Freelance Commentaries

A site dedicated to the natural sciences, to truth and to the preservation of our freedom to express our perception of truth.

We believe in the importance of freedom and the need that we have to reassess what it means to us in the present stage of our local culture, our national spirit, and our global consciousness.

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Ice Life Discoveries

In our earthly Antarctic regions, beneath ancient glaciers, scientists have discovered an ecosystem that could help us understand the possibilities of life beneath the icy surfaces of other planets and bodies in space.

The life forms have survived millions of years in the extremely cold and saltly water locked away without any light or an known source of oxygen. This two year old discovery excited those who are interested to hear of further developments that could give encouragement to consider extraterrestrial life as a reality.

Antarctic researcher Professor John Priscu of Montana State University has published in the journal Science, a work on the subject. Amongst other interesting  information, he tells us of surprising abilities of these sub-ice life creatures to adapt and transform elements in their environment into the materials essential for their existence.

In the never ending quest for knowledge about life on our planet and beyond, there are some ongoing research avenues to interest us all.

Everything we learn about nature and natural life expands our respect and amazement at the power and diversity of Life that exists from here to ………… ?

 

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Need of Wiser Men

At the present time of world disturbances, insecurities and tragedies on a huge scale, we are in special need of defining the most important needs to cultivate in our social life and national cultures.  In addition to tending to the immediate needs and offering aid we can to relieve present suffering, we need a reminder of the type offered by the following exerpt of a spiritual message issued by the Vatican Council II: Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World. N15

” Man judges rightly that by his intellect he surpasses the material universe, for he shares in the light of the divine mind….

The intellectual nature of the human person is perfected by wisdom and needs to be.  For wisdom gently attracts the mind of man to a quest and a love for what is true and good. Steeped in wisdom, man passes through visible realities to those which are unseen.

Our era needs such wisdom more than bygone ages if the discoveries made by man are to be further humanised. For the future of the world stands in peril unless wiser men are forthcoming.”

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Fatal Diseases

We have all heard so much about cancer that has become so as to be prevalent enough to be thought of as reaching ‘plague proportion’ in western communities. The extent of the attention that cancer is given, the enormous research dollars that have been committed for many decades, the statistics that allow perhaps one person in four to die from it, is not matched by the availability of information as to its cause, prevention, its cure and its final eradication as a modern fatal disease.

Currently in the U.S. only heart disease appears to rival cancer’s infamy as a killer condition.

In Australia the Bureau of Statistics quotes heart disease and strokes as predominant and lung cancer amongst the highest cause of cancer fatalities. Cancer currently retains its place in most western countries as the major cause of mortality resulting from errors in lifestyle, however, there are other conditions and causes of death that are increasingly indicating a need to focus additionally upon other issues.

Iatrogenic disease is attracting a great deal of public attention and records that show the extent of mortality caused by modern medicine in hospitals and private practice to be alarming. The World Health Organization, WHO, confirms that in America 100,000 patients every year die or are injured by medical mistakes or mismanagement – that is, by wrongly prescribed drugs, surgical mistakes, hospital neglect of hygiene, errors in diagnosis and insufficient care.

In Australia deaths due to iatrogenic causes in public hospitals alone have been reported as 14,000 annually.

Obesity, we recently hear, is taking an enormous hold on the populations in both countries and at last becoming recognized as a causative factor in heart disease with ‘fast food’ and poor diet seen as the main culprits.

Dementia or Alzheimer’s disease statistics threaten to join cancer and heart disease as the main causes of mortality.

If we add to all these factors the ill health suffered by what are casually named ‘side effects’ of drugs;   ‘allergies’ that are commonly associated with consumer problems; fatalities from traffic accidents that now outnumber many wartime records; and pollution problems in our environment, we are extending our perception of what we are up against in trying to achieve and retain good health for a lifetime.

Many believe this is not possible unless we choose return to the core disciplines that Nature demands.

 

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Muslim Values – contrary to our own

Not many of us who have no direct link with people of this religion and outlook on life, really understand why there is real need for us to maintain an alert attitude, not only in dealing with militant terrorists, but in warding off aggressive ideas associated with the Muslim ideologies.

It is not a case of us judging individuals but of using our discrimination in determining the realities of the thought processes that are inherent in those who choose to subject themselves to Sharia law as Christians do the Commandments.  Sharia law is the system based upon the commands of the Koran and is supported by Hadith that is comprised of the interpretations of the teachings of Mohammed.

