George Carlin on "Life after Death"

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=george+carlin+dying&&view=detail&mid=007397928EFB1EDFADE8007397928EFB1EDFADE8&&FORM=VDRVRV

 You will find more george Carlin on:

https://axiom1a.blogspot.com/2019/06/george-carlinpolitics-stupidity-httpswww.html

and:

http://axiom1b.blogspot.com/2015/12/christianity-religion-holy-scriptures.html

Freedom / Slavery

 Humanity has strived for freedom throughout

history. But what freedom really is and what it 

means is harder to agree upon.

 First and foremost, it is important to find out 

if you are talking about FREEDOM FROM or FREEDOM TO.

 In the English language, there are two different 

words for this. Freedom is Freedom from and Liberty 

is Freedom to.

 The Indo-European root word for the English words

are: Freedom comes from the Indo-European root 

word pri- meaning to love. While the root word 

for Liberty is leudh2- which means to mount up, grow.

 But there is still more confusion when the word 

Freedom is to be interpreted. The opposite of 

freedom is slavery or entrapment. Speaking as 

Socrates we will distinguish between three 

different ways of looking at Slavery.

1. Simple slavery means that the one who is 

enslaved is aware that he is enslaved and 

therefore has an opportunity to do something 

about it.

2. Double slavery means that the one who is 

enslaved is unaware that he is enslaved and 

therefore does not understand that he is 

enslaved. But those who suffer from double 

slavery can be made to realize that they are 

enslaved if someone makes them realize that 

they are actually enslaved.

3. You suffer from triple slavery if you are 

convinced that you are free when you are 

actually enslaved. Those who suffer from 

triple slavery cannot be made to realize that 

they are enslaved and is therefore helplessly 

stuck in a situation as slaves.

 With insights about these variously difficult 

forms of slavery and knowledge of the condition 

of mankind, one can conclude that the eternal 

spiritual being who is stuck in being human 

and having no reality that the true self is 

an eternal spiritual being, suffers from 

threefold slavery. 

 The small number of individuals who, on the 

other hand, either realize that they are trapped 

in a human beingness or are able to realize 

this with the help of Socratic dialogues, can 

be helped.

 It is possible for these few individuals to 

start to act to free themselves from the swamp 

of ignorance they are stuck in.

 But it's not easy!

Todde

 Also check: http://axiom1b.blogspot.com/2016/08/quote-from-platos-socratic-dialogues-1.html

Climate change? Caused by Humanity?

 It doesn't matter who/what has caused climate

change. It is nevertheless a fact that it is

happening. And it has CONSEQUENCES.

 The question that no politician wants to discuss

is: What measures have to be taken to ensure that

our modern western civilization does not succumb?

 Check the program and wake up! It doesn't help to 

close your eyes to the problem. It doesn't help to 

smile and be happy just because it could be worse.

 Because it will get worse. And the underlying

problem that our politicans absolutely do not

even want to talk about is the global population 

increase. That problem is completely taboo!   

 What happens when climate change contributes to 

economic and political instability? When water 

scarcity becomes a catalyst for conflict and  

climate change interacts with social uprising 

and terrorism? Researchers and defense experts 

have pointed out the connections between the

effects of climate change in large parts of the

world and the emergence of social unrest, terror

and states in decay. Where the consequences result

in large-scale migration across the globe.

 At SvTPlay, you can watch the program titled the 

Violent Impacts of the Climate. It is available 

until March 31, 2021. English is spoken with Swedish

subtitles.

 Watch it at:

https://www.svtplay.se/video/17705823/klimatets-valdsamma-konsekvenser

Also check:

http://axiom1b.blogspot.com/2019/11/missed-logical-consequence-of-climate.html

Todde

 George Carlin, Politics, Stupidity with gross humor - He's incredibly funny and doesn't bother the words. He breaks againt all the rules of political correctness. Don't give up if you don't think the program is fun enough at first. It gets better and better the as the show goes on. In the end, the humor turns more serious into humorous political philosophy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLODGhEyLvk

Please note that you can get subtitles (in English) - at the bottom to the right! - A small square window - Only English subtitles!

More on George Carlin at:

http://axiom1b.blogspot.com/2015/12/christianity-religion-holy-scriptures.html

Todde

Also check: 

https://axiom1b.blogspot.com/2023/08/some-jokes-joke-1-young-man-fell-in.html

 My favourite  quote from Confusius (Kung Fu-tse):

 The ancients who wished to demonstrate illustrious virtue throughout the kingdom, first ordered well their own states.

 Wishing to order well their own states, they first regulated their families.

 Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated their person.

 Wishing to cultivate their person, they first rectified their hearts.

 Wishing to rectify their hearts, they first sought to be sincere in their thoughts.

 Wishing to be sincere in their thoughts, they first extended to their utmost their knowledge.

