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Reference: 20 Questions For Every Spiritual Seeker.

1. Why is there poverty and suffering in the world?

It’s easy to blame other people, nations and the past. But it doesn’t absolve us from not helping now. But why? Nature.
We build corporations that take advantage of lesser developed areas, by using the cheap labour.

Warlords, governments and groups of people fight over control of areas or entire countries, displacing the population as well as killing them. For what? Power.
The heads of government usually installed in the developing world is corrupt, inefficient or doesn’t give a damn, preferably all 3.

2. What is the relationship between science and religion?

Same as the one between right and wrong, light and dark or even good and evil. Science is right, it’s the light and it’s good for humanity; Religion is wrong, it’s dark and it brings evil, in the way of suffering and death. I don’t mind religious people per se, but looking at the history of the world, religion is the prime cause of death.

3. Why are so many people depressed?

Expectations for life that aren’t fulfilled, friends that abandon us, feelings of loneliness, guilt and suffering for our next ones.
We are all led to believe that we will be rich and famous, but so few of us are, the rest of us will at some point or another feel useless.

4. What are we all so afraid of?

Living, dying. What doesn’t scare us? Death is something we don’t think about, we live as though we will never die. But most people are at the same time, very risk avert; so why live?

5. When is war justifiable?

When it’s a defensive war, when you are defending yourself from an aggressor. There is no excuse for attacking, not even a pre-emptive strike.

6. How would God want us to respond to aggression and terrorism?

There is no God, and lately terrorism hos often been in his name.
But the God taught in the different holy scriptures, would never condone such tactics, but what has he been doing since… Forever? Not necessarily terrorism, but violence. All the wars etc. that have been fought in his name. His hands are stained in blood.

7. How does one obtain true peace?

There’s not such thing, people will always bicker and fight. During the Spanish Civil War, one of the reason the fascists won, was the in-fighting between the different socialist groups. They even fought each other in arms, instead of fighting the fascists.

8. What does it mean to live in the present moment?

Using every day to do something different, it doesn’t require you to go to Iran to experience something different, just try to shake your every day up a bit.

9. What is our greatest distraction?

The same as what gives growth to our society, greed, having more than other people.

10. Is current religion serving its purpose?

Killing innocent people? Yes.
“God would tell me, ‘George (W. Bush) go and end the tyranny in Iraq,’ and I did.”

11. What happens to you after you die?

Nothing, life ceases.

12. Describe heaven and how to get there.

Heaven is here, during our life, when things work out, and relaxing is not an effort.

13. What is the meaning of life?

“M-hmm. Well, it’s nothing very special. Uh, try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.”

14. Describe God.

Non-existant

15. What is the greatest quality humans possess?

Compassion, a few people ruin it for the rest of us, but we don’t all have to be like them. The rest of us can successfully be compassionate people, that care for the people and the world around us.

16. What is it that prevents people from living to their full potential?

Themselves, act on your impulses once in a while, go crazy.

17. Non-verbally, by motion or gesture only, act out what you believe to be the current condition of the world.

Bit tricky that one…

18. What is your one wish for the world?

No religion, that way, big differences will be settled.

19. What is wisdom and how do we gain it?

Through life experiences, true knowledge can’t be taught, it must be experienced.

20. Are we all one?

No, we are all individuals, capable of our own choices and decisions, no fate.

Men are the luckier sex, not the stronger sex mind you, but the luckier.
Women are the superior sex, in nearly every aspect.

So why are men the luckier sex? That has nothing to do with the millennia of the man being the stronger sex, the dominant gender, right up until the second women’s rights movement started 60’s and 70’s, when the balance started tipping (at least in Northern Europe), to the current situation, where men can feel discriminated (I know, I have, not directly though).

Women are more thoughtful, they care more for other people, can show their feelings and don’t behave ridiculously things without questioning their nature (do I really need an example of a “guy thing”?). There’s a reason women live longer, they don’t drive like maniacs, they take care of themselves, in the sense that they don’t live exclusively on fast food, beer and breath through cigarettes.

