Ramblings about the will of mankind
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f there is something that has brought controversy over the centuries, it is the existence of evil.
In fact, man is aware of himself, and of the effects that his actions cause on others. Furthermore, we are yet to know of another Earth creature with spiritual inclinations.
Who has seen a dog praying?
However, in the search to understand divinity, man is tumbling with respect to his moral condition.
Yes, we are moral beings.
And to be moral one must be able to choose. If it were not so, we would lose our essence.
Known written history records regression and alternative advances subject to the moral level. And not in vain, the great thinkers argue for or against starting from the unknown that represents a superior and inaccessible being, whom we call God, in singularity or Gods, in plurality. We are not absolutely certain about it.
In any case, any approach to God will always be incomplete on our part. So, it is useless to oppose him or support him. He was, is, and will be beyond our claims.
Where we come from and where we are going is inexplicable, at least for me, by the gift of free will.
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"One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him."
Lao-Tze
The wisdom of ancient China never ceases to amaze me. I wonder, how wise are the current Chinese?
I suppose they know these maxims well. So they make sure to impose them by force. Well, at least that's what one thinks in the West.
Here, too, there are many of those that Lao-Tse described, and they fight in tarnished democracies. So, we're really not that different.
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"If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place."
Nora Roberts
What I enjoy about sharing random quotes is that I learn in the process by coming into contact with characters who have achieved a certain relevance through history.
Of course, I am aware that there are people of equal importance in thought who have not transcended into a celebrity. People like you and me make life in modern social networks like Noise.App.
Even when I came across this quote, I was unaware of this American author of best-selling books in the romantic and suspense novel genre.
What impresses me the most is how proliferating she is as a writer. Already in 1996, she had surpassed the publication of 100 books. Wow, what madness!
So if I assume that she has the authority to advise what she says in the quote.
I wonder as a writer, how does she get past the blank page?
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"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."
Leo Tolstoy
Well, we can only influence the first warrior by focusing our attention and riding diligently on the second warrior.
Our only important resource is our own life.
So, be thankful for it every day, and become an ally of the warriors that the Russian intellectual rightly points out.
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"Don't be dismayed by goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends."
Richard Bach
Perhaps you have heard a reference or read about the novel fable, Jonathan Livingston Seagull; then you will not be indifferent to the spiritual content of this note.
I suppose that Mr. Bach, an airplane pilot who took the path of writing, was inspired by the vastness of the sky for the conception of his existence.
I agree, behind every farewell, there is the possibility of a reunion.
Although, most people generally appear and disappear from our lives fleetingly, without introduction or goodbyes.
However, one has the impression that one day, one will run into them again on the road.
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"Trust your own gut. Your mistakes might as well be your own, rather than someone else's."
Billy Wilder
Until today, I never heard of this character of Jewish descent born in the Astro-Hungarian empire.
However, he is the artifice, as a film director and screenwriter, of the most iconic scene of Marilyn Monroe.
Wilder was famous for his keen intelligence and his success in Hollywood.
Undoubtedly the quote is a sample of the assertive use of irony with a comic tinge.
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"Trust your own gut. Your mistakes might as well be your own, rather than someone else's."
Billy Wilder
Until today, I never heard of this character of Jewish descent born in the Astro-Hungarian empire.
However, he is the artifice, as a film director and screenwriter, of the most iconic scene of Marilyn Monroe.
Wilder was famous for his keen intelligence and his success in Hollywood.
Undoubtedly the quote is a sample of the assertive use of irony with a comic tinge.
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Who looks outside, dreams, who looks inside, awake.
Carl Jung
The eminent psychiatrist, the apostate disciple of Freud, leaves us a quote that is worthy of deep reflection.
Perhaps he gives us the clue to get out of the matrix where we live.
What if the reality we believe is really the dream we have?
What Crazy!
Well! In any case, we must strive to discern which of the worlds we are in.
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"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."
Winston Churchill
Enigmatic quote from the Prime Minister of England during the Second World War.
Perhaps, he referred to events of impact beyond his generation.
In addition, it is a phrase that can be interpolated in our days almost eighty years later.
For example, I think it can be applied to what happens in the crypto market.
So, those who think that we are reaching the end of the bear season should pay attention to what Michael Burry says.
