Mayan depiction of a flying deity

Our history is filled with astonishing myths and legends which till today are taught from each generation to the next. From an early age, every  organized society had plenty of myths involving Gods and deities which come from the sky and the stars. On my personal search on the extra-terrestrial hypothesis i have stumbled upon numerous contradicting incredible interpretations of well known and unknown myths. Throughout time, history was mostly recorded and embedded within myths. Even today we have to admit that history is not objective and there is no perfect way of recording history. Even in the 20th century in some cases there historical events are recorded within urban myths and legends.

During my personal research i felt somehow lazy and downloaded all the episodes of the Ancient Aliens (History Channel TV Series) which consist 3 seasons till now, with numerous episodes. I admit i sometimes get put off by the Hollywood style directing of this series though i was amazed of some new historical data i was not aware of. Ofcourse as i would agree with most archaeologists the conclusions which all the “experts” which star in this series are belong to the pseudo-archaeology category. Authors and TV personas such as Erich von Däniken, Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, Graham Hancoc and many more claim that ancient civilisations had contact with extra terresrtial races using assumed historical clues which in many cases contradict themselves in order to fit everything in their abstract  teenage method of leading into plausible conclusions. Phrases like “They may as well do…” or “To my view this may serve this purpose…” show the lack of scientific method and iquiry into leading into a robust scientific  theory. Their naiveness reminds me of that many religious groups have, which in order to form their abstract worldview, they neglect basic scientific evidence which contradicts their theory. They percieve ancient societies as ultimately non-capable of percieving notions and using technology a 10year old can easily understand or use today and that their advancement can be explained only by assuming extra-terrestrials were the reason of their great accomplishments.

Nevertheless to my view the ancient astronaut theory is a modern myth to me, not because it may be 100% untrue, but because the conclusions are made with a total lack of scientific inquiry. The authors of various books which consist this theory do not use systematic scientific evidence so that the above theory accepted by the scientific community. To me the “ancient alien” theory shows how modern man, thinks that his technology and understanding is far superior to that of the ancient humans so that when a megalithic archaeological site could not have been constructed by modern technology, immediately claims that an extra-terrestrial must have built it. Even in mythological depictions of human/animal hybrids they neglect how far human imagination and art can go. It would be rather narrow minded of our descendants two thousand years from now to look out our art and theological depictions and assume that all of that must be perceived literally.

The extra-terrestrial hypothesis seems like a maze to me. A rather complex maze which requires plenty of analytic and scientific means of examining this hypothesis. By no way i am willing to use ancient alien hypothesis to build my world view. It is a hypothesis still to me and a rather plausible one indeed. Fear and ignorance may only make us inferior to any other intelligence race that may as well be out there in space or within our planet. We can mostly rely on what we can study and examine today about the UFO hypothesis. Numerous of recorded sightings cannot be treated as something fake or neglected. Something strange is out there and society frequently tends to silently deny it. With very few people around me i can hold a serious conversation about all the above and even wish someone can prove me wrong on my conclusions through robust arguments. My personal research seems sometimes to lead me to more questions and doubts which frequently happens when searching for a certain truth.

The path to understanding everything strange and new by no doubt is science. The reasoning of things around us, though a hypothesis, examination/experiment and which finally leads to a conclusion using all the scientific knowledge which is already proved through the above method. Most of the technologies we use today are a product of this scientific method we have learned to use. Hypothesis and conclusions with no scientific proof, according to what we want to believe to,  do NOT stand in the scientific field. The extra-terrestrial hypothesis today is based on numerous sightings which in most cases defy conventional physics and understanding. Relational speeds and mass show that what ever intelligence is behind has already produced technology of the theories modern cosmology struggles to prove today. Consciousness could not be left outside of all the above. We grasp to understand how consciousness works and strangely enough how our own is affected by mysterious forces around us.

In order to understand any intelligence greater than ours we ought to progress as a species. That consists of social, scientific, technological, political and conscious progress. We still live to some extent in Plato’s cave. All the sightings of strange objects are by no doubt the shadows of reality which we think we perceive to a satisfying extent. The truth is that we aren’t really aware of the true nature of reality itself. We are not able to fully understand what energy and consciousness essentially is, and how it reacts to our physical universe. Modern cosmology is the group of cutting edge scientific fields which may be able to help us start to comprehend the UFO phenomenon which by no doubt is linked to our earth itself. I have to admit that till now i have not been  witness to any single unexplained phenomenon. I cannot really doubt and believe anything till my own eyes convince me of a greater intelligence than ours existing somewhere near us.

