20 February 2009

On Making History Out of Mythology - vice versa

Why is reading an important aspect of life? Is reading merely a pleasurable activity? How about those people who flourished before the emergence of cuneiform and hieroglyphic writing? Were they ignorant of reading?

Reading is not an eye-word movement only, but also an eye-human body movement and/or and eye-nature movement. Reading is understanding what you intend to know, but don't be deceived. Your eyes might not give you the exact details of what you are looking for.

Mythology of Homer is quite interesting to read and reread, but we have to review and meticulously compare his details to the details of other poets of his time. He might have flourished during the 8th century. We have to take note of the physique of him also.

Making history out of mythology or making mythology the history is an aspect of literature called legend to few, but it is a sad thing to think that there are nonfictional writers who personify the nonexistent into an existent being. The multiplicity of humanized gods and goddesses are nonexistent inasmuch as you cannot touch them in person. Anyway, the Bible contains histories but are accepted only to those who are given the opportunity to know the exact details of every seeming contradictions as other commentors professed. The Bible is mythology to those who are blinded by the chaotic adviser of this world.

In my opinion, it is an obligation of everyone, whether lazy or not, whether good doer or bad doer, to scrutinize everything that encounters or approaches.

Mythology is an aspect of personal expression to share, if not with peer thinkers, with them who shall have the opportunity to read and evaluate the message of the material being read. History might contain mythological aspect of expression, but beware to pick them up or else you might be making mythical history and/or historical mythology.

19 February 2009

Philology Part I

Philology from its very etyma will give us the correct and exact definition--love of study. Philology as of recent use has come to mean love of words and/or love of learning. From the Greek point of view, it means love of knowledge.

First of all, we focus our attention on the fields of Philology. Philology is a vast and comprehensive field like that of linguistics and philomathy. Here, we limit our discussion of the pervading subjects: language, rhetoric and literature. By no means are treated separately the major fields of the medieval trivium: language, grammar and rhetoric.

Language is very important, indispensable and inevitable to one`s own existence and word is its very building block. Rhetoric cannot be denied because it is the primary root of good, effective and understandable communication, especially speech and stylistic expression. Literature is the third corner of human endeavor. It devotes itself into writing and speaking the produce of human society of a specific place and era.

Language is a very exciting subject for it is the door to the path of understanding. Basically, we need to study our own language first and foremost. We have to investigate and get the gist of the matter so as to promote permanence on regionalism . Then, we have to compare and/or contrast it to the lingua franca of a certain country, nation, or race. For an effective interlingual communication, people must therefore learn to know the existence of a root language--the ABC`s of our words. We have to give our capacity in the search of the Root Words.

Rhetoric for all we know is a matter of choice. We cannot neglect to say and use its devices for daily subsistence. We will never employ it on its defect. Rhetoric is a language of the bombast, they say;but if we only use it in consonance and harmony to logic we cannot be left illogical. Rhetoric is the subject taught by the rhetors and therefore apt to be adopted and adapted for embellishment of communication.

Literature is very good and better to be best learned. Many people studied literature;others continue to study and yet they never learn.Why? This is because many only focused their attention in its presence but they don`t apply it or refer to it whatsoever in their daily routine of living.

Literature is for the learners who choose those best suited,the very learnable, credible and knowable fact. Although fiction is widespead, it cannot be denied that it is fake and therefore unfit to be likened.

05 February 2009

Bipolar Disorder - are you or aren't you?

The question remains the same, are you or aren't you one of those who suffer this type of mental distress - mania and depression or bipolar disorder. In my way of experience, I had had a nervous tension due to educational misinterpretation. Way back my high school life, when I wasyet 14, I reaped the fruit of my elementary excess of Cola drinks. I will not enumerate what their brands are. I never had any illness during my elementary school days.

