C. JoyBell C.'s Blog, page 30
September 4, 2014
A Book and a Birthday!
Below is a new book that is coming to your bookshelf very soon!
What if magic is real? What if the most abundant source of it is found in the age-old honorary act of being a family? That would make sense, you know! After all, magic runs in the blood and is passed on from generation to generation! The problem is that most of the time, it is locked up and the bearer denied of its nature.
"Raising Nobility: A Magickal Take on Parenting" is a modern-day grimoire that aims to free that heredity and teach you how to use it as a fuel, equipping you, so that you may allow it to run through your veins where it rightly belongs!
Brought to you by popular demand, this distinct book on parenting via Soul Alchemy is intended not only for moms and dads; but is meant to be read even by those who plan on never having any children of their own. The idea is to bring forth the Blue Blood in your veins and raise a new race of people in the process! The time has come, so let it be written, so let it be done.
In other news, I would like to greet my grandmother, Leona, a very, very happy birthday! Grandmom is no longer with us in flesh and blood, but I continue to celebrate her birthdays wholeheartedly and with much eagerness, each year. She was my mentor and the only woman I wanted to be like when I grew up.
What if magic is real? What if the most abundant source of it is found in the age-old honorary act of being a family? That would make sense, you know! After all, magic runs in the blood and is passed on from generation to generation! The problem is that most of the time, it is locked up and the bearer denied of its nature.
"Raising Nobility: A Magickal Take on Parenting" is a modern-day grimoire that aims to free that heredity and teach you how to use it as a fuel, equipping you, so that you may allow it to run through your veins where it rightly belongs!
Brought to you by popular demand, this distinct book on parenting via Soul Alchemy is intended not only for moms and dads; but is meant to be read even by those who plan on never having any children of their own. The idea is to bring forth the Blue Blood in your veins and raise a new race of people in the process! The time has come, so let it be written, so let it be done.
In other news, I would like to greet my grandmother, Leona, a very, very happy birthday! Grandmom is no longer with us in flesh and blood, but I continue to celebrate her birthdays wholeheartedly and with much eagerness, each year. She was my mentor and the only woman I wanted to be like when I grew up.
September 1, 2014
Reaching an Understanding
I recently established a "smiley legitimacy statement" on my Writer Page. Some of my followers expressed their disapproval of my smiles and my laughter, accusing me of arrogance and "defiance." By the way, defiance of whom? Of them? Because I didn't realise that I am expected to comply, not to rebel, to subjugate myself to their qualms. But anyway, what I want to discuss is on a higher level of thought pattern. I want to discuss what my philosophy is, who I am, why I am writing. I believe this needs to be established in order for people to be able to make the decision whether to follow me or not. You simply cannot make a good decision for yourself, if it is an uninformed decision.
So, what is my philosophy. I am in fact a Stoic. I subscribe to the philosophy of Stoicism. This is established on the premise of thought that nothing in the world has the power to move your soul, but that your soul will stir and move at its own will. You alone have the power to move your soul; not outward events. It is not the thing that causes you distress; but it is your estimate of the thing that causes you distress. Outward things cannot touch the soul, not in the least degree; but the soul stirs and moves of itself. It is not what you are looking at that is at fault; but it is the way that you look at it that gives it fault. I could go on and on. If you wish to continue following me, then I require that you know what Stoicism is. If you do not agree with Stoicism, then you do not agree with my primal philosophy, then there is no reason for you to follow me. We have no understanding. Now if after learning what Stoicism is, you agree with it, then please continue to join me on my philosophical existence. My thoughts are founded upon my philosophy and so are my actions. If you have no understanding of my philosophy then you have no understanding of me and in such case I see no reason for you to stick around my page, my blog, my twitter, anywhere. I have realised that the later (more recent) followers of my work are not aware of what the older followers already know, and that is, that my work is founded on Stoic philosophy. Earlier into my profession, people were aware of this before following me. Now though, I am afraid that people just see something that I have written, feel special about it, then follow me because I'm the person who wrote something that made them feel special.
My work is founded on Stoicism and I am an Esoteric writer. I am an Esoteric writer and I say this over and over again. I do not expect everyone to understand my work, because if everyone did, then it wouldn't be Esoteric. Furthermore, my interactions and my communications are Esoteric in nature. Everything Esoteric is founded on a philosophy and my personal philosophy is Stoicism. This needs to be understood if one wishes to read what I write and follow what I do.
There is no point in a Stoic Esoteric writer to be followed by individuals who do not understand Stoicism and who do not understand Esotericism.
Now as far as politics goes, I consider myself to be a Libertarian. So the things that I write and say are not due to a Conservative approach nor to a Liberal approach. I don't care about anybody's left wing right wing hang ups. I'm a Libertarian. Now as for why I am writing, well, I am writing because writing is what I do. I don't write because I need to express and heal and be emotionally weird. I write because it is what I do.
So now that you have learned more about me, please make the informed decision whether to follow me or not. Please do not follow me just because you read something of mine that made you feel special. No. You feeling special because of me is not a healthy premise for you to follow me or to read what I write. Because the minute that you don't feel special? You'll blame me for all of your woes!
So, what is my philosophy. I am in fact a Stoic. I subscribe to the philosophy of Stoicism. This is established on the premise of thought that nothing in the world has the power to move your soul, but that your soul will stir and move at its own will. You alone have the power to move your soul; not outward events. It is not the thing that causes you distress; but it is your estimate of the thing that causes you distress. Outward things cannot touch the soul, not in the least degree; but the soul stirs and moves of itself. It is not what you are looking at that is at fault; but it is the way that you look at it that gives it fault. I could go on and on. If you wish to continue following me, then I require that you know what Stoicism is. If you do not agree with Stoicism, then you do not agree with my primal philosophy, then there is no reason for you to follow me. We have no understanding. Now if after learning what Stoicism is, you agree with it, then please continue to join me on my philosophical existence. My thoughts are founded upon my philosophy and so are my actions. If you have no understanding of my philosophy then you have no understanding of me and in such case I see no reason for you to stick around my page, my blog, my twitter, anywhere. I have realised that the later (more recent) followers of my work are not aware of what the older followers already know, and that is, that my work is founded on Stoic philosophy. Earlier into my profession, people were aware of this before following me. Now though, I am afraid that people just see something that I have written, feel special about it, then follow me because I'm the person who wrote something that made them feel special.
