmonised' destination? Time is infinite; so says the scientist, the astronomer and the ordinary human. Like space, there is no end to time, and yet do we complain that we do not have enough time. We do not have the time to do this and to do that, because we can only do a finite number of things at any given time. How many things we are able to do at any one time is dependent on the amount of concentration and focus we need to allocate to them, which is itself dependent on how complex are the tasks we are required to carry out or the processes we must complete in order to do so.  It also depends on the experience, the knowledge, the skills and the wisdom which we are able to apply to the tasks before us, as the more of these we have, the less time and concentration we might be required to give to each task. As we can now do some of them automatically, whereas those with le...

Here is another somewhat timely video of  captured time, space and energy at a given time on Borth Beach. I have put the video to some music. Please take a look and see what energy and pleasure you might be moved to extract from it, to energise your day or night. Enjoy, if you are able to connect with it.

And so it came to pass, that man created gods to himself, each original nation and tribe, unto themselves created their own gods and fashioned them into their own images. And man, having conferred on his gods powers which they do not possess, became fearful of them, having conferred on them their own anger, spitefulness and the terror which is in their own hearts. And men used their gods to legitimise their own cruelty and blood-lust, much more than they have ever used them as instruments of peace, as if their gods thrive on the death and destruction of humans. And having created their own gods in their own image, man has gone about selling them to others, beseeching them to put away their 'own gods' and proclaiming theirs as the 'only true god.'  And so, man's gods have become like just another consumer product, which has the promise of bringing happiness and, in some cases, everlasting life to the 'buyer.' But which most probably does not ...

Although it has become common place for the Saudi, American, British and their Sunni allies to be accused of killing large numbers of Yemeni civilians, the recent mass killing of Yemenis by their allied forces, has simply been unprecedented. This Saudis initially, as could be expected, denied that they were responsible, but has subsequently indicated that they will carry out an investigation, something which is unlikely to be of any worth. Unless it were to result in the Saudis ending their military invasion of Yemen, and leave the Yemenis to resolve their internal problems. And what of the Americans and the British, who, as the countries providing the invaders with the weaponry, and, according to the British, the training?  How are they responding?  Well, having placed its head firmly in the desert sand, with its hands over its ears, and Yemeni Khat in its mouth for all these months, the Americans have apparently indicated that they might review their support or positi...

This is a short video, showing some of the magnificent ornate features at the front of the Cathedral. Do have a look and see if you, also, is amazed by what you see. If you visit this part of the United Kingdom, visiting this historic - it goes back to more than a thousand years - Cathedral and its grounds, could bring you some pleasure.  Within walking distance, you will also find a memorial to Erasmus Darwin, a renown relative of Charles Darwin, of 'survival of the fittest' theory.

This is a continuation of Taku2u's imaginary conversation with God. In having this conversation, Taku2u is working on the premis that, like a father or mother to their children, God would not object to his children - based on the proposition of the creationists - having an frank and honest conversation with him/her/deity.  T.: So, G, could we now move on to discuss your relationship with Abel and Cain? According to Genesis, you refused Cain’s offering to you, but accepted  Abel’s, apparently on the basis that Cain’s offering was not up to standard, although the scribe who wrote of this event, did not say what was wrong with Cain’s offering. It is therefore not clear whether you had a preference for meat, seeing Abel was a herdman, while his brother, Cain, was a tiller of the soil. So, would you say you had disrespected Cain? G.: You know what, T, I can see where you are heading with this line of reasoning. It seems to me that you could be implying that I val...