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18) From green paradise to the desert!
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18) From green paradise
to the desert!
(translated by Bence)
How does a jungle or
green land become a barren desert? Humanity destroys nature, even with the
simplest agriculture.
When Moses led the Jewish
tribes out of Egypt to show them the land of Canaan, after 40 years of
wandering through the desert they came to Palestine. Because of scientific
research, we now know that milk and honey, as described in the Bible, were
unlikely to flow there but that the quantity of rainfall was much higher than
it is today.
Today, oranges from this
area exported in the whole world can only grow because of intensive
irrigation.
Ancient Greek myths tell
us that Apollo killed the dragon at Delphi in a forest and later built the
temple for the oracle there.
Acteon was chasing a deer
with his dogs across the forest when he saw Diana bathing naked in a small
lake.
Titus Livius informs us
about the Romans having to march across a large forest when they were at war
with one of the nearby peoples. These neighbours had previously sawn the
trees to bring them down all together and bury the Romans under them. The
cunning plan worked out well and that way a whole legion was literally
crushed without the least fighting.
Another Roman writer
wrote that a monkey climbing a tree in Gibraltar could swing from branch to
branch and reach the Pyrenees without even once touching the ground.
This wealth of wood was
later needed for shipbuilding.
At the time of the
greatest expansion of Roman Empire, just the small plain between Danube and
Theiss had been omitted because it was deep swamp and forest, so the
excellent Roman turtle combat formation couldn’t be used.
Later the Hungarians with
their small ponies hid in these swamps to escape the persecution of the
German knights, who with their large horses and heavy armour immediately sank
in the swamp.
This landscape
dramatically changed only at the time of Bela, who after the invasion of the
Tartar had ditches dug, in order to drain the soil to make it suitable for
agriculture.
Catholicism lasted for a
very long time in Wales, because the barbarian Angles, Saxons, and later
Normans did not dare to enter the marshy area and the English king was only
able to call it part of his kingdom after he had managed to dry it and cut
most trees out.
Northern and Western
Europe were spared of agricultural devastation, as overpopulation found a
channel to America in the form of emigration.
In the background of this
short historical overview, it can be observed that even careful or organic
agriculture leads to the destruction of the soil and nature.
The solution to this
problem would be the reduction of the world's population to around 10
million, which would leave nature the opportunity to regenerate.
It is very funny to hear
some politicians irresponsibly talking about necessary population growth,
especially considering that Europe (the territory of the European Union) is one
of the most densely populated areas on Earth after India, China, Indonesia
and Malaysia.
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Thursday, 20 December 2018
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16) The disobedient leaf (A fairy tale for adults)
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16) The disobedient leaf
(A fairy tale for adults)
(translated by Bence)
It had been hanging there
for a long time. If it had been a fruit, it would have had to fall overripe
on the ground. However, it did not depend on the leaf to still hang there.
The tree held it tight, did not want to let it go.
"Where do you want
to go?" The tree asked his little sprout.
"It's true, I'm
hanging very high here and see a lot. But what's behind it, beyond the
horizon?" The leaf replied.
"Why are you
interested in that? Why don’t you ask the clouds, or the birds sitting beside
you on the branch?" sounded the critics of the other leaves.
"I want to gain my
own experience, to grasp everything with my senses!"
The surrounding trees and
their leaves also looked at the leaf with suspicious eyes. They did not like
someone else thinking and wanting something different like them.
"How can you be so
stubborn and antisocial?" They thought to themselves.
The leaf sometimes felt
lonely and misunderstood. What had it done? Was it a sin to dream a bit, to
send the senses flying with the birds and .........?
It hung there. It just
hung, it did not hold on anymore, it was held. Held by the tree that did not
want to let it go. Then the wind came to its aid. This heavenly child blew
strongly into the tree’s branches for several times. The tree groaned because
he did not want to lose any of his dear children. The leaves screamed because
they were afraid, fearful of the unknown. Only the small, disobedient leaf
was happy, shaking that iron hand that did not want to let it go. However,
suddenly it flew in the air, it was free. It enjoyed the absence of gravity.
The wind played with it, blew it up and down, to the right than to the left.