My work is founded on Stoicism and I am an Esoteric writer. I am an Esoteric writer and I say this over and over again. I do not expect everyone to understand my work, because if everyone did, then it wouldn't be Esoteric. Furthermore, my interactions and my communications are Esoteric in nature. Everything Esoteric is founded on a philosophy and my personal philosophy is Stoicism. This needs to be understood if one wishes to read what I write and follow what I do.
There is no point in a Stoic Esoteric writer to be followed by individuals who do not understand Stoicism and who do not understand Esotericism.
Now as far as politics goes, I consider myself to be a Libertarian. So the things that I write and say are not due to a Conservative approach nor to a Liberal approach. I don't care about anybody's left wing right wing hang ups. I'm a Libertarian. Now as for why I am writing, well, I am writing because writing is what I do. I don't write because I need to express and heal and be emotionally weird. I write because it is what I do.
So now that you have learned more about me, please make the informed decision whether to follow me or not. Please do not follow me just because you read something of mine that made you feel special. No. You feeling special because of me is not a healthy premise for you to follow me or to read what I write. Because the minute that you don't feel special? You'll blame me for all of your woes!
Criticism: Overrated and Misunderstood
What is criticism, really? As usual, I will refer you to the etymology of the word. The word's intended use was for qualified individuals of merit, who practice the art of criticism, in order to judge the merits or the faults of a work, individual, etc. But what has the word "criticism" been reduced to, today? And more importantly, how much weight should be given to this word? If "to accept criticism gracefully" means that I am supposed to sit there and put up with a person's stupidity, then I doubt such persons should be using the word to describe their actions, at all.
We are all good for criticising our own selves, right? But something is wrong when we think that we have authority over another enough to criticise them. Then we are delusional if we think that our criticism is worth anything at all. Unless it is worth something. Unless there is a relationship of trust that has been established, or unless we have undisputed authority on the matter.
I have seen and experienced enough in life to know that there are so many motives and actions that hide behind the guise of "criticism." And why do they hide behind this guise? That is simple. They do so because there is a social norm that people have come to accept and that is the phrase. "accept criticism gracefully." It's become the equivalent of, "don't judge people by the colour of their skin." It's a big thing. But what is it, really? What about the person making the critiques? Who made their analysis and understanding worthy enough to be listened to? If you are going to come around and say that my shoes should not be pink, am I supposed to change my shoes because this is what you think? Or am I supposed to tell you that you don't know anything about shoes? Unless you do know something about shoes. Unless you are in fact Christian Louboutin or Jimmy Choo.
When one voices one's mind from a state of anger, hurt, other so and so emotions, this is not called "criticism" but this is called "anger" and often it can be called "accusations." And I have observed and known enough about people to know that they will push their boundaries into your own, as far as you will let them! Especially if they sense that you have a desire to make other people happy or to please others. They will never stop. They go on and on and on until you say stop. Do the meek really inherit the Earth? Or should we be serpents with hearts of doves?
The strange thing is that those who criticise do not wish to be criticised, themselves. That is because it is really not "criticism" as pertained by the art of criticism which is earned by merit and prowess in one's field of skill. It is just called "saying whatever I want because what I want to say and how I feel is important and you should care about it." That cannot be described as criticism. That can only be described as not having grown up.
Come to think of it, I have actually never in my life said anything to the likings of, "I am just criticising you" or, "why can't you take my criticism gracefully?" or anything at all to imply that, "I am only criticising you, and you should listen to my criticisms." No. Never. I have never even described myself as a critic of others, in any fashion, at all. I am my own biggest critic, and that is the only time when I have used the word to describe myself or what I am doing. Perhaps I am in fact very grown up (in a good way.)
We are all good for criticising our own selves, right? But something is wrong when we think that we have authority over another enough to criticise them. Then we are delusional if we think that our criticism is worth anything at all. Unless it is worth something. Unless there is a relationship of trust that has been established, or unless we have undisputed authority on the matter.
I have seen and experienced enough in life to know that there are so many motives and actions that hide behind the guise of "criticism." And why do they hide behind this guise? That is simple. They do so because there is a social norm that people have come to accept and that is the phrase. "accept criticism gracefully." It's become the equivalent of, "don't judge people by the colour of their skin." It's a big thing. But what is it, really? What about the person making the critiques? Who made their analysis and understanding worthy enough to be listened to? If you are going to come around and say that my shoes should not be pink, am I supposed to change my shoes because this is what you think? Or am I supposed to tell you that you don't know anything about shoes? Unless you do know something about shoes. Unless you are in fact Christian Louboutin or Jimmy Choo.
When one voices one's mind from a state of anger, hurt, other so and so emotions, this is not called "criticism" but this is called "anger" and often it can be called "accusations." And I have observed and known enough about people to know that they will push their boundaries into your own, as far as you will let them! Especially if they sense that you have a desire to make other people happy or to please others. They will never stop. They go on and on and on until you say stop. Do the meek really inherit the Earth? Or should we be serpents with hearts of doves?
The strange thing is that those who criticise do not wish to be criticised, themselves. That is because it is really not "criticism" as pertained by the art of criticism which is earned by merit and prowess in one's field of skill. It is just called "saying whatever I want because what I want to say and how I feel is important and you should care about it." That cannot be described as criticism. That can only be described as not having grown up.
Come to think of it, I have actually never in my life said anything to the likings of, "I am just criticising you" or, "why can't you take my criticism gracefully?" or anything at all to imply that, "I am only criticising you, and you should listen to my criticisms." No. Never. I have never even described myself as a critic of others, in any fashion, at all. I am my own biggest critic, and that is the only time when I have used the word to describe myself or what I am doing. Perhaps I am in fact very grown up (in a good way.)
August 31, 2014
Let's Have A Talk
At the bottom of this blog, you will be able to read a disclaimer and it is one which has garnered many praises from other public figures who have said that the disclaimer deserves an award in itself (and thank you.) Today I would like to discuss this disclaimer and how it came to be.
There seems to be a recurring phenomena that goes on amongst people who read my work. It recurs and it seems to be an underlying issue/problem. I addressed it on my Facebook Page just very recently.
