The heat wave is stifling hot in Malaysia. My friends in Thailand report the same, though the humidity here is crushing – suffocating which drains the energy and leaves one hallow. My journey took me to a plantation, some 17 kilometers from a small town called Bagan Lalang. The palm oil plantation was almost in the middle of nowhere, the weather was terrible. Surrounded by tall trees and ferns, I walked with my young guide, armed with a backpack and[...]
By a combination of intense thinking and mystic concentration, some people enabled their minds to roam with rarely attainable freedom, sometimes so successfully that they came upon fresh and valuable insights. When they did reach new theories and perceptions about the meaning of life and death, they were eager to share their discoveries with others. Many then left their hill retreats and wandered through the countryside, the cities, preaching to all who would listen. In this day and age, we[...]
Since human life and wild beasts first walked and prowled the land, they have been quick to take advantage of what the planet has offered them. Across the highlands and oceans, the evolution of the species have proven the secret to our passion for the unknown or for the obvious need — simply, us. Maybe we have survived, and kept our position at the top of the food-chain, mainly due to our sustenance for what is forbidden, and yet accepted[...]
In the mythologies of every continent there can be distinguished great myths, and others that are of less importance. Some myths dominate and show the character of the religious outlook, while others are less central, repetitive and outrageously fanciful. All kinds of myths need to be taken into account, for altogether they show the values the society holds dear. Most myths tell how something came to exist: human beings, the world, wildlife, nature and social interaction. The myths make a[...]
Mortals taught the world and mortals learned from it. Through the centuries mankind’s influence on each other was incalculable, and its contributions to world civilisation ranged from political propaganda and organised campaign of spite to war and genocide. In turn it owed much of its own richness and diversity in a self-righteous age of black-and-white; the value of life to be ingrained in their psyche. These connections came about through imperial conquest and greed-infested trade, and even through religion. The[...]
Physically, the huge region of South East Asia is not one land at all. From north to south it is a sprawling mosaic of hills, dotted by volatile clans of volcano and rolling green rainforests, placid lakes, vicious rivers, tapering off between fertile shorelines beset by treacherous tides. In many parts a cruel sun and unforgiving monsoon rains take turns holding the vast land in sway – the sun drawing up every drop of moisture, suffocating air, the monsoon causing[...]
Societies and governments have achieved many wondrous feats, but for all its declared successes for mankind, have we moved a step of two closer to extinction? Have we truly moved away from on hatred and violence or have we made them the civilised virtue of the human species? Genocide is the negation of humanity. Confrontation may be unavoidable sometimes, but does it warrant the violence and rampage of destruction? Genocide is terrible to contemplate, yet we remove ourselves from the[...]
Even heroes fuck up, more often than the average mortal, They’re just human, though they admit not, Making the mistakes, the blunder, the slip Don’t expect much from heroes, They’ll end in the gutters, broken and alone, Living out their lives, small dots in the sea of mortality. AnarchyThe meltdown of emotions. The dysfunctional anti-hero of all time. A traveler seeking the ultimate emotional response to a dying age of reason, empathy and compassion.More Posts -[...]
