WANTED ! GOD DEAD OR ALIVE

It is a popular misconception that the Satanist does not believe in God. The concept of “God,” as interpreted by man, has been so varied throughout the ages, that the Satanist simply accepts the definition which suits him best. Man has always created his gods, rather than his gods creating him. God is, to some, benign—to others, terrifying. To the Satanist “God”—by whatever name he is called, or by no name at all—is seen as the balancing factor in nature, and not as being concerned with suffering. This powerful force which permeates and balances the universe is far too impersonal to care about the happiness or misery of flesh-and-blood creatures on this ball of dirt upon which we live.

Anyone who thinks of Satan as evil should consider all the men, women, children, and animals who have died because it was “God’s will.” Certainly a person grieving the untimely loss of a loved one would much rather have their loved one with them than in God’s hands! Instead, they are unctuously consoled by their clergyman who says, “It was God’s will, my dear”; or “He is in God’s hands now, my son.” Such phrases have been a convenient way for religionists to condone or excuse the mercilessness of God. But if God is in complete control and as benign as he is supposed to be, why does He allow these things to happen? Too long have religionists been falling back on their bibles and rulebooks to prove or disprove, justify, condemn, or interpret.

The Satanist realizes that man, and the action and reaction of the universe, is responsible for everything, and doesn’t mislead himself into thinking that someone cares. No longer will we sit back and accept “fate” without doing anything about it, just because it says so in Chapter such and such, Psalm so and so—and that’s that! The Satanist knows that praying does absolutely no good—in fact, it actually lessens the chance of success, for the devoutly religious too often sit back complacently and pray for a situation which, if they were to do something about it on their own, could be accomplished much quicker!

The Satanist shuns terms such as “hope” and “prayer” as they are indicative of apprehension. If we hope and pray for something to come about, we will not act in a positive way which will make it happen. The Satanist, realizing that anything he gets is of his own doing, takes command of the situation instead of praying to God for it to happen. Positive thinking and positive action add up to results.

Just as the Satanist does not pray to God for assistance, he does not pray for forgiveness for his wrong doings. In other religions, when one commits a wrong he either prays to God for forgiveness, or confesses to an intermediary and asks him to pray to God for forgiveness for his sins. The Satanist knows that praying does no good, confessing to another human being, like himself, accomplishes even less—and is, furthermore, degrading.

When a Satanist commits a wrong, he realizes that it is natural to make a mistake—and if he is truly sorry about what he has done, he will learn from it and take care not to do the same thing again. If he is not honestly sorry about what he has done, and knows he will do the same thing over and over, he has no business confessing and asking forgiveness in the first place. But this is exactly what happens. People confess their sins so that they can clear their consciences and be free to go out and sin again, usually the same sin.

There are many different interpretations of God, in the usual sense of the word, as there are types of people. The images run from a belief in a god who is some vague sort of “universal cosmic mind” to an anthropomorphic deity with a long white beard and sandals who keeps track of every action of each individual.

Even within the confines of a given religion, the personal interpretations of God differ greatly. Some religions actually go so far as to label anyone who belongs to a religious sect other than their own a heretic, even though the overall doctrines and impressions of godliness are nearly the same. For example: The Catholics believe that the Protestants are doomed to Hell simply because they do not belong to the Catholic Church. In the same way, many splinter groups of the Christian faith, such as the evangelical or revivalist churches, believe that the Catholics are heathens who worship graven images. (Christ is depicted in the image that is most psychologically akin to the individual worshipping him, and yet the Christians criticize “heathens” for the worship of graven images.) And the Jews have always been given the Devil’s name.

Even though the god in all of these religions is basically the same, each regards the way chosen by the others as reprehensible, and to top it all, religionists actually PRAY for one another! They have scorn for the brothers of the right-hand path because their religions carry different labels, and somehow this animosity must be released. What better way than through “prayer”! What a simperingly polite way of saying: “I hate your guts,” is the thinly disguised device known as praying for your enemy! Praying for one’s own enemy is nothing more than bargain-basement anger, and of a decidedly shoddy and inferior quality!

If there has been so much violent discrepancy as to the proper way in which to worship God, how many different interpretations of God can there be—and who is right?

All devout “white-lighters” are concerned with pleasing God so that they might have the “Pearly Gates” opened for them when they die. Nevertheless, if a man has not lived his life in accordance with the regulations of his faith, he can at the last minute call a clergyman to his deathbed for a final absolution. The priest or minister will then come running on the double, to “make everything right” with God and see to it that his passport to the Heavenly Realm is in order. (The Yezidis, a sect of Devil worshippers, take a different viewpoint. They believe that God is all-powerful, but also all-forgiving, and so accordingly feel that it is the Devil whom they must please, as he is the one who rules their lives while here on earth. They believe so strongly that God will forgive all of their sins once they have been given the last rites, that they feel no need to concern themselves with the opinion God may hold of them while they live.)