 Such extension of knowledge lay in the investigation of things

 …

 From the Son of Heaven down to the mass of people, all must consider the cultivation of the person (explanation: The True Self) - the root of everything else.

 The ancient Philosophers of Rome had a similar (not as clear) saying: What is good for the state is good for the individual.

Todde

 Also check: http://axiom1b.blogspot.com/2019/05/common-sense-wisdom-is-common-sense.html

The first Milestone & The Meaning of Life

 How to improve your common sense? To make sure your common sense is working, is the first major step you need to take before embarking on other important tasks.

 The philosophy of life is about acquiring wisdom (the word philosophy comes from 

the Greek word philo- meaning friendship or love and sophos meaning wisdom. A 

philosopher is thus a friend of wisdom).

 If you study the history of mankind, you might agree with Axel Oxenstierna (1583 - 

1654) telling his son:

 If you knew, my son, how rare it is that  the world is governed by wisdom.

 Humanity has not only proved itself to be very inventive, but also lacking wisdom.

Thus, today we have nuclear weapons that can destroy our entire civilization and 

individuals who may one day use these life-threatening weapons. Therefore, it is 

urgent to educate more people in ways to think like philosophers of life do.

(= improve judgment and ability to make sensible decisions).

 We cannot blindly rely on our modern materialistic science and engineering. 

Materialistic science has not managed to understand the human mind or explain what 

consciousness is.

 The philosophy of life does not merely study objective phenomena, but also 

subjective experiences (the individual own experiences). It gives the philosophy of 

life the opportunity to improve the judgement of individuals and the ability to make 

the right decision.

 Science often fails to adopt a holistic perspective when it loses itself in endless 

details and completely forgets what the purpose of knowing really is. If we study 

biology (the word bio from the Greek bios means life and the root word of -logy is 

indo-European -leg meaning collecting - the subject of biology then means the 

gathering of knowledge of life). So originally the subject of biology had the purpose

to gather knowledge of life. But when people who were not true philosophers started 

researching the subject of biology, the basic purpose of the subject was forgotten. 

Instead, science (biology) came to be about collecting lots of different data and details

about different life forms, without the scientists bothering to study life as a whole, which 

should include searching for the answer to the question What is the meaning of Life?

 Other sciences similarly walk the same route. They forget to keep the overall perspective 

and lose themselves in details and their volumes of data. This means that the sciences 

lose the holistic perspective and what the purpose of science really is (to gather 

knowledge that leads to wisdom).

 Science should be an adventure that brings wisdom to civilization. Wisdom is 

(according to Socrates) to have realisations on the ideas behind the phenomena.

 When you learn to know the ideas behind the phenomena, you have reached a

holistic perspektive.

 Example (from Socrates in Plato's dialogues): The one who grasped the idea behind 

sofas has a much better understanding of different sofas than the one who lost 

himself in all the details and differences of different sofas.

All knowledge of ideas (Socrates believed) exists in the soul before birth (and the soul "enters" into the body when we are born, just as it leaves the body when we die, just to move into another newborn body). Since the knowledge is in the soul, but we are initially unaware of it, it must be attracted by remembrance. It can be done by a clever philosopher like Socrates, who poses the right questions, which evokes (breeds = Socrates midwifery method), the knowledge that one did not know that one had.  
Our philosophy of life includes (through its definition) all knowledge. The philosophy of life is a study of wisdom. The philosophy of life is not primarily about giving therapy. But a trained philosopher of life uses the modern Socratic midwifery method, to improve the judgment of individuals and the ability to find wisdom. The philosophy of life contains axioms and a subjective scientific method. The philosophy of life deals primarily with the knowledge and wisdom that can be used practically to improve the quality of life.

 Your Perfect Computer  

Do you know that you have access to the most perfect computer ever designed? Your human mind is such a computer! But it has accumulated a lot of junk (= spam and/or incorrect ideas) that makes your mind no longer work as a perfect computer.

When we try to teach the axioms, methods, goals, and purposes of the philosophy of life to ordinary people, we encounter problems, because the human
mind (your computer that could work perfectly) is filled with erroneous and unimportant ideas and data.  Therefore, we use a therapy (the modern Socratic method) in our philosophy of life. We do this to get the human mind to approach its original ability to function perfectly (if the mind has acess to
accurate data). While mankind through the philosophy of life has the opportunity to acquire true wisdom and ability to act for the greatest good of the greater number (sumum bonum according to the Roman Empire's stoics).
Meanwhile our politicians and leading statesmen sit and discuss how, with nuclear weapons, they could wipe out our civilization. How crazy can it get?
 Another question is What is common sense and good judgment? The answer is that if you were able to restore your computer (your mind) to a fully functional state, then you would be considered a genius by your fellow human beings. In fact, it would just mean getting your computer up and running. With such a well-functioning computer you would appear to be superhuman. You would understand information faster and better.  Ordinary people do not realize how inhibited they are to use their perfect computer (mind) as long as it is not
working properly.