I think it is good that people feel like I am actually speaking what is in their hearts and their minds, but I believe it gets very much out of hand and becomes unhealthy. I would like to remind everyone that I am not actually speaking your heart and your mind. Therefore, a contradiction between your thoughts and feelings and my own thoughts and feelings is bound to happen again and again. When what I say contradicts you, this does not mean it contradicts me. I have watched, over and over again, how people go berserk when I say or write something that is not in agreement with their own beliefs and persuasions. Then they conveniently accuse me of having a problem with their opinions. But it is not I who has a problem with their opinions, it is they who feel betrayed when their persuasions and opinions are not reflected in my work! They will immediately go on a rampage, stating things like, "You used to inspire me, but after this you're just someone that I used to admire!" they will continue to accuse me of things I didn't even do or say, putting words into my mouth and giving their own definitions to the things that I am saying/writing. Anais Nin once said, that we do not see things as they are, but we see things as we are. This is often too true and this takes on a twist of its own on my page amongst my readers! Not only do some individuals put their own meanings into what I have written, but they also see me as an extension of themselves! As if we are one person! As if I am a seance and they are dead people! As if I must be corrected when I say something contradicting their own persuasions and ideologies! If I were a seance spiritualist, they would be the ghosts slapping me when I conveyed the "wrong" message to the "other side"!
I think that it is okay to feel like my words speak your own heart and mind, however, I know that this can quickly get bloody the moment you suddenly feel like that extension of yourself is "betraying" you. In reality, I am not "betraying" anyone. I have never tried, in any way whatsoever, to speak anyone else's heart or mind. If you feel that way, that is just how you feel. I go on my path, and this is my own path and when you turn that way and I turn the other way, this does not mean I have betrayed you and this does not give you license to accuse me of things and jump on me and complain about how you are hurt or betrayed or what not. As a matter of fact, I do not have any more room left in my soul to entertain your feelings of betrayal and hurt, towards me, due to anything that I write. I give more than what is normally given by a public figure. I give you all too much attention, to be honest. And I can't help myself because I am simply genuinely interested in everyone. I remember the faces of my fans on my page and I remember their stories (if they have told me their stories in the past.) I even become my fans' biggest fan! There are so many intelligent and beautiful people who are fans of my work and I end up being their fan, too! I remember normal, everyday people. I am like this in my profession and I am also like this in my every day, flesh-and-blood life.
At this point in time, I feel like it may be more beneficial for me to curb my habit of attention-giving to people. Someone has told me (and it's been reiterated by others), that I am perhaps "making demons out of mere mortals simply by giving them too much attention." And I feel this may be true for some select individuals. Apparently, I have been validating their sentiments by giving those sentiments too much importance through attention. This, according to some, "makes demons out of mortals."
I think I just like people, it's a habit in itself that is difficult for me to curb. At this point though, it might be more beneficial for me to make a habit out of simply banning troublesome individuals from my Page, or just ignoring their sentiments altogether. Maybe I am creating spoiled brats by catering too much to them. Maybe I should start using the "ban" button as I said I would. I've said this already in the past and in my page's descriptions but when I said that it was more of a joke than fact. But now maybe I should make it more into fact than fiction. Another person has told me that I should be "aloof" and I have been thinking, maybe he has a point. Maybe people can't take my constant presence.
Not under any circumstance do I accept the accusation that I do not allow people to have their own opinions. This is absurd. By all means, have your own opinions! But do not expect mine to be yours! This is my own path that I am making, with my work, with the things that I write... you're the ones joining in on my path. If you believe differently than I, this does not affect me, so that is why I don't care! You however, feel like what I believe in or what I express, affects you. Now there's the big difference right there. And that's why you jump all over me when my expressions contradict your own. And I would just like to clarify here, that I am not pertaining to every single person who reads what I write. I have many readers of sound mind and sound judgment. But I am pertaining to the select individuals who do seem to exhibit an unsoundness of mind from time to time.
I have a few choices. I could curb my habit of how I interact with people, altogether, or I could just ban the people I don't want around. Some just make a problem out of anything they can touch, this is their troublesome nature. If you validate their sentiments by giving time and effort to reply to them, they will say that you "care so much to defend yourself." But actually, you are giving them your time of day, not yourself! Then if you simply ignore them, they won't stop until you give them attention. Then if you ban them, they will go around saying that you ban people that "are of different opinion" than your own. Really, how can anyone expect the next generation to be a noble generation, when this generation of parents are shameful? I worry, you know. And I probably shouldn't even worry because I probably shouldn't even care. But then I do care. I care enough to have written a whole book on parenting!
So that is how my disclaimer on this blog came to be. It was created to remind people that I am not an extension of their hearts and minds. I am me and they are they.
There seems to be a recurring phenomena that goes on amongst people who read my work. It recurs and it seems to be an underlying issue/problem. I addressed it on my Facebook Page just very recently.
I think it is good that people feel like I am actually speaking what is in their hearts and their minds, but I believe it gets very much out of hand and becomes unhealthy. I would like to remind everyone that I am not actually speaking your heart and your mind. Therefore, a contradiction between your thoughts and feelings and my own thoughts and feelings is bound to happen again and again. When what I say contradicts you, this does not mean it contradicts me. I have watched, over and over again, how people go berserk when I say or write something that is not in agreement with their own beliefs and persuasions. Then they conveniently accuse me of having a problem with their opinions. But it is not I who has a problem with their opinions, it is they who feel betrayed when their persuasions and opinions are not reflected in my work! They will immediately go on a rampage, stating things like, "You used to inspire me, but after this you're just someone that I used to admire!" they will continue to accuse me of things I didn't even do or say, putting words into my mouth and giving their own definitions to the things that I am saying/writing. Anais Nin once said, that we do not see things as they are, but we see things as we are. This is often too true and this takes on a twist of its own on my page amongst my readers! Not only do some individuals put their own meanings into what I have written, but they also see me as an extension of themselves! As if we are one person! As if I am a seance and they are dead people! As if I must be corrected when I say something contradicting their own persuasions and ideologies! If I were a seance spiritualist, they would be the ghosts slapping me when I conveyed the "wrong" message to the "other side"!
I think that it is okay to feel like my words speak your own heart and mind, however, I know that this can quickly get bloody the moment you suddenly feel like that extension of yourself is "betraying" you. In reality, I am not "betraying" anyone. I have never tried, in any way whatsoever, to speak anyone else's heart or mind. If you feel that way, that is just how you feel. I go on my path, and this is my own path and when you turn that way and I turn the other way, this does not mean I have betrayed you and this does not give you license to accuse me of things and jump on me and complain about how you are hurt or betrayed or what not. As a matter of fact, I do not have any more room left in my soul to entertain your feelings of betrayal and hurt, towards me, due to anything that I write. I give more than what is normally given by a public figure. I give you all too much attention, to be honest. And I can't help myself because I am simply genuinely interested in everyone. I remember the faces of my fans on my page and I remember their stories (if they have told me their stories in the past.) I even become my fans' biggest fan! There are so many intelligent and beautiful people who are fans of my work and I end up being their fan, too! I remember normal, everyday people. I am like this in my profession and I am also like this in my every day, flesh-and-blood life.