I’ve embed a recent UFO sighting in Brazil which to my knowledge has not proven fake till now:

East Kennett (2), nr Avebury, Wiltshire. Reported 22nd July 2011

Intelligence can by no way be credited only to human activity and existence. Intelligence has always existed far before humans started to evolve small numbers into simple and eventually into complex societies. All our social evolution could not have existed if we were not able to produce food easily through agriculture and not spend all our time and intelligence on filling our stomachs. Nevertheless ancient civilizations existed, flourished and perished throughout history. Babylonians, Egyptians, ancient Greeks, Mayan, Atlantean and many more civilizations seemed to strange and evolved to the inferior ones which happened to be more primitive compared the elite societies.

This article though is not devoted to human intelligence rather than anything else which may seem to be more sophisticated, secretive and enigmatic than us. From an early age i was intrigued by mystery, unexplained phenomena and whenever i could doubt about the establishment. There were numerous of unexplained phenomena which eventually through scientific inquiry were analyzed and interpreted and became common knowledge by society (meteorological phenomena, psycho-physical phenomena, astrological myths etc.). Today the west, including my home country, Greece, take for sure that almost everything has been explained or the answers are know and kept secret by the army, government etc. To my knowledge and personal research there are numerous of unexplained phenomena which are documented and partialy studies and by logical inquiry are not human related:

• Unidentified flying or submerged objects that vary in shape, speed size and behaviour, which have shape shifting and invisibility abilities (UFO’s or USO’s)
• Crop circles and crop formations related to hovering light balls when formed during nightime
• Testimonials of abductions by non-human being or human hybrids etc
• Strange implants which have been reported by doctors and hypothetical abductees
• Sightings of cryptic human like beings which we all know as the greys (Big head, big black eyes and small body compared to human anatomy)
• Documented animal mutilations where organs have been removed with bizarre methods without scaring the animal

I personally have to admit that have never been witness to any such strange phenomenon mentioned above or have never taken part into field research after the event has taken place. Many strange phenomenon to some, to me through my scientific knowledge can been easily analyzed and explained. Nevertheless i sense there is numerous of evidence which points the way that strange things are happening in our sky, within our planet and in many cases to our subconscious itself. We can all sense that society frequently tries to distract our attention from some events and tries to persuade us that we ought to focus on the “important” things in life. As a 26 year old citizen people around me remind me to find a well earning job, get married and go on with life the normal and the regular things ought to do. I don’t blame them, because life is all about surviving and multiplying of course thought to me life is far more than all the above, it’s about doubting, researching and inquiring notions.

The indigo child curiosity never fails and ceases to stop. As a proud heir of the ancient Greek civilization and land and all its wondrous mysteries and scientific achievements, i spend my adult life in this mysterious and beautiful corner of the Mediterranean sea. As an informatics graduate, i believe and trust in science and crude proof of a hypothesis. Mythology though, especially ancient Greek mythology is a labyrinth of stories, tales and places which i have the luck of being into a striking distance. Till now i have not been able to visit and spend the night at any of these secluded mythic passages of the greek earth and doorways which many of, to our surprise the orthodox church, nazis and air force sealed. The hollow earth hypothesis though exists only as a myth and a daemon of the christianic church. Ancient greeks which i try to understand through their writings and  community with greek nature itself when going camping excursions i so much enjoy going.

My search is not that of despair of finding the truth rather product of the endless curiosity of a childhood. I’ve seen almost every alien and ufo documentary there has been produced though they seem to stopped to giving any clues of the truth and give me no more pieces of the puzzle. Books may be the best way to solve some of my questions and most important raise many more. There are some on my wishlist on ebay which i ought to order soon enough and some which i have at my possession. A greek classic is the ” Hollow Earth -  Κουφια Γη” which is mostly and mix of ancient mythology, suburban myths and testimonials. There are pictures though of places and earth passages i ought to visit and if brave enough dare to camp overnight. Places where are linked to ancient Greek myths, Christianic myths and modern UFO sightings.

All this search has led me to believe that some strange “alien” phenomena hasn’t have to do with advanced civilizations from other galaxies, rather than a homo-cryptic species which in some ways may be more advanced and secretive than us which if any thing has a integrated view on consciousness and energy itself. Their origin may be extra-terrestrial and for some reason inhabit our earth or even be a part of our evolutionary line which for some reason became cryptic and secretive. I by no way want to be drawn to conclusions without thorough examination and thought. There will be surely a second part of this series of articles which ofcourse will follow on several months after i have read some books i ought to and visited some places linked with mythology and modern unexplained sightings. I cannot be sure about anything till i have seen something with my own eyes. Humans are always iclined to want to believe in myths and propaganda of some sort though i personally want to be skeptic before i am drawn to any astonishing theory.

