tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10821677715664846972024-03-23T16:47:18.399-07:00Wewo KotokayI Believe, The Melanesian Way Conservation is the Way Forward!Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-65040898387698908342024-03-23T16:46:00.001-07:002024-03-23T16:46:46.100-07:00Bob Marley was so right when he said.Bob Marley was so right when he said.....💚🌿<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect—you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break—her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.”</div><div>🙏👏</div>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-46391051856363040332024-03-08T22:39:00.001-08:002024-03-08T22:39:31.100-08:00Strong and beautiful West Papuan women<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>A Poetry<div>For you:</div><div>"Strong and beautiful West Papuan women."</div><div><br></div><div>O West Papuan women..</div><div>If I hadn't told you that you were beautiful,</div><div>If I hadn't told you that your smile was beautiful,</div><div>Your dark skin is more beautiful than the night sky.</div><div><br></div><div>O West Papuan women..</div><div>Only you can understand,</div><div>What does it mean to be the queen of the West Papuan Nation,</div><div>What it means to be black, bold and beautiful.</div><div><br></div><div>O West Papuan women..</div><div>You've been boxed up to build your world right in the shadow of man,</div><div>And your gift,</div><div>They are buried with the umbilical cord of your unborn children.</div><div><br></div><div>You have worked in the fields and cooked food,</div><div>You have cared for the children and fed Husband,</div><div>You have become the backbone of this nation.</div><div><br></div><div>However,,</div><div>My dear West Papuan women,</div><div>You don't know who you are;</div><div>You are the light that shines in the darkness,</div><div>A beacon that restores hope to our hearts,</div><div>Source of strength and courage,</div><div>The embodiment of masculinity and femininity</div><div>The perfect creature.</div><div><br></div><div>You are more beautiful than a rose,</div><div>Your smile is like snow falling on a dry land,</div><div>Your eternal Afro is like the soft pillows of the clouds in the sky.</div><div><br></div><div>You gave birth in many skin tones;</div><div>Cream, Chocolate, Caramel, Mocha, Honey,</div><div>You are specially created by HIM.</div><div><br></div><div>You're sweeter than Oreos dipped in white milk,</div><div>You're warmer than hot chocolate in the dry season during a storm,</div><div>you are kindness,</div><div>you are grace,</div><div>You have no fear,</div><div>you are tough,</div><div>You're beautiful,</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>All wrapped up in one word "You are Special".</div><div><br></div><div>O West Papuan Women,</div><div>No matter where you are,</div><div>No matter how you think you look,</div><div>No matter how you see yourself,</div><div>You are a special gift to the world.</div><div><br></div><div>Rise up and make that change in the world,</div><div>Be that difference,</div><div>Hold your head up high like the queen was meant to be,</div><div>You are strong enough,</div><div>you are quite beautiful,</div><div>And,</div><div>My dear West Papuan women,</div><div>You are very special.</div><div><br></div><div>"For you, West Papuan Mama.</div><div>To you all Black Mama Nation.</div><div>And..</div><div>To you all the Mamas in the World."</div><div><br></div><div>️</div>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-13030621935610458332024-01-25T06:10:00.001-08:002024-01-26T20:09:47.050-08:002024 January Edition: THE HIRI<div class="separator"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0phhB0OOZLAyD3plsz1qb7G9dRqUEa14laxsMvSyFMTTdr8mXhE28j1OAgEjdHsoceLiaiKUYyM99hPV0zujja8AccZYuXDySS02sAIviIdU690dyr5reJGBuP_M1c0pUAV5CFuFJv2MHdcoIgKlX_Wxr3AePt8az42x9X34ZeYzl-BVdjJacSHJIfSp2/s2048/download.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0phhB0OOZLAyD3plsz1qb7G9dRqUEa14laxsMvSyFMTTdr8mXhE28j1OAgEjdHsoceLiaiKUYyM99hPV0zujja8AccZYuXDySS02sAIviIdU690dyr5reJGBuP_M1c0pUAV5CFuFJv2MHdcoIgKlX_Wxr3AePt8az42x9X34ZeYzl-BVdjJacSHJIfSp2/s320/download.png" width="166" /></a></div><br />Papua New Guineans were great traders. "If you don't know." The HIRI, a South-coast trading expedition, is one of the famous tales ever told. Each month of October and November the Motu Koitabu people around Port Moresby sailed West to the Gulf of Papua in what is known as Lakatois filled with clay pots, arm shells, betel nuts and lots more to trade for sagos. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Each year they sailed and return as Hiri was important for the two trading partners. The badi-tauna (captain) of each lakatois had their own trading relations with the Gulf villages. Some made short trips to villages near Yule Island, but other journeyed on to Kerema or even to the Kikori Delta. </div><div><br /></div><div>A journey of more than 300 kilometers with an average size fleet of about 20 lakatois having 30 men on board each. Sometimes rough seas destroy the lakatois while men and cargoes perish as their families are left to starved. </div><div>To share some light into this famous trade, Sir Albert Maori Kiki, who helped led the country to Independence is one of the grand sons of a trader in the Gulf who remembers the Hiri voyages in Orokolo village in the 1968s. Sir Kiki was a politician, writer and trade union leader who died in 1993. </div><div><br /></div><div>As a witness, he described the trade was not conducted like common barter system. It had certain ceremony and declarations of friendships. Visitors were greeted with singsing and they carried their pots to the houses of their trade partners whom they knew and dealt with for years. One of the trade expedition leaders Heni, usually trades with Albert’s father. </div><div><br /></div><div>He would hand all his pots to Albert’s father while he tie knots in a piece of string to count the number of pots in sizes and shapes. In a similar manner the sagos are then exchanged accordingly, or often his father would prepare a canoe for Heni because the lakatoi needed to be repaired. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISFsyodKfuNWhpeWVEWLDC5nwMBm9-tndFmvGGNLvjVXrUwAB8_G07yTDXBLBu0HDayn8T3vkGcJjl8UUdP5sGcR45VCJIcctyZrY5Mt9wK-ZrYv94asjG_5k_4PggkONpq8aLzVIm_tweqY7C_0diU0KsPd1x7b-Ybbld8a8qF-xgec0OZWF8eFQoCBa/s1080/download%20(1).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1080" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISFsyodKfuNWhpeWVEWLDC5nwMBm9-tndFmvGGNLvjVXrUwAB8_G07yTDXBLBu0HDayn8T3vkGcJjl8UUdP5sGcR45VCJIcctyZrY5Mt9wK-ZrYv94asjG_5k_4PggkONpq8aLzVIm_tweqY7C_0diU0KsPd1x7b-Ybbld8a8qF-xgec0OZWF8eFQoCBa/s320/download%20(1).png" width="320" /></a></div><br />If one of the Motuan dies in Orokolo during the trade, they burry him with full rites. Until in 1971, leaders in Port Moresby including Lord Mayor Oala Oala Rarua, thought it was time to celebrate Hiri so that people remember the voyages of the trade expedition. </div><div><br /></div><div>So the Hiri Festival was organized and hosted on every 16th day of September and was considered one of the national cultural events today.</div><div><br /></div><div>#History_of_Papua_New_Guinea</div><div>#Eric_Jones</div><div>#Digital_Story_telling</div>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-74589153088213564262024-01-12T18:40:00.001-08:002024-01-12T18:40:36.001-08:0010 OBSERVATIONS FROM PM's NATIONAL ADDRESS YESTERDAY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>Here is a simple explanation of actions the Marape Govt will take based on PM's national TV address yesterday. <div><br></div><div>1. 500 police officers who led the protest will be investigated and possibly be criminally charged and terminated They will be replaced by new recruits currently at Bomana as well as thousands of unemployed graduates who wish to pursue that career path. Some cops will go to Bomana prison. This may apply to soldiers as well. </div><div><br></div><div>2. Department Secretaries for Finance, Treasury and Personnel Management have been suspended including Police Commissioner Manning. </div><div><br></div><div>3. Individuals who spread misinformation on social media and incited violence will be investigated, arrested and charged under Cyber crime laws. </div><div><br></div><div>4. Sponsors of the protest will be arrested and charged. PMV buses were hired to transport hundreds of people around. </div><div><br></div><div>5. An investigation into the role of public servants is led by Chief Secretary Pomaleu and Secretary of Justic Dr Kwa. </div><div><br></div><div>6. Political rivals of Marape behind the protest in one way or another will be investigated, arrested and charged. The proper way to take change government is on the floor of parliament, not by sponsoring unrest. </div><div><br></div><div>7. State of Emregnecy is declared for 2 weeks in Pom. Acting Police Commissioner Yamasombi is the SOE Controller. SOE gazette notice yet to be issued. Joint forces of police, army and CIS were out in full strength last night. Over 200 cars and hundreds of armed disciplined force members patrolling the City. </div><div><br></div><div>8. PM did not mention anythihg about Looters and arsonists who were captured by media and social media so they may not be prosecuted. Police may not have resources to do so. </div><div><br></div><div>9. PM previously advised that businesses that suffered loss will have tax concessions given so they can rebuild. </div><div><br></div><div>10. Public servant pay that was over deducted will be credited back to their accounts next fortnight and will never be deducted again. </div><div><br></div><div>By Des Yaninen, 7am, Friday 12 January 2024.</div>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-64260804494110434552024-01-12T18:31:00.001-08:002024-01-12T18:31:46.951-08:0010 OBSERVATIONS FROM PM's NATIONAL ADDRESS YESTERDAY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>Here is a simple explanation of actions the Marape Govt will take based on PM's national TV address yesterday. <div><br></div><div>1. 500 police officers who led the protest will be investigated and possibly be criminally charged and terminated They will be replaced by new recruits currently at Bomana as well as thousands of unemployed graduates who wish to pursue that career path. Some cops will go to Bomana prison. This may apply to soldiers as well. </div><div><br></div><div>2. Department Secretaries for Finance, Treasury and Personnel Management have been suspended including Police Commissioner Manning. </div><div><br></div><div>3. Individuals who spread misinformation on social media and incited violence will be investigated, arrested and charged under Cyber crime laws. </div><div><br></div><div>4. Sponsors of the protest will be arrested and charged. PMV buses were hired to transport hundreds of people around. </div><div><br></div><div>5. An investigation into the role of public servants is led by Chief Secretary Pomaleu and Secretary of Justic Dr Kwa. </div><div><br></div><div>6. Political rivals of Marape behind the protest in one way or another will be investigated, arrested and charged. The proper way to take change government is on the floor of parliament, not by sponsoring unrest. </div><div><br></div><div>7. State of Emregnecy is declared for 2 weeks in Pom. Acting Police Commissioner Yamasombi is the SOE Controller. SOE gazette notice yet to be issued. Joint forces of police, army and CIS were out in full strength last night. Over 200 cars and hundreds of armed disciplined force members patrolling the City. </div><div><br></div><div>8. PM did not mention anythihg about Looters and arsonists who were captured by media and social media so they may not be prosecuted. Police may not have resources to do so. </div><div><br></div><div>9. PM previously advised that businesses that suffered loss will have tax concessions given so they can rebuild. </div><div><br></div><div>10. Public servant pay that was over deducted will be credited back to their accounts next fortnight and will never be deducted again. </div><div><br></div><div>By Des Yaninen, 7am, Friday 12 January 2024.