We Create Our Own Reality

In my previous text Rehabilitation I ask, why did I, who never even caught a cold suddenly found myself in a hospital connected to a ventilator. While I have been turning this question in my mind now, there is a worldwide discussion going on about the safety of birth control pills. According to the news…

guardians of the law

Above the Law

The Finnish interior minister, Päivi Räsänen became the eyesore of the media last week when she said in her speech in the summer festival of the Finnish Lutheran Mission that when the worldly law and the law of God conflict we should obey God’s word. I think this is rather a no-brainer and I didn’t…

Rehabilitation

As I became physically disabled over 30 years ago I was very aware of my reduced mobility, but mentally I was the same person as I was before. I saw my illness as most people do: negative.But I didn’t feel that I would be imperfect or IN-valid somehow. For the first time in my life…

Life without Limits

In the Thrive-movie David Icke talks about the greatest prison of people: the fear what other people think (1:18:10 on video timeline). People have been brought up to become guards for each other. Those, who step too far from the norm and conventional rules are forced through wordless agreement back into the old rut again….

Meanwhile

At the turn of the year I divided my texts into two categories: There are writings, which tell my story (Glow in the Darkness) and writings, in which I dig deeper into myself and our society and try to see my place as a part of the whole (Wings of Thought).On January 15th, 2013 I…

The Roots of Capitalism

In his documentary ‘Civilization: Is the West History’ (pt 6) the historian Niall Ferguson talks about the influence of the Protestant (Christian) work ethic on the economic growth in the western countries. The relation between religion and economy was studied by Max Weber, who wrote a book about the ‘holy alliance’ of Protestantism and economic…

Happy Serpent Year! (2013)

Happy Serpent Year! (2013)

Happy New Year! It is 2013, the Year of the Snake. Among all the 12 symbols of the zodiac, the snake is probably regarded as the most dubious; its flickering tongue, slimy skin, poisonous looking fangs and rather sneaky way of moving casts it in a most unfriendly and intimidating light. Whatever culture to which…

Power of Money

When I begun to write this blog I thought that I won’t write anything concerning political issues. World politics, agony of people and questionable policies of decision-makers have made me so frustrated and distressed in past decades that I would like to exclude that all from my life. I cannot help things a bit by…