This is a small part of a documentary by UK’s Danny Dyer for BBC : I Believe In UFO’s: Danny Dyer, which to me is quite convincing and confusing at the same time

The title of this blog entry may sound absurd in a first glance, someone may think. What has sound to do with connecting to the essence of things or to our inner self or otherwise source. Well as you may be aware till now everything i write in this blog express clearly personal view and notions and by no means stand as unmistakable truths. Eitherways one of my passions in life is sound itself. My life is a constant expedition in order to discover the most cutting edge soundscapes and experiences having to do with this form.

Sound itself is nothing else than a vibration of the molecules of air around us and bass may  also be transmitted through earth itself when being outdoors. Music ofcourse is an artform of our human culture and society which uses various techniques in order to produce a well formed and melodic sound. Our primitive ancestors used rough means into achieving that goal. Wood hit on a rock or wood hit against a primitive drum made the first sound forms. Today the instruments someone could use for producing music are uncountable. The music gerne i mostly dig into is electronic music. Crude and unartistic may sound to many, though it is true that a lot of electronic music produced is unbearable to the ear. In the last 20 years, and especially after the dawn of the new millenia numerous electric albums have been produced which blend various classical music elements and instruments in addiction with cutting edge electronic sound. I can name some artists like Shpongle, Makyo, Carbon Based Lifeforms, Cell, Ott and many more as well as many cutting edge psychedelic and progressive trance artists.

My quest for the best sound experience is everlasting. This obsession started from an early age when i was given a Sony Walkman as a birthday present. My first cassettes and radio programs were my first personal music digs i did as a young teenager. The Walkman became a diskman which used CD’s, then in the late 90′s i started using the Internet and the innovative mp3 music format. Since then it is the standard way i listen, aquire and share my music. The earbuds i used in the beginning became computer speakers and now a high fidelity digital sound system, using optical fiber directly from my usb soundcard connected to my macbook, to my 5.1 amp which gives power to a pair of technics speakers and a set of quadral home theater set. It is the best home sound i can get and i don’t think i will upgrade this sound system anytime soon. I try to buy sound equipment that lasts in time.

Sound forms around me are something essential. From the music i listen to to the surrounding noise. Polluted noise like traffic, car horns and random irritating sounds to be act as something mentally pollutive. The sound of nature, crickets, birds, the wind or the sound of sea waves tend to rest my mind and make me feel closer to me. This is the reason i try to go camping in nature as frequent as i can. The camping experiences which i get hyped so much about are the Open Air Psychedelic Festivals i so eagerly tend to go, in Greece where i live or throughout Europe when i have the chance. They are the ultimate holiday break for me, that combines all the elements that give me to much mind food. Cutting edge electronic sound, pure and wonderful nature surroundings and all sorts of stimulants like psychoactives, colors, ethnic food, all this combined with the psychedelic community of each place you go. I usually come back home with my mental and physical batteries recharged in order to do what society expects from me (work, money etc)

If all the above does excite you as well and you want to experience a psychedelic festival yourself here is a small guide in order to do so:

• Before going to a openair psychedelic festival a basic camping set is required in order not to end up sleeping under the trees (tent, sleeping bag, torch, clothes etc). I have compiled a previous article concerning camping in general so i advise you to have a look at that to know what to expect and carry with you when being in nature for days.
• Going to such a place can become more fun when you have the right people as company with you. Not many peope, i knoew tend to spending many days in nature especially when being in a psychedelic festival. Even being alone is always worth it, something a i have attmpted in the past. Nevertheless try to go with people which enjoy nature and electronic music as much as it required in order to feel comfortable and relaxed during your stay in a openair festival
• The planning. As almost everything else today, the internet itself is the best source for information around. Psychedelic festivals could not be an exception to that rule. There are many websites and communities which list parties and festivals which are held in almost every major country and contintinent in the world. From Europe to the US , to africa and asia are places where the global psychedelic culture can be found. The major websites that list such festivals are the following: Goabase, Isratrance, last.fm festivals, Psychedelic Traveller
• Going there may as exciting as the festival itself. Going around Europe is fairly easy, safe and cheap nowdays, if you book in advance ofcourse. Airlines such as easyjet etc make things dead easy to travel around, though train or by car can also provide a mean of going where the festival is held.  There are also numerous flight search engines around the net, which can help you go wherever you wish. When travelling outside Europe planning and booking several months in advance will be required in order to make an intercontinetal journey feasable. I myself plan for heading for the 1st time outside europe and i may need to book flights at least 6 months in advance.
• Deciding where to go and what to do before and after the festival. I personally enjoy going for sightseeing and just being a tourist before going to a fest. Going somewhere outoside my country is always a chance to see places which i only see on documentaries. Eaitherways a good way of getting an rough idea of where to go and what to expect is by using Google Earth and Wikitravel. Having common sense and being more streetwise than usuall is also essential in order for your trip to end out as smoothly as possible
• Interacting with other during your stay in a festival always makes them more memorable and enjoyable. Meeting people like me, who i share the same passion for electronic sound from alll around the world, as well as flirting with wonderful psychedelic ladies which i may have a chance to meet make open-air festivals a peculiar social playground, which i don’t usually experience everyday.

