מה יכול היהודי ההונגרי הזה לתת לעולם כדי להביא שלום? תורה של שלום לאנושות.
מהי תורה שלום? תורה היא מעשה של הוראה מהי עובדה ומהי בדיה. תורה היא מעשה של עידוד אחרים ללמד ביושר.
כאשר בדיות אנושיות מחליפות עובדות היסטוריות בשיח ובממשל האנושי, הדיכוי של האחר שולט והזדהות חסרה.
תורת שלום מעודדת את הלומד הלהוט מבלי לדכא את הלומד העקשן. זו תורה של אנשים טובים! זוהי תורה דמוקרטית, ייצוגית, אתנית-דתית לאומית.
“I have never met a “God”. But, I have met a lot of people who believe in them. I have met a lot of people who have mentally and emotionally convinced themselves that our human-imagined “God”s are real. How presumptuous it is for us Sapiens to think that we’re all that important in this immense universe as a species! We are the most self-absorbed, destructive, conflicted, and indifferent primate on the planet, and it’s all due to our propensity towards fictions. It is our greatest gift, and our planet’s greatest curse. And if we don’t learn to love more than our own, the earth will eventually send us to extinction. No matter how much we believe in our human fictions, the history of the planet tells us what is true. It’s in the ground all around us!” – Joseph T Farkasdi
We #sapiens are not all created white-ly #inhisimage, nor #inhislikeness of any other human social fantasy, and this is just a self-evidence fact of life. #maga by teaching our children the truth!
“… Sed mi forprenis ilin de la vortoj de la saĝulo … kiel oni devas akcepti la veron el kiu ajn fonto ĝi estas.”
(translated: “… but I have gleaned them from the words of the wise… as one should accept the truth from whatever source it proceeds.”)
Mi ne havas okcidentajn atestilojn por montri. Mi ne havas rabenan ordinadon. Do, ne estas mirinde, ke mi ne estas prenita serioze en ĉi tiu eŭropa mondo. Mi estas tre bone studita, sed ignorita kiel eble ne sciante. Do mi atendas pacience, ke kredinda akademiulo elparolu miajn instruojn, por ke ĉi tiuj vortoj kredu.
(translated: I do not have Western credentials to display. I do not have Rabbinical ordination to stand upon. So, it is no wonder that I am not taken seriously in this European world. I am very well studied, but written off as not possibly knowing. So, I wait patiently for a credentialed scholar to echo my teachings, so that these words may be believed.)
“… but I have gleaned them from the words of the wise occurring in the Midrashim, in the Talmud, and in other of their works, as well as from the words of the philosophers, ancient and recent, and also from the works of various authors, as one should accept the truth from whatever source it proceeds.” – Moses Maimonides
Who am I? Is this the question of the day? Hmmm, okay.
I’ve spent the first half of my life running away from society, rebelling openly against social norms, all in the need to express my authentic self.* A luxury that I never had as a child. I’ve been spending the second half of my life running away into society, hiding behind the images and roles expected of me, all in an urge to hide my authentic self. I’ve never really found a balance between living in both worlds at the same time, … but that is me. Who am I?
I am a man of integrity and commitment. I am a follower of rooted ethnic-religious traditions, and I am open-minded in the expressions of tradition. I am a believer in authenticity, self-respect, respect for others, and for real demonstrable truth! I am a family man, and I am a friend. I am straight, and I am gay. I am polygynous, and I am polyandrous. I am a capitalist, and I am a socialist. I am a polyglot, and I am a silent type. I am polytheistic, and I am atheistic. I am a social nudist in appropriate places for this, and most often I am often clothed and reserved. I am a societal person, and I am a globalist without borders.
Probably, the best way for me to answer this question of “Who am I?” and for others to understand me as an individual, is to ask: Who I am not?