Talking about my high school days, I only knew that the cause of my distress was my tension of school assignments. I worried of having no assignments when I entered to the subjects requiring it . And therefore I was afraid. This fear was psychologically mislooked, even with my parents who were never into this kind of attitude during their school years. I perceived during my college days that my high school disease was far more different than my college illness which I may call "over fatigue or mental stress." Why I differentiated the high school illnessfrom my college one? Because I did not labor during my high schoolo years whereas in my first step to college which was in the year 1996, prior to that I did help in renovating our home which occurred during the summer months (Philippine season). So, the cycle continued of having "mental stress" because of too much "attention" to my course which was "Accountancy." By the time I was hospitalized in 1997 or rather when I was again in the mood of having sleepless nights and tiresome thoughts in 2007, perhaps I shall accept now that "Bipolar Disorder" was the proper term for that (2007) and not so in my ill health of 1997. In 1999, weather affectations caused me some "sleepless" nights. In the year 2001, my mother departed and it grieved my heart and therefore cause me again"grave" depression. In 2003, my grandfather died the same month January. And therefore I suffered from an "intense" depression. But the cure was just my binding again to GOD. I accepted the christian faith in the year 2002. Five years have passed when trouble with a physical brother mixed with work stress as a teacher I tasted some sleepless nights but not in a way as having me going to a hospital again.

Anyway, I never diapprove consulting to a psychiatrist. But because we far a ship away from my 1997 Psychiatrist in Cebu, my christian brother recommended another one, a male psychiatrist and as his advise went on, I didn't have to quit my teaching career being a librarian also.

I hope that some of you here will not be discouraged of your good intentions and goals in life. Even if you don't want to become a christian as I am, just know what you are, look to where you fell and listen to advices of professional doctors, authors and clostest friends and relatives.

Again, try to watch out for the correct diet that your body needs though it's hard for me too and right now I am just looking for signs. Study also about neurology and consult some helpful websites like this. Exercise also helps.



Very truly yours,



Rholu D. Augusto

World Songs for the Thinking Minds Part 1



1. THANK YOU FOR THE YEARS

I thank you for the years
I thank you for the good times
As we go on together
I just want to say I'm glad you're here tonight
Thank you for the way you've touched my life

I thank you for your love
It helps me through the hard times
And the joy we share together
gives me all I need to make it through the night
Thank you for the way you hold me tight
I thank you for the years

I thank you for the years
I thank you it's been so wonderful
and through all the good and bad times
I just want to say I'm glad you're in my heart
loving you was only just the start

Holding on
When we're down and we are hurting
Holding on
To the precious things we have
We'll carry on
We'll carry on together
Our love's the reason we are strong

As we grow old together
I just want to say I'm glad you came my way
Thank you for the love you bring each day
I love you now and all I have to say
Is thank you for the years

Thinking About the Message of the Song:
1. Literal - Perseverance of Marriage
2. Figurative Message - Thanking God for the perseverance of the christians in this dispensation, especially during nigh times. God's love gives joy to the brotherhood. Love of God is the reason christians could hold to the faith until now however good and bad times are. Human flesh grows old;nonetheless even old christians should endure to offer thanksgiving.

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER

Diamonds are forever,
They are all I need to please me,
They can stimulate and tease me,
They won't leave in the night,
I've no fear that they might desert me.
Diamonds are forever,
Hold one up and then caress it,
Touch it, stroke it and undress it,
I can see every part,
Nothing hides in the heart to hurt me.
I don't need love,
For what good can love do me?
Diamonds never lie to me,
For when love's gone,
They'll luster on.
Diamonds are forever,
Sparkling round my little finger.
Unlike men, the diamonds linger;
Men are mere mortals who
Are not worth going to your grave for.
I don't need love,
For what good can love do me?
Diamonds never lie to me,
For when love's gone,
They'll lustre on.
Diamonds are forever, forever, forever.
Diamonds are forever, forever, forever.
Forever and ever.

1. Literal Message - Selfishness; Materialism
2. Figurative Message - Spinsterhood. Though literal diamonds are being mentioned here, but to always go after material things will not mean you don't love those costly things. Comparatively speaking, any woman can pawn diamonds but the companionship of a thinking man is incomparable to any inanimate objects. It does not mean that any woman should marry. It's okay for her to remain single but should share her love to her fellow humans.