The tenets seem very strong to us when we read black and white statements from the Koran. For example:

“Fight those who do not believe in Allah.. And the Jews say Ezra is the son of God; and the Christians say Christ is the son of God; these are the words of their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before; Allah’s curse be on them; how they are turned away!”  (Koran 9:29-30)

“ And fight with them until there is no more persecution and religious should be only for Allah. (8:39)

  1. “Fight them: Allah will punish them by your hands and bring them to disgrace, and assist you against them.”   (9:14)

The teachings clearly describe themselves as ‘the chosen people’ of Muslim faith with all other people seen as ‘infidels”.  There seems no evidence of an all embracing Love that binds us as a humanity. There is no benign Beneficence that presides as the Creator.  In its place is a violent consciousness urging followers to assume the role as aggressors in order to establish world-wide domination with no moral or ethical stance to inhibit their grasp for absolute power.

With the astonishing increase in those adopting the Islamic way and the increased wealth that allows works of terrorism to be pursued, the wonder is that we are not more concerned in defending our culture and our own principles and our values that are threatened.

Muslim immigrants who are committed to the aggressive role interblend with genuine new settlers. In Australia we now have 500,000 approx. who have been generously accepted by the government of our people that aids them to settle and benefit by the conditions we offer with the terms of agreement – simply to integrate and contribute in a positive manner and be loyal to our nation.  It appears we are lax in our conditions and our generous attitude.

All newcomers do not seek to learn the language, blend in with our way of life and commit to living by our system of law.  In fact there is a strong Muslim drive to have Sharia law embraced within our system as an alternative legal process contrary to our Australian law. This is entirely unacceptable, as is every effort to create a separate nation within our own. As in the past, any such attempt should be judged as in the past, as the action of a traitor and earn an appropriate penalty.

It is our own fault that we did not exact the normal, rational disciplines and conditions attendant to seeking citizenship in a new country. We allowed an alien influence to take root and grow to prominence as it has done in other countries over the recent decade. The instruments of the violent Islamics who have intent to harm us, are people without faces. They are an invisible enemy in our community.

Surely this is a time to take a strong stand before we succumb to the insipid attitudes of the ‘politically correct’ and allow our strength of commitment and appreciation of our wonderful country to protect it by demonstrating confident leadership and determination to act by addressing the associated issues.

 

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MORE WOMEN LIKELY TO SUICIDE

The actual number of people who suicide is recorded in the National Statistics. In Australia it continues to show that there are more males than female with numbers on the rise in rural areas possibly due to the economic downturn and the enduring years of drought.

The causes of women suicides, regardless of location and social pressures, would seem to relate to mental depression severe enough to motivate them to take antidepressant medication. Women are known to react severely to some antidepressant drugs to the point of suicide. This may seem a strong statement but medical researchers in the psychiatric sphere have shown this to be an increasing trend. 

There is obviously no rational explanation for antidepressant drugs to be prescribed when psychiatrists know that there is likelihood that they may intensify our symptoms. But some of us keep on faithfully taking a prescribed drug, thinking that we need to continue in spite of cautions given on packaging. The law requires a warning of the possibility of some severe side effects or reactions to the strong, toxic psychiatric drugs that are proving to be so dangerous and even addictive.

Perhaps you have chosen to persist in taking antidepressant medication, and fear to stop or perhaps are ‘hooked’ and cannot. There are certain withdrawal symptoms that psychiatrists expect in a patient following a course of drugs but if they can only offer other drug medication with similarly potential toxicity it is hardly an acceptable alternative.

Prominent psychiatrists are joining forces in protestation at the all too common prescriptions written for antidepressants, particularly as the severity of the side effects are becoming fully documented. These range from dry mouth, dizziness, reduced concentration, heart palpitation, confusion, hallucinations and many others, to utter desperation and in the extreme, suicidal tendencies.

Because women are extremely emotionally developed and sensitive by nature, it is common that their feelings play a larger part than those who are more cerebral and thoughtful. But there is also the fact that many women are also taking the Pill. This complicates the issues and points to a need for total restraint in the use of chemical drugs, medicines and hormones for a period in order to allow Nature to return us to a natural and healthy condition of mind and body where life seems good again.

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ACTION SPACE TRAVEL

Virgin Galactic is preparing for mass space flight.

It is planning a space flight terminal in New Mexico with a design that has the impression of science-fiction designed by the architect Norman Foster and due to be completed by the end of 2011.

When this is successfully achieved, the space experience will become available for tourists – but only the very wealthiest – who must be prepared to pass health tests and three days of training prior to flight.

Initial cost of a ‘return ticket’ approximates $350,000 for the two and a half hour trip. There is no mention of a ‘one way’ ticket!