Of course, no one is sure what the future holds, nor who will emerge victorious for world domination.
As I often say, we live in interesting times.
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Bitcoin Cash. The instrument to build financial freedom.
https://read.cash/@Jnavedan/bitcoin-cash-the-instrument-to-build-financial-freedom-7e4a88ef
From a very young age, I heard about the advantages of saving and the excellent use of the credit system.
However, with the debacles and fluctuations of the economy, these instruments can be ineffective due to the phenomenon of inflation.
In my country, we reached unprecedented levels of hyperinflation. So I know what I'm talking about.
However, the hope of a renewed monetary system without an intermediary between natural pairs is possible with the entry into the bitcoin scene.
In this sense, betting on the massive adoption of Bitcoin Cash is more necessary today than ever before the wave of bankrupt companies within crypto markets.
Of course, these do not profess the cyberpunk spirit of the creators of real Bitcoin.
It is time to open your eyes and not be seduced by greed into fishing for volatility and speculation.
Invest and save in cryptographic assets with actual use that leads you to financial freedom.
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"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."
John F. Kennedy
I don't know in what context the assassinated president said this quote. But you cannot deny that its logic is sound.
In rainy weather, you can take contingent measures to patch the holes in the roof of your house, but you can't do it while the rain is falling.
In any case, you can identify where it falls so that when the sun comes out, you can repair them.
When it rains you should shelter as well as possible. So when the sun comes out, one must be diligent in repairing the cracks of the leaks.
The cycle of rain will be fulfilled, and if you are not prepared you will get wet again.
This recommendation is valid on other planes of life. In this sense, the solution obeys the same logic.
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"When you learn, teach. When you receive, give."
Maya Angelou
Yes, one learns all the time without you trying to. I guess that's one of the reasons why we're alive.
But, I wonder, what do we do with the knowledge afterward?
Undoubtedly, the North American intellectual, author of the quote, who was also an activist for civil rights, give us an accurate answer. Knowledge is a gift that one gives to others through teaching.
When I see the books on my bookshelf, and I remember my experiences, I understand that they have no value by themselves, unless I pass them on to others.
In this sense, now it becomes a light of understanding to explain to me the reason why I write and share here.
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Why won't Coinbase Wallet support BCH?
https://read.cash/@Jnavedan/why-wont-coinbase-wallet-support-bch-bd568fbf
In recent months, where the bear season and the crypto winter have wreaked havoc on the crypto market, it has also served to create opinion matrices to end legitimate projects. Of course, a project with sufficient foundation and utility will prevail.
So, don't be surprised by the misleading news from Coinbase, when he says that he will withdraw support for cryptocurrencies such as BCH, ETC, XTL, and XRP from his Coinbase wallet.
By the way, of this group of cryptocurrencies, which one do you think is legitimate?
Well, sharpen your mind and separate the wheat from the tares.
Well, I do not deny that BCH has low use in this wallet. In my case, I would not seriously use a Non-Custodial Wallet integrated into a Centralized Exchange. And you?
Please be cautious and try to see beyond the obvious.
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"To keep your secret is wisdom, but to expect others to keep it is folly."
Samuel Johnson
Yes, there is no more extraordinary secret between the two. So if you want to keep a real secret, don't tell anyone.
Of course, I do not doubt that there are people who know how to keep a secret that is entrusted to them. But in general, the informer is always the one who gives to support the supposed secret.
In that sense, such a person also acts madly.
Do you have a secret?
Please don't tell me or anyone. Could you keep it to yourself?
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"It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit to forgive them for having witnessed your own."
Jessamyn West
Yes, indulgence is facilitated when the person you must forgive knows some of your sins.
However, I wonder, what is the relationship between forgiveness and mercy?
Although they are related concepts, they are not similar.
In any case, being lenient can also be an expression of injustice when there is condescension motivated by the complicity of guilt.
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Can you be free without harming others?
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There are those who believe in the selfish nature of man, which drives him to a permanent struggle to satisfy his needs and desires in a world of scarce resources.
So exercising freedom without harming others under these premises is not possible without the intervention of a superior force that brings order.
Unfortunately, I do not see in the world an impartial body that acts justly. If it were so, there would be no war and famine in the world.