It heard high voices of
other leaves screaming in fright, and the deep voices of trees shouting
angrily. "What do you want, what are you doing?"
But the leaf did not want
to listen to them anymore. It flew and was free. Then the wind got quieter
and quieter and slowly stopped blowing. The leaf sank lower and lower. It was
a long way from its tree, but there were other trees.
"Where are you from? Where are you
going? Why did you leave your tree? Why did you leave your safety?"
Fortunately, our leaf did
not hear the last question, otherwise it would have wondered if all trees and
leaves were the same everywhere.
It fell into a small
brook in which other leaves danced on the waves. They played together
"Find me", danced around and much more. As it had found some
traveling companions who thought the same way as it did, the adventure was
even more enjoyable. They swam together, danced, parted again, met new
friends, saw wonderful landscapes, as the brook grew ever wider, becoming a
river and finally reached the sea. How wonderful life is, the leaf thought.
Then the summer was over.
The leaf was flushed onto an unknown shore, dug itself into the ground, to
look up at the sun the next year as a small tree sprout.
Let's hope our leaf has
learned something and will not even tell its own leaves that life is
dangerous.
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Saturday, 1 December 2018
17) Self-criticism, and
'Them or Us'!
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17) Self-criticism, and
'Them or Us'!
(translated by Bence)
What is the meaning of
left-wing, liberal or tolerant? For right-wingers, these are just as impertinent
as gay and traitor. For us these terms are smoke in the wind, in reality, we
don’t want to waste our time on anything or anyone, it’s only our personal
life which is important. What did we do when we met such a poor, fanatical,
religious, nationalist, and perhaps even talked to him? We only smiled at
him. But if we were really serious about him then we even laughed at him. We
felt strong and independent. We performed in our theatres, enjoyed our modern
pieces, looked at our latest and most modern works of art, which we mostly
did not even understand ourselves (The more incomprehensible and modern our
art was, the more enthusiastic we were about it and despised those who could
not or did not want to follow us.) and looked down on these poor, suffering
right-wingers. We were fashionable, rich and successful. Not because we were
tolerant, but because we devoted our time to nothing and no one, except
ourselves. We took away the most beautiful girls and were more than visible,
we were conspicuous!
They swore revenge! What
we see today is the revenge of the misunderstood, the outraged, the outcast,
the sometimes despised of the nations. We thought that kind of spirit had
long since died out, lying six feet under the ground. We really thought that
right-wing people had learned something. But from whom should they have
learned, if not from us? We did not want to waste our time on them. We were
satisfied with ourselves! If we were so smart and thought we could stand
above everything and were convinced that our way was the way forward, we
should not have left these poor, misunderstood, right-wing children of the
nations so lonely and alone.
Now they are taking
revenge, and this revenge is bitter, not only for us but for themselves as
well. I do not think they notice anything, because we too did not want to
notice the way they suffered. But there is a big difference between them and
us: they are zombies who do not even sense their own pain.
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Saturday, 14 April 2018
5) Smaller writings
(translated by Bence and Rainer)
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Again I’ve got
shipwrecked on the hard ground of reality!
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The great thinker
(translated by Bence)
A great sage was sitting
under a tree, deeply plunged into his thoughts, he looked into the distance
with empty eyes. Once a young man approached and addressed him: "Great
sage, excuse me for daring to disturb you in your thoughts! But tell me! How
do I become as great a sage as you? "The scholar stared in the direction
from where the voice had come. He opened his mouth to say something, but
immediately closed it again. Only in his eyes one could read: "Go out
into the world, hear the singing of the birds, do everything your heart
commands you, but do not become a slave of yourself. And then, sit under a
tree and wait until a youngster approaches and asks you: "Great sage!
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The decent character of a
personality
(translated by Bence)
The hare lived with many
other very different animals in the forest. There was the badger, the frog,
the deer, the fox, the raven ……….. By himself, he thought shattered one day:
"How can I have a distinctive personality here in the forest, where
there are so many different animals. Each one is outstanding in its own way.