At this point in time, I feel like it may be more beneficial for me to curb my habit of attention-giving to people. Someone has told me (and it's been reiterated by others), that I am perhaps "making demons out of mere mortals simply by giving them too much attention." And I feel this may be true for some select individuals. Apparently, I have been validating their sentiments by giving those sentiments too much importance through attention. This, according to some, "makes demons out of mortals."
I think I just like people, it's a habit in itself that is difficult for me to curb. At this point though, it might be more beneficial for me to make a habit out of simply banning troublesome individuals from my Page, or just ignoring their sentiments altogether. Maybe I am creating spoiled brats by catering too much to them. Maybe I should start using the "ban" button as I said I would. I've said this already in the past and in my page's descriptions but when I said that it was more of a joke than fact. But now maybe I should make it more into fact than fiction. Another person has told me that I should be "aloof" and I have been thinking, maybe he has a point. Maybe people can't take my constant presence.
Not under any circumstance do I accept the accusation that I do not allow people to have their own opinions. This is absurd. By all means, have your own opinions! But do not expect mine to be yours! This is my own path that I am making, with my work, with the things that I write... you're the ones joining in on my path. If you believe differently than I, this does not affect me, so that is why I don't care! You however, feel like what I believe in or what I express, affects you. Now there's the big difference right there. And that's why you jump all over me when my expressions contradict your own. And I would just like to clarify here, that I am not pertaining to every single person who reads what I write. I have many readers of sound mind and sound judgment. But I am pertaining to the select individuals who do seem to exhibit an unsoundness of mind from time to time.
I have a few choices. I could curb my habit of how I interact with people, altogether, or I could just ban the people I don't want around. Some just make a problem out of anything they can touch, this is their troublesome nature. If you validate their sentiments by giving time and effort to reply to them, they will say that you "care so much to defend yourself." But actually, you are giving them your time of day, not yourself! Then if you simply ignore them, they won't stop until you give them attention. Then if you ban them, they will go around saying that you ban people that "are of different opinion" than your own. Really, how can anyone expect the next generation to be a noble generation, when this generation of parents are shameful? I worry, you know. And I probably shouldn't even worry because I probably shouldn't even care. But then I do care. I care enough to have written a whole book on parenting!
So that is how my disclaimer on this blog came to be. It was created to remind people that I am not an extension of their hearts and minds. I am me and they are they.
August 28, 2014
Let's Talk About Breastfeeding
I was talking about breastfeeding on my Writer Page recently, to which Rachel Moses responded with a statistic, stating that only 1 out of 10 babies are being breastfed at 6 months. Rachel Moses is a Certified Lactation Counsellor and her statistic came as a shock to me! I do know that there are mothers out there who would love to breastfeed but simply don't produce any milk, for whatever reasons. So, not all mothers lactate, which is a very unfortunate thing but it's also just the way things are and I understand that they would love to give their babies the best but simply cannot! I also know of other mothers who do lactate but who have disgusting-tasting milk that their babies want nothing to do with. Then there are probably the other reasons like poor health on the mother's end and so on and so forth. There are also the reasons of simply not wanting their breasts to fall out of shape, simply not wanting to tote the "burden" of feeding their babies with their bodies, so on and so forth. But a statistic of only 1 out of 10 is just awful. That means 9 out of 10 babies are not getting the best that they deserve.
I breastfed my son for the first two years of his life, without incorporating any formula milk whatsoever. I am very thankful and grateful to be able to say that, because I know that there are mothers who would love to be able to say that but simply can't, for real reasons such as the ones I've mentioned above. I feel that it is incredibly fulfilling as a woman, to be able to feed your child with your own milk produced by your own breasts! How much more of a woman can you become, really? The ultimate sustainer and nurturer is someone who can sustain and nurture another human life with her own body! This is something so feminine, so womanly, it is something only a woman can do! To be able to not just form and bring out another human being with your body; but also to nurture and nourish that person with your breasts, is just so female, so womanly, so feminine and so divine! It makes me see the immense honour in being created as a woman and it makes me feel even more thankful to have been created as a woman. The woman is indeed the divine sex. But I am dismayed at why so few women see this! Why are too many women trying to prove that they are not women? Where is the pride in that? Breastfeeding is not only the best thing that you can do for your baby's health, but it is also a very practical choice to make! You don't have to spend money on expensive formula milk, on sterilising devices for sterilising bottles, on the bottles themselves, and then on hospital fees for when the bottles aren't sterilised properly and your baby ends up with diarrhoea (it often happens.) You don't even need to mix the milk and make sure it is at the perfect temperature! There won't even be any need to go through the gruelling process of figuring out which formula milk is good for your baby (the one that won't give him/her an upset stomach and abnormal bowel movements.) On top of all that, it's the best way to slim down! Breastfeeding tones your stomach muscles to help you get back into shape faster than otherwise doable. Ideally, a mother will want to breastfeed and I understand why there are many real reasons why this ideal wouldn't be fulfilled. Our ideals are often different from our realities. But I also understand that there are many reasons that shouldn't be reasons at all and I would like to be a voice that says, if you can do it, then do it without hesitation. Do it with your whole heart! Embrace motherhood fully and with joy! Embrace womanhood fully and with happiness! Give your baby the best because the best is already in you.
I breastfed my son for the first two years of his life, without incorporating any formula milk whatsoever. I am very thankful and grateful to be able to say that, because I know that there are mothers who would love to be able to say that but simply can't, for real reasons such as the ones I've mentioned above. I feel that it is incredibly fulfilling as a woman, to be able to feed your child with your own milk produced by your own breasts! How much more of a woman can you become, really? The ultimate sustainer and nurturer is someone who can sustain and nurture another human life with her own body! This is something so feminine, so womanly, it is something only a woman can do! To be able to not just form and bring out another human being with your body; but also to nurture and nourish that person with your breasts, is just so female, so womanly, so feminine and so divine! It makes me see the immense honour in being created as a woman and it makes me feel even more thankful to have been created as a woman. The woman is indeed the divine sex. But I am dismayed at why so few women see this! Why are too many women trying to prove that they are not women? Where is the pride in that? Breastfeeding is not only the best thing that you can do for your baby's health, but it is also a very practical choice to make! You don't have to spend money on expensive formula milk, on sterilising devices for sterilising bottles, on the bottles themselves, and then on hospital fees for when the bottles aren't sterilised properly and your baby ends up with diarrhoea (it often happens.) You don't even need to mix the milk and make sure it is at the perfect temperature! There won't even be any need to go through the gruelling process of figuring out which formula milk is good for your baby (the one that won't give him/her an upset stomach and abnormal bowel movements.) On top of all that, it's the best way to slim down! Breastfeeding tones your stomach muscles to help you get back into shape faster than otherwise doable. Ideally, a mother will want to breastfeed and I understand why there are many real reasons why this ideal wouldn't be fulfilled. Our ideals are often different from our realities. But I also understand that there are many reasons that shouldn't be reasons at all and I would like to be a voice that says, if you can do it, then do it without hesitation. Do it with your whole heart! Embrace motherhood fully and with joy! Embrace womanhood fully and with happiness! Give your baby the best because the best is already in you.
