TV Lies

 I find television to be very educating.  Every time somebody turns on the set, I go in the other room and read a book.  ~Groucho Marx

Your Own Revolution

How can people live their lives on behalf of others? Why do we have to follow rules and preconceived beliefs about the way we dress, the studies we have to make, the games we play and the way we act. The answer for me is obvious…We don’t have to! So why are we doing so?

One of the basic reasons of course is the culture in which we have raised. So let’s focus on this. If we have learned to eat vegetables all our lives, it is difficult to change. Also if we have learned to hate our neighbor, we will hate them even if he is a saint.  This is part of our cultural development and it is inevitable. This cultural influence together with the education that we have can lead us to put a threshold in our thoughts perspectives and in the end to our chances to live everything and to choose what is more suitable for us.

So, where does this culture and education come from? Mainly from our parents and our close society. The educational systems of course play also a huge role. But in the end is our parents and our friends that will put limits to our way of thinking and acting, that will force our attitude to a specific dimension. This dimension is one of the million others that exist. No one knows which is the best! And as far as I concern, there is no best one! As I mentioned before the goal is to find the most suitable for yourself and the one that will affect the others the least in terms of limiting their freedom. But what about your freedom? Is it a real one? Or is the freedom that your environment has imposed into your life? We are leading our lives with values, rules and standards that are not created by ourselves! They may be completely wrong but we do not care, being afraid of making the step outside of the common way of behaving.

This is where the title of this article starts to form a meaning. People need to break the chains of this small, homemade, externally created dictatorship they are living in. It is the first step of being independent, self-confident and above all free to choose how we trully want to live. Nothing is right without judgment, and if we are afraid to judge things we may end living a life without true meaning. We need to take the responsibility of all our acts, not being scared of failing so that we can get the most out of this life.

By starting your own revolution, you ignite the thinking process for the problems of the world.

C.

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Don't forget to live... A story of a father and a son

There was a man who came back from his work , tired and angry, just to find his 5 years old son waiting him at the doorstep.
-Daddy, can I ask you something? the kid asked.
-Of course son, whats up?
-Daddy, how much money do you earn per hour?
-This is not your business! Why do you ask such a thing?? the man answered furious
-Well, I just want to know. Please tell me how much do you earn in an hour??
-You shouldnt ask this , but ill tell you...I earn 50 euros per hour.
-Oh...
the young boy said staring at the floor,and continued
-Daddy can you please lend me 25 euros??
The father got really angry.
-If the only reason that you asked me this was to lend some money to buy a stupid toy or some other foolish thing then go straight to your room and sleep.And you better think why you are so selfish.Im working really hard every day to hear these childish words from you.
The little boy left quietly and headed to his room.

The man sat alone but he couldnt get out of his head the question of his son..How could he ask such a question just to take some money from him???
But as the time passed , he calmed down and he started thinking that maybe his son was in need for this 25 euros to buy something really important...He wasnt asking for money that often anyway...
He got up,walked to his son's room and opened the door..

-Are you asleep , son?, he asked
-No daddy im awake , the boy answered.
-I thought that maybe i was too strict with you before.It was a really difficult day , full of tension , and I was not calm when we talked. Here , take these 25 euros that you have asked me.
The boy took the money obviously happy.
-Oh thank you so much daddy, he said loudly.
He raised his pillow and unveiled a pack of paper money he had hidden there.
In the view of the money that the boy had , the man got angry again!
-Why you asked for more money when you already have ?? he said furious.
-Because I didnt have enough, but now i do, the boy said.

-Daddy, now I have 50 euros.Can I buy one hour from your time? Please come home early tomorrow , I want to have lunch with you.

The daddy stood up, embraced his son and begged for forgiveness...

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SUBTITLES OF ALMOST ALL THE LANGUAGES

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Something on the Crisis....of DEBT!

The Crisis of Credit Visualized [2009][Greek subtitle] from koulis_pet on Vimeo.

Yours is the Earth...

...IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,

Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it

And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

Rudyard Kipling 1889

I'll keep it short and sweet — Family. Religion. Friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business.

This line is from Charles Montgomery Burns, the epitome of the evil businessman as thought by the creators of the Simpsons. I laugh a lot whenever I watch this episode. But what makes it even funnier is the irony that one of the most watched television series in the world is making people laugh by exploiting their own misery. I do not know if we are (the vast majority of humanity) blind, ignorant, indifferent or just plain stupid. It is happening right now, in front of our eyes, and we are doing nothing but obliviously “watching” a few white collar thieves take control of our own lives, handling us like puppets.

I am not going to waste my time, and yours, ranting about how a few dozen bankers control the destiny of the world. Thank God we live in a day and age where any type of information can be easily found in a matter of seconds. Maybe instead of watching that Family Guy episode for the 123^th time, surfing the net searching the next porn video which will desensitize your already fried brain, or losing hours of your time browsing through youtube or facebook maybe you could do a little research and start to question some of the things that are happening in front of your eyes. But no, your brain has not been educated to think this way. So, why does this happen?