Fortunately i am compiling this article a week before heading to Hungary to Ozora festival during August 2010. One of the best annual psychedelic festivals in Europe held in eastern Europe. So as by tradition i embedded a small trailer of this fest which gives you the vibe of this wonderful experience i am going to live for once again.

Nature today is treated as something foreign to us. Bugs, dirt, sun & the  temperature makes us feel uncomfortable. Modern capitalistic society mistreats it, pollutes it and over uses its resources. People nowadays, generally avoid spending time in nature and not try enjoying it to its full extent. It is really sad to find out that most people prefer watching documentaries on TV but never go spend some days outdoors even when the weather is good. My friends usually react enthusiastically to the idea of free camping but never got down to actually planing or even wanting to come when i decide to go somewhere. I try to avoid other people making me not do stuff, because of their lack of interest or courage to go a long camping trip. I feel so much happy i went to some places even alone and saw it was not so hard as i would have thought of. Outdoor psychedelic festivals fullfilling experiences which take place in nature. Some of them are: Ozora fest (Hungary), Transision fest (Spain), Aurora (Asprovlata, Greece). Though festivals are camping sessions accompanied with plenty of KWatts and the local psychedelic society of each place it is held, free camping as it is called in Greece is an equally fullfilling experience.

Here are some basic tools for enjoying quality time in nature:

• Transport. Going by car is the easiest way for going somewhere where public transport is not available. Also very convenient because carrying around stuff is required when there is no catering facilities. Using a bicycle is also an option though requires a good physical condition and someone with the same stamina. Public transport though is more cheap, fun but may be more tiring when having overbooked and delayed transits. It is also very tiring when carrying heavy backpacks around
• Company and friends. I have numerous of friends which i regularly hang out but few of them are willing to live an outdoor experience to its full extent. The idea always excites them though i may end up going to a open air festival alone. Fortunately i regularly get round to organising expeditions, during weekends or preferably for an anual open air festival
• Camping Gear. Having good and light gear always makes an outdoor expedition more comfortable. This gear involves: Rainproof tent, portable rolling mattresses, a sleeping bag, inflatable mattress (optionally), cooking gear (gas stove, grill, small ports and pans(, water containers (15L plastic water containers, camping bottles), an mp3 player + portable speakers, solar charging equipment, hygiene pack (small shampoos, soaps, toothpaste etc), portable fridge preserve food, backpack bag (small [40L] or big [70L]). Ebay is very cheap way of purchasing innovative camping gear, though sometimes local stores may have better deals.
• Psychoactives. I generally prefer to include all sensations when being in nature so i sometimes use natural (hemp, mushrooms) or synthetic (LSD, mescaline). Nature itself may be the best psychoactive experience therefore so all the above are mostly optional
• Physical Activities. They are essential in order to make the most of your time outdoors. Usually for me tin festivals i mostly dance and spend time generally experiencing the psychedelic event. When camping freely fishing, canoeing, beach volley, rackets etc are some physical activities which can  make time in nature really enjoyable
• Mental activities. Being in nature can become mind expanding voyages. Reading a book while resting in the beach, talking to your co-campers or others why you may meet there and even lying down and gazing the stars may all become ways of unlocking our minds of the daily urban routine and the transfixed superstitions  and ideas of our society
• The before preparation. Preparing some exciting is always an enjoyable. Research of your place or outdoor festival which you may want to attend is essential, in order to not regret your stay there. Google earth, flickr, forums and even asking other who have already been there are very important for knowing what you should expect there and what you may need to take with you in order to make your stay there mostly enjoyable.
• The after memories. For me every stay in nature is always memorable and enriches why overall life experiences. Some places i go again, some i judge that its not worth going to again. Nevertheless by your mistakes you learn and judge better on your future expeditions, making you be more prepared and organised

I know i will go on going for camping and outdoor festivals, because i feel nature so close to me. I feel really disappointed when people disrespect nature, when littering and destroying it. I even think of myself to blame for the industrial destructing of it. Western society and economy is based on infinite natural resources, and constant consuming of goods is essential to its stability we are all to blame for the destruction of it in such large scale. When we buy and industrial product we ought to have in mind that everything has a cost, a cost that is not measured in economic terms, than to environmental damage. The biological richness of our planet was there long ago we stepped our foot on this planet. We today act really narrow-minded and act like we own everything and have the right to destroy it. Nature is our home and we ought to protect it. This is the only home we have even known and we act as we don’t care about those who are to come. All those before us, gave us some elements intact, though today we misuse everything like we own it.