</div>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-14800843337409510152023-12-20T15:10:00.000-08:002023-12-20T15:25:03.453-08:00Kina Bank Vision City: The Fastest Banking Service is now the Slowest after 2 years?<h3 style="text-align: left;">Opening</h3><p>Hello, I am writing this again regarding Kina Bank Vision City, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.</p><p>Perhaps some ask me, "Why I am spending time and energy writing these all regarding Kina Bank?"</p><p>Well, the simple answer is that I have my Kina Bank Account here, in this office. Secondly, because I want Kina Bank to become the best bank in Papua New Guinea.</p><p>I have my accounts in other banks, but I prefer Kina Bank to improve, because Kina Bank has good business foundations that require improvements. If I talk about other banks, it will be complicated because they business foundations and ethos are totally different.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">The Experience I had 0n December 20th, 2023: 3 Hours Waiting, 10 Minutes Solved At Personal Banker 2 Counter </h3><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgXlJifAr8sviAt-PrxVXQzWsTBYYH07lgUschNw8bO85UjDJyt7G2XGVWCghIfUN7eWPRYg7Lzw_LJ_JhHsDX7BFyPf1g5gyvtehrDCtsJEV4T__atRmD-vTgrR9U40VJw4nr50lnevWnluJds8WvfVtZONArGPR8SWL10SePX0eSooDu2fAQbaKv77m/s1080/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-12-21%20at%2007.47.11.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="810" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgXlJifAr8sviAt-PrxVXQzWsTBYYH07lgUschNw8bO85UjDJyt7G2XGVWCghIfUN7eWPRYg7Lzw_LJ_JhHsDX7BFyPf1g5gyvtehrDCtsJEV4T__atRmD-vTgrR9U40VJw4nr50lnevWnluJds8WvfVtZONArGPR8SWL10SePX0eSooDu2fAQbaKv77m/s320/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-12-21%20at%2007.47.11.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br />Yesterday, as I reported previously, <a href="https://www.wewo.name/2023/12/kina-bank-vision-city-print-your-nid.html" target="_blank">I came to Kina Bank at 9:00AM</a> and I was among those first customers entered and waited for 4 hours. This day, I came at 13:30 PM, because I thought it will be faster to just submit the filled out form.<p></p><p>I have done what I should do, that is, I downloaded the "<a href="http://nationalfinance.com.pg/PDFs/PNG/Kina-Bank-Standing-Order.pdf" target="_blank">Periodical Payment/Direct Debit/Standing Order</a>", printed it, and took it to the bank. I waited for 3 hours. The came to the service desk, i.e., Personal Banker 2 counter after the front age of the bank was closed, because there was no more customers allowed entry. The teller counters were all closed, all money at each counter were counted and closed. Only customer service section was open, and sadly, out of three available desk, only two were operationg. And out of the two, only one knew what he was doing, the other one kept going in and out to her manager, asking for guidance.</p><p>And this second counter is the one I came to.</p><p>After waiting 3 hours, and it was my turn to go to the counter. I submitted my printed form, and a piece of my copied NID.</p><p>She looked at the papers, then went into her manager again, and she came out some minutes later. She entered my data into the computer, for about 5 minutes, and then told me, "Sir, it is finished!"</p><p>Then I asked, "Can I go now?" She nodded, "Yes!" so off I went out from the bank.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Final Comments</h3><div>So, based on the above story, "Am I not Right to say that Kina Bank Vision City has become slowest of all in customers services after 2 years?" I am counting "2 years" since <a href="https://www.wewo.name/2022/06/once-again-kina-bank-vision-city-branch.html" target="_blank">I wrote my first article praising Kina Bank Vision City for fastest banking centre</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>I want to comment on two major areas. First is that there should be three different sections of Customer Service Desk, not just one.</div><p>As I have proposed in <a href="https://www.wewo.name/2023/12/kina-bank-vision-city-print-your-nid.html" target="_blank">my previous note</a>, It is important for me to note again that there should be One Section specifically just for "General Queries", and this is the place where bankers answers direct questions and direct customers to the right customer services desk. This is also the place where customers who want to (1) collect their visa card and (2) fix their PIN for visa/ KinaKard come and ask for assistance. This person can be a security personnel, trained to do this job.</p><p>The second section is for quick services such as organising Standing Orders as I did, or asking for SMS/ Online Banking services.</p><p>The third one is for Opening New bank Account, requested New Card, and other complicated problems that require longer than 30 minutes solution.</p><p><b>Above all, I want to suggest to reduce chairs inside the room, so that customers do not sit and wait for so long inside. Let the customers wait outside, and make it so that when they come into the room, they just need less than one hour to queue. It is punishing act when you allow customers waiting for 4 hours sitting inside the building.</b></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">To do next</h3><div>My first request is for all Kina Bank Vision City Customers to voice this request I am proposing here to the bank, if the bank has not yet read my note here.</div><div><br /></div><div>Further:</div><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>I invite all Kina Bank Customers to download and print this "<a href="http://nationalfinance.com.pg/PDFs/PNG/Kina-Bank-Standing-Order.pdf" target="_blank">Periodical Payment/Direct Debit/Standing Order</a>" here.</li><li>Download and Print Form to <a href="https://kinabank.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Kina-Bank-Personal-Account-Opening-Form.pdf" target="_blank">Open Personal Bank Account </a>here</li><li>If you want to apply for Visa Debit, Card, then Please Download this <a href="https://www.kinabank.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Kina_Bank_Visa_Credit_Card_Application_No-Cover.pdf" target="_blank">Visa Card Application Form</a> here</li><li>What I will discuss in the next note is "<a href="https://www.kinabank.com.pg/digital-banking/kina-whatsapp-banking/" target="_blank">Kina WhatsApp Banking</a>" Stay Tuned.</li></ol><p></p>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-26663249369617434732023-12-19T00:22:00.000-08:002023-12-19T19:56:53.057-08:00Kina Bank Vision City: Print Your NID Outside and Come Back told the Customer Service Person to me<h3 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgklrM_m8NwZxH7QiCQbFCi_ZThGdM7Ex4LndX-mcbIcuUgvWPbhz0MPCAFvy11FQ_s9CQxWEsChZpV03rNlcHGyFMFogo540mq3f8ByKXOa5tLkowPmzCvzenMIoXvk0USQAfjMeDKwSy9fPYyDeniElkH5Jmlmp14APUlqvAQm5Fz7R3x5k_jgNR_i-3-/s2880/Kina-Bank-Standing-Order-pdf.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1558" data-original-width="2880" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgklrM_m8NwZxH7QiCQbFCi_ZThGdM7Ex4LndX-mcbIcuUgvWPbhz0MPCAFvy11FQ_s9CQxWEsChZpV03rNlcHGyFMFogo540mq3f8ByKXOa5tLkowPmzCvzenMIoXvk0USQAfjMeDKwSy9fPYyDeniElkH5Jmlmp14APUlqvAQm5Fz7R3x5k_jgNR_i-3-/s320/Kina-Bank-Standing-Order-pdf.png" width="320"></a></div><br>Opening Note</h3><p>I have been writing sometime so far, how good Kina Bank is, in regard to customers services. Particularly Kina Bank Vision City has been my favourite branck and I have been suggesting customers to go there.</p><p>However, what happened today saddened me, and made me question, "What is really happening with Kina Bank?"</p><p>I have more political and moral answers to this, but the following explanation explains how these are demonstrated though banking practice here at Vision City. I hope those who do businesses with heart, will understand what I am talking about, and will take necessary steps to fix it</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">What I did today</h3><p>Today I went to Kina Bank Vision City to organise my Standing Orders from my incoming accounts and send to my expenses account. I have three savings account. One for incoming, the other two for expenses. And I want the incoming account to automatically debit the account to send to two other accounts so that I can limit my expenses, and also because the monthly transfer will happen exceeding my monthly transfer limited provided by Kina Bank </p><p>I cannot request for increase the transfer limit, so I thought I must go and ask for standing orders, as I previously knew doing so when banking system was not online as it is today.</p><p>What I found out is the following:</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>I queued up for 4 hours before actually talking to the customer service person;</li><li>I waited for almost 1 hour for organising my "standing order". My gut feeling was that I will finalize the thing within 30 minutes. In fact, after 1 hour I was told to go out and print my own ID Card as the bank could not print my NID.</li><li>I went downstairs but in fact so many others were already lining up, I should wait another one hour maybe more than that. I decided to go to my rented house and print it at my office. and I did.</li><li>I went back to Kina Bank and submitted my photocopied NID. </li><li>The customer service person told me, "there is no more form to fill out for another account", the printer is not working, It means the <a href="http://nationalfinance.com.pg/PDFs/PNG/Kina-Bank-Standing-Order.pdf" target="_blank"><b>Standing Order Application Form i</b></a>s not available in print, but it should be printed once required. (I totally agree with this policy as I don't like banks printing so many papers and waste them) However, the problem was that Kina Bank could not print one form for me to fill out. I told the person serving the customers that i will come back tomorrow.</li><li>This form "<a href="http://nationalfinance.com.pg/PDFs/PNG/Kina-Bank-Standing-Order.pdf">http://nationalfinance.com.pg/PDFs/PNG/Kina-Bank-Standing-Order.pdf</a>, I am printing it now because Kina Bank cannot print it. out today. I am filling it out, then will submit it tomorrow.</li></ol><div>I have some revelations based on these events as I explained above:</div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>I have wasted my 6 hours just to deal with something that should normally be done within 1-2 hours, or even less.</li><li>I have wasted 6 hours, but unfortunately I have not yet completed the "Standing Order" business. I should go back tomorrow (20 October 2023) I will write tomorrow, how long will I queue and what will happen as a result.</li></ol><h3 style="text-align: left;">Final Comments</h3></div><div>Hi Kina Bank, what is happening with you? Or how are you today?</div><div>You start scrolling after just walking a few years ago.</div><div>How long will you be in this condition?</div><div><br></div><div>In addition to above incidents, I want to notify to the public some important points to notice:</div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>I propose Kina Bank to Divide Customer Services into three sections. Section One: only for opening bank account or dealing with account problems as well general enquiries. Section Two: particularly to pick-up Visa Card/ KinaKard. Just for collection desk. Section Three: dedicated for account management services, such as organising Standing Orders, opening Online or SMS banking, etc. Two persons at Section One, and one each for sections two and three will end the problem I faced today. I believe many other customers experienced the same or similar cases.</li><li>I propose Kina Bank Vision City to train the personnel to learn speed up the services. My early impression was that Kina Bank Vision City was almost like bank services in Hong Kong and Singapore. But right now it is turning into services just the same as Bank South Pacific. It is a pity to say this, but I have to be honest about the truth.