Real Life Survivors vs. entertainment 'survivors'

it's early in the morning. i wake up, take a long hot shower, prepare my coffee, take a glass of water, put my clothes in the laundry...and get to work...the day is busy, i run the errands, chat with friends, manage my finances, eat, shop, cook, clean...etc, till it's time to relax. but first: 'It's been a tiring day', 'money is not enough', 'life is too hard', 'life is unfair', 'i'm so unlucky'...sounds familiar?

our lives have become so facilitated by all kinds of gadgets and amenities, yet instead of being simplified, they have become way too complicated (and meaningless). now, we (by 'we' i mean that percentage of the world's population which actually has access and enjoys fully this so-called 'modern life') don't try to survive and live day for day, scarcely meeting ends...no,we don't. and we don't know what it means to see your kids die because you couldn't provide for them, no, we don't. we don't comprehend the struggles and the human will to Survive, to Live, to Be, because we've been given a chance by birth (or so).

So, instead, we resort to more sophisticated ways of understanding the grudges, the hardships and 'tricks' of survival...entertainment.

Shows like 'Survivor' have become so popular all over the world. We admire the men and women who push themselves to extremes to 'survive'...and eventually win a million dollars or so...ye, but survivor is nothing like that! ...anyway, who wants to know. it's enough to see a few photos of starving children on the news, hear about hundreds of thousands of people 'displaced' (one might not even understand it well)...that exhausts our engagement in World Affairs, which are for politicians to solve... and then we can switch back to our Entertainment channel.

I'm not against entertainment in general. i suppose it is beneficial in some ways, enriching our lives or just helping us relax, but these particular forms of entertainment have exposed and perverted some of human's most honourable qualities, like will power, determination, vigour, courage etc. What do these shows encourage and inspire us for? Seeing how far a man can be pushed, the limits of his/her strength, will, hope? But it's all fake...because no one will be willing to do these things if there were no incentives. So, then, is this kind of show really displaying the heights of human courage and will power...or the depth of his/her desire to attain the prize (simply the greed for money)? I guess stimulation is not a bad thing, it is indeed necessary, since humans operate better when they are given a carrot, rather than nothing...but we are missing the point.

If you look closer in the news next time, and instead of ignoring or avoiding the faces of the displaced, the refugees, the starved, the underprivileged, the sick, and the weak...you will not see losers, but real life Survivors, heroes who have fought more battles than soldiers in wars have! Then you will be moved!
It is these people who aspire admiration and honour, the ones who Never give up, who strive to Survive on a daily basis...whose courage is beyond our understanding. These are the Survivors of this world. And this is NOT entertainment!

Don't encourage shows like 'Big Brother', which deprives people from growing and only engages them in meaningless gossip and trivial stories. Don't encourage shows like the World's Eating competition, during which, tons of food is wasted and which, despite all the food being devoured, leaves your mind and soul empty. Don't encourage shows like 'Survivor', or even 'Fear Factor', which despite being quite amusing and exciting, only prove the ultimate power of money to control people, to push them to do...just about anything.

When you wake up tomorrow, let your first words be of giving thanks, for just how blessed you truly are, and let your life not be 'devoured' by the media, 'consumed' by the multi-million corporations, but let it be moved and transformed by the stories of those to whom heaven belongs...the real survivors of this world. Jesus said,

" Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was in prison and you came to visit me....

'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me...' Matt.25:31-46

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Is Peace just a delusion or an arm-stretch away shore?

Inequalities, Regulations
Incentives and Ratios
International crisis and global response
constipation
Contradictions, world puzzles
Paradigms and Dilemmas,
Paradoxes and Distortions
Truth is False
and
Falsehood True
how come 1+1 still equals 2?

should we live in a cave (of ignorance)
like Plato's heroes do?

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Justice or Order,
what's on your mind?
again in opposition,
it's - Either / Or
Peace or War -
mutually destroyed?
can Man reconcile
the Self-interest and that of All?

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Lots are distributed
stocks piled up
flows of money come and go
yet the bottom is lied down
with bodies of the invisible
and the unknown...

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step on them! close your eyes!
it's clear, you've chosen your path
demise and lethal end are on the way...
but who will dare take a different path
(and be doomed wrong) ...anyway...