It is to our responsibility today, to protect our home which was here so long before us and should be kept as it was in order to sustain the biological diversity it holds, in order to hand it over as it was given to us.

All the pictures in this blog entry are from my last camping excursion in a magical location in Greece

Distractions. They are all around us. It’s all part of the fabric which modern society is constructed upon. They consist of what we have artificially created in order to expand ourselves and our everyday abilities. Technology, entertainment, fashion & trends, occupations, architecture, transport,  economy, arts and uncountable other elements of our society that we spend time & money on, in order to expand our capabilities as a species. We sometimes get over occupied with all these, through our occupation or everyday routine. They may sometimes cover a need we have or most of the time tend to make up false ones.

I myself become frequently distracted with artificial stuff like technology, music and generally possessing things or forget to spend time and energy with activities of more higher importance. It is very important never to neglect activities having to do with the original source. What consists this source? Surely not the central computer in the Matrix movie, or maybe  something resembling that concept. Source is everything having to do with physical nature, from the distant galaxies, the solar system, our biosphere and our selfs as a unity. It is everything that is not created by people and consists of the physical world and universe around us.

Almost every advanced soctiety which marked the global civilsation with cultural and technological advancements had an excellent knowledge and understanding of the night sky. Astronomy always stood as a highly significant activity and knowledge field. It was frequently carried on by the spiritual leaders of each tribe or civilasation. They were called shamen, a spiritual elite who had great understanding of astronomical facts and figures. The night sky always stood as cosmological compass in the spiritual explorations of every civilization. Astronomical elements like the Sun, the Moon, the planets and their periodical movement in the day and night sky played a crucial role in the religion they formed. Our star, the sun always played a leading role amongst all the rest deities which the religion consisted of. Even christianic philosophy today inherited its close connection to the sky. Certain dates around the year which corresponded to soltice celebrations arecarried around in modern societies and most of the time to our full ignorance on their original meaning.

Astronomy though has come much far in our days and has blended with numerous other scientific fields like biology, neurology, informatics, quantum physics etc. This new blend is called new cosmology. It can be conceived as a scientific religion itself where it often comes to a standpoint where is manages to answer many fundamental philosophic questions. The nature of matter, energy, time and space are demystified and analyzed through scientific reasoning. The special theory of relativity for instance uses the above elements in order to make a reasonable and experimentaly confirmed conclusion on their connection. Matter stands as a local curvature of spacetime itself. Spacetime itself is the 4-dimentional reality in which the universe excists in. Time is the projection of the 4th dimention in our 3-dimentional reality. We tend to perceive in our everyday lives as the progressive evolution and decay of matter. This statement was first observed during the 20th century through eclipse observations. We can clearly see that modern cosmological theories which are able to explain numerous philosophic inquiries may otherwise contradict or agree with fundamental religious beliefs.

In every way though, observing the evolutionary process of science and religion the night sky always stood as a keyhole for searching the “truth”. It sometimes stood as motivation for the creation of myths and gods and other times as a logical patern which needed to be further analyzed. The only piece of night entertaitment where humans were able to enjoy 99,9% of our existance on this planet. It’s not strange that it stood as the driving force behind many cultural references. Most of the time these myths were altered throughout time and borrowed from each other, being frequently incorporated within many different religions. We can see that it played a crucial role on social evolution and expansion of human culture. Today unfortunatelly we tend to take the sky as something granted, neglecting its impact on our every day life. Light polution in big cities, stands as a blindfold to modern man, who mostly lives in urban areas. Even though if humans can study astronomy indirectly, the dotted night sphere itself when rising your head up always stands as the ultimate inspiration artwork of the cosmos.

