Waiting for The Savior

Do you know what Hindus, Jews, Christians and Muslims in the world all have in common when it comes to waiting? At the very least, approximately 4.5 billion human beings on Earth who profess those faiths, which currently represent about 78 percent of Earth's population, are waiting for The Savior in various forms:

- Hindus believe that Lord Vishnu will do the last reincarnation, which is the tenth time, to wipe out all that is evil and restore justice and order
- Jewish also believes in the eventual return of a Savior, who will unite all their people and make their tribe powerful and influential once more.
- Christians are awaiting for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, again, to eradicate evil and restore peace and order.
- Lastly, Muslims believe in the eventual return of not one, but two individuals, Imam Mahdi and Isa Al Masih AS (which is actually Jesus Christ), with the main goal exactly the same as above.

Out of the four mentioned above, only Hinduism are not based upon Semitic religion, which I found quite interesting actually. Why? Well, because other than the Semitic religion, it would appear that "Earth based" religions/practices have no concept of Savior, as found in Shintoism, Taoism, Buddhism or Confucianism.

So....more than half are waiting for something big to happen......If and when that occurs, I would find it to be a really exciting time indeed. At the same time, it would also mean the end of world is very near, so on the contrary, it would be also full of chaos prior to that perhaps. Regardless, if I had a choice, I think I would rather be there and experience it :)



Just visiting planet Earth :P. Yamate, Yokohama

One Year Ago

Just a quick post to remind myself that it has been a year ago since the Tsunami disaster occurred. Wow....how time passed so quickly. Hundreds of thousands perished, many more left homeless.

This is a note to myself to be thankful of what I have been granted in life and never to forget others less fortunate.



Sometimes the most tranquil picture can change into something so fearful. Huis Ten Bosch, Nagasaki

Altered States

The now deceased psychiatrist Timothy Leary was very notorious/famous during his lifetime. His advocacy of psychedelic drug called LSD as a way for humans to transcend beyond their reality and see themselves for what they really are opened the chaotic and wild 60's and 70's flower generation in the US.

I am not going to go into details on this drug, but would like to offer my position on drug enhancing substances such as LSD above. I personally think the above is a lazy man's way of trying to reach for different realm of life as we usually know it. The danger of abuse is far more possible, which could lead to a lot of problems obviously.

The better way is perhaps to go through meditation, be more in tune with our spiritual side. Our state now is such that we are so much surrounded with what is called modern technology that we forget we are actually more than just atoms and electrons and logic. Prophets achieved these realm of Understanding, as well as many others (Buddha, perhaps Confucius and Tao?) and I have never heard they did it through using drugs of any kind :)

Are common men and women capable of such feat as well? I don't see why not, assuming we are sincere and have the patience and persistence to do so. We are so capable of being angelic, yet also capable of falling to be so low, worse than animals...


Borobudur at Dawn

Clouds Up Above

I mentioned earlier on the new hobby I take up recently, photography. This hobby has blessfully made me appreciative of objects surrounding me. I almost always bring my Nikon Coolpix 5200 digital camera everywhere now, taking objects that are of interest.

One of the cool object is cloud. It's up there, everyday, floating in the sky. There are so many variations that sometimes I miss them when the sky is clear :) They float on different levels and it causes the shapes, forms and look to be completely different. Some clouds appear angry, some appears calm while others playful. Have a look at them here, just few that I have taken

Why The Pyramid Shape?

I wonder why the shape of pyramids exist in all forms of ancient civilizations actually. The ancient Mayans, Eyptians, Sumerians, even the Chinese have pyramids in one form or another.

What is it about the shape of pyramids that are somehow being followed by all those ancient civilizations? I am almost certain, at least from reading contemporary history books that there was no contact or exchange of information amongst these ancient beings, yet, they all shared the same ideas with regard to building a pyramid shaped buildings. It was such an amazement when I entered one of them on my visit to Egypt, I just found the engineering of the place to be precise, requiring very good knowledge of civil, structural engineering and mathematics.

Unfortunately, these are mysteries which the current civilization might never find an answer for actually. These buildings that were left over has been, and will always be, a subject for all of us to ponder and understand our position in this world.



Ancient pillars in Luxor temple

Moving Completed

Phew,

Finally finished moving all my articles from the old blog. It has taken me awhile to do that. I regret to inform that I will not be transporting the comment sections, simply because it will take too much time to do that.

So I will now look around here and start to see what I can do to enhance the look and feel of the new blog. Feels really like I just finally settle down in a new place, hehehe

I will leave you with this picture for the day:

Port of Nagasaki, November 2005. The man was contemplating life until the sun completely hid behind the hills. Wonder what he was thinking that night.