</li></ol><div>I pray that God will help banks in Papua New Guinea to deliver services to locals in particular, the best, modern and robust facilities available, with diligence and speed.</div></div><div><br></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">To do next</h3><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I invite all Kina Bank Customers to download and print this "<a href="http://nationalfinance.com.pg/PDFs/PNG/Kina-Bank-Standing-Order.pdf" target="_blank">Standing Order From" here</a>.</li><li>Donwload and Print Form to <a href="https://www.kinabank.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Kina-Bank-Personal-Account-Opening-Form.pdf" target="_blank">Open Personal Bank Account here</a></li></ul></div><div><br></div><p></p>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-49447053163425735232023-12-02T03:00:00.001-08:002023-12-02T03:00:20.313-08:00Glorious days of Koki Market 1958<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>Glorious days of Koki Market looks beautiful and peaceful environment! And surrounded by coconut trees Koki areas! 💖🇵🇬📌</div><div><br></div><div>Bystanders at Koki Market, 1958.</div><div>Photo Dorothy Wickham, Ballarat Heritage Collection.</div><div><br></div><div>Pic: Peter Russell Kranz. 📌</div><div>Stories copied from Facebook page</div>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-77381915998643814322023-11-30T21:13:00.000-08:002023-11-30T21:14:03.016-08:00INTENSIVE SELF-HEALING ~❤️🖤💚<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>No matter what we call ourselves, what we wear, how much money we make, what groups we join, where we were born, and even the language we speak---our self-healing depends on our mind.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Mind games are played on us through so many mediums-politics, religion, and, of course, education. Over time, we adopt a consciousness where the clouds exist but not the sky, where books exist but not education, where doctors exist but not healing. Some call this a Western mind. Our foundational energy will remain blocked until we connect with our original mind. It's our thoughts, the untold story, the exploitation all the way back to Greek civilization that defines our victim mentality.</div><div><br></div><div>We must liberate our minds. We must embark on a renaissance to cleanse out the toxicity, the filth, and the degradation that is a side-effect of acute exploitation and oppression of the human mind. We do that by moving on a path of intensive self-healing. Only by recognizing that we possess the power of self-healing can we reinterpret our experiences from being victims to being enlightened and centered. ~Dr. Robbin Alston</div><div><br></div><div>LEARN MORE HERE:</div><div>ON SALE NOW!</div><div><br></div><div>MAAT- Guiding Principles of Moral Living 2023 EDITION-917 pages</div><div><br></div><div>Meditations For African Americans: Igniting the Inner Light 220 pages</div><div><br></div><div>NEW BOOKS -Ready to Ship</div><div>ORDER BOOK HERE: www.shiftingyourparadigm.com “SHOP”</div><div><br></div><div>👁️ ÅM Eternal👁️</div><div>Artwork/meme authorship unknown</div>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-90784316137815954382023-11-30T13:25:00.000-08:002023-11-30T13:26:02.759-08:00Poem: I am AFRICAN<div>POEM💌🌍</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>I Am An African</div><div>I am an African</div><div>Not because I was born there</div><div>But because my heart beats with Africa’s</div><div>I am an African</div><div>Not because my skin is black</div><div>But because my mind is engaged by Africa</div><div>I am an African</div><div>Not because I live on its soil</div><div>But because my soul is at home in Africa</div><div><br></div><div>When Africa weeps for her children</div><div>My cheeks are stained with tears</div><div>When Africa honours her elders</div><div>My head is bowed in respect</div><div>When Africa mourns for her victims</div><div>My hands are joined in prayer</div><div>When Africa celebrates her triumphs</div><div>My feet are alive with dancing</div><div><br></div><div>I am an African</div><div>For her blue skies take my breath away</div><div>And my hope for the future is bright</div><div>I am an African</div><div>For her people greet me as family</div><div>And teach me the meaning of community</div><div>I am an African</div><div>For her wildness quenches my spirit</div><div>And brings me closer to the source of life</div><div><br></div><div>When the music of Africa beats in the wind</div><div>My blood pulses to its rhythm</div><div>And I become the essence of sound</div><div>When the colours of Africa dazzle in the sun</div><div>My senses drink in its rainbow</div><div>And I become the palette of nature</div><div>When the stories of Africa echo round the fire</div><div>My feet walk in its pathways</div><div>And I become the footprints of history</div><div><br></div><div>I am an African</div><div>Because she is the cradle of our birth</div><div>And nurtures an ancient wisdom</div><div>I am an African</div><div>Because she lives in the world’s shadow</div><div>And bursts with a radiant luminosity</div><div>I am an African</div><div>Because she is the land of tomorrow</div><div>And I recognise her gifts as sacred</div><div>👇👇</div><div>www.ourafrica.com.ng</div>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-85985598532317683032023-11-24T14:37:00.001-08:002023-11-24T14:37:43.893-08:00Comanche portraits<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOcHmmeQmz5g1DQnhFYeNkDT1FI71JYbgHlXyvco3FuKODGfDj6OPkTX0JQNOQF_DE-q40-qxBk2HfGH872UuMRp_IQyZSJOiwsNHEQGEilJOYhBo6m9tUJWQFgaNHJL9yY5I2x_6neJc3/s1600/IMG_ORG_1700865428985.jpeg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOcHmmeQmz5g1DQnhFYeNkDT1FI71JYbgHlXyvco3FuKODGfDj6OPkTX0JQNOQF_DE-q40-qxBk2HfGH872UuMRp_IQyZSJOiwsNHEQGEilJOYhBo6m9tUJWQFgaNHJL9yY5I2x_6neJc3/s1600/IMG_ORG_1700865428985.jpeg" alt="" width="465" height="600" data-original-width="465" data-original-height="600"></a></div><br><br><div>
North America was a place of great turbulence and many conflicts when the newcomers decided to inhabit the land and take parts of it for themselves.<br></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">In the 18th and 19th century, many tribes, such as Iroquois, Cherokee and Shawnee were overwhelmed by the number of settlers moving westward across America.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">When the settlers started moving to the southern edges of the continent their movement was put to a halt for some time. A fierce tribe of Comanche were the reason for it.Even though many tribes have adapted to the introduction of the horse, the Comanche were the group who took most advantage out of it.Previously being an obscure mountain tribe, the Comanche became the fiercest and most famous riders that caused many troubles to the settlers.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">In contrast to, for example, Sioux and Cheyenne that would dismount their horses before battle, Comanche continued riding in a fight, which gave them a significant advantage.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">#welcomenativespirit</span></div>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-69641556955467462402023-11-23T13:45:00.001-08:002023-11-23T13:45:15.033-08:00Did You know coffee òriginated in Ethiopia?<div><span style="font-size: 17px;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">🇪🇹</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWU0Z1EEcEL9Ec5qXh8SfdA9NENXHMKtgyZXp4PwScyOyIj-RtlKOjKbOZdPAu8wOl5Wt4g53x-3ZKjJZVfPQ0JQUUauj1VK-4V5KwvU6Cqs6OaGzIxEq4Ji6ZbUcnuHb-39wj_5pUpkn/s1600/IMG_ORG_1700775871641.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWU0Z1EEcEL9Ec5qXh8SfdA9NENXHMKtgyZXp4PwScyOyIj-RtlKOjKbOZdPAu8wOl5Wt4g53x-3ZKjJZVfPQ0JQUUauj1VK-4V5KwvU6Cqs6OaGzIxEq4Ji6ZbUcnuHb-39wj_5pUpkn/s1600/IMG_ORG_1700775871641.jpeg" alt="" width="420" height="640" data-original-width="451" data-original-height="687"></a></div><br><br><div><span style="font-size: 17px;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">Coffee gròwn wòrldwide can trace its heritàge back centuries to the ancient coffee forests on the Ethiopian 🇪🇹 plateau. There, legend says the goat herder Kaldi first discovered the potential of these beloved beans. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">The story goes that that Kaldi discovered coffee after he noticed that after eating the berries from a certain tree, his goats became so energetic that they did not want to sleep at night. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">Kaldi reported his findings to the abbot of the local monastery, who made a drink with the berries and found that it kept him alert through the long hours of evening prayer. The abbot shared his discovery with the other monks at the monastery, and knowledge of the energizing berries began to spread.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">As word moved east and coffee reached the Arabian peninsula, it began a journey which would bring these beans across the globe.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">SOURCE: https://www.nescafe.com/in/understanding-coffee/coffee-history#:~:text=Ethiopia%20is%20widely%20considered%20to,goat%20herder%2C%20around%20800%20AD.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">Guys let's get our YouTube channel ( YT: Historical Africa) to 200k subscribers. Kindly click on the link to subscribe https://youtube.com/c/HistoricalAfrica</span></div>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-59791828060975251222023-11-21T14:27:00.000-08:002023-11-21T14:28:01.919-08:00Zimbabwe" Bob Marley lyrics <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VIhMvrahDb2HXVkhKl3TAhA75wJDyQJisP2BNdB-nx1JQ74zYIwKLvwBQXkKXfzthXwiM8kExuB8pBKu2hQKsc3kP72cqysu5Lv-109nGHMpUQ3oWHMWuaSbPFtUeoaSMrAbfWtZF-Jf/s1600/IMG_ORG_1700605669652.jpeg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VIhMvrahDb2HXVkhKl3TAhA75wJDyQJisP2BNdB-nx1JQ74zYIwKLvwBQXkKXfzthXwiM8kExuB8pBKu2hQKsc3kP72cqysu5Lv-109nGHMpUQ3oWHMWuaSbPFtUeoaSMrAbfWtZF-Jf/s1600/IMG_ORG_1700605669652.jpeg" alt="" width="512" height="512" data-original-width="512" data-original-height="512"></a></div><br><br><div>
Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny <br></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">And in this judgment there is no partiality So arm in arms with arms </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">We'll fight this little struggle</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">'Cause that's the only way we can overcome our little trouble </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">Brother, you're right, you're right </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">You're right, you're right, you're so right </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">We gon' fight (we gon' fight) </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">We'll have to fight (we gon' fight) </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">We gonna fight (we gon' fight) </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">Fight for our rights </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">Natty dread it inna (Zimbabwe) </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">Set it up in (Zimbabwe) </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">Mash it up-a inna Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe) Africans ah liberate (Zimbabwe), mh </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">No more internal power struggle </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">We come together to overcome the little trouble </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">Soon we'll find out who is the real revolutionary </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">'Cause I don't want my people to be contrary </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">And, brother, you're right, you're right </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">You're right, you're right, you're so right </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">We'll have to fight (we gon' fight) </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">We gonna fight (we gon' fight) We'll have to fight (we gon' fight) Fighting for our rights</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">Mash it up inna (Zimbabwe) Natty trash it inna (Zimbabwe) Africans ah liberate Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe) I and I ah liberate Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe) </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">Brother, you're right, you're right You're right, you're right, you're so right We gon' fight (we gon' fight) We'll have to fight (we gon' fight) We gonna fight (we gon' fight) Fighting for our rights </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">To divide and rule could only tear us apart In every man chest, mh, there beats a heart So soon we'll find out who is the real revolutionaries And I don't want my people to be tricked by mercenaries </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">Brother, you're right, you're right You're right, you're right, you're so right We'll have to fight (we gon' fight) We gonna fight (we gon' fight) We'll have to fight (we gon' fight) Fighting for our rights </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">Natty trash it inna Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe) Mash it up inna Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe) Set it up inna Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe) Africans ah liberate Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe) Africans ah liberate Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe) Natty dub it inna Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe) Set it up inna Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe) Africans ah liberate Zimbabwe </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">Every man got a right to decide his </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">RaggaehHiphop CELEBRITY </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">#BobMarley#Zimbabwe</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">#WhoTheCapFit</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">#onelovecelebrity </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">#new </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">#JahLove </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">#kenya </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">#ghana </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">#nigeria </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">#kisumu </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">#southflorida </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">#miami </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">#pluto </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">#BOOMchallenge </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">#music</span></div>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-86258024525783580792023-11-18T01:25:00.000-08:002023-11-18T01:25:41.138-08:00 Sounds that Heal and Prevent Sickness<div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKdpgQAVUheC-04W0kAhXX7OsSbXuUAGSYHsAz5tkchLy1-svuguVgPfOotm7EKy2TbphQXUhhaFeI2qgh7lA8OkzodY2McwiI_YvejgqqaYaSD6Rnw5S7DcHUHJf9LmMisXHbT38PFQsIKHKfDNDBrwAkzNj5xfvnDuD0xFIPpaJPM1fSd_MsARtGiTh1/s1500/download.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKdpgQAVUheC-04W0kAhXX7OsSbXuUAGSYHsAz5tkchLy1-svuguVgPfOotm7EKy2TbphQXUhhaFeI2qgh7lA8OkzodY2McwiI_YvejgqqaYaSD6Rnw5S7DcHUHJf9LmMisXHbT38PFQsIKHKfDNDBrwAkzNj5xfvnDuD0xFIPpaJPM1fSd_MsARtGiTh1/s320/download.png" width="213" /></a></div><br />The Six Healing Sounds are a simple yet powerful tool to promote physical, energetic and emotional healing and balance. These Sounds were discovered by ancient Tao Masters to generate frequencies for healing. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Each sound cultivates different positive energy and provides healing of a specific organ. To enhance the benefits, each sound is associated with a special healing color, positive emotion and body position helping to open and restore <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>energy flow in a respective organ meridian (energy pathway).</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Daily practice of the Six Healing Sounds can restore and maintain calmness and good health. Greater sexual pleasure and improved digestion will occur. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Minor ailments, such as colds, flu, and sore throats, can be prevented or thrown off easily, especially if you will regularly practice the Lung Sound "Sssss" that Master Mantak Chia is demonstrating in this video<span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="👇🏻" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te9/2/16/1f447_1f3fb.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Once the movements, sounds and emotions have been integrated into your practice, you can make the Six Healing Sounds even more powerful. For example, when you are settled into the Lung sound and you are breathing in white healing light, feel your mid-eyebrow wide open, and connect with the Universe to cleanse and revitalize your lungs and large intestine. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">With this simple practice, many students of the Healing Tao have overcome their long-standing dependence on sleeping pills, tranquilizers, aspirin, and antacids. If you are taking one of those, pay attention to this practice. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Several psychologists have taught some of their patients to use the Six Healing Sounds to relieve depression, anxiety or anger; and body work oriented healers have used the Six Healing Sounds to help speed up healing, and the healer spends less of his own life force energy.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ted/2/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span>If you want to learn fundamental Taoist exercises for balanced emotions, stress reduction and greater vitality, we invite you to join Master Mantak Chia's upcoming workshops on Taoist Emotional Wisdom online or on-site in Tao Garden, Thailand, on November 25-28.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">In this workshops, you will have the chance to learn the jewels of Taoist wisdom and receive energy transmission from a legendary Master.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; 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background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3PCKJ71</a></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">May the Qi be with you!<span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙏🏻" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5a/2/16/1f64f_1f3fb.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></div></div>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-10275844773581501052023-11-18T00:55:00.000-08:002023-11-18T00:55:42.536-08:00 What is the secret of Master Chia’s hair?<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Many students ask Tao Master Mantak Chia how he managed to keep his hair so great and strong despite his age ― in April 2024 he will turn 80!</span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8F_IEc46NcByBhEVIZnlUuojH3OF7h2Itd_yj9GjGGPeXg-9mzS9NQ3fe5-9JltmSDb_faZZa0m_bl0LmOJfCL3_NQWFyFcGTWHISYKSdguV68PZ4KarzI05qsbpp426T9IXHSVHbYB8ow6JAIj8DJm9wZmwQN7oLe8qTjJ0-cjON4c9ct2FO40M8DpK/s1000/400828540_908720090820565_5370347872428236572_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8F_IEc46NcByBhEVIZnlUuojH3OF7h2Itd_yj9GjGGPeXg-9mzS9NQ3fe5-9JltmSDb_faZZa0m_bl0LmOJfCL3_NQWFyFcGTWHISYKSdguV68PZ4KarzI05qsbpp426T9IXHSVHbYB8ow6JAIj8DJm9wZmwQN7oLe8qTjJ0-cjON4c9ct2FO40M8DpK/s320/400828540_908720090820565_5370347872428236572_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Master Chia says the secret is simple ― the Microcosmic Orbit Meditation!<span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🔥" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tef/2/16/1f525.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>Oftentimes the hair gets weak and falls because too much energy is stuck in the head for overthinking, worrying, and energy blockages in the body. The head gets too hot, overheats and hair just burns out and falls. Do you also have some issues with your hair? Share in the comments<span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="👇🏻" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te9/2/16/1f447_1f3fb.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">When too much energy is stuck in the head, it usually means that the Yin energy channel ― the Functional Channel ― is congested and doesn’t allow the energy to lower down by the front of the body and cool down the system.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Yang energy is very hot, and too much Yang energy stuck in the head for a long time could be quite dangerous for one’s mental and physical health.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Yang energy channel ― the Governor Channel ― flows from the perineum up through the spine into the brain. From there, it goes back down to the roof of the mouth.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The tongue acts like a switch that connects the Yin and Yang currents, for when it is touched to the roof of the mouth, the energy starts to flow in a circle up the spine and back down the front of the body. When this happens, Tao Masters say that the «Microcosmic Orbit» has been completed.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The Microcosmic Orbit is a cornerstone practice of the Healing Tao, as it constitutes a powerful tool to make one’s energy circulate freely, abundantly for greater health and vitality.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The Microcosmic Orbit meditation permits to harmonize Yin and Yang energies of the body creating greater balance and redistributing Qi, the vital force, to the organs and systems that need extra energy. When your Orbit is open, its vital current gives your cells the juice to grow, heal, and function.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="☯️" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t62/2/16/262f.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span>If you want to learn how to open your Microcosmic Orbit for a more vibrant living, we invite you to join Master Mantak Chia’s Energy meditation workshop on online (December 1-4) or on-site (December 1-5) in Tao Garden, Thailand.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; 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margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Welcome, and may the Qi be with you!<span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙏🏻" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5a/2/16/1f64f_1f3fb.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></div></div>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-6063287856902300722023-11-17T23:00:00.000-08:002023-11-17T23:00:25.444-08:00 Knock your teeth every day for better health ― the Tao says<div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpBuuJuj40kUwFlKon6picW3YVShGZaLmFKR7ZPnsyJqeqIQDh_L7YVVXuCDgBLhgbAk91NOdGP5ZIRUSQKb_LRq1wve9D-QX_OLJoselOzHihJCFeo9uhvg8cuq2FZXhZ7yobPovNJ1YAAj5XCU-nL5uMsWR9N2646x24yVBCKkJ0ccq_9hpSmrP3J9B/s1080/401716725_910778467281394_292844917157134110_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpBuuJuj40kUwFlKon6picW3YVShGZaLmFKR7ZPnsyJqeqIQDh_L7YVVXuCDgBLhgbAk91NOdGP5ZIRUSQKb_LRq1wve9D-QX_OLJoselOzHihJCFeo9uhvg8cuq2FZXhZ7yobPovNJ1YAAj5XCU-nL5uMsWR9N2646x24yVBCKkJ0ccq_9hpSmrP3J9B/s320/401716725_910778467281394_292844917157134110_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Knock your teeth every day for better health ― the Tao says<span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🦷" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc5/2/16/1f9b7.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Knocking the teeth is a simple daily practice that brings about both physical and spiritual benefits. The position of the tongue is very important here.