August 24, 2014
"I am whole, I exist..."
"I am whole, I exist..."
August 21, 2014
Moon River by C. JoyBell C.
I thought it was time you hear my voice! Enjoy my very own rendition of Moon River as sung by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's. :-)
The story: I was singing this song the whole day, when I decided to pick up my mobile phone (Alcatel oneTouch) and record my voice. I've never recorded my voice before and I was shocked that it actually sounded not-so-bad! I've received much positive feedback from people who have listened and it makes me very happy because I'm pleased to share my voice with you after many years of sharing my writing! Now you know I'm a real person! Hahha! :-D
Enjoy my song!
The story: I was singing this song the whole day, when I decided to pick up my mobile phone (Alcatel oneTouch) and record my voice. I've never recorded my voice before and I was shocked that it actually sounded not-so-bad! I've received much positive feedback from people who have listened and it makes me very happy because I'm pleased to share my voice with you after many years of sharing my writing! Now you know I'm a real person! Hahha! :-D
Enjoy my song!
August 14, 2014
Something's Coming!
Hey, wonderfuls! Today I just wanted to give you all a heads-up on my upcoming book! It's entitled Raising Nobility: A Magickal Take on Parenting. This book is a result of being encouraged by many people to put up my own school for children, according to them, they would love to enroll their children in said school where I would make sure that philosophy and divine arts are taught. Well, seeing as I can't put up such a school (at least not yet), I believe the next best thing is to produce a book on raising children into a noble race. The idea is more on raising a new, noble race amongst mankind, rather than just raising a child to be a good person when they grow up. They say that parenting should come with a manual and there are in in fact many manuals out there just for that! My book though, leans more towards raising a new race and in order to do that, I actually focus on molding the adult reader of the book because I believe that the only way to raise a noble generation of children is by molding a noble generation of parents! Really, there is no such thing as transforming and guiding a child if you yourself are the one who needs the transformation and guidance! Transform yourself first and be guided first, in order for you to be able to do the same for your child/children. That is what I aim to do in my upcoming book. And that is why I strongly believe that this book is for all people, regardless of them being parents or not. Even if you don't plan on ever having children, you can still parent yourself and become your own hero with the aide of my book. It's not going to be a very thick book, but experience has taught me that many of the best books having the greatest of influences upon me have been the books that are very short and it is in keeping with this tradition that I don't necessarily have to make sure that all of my books are a mile thick. In my book we will dig through topics ranging from social media to romantic feelings, to character development and avoiding deception. Of course, there are many more topics but that is just to give you an idea of the range and the reach, which is quite vast. I approach all of this from my own perspective, from a magickal perspective. And when I say "magickal" I don't mean "woo-woo" magickal but I mean hermetical!
In keeping with the style of all my writings, this book can be considered to be esoteric in nature. Please check out the definition of esoteric here and the etymology of the word here. Right now, I am still finalizing things, polishing my manuscript, deciding upon a book cover, so on and so forth. You can expect to have my book available for purchase in probably a month or so. Maybe less, we'll see! I will keep you posted! And remember to "like" my Facebook Page, where you can receive fresh new updates from me in your FB newsfeed (which is fun!) Have a wonderful day, wonderfuls, and I hope that Raising Nobility is something that you will be looking forward to!
C. Bells
In keeping with the style of all my writings, this book can be considered to be esoteric in nature. Please check out the definition of esoteric here and the etymology of the word here. Right now, I am still finalizing things, polishing my manuscript, deciding upon a book cover, so on and so forth. You can expect to have my book available for purchase in probably a month or so. Maybe less, we'll see! I will keep you posted! And remember to "like" my Facebook Page, where you can receive fresh new updates from me in your FB newsfeed (which is fun!) Have a wonderful day, wonderfuls, and I hope that Raising Nobility is something that you will be looking forward to!
C. Bells
August 4, 2014
Your Inner Silence
The word "genocide" is being thrown around on social media like crazy these days. So I thought, why don't we examine the meaning of the word? So let's go ahead and do just that. Well first of all, this word was first used in reference to Nazi extermination of the Jews, which we now all refer to as "holocaust." The word "genocide" was invented to describe what happened to the Jews; the Jews gave definition to this word. It quite literally means, "killing a tribe" for the simple reason that they belong to that certain tribe. To read more in-depth on the etymology of the word, please click here. So now that that's very clear, let's move on to think about the genocides that have taken place in our history. Putting the holocaust aside, since that is, like, the original atrocity; the very first genocide I think about when the word comes up is the genocide of the Georgians . I first learned all about this through self-study, back when I was about ten years old. In one of my childhood homes, we had an enormous armoire full of National Geographic magazines, which I would spend hours and hours and hours scouring through! I learned so much from those lengthy, seemingly unending hours of reading National Geographic when I was a child and on into my pre-teen years, as well. So that's how I first learned about the Georgian "ethnic cleansing." To read up on a list of ten horrific genocides that took place in history, please click here. And please do click on all of the links provided above before proceeding to read the rest of my article.