The two dimential skydome as we mostly percieve it today, in which the eliptic rotation of the galactic and solar points of light stand as a limit to our understating. Telescopes were invented in order to overcome our vision limits. Telescopes today can scan the sky almost to any spectrum of radiation contrary to our biological perceptive capabilities. All these advancements in radio-astronomy have produced magnificent images of the cosmos itelf, which were are unable to enjoy otherwise. Systematic observation of the universe has led to astonishing discoveries and the need of expanding physics beyond the Newtonian and Eclydional perception of the physical world as we tend to perceive it in our everyday lives. Reichman geometry which states that all space itself is curved and actually no straight lines exists whatsoever make it hard for us to visualize and fully understand. The field of “New Cosmology” is consisted by numerous of cosmological theories, which revolutionized classical astronomy. It is so hard to learn and keep track of this cutting edge field of science. The hardest thing is to transform your belief system according to this new field. Taking all the new scientific advancements in mind old superstition barriers can easily be crossed.

The cosmos as whole is a mind of itself. Extra terrestrial (non human) intelligence can be found everywhere. From the fundamental particles themselves to the clusters of galaxies, to every structure in our physical world. Everything acts to certain laws or may act chaotically. Even so all behave according to pre-programmed patterns which all add up to the evolution of biological life itself. This cosmic mind in which our biological minds physicaly exist, mysteriously enough have a very close connection to each other. Our mind observes this greater mind through vision, telescopes etc and analyses this information with the use of artificial computing machines, filling in for our arithmetic limitations. The interaction of the cosmos and us known in its popular form called astrology mainly consists of generalizations and incorrect facts, shows the need of most of the people to feel connected to something greater without using a religious path. Each one to one extent or another feels the need to understand and connect to the cosmos, the source where matter and physical elements were originaly created, where energy in the stars molds the buidling blocks of life.

I always try to find ways of reinventing myself. This just another example of that process. I came to become bored with my blog writing style so i started finalizing the chapters a sci-fi story i had started writing just before i was recruited in the army. Now my previous mindstate is almost regained so i’ve published here the 1st chapter of this fictional story which is inspired by many things mostly what i’ve lived and read till now. Enjoy!

He was alone. Alone though extremely comfortable with that idea that because he was glad he was there. All this felt so close and strangely familiar to him he never hesitated to explore his surroundings and interact with other people around him. Strange as they may seemed all these geometrical patterns filled with colours that surrounded him, glowed  delicately in the night blending with harmonically with this transcending place he seemed to be.  Numerous individuals sharing all great enthusiasm about all this place were there, scattered all around the place or just resting on their personal spaces. Each one was using a different communication code than each other, styling and acting according to his own expressive capabilities, though all this felt so natural and accordingly to this whole experience  that took place. Everyone could feel the vibration all across this mystical place from any distance. All came from the part where the main ritual held place. The ritual held there was the epicentre of this whole act and everyone emphasised to its taking place. It was the main reason everyone was there, in order to be a part of it. Each one with his own expressive colour of vibration became a part of this megascale ancient ritual accompanied with the energy that came from the drum of the shammen, the main coordinators of this whole happening. This energy was an amplified vibration which could be felt through the ground and ofcourse through the surrounding atmophere. All this he knew, was too important to ignore, too important to pass away. He knew all this was something that would eventually shape his existence and personality.

Moments of pure joy piled up and emotions spilled out from him. All this although made him also so sad deep inside. Why? Because he was unable to truly share all this tremendous feelings he experienced with someone else. He knew though he had to ignore this loneliness and just walk on. Although he felt bad about that he  just walked on as everything was ok, back to his reserved resting spot. On his way back as if in a dream he started to perceive things differently. Colours, feelings, smells, and sound came not only from his surroundings, but also were reproduced and mixed in his mind forming patterns unknown to him till then. A whole new way of perceiving the world and nature around him felt more real and right than he could before. Was all this something he had forgotten all about? He knew that his mind was capable and deep inside built for experiencing in such a lucid manner. All these hallucinations did not make him uncomfortable but rather seen as a great opportunity to feel the essence of all the elements that surrounded him. He eventually after that enormous burst of sensations, felt that he needed to be physical alone. Too many thoughts dripping from his mind and speeding upin his head. He never the less felt very capable of dealing with them, in his resting bubble away from the occupants of this small village he mysteriously became  and felt a part of.

To his way to his bubble the night sky stood as his navigational compass. He just walked by the sea, lay down and just tried to have some rest and become inspired by the view above him. Hallucinations gave way to deep and existential thoughts. Just facing his head up, was enough to make him hold his breath from the beauty of all this image he saw. This jewel (κόσμημα) as his ancestors called was a small part of something greater. The cosmos (κόσμος) he knew, was all that was, is or ever will be. He very deep inside felt a part of all this greater beauty. His heart was filled with enthusiasm every time he looked up and sometimes made him spill tears of joy. He could not face his eyes away from this eternal cosmic canvas which he knew was there much before he himself lay foot on that planet. It lay there almost eternally, standing as an inspiration for all those who lived before him and all those who will love after him. Looking at all this that lay above him as something to remind him of his origin, made him feel so little and big at the same time, knowing deep inside that he came from up there. He catched notice of the bright star of Sirius which for no apparent reason made him feel homesick. All this was too silly to explain, though it felt so right to him.

