Relativity of time

Most of the work is done in a tiny percentage of time. The rest of it we do nothing. Probably don't even think.

Journeys and Destinations

I was thinking today (yeah, I still do sometimes, for practice) of the futility of human life. Probably, the result of hearing on the radio that NASA managed to take photographs of back side of the Sun. I mean, cool, why do we need to see it? As the radio DJ said, if we will actually see it, it will mean that the things went really wrong! But we can see it on the photographs when the things are still ok.

But it's very inspiring: somebody came up with the idea that we need to see it, spend LOTS OF money on it, and I'm sure all the participants severely enjoyed the project. And now the whole world can see our greatest Star in its full glory:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/feb/06/first-panoramic-view-sun

Obviously, we are all excited and happy about it.
And I am...ahh - soo envious!!! How do people come up with these ideas! I mean all these big dreams... Imagine how fantastically interesting the life can be when it is filled with all this journeys to fantastic destinations???

Myths are back

I did not manage to finish "The Hero With A Thousand Faces" (it has scary pictures starting from the second half). But now I'm developing using Vaadin framework, and - voila - Vaadin is a mythological goddess (how did she find me?). Well, the good thing: she is supposed to help the hero acquire the knowledge required to reach his/her life goals. So far Vaadin helps :)

Brain Blockage

Judging by the fact that last time I was here more than a month ago and nothing(I mean NOTHING) has happened since then... I guess I need rest

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers

This is Pablo Picasso's quote. I wonder why he said this?
I prefer questions

My Path

... is to translate complex ideas into a popular-culture dialogue

Make me think that you're the one that I adore...

"Comedy as satire is acceptable, as fun it is a pleasant haven of escape, but the fairy tale of happiness ever after cannot be taken seriously; it belongs to the never-never land of childhood, which is protected from the realities that will become terribly known soon enough..."[1] Our lives are in general hopeless - we will anyway die some day - that's the tragedy of a human being. But we do enjoy our lives, don't we? That happinness of being alive, being able to do things that give sense to live... Making yourself the hero of your own adventure. Let's rephrase: - Life, LET me think that you're the one that I adore! :-) 1) J. Campbell. The Hero With A Thousand Faces.

Declaration

"You may charge me with murder — or want of sense -
(we are all of us weak at times):
But the slightest approach to a false pretence
was never among my crimes!" (Lewis Carrol. The Hunting of the Snark (1874))

Key Points Learned From Myths

1. Spiritual adventure must have a question to answer. If you have a question - all your choices have a base
2. Spiritual adventure is full of hazards and obstacles - this is the way to improve
3. Difficulties either break you or make you stronger
4. When you feel the defeat - you can call to the soul, and the soul will show you the way to the best results
5. "Replace" is sidestepping, we are looking to "find"
6. Secret-keeping is an enemy to the phyche
7. "We will have another episode, then another, in which there will be opportunity to change course, to see and do differently—and better." - human life is longer than a myth and gives us chances to change the story.

"The idea, since forever, has been that story is a conveyance, a vehicle, to use in order to think, to move forward through life. At the end of a life that has meaning, the point is not that one is perfected, but that one will still carry a view of self and the world that is divine—and not just some kind of lazy drift. The point is to have enough stories that guide —that will allow life's closing act to end with one's heart still bright, despite the gales that have passed through it —so that it can be said that one has lived with spiritual audacity."

Fall to Rise

"It would appear, were we to follow the long genealogy of heroes and heroines in mythos, that it is via the soul being stolen, mismanaged, disguised, disrupted, pre-empted or trodden upon, that some of the purest features of the psyche may rise up and begin to long for—call for—the return of that radiant companion and counsel."[1] This introduction will continue my discussion of how failure helps to find new and, hopefully, better ways. Failure is a break from a common path, that was supposed to be successful. If we do not fail - there is no reason to revise, improve, change. - Dad, why does the sun rise on the east each day? - Does it? - Yes - Did you test it? - Yes - Cool, don't touch it, son - it works! But how would you know if something works the best way if you never challenge it? It's scary to change things that are comfortable and "working". But ... hmmm.... where is the sense of adventure? If you are looking for a companion, somebody whom you can stand for a long time, who would you select? My answer is "a player". If you do not challenge your life - do you actually move anywhere? And how do you even know? What story can you tell if everything is "allright"? Boring, isn't it... 1) Introduction to 2004 edition of "The Hero With A Thousand Faces" by J.Campbell