Reflections on Peace, Philosophy, and Life
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The figure representing conquest rides a white horse;
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war, a red horse;
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famine, a black horse; and
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plague, a pale horse. They are often called the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
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Isn't that what everybody says? Isn't that what we all strive for? Every action we make is ultimately for the perceived benefit of the feeling of happiness that the action should, in our estimation, lead towards. What do I mean with "happiness"? To me, it's that feeling we have, when everything is - at that moment - right with our world; that feeling we have when we say that we'd like this perfect moment to last forever. You know what I'm talking about. It's the feeling we try to recreate by repeating whatever led up to the moment. Perhaps on holiday somewhere, we experience that moment, so let's go there again next time - only the next time isn't like the first time and the feeling doesn't happen again.
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I've been reading a lot of "religious" texts lately, including the Koran, the Torah, The Gnostic Gospels, The New Testament and a number of Hindi texts and Scriptures. In all of these texts, there is reference to God as the Almighty, All powerful, Creator of everything, All knowing, All merciful, All love. And yet, when reading the texts which purport to describe and proscribe the purpose of human life, these aspects are frequently replaced by a petty minded, vengeful, mean and sexist God. These two aspects cannot exist together. And don't come with "God moves in mysterious ways" as an explanation. That is not an explanation for a completely contradictory description.
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The image that keeps occurring to me to describe the current situation is the world, is that of the ship "Titanic". The world is the ship, and it's slowly sinking; meanwhile - because there is no competent captain - the passengers are squabbling amongst themselves, as to which cabin they have and what the furnishings should be and who can be where. The crew, that is there, is trying frantically to warn the passengers and trying to slap patches on the multiple leaks, but nobody is listening because they are too busy squabbling.
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