Human dilemmas

The river shrinks

Its clean water flows

A feathery bird sings on a colorful tree

Is it the perpetual changing of life,

or an eternal standstill picture?

Those are humans dilemmas,

not of the bird nor of the tree. 

  

Eternal Instant

One second after another
Tic toc tic toc
Splitting the second to catch the instant
Keep splitting but it never ends
The process is infinite
I realize the eternal instant cannot be caught
I am in front of the abyss, the ocean of unknown, of the mystery
Words are missing
I peaceful surrender to it  

Will of Power, Geopolitics, Europe

Man have got by nature the will of power, the pulsion to dominate and overpower, also as out of fear of being subdued.
This can be applied to nations as well. That's why empires subjugate other nations and cannot cease to be empires until they actually fall.
However there is a possibility to be balanced, neither to be dominated nor to overpower, to engage in the world without being too attached to it.
Therefore Europe could be a military superpower but with a role of mediator with welfare state and environmental friendly economy as common ground. A mix of solidarity and moral austerity instead of financial intransigence and debt accumulation for the sake of perpetual growth.
Mixed future generation could really feel being part of an European nation. However there would be no nation without a common language. What about Latinglish?      

Life in time of coronavirus

Is this virus a product of a natural mutation or has been created in a laboratory? What would the lesson be on each scenario?
In the first case we would have to admit that we are not able to control everything as the scientific propaganda would like. A small virus can create the chaos at global level.
In the second scenario we would have to admit that our will of power can take us to a catastrophe.
Whatever the cause is, the consequence is a general panic and fear which will allow The Power to increase digital control. People will willingly give up freedom in exchange of safety. Another consequence is that big financial institutions will take advantage of economic recession buying assets cheaply.
The only hope is that some people will understand the importance of spiritual development, the importance of social interaction, the fact that we are in relation with the environment, that we cannot control everything, the danger of our will of power.
     

Can Hugs save the world?

We live in a society where we are constantly under pressure to improve, to expand our power as a species. It is said that it is in our nature, that is why we have moved from stone age to the present where we are working to explore the galaxy. However I am questioning if this is true. We have example of tribes still living like our ancestors used to do. I think we certainly have the curiosity to explore and discover, but where this thirst for power comes from? Why do we need to conquer? Is it in our nature because it gives us pleasure or is it the symptom of something lacking?
I think it is a way to overcome the void we feel inside due to the lack of love and primal care we experience since we are children in a long chain of abuses of any kind.
Maybe we should simply go back to the basic of simple care to save humankind and the planet where we live. 

Death and technology

Nowadays people have switched their faith to science and technology hoping to get immortality and defeat death. But is this not another illusion to go against our destiny of being mortals?
Can cyborgs still be considered humans? If we upload somebody's mind in a cloud and then put it in robots, can we still say that he/she is still the same person?
What about all the information that we are unconscious of or are stored in our cells?
Finally, are we considering all the risks related to modifying people genetically?
In the crazy search for immortality we risk to put an end to humanity and destroy the planet. 

L'oblio dell'Essere

Heidegger diceva che l'uomo ha dimenticato l'Essere. Io penso che l'uomo si e' ingabbiato nelle citta' cincondandosi di oggetti che lui stesso ha prodotto e si dimentica di domandarsi da dove tutto cio' viene. Solo il contatto con la natura che cresce spontaneamente ci permette di non dimenticarci dell'Essere, a patto che restiamo aperti alla contemplazione e al domandare.
Perche' gli enti di natura sono spontaneamente cosi'? Perche' ci sono invece del niente?
Solo se sorgono queste domande e ci apriamo all'ignoto siamo anche in grado di prenderci cura delle cose e degli enti di natura.