With all of the contradictions in the Christian scriptures, many people currently cannot rationally accept Christianity the way it has been practiced in the past. Great numbers of people are beginning to doubt the existence of God, in the established Christian sense of the word. So, they have taken to calling themselves “Christian Atheists.” True, the Christian Bible is a mass of contradictions; but what could be more contradictory than the term “Christian Atheist?”

If prominent leaders of the Christian faith are rejecting the past interpretations of God, how then can their followers be expected to adhere to previous religious tradition?

With all the debates about whether or not God is dead, if he isn’t he had better have MEDICARE!

Nine Satanic Statements

1 Satan represents indulgence, instead of abstinence!

2 Satan represents vital existence, instead of spiritual pipe dreams!

3 Satan represents undefiled wisdom, instead of hypocritical self‐deceit!

4 Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it, instead of love wasted on ingrates!

5 Satan represents vengeance, instead of turning the other cheek!

6 Satan represents responsibility to the responsible, instead of concern for psychic vampires!

7 Satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all fours, who, because of his “divine spiritual and intellectual development,” has become the most vicious animal of all!

8 Satan represents all of the so called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification!

9 Satan has been the best friend the church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years!

ref : The Satanic Bible

The story of Post-It® and Velcro

Post-it® is one of 3M's famous products. The basic ingredient, the glue, was invented by Dr. Spence Silver, who actually created it unwittingly. It was an adhesive that formed itself into tiny spheres with a diameter of a paper fibre. As the spheres would only make intermittent contact they did not stick very strongly when coated onto paper backing. But did you know that 3M research scientist Dr. Spence Silver took 5 years of hawking the product within 3M before he met then new-product manager Art Fry.

Art was frustrated at how ihsi scrap paper bookmarks kept falling out of his church choir hymnal. In a monent of "Eureka", Art found a great innovative use of Dr. Spencer's strange glue as a way to make reliable bookmarks. The Post-it® was born.

In this story of creativity and innovation, Spence created a new type of glue, but it took 5 years before some one else (Art) found an innovative way to use it.

The story continues...

At the turn of the 20th century (early 1900), George de Mestral was a boy living in Switzerland. He loved the outdoors and he also loved inventing.

George received his first patent at 12 years of age for designing a toy plane. As George grew up, he was often in the woods, hunting and walking through bushes and forest areas. he would be annoyed by the burrs that stuck to his pants and his dog's fur. He wondered why the burrs sutck so well. By examining the burrs under the microscope, he discovered that the burrs had hundreds of tiny hooks that grabbed into loops of thread or fur. George worked on the idea that the concept of the burrs could be use. He talked to fabric and cloth experts and worked with different types of woven and knit cloth. In 1952 George started a company name Velcro (Velcro comes from the root French words for velvet and hook)

In this story, George was inquisitive enough to find out why the burrs stuck to his clothes. After discovering the principal of how burrs works, which had been there since creation, George took the idea to create what we know now as Velcro. George innovated nature's gift to the burrs into a product.

source : my critical thinking class

Tapping into the "flow" experience

Mihaly's studies into the optimum human performance revealed that the brain produces the best work at a stat of mind, which he termed "flow".

Flow is defined as the experience of a person when he is totally focused and absorbed in the task such that the person and the task becomes inextricably fused with each other. The mind then takes on a magical world of its own and all other dimensions like time, hunger, pain and the immediate surrounding become irrelevant and unimportant.

Mihaly says that even with the most optimal environment, flow can only be experienced a few times a day and usually last about 1 to 2 hours at a time.

The revealing fact is then that creativity needs TIME. It has to be based on information, facts and understanding that is already stored int he brain. That is why there is a strong correlation between memory and creativity. Buzan believes that the key to memory is a strong sense of imagination and association. This is also the sme key to creativity. Therefore, the more you exerciese your memory through the use of this key, the more creative you become as well. As you gather information over time, you have a larger storehouse to create more imagination and association. So contrary to the belief that your memory deteriorates as you age, you actually have more arsenal to develop a stronger memory.

The early artists drew their creativity from nature. Today, there are more forms of art to choose from and some, like Andy Warhol, drew his creativity from looking at basic household items from a different angle.

The creative person does no have more facts or time, he does however look at and process infromation differently.

source : my critical thinking class

Creating, Imagining and Innovating

All human beings have the capacity to generate novel, clever or ingenious products, solutions and techniques - if that capacity is developed. Creative human beings try to preceive problems and solutions differently, examining alternative possibilities from many angles. They tend to project themselves into diffreent roles using analogies, starting with a vision and working backwards and imagining they are the objects being considered.

Creative people take risks and frequently push the boundaries of their perceived limitations. Creative people are open to criticism. They hold up their products for others to judge and they seek feedback in an ever-increasing effort to refine their technique.