For some reason, for which I have not yet found an answer, men have continuously tried to enslave other men. The best example for me is the Catholic Church. They were and, whether you see it or not, continue to be successful at controlling people. At the beginning, their power was acquired through holding the vast majority of the population uneducated and illiterate. Any type of scientific progress was vilified and punished severely. The Catholic Church was against scientific progress for the sole reason that it took power away from them. They used fear (see any similarities today?) coupled with cruel punishments to control the population, that was what the “Santa” Inquisición was for ( I have still to fond what is saint in torturing and killing people). This worked extremely well for a couple of hundred years. In my opinion, their downfall in trying to control the world was the idea that they could stop progress. The people that are trying to control the world nowadays are much smarter; they have managed to create a society that is inherently slaved without knowing! You have to take your hat off to them. Think of it for a second. If you were born in the western world, from the moment you come out of your mother’s womb you have already been set some expectations. Normally, whether you like it or not because no one will ask you, you are sent to school before you can even talk. It is like sending you to the army, schools, from kindergarten up to post-doctoral studies, are designed to prepare you to serve the social establishment we are living in, without questioning if it is the best establishment.

My first attempt at trying to understand economics did not happen until college. It was the first time I was introduced to the mathematics behind our current economic system. My professor was a PhD in economics with a vast knowledge and experience in the economic policies of the western world. This class was a brief, basic introduction of how capitalism works. I remember that I was shocked at what I was hearing and observing. In order for capitalism to work, it needs unemployment. Economical crises are supposed to happen in capitalism. Really? What the fuck is this about? I was even more astounded when I saw the other 23 idiots in the class nodding stupidly and just taking notes. Are you kidding me? Say something god damnit! Why is the system like this? Why can we not try a more fair system? Ah no! Fuck it, the only reason these idiots are taking this class is because they have to. They will take notes, pass the exam and forget whatever the fuck it is they learned. The only reason they are getting the fuckin degree anyways is to go work for a company and make a shit load of money. Why? Because this is what is expected from them, from everyone. Succes means how much money you have. This is the fucking, no-good, soulless society we have been born in. And the people who run this society have been clever enough to make it seem the perfect society so that no one will ask questions.

To be continued...

Living a Life without Life....

What can I say….? As a Greek I feel strange…I don’t know if it is despair, anger, sadness or disappointment, what I feel …Maybe all these together! The only thing that had remained inside Pandora’s Box was hope…Now I think that not only hope is not living there anymore but she cries alone somewhere , cursing her eternal patience…

Whose fault is it finally?? Yes the ones that govern us for sure…Yes we are to blame too ,because we elect them… And the ones that govern the ones that govern us ,isn’t it?  Who are they?? Go read some history please…no, no that school book that have been made by them to fuck your brains at your most important age…No , I am talking about real history…behind fake ideologisms , behind rotten politics and ideas… Pure manipulating history , pure strategies , pure propaganda , pure nothing…. Cause this is all our history the last 300 years! Pure emptiness! Civil wars , Dictatorships , Unending fighting , politics , communists, capitalists, socialists , nationalists , poor people sleeping , poor people waking up and sleeping again….This is our history!! And above all, the bankers! The Bankers I apologize...they deserve a big B….they deserve it cause they manage to rule our world our lives our everything and still to be out of target from the mass and still people trust them and still the world to spin around their own created system! There are too many writings about them so I am not going to analyze this subject here….If you want to learn and wake up just spend one hour searching and reading instead of putting your mind into the washing machine… Ooooh I am being too bad with you huh?? I know what you are thinking… ‘Why you think you are better than us…You do the same things so don’t preach on us…..’ …Am I right ?? Well, look….Firstly you have no idea if I am like this or not….But I will say that I am ….Not like you but way worse…. SO WHAT??? Stop searching an excuse to say ‘fuck it why should I care’ ! It is the easiest thing! And this is just an excuse believe me! Even if I am the worst person , judge my words not my life! Maybe this is the most I can do….but at least I am doing it! What is the most that you can do???? The absolute nothing??? I hope not…..

Have you ever wondered where are all those Great civilizations of humanity???  The Chinese, the Indians , the Saxons , the French, the Mexicans , the Egyptians, the Greeks , the Italians ??? Isn’t it funny??? No one exists anymore!!!! Where is that superiority of human kind ??? Where are the Great Ideas ???  Where are the Big and Progressive Ideas?? What happened to art??? Why we only care on how many MBA’s we have ??? Why we care only about money and how the companies can make more??? Living almost only for this???? From the cradle to the grave , careless for humans….