The world and its celebrities may possibly be responsible for another genocide in the most original sense of the word. I have a question for the world and its celebrities, it goes like this, if you are so pro-humanity and so pro-women and children, then why are not you enraged and raising hell over the genocide that is taking place right now in Syria and Iraq? Because in Syria today, there are already over 170, 000 people murdered. And why? Well they are being murdered because they are Christians or homosexual. And women are being "circumcised" because apparently owning a clit is a sin. That same group of people who call themselves the "Islamic State" are vowing right now to move towards Gaza in support of Hamas, as soon as they can make it there. After all, Hamas and Islamic State are not so much that different, they are both internationally recognized terror groups. And, you know, like any other internationally recognized terror group— they terrorize. How? By murdering innocent people. That's how. The world and its celebrities are responsible for washing out the awareness on the genocide taking place in Syria right now, through painting social media with a single sentiment: hatred towards Israel. And it is because of their impulsive, emotional reactions to what they are seeing in the news, that the massive genocide taking place is being overlooked in favor of Jewish hatred, otherwise known as anti-semitism. It is also the reason why Jews everywhere are now afraid to be Jewish. And we are talking about a tiny country here. A tiny, tiny country with a land area of 22, 770 square km. That's the size of Israel. Smaller than the state of New Jersey in the U.S.A. New Jersey is, of course, only one of the 50 states in the United States of America. Israel is the smallest non-Islamic state in their region of the world, surrounded by huge Islamic states all around her. Though small, she fights strong and hard.
The world and its celebrities are cock-fighting the people of Israel against the people of Palestine. This is wrong. This war is between the people of Israel and a terrorist organization known as Hamas, a terrorist organization that now has the backing of Iran, Turkey and the Islamic State group, a group that is committing genocide in Syria right now as I write this. Jewish tourists needed to be evacuated from their holiday spots in Maldives because angry mobs were threatening to kick them out! People are screaming "Death to the Jews, Gas to the Jews, Hitler was right" in places like Paris, Berlin and Rome! All because of what is happening right now... wait a minute... since when is it okay to do that? Since when is it okay to incite hatred like that against an entire race of people? And these same people expressing their "opinions" use the term "holocaust" to describe what is taking place, not realizing they are using a word entirely created in reference of the murder of 6 millions Jews and homosexuals, in order to describe a war against a terrorist organization. The holocaust didn't even have anything to do with Muslims; it was about Nazism and Nazis attempting to create "a pure white race"and literally take over the world. People are painting new swastikas over archaic swastikas drawn in the 1930's on old stone walls in Rome! Unbeknownst to them, they are painting the symbol of WHITE PURITY AND SUPREMACY. What does that mean? That means that if you are not of a purely white race (and if you're gay)— you're in for the concentration camps, too! So, HELLO, why are people using this sign in support of Palestine? Are you even of a pure white race, thus giving you the "right" to even touch this sign? Palestinians would be eliminated by Nazism, too!
Now, let us say that there is no "human shielding" going on in Gaza right now, let's just say that for once in history, an Islamist terror organization suddenly wants to protect innocent lives, okay, let's give it the benefit of the doubt. Even with this benefit of the doubt, since when, in all of history, have there never been civilian casualties during any war between any nation or nation and group of militants? And, civilian accidental casualties aside, since when has the rest of the world been blameless of war crimes? What about the 1968 massacre in Vietnam, committed by U.S. Military? In fact, here is a list of worldwide war crimes. The way people are acting, you'd think they actually knew history and really want to have peace worldwide! Peace worldwide? Or do people just have selective intelligence usage? Are we witnessing selective use of human intelligence these days? Let's all jump on Israel because in all of the world and in all of history, Israel is committing the most heinous war crimes known to mankind, meanwhile, let's just totally overlook the huge-ass genocide taking place right now in Syria, because we can't possibly cock-fight those people since they're all the same race. It's more fun to cock-fight people of opposing races, right? Where's the fun in paying any attention to a group of people who are killing another group of people that are not much unlike themselves? It's more fun to pit Jews and Muslims against one another, because we already know they hate each other so much! And of course I am using sarcasm to get my point across (in case anyone doesn't realize that.)
Yes, it is horrific that women and children have died in their war. But it will be more horrific now that Islamic State is on its way over there to help Hamas. Not only has it gotten away with its genocide in Syria, but it can actually cross borders to help like-minded people! Oh how fun! Just another day's work! I wonder what opinion the world and its celebrities will have then. By the way, this is the only war that I know of wherein people think that they get to dictate the outcome of who wins the war, just because they have Twitter! What about Russia and Ukraine? Why isn't anyone raising hell over that? We are all suddenly judges of everyone's wars because we have Facebook and Twitter? Yes, the death of innocents is wrong, may God rest their souls, but the death of innocents is wrong everywhere; not just when it happens because of Israel's bombs! The death of those three Jewish boys, may God rest their souls, was wrong, too. The death of 170,000 in Syria right now just because they are Christians or homosexuals or have clits— is equally wrong! And nobody has the right to make matters worse for an entire race of people, for an entire nation, just because they can tweet something or just because they have "an opinion."
I have many Muslim readers and I have many Jewish readers and during all my time as an author, I have not been harassed by any Muslims and I have not been harassed by any Jews, thank God. But I have been harassed many times and that has not been harassment from Muslims nor from Jews; but those have been from the same kind of people inciting hatred between these two peoples, today! That has been from all of you other people from all over the world— Americans, British, Australians, so on and so forth— in other words, other kinds of people who aren't Muslim and Jew have harassed me at one time or another during my career as a writer, simply because I said something that didn't make them happy. Entitled people of the world, they were in their minds. I think the same thing is going on today! Something doesn't make people happy— they are running around calling for hatred, or making statements that they cannot take back! Once it is said— oops! No more taking those things back!
I have a question for the world and its celebrities— do you really care about protecting the lives of women and children, or do you just care about being able to say what you want, when you want? Do you really care about the occurrence of genocide in the world today, or are you more concerned about your freedom of speech and expression? Because there is a huge, huge difference.
Now I will leave you with a video about the Islamic State I have discussed above, to give you an idea of what kind of support Hamas has, and what kind of people are carrying out "ethnic cleansing" in Syria right now (see embedded link below.) And I will leave you with these words: Remember to step back and listen to your inner silence; always be at one with your inner silence, keeping out the outside noise, because that inner silence will guide you.
Post by VICE News.