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put down the guns, raise up the flags
is Peace an oasis (delusion)? or an arm stretch-away shore?

...how would you know...if you don't stretch your own?

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the world of the MANY and the world of the FEW - the reign of INequality

The Many build the houses
the Few live in them

The Many grow the crops
the Few enjoy the meals

The Many supply the water
the fews' thirst is quenched

The Many mine precious stones
the few wear diamond necklaces

The Many manufacture clothes
the Few wear them and show off

The Many die in pursuit of freedom
the Few are born free

The Many cut their trees
the Few read books and have green fields

The Many gather the fruits
the Few drink fresh coffee in Starbucks

The Many fight for peace
the Few enjoy it

The Many are slaves
the Few are masters

The Many are sold in sex trade
the Few have choice to become what they want

The Many are invisible
the Few are famous

The Many are life survivors
the Few are film heroes (stars)

The Many are being tortured
the Few are pampered

The Many die before turning 5
the Few live long after 75

The Many thirst for knowledge
the Few go to university

The Many are sick
the Few have access to doctors and pills

The Many live with less than a dollar a day
the Few fill a bag of money on a shopping day

The Many bury their dreams and beloved ones
the Few enjoy their 'dreams come true'

The Many's voice is silenced
the Few's is loud and clear

is our world distinctively divided into 'the Many' and the 'Few'?
are we two distinct breeds?
are we from different planets?
can there ever be reconciliation, or is it like mixing oil and water in a cup?

we wish to see a world where it Matters who You are simply because You are a Human Being, a child of God, a Person, woman, man, young or old.
but we live in a wolrd in which it Matters, in various degrees, who You are and what life you will lead by the color of your skin,
by the place you were born,
by the culture you are in,
by the passport you will have,
by the groups that you belong,
by the people you will know,
by the money you have got,
by the clothes that you can buy and
by the things you can consume,
by the words you can pronounce and
by the schools you will enjoy...it depends...it matters really, can it ever be any different really?

It can...Jesus said...

"Blessed are you who are poor,
for YOURS is the kingdom of God.
Blessed are you who hunger now,
for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who weep now,
for you will laugh.
Blessed are you when men hate you,
when they exclude you and insult you
and reject your name as evil,
because of the Son of man.

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their fathers treated the prophets.

"But woe to you who are rich,
for you have already received your comfort.
Woe to you who are well fed now,
for you will go hungry.
Woe to you who laugh now,
for you will mourn and weep.
Woe to you when all men speak well of you,
for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets."

Luke6: 20-26

So, hold on, you who are last...because he said "The last shall be First and the first shall be last" Matt.20:16

as for equality...is it a matter of heaven?.. and not earth?..not this earth?..or at least not now?...

still, it isn't to say we should give up on hope of improvement, on hope of reducing the Many and increasing the Few...on making the scales close to even, even if it costs us our lives...We will do!

all we need is voices from the Few who are willing to speak for the Many,
we need few of the Few to open their eyes and become aware, and try to change the' formula' of our world,
so that the two (the Many and the Few) become compatible and fair.

So, if you are from the Few today, the Few who have a home, a meal, clean water, school and all kinds of amenities to enjoy every day,
Challenge your Self to look deeper into yourself and try to see this Self in a mirror that portrays you as if you belonged to the Many...and you will never be the same again...i am also doing this, by the way!

There need not be first and last, there need not be race in life...if we can see through God's eyes...and embrace everything with love..just as it comes.
not judge, not discriminate,
not greed, not rush,
not flush love, or buy guns,
not make war, not live to Have but to Give,
not live to be recognized, but turn into reality somebody's dreams,
not for the Self, not for the Things, not for the Stuff, the Money, the Stage, the Fame
but for the Many, for the Love, the Truth, the Hope, the Treasures of heaven...
not for Me but for You...

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The Fall and Rise of Human civilization (Redemption possible?)

Misery.Death.Drought.Pain...
Tsunamis. Earthquakes. Tornadoes. Torrent Rains...
Castes. Races. Ethnicity. Colour. Shape
Slaves. Segregated. Marginalized. Malnourished. Famished. Killed.
(curtains)

They are over the hill, in a faraway land.
Here, the waters are serene, the winds gentle, the pastures green
...here people don't fear (dare) to dream.

