A New Life, For Or Against?

 

Sometimes I watch a television program about some "ghost hunters" who investigate allegedly haunted places. It's very interesting both to see what they find and what they call "finds". Up till now there has definitely been more of the "what they call finds" than 100% water tight, scientifically proven finds, but still, I find it interesting, actually also to see my own reactions to these maybe-finds.

IF there are ghosts then it means that our "soul" is more than the body and mind of us, it's not even part of our physical death, but somehow lives on after we die. That will be a substantial consolation for many people who fear death, but I'm not sure this "staying alive after death" is something to wish for. To have some traumatic experiences in life that glues one to the place where they happened is not what I find worthwhile for anybody, dead or alive. Such a situation would be more like being caught and then tied down in a more or less gloomy dungeon which I don't see as the wishful scenario for my future.   

Naaahhh, I think I would prefer a totally new life which is what cats are supposed to get up till nine times. Then the question is, would I be prepared to live in a place or a situation that's not "ME" as I'm now? Naaahhh, not really .... What I would concede for is a staying "me", while being transformed into something - ehhh', somebody else - and I don't think that's what's supposed to happen when one is reincarnated. 

Then there is no real point in wanting this intolerable, evil-minded and spoilt milksop to be reincarnated as this guy:
 

The milksop will not feel or experience the hardships of the homeless guy, just as he doesn't now when he is the so-called "president" of the USA. That means that the tie of these assumed lives must remain tight for the past to make as much as a dent in the make-up of the new life. 

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm ....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jesus and the apostles taught that death is like sleep followed by a resurrection (See John 11:11-15).

 

Poem by Else Cederborg: "Masks"

Whenever the face was on it bristled with smiles

all kinds of smiles, some half, some whole

some genuine, some anything but

 

All of them were hers, earned in pain

and countless frustrations

Actually, in nature, most of them were

kicks, stabs, evil wishes and plans 

turned into facial expressions 

 

That's why she kept her face in a box

putting it on or locking it away, day in, day out

Her being held captive by unbeatable circumstances

the face got the better of her, demanding

moods and feelings that were not hers 

 

 

A On-Line-Love-Affair

Eh'???!!!! Yes, I definitely do have that right, and I'm going to exert it whenever I chose to! However, I have heard of people who feel owned by their own computer and certain subs they somehow got to visit all the time. I don't feel "owned" yet, but there are subs I would find it difficult to give up, and which I visit quite often. When I did some time ago, I was told a gruesome, but not all that uncommon tale of a woman who let herself get involved with a man on the Net. Before long they sort of seduced each other, and for a while they were very close indeed. The way it was told led me to think that she was a very down-to-earth-woman, but he started out as what one might call an old-fashioned, romantic gentleman-suitor - that is, before he turned unpleasant.  

 

 

Over time he somehow got the upper hand over her because nobody had told her of the dangers of webcams. All og a sudden her gentleman-suitor turned nasty: Being no better than he was, he threatened to post his takes of her on YouTube, when she decided to leave him for a more substantial lover. Suddenly, what had been a kind of love and quite fun games turned bad. As it is, she got more and more afraid that he would revenge himself on her by ruining her reputation in what might be called "the real world". 

I doubt that his photos and videos of her were very revealing or shocking, but she felt they might ruin a lot for her with her family, her colleagues, her friends, yes, everybody who knew her. Because of that, she was caught and gave up her new real-life-love to stay with her internet-lover. What a pity, in my opinion.

As she had never seen her online-lover in real life, but only knew him from photos who might be of anybody with a face and a body, she wouldn't even know him if he came to look her up. Actually, she was in a similar situation as the one of the young woman in this rather scary tale of a man's radical changes of looks and personality:

Wagging the "Tail" of the President

I always liked Dustin Hoffman, and I remember him in the classic movies "The Graduate", "Tootsie", "Midnight Cowboy", "Papillon", "Marathon Man", "Kramer vs. Kramer", "All the President's Men", and "Rain Man". The one I remember the best is "The Graduate", and I think that's because he and Ann Bancroft are doing a great job of the story about the woman who seduces her daughter's boyfriend.