I am not a monogamist, never have been and never will.** (Though, see ** below.) I am not a monosexualist, never have been and never will. I am not a idolatrist, never have worshipped a flag, a graven image, or a race/country and never will. I am not a monoligualist, for I have never insisted on one language and never will. I am not a monotheist, for I truly have never found peace in indoctrination and human imagined absolutes, and I never will. I am not a body shamed prudist, hiding under an adorned image to fool people into thinking that I am something that I am really not. And, lastly, I am not a nationalist, but rather an appreciator of global culture in pragmatic peaceful minimalism.
Now, above, I have shared “who” I am and am not, in the nature of “what” I am. But, that in itself begs the next question (which I’ve answered in a few posts before): What am I?
* expressing my authentic self – “To heal”, as I called it, from the incompatibility between my socially challenged nature and the contradictory socio-religious indoctrination of my youth.
** not a monogamous – Though, I count my blessings for the experience of this in my life! Jag älskar dig min fru! (I love you, my wife!) I am very blessed, even with this.
So, you like learn more about me? Kden.
Mi pensas en lingvo sen limoj, internacia lingvo. Ĉi tio estas la perfekta lingvo por pensi, precipe por organizita menso kiel mia.
הדרך האהובה עלי לומר שלום היא ‘מה נשמע’ או ‘מה קורה’. אני בדרך כלל צמחוני. ואני אוהב מינית גברים ונשים כאחד.
Jag älskar fisk och fåglar och hundar och katter och spindlar och ormar. Och jag älskar att stripa naken och ge mina kläder till vänner för kvällen eller dagen.
Ik ben een socialist en een atheïst, en ik ben een wereldburger. En ik hou ervan nieuwe talen te leren.
האם זה מספיק? כן או לא?
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Attention! Attention! Attention!
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An Open Message To The Hated, And To Those Who Hate Upon Others:
“I accept that I live in an intolerant society. A society that does not accept my kind. That probably will never accept my kind. I understand that this means a life of struggles, for me and those like me. Though my behaviors will change to the times, never think that I am capitulating to this oppression driving who I am.” – Joseph Tsefanyahu Farkasdi
Never be ashamed of your past (easier said, than done, I know). For your past only defines you in the present in the ways you allow it to. We *all* have a closet, a closet of shame, and it’s messy. We can choose whether to dwell in this closet and find things to hurt each other with. Or, might I suggest, we can live attentively in the present and work towards more interpersonal healing. … “Do not do unto others what you would not want them to do unto you.” Despite all my human failings and weaknesses in life, I have *always* strived to live by these words, faithfully! I will not judge people on their past, period. I live in the present.
What is a good relationship? A relationship is good when spouses accept each other *just as we each presently are*, and nurture the good we see in each other. In time, we both are better people for this! This is all that matters. My wife nurtured the good she saw within me, and I am a better man for this!
And, because, this also needs to be said:
I am not “forcing my lifestyle upon” you, when you visit my home and when you visit my web pages. That is your choice to do, and I am under *no* obligation to cater to your beliefs and assume your lifestyle, because of this. How dare you force *your* beliefs and *your* lifestyle upon me – in *my* home!
Yes, I went there, because too many in this society expect this from the minorities in their midst. Stop the persecution, already! You don’t like me? Fine. Then, stay away!!! I promise that I will not become offended if you do. … Now, go on, and be about something more positive and constructive in life. Please!
You didn’t like me from the start, so I now find out. You already knew all about me, before you came to visit. You even told me to be myself. But, now, you presume to judge me before others by your standards and beliefs – to purposefully drive a wedge. To graphically paint me as the worst sicko you’ve ever met. A “bad” influence. You have not changed, and I feel sorry for you!
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“What is something someone said that changed your way of thinking forever?”
“התורה לא משתעלת! (ha’toràh lò mishta’èlet)
The law does not cough!
Every word is in there for a reason, folks!”
And it is up to us to understand *why*, and legislate with integrity.
And this *CANNOT* be done with English translated versions!