04 February 2009

Enjoy Reading Poetry

1. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

YESTERDAY, WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG AND THE EARTH WAS GOOD,
PEOPLE LIVED AS IF THERE WAS NO DEATH;
THEY OFTEN PLOWED THEIR FIELDS WITH A HAPPY HEART,
THEY DOMESTICATED THEIR ANIMALS AND OFFERED THE CLEANEST TO GOD,
PEOPLE SEEMED INNOCENT, CONTINUING ALWAYS TO GLORIFY GOD;
BUT, THERE WAS A SUDDEN CONFUSION, MAN BECAME UNGODLY, THEY DISOBEYED GOD, THEY WOULDN`T LIKE TO BE SCATTERED ON EARTH,
LAZINESS GREW IN THE PERSONALITIES OF GOD`S CHILDREN,
MAN SERVED HIS BELLY INSTEAD OF GOD.

TODAY, WHEN AWESOME TECHNOLOGY AROSE,
PEOPLE REDISCOVER THE PRE-UNVEILED SECRETS,
THE PRE-KNOWN WISDOM THEY OUGHT TO UNLEASH,
NOWADAYS, MAN IS SEARCHING FOR THE UNSEEN VISIBLES,
THEY HAVE TRIED MANY THINGS TO SATISFY THEIR UNSATIABLE LUSTS,
MAN IS HAVING UNINTENTIONAL CRAVING FOR THE PRE-KNOWN WEALTHS,
HE TRIES TO EXPLAIN THE INEXPLICABLES,
THE MOST INTRICATELY DELICATE,
MAN HAS GONE TOO FAR FOR WHICH CAUSE HE WENT ASTRAY,
MAN, TODAY, HAS MADE AN AMAZING ACHIEVEMENTS.

TOMORROW, WHAT SHALL MAN BE?
SHALL HE BE THE SAME AS HE WAS YESTERDAY, AND HE IS TODAY?
MAN DOES NOT LOOK THE ENDING OF THE HUMAN PHENOMENA,
HE ALWAYS LOOKS THE NEXT GENERATIONS` WAYS OF LIVING,
SO VERY CONCERNED FOR THE FUTURE, BUT VERY LENIENT OF TODAY,
TOMORROW IS A SUDDEN AWAKENING OF EVERY CREATURE,
WE WILL UNDERGO A CERTAIN REFINERY, A CERTAIN EVALUATION,
IF ONLY PEOPLE SHALL NOW DISCOVER WHAT HE SHALL BE TOMORROW,
MAYBE, ALL RETURN TO GOD, AND ACCEPT THE MERE FACT: WE`RE LIMITED.

SCIENCE HAS COME A LONG WAY, THE HIGHWAYS OF HUMANKIND,
ARTS TOO HAS CELEBRATED ITS PATH TO MAN`S ENTERTAINMENT,
MOREOVER, BELIEFS AND FAITHS HAVE BEEN VERY PREVALENT,
MANY PEOPLE NOW TURN UPSIDE-DOWN,
FROM FOOD TO CONSTRUCTION,
TO PROPHECIES TO PANICS AND PUNS,
FUN RULES AMONG NATIONS BUT TRUTH STILL PLAYS ITS UNDENIABLE ROLE,
BEFORE, PEOPLE WERE NOMADS, AND THEY`RE NO MAD AT EACH OTHER,
NOW, AFTER A BOMBASTIC WIT, BOMB BLASTS,
TOMORROW, PEOPLE SHALL BE WHAT THEY WILL BE.


2. What is life?

What is life?
Who knows?
Not a genius but the mind of a genius,
Not a priest but the words he has preached,
Not a beauty but the spirit of beauty.

Life is what we made it,
Mind is life,
Word is life,
Spirit is life.

3. When I Was A Little Stripling

When I was a litle stripling, I was wondering;
All that I had seen, All that I had heard.
I had made interrogations, To both my parents;
Then they told me, Not to have investigations.

Now, I have known, All the answers to my questions;
Here in the only Book, That I have read.
Reading and Investigating, About the answers;
Only God then has the handful of answer.

4. Sure Cheep of Figs

Lift up your heart,
Lift up your life;
Go for glory and Guts For God`s sake;
Live with the Word, Save your soul.
Open your eyes, For God knocks your heart.
Sin not,
Prepare for your future;
Eat the Word, Digest it;
Become Holy.