However, there is another Dustin Hoffman-movie which I, actually to my own great surprise, have forgotten totally: "Wag the Dog" (1997), which is based upon the novel by Larry Beinhart from 1993: "American Hero".

This may sound crazy, but the reason why I came to remember this movie is the tRumpian's insane Iran-war that started a few weeks ago. As it is, tRump has nothing to do with this specific movie, but part of the recent Epstein- and Iran-situation, as it's seen by most people, Americans or not, seem to mirror it. The story is about a president, played by Michael Belson, who has an urgent need of a distraction from a sex scandal that could ruin his career: He was caught making sexual advances to an underage girl in The Oval Office. 

Michael Belson

Now, what to do to save the president's career and him from criminal prosecutions? Well, Dustin Hoffman and Robert the Niro as a Hollywood producer and a spin doctor, decide that a fake war might take the heat off the guilty president, so they go about fabricating what looks like a war in Albania, but which is only a make-believe-story. 

Strangely enough, a few weeks after the release of "Wag the Dog" the then president, Bill Clinton, had an affair with the young Monica Lewinsky that drew a lot of attention. Was it what led to the bombings in Sudan and Iraq? Also, there was the American intervention in the Kosovo War which one might suspect was related to the Clinton-Lewinsky-scandal.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/oct/09/wag-the-dog-where-to-watch-streaming-abc-iview-robert-de-niro-dustin-hoffman 

 

Wikipedia 

Playing With Toxins

 

Now, what do we have here? A sick dog? Yeah, but not sick-Sick as in contamination, genetic problems, accidents or the like. This very sick dog actually is a genuine drug addict. You may ask, how a dog can be a drug addict, and the answer is that he/she loves licking some of these poisonous animals:

I would have thought it takes a fairy tale princess to kiss one of these, and then it's not a frog, but a toad. The idea of "kissing a toad" stems from the Brother Grimm's fairy tale "The Frog Prince" about an unpleasant physical contact that symbolizes endurance: "Kiss the frog who is a bewitched prince and free him from the magic that turned him into an ugly animal. By doing that you gain the true love of a true prince.

Well, part of the unpleasantness of kissing frogs - or toads - is that some of them are quite poisonous. To kiss, or even touch, such a creature may be quite dangerous and is not to be recommended, e.g. as an experiment or a dare.

The sick dog who keeps licking toads is not only "playing with toxins", but with fire, as this foul habit may cost it its life. If a dog or cat licks, bites, etc. a poisonous toad one has to bring it to the vet, but before doing that one should rinse its mouth. 

Dogs don't read fairy tales, making them want to take the chance of kissing a frog to see it turn into a handsome prince, but they may do it to get at the skin secrets of the animal. While these secrets being killers in some toads or frogs they are also very "narcotic", giving hallucinations and all sorts of sensations that some, people and animals, enjoy. I suppose they aren't tasty in the normal sense like e.g. some foods, but they do what narcotics are supposed to do. For instance The Colorado River toad also produces something that's called 5-MeO-DMT, which is a powerful psychedelic. The Cane Toad is very dangerous to animals and should be avoided.

https://hemopet.org/toxic-toads-in-the-united-states/ 

Weird Tale by Else Cederborg: "The Reward" (Edited, Previously Published)

The Reward

It dawned upon Yvonne that her choice wasn't the best one. No, she shouldn't have asked for "never dying" when that genie told her she had some wishes coming her way for helping his nephew out from that old flask that had kept him prisoner for ages. 

No, she should have asked for something else, like e.g. "never aging and never getting poor". She even had three wishes, but somehow she couldn't remember the other two ones.

However, this never dying-promise simply begged another wish, but she had no idea of how she would get a fourth wish. It seemed impossible, also because the genie had gone, as he went to see another one of his troublesome nephews, this one having fun as a mass murderer in some far off country. (Yeah, genies are like that, they do exactly what they want themselves, also they are sloppy and don't always get the wishes right).

The sad thing for Yvonne was that by now, she saw someone in her mirrors who didn't resemble her - who simply couldn't be her – only, confusedly enough, she is dressed like her and when she stuck out her tongue at her, she did the same at her.