There is currently no shortage of those who see artificial intelligence as the ultimate weapon to end the effects of our selfishness. But who ensures that this is not a path to total slavery?
In any case, I see the biggest problem in the lack of love and solidarity towards others.
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"By passionately believing in something that does not yet exist, we create it."
Nikos Kazantzakis
All creation begins with a mental image: a figment of the imagination.
In this sense, I wonder, does this statement apply to everything that exists?
In any case, the quote from the writer and philosopher of modern Greece, a declared agnostic in life, seems somewhat incongruous.
If one, an insignificant being in the cosmos, can passionately create non-existent worlds, such as those reported in fiction. Who created the universe where we exist? Perhaps we are just the product of a superior mind, which we barely intuit.
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"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."
Helen Keller
Wow! This sentence is surprising from the perspective of the author, a woman who was deaf and blind at an early age.
Many times I have thought about the terrible thing to be suddenly left in the dark and complete silence. So I marvel at the biography of this brave woman who overcame adversity to transcend as an example.
In my opinion, she far exceeds any feat of Heracles.
Writer, speaker, and philanthropist for the cause of people related to his tragedy.
How many people complain about her problems?
Imagine a little girl going blind and deaf, and living a long and accomplished life in a patriarchal society.
Without a doubt, she is a modern hero.
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"Language begins as a simple grunt to designate all things; then it diversifies and specializes; this process is called enrichment and is encouraged by parents and language teachers.
But when you get to a hundred or two hundred thousand words, you find that the ideal is to express yourself with ten or twenty. The philosopher's language is significantly reduced: object, subject, matter, cause, space, time, end, and other word more.
If they rush it a lot, it can be fixed with a single word, such as apeirón or substance.
It is probable that the ideal of many philosophers is to end up in the unique and monistic grunt finally."
One and the Universe
Ernesto Sábato
This is one of the Latin American authors who is one of my references, especially in his novel El Tunel.
What a way in which Sábato specifies the importance and genius behind the language.
Excuse my tendency to growl.
I think the author is self-explanatory.
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Microblogging. Do you still use Facebook or Twitter?
https://read.cash/@Jnavedan/microblogging-do-you-still-use-facebook-or-twitter-63ff82cc
I wonder, how many people use social media in the world?
Without a doubt a lot!
Oh! A quick review on the Web shows that in October 2022 we were more than 59.3% of the population.
Source: https://wearesocial.com/uk/blog/2022/10/the-global-state-of-digital-in-october-2022/
In this sense, the power of influence is abysmal. One in two people. And if we consider our gregarious nature, we are all indirectly exposed to the effects of social media.
So, it should not surprise you that Elon Musk acquired the bluebird company.
In any case, the issue is to shield against the manipulation that they carry out daily.
I'm not saying you should exclude yourself, no! Only you must judge and act wisely beyond the denoted and even connoted messages.
So, creating or participating in communities, and consuming and sharing content that adds value to your life, becomes a central objective in the search for the truth.
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"The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can."
Neil Gaiman
The author of this quote is a British comic book writer and screenwriter. Maybe you'll know the Sandman stories. Well, I haven't read any, and probably won't for now. Maybe watch a trailer for the Netflix film version.
In any case, Gaiman's claims are quite logical. Yes, he takes advantage of your life like no one else but you can.
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"Feeling and longing are the motive forces behind all human endeavor and human creations."
Albert Einstein
The famous German Jewish physicist, who changed the scientific paradigm in his time with his theory of relativity, surprises me with this quote.
Undoubtedly, emotion is the engine of human activity in any field.
Yes, emotion is the manifestation of feelings. But I wonder, where does the feeling emanate from?
I believe that the spirit and our soul interpret it based on its capabilities.
Yes, in my opinion, the human experience is a manifestation of the spirit.
The feeling is living...
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Freedom and technology versus control
https://read.cash/@Jnavedan/freedom-and-technology-versus-control-a0a65934
The illusion of freedom moves the world on the Web. In reality, we live in an alienated society, where consumerism and hedonism are at the service of the controllers to whom we are subject without political distinction.
Today it seems that a crusade is being waged to restore freedom and truth. Those involved in the crypto-verse fight for independence by testing new monetary and governance systems.