En multaj manieroj Esperanto similas al la hebrea. Estas freneze amuze paroli ambaŭ samtempe! Ekzemple, kiam vi uzas la literon ĥo en Esperanto, kiel estis celite. … Do estas la historiaj ligoj inter ĉi tiuj judaj lingvoj!
http://impofthediverse.blogspot.com/2014/05/esperanto-and-hebrew-connection.html?m=1
Esperanto and the Hebrew connection
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The languages I was most exposed to growing up on da islands of Hawai’i – from most to least: Hawaii Creole English (see last paragraph fo sample), Hawaiian, Tagalog, Samoan, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and English (the language mandated in schools).
The languages I was most exposed to while living in the Middle East: Arabic and Farsi.
The languages I was most exposed to while living in Europe: German, Dutch, French, U.K. English, and Hebrew.
The languages I’ve been most exposed to while living here in the United States: American English, Spanish, and African American Vernacular English.
It is interesting, that I was exposed to more languages of the world on a daily basis in Hawai’i, during da hanabadah dayz, than I’ve been exposed to in any other place in this world.
Additional languages that I occasionally was exposed to in Hawai’i includes: Melanesian, Vietnamese, Tongan, Maori, Magyar (Hungarian), and Spanish.
I grew up in the middle of a Filipino neighborhood, with a Samoan village to its side, and with a Hawaiian school and Kam IV project directly below us.
The most prominent religion in these neighborhoods I grew up in was Filipino Katolika (Asian Catholicism), followed by Hoʻomana Hawai’i (Hawaiian polytheism), Buddhism, and Judaism in order of prevalence.
To find whites and white Christianity, you had to go to the more affluent neighborhoods of the islands – you know, wea aw da haole ste! No tanks, I neva like go. Mo betta for ste nā kānaka kine, wea ewry’one da same. No need da high makamaka kine fo look down on us! Dey no mo bettah den us, brah!
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Joseph T Farkasdi · July 29, 2018 at 4:06 pm
Someone on Facebook thought I was trying to say that “all” gods do not exist. This was my response:
Ah, read again. 🙂 The world is not black or white, such is a human fiction of absolutes. We are not straight or gay. It is not either belief in “God” or outright disbelief. I did not say above that a god or gods do not exist. I said that I have not yet met one, but I’ve met a lot of humans that believe in human-invented imaginary ones. All followers of social/institutional religion are in this category. Does a supreme mind with creative powers exist? Who knows? Surely, not us human primates. But, we are presumptuous enough to believe that we are the specific reason for the existence of this universe. And such is a human folly of understanding.
Joseph T Farkasdi · August 2, 2018 at 4:14 pm
The Simple Truth About Addiction
A friend of the family chose to go into rehab today. A great choice, and we hope he succeeds! And this affords an opportunity to dispel a folk myth about addiction, and how to treat it.
The myth is this: “Addiction begins with a choice that you make, that’s why it isn’t a disease.”
And, what life circumstances led you to that unfortunate mistaken “choice”? I disagree. The very premise of this statement is flawed, because it suggests that diseases cannot be caused by one’s behaviors in life. Might such beliefs be called a form of addiction denial? Once addiction occurs, you’re battling, then on, for a hopeful chance at *having* a choice. Addictions literally rewire the brain at a physical primal level, and that is why it’s so difficult to break an addiction.
So, back to my question at the start. What led someone to that mistaken “choice”? There are people addicted to sugar and coffee and beer and cigarettes, but they usually don’t make that choice out of low self-esteem or psychological susceptibility caused by any of a number of negatives social factors. But, many suffer health-wise to all of these, and never succeed at quiting. With dangerous highly addictive drugs, it doesn’t take much at all to get addicted and you’re in trouble.
These drugs, prescribed and street bought, often have ties to emotional-psychological issues pre-existing the “choice”. Or, even physical, as with many opiod addictions started by a doctor’s prescription. The point I’m making is that we humans like to think we are making conscience choices. But the reality is that these choices were made in someway unconsciously before the idea registered consciously as a “choice” we’re making. It does no addicted person any good pointing out that their “choice” to try/use an addictive substance is the reason for their addiction.