Horror! This creature in the mirror has spots all over, her hair is almost gone, well, at least that on her head. On her chin it grows like weeds and is very profuse. If that lady in the mirror doesn't start doing something to get rid of it she shall end up looking like a goat or some old gent from the 18th century. At that time all of them grew beards, which Yvonne knew for a fact as she was there and watched them, but alas, they didn't notice her sitting there, decrepit, destitute and desperate. Bad "Ds", bad situation, but better now as she came into money because she let the money come to her.

Yes, even though she at that time was 208 years old she still knew how to find ways of "finding" money.

All it took was some green stuff into the cups of some hapless people who hadn't met the genie: However, they knew the art of dying and die they did ....

Yvonne often fingered the flask that had held the nephew of the genie prisoner for such a long time. When she did, she felt its narrow shape confine as a solace. Just imagine the safety of sitting in that flask. Nothing could come out, that's true, but then neither could anything get in. Yes, one would be safe in such a small confine.

One day she even pulled the cork and took it to her nose to smell the perfume it had held long ago. When she did, the room started to vibrate, the light flickered and there he was, that "good", old genie!

"Oho," he yelled, smiling benevolently at her. "Looking fine, eh'?"

"You or me?" she asked, not at all amused.

"You, Madam, you," he bristled.

"I have mirrors and I wish I didn't," she said.

"So you don't like your looks as they have developed?"

"”Developed”!!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course not, I’m a woman, not a scarecrow!!!!!"

He laughed and then said, in a teasing voice: "So what's your wish now? To regain your wonderful looks?"

"I had my wish," she said, "although I know there were more than one …."

"Yes, your second wish was "Give me a beautiful dress for the ball" - and I did - you were very satisfied. As to your third wish it was quite strange because what you said was: "Up yours!""

"What!" she exclaimed in horror at the by now somewhat bashful looking genie. "What did you just say?"

"Not my fault, you did, and as you can see, I sort of ignored it so it's still hanging there. Of course, I shall fulfill your wishes, I always do when someone helps one of my nephews, but ...."

"No, no, no," she yelled, utterly appalled, "Don't overexert yourself, I asked for too much. I withdraw that wish 100% right away!"

"Hmmm," he said, "It would be nice for me, but you see, that's not the way it works. The system is built on trust and sooner or later I have to fulfill the three wishes of the clients. I don't like this one bit more than yourself, but a promise is a promise, so .... "Up yours" it is ...."

Utterly horrified she considered her situation: Her first wish had been to never die, so she would never get release, and right now she was heading "Up yours" inside a deranged genie with several utterly evil and murderous nephews whose crimes were forcing him to travel all over the planet.

"No-no," she stuttered, "I free you of your obligation. I do it freely and with all

my heart."

"Mmmm," he said, but this statement or whatever it was, turned into a singing or humming sound as she felt herself being lifted by unseen powers and shot forward towards him, at the same time being shrivelled and shrunk into the same size as the cork she had been fingering. She knew she screamed when she plunged inside a very deep and dark place that didn't exactly smell of roses, but at the same time she felt sure that nobody heard her .…

Not Worth Dying For

When I saw the most recent interview with one of tRump's most infamous "advisors", Stephen Miller, jubilant that the USA now was killing even more Iraneans, I got mad. First of all, I haven't been able to find anything - or anybody - who proves beyond doubt that the tRumpian "feeling" of danger was based on realities. WHY then are people dying because the cheater-president of America chose to attack Iran??? As he is whom he is, I take for granted, that he is out to line his pockets by waging war, but still, he is playing with fire and should not feel safe enough to do what he did.

That I believe, but it will not work that way: By now he is just a pedophile - maybe even a murderous one - who is also a political disaster. 

As it is, I don't even believe that he won the presidency in what might be called a "fair game". I resent seeing him gloating at how he "screwed" the country and the people whom he is actually obliged to work for, not against. 

 

No, this particular individual and the ideologies he represents are not worth dying for, but that may happen anyway as the political situation doesn't leave much room for choices. It's very sad, and it should have been stopped long ago when he committed "High Treason" by stealing classified documents and stacking them in his private home.