Creativity, innovation and imagination can be cultivated in the field of cross domain application. For example finding associated applications between science and art, mathematics and music, dance and physics, painting and mathematics, sculpting and English. Even if the subjects cannot be taught in such a manner, we should encourage nd create opportunities to link the domains by making references to past lessons, or events and find links between them.

In each of the major subjects such as Mathematics, Science andEnglish, the aesthetic aspects can be taught from time to time. For ecample, writing poetry is both an art for as weell as a language subject. Mathematics can be used to create balanced sculpture. Scientific knowldge can be used to grow crystals to create 3D art objects. History can be told through a play, celebrating both the collective memories of the human race and human expressions through body language and verbal language. Geography can create majestic art pieces. Literature can be converted into a ballad, together with musical scores.

Innovation si the selection, development and mplementation of creative ideas. Innovating thinking requires both critical as well as creative thinking elements. A person who does not think critically tends ot accept or reject information or ideas without examining them. In a world where ideas abound, this is dangerous. In a world where the ability to source and assess ideas on an ongioning basis as part of our work and life, critical thinking is as essential as being able to read, write and count.

Darkness Incarnate

Echoes of the ancient Art still resonated in every corner of the globe, from the mystical Kabbalists of
Judaism to the esoteric Sufis of Islam. Vestiges remained in the arcane rituals of Christianity, in its godeating
rites of Holy Communion, its hierarchies of saints, angels, and demons, its chanting and incantation,
its holy calendar’s astrological underpinnings, its consecrated robes, and in its promise of everlasting life.
Even now, its priests dispelled evil spirits by swinging smoke-filled censers, ringing sacred bells, and
sprinkling holy water. Christians still practiced the supernatural craft of exorcism—an early practice of their
faith that required the ability not only to cast out demons but to summon them.

And yet they cannot see their past?

Nowhere was the church’s mystical past more evident than at her epicenter. In Vatican City, at the heart of
St. Peter’s Square, stood the great Egyptian obelisk. Carved thirteen hundred years before Jesus took his first
breath—this numinous monolith had no relevance there, no link to modern Christianity. And yet there it was.
At the core of Christ’s church. A stone beacon, screaming to be heard. A reminder to those few sages who
remembered where it all began. This church, born of the womb of the Ancient Mysteries, still bore her rites
and symbols.

One symbol above all.

Adorning her altars, vestments, spires, and Scripture was the singular image of Christianity—that of a
precious, sacrificed human being. Christianity, more than any other faith, understood the transformative
power of sacrifice. Even now, to honor the sacrifice made by Jesus, his followers proffered their own feeble
gestures of personal sacrifice . . . fasting, Lenten renunciation, tithing.

All of those offerings are impotent, of course. Without blood . . . there is no true sacrifice.

The powers of darkness had long embraced blood sacrifice, and in doing so, they had grown so strong that
the powers of goodness now struggled to keep them in check. Soon the Light would be entirely consumed,
and the practitioners of darkness would move freely through the minds of men.

ref : The Lost Symbol

becoming immortal (1)

if you ask me, "what would you want to be in the future?" i would probably answer nothing. i would probably say that everything, including future, is uncertain. the only certain thing about the world is uncertainity. such as, etc. but last night, when i was sipping a cup of coffee in the middle of isomania, i had a line of thought. i remembered that when i was young, very young, there was the only thing i've wanted to be. until now, in my deep unconciousness, this desire still remains.

it was the first and foremost desire of my life. throughout my life, from younger to this day, i wanted to be a superstar, a writer, a politian, a poet, a programmer, even an architect. these desires appeared after an idea, I WANT TO BE AN IMMORTAL !

think i'm nuts, eh? well, it was sort of crazy idea but i'm sure that this was the only reason of my existence. i wanted to be an immortal, i wanted to live forever. this desire appeared in early years of my life. from the day that idea started in my mind, i searched for the ways to be an immortal. religions after religions, they could not give any definite and possible way to be an immortal.

early Buddhism has a way to be an immortal. i'm not talking about Nivanna. in early Buddhism, or maybe we call Hinduism? people can medidate and control their minds to be an immortal. also in Myanmar, there are many immortal stories such as Zaw Jyi, Bo Bo Aung, etc. i interested in these stories and researched for some logical facts. but unfortunately, the more i researched, the more unlogical things i saw in religions. does our mind control my soul? is there any soul in my body? how do you prove that soul exists? is there really immortals?

after reading books after books and thinking thoughts after thoughts, i've unknowingly became an atheist and a rationalist. well, a little bit nihilist. i've finally figured out that such thing as immortal soul doesn't exist and i'm not even sure whether i do exist or not. but last night, (as i've said before) while i was sipping a cup of coffee, i had an idea. the idea of how to become an immortal and what really is immortal...

to be continued....