The first milestone

 How do you turn your mind into a perfect computer?  Even if you fixed your mind so that it works like a perfect computer, you live in a world where there is a tremendous amount of other malfunctioning similar
computers like your mind. Then maybe it is not enough that your mind works perfectly. It may be necessary that you join other perfectly functioning minds,
if you are to achieve truly essential things.  Then you will find out that you need
to get friends who have improved their computer's functions.  Together we can
accomplish great things. Together, we can help each other improve our judgments,
by reminding ourselves of the wisdom we forgot.  Science cannot explain to us
where man has come from? Our genetic background does not give us any answers
to what humanity's goals and purposes are all about. Some people pretend to
know the answers to these fundamental questions. Others choose to believe in
sacred writings. But the sensible answers to the essential questions are hidden in
darkness. What is the meaning of human life? What goals and purposes does humanity have to fulfill?
 With our modern philosophical method of life philosophy, the individual himself
can reclaim his own answers to the essential questions and acquire good judgment. The one who does it has passed the first milestone!

The other important milstones  

All individuals in our civilization have the answers to the essential questions within themselves. Then, it seems as if they do not want to reclaim their answers. Why? Could it be because of a reluctance to accept responsibility for their own greatness?  Once you have passed the first big milestone, you can finally make sensible
decisions yourself using your own judgment. Unfortunately, before passing the first
big milestone, individuals often fails to make right decisions. Therefore, it is your duty to yourself and others to ensure that you make sure to pass the first big milestone as soon as possible. Only when you have done so can you begin to feel free and know that you have ability.

 Todde May 2019

To learn more about The Philosophy of Life go to  www.duga.se (and use google translate)

Also check:

http://axiom1b.blogspot.com/2019/02/philosophybuddhism-truth-and.html

 Quote from Ludwig Feuerbach:

 To religion only that which is Holy is True.
 To philosophy only that which is True is Holy

 Check the foundation for the usa of "The Modern Socratic Method" (dialectics) at:

https://www.duga.se/ - Use google translate

Money, Banking, Banks, Finance, Government, Interest, Interest, Bonds, Central Bank, Inflation, Gold, Silver, Currency, Value, Credit, Debt, Budget Deficit, Budget Balance

I just saw a very informative and explanatory program on how we are running straight into a financial crisis, as the systems of the bankers and governments to rob citizens of our modern societies primarily through demands that we have to pay interest on the money the financial banking system creates out of thin air.  The association DUGA ( www.duga.se ) teaches these things in three different philosophy lectures:

1. History of Money, 2. History of Finance, 3. A 5000-year history of loans

 If you by reading this will get interested (e.g. by watching the program below) and get curious about getting involved in these philosophy lectures - contact us at www.duga.se

A remarkable "small detail" (really not so small) "forgotten" in this context is that the historically effective balancing force, which is called CANCELLATION OF DEBT is not mentioned in the program. Nevertheless, it is through debt write-offs that Fiat money has been corrected all the time throughout history. It is the laws of life that make themselves right. In fact, in the Bible, people are given the advice to carry out debt cancellation every seven years. And every 49 years, a complete debt cancellation (according to the Bible) should be varried out.  Since the program is a few years old, it may be interesting to point out that the gold price has gone up and down in recent years. But the trend is still UP. Whoever bought gold in the year 2018 can today rejoice in the rise of the gold price.  Although it is true that all Fiat money (such as "paper money") has historically become worthless, a Fiat monetary system has sooner or later always been replaced by another.

NOTE! It is (I think) quite right that we will run into a serious disturbance in the financial system when "the bubble bursts". But when this change occurs or how difficult it becomes, is written in the stars.

 We have never had a financial system with so many people involved in creating. We therefore have no historical experience to fall back on, in order to predict the coming financial crisis. However, we know that the more (greater number = quantity) people are involved in creating the trust that all monetary systems basically rely on, the more stable the system becomes.

 On the other hand, we can be sure that the crisis will come. The tip to prepare for the coming crash is (as they say in the program and as we say in our philosophy lectures)

1)    education and

2)     2) Obtain a buffer in the form of gold and silver.

 Check out this 30 minute program that easily decribes the entire scam device:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFDe5kUUyT0 

 Among other things, The following quotes are conveyed:

 John Maynard Keynes: By this means government may secretly and unobserved confiscate the wealth of the people. And not one man in a million will detect the theft.

 George Washington: No generation has a right to contract debts greater than can be paid off during the course of its own existence

Todde

Also check: http://axiom1b.blogspot.com/2017/10/do-elites-have-responsibility-for.html