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">When you place your tongue up just behind the upper teeth, and your teeth lightly touch, you can feel that Qi (universal force, vital energy) is coming up to your head, and flowing down into your nostrils to the tip of the tongue. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">At <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>this point, you can feel your teeth knocking on each other because of the bio-electricity generated. When Qi goes to your teeth, it makes your teeth stronger, and this way you can preserve your own teeth for a longer time.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Furthermore, the tongue, when it is up, begins to act like a switch that connects 2 very important energy channels of the human body.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The Functional Channel begins at the base of the trunk at the perineum. It flows upward into the body past the genitals, stomach organs, heart, and throat. This channel has a Yin, or cold nature. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The Governor Channel starts in the same place. It flows from the perineum upwards into the tailbone, up through the spine into the brain. From there, it goes back down to the roof of the mouth. This route is Yang, or hot in nature.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">When the tongue is touched to the roof of the mouth, the energy starts looping around in circles up the spine and back down the front of the body. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">This is called the Microcosmic Orbit Meditation ― the cornerstone practice of the Healing Tao teaching you the basics of circulating and directing Qi.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The practice consists in clearing these 2 crucial energy routes of obstruction and creating a closed circuit, which links the vital organs and provides a larger supply of warm revitalizing energy current to all bodily systems. This mixes hot and cold energies, balancing your physical, mental, and emotional selves.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The Microcosmic Orbit is recommended to learn before proceeding with male and female Taoist sexual practices, as if too much sexual energy raises up to the brain, it may have unwanted consequences such as Kundalini psychosis.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Full Microcosmic Orbit opening will be taught at Master Mantak Chia’s Energy Meditation workshop with energy transmission this December<span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; 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object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span>This will be followed by Taoist Sexual Practices intensive course (online and in Thailand as well) on December 8-19, where both men and women can learn the most sacred esoteric sexual practices for mastering their sexual energy, providing holistic healing, and reaching multiorgasmicity.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Get your early bird discount for Sexual Practices ONLINE here: <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F47akHjg%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3ggX0UjpD1GCFVlSGZVFuB6y60nDg2TfVZr6H3btfwR6ZOJc7qUk4Ps1w&h=AT0PDH1SKdzZxjuzgkR7Dn8LDLkRxW35bcSvCpVm56l8W54gFaZksDwHvzZqBGch3kbvl3QOXN8zqXauMH5rRXTRce245dWpWOzlkRULGtRy9M16cle0zszQ-mugbvfkoKLh-OjJUDoPNP2IsshCrUly6g&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT2NOBHHSnYFfNMJs_eLlyw9dkkC9J8g1OTEffo0oBK1XhXfoCB_v2Wk81SGsD-gTOsjLsE2x-72XQ2lTOCh85Tu-cz5Hs0GaPurSvtjU7pUUgMQoMcqwSUKtoRr5wBDNe0tombrrH1HLr6iMhV7kde9ylmVeM7nb9xq-lEKzMpHBTq32E4ECDqXnFwoHgvOSSInI2-cGRmd4ux2pBQzW4JUqS0" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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</div>An Aeroplane cleaner was cleaning the Pilot's cockpit, when he saw a book titled, "HOW TO FLY AN AEROPLANE FOR BEGINNERS (Volume 1)<div><br></div><div>He opened the first (1st) page which said: "To start the engine, press the red button...". He did so, and the airplane engine started...</div><div><br></div><div>He was happy and opened the next page...:</div><div>"To get the airplane moving, press the blue button... "He did so, and the plane started moving at an amazing speed...</div><div><br></div><div>He wanted to fly, so he opened the third (3rd) page which said: To let the airplane fly, please press the green button... "He did so and the plane started to fly...</div><div><br></div><div>He was excited...!!</div><div><br></div><div>After twenty (20) minutes of flying, he was satisfied, and wanted to land, so he decided to go to the fourth (4th) page... and page four (4) says; "To be able to know how to land a plane, please purchase Volume 2 at the nearest bookshop!"</div><div><br></div><div>*Moral Lesson*</div><div><br></div><div>Never attempt anything without complete information</div><div><br></div><div>*Half Education is not only dangerous but destructive!!!* A word is enough for the wise.</div><div><br></div><div> Dr Fami</div>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-23979531108974996962023-11-09T19:57:00.002-08:002023-11-09T19:58:51.004-08:00Who is the Devon man who inspired the Patteson’s Way?<p>A Devon curate who became a missionary and was later murdered in the South Pacific is remembered in a walk through the landscape where he grew up</p><p>Opened to honour the life and legacy of local man John Coleridge Patteson, ‘Patteson’s Way’ is an eight mile circular walking route through the beautiful East Devon countryside. Though Patteson started life in this part of Devon, he bravely ventured to the other side of the world where he inspired and transformed lives. His brutal murder caused outrage back home and hastened the end of the slave trade in the Pacific territories.</p><p>Patteson, great nephew of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, was born in 1827 and grew up at Feniton Court, near Honiton. He attended The King’s School, Ottery St Mary, then Eton College and Oxford University. Returning to his East Devon roots, Patteson was ordained as a curate and served at Alfington church for two years.</p><p>In 1855, he received a life-changing invitation from Bishop Selwyn of Auckland (who was visiting Feniton), asking him to work in the South Pacific as a missionary. Although Patteson’s widowed father initially refused to let his son go to what was seen as a dangerous part of the world, he later relented and the invitation was accepted. Alfington parishioners were unhappy with the loss of their popular curate and blamed Bishop Selwyn!</p><p>With a thirst for adventure, Patteson set off from Devon in a stagecoach on the first leg of a staggering 9,500 mile trip to Melanesia.</p><p>Patteson was not what you might think of as a typical 19th century missionary. He was a gentle man who had a sincere respect for the new cultures and customs he encountered. He learned to speak 23 of the islands’ 1,000 languages, a knowledge which helped him to connect with the indigenous people. A great equaliser, he made no distinction between the Melanesians and the Europeans who were accompanying him.</p><p>Missionaries were not always welcomed, at times shot at with deadly poisoned arrows. Added to which, the islands he visited were spread across thousands of miles of ocean and members of his party suffered frequent outbreaks of illness such as malaria.</p><p>Undeterred by these hurdles, Patteson gained the trust of local people, preaching to communities and setting up schools. This work led to the spread of Christianity in the South Seas. He was consecrated as the first Bishop of Melanesia and Head of the Melanesian Mission in 1861, an area covering the nations of the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia.</p><p>At the age of 44, Patteson’s life came to a tragic end. Landing on the island of Nukapu, he was beaten to death by local people. It is likely that he had been mistaken for a ‘blackbirder’. ‘Blackbirding’ was the kidnapping of young Melanesian men to work as poorly paid labourers, a common practice then. Ironically, Patteson had campaigned tirelessly for the end of blackbirding and slavery. Five young men from that island had recently been kidnapped and recruited for the Queensland or Fiji Plantations - Patteson may well have been the victim of a revenge attack.</p><p>This shocking murder caused outrage, expediting legislation to end the trade in human lives, the British government resolving to stamp out slavery in all its Pacific territories. The incident also generated increased interest in missionary work and improving the working conditions of labourers in Melanesia.</p><p>Despite Patteson’s untimely and tragic death, the church he created in the South Pacific remains strong to this day. Christians in Melanesia still revere Patteson as a martyr, many regarding his family home and churches in Devon as places of pilgrimage.</p><p>Patteson’s Way was officially opened by The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby in September 2021, the 150th anniversary of Patteson’s martyrdom. The route begins and ends at St Andrew’s Church, Feniton, beside the Patteson family grave. It then winds through to Alfington’s St James and St Anne Church, heading on to Ottery St Mary and St Mary’s Church, which has a Melanesian chapel. Looping back to Feniton, the route passes the impressive stone monument, Patteson’s Cross, which was refurbished in 2016.</p><p>The legacy of Patteson lives on in both East Devon and the South Pacific. Why not tread the beautiful pilgrimage route yourself and reflect on a remarkable life?</p><p><br /></p><p>Source <a data-id="https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/lifestyle/23855480.devon-man-inspired-pattesons-way/" data-type="link" href="https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/lifestyle/23855480.devon-man-inspired-pattesons-way/">HERE</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09p6KxtTMao_vZaVwL0dt7Sl3vexSPhjkn2_jcwsCU8JJS6qEQLXNXpFoE2tY-Ul7fZbVw8vsj7ZHBH7RwDuePj2cyXkCQEdwyPGrog36bw2oXCixUCcEiRFTTpLoLFF3F0HyrAmwncN00hUs_hxIJ1kIIQgUBqKCnXaqo7u8RF9kgypw1C2G86T-YL22/s822/436792050.article-620.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="620" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09p6KxtTMao_vZaVwL0dt7Sl3vexSPhjkn2_jcwsCU8JJS6qEQLXNXpFoE2tY-Ul7fZbVw8vsj7ZHBH7RwDuePj2cyXkCQEdwyPGrog36bw2oXCixUCcEiRFTTpLoLFF3F0HyrAmwncN00hUs_hxIJ1kIIQgUBqKCnXaqo7u8RF9kgypw1C2G86T-YL22/s320/436792050.article-620.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr29ZB4Sx3REvKJ6kXkmGF3WnOuSmqD1k9VvMVnDrv9ovMgrtQEDNfJemdFNBN2ci5Jtb3LuTqCrWpaZgTmdnGbFMPHaqT18CPL_d0eVQSUkeBfLvgdJLUPDuBe92LE1_GgOwOm8-dvc8TDaz_6rY6eKFep7XBdfsQWW8TeI0nA1n1v-bpMqdfFo-TqxAD/s571/400449830_364585642893151_2919998017524817425_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="475" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr29ZB4Sx3REvKJ6kXkmGF3WnOuSmqD1k9VvMVnDrv9ovMgrtQEDNfJemdFNBN2ci5Jtb3LuTqCrWpaZgTmdnGbFMPHaqT18CPL_d0eVQSUkeBfLvgdJLUPDuBe92LE1_GgOwOm8-dvc8TDaz_6rY6eKFep7XBdfsQWW8TeI0nA1n1v-bpMqdfFo-TqxAD/s320/400449830_364585642893151_2919998017524817425_n.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">1. This is a Phase.</span></h3><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Tough times are just a phase. They don't last forever. Life is a cycle of highs and lows. Remember, this too shall pass. You're in the middle of the storm now, but clear skies are ahead. Hold on.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><h3 style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">2. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>You Are Stronger Than You Think.</h3><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Never underestimate your resilience.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">- You've survived 100% of your bad days.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">- Inside you, there is an inner strength.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">- Your potential is greater than any problem.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Remember, you're stronger and more capable than you believe.