Joy gave eventually way to sadness. There was no apparent reason of feeling sad, though he knew why. He was there alone. Physicaly alone, just he and himself under all this beauty. No one there to hand out this jewel he was given just like that as a present only by being born. Somehow facing up he knew deep inside that he wasn’t alone to appreciate all this. Only someone who was meant to take part on the same ritual could share all this with him. Was that person there in that small colourful town but failed to notice each other? Maybe yes or maybe not. Nothing was sure enough. The only thing he was sure was  that he felt deep inside that he belonged in that summer solstice ritual and only  a person that could become a part of all this as well , was worthy of earning what he wanted so eagerly to give. All these hidden secrets he kept in the deepest corners of his mind. all the complexity and structure he held inside him was needed to be shared, but he was afraid to do so. All these puzzling thoughts made him feel so uncomfortable and uneasy. So heavy and sad thought he wanted to avoid facing himself and these  troubling thoughts. Sleep was the only cure for all this sadness. He decided to head back to his resting place and just try to sleep and dream of finding that person he had in mind. His dreams were his only shelter. The physical exhaustion was so great he lay down, and fell to sleep with only with comforting thought: he deep inside knew that soul is also walking on this planet and through time they will  eventually meet. This soothing thought erased all the fear and sadness of loneliness. He could now sleep and rest into the sea of  tranquillity of his dreams under the endless sea of stars that hung just above him silently, almost as if they stood there eternally.

He woke after the alarming chime that had been transmitted to him by someone or something he was unaware of. He could clearly remember a dream he saw. Pheanor was happy to see that he now he was able to take his task closer to completion. He was convinced deep inside that he was capable of reaching to that point and had devoted his whole existence and finally someday soon he would achieve his  goal. The sleep had lasted for several days, the frequency of which changed progressively according to the completion stage of his task. His sleep could be described as a deep state of trance. Waking up abruptly when sleeping was almost infeasible, though when that happened the consequences could be irreversible. The interruption of such a deep mental state disturbed the rhythm of all this process, where in many cases made the sleepers suffer irreversible consequences. Sleep was required in order to preserve the inner rhythm of the body they were born with. It was an ancient mechanism which altered the individual’s mindstate, and originally served the purpose of provideing physical and mental rest in order to strore energy of everyday aphysical ctivities. Now it resembled hibernation, a process which they had implemented in their genetic information in order of achieving higher goals of conscious awareness. Their sleeping booth were placed deep inside the ground of the celestial body they inhabited. That was done so in order to sync with the energy frequency patterns of their planet.

Pheanor clearly knew that without this time consuming process he could not achieve the goal of enlightenment which he had devoted his life and purpose and existence. When he woke up he vaguely remembered some dreams he had, which most of them were lucid, a technique he had steadily perfected throughout time. Remembering all the details of his dreams could be only done through time where he narrated to his teachers in order to guide him on his mission. In his dreams he regularly confronted his fears and needs and consciously altered the outcome of them. He knew all these were lessons he ought to be tought, though was somehow unsure who or what actually affected his dreams and paved new paths he ought to cross in his deep sleep sessions. He was unsure of the true origin and nature of this parallel reality he experienced every time he slept, though deep inside he felt safe and sure that whatever shaped and affected his dreams, led him to deeper understanding of who he was and what he ought to achieve. He could not remember all his dreams in high detail, though he was aware that all those even if he could not recall them, made him more mature and capable of reaching to a higher understanding of everything. They subconsciously affected his decisions which consequently opened a new path in his life. The only thing that he ought to do was to learn from his dreams and take advice of the elder and wise individuals of his community, on what he ought to do next. All this was essential in order to unfold the prophecy that was about to become true which he somehow strongly felt he would play a protagonist role in it.

2001 Space Odyssey intro scene

We now, without doubt live in a phenomenal fast pacing and highly dynamic era. Even from the beggining of the 21st century the internet as a technology was wide spread mainly in western societies. The hype was so big ack then it led to the famous dot com crash. During the 90′s this new medium was introduced enthoysiastically though in many cases it was treated as something dark and corrupted and addopted after a lot of sceptisism although in mos of those cases it led to its systematic use as time passed. This new medium or in technical terms a wide network web which it’s main use is to transimit information from one computer to another today is used by many different electronic devices and appliactions (mobile phones, embeded systems etc). I could go on examining all the technicalities of this complex distributed network though it not one of my aim in this article. This technical term or better enough concept which originaly the internet was created is called information. Infromation stands as an illustration that comes in many forms today. A piece of paper with a text printed on it, a colourful picture in our case an organised flow of electrons througha a cable or silicon or even an electromagnetic wave transmitted into the atmosphere consists what we call information.