“Dis·ease /dəˈzēz/, noun – a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.” – Merriam Webster Dictionary
No, it’s actually the addictive substance and what it does to rewire the brain of some people that is the reason for their addiction. The best thing to focus on regarding addiction is this: It’s real, and it is a type of disease. Prevention requires early education in life within a supportive living environment. Recovery requires a *new* living environment that is *drug free* with lots of *friendship support* for those already addicted and wanting to be free.
Until the brain re-wires itself in a drug free environment, the addiction patterns remain. Whether an addiction occurred by “choice” or not is completely irrelevant, once this disease has taking form in someone. Let’s focus on the solution, not on trying to lay blame or to avoid addressing the reality.
#Addiction #Recovery #Disease #Rehab
Joseph T Farkasdi · September 20, 2018 at 2:44 pm
Mi deziras, ke mi prenis pli serioze kiel junulo ĉi tiu lingvo elpensita de judo antaŭ cent tridek unu jaroj. Mi nun deziras, ke mi lernis ĉi tiun lingvon kiel mian gepatran lingvon, anstataŭ hawaian angla kriollingvo. Esperanto estas tre mojosa lingvo!
Esperanto TV Online – Muzaiko
esperanto-tv.com/muzaiko
Muzaiko estas tuttempa tutmojosa tutesperanta radio! Ni ludas por vi 24 horojn en tago muzikon, programerojn, novaĵojn, informojn, raportojn, arkivaĵojn kaj multe pli!
Joseph T Farkasdi · October 11, 2019 at 2:17 am
Some believe that they have assurance they will live again after they die. Interesting. … Only the living need such an assurance. Because, once you die, assurances no longer matter. For those of us instructed in Torah (the Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament) no such assurance is granted. For, according to Torah, even the land itself that gives us generational life will one day be no more (it will come to an end). And, the only assurance of an afterlife that we have is through the legacy of remembrance of our existence by the generations to come. For, according to Torah, we are but molded soil, a nefesh (breathing creature, a living corporeal soul), animated by the ruach, the breath of “God” – for while we have this neshamah, “breath” of life, animating our nefesh within us.
I am not entirely sure whether there is a divine Source for this universe – this space-time physicality of atoms that is long-lasting but temporal, according to both science and Torah. But, if such a “God” exists, we are merely a part of this deity’s divine experiment into the evolutions of life discovering itself from an individualistic perspective. Many individual perspectives, encompassing many life-forms, each for a period of time, and at differing degrees of sentience. And, this is quite okay with me! For only the living suffer over the momentary-ness of life as a corporeal living soul. And, according to Torah, all breathing creatures are this divine sentience masquerading briefly as living beings.
I study life every day, and I see no reason to think that my teaching is wrong about this. We are each the momentary breath of individual life, a nefesh thriving briefly through neshamah – a corporeal soul with the breath of life breathing within us, for while we are alive – for while we are animated by the life-giving ruach.
To reiterate, in Torah, ruach means the “wind” or “breath,” neshamah means “inhalation and exhalation” of the breath, and nefesh means the body-mind that houses the breath – for while the breath resides within. All three can mean “soul” – for nefesh is the individualistic corporeal soul that is the body-mind, ruach is the invisible corporeal soul of “God’s” breathing presence, and nefesh is the animating soul of “God’s” breath within an individual body-mind – a nefesh, whether a human, an animal, a bird, or a fish. Again, according to Torah (more commonly known these days as the Hebrew Bible, also known to some as the Old Testament).
https://www.thetorah.com/article/in-search-of-the-soul-between-torah-and-science
In Search of the Soul: Between Torah and Science
“Human beings continue to search for meaning, for our own place in this unimaginably vast cosmos. We yearn for lives that matter and for something larger and more lasting than ourselves. Despite our greater understanding of the biological and neuroscientific roots of some aspects of soul, other concepts of soul involving human dignity and divinity persist that fill this human need. They remain beyond science.”