I have to look for a more suitable area." So he set off to leave the
forest. He came into the desert. But there was no animal to whom his
personality could have been expressed. So he set off again to search. He came
to a meadow where many sheep grazed. "What is the name of this
land?" He asked the first sheep. The answer came promptly and was very
simple: "Baaah!" "This is the ideal place for me!" -
thought the hare.
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All losers consider
themselves brilliant and despised and hindered by society to be successful.
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The elite’s greatest
dilemma consists in the desire of being recognized.
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It’s better to kneel down
than to bend over!
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Sometimes it is a
compliment not to be loved by a certain person.
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As it is important for
parents and their children to quarrel in order to loosen their ties, the same
can be observed within friendships as to make it possible for them to get
married.
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Rules in society are only
necessary where the law of the strongest doesn’t help development.
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Life is fun! If it’s sour
for you, don’t blame the world! If others do well, it can only be your own
fault!
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Excluding oneself from
the functioning part of society leads to a kind of loneliness which
culminates in the feeling of belonging to an elite.
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I can’t fight for you if
I have to fight against you.
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Happiness is a
comfortable way for lazy people to satisfy very simple needs.
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As nationalism has its
origin in a lack of self-confidence it shows the desire to belong to a bigger
group which offers security.
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Use your lexical
knowledge not only to strengthen your point of view, but to get to more
appropriate conclusions.
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The greatest disadvantage
of autocratic systems, there are few getting their feet kissed and even more
kissing feet. In democracy one gets advantage because of ability.
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One is only brave, if he
does something he doesn’t dare!
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A woman: “Excuse me, but
I can’t cause less trouble than that.”
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Why should we expect
something to last for ever, which causes us nothing else but momentary fun!
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Don’t stand beside the
big ones, because you will be small! Stand beside the small, then you will be
grand! Don’t stand beside the powerful, because you will be their slave!
Stand beside the small, he won’t hurt you, he is glad not to be hurt by others!
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Thursday, 5 April 2018
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30) The history of the Catholic Church as a servant of the powerful
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30) The history of the
Catholic Church as a servant of the powerful (translated by Bence)
How was it possible for
the Catholic Church as an institution to last for so long and to be so
successful?
Judaism, Christianity,
Islam, Buddhism or Hinduism have no unified institution and can be considered
pure religions. It looks different with Catholicism. After Constantin having
appointed the Church as state religion, she has been linked to the various
ruling layers and served them as organizer and henchman ever since.
At the time of
Diocletian, the first Christians or early Christians were forced to gather in
communities to better escape persecution. There were fewer slaves than
middleclass artisans and small traders who turned to this ideology, so they
often could read and write. Constantin made this small but throughout the
empire spread minority his allies. The previously persecuted now helped him
to control others. They fit well into the new system and made it their own.
The boundaries of the former Roman administrative districts can still be
partially recognized in the division of today's dioceses.
When the Western Roman
Empire collapsed, the Catholic Church without scruples offered the Germanic
barbarians their administrative services. Thus, from the kingdom of the Goths
to the Frankish kingdom, various kingdoms were created, all of which then
disappeared again; only the Catholic Church remained and served the new
rulers.
Slowly nation-states
appeared, which, as in 1906, constitutionally prescribed the separation of
Church and state. So she turned to those powers who wanted to continue to use
her services. England had her own Church, France wanted to live independently
and communism was anti-religious. So she had no choice but to join fascism.
Franco and Mussolini counted on her and Hitler concluded a pact of
"respecting each other" with her. Had communism not been so hostile
to religion, the Church would have served it as well.
But what is the situation
of the Church in the 21st century?
From a financial point of
view, it is pretty bad for Catholicism, though the Church is still one of the
richest organizations in the world thanks to the riches she’s been able to
accumulate over the centuries. In some states, such as Germany, there is
still a church tax, in others it is otherwise supported by the state and
believers still donate a lot of money. In order to manage her vast
administrative apparatus, the organization uses monks and nuns, for whom she
pays almost no tax, for example by curing them in her own hospitals and
transferring them to church-owned old age homes at retirement age, or by free
volunteer work by believers. Nevertheless, her importance is constantly
decreasing. The German Pope Benedict went back to the past, wanted to
reintroduce the church ceremony in Latin, thus creating a small but narrower
elite circle out of church fellowship. The Church did not want to follow him.
