Death is coming

The closer death creeps up upon me the less I am able to understand the reasons for life or living.

Yes I have experienced a close family member dying and unlike television it takes decades to handle such a thing. To think I am going to put my family through such a thing when I finally leave is more horrific to me than the thought of death itself.

My life was and is still a learning experience but when all said and done what am I to do with all this accumulated learning over my lifetime if I just die. There is no logic or reason to this.

Long ago I became aware that the God story that is sold to the majority is just a nice story to give mankind with a message of a basic layout of how nice life could be if everyone followed these ideas. Not many in life do and if one thinks about it the good and evil structures actually depend on each other. The good that can be experienced in life is only understood as good when there is it's opposite to compare it to. This is not rocket science only common sense in reality. I am not saying we need to experience bad but understanding in it is needed to appreciate the great things many of us can have in our lives. From birth to death there are many ways mankind helps his fellow man. How many ways can you help?


Tuesday, January 31, 2012

A Brief Look At Asian Peace Symbols

By Steve Chung


The Chinese writing method makes use of characters known as Han characters. The total number of characters in the Kangxi dictionary is a staggering 47,035 although a large portion of them are no longer used. The essential thing to understand is that the Chinese characters are actually symbols that represent complete ideas rather than words constructed from letters with phonetic values.

Amongst the many popular symbols is the Chinese peace symbol. Peace is something that everyone is in search for. The meaning of peace as symbolized by the Chinese character does not necessarily mean the absence of war. Rather peace is a feeling of contentment in the heart which is one of the most valuable things in life.

The Chinese peace symbol is therefore representing one of the most precious things to man. Different people have different perceptions about the ways of acquiring peace. Some will go bungee jumping for it whereas others will turn to God in repentance. The Chinese however have their own concept and ways of acquiring peace.

The Chinese believe that the ancient symbols possess the quality of attracting positive things and they use them very often to get good fortune. Peace is something we all desire and the use of the peace symbol is very common throughout China.

You may wonder how the Chinese people attempt to use this symbol of peace. The history of China shows plainly how the Chinese people as a nation used the peace symbol. They have used the symbol of peace by surrounding themselves with it to achieve peace in their own hearts rather than anything else.

As you take a look at Chinese society you will find that the character of peace symbol is not the only one which is so popular to get positive things in the lives of the people. There are other symbols, the character of which you will find in shops, cars, offices, homes like the characters of blessing symbols and symbols of good fortune.

The Chinese peace symbol has found a special place not only in the Chinese society but all over the world. Especially the western world is enthralled by the peace symbolism as that is what is most important in everyone's mind right now.

As it is the concept of peace is considered to be cool in the eyes of the western youth. When the similar concept is represented in the shape of a Chinese symbol that looks amazing because of the way it is composed the symbol acquire even more credibility and appeal. Hence we find a wide range of fashion accessories and clothing gear featuring the Chinese peace symbol and selling like hot cakes in the western world.

The Chinese peace symbol which the west has adopted has a totally different implication to what the traditional Chinese concept is which they have been following for past so many centuries.




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