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><h3 style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">3. Small Steps Count.</h3><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Progress isn't always a leap forward. Sometimes it's tiny, almost imperceptible steps. Each step, no matter how small, brings you closer to your goal. Celebrate every bit of progress. Slow and steady can still win the race. Keep moving forward.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><h3 style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">4. Remember Your 'Why'.</h3><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Think back to the reasons why you started. Reconnect with your motivation and your goals.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><h3 style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">5. Failure is a Stepping Stone.</h3><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">It's okay to fall but it's important to rise again. Every setback brings learning opportunities. Remember, every great success story involves overcoming obstacles. Keep going. Your story is being written.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><h3 style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">6. Practice Self-Care.</h3></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Self-care is essential, especially during tough times.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">- Eat nutritious food</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">- Exercise regularly</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">- Get adequate sleep</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">- Connect with loved ones</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">- Engage in activities that bring joy.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">It’s not selfish, it's survival. Your well-being matters.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><h3 style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">7. It's Okay to Ask for Help.</h3><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Remember, you're not alone in this journey.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">- Reach out to friends, family, or professionals</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">- Open up about your struggles</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">- Seek support when you need it</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Strength isn't just about enduring in silence. It's also knowing when to ask for help.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">To my friends and readers, Fight for yourself. No matter how difficult it becomes, never let yourself give in. After some time, your spark will eventually return. You will come out happier, healthier, and wiser. We are in this together.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Shared</div></div>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-58606227658281338572023-10-26T23:08:00.001-07:002023-10-26T23:08:43.371-07:00The live in a period of rapid change<p><a href="https://www.thenational.com.pg/we-live-in-a-period-of-rapid-change/">thenational.com.pg/we-live-in-a-period-of-rapid-change</a></p><p>The NationalOctober 27, 2023</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbo20oNS45HyUSa9j4X6qlDBTiLacjDxYxnAYZFX9RSxBYRQYVbMLcF27UH6xYb8JPLyAXjrxRFC-C8yrzGzfbVMaolTvlZeIaN_KKTjfT4c_j9KjTK4nQB78sdzAPSWALcXelczenm2_KDBjv217JwXr1K3wYe5PAgkcOLZRA2djwI6GXJWJrFaEKTZsB/s2048/Sample5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbo20oNS45HyUSa9j4X6qlDBTiLacjDxYxnAYZFX9RSxBYRQYVbMLcF27UH6xYb8JPLyAXjrxRFC-C8yrzGzfbVMaolTvlZeIaN_KKTjfT4c_j9KjTK4nQB78sdzAPSWALcXelczenm2_KDBjv217JwXr1K3wYe5PAgkcOLZRA2djwI6GXJWJrFaEKTZsB/s320/Sample5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />WE live in a period of rapid change, of infusion of cultures and technologies totally foreign to our Melanesian ways of old.<p></p><p>But the old ways are foreign to us today as we fight to adapt to the new ways.</p><p>The new ways, ours now for the keeping, are also of foreign origin but much time and effort must be invested before we even sniff at something close to familiar.</p><p>Confusion abounds in every aspect of our livesz</p><p>We know not enough of our past, we know not enough of our present age and the future is a hazy horizon.</p><p>Our life is too short. The first 20 years we try to catch some education.</p><p>The next thirty we raise a family and try to earn a living.</p><p>The final 20 years is spent wondering what happed to the last 50 years.</p><p>Death often arrives in the nick of time to stop us going stark raving mad.</p><p>No. We do not allow ourselves much time to appreciate our conditions properly.</p><p>Much would be different today if we were more supportive to each other and as a nation.</p><p>Much would be achieved if we sought to help build rather than tear down with vitriolic criticisms.</p><p>Imagine a fast flowing river. On one bank lies the Melanesia of yesterday.</p><p>On the other side lies the modern PNG of our Vision 2050.</p><p>The present hangs suspended as a bridge over this bridge. Above is fathomless space. Below rushes the tumultuous currents of river Time.</p><p>About 10 million plus people are on this bridge.</p><p>We glance back at the past in time to hear the foundations of our bridge on that side groaning under our combined weight.</p><p>Nuts and bolts are already coming unstuck.</p><p>We are hardly doing enough to support the foundations there. Looking ahead we see the foundations on the future bank coming under similar stress.</p><p>We mill around confused wondering whether to go support the foundations of the past or the future.</p><p>Bewildered we try one approach and then discard it before it has time to work and try another and then another.</p><p>We change governments too often, introduce too many laws and introduce too many policies.</p><p>What we lack is how to implement our laws and policies, make them work.</p><p>Often we think we have it right but it is obvious we do not have it.</p><p>We are our own worst enemies, criticising all and sundry.</p><p>Our national life is littered with the corpses of still born pipe-dreams and unhatched policies.</p><p>We are high on criticism and opposition, low on support and praise.</p><p>All structures, if they are to endure, need firm foundations. Knowledge based foundations are the best of these.</p><p>What is required is knowledge based approach to secure the foundations of our bridge on both banks.</p><p>We must know our past to appreciate who we truly are. We must know what we want and how best to secure what we desire.</p><p>Drink deeply at the fountain of knowledge, for it is there you will find the wherewithal to deal with our past and our future.</p><p>Instruct children to appreciate their cultural heritage, to speak their language at the same time as they learn math and science.</p><p>Modern nations are today most attractive because they keep their cultural heritage intact and on display.</p><p>It is what makes them unique.</p><p>PNG is a beautiful country of much diversity.</p><p>As we race off into the future, do it with a firm grip upon our cultural heritage.</p><p>We must remember who we are. Who we are!</p>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-50500091280776464892023-08-15T20:56:00.001-07:002023-08-15T20:56:20.530-07:00Subject: Notice of Complaint and Request for Investigation<div>BSP STEALING FROM POOR CUSTOMERS<br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>I am writing to express my deep concern regarding what appears to be a recurring issue with my Visa transactions at BSP. I believe there has been a consistent pattern of erasing Visa transactions, followed by double deductions which has left me and potentially other customers confused and frustrated.</div><div><br></div><div>I have noticed discrepancies in my account statements where certain Visa transactions seem to have been omitted or erased, only to be followed by double deductions for the corresponding transaction. This has caused significant confusion, inconvenience, and financial hardship for me. Additionally, I have found it extremely difficult to validate my complaints with the statements provided, as they have been altered or partially erased.</div><div><br></div><div>I strongly believe that such practices amount to deceiving your customers and go against the principles of transparency, trust, and fair business practices. I am reaching out to express my concerns and request a thorough investigation into these matters. It is my hope that you take this issue seriously and take the necessary steps to rectify and prevent such occurrences from happening in the future.</div><div><br></div><div>I kindly request the following:</div><div><br></div><div>A comprehensive investigation into the erasing and double deduction of Visa transactions, along with an explanation for these errors.</div><div><br></div><div>A clear and concise response addressing my concerns and outlining the actions taken to rectify the situation.</div><div><br></div><div>Prompt reimbursement for any irregular charges incurred due to these errors.</div><div><br></div><div>Improved transparency in providing accurate and unaltered account statements to customers.</div><div><br></div><div>Assurance that measures will be put in place to prevent similar incidents in the future.</div><div><br></div><div>We would appreciate a timely response regarding this matter. It is our sincere hope that our correspondence can lead to a resolution, ensuring fairness and trust between both parties.</div><div><br></div><div>We also intend to escalate this issue to the appropriate regulatory authority if necessary, in order to protect the rights and interests of all affected customers. However, we hope it doesn't come to that and we can resolve this matter amicably.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you BSP team for your attention to this matter. We look forward to a prompt response.</div><div><br></div><div>Yours sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div>ROBBED BSP CUSTOMERS</div><div>~Rg</div><div><br></div><div>MAKE IT GO VIRAL</div><div>SHARE IT AND SPREAD THE MESSAGE</div>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-32842945866116033942023-08-02T14:24:00.001-07:002023-08-02T14:24:22.945-07:00Airileke: Melanesian Multi-Talented Musician<div><p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>Airileke is an artist who has worn many creative hats across his decades-long career.</p><p>The Papua New Guinea-Australian grew up with the rhythms of his ancestry built into his upbringing. A talented percussionist, Airileke's connection with culture was intertwined with music from a young age, and became a career as he entered young adulthood.</p><p>The years that followed have seen him perform and tour with many globally recognised names including Drum Drum, Telek and members of Sanguma Band; as well as indigenous Australian pioneers including Yothu Yindi, Bart Willoughby and Gurrumul. As his artistry continued to galvanise, so too did Airi's love for fusing contemporary and progressive music, with the traditional Melanesian rhythms and beats that had raised him. Powerful messaging via music became an early driving force of Airi's creative pursuits.</p><p>Since 2016, Airi has been working on music and touring with the group Sorong Samarai – a collective of talented musicians and performers from the West Papua / Papua New Guinea regions, united in their drive to celebrate their culture, and bring more awareness about these great peoples, to a global audience.</p><p>Airileke takes Sosefina through his career in music and production for this week's show.