Immortality?

At the library, I completed reading the book, "The Message of the Sphinx: A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind," by Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval. The research for the alleged "lost civilization" continues.

The obsession with the immortal soul in ancient civilizations is what sparked my curiosity about the human soul. The whole crux of religion from the beginning of time has been the result of the need to address the issue of the immortality of the soul. The importance of astrology and astronomy in prehistoric civilizations onward was based on the assumption that the "heavens" were the domain of the "gods." Thus, almost all resources of those societies were allocated to the study of the skies. Any other technological advancements were curtailed.

Is the soul immortal? I don't really know. Even if the soul were to reincarnate, we would obviously not remember our current lives. All memory functions are part of the brain. Once the brain is gone, there are no more memories. So, why were the ancients so fixated upon immortality?

Day-by-Day

I performed a thorough ear flush with the CVS® ear drops this morning. I later used a cotton swab dowsed with hydrogen peroxide to carefully clean the outer portion of the auditory canal. There was a lot of ear wax residue. The odor was also substantially reduced. I plan to repeat the flushing for two more days.

Another visit to Hawai'i Kai went as planned. Moms served lamp-baked chicken, fresh ahi sashimi, fresh vegetables, and rice for lunch. For dessert, Foremost® coffee ice cream.

I have once again lost my enthusiasm for the gym. I am simply going through the motions of a workout. Of course, I am going to the gym seven days per week with no break. I'm probably going through another burn-out period.

Good news! The State Department of Taxation accepted my appeal and waived both the penalty and interest for the allegedly late GET tax filing. I have been exonerated. Bad news. The registration fee for my Nissan® Frontier truck went up as expected. The increase was $40 and some change. Not as high as I expected, but still pretty crappy.

Still no legitimate readers of the "blog," according to the Feedjit® Live Feed. So, let's end now, shall we?

My Poor Ear

Back to the old routine again. Those "furlough days" are annoying. Nothing out of the ordinary transpired. I should mention that my left ear is either infected or it is stuffed with excess wax. Strangely, there is no discharge oozing from the ear itself. However, there is a very bad odor. My poor ear. I have only used the CVS® ear drops for two days. I may have to try again.

In further clarification of my discussion of the soul, I must add that the soul's consciousness and awareness must derive from the human brain. The soul, of course, is not a physical entity. The brain, on the other hand, is entirely useless without the soul. Only the lifeforce together with the brain can create the stream of consciousness that determines who we are.

Incidentally, the second Beta release of Ubuntu "Lucid Lynx" was made available today. As to be expected, I did not download the file. The final version will be available at the end of the month. As time goes on, I am becoming less enthused about the new releases.

Well, that ol' Fed fudgepacker Ben "Handjob" Bernanke almost sent the stock market into a tizzy when he stated that his zero percent interest rate policy (ZIRP) can't go on forever. Naturally, he was kidding. He was simply "testing the waters."Putz.

Lifeforce

The return of "Furlough Wednesday" at the library forced me to seek refuge at the Barnes & Noble® Café in Kahala Mall. I had nowhere else to go and loiter. The "furlough" routine is always the same. Naturally, I ended up in town to go to the gym. Otherwise, nothing out of the ordinary occurred.

I've been thinking about the "soul" lately. What I mean by "soul" is, in effect, the cumulative lifeforce. Every living cell and every living creature has a lifeforce. Yet, what is it? Where does it come from? In the whole of the universe, why is there a collective of lifeforce energies and souls on this planet?

The human soul in most religious beliefs is transportable. It is either immortal or can be resurrected. However, as I have stated in the "blog," any kind of permanent brain damage drastically changes a person. I have come to believe that our entire persona is the function of the brain. Thus, the soul is reduced to a singular lifeforce. The soul is analogous to a battery. The battery can only provide a source of energy. Whatever device that the battery is installed will then uses the battery's power to perform its specific functions. It is my belief that all creatures are given a generic soul. Thus, the soul in both humans and animals is the same. Only the interface to the brain determines the degree of sophistication of the soul's being.

My definition of the soul is not very comforting. The soul itself may be truly transportable and reusable. Whoever we are, as determined by our lifetime of experiences, will be lost forever once the brain ceases to function. Thus, in my ample free time, I always make sure that allot several intervals in which I reflect on my life as I have lived it up until now. I have come to grips with who am I am and what I have been through.

I have also ruminated about the foolishness of a resurrection. How many people would truly want to be resurrected exactly as they are? Not too many, I'm sure. Would a squirrelly-looking loser want to live forever as a squirrelly-looking loser? On the other hand, I personally would not mind returning as me. Obviously, that's all I know. I'd like to look exactly the same (minus the "old man" features, of course). Why I even bother to contemplate such blather is beyond me. I need to get on with the business of living in the here and now. And, I need to prepare for the exodus before it's too late.

Empire of Gloom

Back to the old routine again ... when I say "old," I mean old. My research into ancient prehistory continues at the library, although I have nothing to comment upon at this moment.

