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As Spring approaches and Winter recedes time and space begins to make a transformational change to bring great beauty and delight to the world. We are not quite there yet, but this tranquil scene speaks of the coming of such a time, and space. Please take a look and be contemplated, if you so desire.

Similarly, if one is able to use such means to 'control the minds of humans', as it were, and get them to perform good deeds.  Then what is to prevent such means being also used to 'control the minds of humans' and get them to do 'evil deeds'?  The answer, we probably all know, is, nothing, because we have seen it in practice.  We have seen the thousands of Muslims who have been slaughtered by Daesh renegades, and the even many more millions, whose lives have been made a misery and/or destroyed by Daesh, Al Queda, the Taliban, and the religious bigots in parts of Pakistan. It might qualify as a lesser evil, if fraudulent, deceptive and oppressive religious doctrines could be used to tame the murderous hearts of Daesh and other religious anachronists.  But, I fear that it stands no chance of success.  Because these are people who are far removed from the image of ordinary humans, guided by the principles of what is most enjoyable about a

Be that as it may let us not allow it to digress us from acknowledging and singing the praises of the Great Sun God.  I referred to the German saying, only because of my desire to add the Sun to to it. Which would have made it into "wein, weiber, gesang und Sonne." Because, with the Great Life Giver, which is The Sun, not only does it performs an irreplaceable role in not only giving us humans life and helping to create and maintain the conditions which enable our survival.  But it also blesses us with the crucial role it plays in giving us the beautiful environments which makes our living pleasurable and enjoyable.  It is able to elevates our senses, as those of us who are blessed with variety of the 4 Seasons, come out of our Winter mode and begin to prepare to navigate our journey through verdant Spring. As we humans behold, as it were, the beauty of the coming Spring. When the Sun bestows her radiant and life-giving energy on the Earth.  And on the f

Good food and drinks, indeed, depending on how hungry and thirsty your are, most foods and drinks would satiate our hunger and thirst.  Give us a sense of feeling good and making us feel euphoric, even if, after our feasting, we were to feel a sense of discomfort of dis-ease, as it were.  Because we had overdone it, we had eaten too much or drink too much or had eaten bad food and drank unhealthy drinks. But especially for those humans living in the northern hemisphere, how do they feel after the seemingly too long Winter months?  When the first warm or hot rays of the Spring Sun hit their pale bodies? What does it do for they 'cold hearts and semi-hibernating souls? Yes, it makes us humans literally come alive again. We become more likely to have a beaming smile on our now sunny faces.  We seem to have more love or whatever it is that passes for love in our hearts. We become more friendly more likely to smile at our neighbours and 'the stranger' we

However, before it can do so and set in motion a new dawn of enlightenment and progress for these regions.   They must also effectively meet and defeat the challenge of the destructive religious and redundant cultural forces which have invested heavily in holding back the forces of enlightenment and progress.  The forces which would seek to benefit from keeping the masses ignorant of all knowledge but the verses of The Quran, and outdated customs.  And are using The Quran as both a yoke around the necks and intellect of the faithful and forced converts.  As well as a sword with which to make war on those who wish to like like the free men, women and children they are. Succeeding in this second challenge will not be an easy one for the countries of Africa, as we are seeing from the experience of Nigeria, Niger, Mali, Chad, Cameroon, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, et al.  It is a formidable struggle which is going to take competent leadership, great discipline a

This is a short video, which includes semblances of courting by a couple of Blackbirds who are clearly thinking of starting a family, or having a brood this year. Please take a look and, if you are so inclined, enjoy.

Whereas the 'western model of promoting development in lesser developed countries has been that of applying the trinity principle.  Namely the combination of military dominance, submission to the 'democratic myth' and to the assumed exceptionalism of western values above all others.  China prefers to leave `the countries which it is trying to help to advance their economic prospects, to sort out their own political affairs.  The age of spreading communism or socialism has now passed.  As China, like probably nearly every other country, embraces capitalism.  Even if the Chinese Communist Party continues to endeavour to maintain its iron grip on the political control of the country, and regulates the evolution of capitalism. China's assistance and support in helping African, South American and Caribbean countries to build solid and much needed infra-structures and industrial bases has, probably not surprisingly, been viewed with suspicion by western

And what of the people who do not need theistic religions as their guide through living?  Would it be people who are inherently good, devoid of 'original sin' and have arrived at and are able to maintain their own 'moral compass', without the need to cite 'an higher authority'?  There is, I sometimes think, a perception among us humans that, our own sanity can be measured in relation to the level of insanity of ours.  That 'the madness' of others is an affirmation of our own sanity. 'They are mad', or, 'if they are mad', then we must be sane. And so it seems to me, is the case with theistic religions.   That they make out the gods to be 'saints', to be 'holy', 'sacred and sacrosanct', and 'virtuous', so that the esteemed nature of their gods can be set against the 'purported evil and sinful nature' of us humans. However, while it is the case that us humans have been given to do

And so it seems that all stable things all stability is dependent on assuming a posture or state of balance  With the force of gravity bearing down on them on us in equal measure in it distribution Requiring us to make the necessary positional adjustments lest we till that way or this and tumble over as we anticipate where the pressure will most be felt To ensure a correct coordination between how events impact upon us and how we need to respond to react in our constant endeavour and quest to understand  And to live in harmony with the elements with the things and people with whom we must interact acting upon and reacting to them in this world of constant cause and effect It is ever so easy to lose ones conscious way or ergosumness as we travel along this common road or journey which each of us experience in our own unique way  As we are confronted with fearful events and by fear of fearful events which are probably destined never to be realised at least for al