</p></div><section class="DetailLayout_credits__Ev2h3" data-component="Contributors"><h2 class="Typography_base__k7c9F Heading_heading__XLh_j Typography_sizeMobile18__fMIXg Typography_sizeDesktop20__AMF_h Typography_lineHeightMobile24__xwyV0 Typography_lineHeightDesktop24__NzkfH Typography_marginBottomMobileSmall__8rIrY Typography_marginBottomDesktopSmall__IsBSx Typography_black__5rKXY Typography_colourInherit__xnbjy Typography_normalise__UWWOc" data-component="Heading">Credits</h2><ul class="Contributors_contributorsList__fxxj_ List_unordered__TB6BG" data-component="List" role="list"><li class="" data-component="ListItem"><span class="ListItem_bullet__kJDXC ListItem_square__U6KqB"></span><span itemprop="contributor" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="Link_link__nE06W ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__83_S_ Link_showFocus__0kDeK Link_underlineOnHover__sSpUn" href="https://www.abc.net.au/radio/people/sose-fuamoli/10983662" data-component="Link">Sose Fuamoli, Presenter</a></span></li><li class="" data-component="ListItem"><span class="ListItem_bullet__kJDXC ListItem_square__U6KqB"></span><span itemprop="contributor" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="Link_link__nE06W ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__83_S_ Link_showFocus__0kDeK Link_underlineOnHover__sSpUn" href="https://www.abc.net.au/radio/people/sose-fuamoli/10983662" data-component="Link">Sose Fuamoli, Producer</a></span></li><li class="" data-component="ListItem"><span class="ListItem_bullet__kJDXC ListItem_square__U6KqB"></span><span itemprop="contributor" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="Link_link__nE06W ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__83_S_ Link_showFocus__0kDeK Link_underlineOnHover__sSpUn" href="https://www.abc.net.au/radio/people/inga-stunzner/9524552" data-component="Link">Inga Stunzner, Executive Producer</a></span></li><li class="" data-component="ListItem"><span class="ListItem_bullet__kJDXC ListItem_square__U6KqB"></span><span itemprop="contributor" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="Link_link__nE06W ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__83_S_ Link_showFocus__0kDeK Link_underlineOnHover__sSpUn" href="https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lawreport/julian-mckenzie/13655390" data-component="Link">Julian McKenzie, Sound Engineer</a></span></li></ul></section>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-26495102783310915102023-07-22T14:20:00.001-07:002023-07-22T14:20:49.410-07:00New beginner-friendly Darkroom workshop in Tao Garden and online<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>Taoist Darkroom Retreat is the amazing 5000-year-old discovery of how total darkness coupled with energy meditations and intermittent fasting can deeply reset all your bodily systems, offer you physical and emotional rest like never before, supporting revitalization and healing process💫</div><div>⠀</div><div>Ancient Tao Masters came up with this technique by observing animals’ behavior: when an animal gets injured, it usually hides in a cave or any other dark place to heal its wounds and rebuild the body.</div><div>⠀</div><div>The same thing was observed with humans: people with mental or physical disorders got better or experienced a full recovery after spending some time in total darkness alone with their inner self and the Universe.</div><div>⠀</div><div>In fact, many spiritual traditions of the past have used the Darkroom technology to connect with the Universe within and without:</div><div>⠀</div><div>🔸Egyptians used the Darkrooms in the Pyramids to connect with other dimensions.</div><div>⠀</div><div>🔸The Essenes used the caves near the Dead Sea to reconnect with their hearts.</div><div>⠀</div><div>🔸The Himalayan Masters were using the dark caves of the mountains as places for ascension.</div><div>⠀</div><div>🔸The Hesychast Monks living in Mount Athos were using the caves to connect with the divine spirit.</div><div>⠀</div><div>So, what really happens in the Darkroom? When deprived of all visual reference, all your senses turn inwardly, and you descend into the void, deep, inner space, the cocoon of Nature’s original Darkness.</div><div>⠀</div><div>You discover deeply hidden, very intimate parts of inner self, and you get a chance to heal your wounds and traumas, get rid of fears and tensions.</div><div>⠀</div><div>Total darkness and meditations activate special centers of your brain — the glands of the Crystal Palace ― which allows you to access spiritual and psychic realms of consciousness, reuniting with your true self and Divinity within.</div><div>⠀</div><div>You literally start to conduct the universal energy. You may see into the past and future, understand the true meaning of existence, and begin to understand the order of things.</div><div>⠀</div><div>It is a very healing and life-changing experience🙏🏻</div><div>⠀</div><div>⭐️We are excited to tell you that this September Master Mantak Chia will hold a unique beginner-friendly Darkroom workshop in Tao Garden Resort (Thailand) and online. You can choose to join us for 4, 5 or 9 days. </div><div><br></div><div>Book in Tao Garden with early bird: https://bit.ly/3K8PlQF</div><div><br></div><div>Book online with early bird: https://bit.ly/3K5M9F6</div><div><br></div><div>In Tao Garden this Retreat will take place in the unique Darkroom facility designed by Master Chia according to Taoist traditions. During the retreat, you will be completely free from any external light source and you will have 3 meals a day according to Taoist Pi Gu fasting diet.</div><div><br></div><div>On-site Darkroom has 45 places only!🔥</div><div><br></div><div>In case you join online, you will need to recreate Darkroom technology and Pi Gu at your place.</div><div>⠀</div><div>May the Qi be with you!🙏🏻</div>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082167771566484697.post-34609986637255161372023-07-06T16:42:00.003-07:002023-07-06T16:42:17.726-07:00Wise.com is Very Wise Indeed for My Financial Transactions Across Melanesia<p>In case some people might quickly think wise.com is the same is paypal.com, let us see the difference first:</p><div style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><div aria-controls="_aUCnZKPgNZXhseMP0IWggAg_37" aria-expanded="true" class="dnXCYb" data-hveid="CBcQAQ" jsaction="AWEk5c" jsname="tJHJj" role="button" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: flex; max-height: none; outline: 0px; position: relative; width: 652px;" tabindex="0"><div class="JlqpRe" jsname="lN6iy" style="flex: 1 1 0%; margin: 12px 0px; overflow: hidden;"><span class="JCzEY ZwRhJd" style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: unset !important; display: -webkit-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px; overflow: hidden;">What is the difference between PayPal and Wise?</span></div><div class="aj35ze" jsname="Q8Kwad" style="background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,<svg focusable=\"false\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"%2370757a\" d=\"M16.59 8.59L12 13.17 7.41 8.59 6 10l6 6 6-6z\"></path></svg>"); display: inline-block; height: 24px; transform: rotateZ(-180deg); width: 24px;"></div><div class="L3Ezfd" data-ved="2ahUKEwjjuP70kPv_AhWVcGwGHdACCIAQuk56BAgXEAI" jsname="pcRaIe" style="height: 42px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; visibility: hidden; width: 652px;"></div></div></div><p><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"></span></p><blockquote><span class="hgKElc" style="padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px;">PayPal and Wise offer different products or services, and thus have different fee structures. <b>PayPal allows you to pay for purchases, but you can't transfer money to individuals with PayPal, whereas Wise lets you send money abroad, but doesn't have a purchase payment service</b>.</span></blockquote><span class="kX21rb ZYHQ7e" style="background-color: white; color: #70757a; display: inline-block; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.34; padding-right: 0px; text-wrap: nowrap;">27 Apr 2023</span> <p></p><p>I quote this directly from <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+wise.com&rlz=1C5CHFA_enID1017ID1017&oq=what+is+wise.com&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.2265j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">google.com search</a>.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">My Experience in Transferring Money in Melanesia</h3><p>I have very bad experience in dealing with money and banks across Melanesia: West Papua, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu and Kanaky. Most of the experiences I am explaining here are from The Independent State of Papua New Guinea (PNG).</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Experience 1.: They Asked me Where Did I get the Money From?</h4><p>I went to the bank, wanted to deposit PNGK10,000.00 (In Words: Ten Thousands Kina Only), but they bank asked me this, "Where did you get the money from?"</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Experience 2. They asked me to Deposit in Two Separate Slip, PNGK5,000.00 each slip</h4><p>When I wanted to deposit PNGK10,000.00, then the banker told me to fill up two separate deposit slips, with each slip containing PNGK5,000.00. When I asked them why, they told me it is the bank's policy, they are just instructed to do so.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Experience 3. They told me I can only send to the same person with the Same Family Name</h4><p>This happened with Western Union Money Transfer at Gordons, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. They told me that the person receiving the money, if he/she is your family, then the receiver should have the same family name. If not, they told me to say in the transfer that the receiver is not my family. </p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Experience 4. Western Union PNG told me the limit only PNGK3,000.00</h4><p>Other times they told me that the limit is only PNG3,000.00 and if more, I cannot send it.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Experience 5. I have to get my ticket before I report the bank to waive restrictions on my card to withdraw cash in other Melanesian countries.</h4><p>The day before yesterday, I went to bank here at Vision City, Port Moresby and asked them to waive restrictions on my card in order that I can withdraw money from other Melanesian countries. they told me I have to provide my flights tickets in order to make it happen. </p><p>12 months ago, I did the same thing, waive restrictions for 10 months in Indonesia, and they never asked me the flight tickets. So what is this? </p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Now, what <a href="https://wise.com/invite/u/wewok" target="_blank">wise.com</a> doing against these stories of experiences?</h3><div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://wise.com/invite/u/wewok" target="_blank">Wise.com</a> is telling us now, here, FORGET ALL THESE HASLES and complications. Make your life easy and happy. Simplify your banking system and free up your travel restrictions.</h1></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">So what is <a href="https://wise.com/invite/u/wewok" target="_blank">wise.com</a>?</h3><p>On its front page, we can read the following statement:</p><h1 class="mw-display-1 m-b-4" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-content-primary); font-family: var(--font-family-display,"Wise Sans",,,"Inter",,,sans-serif); font-size: clamp(6rem, 2.73214rem + 4.28571vw, 7.875rem); font-synthesis: none; font-weight: var(--font-weight-black,900); hyphenate-limit-chars: 18 6 5; hyphens: auto; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 0.85; margin-bottom: var(--size-40,40px); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1e-06vw; text-align: center;">Save when you send worldwide</h1><div class="d-flex justify-content-center m-b-2" style="-webkit-box-pack: center; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454745; display: flex; font-family: Inter, sans-serif, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; justify-content: center; letter-spacing: 0.18px; margin-bottom: 16px !important; text-align: center;"><div class="col-md-7 col-lg-6" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin-bottom: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 12px; padding-right: 12px; position: relative; width: 588px;"><p class="mw-body-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: clamp(1.125rem, 0.58114rem + 0.87719vw, 1.25rem); font-weight: var(--font-weight-regular,400); letter-spacing: 0.005em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: var(--size-8,8px); min-height: 1e-06vw;">Get your money moving internationally. Save up to 9x when you send with <a href="https://wise.com/invite/u/wewok" target="_blank">Wise</a>.