The stock market is surging upward. I am watching to see if my prediction of Dow 17,000 will occur. The Fed will not raise short-term interest rates until sometime after the latter event. So, conservative investors like myself are totally screwed. The doomsayers were apparently wrong about the imminent collapse of the empire. Needless to say, they are still predicting the same collapse that was supposed to happen last year. I have been unduly influenced by the doomsayers such that I absolutely will not move any funds into anything related to stocks. Obviously, everyone else has already dove into the stock market. That's why it's surging.

Fifth of April

Another visit to Hawai'i Kai has come and gone. Moms and I ate lunch at Panda Express®. For dessert, moms served Foremost® coffee ice cream. The rest of the day followed the same routine.

Well, I contacted the State Department of Taxation and was assisted by a helpful person named Melanie. She suspended the outstanding bill for 30 days, which will allow me time to submit an appeal. Thus, later in the afternoon, I handwrote the letter of appeal (since I do not own a printer). I will mail it tomorrow. I also transcribed the data from my tax spreadsheet to the tax return forms. I am finally getting some work done.

Intellectual Prison

Appending to my discussion yesterday about the prison-like society of empire, I have observed that there are relatively few places to sit along any transit corridor or even at consumer-oriented venues such as shopping malls. Sitting is not a luxury for the rank-and-files peons unless they have paid to do so. And, all paid venues require that the masses are shuffled in and out as quick as possible. There are only specific rest stops along any transit corridor. Stopping at or near "private property" is considered trespassing. Since every square-inch of land is "owned," there is less reason to permit any stoppage. Sometimes it's better to just remain in a coma in the mausoleum.

By the way, part of the renovations at the gym included the addition of three huge widescreen LCD tubes in the weight room. Most of the guys are fixated upon the various sports channels. However, none of them realize the origins of competitive sports. In ancient times, games were played in the same manner with a large audience observing. The losers, however, did not just have to bear the brunt of shame. Rather, they were sacrificed on the altar of whatever deities that needed appeasing. That's another reason why I don't bother watching such nonsense.

I must also correct an error of a few days ago. My "condotel" property tax has not doubled. In fact, it actually tripled even though the assessed value is now 60 percent of the purchase price. Thus, my mortgage payment will be going up a little over $50 per month.

Well, another religious holiday has come and gone. The only benefit was that the buses were not crowded. I was able to contemplate in peace. With that said, I am becoming more convinced by the arguments presented in, "Holy Blood, Holy Grail," by Bagient, Leigh, and Lincoln, wherein the authors believe that Jesus was human and possibly of the Essene order. He was in almost all certainty married to Mary of Magdala. After Jesus was executed, Mary and her offspring exiled to the Languedoc. Why am I convinced? Well, humans have definitely been around a lot longer than the Biblical estimate of 6,000 years. And, advanced civilization has been through at least one iteration. So, humans have been around for at least 22,000 years (refer to "blog" of February 17th). Why would God (of Judaism, Christianity, Paulinity, and Islam) have waited so long to send his "only begotten Son" to earth? And now, 2000 years later, he has yet to fulfill the promise to return. Makes no sense.

Why would an allegedly educated fool like the ol' lavahead rely upon the testimony of "uncredentialed" researchers? In retrospect, I have discovered that my own education (read: training) involved the indoctrination of strictly orthodox ideations. Reliance upon the "acceptable" and "proven" sources of data were subtly hammered into the unnurtured psyche. Anything else must be rejected. The whole methodology is obviously "top down." An aspiring protégé can only rise up in the ranks by mirroring a mentor, which really means becoming a shill to an egotistical moron.

Knowledge has been compartmentalized for a reason. Knowledge is power. And, power is freedom. The core concept of "civilization" is control. That is, control of the many by a select few. Education was once touted as a means to seek infinite learning. Behind the hype was a sinister plot to brainwash the masses with tainted "textbook" knowledge. What the "textbooks" accomplish, aside from draining the wallet of funds, is to subconsciously promote intellectual prejudice and hubris. Students who easily subscribe to such rubbish becoming self-policing. They'll do the "dirty work" to perpetuate the fraud in order to guarantee their own advancement. The diploma is the authority that allows the bearer to spew egocentric nonsense in the guise of expertise.

My emancipation from wage slvery removed me from the legitimate world and placed me solidly in the ranks of the losers, scum, and derelicts. The fringe benefit was that it removed me from the intellectual prison that I just described. I am now able to freely advance my knowledge using an open mind and common sense.

Mausoleum Redux

At the library, I finally concluded the reading of Charles Berlitz's book, "Atlantis: The Eighth Continent." The book was returned about a week ago, thank goodness. The rest of the day? Same ol' shit.

I have not been sleeping well. I also have no appetite. The days are becoming more tortuous as I expand my knowledge about the real truth concerning our debauched human existence. In the meantime, I have come to further understand my own imprisonment and the possibility of no escape.

When I was at Kahala Mall yesterday, I realized that I had no other options to waste my time. The so-called "ownership" society has now created almost an entire space of "private property." There are few public areas available anymore. Thus, we must follow an unusual prison-like routine. From our rented or "owned" domicile, we must use public transit corridors to move from one place to another. The more affluent ones can travel using their personal 4000-pound motorized chairs (read: automobiles). The less privileged are forced to use mass transportation. There are really no stopover points since everything in between is "private property." There are also only a handful of public destinations (e.g., beaches, parks, library), so most destinations are either shopping malls or paid entertainment venues (e.g., theaters, restaurants). Money must be spent to obtain goods and services at those locations. Once the engagement is completed, we must move on to yet another venue or return to the domicile.