5. Silent Play

Let the people remain as is,
Inaugurating always like the alumni,
Congratulating each other like an angel,
Empressing God in His excellence,
Never reminiscing the long ago forgotten,
Seeking the original not to mimic,
Elevating the life to exaltation forevermore.

6. Human Acts

Humans act in different ways,
Behavior, characteristic, traits;
These are instincts from God,
We are free to do whatever we want.

Human acts are ethical demeanors,
An act is another thing to consider;
All good manners and right conducts,
Fall in the category of human acts.

Man`s activities may be egoistic,
He may be a self-centered one;
But we cannot deny his animal behavior,
He does inhumanely.

7. Blind Faith

What is faith?
Faith is the way to know God in the utmost;
Faith is addressed through religion and fellowship,
Faith is believing in God.

Many claim they`re faithful to God,
Few accept God and His Son;
Most display their blind faith,
Engaged in the worldly pleasure ever.

A blind faith is a relaxed faith,
The on-and-off type of belief;
Mingling with the earthlings,
Shunning the persecutions.

For the rest of the poems, open www.poetrypoem.com/rholu .

Selected portions of "Itanong Mo Kay Soriano, Biblia Ang Sasagot!"



1.Ilan ba ang Dios na pinaniniwalaan ninyo?

2. Bawal bang gamitin ang salitang gago at tanga?

3. Totoo bang walang taong gumagawa ng mabuti na hindi nagkakasala?

4. Bawal ba sa biblia ang modernong ayos ng babae?

5. Totoo bang hindi pa nilalang ang langit at lupa ay nasa ibabaw na ng tubig ang Espiritu ng Dios?

6. Bakit po kayo may singsing, di ba bawal yung may alahas?

7. Totoo bang kasalanan ang sumamba sa Dios na gawa sa kamay ng tao?

8. Sabi ng Iglesia ni Cristo bakit po di kayo gumawa ng paraan para magkadebate kayo?

9. Totoo po bang may Dios?

10. Bakit sabi nila malapit ng darating si Cristo pero wala pa naman, nagdaan ang ilang libong taon hinihintay ng marami na sumasampalataya bakit wala pa rin?

11. Totoo po ba ang kulam?

12. Totoo po ba na ang Dios ay may puwet?

13. Bakit sabi nila malapit ng darating si Cristo pero wala pa naman, nagdaan ang ilang libong taon hinihintay ng marami na sumasampalataya bakit wala pa rin?

14. Totoo po ba yung panaginip?

15. Bakit hindi kayo tumatanggap ng abuloy sa hindi kapatid?

16. Totoo po ba na ang kaharian ng Dios ay nandito na sa lupa?

17. Totoo po ba na ang kaharian ng Dios ay nandito na sa lupa?

18. Sa inyo po Bro. Eli bakit hindi po kayo nagpapagaling sa pamamagitan ng panalangin lamang? 19. Totoo ba na ang isa sa mga aral o doktrina po ninyo ay ang pagbabawal sa pagaasawa ng mga ministro ninyo?

20. BRO ELI, Bakit po tinawag na AMA si Abraham?

21. BRO ELI ,Sapat na po bang makinig na lang ako?

22. Totoo ba na ang isang tao kahit nasa tiyan pa lamang ng isang ina ay may original na kasalanan na minana kina Eva at Adan? 2

3. Totoo ba ang sinasabi na hubad kang isinilang, hubad kang babalik sa Dios gaya ng sinasabi ni Alileo Penn ng 'Good Wisdom for all Nation'? Part 1

24. Totoo ba ang sinasabi na hubad kang isinilang, hubad kang babalik sa Dios gaya ng sinasabi ni Alileo Penn ng 'Good Wisdom for all Nation'? Part 2

25. Nasaan po at ano ang kalagayan ng mga naunang namatay katulad po nila Eva at Adan ni Maria na ina sa pisikal ni Jesus Christ?

26. May kaligtasan po ba yung mga bakla at tomboy?

27. Totoo bang may parusang walang hanggan?

28. Ano ang kaparusahan sa mga tao na nangangaral ng hindi totoo, at tama ba ang manalangin na nakatayo?

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