</p></div></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">What does it mean?</h3><p>I have said repeatedly to my colleagues, this is a product created by someone out there, who love humanity, who want to promote human rights and who is very wise towards humanity. Wise is the safest, cheapest and fastest money transfer worldwide.</p><p>I said it is created with humanitarian wisdom to help humanity, because with its cheap charges, every human being around the world can do financial transactions easily, cheaply and quickly.</p><p>I said it is cheaply, because the charge for transfer is not more than USD10.00 or around USD10. Many transactions with bank accounts cost between USD50.00 to USD100.00 and even more. Particularly in developing countries, this has been the most difficult thing to do. When people want to send small money, but sometimes the charges equal to the amount to be sent. This has now completely wiped out by <a href="https://wise.com/invite/u/wewok" target="_blank">wise</a>.</p><p>I said it sends money quickly because it can send money within 1 second to some hours, but not more than 3 days, no matter week days or weekends. It always sends very fast.</p><p>I said it sends money easily because there is no need for showing many complicated statements, IDs, and procedures as we normally experience when sending via bank account. Both Online Banking and Onsite banking at bank counters do apply various procedures after queuing up for some hours before the counter. Now I can do it from wherever I am, at all time, and can send to everyone, all time.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">What you can do to own a <a href="https://wise.com/invite/u/wewok" target="_blank">wise</a> account?</h3><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>First of all, you can click here <a href="https://wise.com/invite/u/wewok" target="_blank">wise</a> and then follow the instructions to register the account.</li><li>Secondly, if you find it not easy, then we will do it for you: <a href="https://wise.com/pay/r/8Z9QmRGb5068YGFaAdmW9a7yY1s" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>. 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Pascal’s significant accomplishments included <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/machines9070136" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #4b4b4e; outline: currentcolor; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">one of the first calculating machines</a>, the world’s <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92821-6_8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #4b4b4e; outline: currentcolor; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">first public transport system</a> and <a href="https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-35-Suppl_1-309" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #4b4b4e; outline: currentcolor; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">various mathematical models</a>, among others.</p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In fact, Pascal’s influence in the modern world extends so far that biographer <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/james-a-connor-880000012925" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #4b4b4e; outline: currentcolor; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">James A. Connor wrote</a>, “You cannot walk ten feet in the 21st century without running into something that Pascal did not affect in one way or another.” </p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I am an expert in the <a href="https://philosophy.wvu.edu/faculty-and-staff/faculty-directory/david-hoinski" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #4b4b4e; outline: currentcolor; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">history of Western philosophy</a>. What interests me about Pascal is that he was among the first to grapple with the implications of modern science for religious faith and his scientific sophistication did not keep him from being a devout religious believer.</p><div class="slot clear" data-id="17" style="background: none; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><h2 style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Religion in the age of science</h2><p style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pascal was well acquainted with what could and could not be known through the mathematical method, the experimental method and reason itself.</p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Through his philosophical investigations, he found that there were strict limits to what we as humans could know. For him, neither the scientific method nor reason more generally could teach individuals the meaning of life or the right way to live. </p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pascal also wrote about how humans tried to avoid thinking about their mortality, the extent of their ignorance and their liability to error. Yet he also believed that there was nothing more important for people to consider than their true human nature. In this reasoning, without understanding who we are, it would be difficult to understand how we ought to live.</p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In Pascal’s view, acquiring self-knowledge was a necessary stage on the way to recognizing one’s need for living with faith and purpose in something beyond oneself. </p><h2 style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Pascal’s religion</h2><p style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In fact, Pascal argued that believing in the existence of God is essential to human happiness. </p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For all of his many ideas and accomplishments, he’s probably most famous today for <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316850398" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #4b4b4e; outline: currentcolor; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pascal’s Wager</a>, a philosophical argument that humans should bet on the existence of God. “<a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pascal-wager/" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #4b4b4e; outline: currentcolor; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you win, you win everything; if you lose, you lose nothing</a>,” he wrote. In other words, he argued, although one cannot know for certain whether or not God exists, we are better off believing in God’s existence than not.</p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pascal saw <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/heyj.14216" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #4b4b4e; outline: currentcolor; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jesus as the indispensable mediator</a> between God and humankind. He believed that the Catholic Church was the only religion to <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97447-3_9" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #4b4b4e; outline: currentcolor; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">teach the truth about human nature</a> and therefore offered the singular route to happiness.</p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pascal’s preference for Catholicism over any other religion raises a difficult question, however. For why should anyone wager on one religion rather than another? Some scholars, such as <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/19/obituaries/richard-popkin-historian-of-philosophy-and-skepticism-dies-at-81.html" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #4b4b4e; outline: currentcolor; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Richard Popkin</a>, have gone so far as to call Pascal’s <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/5262612" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #4b4b4e; outline: currentcolor; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">attempts to discredit paganism, Judaism and Islam “pedantic</a>.” </p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Whatever one’s religious beliefs, Pascal teaches that all individuals have to make a choice between faith in some reality beyond themselves or a life without belief. But a life without belief is also a choice, and in Pascal’s view, a bad bet.</p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Human beings have to wager and to commit themselves to a worldview on which each one would be willing to bet their life. It follows that, for Pascal, human beings could not avoid hope and fear: hope that their bets will turn out well, fear that they won’t. </p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Indeed, people make <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198849117.003.0020" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #4b4b4e; outline: currentcolor; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">countless daily wagers</a> – going to the grocery store, driving a car, riding the train, among others – but don’t usually think of them as risky. According to Pascal, however, human lives as a whole can also be viewed as wagers. </p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Our big decisions are risks: For example, in choosing a certain course of education and career or in marrying a certain person, people are betting on a fulfilling life. In Pascal’s view, people choose how to live and what to believe without really knowing whether or not their beliefs and decisions are good ones. We simply don’t and can’t know enough to live without wagering.</p><h2 style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Pascal’s unfinished masterpiece</h2><p style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pascal presents his argument for the wager in his greatest work, the “<a href="https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1660pascal-pensees.asp" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #4b4b4e; outline: currentcolor; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pensées</a>” – “Thoughts,” in English. Throughout this work, Pascal emphasizes the need for faith, in light of a multifaceted exploration of human nature as well as a thorough investigation of the limits of reason, science and philosophy.</p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pascal’s central argument in “Pensées” for believing in God <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12404" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #4b4b4e; outline: currentcolor; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">did not rest on proof of God’s existence</a>. On the contrary, Pascal argued that God’s existence cannot be proved because, for him, God is hidden – a “deus absconditus.” He wrote that “there is enough light for those whose only desire is to see, and enough darkness for those of the opposite disposition,” but ultimately no certainty was possible – and so humans faced a choice. </p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004395794_014" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #4b4b4e; outline: currentcolor; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">For Pascal</a>, belief would make the difference between misery and true happiness. </p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On the 400th anniversary of his birth, then, one way of honoring Pascal might be to risk believing in something beyond ourselves and what we can know; such faith might give us a chance of living well.</p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Source: <a href="https://theconversation.com/400-years-ago-philosopher-blaise-pascal-was-one-of-the-first-to-grapple-with-the-role-of-faith-in-an-age-of-science-and-reason-199659" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>Wewo Kotokayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880697478095571386noreply@blogger.com0