Once back in the rented or "owned" domicile, we only have a few options available, one of which is to passively participate in the mind-numbing tube-watching ritual. The tube, of course, is the primary medium to promote the "ownership society." The domicile itself is a prison, or should I say, a mausoleum (i.e., preparation for end-of-life). Poisonous food can also be consumed at the domicile. Eventually, we must lay down to sleep on the mortuary-like bed. For those of us who cannot sleep, we have a lot of time to think about how we "own" nothing. In fact, we are "owned" by the moneychangers and powers-that-be.

On a sad note, I discovered that I have possibly three gumline tooth cavities in the making. The next dental bill is going to be sky high. In addition, I discovered that the Lucerne® low fat yogurt which I purchased at Safeway® uses Splenda® sweetener in it. No wonder it tasted like shit. Obviously, how else is poison supposed to taste?

Good Friday, Bad Friday 2010

Another wasted day, thanks to a useless holiday. What's worse is that we're talking about a religious holiday, one based upon the sham that is Christianity and Paulinity. As time goes on, I have nothing good to say about religion. Well, I suppose that I could offer one consolation: if the majority of people did not have the hope of being "saved," there would be more killing and maiming everywhere.

I can't say that I had an enjoyable day. I opted for coffee time at the Barnes & Noble® Café before riding the bus to town. I checked my mail at the Post Office before going to the gym. I was surprised by the large volume of mail, mostly bills. I even received a bill from the State for allegedly not paying the GET for the "condotel" unit. There was also a penalty and accrued interest. Pardon my language, but what the fuck is going on here? I mailed the damned GET payment back in February. In addition, the current bill was due three days ago, so I have apparently accrued another penalty and more interest.

I was perturbed for the rest of the day. I can do nothing until next week since the State offices were closed today. In fact, only the State observed the holiday from what I can tell. Downtown was extremely busy. All the banks and even the Post Office was open.

Speaking of the "condotel" unit, the shithole is draining me of money. The mortgage is now "upside-down" since I owe more than the dump is worth. Last I checked, the unit is only worth about 60 percent of the purchase price. And, although the assessed value of the dump has gone down, the property tax has doubled. So, my mortgage payment will be increasing by $30 per month commencing in May. In addition, Aqua management has persuaded the condo association board that new beds are necessary to improve the "visitor experience." So, all owners will be paying $1,000 or more for luxury beds to be installed this Summer. When I resided in the destestable "condotel" unit, I found the bed to be quite comfortable. Well, what do I know? In the meantime, the rates that the hotel charges are way below that of a shitty roadside motel. What exactly justifies new beds?

Later, I drove my Nissan® Frontier truck to Safeway® in Kuapa Kai to wind down the day. I wasted a lot of petrol (now at $3.45 per gallon for lowest octane) and even more money. Pardon my language, but what the fuck? Who even cares? I have already long ago predicted that the moneychangers will eventually rob us all blind. There's no stopping them. Let me tell you why.

The moneychangers and powers-that-be know the secret history of humans. They know that humans have been around for a long time, much longer than the Scriptures of Judaism, Christianity, Paulinity, and Islam claim. In fact, both entities know that the God of those religions does not exist. That's why they have gone hog wild. No one or no deity is going to stop them. Armageddon is not going to punish them for their "evil" ways. We are at their mercy (term used loosely).

In the meantime, the brainwashed masses will go through some kind of religious mumbo-jumbo this evening. Then, on Sunday, they will celebrate a pagan holiday. Exactly what is meant by the term, "pagan"? Is a pagan ceremony less religious or less legitimate than an "acceptable" religion's rite? Seriously, all of it is mumbo-jumbo. And, all the while, the moneychangers and powers-that-be are laughing their asses off.

April Fool's Day 2010

At the library, I completed reading the book, "Holy Blood, Holy Grail," by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln. Because of my exhausting religious research one year ago, I can safely conclude that the authors have most likely pieced together a truthful account beginning with the mysterious Bérenger Saunière, a priest assigned to Rennes-le-Château in the late 19th century.

I also perused the book, "The Atlas of Holy Places and Sacred Sites," by Colin Wilson. Clearly, religious beliefs have always been at the center of human society. Temples, pyramids, and monoliths were constructed for such purposes in ancient times. Why? Did the ancients really have a connection with the various deities? Constructing a pyramid or temple without modern heavy equipment is no easy task, so there must have been some kind of tangible incentive. No one will go through that much trouble for a fictitious god. Of course, we'll never know the real answer.

April Fool's pranks and joke are running amuck. Unfortunately, the absurd healthcare "reform," the various wars instigated by the empire, and the manifestation of the corporate state (i.e., Fascism) are not jokes that will disappear tomorrow. Like a bad sitcom, they won't just segue into oblivion. The joke is on us.