The world and its celebrities may possibly be responsible for another genocide in the most original sense of the word. I have a question for the world and its celebrities, it goes like this, if you are so pro-humanity and so pro-women and children, then why are not you enraged and raising hell over the genocide that is taking place right now in Syria and Iraq? Because in Syria today, there are already over 170, 000 people murdered. And why? Well they are being murdered because they are Christians or homosexual. And women are being "circumcised" because apparently owning a clit is a sin. That same group of people who call themselves the "Islamic State" are vowing right now to move towards Gaza in support of Hamas, as soon as they can make it there. After all, Hamas and Islamic State are not so much that different, they are both internationally recognized terror groups. And, you know, like any other internationally recognized terror group— they terrorize. How? By murdering innocent people. That's how. The world and its celebrities are responsible for washing out the awareness on the genocide taking place in Syria right now, through painting social media with a single sentiment: hatred towards Israel. And it is because of their impulsive, emotional reactions to what they are seeing in the news, that the massive genocide taking place is being overlooked in favor of Jewish hatred, otherwise known as anti-semitism. It is also the reason why Jews everywhere are now afraid to be Jewish. And we are talking about a tiny country here. A tiny, tiny country with a land area of 22, 770 square km. That's the size of Israel. Smaller than the state of New Jersey in the U.S.A. New Jersey is, of course, only one of the 50 states in the United States of America. Israel is the smallest non-Islamic state in their region of the world, surrounded by huge Islamic states all around her. Though small, she fights strong and hard.
The world and its celebrities are cock-fighting the people of Israel against the people of Palestine. This is wrong. This war is between the people of Israel and a terrorist organization known as Hamas, a terrorist organization that now has the backing of Iran, Turkey and the Islamic State group, a group that is committing genocide in Syria right now as I write this. Jewish tourists needed to be evacuated from their holiday spots in Maldives because angry mobs were threatening to kick them out! People are screaming "Death to the Jews, Gas to the Jews, Hitler was right" in places like Paris, Berlin and Rome! All because of what is happening right now... wait a minute... since when is it okay to do that? Since when is it okay to incite hatred like that against an entire race of people? And these same people expressing their "opinions" use the term "holocaust" to describe what is taking place, not realizing they are using a word entirely created in reference of the murder of 6 millions Jews and homosexuals, in order to describe a war against a terrorist organization. The holocaust didn't even have anything to do with Muslims; it was about Nazism and Nazis attempting to create "a pure white race"and literally take over the world. People are painting new swastikas over archaic swastikas drawn in the 1930's on old stone walls in Rome! Unbeknownst to them, they are painting the symbol of WHITE PURITY AND SUPREMACY. What does that mean? That means that if you are not of a purely white race (and if you're gay)— you're in for the concentration camps, too! So, HELLO, why are people using this sign in support of Palestine? Are you even of a pure white race, thus giving you the "right" to even touch this sign? Palestinians would be eliminated by Nazism, too!
Now, let us say that there is no "human shielding" going on in Gaza right now, let's just say that for once in history, an Islamist terror organization suddenly wants to protect innocent lives, okay, let's give it the benefit of the doubt. Even with this benefit of the doubt, since when, in all of history, have there never been civilian casualties during any war between any nation or nation and group of militants? And, civilian accidental casualties aside, since when has the rest of the world been blameless of war crimes? What about the 1968 massacre in Vietnam, committed by U.S. Military? In fact, here is a list of worldwide war crimes. The way people are acting, you'd think they actually knew history and really want to have peace worldwide! Peace worldwide? Or do people just have selective intelligence usage? Are we witnessing selective use of human intelligence these days? Let's all jump on Israel because in all of the world and in all of history, Israel is committing the most heinous war crimes known to mankind, meanwhile, let's just totally overlook the huge-ass genocide taking place right now in Syria, because we can't possibly cock-fight those people since they're all the same race. It's more fun to cock-fight people of opposing races, right? Where's the fun in paying any attention to a group of people who are killing another group of people that are not much unlike themselves? It's more fun to pit Jews and Muslims against one another, because we already know they hate each other so much! And of course I am using sarcasm to get my point across (in case anyone doesn't realize that.)
Yes, it is horrific that women and children have died in their war. But it will be more horrific now that Islamic State is on its way over there to help Hamas. Not only has it gotten away with its genocide in Syria, but it can actually cross borders to help like-minded people! Oh how fun! Just another day's work! I wonder what opinion the world and its celebrities will have then. By the way, this is the only war that I know of wherein people think that they get to dictate the outcome of who wins the war, just because they have Twitter! What about Russia and Ukraine? Why isn't anyone raising hell over that? We are all suddenly judges of everyone's wars because we have Facebook and Twitter? Yes, the death of innocents is wrong, may God rest their souls, but the death of innocents is wrong everywhere; not just when it happens because of Israel's bombs! The death of those three Jewish boys, may God rest their souls, was wrong, too. The death of 170,000 in Syria right now just because they are Christians or homosexuals or have clits— is equally wrong! And nobody has the right to make matters worse for an entire race of people, for an entire nation, just because they can tweet something or just because they have "an opinion."
I have many Muslim readers and I have many Jewish readers and during all my time as an author, I have not been harassed by any Muslims and I have not been harassed by any Jews, thank God. But I have been harassed many times and that has not been harassment from Muslims nor from Jews; but those have been from the same kind of people inciting hatred between these two peoples, today! That has been from all of you other people from all over the world— Americans, British, Australians, so on and so forth— in other words, other kinds of people who aren't Muslim and Jew have harassed me at one time or another during my career as a writer, simply because I said something that didn't make them happy. Entitled people of the world, they were in their minds. I think the same thing is going on today! Something doesn't make people happy— they are running around calling for hatred, or making statements that they cannot take back! Once it is said— oops! No more taking those things back!
I have a question for the world and its celebrities— do you really care about protecting the lives of women and children, or do you just care about being able to say what you want, when you want? Do you really care about the occurrence of genocide in the world today, or are you more concerned about your freedom of speech and expression? Because there is a huge, huge difference.
Now I will leave you with a video about the Islamic State I have discussed above, to give you an idea of what kind of support Hamas has, and what kind of people are carrying out "ethnic cleansing" in Syria right now (see embedded link below.) And I will leave you with these words: Remember to step back and listen to your inner silence; always be at one with your inner silence, keeping out the outside noise, because that inner silence will guide you.
Post by VICE News.
July 13, 2014
Understanding Darkness
Below I present to you my reflections and my theories concerning dark energy and dark matter (a subject of cosmology, physical cosmology and also astrophysics.) You might want to indulge yourselves. Oh, and if you find this exact same writing elsewhere on the internet, do not fret, I have not plagiarized someone else! I am actually the founder of an astronomical society which I don't hook up with my author pen name and this would be the first time I'm sharing a work I've written for the society, here on my author blog. So if you find this writing in other places, know that yes, I am the author of that.