There are others beside Richard Branson indulging in the futuristic vision to exploit commercial aspects of the tourism potential of space technology but Virgin Galactic seems the first to make plans concrete.

 

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POWER OF FREE WILL

When we choose to reflect upon ourselves within the vastness of the universe, it would seem as if we are as nothing.

But as a conscious intelligence with Free Will, each of us represents a formidable potential for creativity and for better comprehending the Universe in which we live as well as becoming aware of the ability we have to contribute to it.

Our Free Will is the Power which gives us the gift of Choice and the capacity to create what our minds conceive. Any limitation is only defined by our imagination.

Free Will is an exciting human faculty. It allows us to determine choices and how we wish to enjoy and spend our lifetime and in what direction of creativity we wish to exercise our skills.

The gift of Free Will can also seem daunting when we realise that we can no longer blame anyone or anything for our situations and circumstances, for our thoughts, feelings and actions.  We are all now experiencing the reactions to our past actions and choices.

We must accept with Free Will comes personal responsibility; self-determination, self- consciousness – and the sense of potential self- awareness and self empowerment on every level of our being body and soul. This is when we arrive at our maturity as a human being to herald a time when we know our personal freedom and can determine the application of our personal power.

To succeed in valuing Free Will and employing our inner power constructively, we need the guidance and inner wisdom of our soul that directs us through the confusions of life by the faculty of intuition..

 

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FREEDOM OF CHOICE

When we choose to reflect upon ourselves within the vastness of the universe, it would seem as if we are as nothing.

But as a conscious intelligence with Free Will, each of us represents a formidable potential for creativity and for better comprehending the Universe in which we live as well as becoming aware of the ability we have to contribute to it.

Our Free Will is the Power which gives us the gift of Choice and the capacity to create what our minds conceive. Any limitation is only defined by our imagination.

Free Will is an exciting human faculty. It allows us to determine choices and how we wish to enjoy and spend our lifetime and in what direction of creativity we wish to exercise our skills.

The gift of Free Will can also seem daunting when we realise that we can no longer blame anyone or anything for our situations and circumstances, for our thoughts, feelings and actions.  We are all now experiencing the reactions to our past actions and choices.

 We must accept with Free Will comes personal responsibility; self-determination, self- consciousness – and the sense of potential self- awareness and self empowerment on every level of our being body and soul. This is when we arrive at our maturity as a human being to herald a time when we know our personal freedom and can determine the application of our personal power.

To succeed in valuing Free Will and employing our inner power constructively, we need the guidance and inner wisdom of our soul that directs us through the confusions of life by the faculty of intuition.

 

 

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Starry Explosions

NASA has a satellite that was blitzed by a gamma-ray burst of what is believed to have been the largest star explosion seen in space. It was overwhelming in its power. It was sufficient to shut down the project’s data software.

The blast was thought caused by a collapse of a star prior to forming a black hole.  The most confusing information to the layman is that astronomers believe this event to have occurred five billion years ago – way, way out in space.

Apart from being in awe of the magnitude of the event, almost as great is our admiration for man’s development of a science that can record it.

We have yet to hear official comments re the anticipated effect of this happening upon the rest of the cosmos.

http://dvice.com/archives/2010/07/nasa-satellite-1.php

 

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THE SUN and COSMIC PERSPECTIVES

We love our Sun that god-like gives life and maintains life on our planet in co-operation with our Moon.  It has always been the most potent symbol of life and power amongst people. Its size appears to us to remain constant but we know that in relation to our little earth it has great magnitude.

To know of our smallness and dependence gives us little concern. To know that what seems to us a giant sized, is in reality only a fraction of the size and light output of other suns in the cosmos probably has not concerned us greatly either. But to know that these invisible great emitters of power and light of immense proportions are now observed and identified by astronomers jolts us into adjusting our perspective.

We readily admit the reality of the limitless varieties of natural creation in the life we observe with all life forms – for instance, the uniqueness of each human face, leaf form, insect or microscopic creature.  We observe all the wonders of natural life – in size, habit, adaptation and constructive purpose. Some of choose to explore the worlds revealed by the microscope. Others select the telescope.  According to our natural interests we discover the miracles of nature in all spheres of life.

Many of us find it most comfortable to extend our awareness only to the limits of our personal world and circumstances.

But we all have to keep a perspective between the mundane affairs of our life, and the events in the environment as well as the greater worlds beyond our home planet. In all spheres nature demonstrates its limitless power, diversity, magnitude, use of sound and colour as we observe the Divine Artistry that has created and sustains life from the tiniest atom to the stars.

 

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