Two parallel universes within
a crooked, twisted, Broken world.

But we are all in a gas camera now,
for we are the victims of our own perpetrator (civilization)
unsuspecting, unprepared and unaware
of the genocide we bestowed upon ourselves, brought by our own wrath!

'They' will press the button of Modernization and
we (like obedient machine elements) will applaud and cheer
Prosperity and Progress with a dedicated conviction... that we Develop
only to discover the fanfare and fireworks will last but a minute...
till the 'gas' of self-destruction starts sneaking through the cracks in our thin walls,
over the hills and deep in the valley till...it makes us all choke to ultimate death.

Globalized and Interdependent - Helas!
Finally we will share something in common - North, South, developed, underdeveloped, least developed, less developed, in war, in peace, emerging, and submerging, rogue states, super powers, terrorists and peacekeepers, rebels and dictators...
...today we will share in our Common Humanity's Death!

Will there be tribunals to punish these 'crimes against humanity'?
Who is the guilty Perpetrator, the instigator of this fall?
Who, then is the Bystander, who is also to be blamed?
and who, if any, is the Victim in this wicked game?
Whose humanity? whose justice do we pursue?

we reach out to others just to get and not give
or when we give, it's so that later we'll have 'legal' ground to suppress and demand
for our gain (IMF) what actually they urgently need.

It's an eye for an eye, day after day,
is it our Civilization to blame?
Politicians crawl like snakes
Statesmen have become an extinct breed
Money strangles whoever tries to breathe
and 'robs' us from the so called 'humanity'

Grieve, all there is in this world is grieve!

Show me someone willing to stand in this disaster and
make a step to relieve a soul
Show me someone faith-full and brave
eager to remove the roots of this evil, of these lies, of this eternal vice!

Here I am - said the servant of the Lord -
i stretch out my hand-
to feed one hungry soul
to comfort one broken (lonely) heart
to quench one thirsty mouth
to bring one child's smile.
Here I am - use me...Lord!

We live in a modern sci-fi movie
all robotized, automatic and groovy
everyone's electronically up-to-date
but emotionally a total wreck!!!
Whoever 'genetically modified' this chip
omitted to include or intentionally removed...
simple functions like discerning right from wrong,
evil from good,
lies from truth,
build from destroy,
love from hate,
create from kill.

Lift up your eyes to the hills, can you see hope?
Go over and say, is there any living soul?
Dig up a well in this barren land,
an oasis of truth and hope to wash away all the fault,
to cleanse the guilt, the sorrow, the pain,
and please, oh, please, sprinkle
these electronically modified bodies with the breath of life (humanity) Again!
will you?


We are Free Slaves of our machines
corrupt judges, abusive parents, negligent teachers, absurd creatures
racist citizens, false friends, unforgiving neighbours, rotten souls...

We are Slaves of a-freedom (mis-freedom)
freedom to do wrong, to be bad, to think, act, speak falsely and walk away
without guilt of any sort...

We have Enslaved Freedom
Exploited Good
Tortured Justice
Molested Love
Poisoned Truth
Drowned Hope
Extinguished Peace
and... Buried our grain of Faith...


We 'develop' and 'succeed':
trade Wisdom for Folly
trade Peace for Money
trade Bread for Bombs
and the economy works

trade Love for Sex
Eternal for Ephemeral
Joy for Pleasure
Dreams for Delusions
Morals for Positions
Friends for Connections
and ultimately... the Choice to live for Chains for life!


Wake up, o, hills of Jerusalem,
wake up, o, you, people of God
How long till you feel responsible?
How long will you stay back?

You asked for the nations and here they are -
child soldiers, wounded, tortured, mothers in labour, raped, murdered, sick ones, little ones...all in need of True Love

You asked for wisdom and here it is :
if you save one of this souls, you will most certainly Live!

You asked for redemption,
Here I am - I died on the Cross, for your filthy sin!

Awake and Arise! and Shine on this barren land
for the Lord will again, make the hills blossom, the pastures green!
Let all who believe gather today,
the Lord has proclaimed from now on :


Love will eternally reign!!!
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