So why are men luckier? Well, we (I’m male, honestly) get to worship them. It’s men who get to end up with women, living alongside them to old age (if we look past issues such as homosexuality, divorce and cheerless marriages).

What have girls got to look forward to? Someone to change the fuses and open those tight jars, oh yeah. Interesting conversations? Anything but binge drinking? I don’t think so… Sorry.
It’s not exactly a secret that I don’t drink, but I really don’t think I fit the male stereotype.

I told myself that I’d do one post per month, here I am, on the last day of April, reminding the internet of the self portraits I do, realising that I haven’t done this since February, and my March post was secret. It’s not that I haven’t got anything to say, I’m just a terrible procrastinator and slacker… I promise I’ll make it up next month… Pretty please.

So without further ado, what I believe are my best self-portraits since last time:

February 28th:

One of my darker portraits, conceived without the candles and just my lit up face, I preferred it like this however, it gave the picture a certain balance.

March 2nd:

B is for balloons, during March, I did a letter of the alphabet (in order) each day. It meant that March so far has been my best self portrait month, as I had to put in more work every day, and I got results like this one (my favourite self portrait of this project so far).

March 7th:

Suspending gravity, I just had a lot of fun taking his picture.

March 8th:

Left the camera outside the bathroom, commenced showering, and when I had set my hair with shampoo, opened the door for a quick snap, and this atmospheric result came out.

March 9th:

I is for Irresistible; anything else?

March 12th:

I have to do at least SOME picture in the nude, and when they turn out great… Why not. I have a female audience after all ;)

March 15th:

Not all days were born equal, including this one.

March 19th:

Visiting my uncle in Horsens, he gave (or lent) me my grandfathers old camera, so I held it in one hand, and my uncles Canon EOS 5D Mark II in my other hand (yes I held a 5D Mark II in one outstretched arm/hand).

March 26th:

But there ain’t no cure, so let this fever rock.

March 27th:

Ever tried thinking of something with X? Xerox… (No xylophone was nearby).

March 28th:

I broke of from the alphabet system for a day, taking another picture in this terrible, but wonderful, kitchen.

March 29th:

To fully understand this picture, listen to Yellow by Coldplay.

April 5th:

Alhambra Palace, overlooking Granada (Spain).

April 9th:

The name’s Bond… James Bond.

April 13th:

Go ahead… Make my day.

April 20th:

The colours, the sharpness, the blured background… It’s just right.

April 23rd:

I went to Trondheim, and met Ingrid again (not since 2006).

April 25th:

Photo excursion to a public swimming pool, just wrong.

April 29th:

Latest picture, best Mussolini effect I’ve done so far.

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So… Status. I really should write something real, and I will. I have plenty of good ideas, but all good things come… Eventually ;).

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Wow, was the last time I wrote about my photo project really January 11th? Ouch.
I’m not going to go through every single picture since then, but I will present my favourites:

January 12th:

Plain old fun, I took 6 separate pictures with a moustache drawn on my mirror, and put them together.

January 15th:

Sometimes the study life takes its toll.

January 20th:

And sometimes you get to have fun (in Spain).

January 27th:

I purposefully drained all colour from this picture, making it seem lifeless, and then drew a smiley.

January 28th:

Not much to say, I feel the picture works, and the shadow compliments it all.

February 4th:

While skiing, I managed to catch some great light in a lift.

February 9th:

Blinded by religion, the 3 symbols on the duct tape are the David Star, the Christian Cross and the Islamic Half Moon.

February 11th:

Everything works so well, although I’m unsure about the ink on my hand.

February 14th:

Meditating in a suit? Come on.

February 18th:

1984 is my favourite book, and of the 3 slogans, this one worked the best.

February 23rd:

My first diptych, eat a piece of dark chocolate or Gilbert?