Saturday, April 22, 2023

 

Akshaya Tritiya

An auspicious festival of the Hindu and Jain community and celebrated across secular believing Indian families.

A day considered holy and lucky where people do investments or buy kitchen vessels.

Especially the most desired investment of most Indian households to buy gold especially on Akshaya Tritiya as it is considered as the most auspicious day to buy or invest in gold

Let this festive occasion also be a reason to excavate gold within us. It is said that to extract one nugget of gold sometimes a ton of debris need to be excavated.

The choice is ours do we want to focus on the debris of problems arrogance and indifference and ignore everything or continue to dig within ourselves for the nugget of gold

Nuggets of love, forgiveness, peace, happiness, investing in health, improving family ties, reaching out to the underprivileged, standing up for honesty and injustice, braving corruption, working towards human values  and making the world a ball of gold in humanity

The choice is ours invest in gold or be the source of gold

Wishing you all a golden hearted festive Akshaya Tritiya


Thursday, April 20, 2023

 

Eid is not the end of Ramadan

Eid is not the end of Ramadan, a period of fasting and charity. It is the continuation of fasting from all evil, sin, immorality, inhumanity and injustice. Continuation of charity in love, respect, honor and being a joy.

Eid is not just about sighting a moon to mark the end of a holy month. It is we going out and sighting people who are living in darkness of lack of fellowship and friendship. It is not poverty of money that the world is seeking light on but poverty of trust in humanity.

May we all be a light to the world this Eid onwards. A light that the world is seeking desperately in these dark moments of history we are living

Thursday, April 13, 2023

 

2 Fernandeses and 2 Cents

Below is a WhatsApp message from one Mr. Agnelo Fernandes on his views of a peaceful protest held by the Christian community of India on the atrocities meted out to them. Mr. Agnelo Fernandes claims to be a representative of the current ruling party in governance.

PRESS RELEASE 

Dear Sir/Madam,

I, Agnelo Fernandes, the Minority General Secretary of BJP in Mumbai, would like to bring to your attention a matter of concern. Recently, Samast Christi Samaj has organised a Maha Morcha in the city, which I strongly oppose. As a responsible citizen and a political representative, I have questioned the legitimacy and purpose of this organisation.

I am apprehensive that this morcha is being sponsored by the Congress party and promoting communal disharmony. By creating this morcha, they are misleading the public and representing the BJP as anti-Christians. However, I would like to reiterate that the BJP is against Forceful Conversion, and any Indian citizen should not support it.

The Samast Christi Samaj is trying to ruin the name of Christians and is being supported by people who are promoting forceful conversion. They have claimed the support of Roman Catholics, Protestants, Members of New Life, and Born Again. I would like to urge the Christian community not to get involved in these dirty games and not support the Maha Morcha.

Contrary to what the organisers of the Morcha might say, Christians are very safe in India compared to any other country. The protesters are trying to ruin the reputation of the BJP. They are confused because sometimes they claim it’s a peaceful rally, and sometimes they claim it’s a Maha Morcha. It is unclear what their demands are, and Mr Fernandes has requested a background check of the organisers.

I have written to the CM, DCM, and Mumbai Police Commissioner, asking them not to grant permission for the said Morcha and to look into the organisers. I question their motives and who is funding them. Who are the 80 organisations that are supporting them?

I hope that my concerns are taken into consideration, and the authorities will take necessary action to prevent any communal unrest or disharmony.

Yours sincerely, 
Agnelo Fernandes 
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Below is my reply. Me a Christian with very poor knowledge and intellect of Christianity or politics

Respected and Honorable Agnelo Fernandes Sir,

At the outset wish you success in your political ambitions and that too with a very respected party like BJP

Addressing your apprehension of morcha supported by Congress? So let us presume your apprehension to be true. So what did the Congress promise through the Samast Christi Samaj as you allege they were sponsored by Congress. There was no promise of 15 lakhs, Acche Din or subsidised gas, etc. On the contrary I saw foolish thousands begging for protection of their community, begging their places of worship be not destroyed, begging their religious structures of crossed not be vandalized. Foolish I reiterate as you have rightly mentioned it was misleading the public. The BJP on the contrary is teaching and helping Christians to good Christians, where if some someone slaps you on the right cheek offer the left cheek, so these foolish people should encourage whoever is doing the vandalism and beating of the Christian community to continue doing more infact beg them to crucify Christians. Below is a tweet which shows BJP leaders in attendance requesting people to pledge to boycott Muslims and Christians

https://twitter.com/thgenglish/status/1645971089879625728?s=48&t=Rgl-OohB-MP7g4FnsFBugw

This again proves noble intentions of the government to strengthen the faith of Christians where we are called ro love our enemies. 

Even I went to the morcha with the same apprehension as yours. Guess great minds think alike and fools seldom differ. As I too believe as claimed by that BJP is not anti Christian and pro Christian and even Christ like, especially Honorable, respected and one of the greatest leaders in the world, Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi.

Why was the need to celebrate Christmas as Good Governance Day. Forcing Governmemt beaurcrat officials to come to work on Christmas Day, which is a gazetted holiday? Sir you as a good, ideal and respectful citizen and a political representative you would have definitely questioned the legitimacy and purpose of this move.

https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/narendra-modi-government-to-celebrate-good-governance-day-on-christmas/articleshow/45528636.cms

Maybe this could this be to instill values of Christ for his Good Governance of scriptures? Modiji is the only man who lived the Bible teaching beyond levels of what was mentioned in the Bible. In Genisis it said Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Modi not only left his Mother but also his wife to serve the country, and ensure protection of Christians.

