Ruby's scrap blog

I gave myself the exercise of inventing a new word for the right balance between egoism and altruism. Like the perfect balance between caring for yourself and others. Since ego is Latin for "I" and alter for "the other" I was going into the line of nosism (we) or omnisism (everyone) and then I bumped into the word communism (communis, shared, together). Of course immediately realizing that word already exist. Wait a minute, was that maybe the purpose of the first people inventing that word? Some research shows it goes much further back than Marx and it might as well have been! So, wait a minute, maybe through times that word has been changed and even raped, especially by the US? "Communism is eeeevil" Maybe including similar words and systems, like socialism (allies, companion) and many others? (One has to know that they have brainwashed almost their whole population and even big part of the rest of the world against any form of communism as if that is t...

 This is why I think some types of activism and politics are wrong.  And let's ignore politics today not being in the interest of the people anymore. This was left by a couple spending late hours at the coast having some good times. Too lazy to get out of the car, take one step and throw it in the trash. Now, I find these spots all over Spain, national Parc, kilometers away from any houses or not and I mean EVERYWHERE! These people will always exist, especially among the young people that haven't become responsible yet..if they ever would.. Politics and activism often try to inform people, try to initiate behavioural change. But I don't believe in that (anymore for a holistic change in this specific matter). There will always be some assholes or young ones that haven't grown up yet. What we need to focus on is not allowing companies to make non-bio-degradable packaging anymore, even less bio degreeable ones. O yeah,as for the argument 'Someone will clean it up anywa...

The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall. - Edward Osborne Wilson American biologist, naturalist, and writer, "the father of sociobiology"

  Brothers and sisters, let's abandon the myth that insecurity necessarily comes from a lack of love of oneself! Someone that loves oneself dearly can still be insecure. Such a person has no problems accepting and loving oneself. The real problem here is that they value the acceptance, approval or love of others more than one's own. Thank you (And don't we all do -at least at times- a bit of that?)

Another question for religious people who believe in heaven (and hell): Wouldn't it be wiser if god made sure nobody believes in him, nor in heaven (or hell)? That way he can make sure that heaven will be for those people who are really good from themselves and not because there is a reward (or a punishment otherwise)?

I see so many victims (Pain made them) Change into monsters themselves Makes me wonder Haven't most monsters been victims? Did an actual step on a toe started it? Did the few real monsters? For sure the solution is tolerance and understanding..

One that is not able to abandon anything, will fail to bring about any change. Something that I got from the anime "Attack on Titan". Found it very beautiful and I myself am not completely able to abandon anything..Working on it! I have in the past, but apparently it was not a permanent ability. (I think it's misplaced in the general ethics of the anime, more or less, but yeah..)

Life, the meaning thereof? God, 42, redemption, the hereafter..? First let's live & love and talk about it after.. Notes:  Humor intended! Nonetheless, the clue of the real meaning I aim for, lies in the same last phrase..  42, what? -> http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/42

I'm a buddhist & a nihilist, an empiricist & idealistic fantasist, a nerd & an anarchist, a thinker & a slapstick winker, a square & a dare, ... Putting people in a box IS being trapped inside a box!

For 5 months I wished to write a resistance version of " Let it be " from The Beatles , because every time I sing it, I feel there is something wrong with it *. First 5 months was a disaster! "The Doors" and "Curt Cobain" kept making me rape Mother Mary, and although that's strong language to start a resistance, it sounded a bit too wrong..This and other dead roads kept it to only 3 words all that time! :-) Today: All words came at once! YES! Chords are like the normal version, but I advice one change in vocals. See bottom. I hope you enjoy this version of "Let it be"! Let it (not just) be! When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Poison comes to me, urging me to drea-eam and let it be. And in my hour of wakings, she is standing right in front of me, shrieking words of authority: Let it be! Let us sleep, let us sleep, let us sheep, let us sheep, buying things of promise: Let it be. And we're the broken harted peo...

Everybody should meditate 30 minutes a day. Unless one doesn't have time of course, then one should meditate an hour!! Thanks, Sam !

Keen on learning, Horrified of (public) error. Start unlearning that fear. And be prepared for awe, ..and woe. - Frustro

Poem from a woman to a porn-addicted man. After reading it, I wondered: What is porn-addiction? What is sex-addiction, in any form? Maybe I have that too?  Maybe porn itself ( at least in its current form ) is an addiction in se! It's so widespread and sex is used everywhere today. Mostly for selfish purposes. I resent it, but it's everywhere! I' don't think I'm influenced (much) by commercials -I even start to hate certain labels and companies because of the commercial- but I am influenced by sexy pictures and women! I don't want it (though something in me wants it obviously). At the same time it clashes with that theory, I believe(d) in, namely that (some kind of) porn makes some part of the unlucky male population less agressive and less otherwise unhappy.  I always believed that, and still do..kind of (Cfr. Japan) But even then, isn't it going too far? Anyone knows the movement " ' fight the new drug '" ? I didn't, until now. I...

Moon, ...giant leap for mankind. Mankind, ...not even crescent for humanity.

I can't help myself but thinking I wrote something nice.  Is this narcissistic or is sharing a good thing? You tell me. This was a reaction on this article about (Star Wars) the "Force" at CERN: "CERN researchers confirm existence of the Force" My reaction: They are playing with the dark side. One day it will cost us all! (Both joke and not joke.) Non joke explanation, sci-fi style (Ode to Asimov & Clarke): Triljards of years from now, the race that finally became enlightened dug back in the past. In the past before several Bing Bangs happened. In the past were several universes evolved, but never became enlightened. In the past were all universes were destroyed and banged again. After long debate and hundreds of years of research, they finally discovered that Big Bangs -except the first one maybe, before which they could never gain any information- was nothing more than experiments from scientists trying to dig and dig, by the same natura...

In a Dutch program about useless jobs and money and new politics , there was a woman who said that the richest contribute the most in a country. I'm so sick of that argument and the fact that nobody seems to be able to give the counterargument to that, that I will give one here, in numbers no less! So, let's take a rich and a poor person. The rich person earns ten times as much as the poor person. And lets assume that the average tax income for that level of rich is 40% and that level of poor 5%. Rich person earns €12.000 per month. Tax: 40% Money to state:  € 4.800 Poor person earns € 1.200 per month. Tax 5% Money to state:  €60 So, clearly, the rich contribute much more than the poor!  Wrong!   Why? Let's take a look from the standpoint of the persons and let's not forget about how much is needed to survive or rather live a "minimal-normal" life. To have a normal life with not too much problems (food, shelter, cellular, etc..) I throw an ...

What depresses me the most? Other people! What's the best anti-depressivum? Other people! :-) :-) Just me or typically human?

Be yourself, everyone else is already taken. -Oscar Wilde

Self reminder: Above all TAKE IT EASY .. NO MATTER WHAT because NOT taking it easy is part of the problem.

That's the real problem. Although I am pretty sure it's also an evolutionary solution to many biological, social problems. Hehe.