You can go on living careless like this or thinking that I think of conspiracies as I am sure that you have done so many times before when someone tried to make you think…I do not have the power to get in your brain and change it – and I would never wanted to do so… Humanity has to wake up by itself!! Not because tomorrow you will be poor while you were living ‘free’ and thoughtless for the really important things , not because suddenly you feel in your skin our rotten society and history , but because you feel HUMAN and you care for the other human beings! And you can’t afford the injustice, you can’t sustain the depression , the humiliation , the miserable life, civilization , entertainment (Psyxagogia in greek =training of the soul) , the control of your thoughts and your soul! 

Can you do it??? If yes NOW is the time! ACT !! WAKE UP!!! 

NOW!!!

Wake Up,Freak Out

Why...?

You fail….you lose….you got sick…you struggle….WHY?

I am sure you have raised your hands so many times asking …WHYYYY??? haha! I am sorry for the laughter but to WHOM are you pointing your question???  To God?  To me??  To the universe??  Let’s say that you don’t believe in gods and stuff….so consequently your question has no answer!! You fail, lose, struggle because it has just happened!!! The guy next to you is in perfect shape, his pockets full of money , and has no worries compare to yours! So…..what is happening?? You still asking why aren’t you? Maybe this is not the right question…..Lets now say that you believe to God-whoever God we don’t care here….So your ultimate question goes to Him! But…who are you that you will ask God WHY??? Because He wants it like this! For sure he is gonna have his reasons…and by believing to Him you have to accept His will….Not to mention that if your God is one of the good ones you should know that whatever he does,it is for your good because His love is countless….So again…..you ask the wrong question!!

At least now we have a clue that no matter who you are and what you believe the question to your life’s biggest problems is not WHY!! I am not here to manipulate you….I will just try to see if there is something better to do rather than asking Why to the air-God-whatever…

So…I will use the example of poverty….let's assume that you are poor in this extend (the real,deep,unsustainable poverty is a HUGE issue but for now let's stick on this)…you make it through everyday, you have food, a house to live but you have absolutely no access to the ‘entertaining’ area created from the system….sometimes your life seems miserable,especially when you compare it to all the other ‘civilised’ people, that have the opportunities to do whatever they want whenever they need it.

Is this the truth? Are they really able to have whatever they need ?

Yes of course, I will use LOVE as a first example… But its not only that they cant buy love -as The Beatles once sung – it goes deeper… Money and getting involved to their system that produces money connects everything to the consuming power of   a human being….Consequently people with money and power are living in a world made of false promises and false expectations … From the time we are born we are being bombarded of how money and wealth can lead us to happiness and to prosperity.Think now…How is it easier to experience true love in this life? Love has nothing to do with material things I hope that everyone agrees to that…So if our lives are full of material needs and consuming thoughts linked to our ‘piece of mind’ , inevitably Love will always be linked and compared and confused  with the biggest diamond gift, the newest game for the Playstation , the most expensive night at the most expensive hotel and NEVER with the real nature of Love….

Lets get back now to you (or me)…. We have nothing except the basics…But if for one moment – and I am sure that these moments have been there to your lives as they have been for me too- draw the line and stop envying the rich and all the values that the system imported to our lives , I am sure ,SURE, that we will obtain the highest emotion in this life…..FREEDOM! We are FREE! We can love our partners not because of their money and their power and what they can do for us , but because they are our brothers and sisters and we share the same values of Love,Peace,Freedom….We can show our children what real Love is , real Freedom  that has nothing to do with just one Christmas gift. We can be together because we share the same ground , the same dreams , the same thoughts not because of the next golf game we have to play. And from this situation , we can make our lives better…. We can organize our actions, we can boycott their establishments, we can try to bring our future closer to our nature….And for me our Nature is Love,Peace,Freedom….

We have to be together….Poverty is our weapon….But instead of taking lives it just changes them…

Stop identifying Happiness with Wealth! Stop dreaming of being like them...Stop helping them to grow more and more...

Stop asking Why……

Start shouting NOW!

Carpe Diem!

We seek pleasure through golden rubbish

adventurous patterns of a life above,They say...

sick routine enclosed monotony to my way

contemptible,lamentable shallow to the bone,I say...

So dream on-chase the infeasible-feel the will to live

and cease the day!

Slow Down....but Dance!

Did you watch the kids in the playground

or did you hear the rain as it falls on the ground

Did you see the crazy butterfly out from the cage

did you loiter the sun while dark night fades 

You’d better slow down

Don’t dance so fast

Life is short says the clown

The music won’t last forever...

Do you run ,so anxious,every single day

do you hear the answer when you say a simple hey

When the day is over do you go thoughtfull to your bed

with a hundred business-thoughts spinning in your head

You’d better slow down

Don’t dance so fast

Life is short says the clown...

Did you see the sadness in your kid’s eyes overflow

as hope expires by your killing ignorance

Did you lost in touch did you let a friendship die

cause a phonecall was the fear in your miserable trance

You’d better slow down

Don’t dance so fast

Life is short says the clown

The music won’t last forever...