The question of women and homosexuals as pastors, paedophile scandals in many
educational institutions of the Church, unassimilated past (Inquisition,
Hitler pact, etc.), the right to abortion, slowly corrode her from the
inside. But the world is changing too fast for dogmas to adapt to these
changes adequately.
Amen!
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Thursday, 29 March 2018
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2) Cosmetician,
hairdresser, psychologist and teacher (translated by Bence)
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Cosmetician, hairdresser, psychologist
and teacher
Why do people go to the hairdresser or
cosmetician? I am not just thinking about women, but men as well. The
hairdresser is important because you can either better show your forehead
with your hair or hide it. The facial massage at the cosmetician is necessary
to massage out the spasm in the facial muscles that you have contracted
because the whole long day has to be smiled. But in this case, I would simply
suggest a sour lemon because it pulls the facial muscles in exactly the
opposite direction, and relaxes them that way. The psychologist? No, that's
too direct. We all have problems most of the time, but either we store them
or try to solve them at best. But mostly we do not feel so ill to run to the
psychologist right away, the cosmetician or hairdresser is considered to be
too talkative. The best friend or best girlfriend is never at hand when you
really need them, and not even there, one can really open one's heart,
because, of course, one does not want to destroy the positive image, which
has been built up in this person for years about oneself, by a careless,
possibly false alarm. The dilemma is usually that one can thereby least tell
such a person. So where? Maybe at a private language teacher! We go there to
learn a language, so to speak. You can talk about a lot of things. And after
a short time you can talk about more intimate topics. If it gets too
embarrassing at some point, you send this teacher a text message, and say a
friendly goodbye. The teacher is ideal from this point of view, he does not
know your friends, acquaintances and family, he does not really know anything
about you and therefore you do not take much risk that your secrets might be
divulged to thirds. I invite everyone to try it for themselves. 🙂
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Thursday, 22 March 2018
1)
Esoteric, UFO, superstition and other fantasies! (translated by Bence)
Written
by Rainer: rainer.lehrer@yahoo.com
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Esoteric, UFO, superstition and other
fantasies!
In recent decades, esoteric and similar
trends (parapsychology, the flat-earth movement, homeopathy,
"intelligent design", etc.) have grown into a real fashion. In
masses, "would-be scientists" with much written nonsense can be
found on the book market. What is the cause of their popularity and where
does the people’s credulity come from? Gotthold Ephraim Lessing used the term
"Esoterics" in his book "Hamburgische Dramaturgie" in
connection with people who were privy to the inner happenings of theatre
life. Esoteric = insider! In a city like New York, where there are 1000 rules
(laws, house rules, rules in the lift or in the office, etc.), people try to
circumvent some of these written and unwritten rules because otherwise life
becomes a torment and these regulations often contradict each other. In the
southerly, more rural parts of the US, where one ranch is often miles away
from the other, people still create additional rules (mostly moral ones),
although obviously, there is no need for that because they have too much
space to talk to each other without having to step on each other’s feet. The
reason for this is the feeling of a lack of guidelines. Nowadays there is
also the feeling of a lack of mysticism. Today, one lives in an age in which
he/she is expected to always think logically and seek an explanation for
everything. Not only at the workplace, the hospital or school but everywhere
there is a flood of science and technology. In this way, one creates his/her
own mystical world in his/her private life: his/her ancestors came from the
planet Sirius, his/her soul was in a different body in a previous life, just
to name a few of these fantasies. Of course, one could now ask the question
why he/she does not engage in art when he/she has the need for spiritual
things. An explanation for this is probably not that complicated. For
example, to find satisfaction in music, one should ideally learn to play a
musical instrument, and this will take years to produce a fair success. The
same applies to painting. To actually get a better picture of this art, you
need to grab the brush or at least the pen. However, a human is basically
addicted to orgasm or hormone doses. He/she gladly leans back and waits for
this feeling to be communicated to him/her by others without much self-effort,
and this semi-knowledge of esotericism is very suitable for that.
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