Of course, the road is full of obstacles and situations like those experienced in the last six months should not surprise us.
Times are tough, but what are you going to do? Moving on in the hope of freeing ourselves a little from dehumanized controls.
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"Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose."
Eknath Easwarann
Every time I review a random quote from the day's author in my work diary, I learn something new that will undoubtedly add something of value to my life, and I hope yours is too.
So, if it is about meditation, this author, born in India and died in the United States, did not offer enough written material on oriental techniques for that purpose.
I think the advice is simple, and you just need to try to improve care in times of immediacy.
How many minutes do you take a day to meet yourself in the silence of your mind?
Probably none.
Well, it's time to start and learn to live.
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"I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. Life is no 'brief candle' to me. It ia a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to the future generations."
George Bernard Shaw
Without a doubt, this is a memorable quote from the famous and long-lived Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925.
Life is a gift received that deserves to be used to the fullest, regardless of setbacks. Too bad so many of us are caught in the webs of a system that sees us as fatuous candlesticks in need of oil.
I hope you catch the enthusiasm of this author and live with an intense flame.
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What is behind the CBDC? Oops!
https://read.cash/@Jnavedan/what-is-behind-the-cbdc-oops-ded457db
The recent crashes of Terra Luna and now FTX, in my opinion, are part of a strategy to position the idea of the convenience of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
So do not be surprised by the actions to come and the storms within the crypto market.
Over there, the difficulties that a subsidiary of the Digital Currency Group is going through the Greyscale fund (the second largest holder of BTC behind Satoshi Nakamoto) has been sounding very loud.
Undoubtedly, the manipulators of the system prepare the conditions for us to consent to CBDCs.
But be careful! CBDCs are not what they seem, and they openly advertise them. Of course, if you accept it, you will have lost the essence of freedom, which, by the way, is well diminished.
We live in interesting and stormy times.
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"Our strength grows out of our weaknesses."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
This is a fascinating paradox, how can your strength come from your weaknesses?
I just read a brief biography of this celebrated 19th-century American writer, philosopher, and lecturer and I was eager to read more about this enigmatic quote.
There is undoubtedly a kind of wisdom here to feed the soul.
Weakness and strength are just opposite sides of the same coin.
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"True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance."
Henry David Thoreau
Oh! The random quotes obey classical and Anglo-Saxon authors. However, this 19th-century American writer said something that makes you think.
Besides, he is an author who contributed to the theory and movement of civil disobedience. Interesting, right?
As for the quote, I wonder how to identify a true friend.
Well, a clue is identifiable to the one who does not hide from telling you the truth no matter how uncomfortable it is.
Of course, as long as the ulterior intention is to get you out of your mistake if that were the case.
If you have one like that, take care of it. You have a very precious treasure.
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Is perpetual peace possible?
https://read.cash/@Jnavedan/is-perpetual-peace-possible-1e55d687
In the midst of the 21st century, wars and the threat of their extension to the globe still persist.
Conflicts and intolerance between conglomerates of people do not cease, in spite of man's rationality.
Perhaps, the moral categorical imperative adduced by Immanuel Kant is an unattainable utopia.
Well, nevertheless, I believe that we must continue trying to live in peace. Not only because it is moral, but also because it is necessary if we do not want to exterminate each other.
Peace is possible if we raise our conscience and profess love for our neighbor.
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"I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatred cannot be vain, neither can he be wise."
John Keats
What a definition of the English poet. From the quote, it is clear that pride feeds on hatred.
Well, I'm going to meditate on that.
What I do not doubt is that pride is lacking in wisdom. Only the ignorant show arrogance without foundation, and that will lead them down the path of bitterness.
I had never read anything about the romantic poet before. So it is a good time for me to approach the English writer through one of his most celebrated sonnets for the first time.
"Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold,
And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;
Round many western islands have I been
Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold.
Oft of one wide expanse had I been told
That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne;
Yet did I never breathe its pure serene
Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold:
Then felt I like some watcher of the skies
When a new planet swims into his ken;
Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes
He stared at the Pacific—and all his men
Look'd at each other with a wild surmise—
Silent, upon a peak in Darien."
— John Keats, "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" (1816)
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