Now, I just wanted to share with you some thoughts that I've been having lately on dark matter and dark energy. We all don't know what it is. In fact, despite all of our advancements in astrophysics, we still have no clue what this stuff is. According to NASA Science Astrophysics' statistics, roughly 68% of the universe is dark energy, 27% of the universe is dark matter, then lastly AND leastly, the stuff we call normal matter— which is us, all the planets and stars and galaxies we've ever had the pleasure of discovering and observing— makes up only 5% of everything! In fact, we and what we are able to observe that is made up of the same substances that we are capable of detecting— we are the odd ones out in the universe, we are in fact not the "normal" ones, because we're just so different! So why can't we figure out what all that darkness is? Well, the answer to that is simple. We can't figure it out because it is entirely alien to us. We, as a species, are only capable of developing instruments to aid us in finding what we already know we're looking for. We can't create things to aid us in discovering a reality that is entirely unrelated to our own! Even the material that we use to put together a telescope comes from minerals that were born in our stars, combusted here on our Earth— it is all made up of the stuff that is familiar to us, of the stuff that we ourselves are made up of and are capable of comprehending! So as you can see, we are not capable of creating things that could aid us to find material that is completely foreign to us, simply because that is beyond our level of reach. How can one invent a telescope made of our matter, in order to detect a matter that is not even related to our own matter— see?
A more chilling (or exciting) fact about our universe with relations to dark matter and dark energy, is the fact that this whole universe as we know it, is expanding! Yes, our universe is in fact expanding! It seems like astronomical objects are moving away from us; but in actuality, it is the darkness in between which is growing! They say dark energy is expanding (imagine stretching a black, rubber sheet) and while this darkness expands, everything that is "normal" sitting on top of it (or embedded into it, whichever way you want to look at it), apparently travels further and further away from each other! And that is why we are able to observe redshift when viewing objects in our skies. Redshift means that something is moving away while a blueshift would mean the opposite of that. So to put it simply, the darkness is growing!
What is this growing darkness? And we find ourselves at the same point of origin that we began at— the question of what this stuff is! Well, let's wrap this thought up by saying that this is open to individual theory. After all, the universe belongs to everyone! Which means that you may theorize about it just as much as any astrophysicist feels free to theorize about it. Personally, I think that dark matter + dark energy could very well be a parallel universe so foreign to our own, that we possess no means whatsoever of understanding it. And vice versa. Our two universes may very well be each others' "dark energy and dark matter." They may also observe their universe and say, "what is this weird stuff we can't put a finger on?" And by parallel universe I don't really mean like a Fringe version of parallel universe where there are blimps and they don't have coffee, rather, I mean parallel universe to the extent that the very fabric of their reality is something totally alien to us. Perhaps we as a human race, are the only species of our kind in all universes and perchance this other universe is populated with individuals that do not resemble us in atoms, molecules, quarks and the like. Or maybe the darkness is actually what many religions and spiritualities refer to as "Heaven"— a place where the gods/God are/is. After all, there is a whole lot of it! There is enough room for every Heaven of every religion and every God of every belief system! And what are we? Well I guess that would make us the wanderers, the adventurers, the explorers, the observers, the seekers, the thinkers and the dreamers. The ones who look up into the skies at night. The ones who pray and believe and dream. And I guess that makes us weird. I guess that makes all the difference.
Celestial Atlas by Jamieson, Published 1822
Now, I just wanted to share with you some thoughts that I've been having lately on dark matter and dark energy. We all don't know what it is. In fact, despite all of our advancements in astrophysics, we still have no clue what this stuff is. According to NASA Science Astrophysics' statistics, roughly 68% of the universe is dark energy, 27% of the universe is dark matter, then lastly AND leastly, the stuff we call normal matter— which is us, all the planets and stars and galaxies we've ever had the pleasure of discovering and observing— makes up only 5% of everything! In fact, we and what we are able to observe that is made up of the same substances that we are capable of detecting— we are the odd ones out in the universe, we are in fact not the "normal" ones, because we're just so different! So why can't we figure out what all that darkness is? Well, the answer to that is simple. We can't figure it out because it is entirely alien to us. We, as a species, are only capable of developing instruments to aid us in finding what we already know we're looking for. We can't create things to aid us in discovering a reality that is entirely unrelated to our own! Even the material that we use to put together a telescope comes from minerals that were born in our stars, combusted here on our Earth— it is all made up of the stuff that is familiar to us, of the stuff that we ourselves are made up of and are capable of comprehending! So as you can see, we are not capable of creating things that could aid us to find material that is completely foreign to us, simply because that is beyond our level of reach. How can one invent a telescope made of our matter, in order to detect a matter that is not even related to our own matter— see?
A more chilling (or exciting) fact about our universe with relations to dark matter and dark energy, is the fact that this whole universe as we know it, is expanding! Yes, our universe is in fact expanding! It seems like astronomical objects are moving away from us; but in actuality, it is the darkness in between which is growing! They say dark energy is expanding (imagine stretching a black, rubber sheet) and while this darkness expands, everything that is "normal" sitting on top of it (or embedded into it, whichever way you want to look at it), apparently travels further and further away from each other! And that is why we are able to observe redshift when viewing objects in our skies. Redshift means that something is moving away while a blueshift would mean the opposite of that. So to put it simply, the darkness is growing!
What is this growing darkness? And we find ourselves at the same point of origin that we began at— the question of what this stuff is! Well, let's wrap this thought up by saying that this is open to individual theory. After all, the universe belongs to everyone! Which means that you may theorize about it just as much as any astrophysicist feels free to theorize about it. Personally, I think that dark matter + dark energy could very well be a parallel universe so foreign to our own, that we possess no means whatsoever of understanding it. And vice versa. Our two universes may very well be each others' "dark energy and dark matter." They may also observe their universe and say, "what is this weird stuff we can't put a finger on?" And by parallel universe I don't really mean like a Fringe version of parallel universe where there are blimps and they don't have coffee, rather, I mean parallel universe to the extent that the very fabric of their reality is something totally alien to us. Perhaps we as a human race, are the only species of our kind in all universes and perchance this other universe is populated with individuals that do not resemble us in atoms, molecules, quarks and the like. Or maybe the darkness is actually what many religions and spiritualities refer to as "Heaven"— a place where the gods/God are/is. After all, there is a whole lot of it! There is enough room for every Heaven of every religion and every God of every belief system! And what are we? Well I guess that would make us the wanderers, the adventurers, the explorers, the observers, the seekers, the thinkers and the dreamers. The ones who look up into the skies at night. The ones who pray and believe and dream. And I guess that makes us weird. I guess that makes all the difference.
Celestial Atlas by Jamieson, Published 1822