Mr. Agnelo Fernandes the Christian community should be proud that they have an emerging leader like you in a respected party like BJP. The thousands that gathered at Maha Morcha where mislead as rightly pointed by you. Tried hard to see communal disharmony or unrest attempts as alleged by you. None of the large crowds gathered were carrying swords or trishuls or stones for pelting. They only carried a dangerous weapon of love. This love weapon is bad for India which is divided today on religious, linguistic and food preferences.

Mr. Agnelo Fernandes you are a true disciple and apostle of Christ and a model of living Christ who resurrected after being killed with crucifixion. Who lead him to crucified? One disciple (repeat one disciple) named Judas. Why is the repetation and reiteration of one disciple?  I can only share my 2 cents for you to guess who is Judas? As I introduced myself with low intellect and knowledge I have only 2 cents. 

Unless your demand is for 30 cents?



Saturday, April 08, 2023

 

Have you ressurected?

Easter is not only about resurrection of Christ, but a time for us to contemplate if we can resurrect out of our selfish and sinful ways. 

A time to think if we want to be in the grave of evil, selfishness, ego or get out of the grave and push the tombstone away, that kept us buried in the false and artificial world of pride and arrogance.

Do u want to resurrect or be a bunny that is pulled out of a magician's hat, celebrating Easter only for enjoyment. Let Easter not be just another religious ritual in a calendar, but a reason for a change and a resurrected new you. 

May Jesus work through you to reach those seeking love and humanity. As Jesus said anyone who believes in HIM shall live, even if he dies. Meaning your goodness and humanity will always be remembered, long after you are gone. How do you want to be remembered? With your material possessions that you left which would be distributed, cheated or fought for amongst your family members or a beautiful tombstone, where your near and dear ones may visit on All Souls Day? Or do you want to be remembered as Christ with what HE wanted to do through you?

May  your families and you not just experience a new resurrected life with this Easter, but experience Christ resurrect in you and reach the broken world with hope and peace through you.

Wednesday, April 05, 2023

 

Maundy Thursday

On Maundy  Thursday you don't need to wash the feet of anyone like how Jesus did to his apostles, to prove humility. You can even do it by avoiding  stepping on anyone's feet to achieve your goals. 

It is not only about a last supper that needs to be contemplated, but grateful for the food you eat as you don't know when it would be your last. It is not only contemplating about Judas betraying Jesus, it also thinking how we are betraying the underprivileged and the less fortunate in whom Christ resides

May you be blessed with a Triduum of awakening, realisation and avoiding crucifixion of humanity and experiencing a resurrection of enlightenment to realise a living Jesus in every living being.

Sunday, April 02, 2023

 

Artificial Intelligence or Destruction?

Artificial Intelliegence is the latest in human techno evolution taking the world by storm. Literally a storm as no one can fathom the destruction it can bring about. More than the advantages it is the disadvantages, destruction and mainly disruption of jobs. Yes humans may evolve to another level in technology usage. Like how we use our mobile devices which is become an extention to our anatomy. Sci-fi futurist have predicted human heads to bigger in future. How far that is true is debatable, but definitely the most exercised part of our body is our thumbs with the way we are using mobile technology. The mind gets gets vulnerable to everything that is fake and reality is burnt at the stake of technology.

ChatGPT has proven how it is written business and law exams and scored well. How this technology is misused for content creation. Students cheating with assignments penned by ChatGPT. The disadvantages are terrifying where AI created content could influence violence and other evils. The most frightening is AI application actually communicating with each other. This zone of danger no one knows what it can evolve too. As machine evolution may not be able to decipher between good, bad and ugly, ending with humans possibly experiencing the worst brunt of technology made destruction. It could even make a new religion and we ending up worshipping machine Gods in future. We are anyways so easily fooled by men who claim to be Godmen. Imagine the levels AI could influence and bring about a paradigm shift to our belief system of the Gods we worship and anyways don't work. 

All this was created by Human Intelligence and called Artificial and we would end up believing it or already are? The lines have already blurred between human and artificial Intelliegence and expecting AI to be human and just looks remote as they would lack emotion or programmed or self programmed for destruction? At the same time humans with emotions, soul and heart are so artificial in their daily lives. In all probability AI may help other AI applications to upgrade when humans would look how to supress another human being. AI if used right could interpret laws for justice and populate medical information for a cure. What are humans doing? Justice is used for the benefit of the rich and the powerful even if they are wrong. Medical industry is become a business where it is not the cure that is the focus but the monetization from the illness with unwanted tests, etc forced for the patient to pay.

Suddenly there is a rush by IT corporate global giants to stall the research into further Artificial Intelligence. As realisaton has dawned late. What they thought was another business opportunity is something that could threaten not just their businesses but their very human existence. Unfortunately unlike the virus allegedly Made in China and created mayhem, could be allegedly controlled by vaccines. Then now reports are saying many are dying because of the vaccine. 

AI destruction and disruption will not have a vaccine and now to stop it, looks remote. Even if we can it does not need Human Intelligence, it needs common sense and not Artifical Intelligence to makes our live better. Our lives are good and can be better with we improving other human beings lives and not creating and improving Artificial Intelliegence.

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