Information of course prexisted before the biological formation of the human consiousness or mind, even before our main information chemical stream was formed, our DNA. It comes back to the days the first forms of organised matter were formed, just after the big bang, with the formation of particles and organised patterns of radiation. Ofcourse the human consious arose into being much after this long cosmological evolution in order to observe and define what we know today as information. Without any doubt it is a concept that is able to explain and describe  every form and pattern that can be observed in our physical reality and beyond our biological capabilities of observtion. From the particles of matter to the groups of galaxies that form the cosmos, information is embeded into every pattern of this physical universe.

It was and definatelly still is today the main driving force behind the everlasting increase and organisation of our society. Originaly we invented speech as a very good tool in order to transmit information and ideas to each other, a very effctive tool which is embeded into our evolutionary line and probably transformed our DNA into making us more capable biologically of speaking and understanding speech. Speaking alone was not enough into making information last in time and was not able to be transmitted in different moments in time and location so writing was invented. This led to the increase in complexity of ancient languages as babylonian, greek, latin ettc. Historicaly then with the use of  differnt matterials each time (stone plates, papyrus, paper) an effective information transmittion took place. Sciences and culture was widespread through written language and generally a systematic and organised way of representing information. In every cases the quality of this knowledge in addition with the cultural level of each time and place or society played a crucial role on the progressive evolution of  the economy, science, culture, technological achievements of its people in addition with the geopolitcal turning points of each time.

The introduction of large scale typography during the 16th century accelerated the cultural and scientific evolution o western societies. Modern media such as magazines, newpapers, radio, television etc during the 20th century highly impacted the way we tend to learn and educate our selves today. In this everlasting evolutionary timeline of techniques and ways of transmitting information the internet holds its own special place in all the electronic media and has succeded on rediging on how we percieve and do many things.

It connsists of a highly dyanmic and distrubuted medium where the end user can interfere and interact with the formatiion of a given piece of information and contnt. With the use of specialized tools and abilities we are able today to contribute to a very high level and be a part o this new medium. Today the content that can be found on the internet covers alomst every part of human activity. It’s very important for us to understand the undermeaning of all this revolution that comes after the wide use of this new tool and use this challenge in order to evolve into something better as a society. We ought to see all this with a maturity which we ought to have after thousand of years of social evolution and avoid recycling old and problematic attidudes and ideas of the past. This ought to stand as a great challenge of world wide coopoeration and commonly trying to achive our defined goals as a society. Technology today is maybe more than we can use effectively and productively. We lack of proper oganisation on forming common interest communities which can impact societty outside the sphere of this electronic medium itself.

You may wonder why i have not examined extensivelly on the ways this new hypermedium affects our every day lives. I try to avoid repeating myself on this blog because i had published an article on that matter before almost exactly one year:  The Internet: The Ulltimate Hypermedium

In this life i owe to a lot to many, mostly my parents to what i have done with my life till now. I have almost ended my IT degree and finally finished with my army duty in the 12th of August ’09. After getting over with my army duty and turning 24, i decided that it’s about time to stand by some decisions i ought to stick to, in order to achieve some goals in my life. Creating and learning are two things i want start get more systematic with through a job and some hobbies i wish to expand. These resolutions can be outlined to the following:

• Find a job that could make me financially independent
• Finish all those thing i ought to do in order to get my IT degree at last
• Become accustomed with the LAMP web architecture and some web programming languages
• Buy a new Laptop and really make some creative use of it (Preferably a Mac with also Linux installed)
• Learn a music instrument and a piece of music software and dare to produce some piece of music
• Start a programming/applied tech blog
• Become involved in graphics and actually have something to publish when opening a deviantart.com account
• Not forget that life is all about being happy, having a good time, seeing new places, travelling  around, enjoying yourself  and falling in love.

I should not have any excuses anymore, why i should not work in a somehow permanent job. In this country finishing the army means that you ought to confront life more seriously especially when having to earn your own money. It is for me the next challenge i ought to take, in order to express my full potentials in the skills and abilities i believe to have. I tend to try to think outside the box and i dont think that i am meant to do anything but only if i feel like it.

All the above dots are expanded bellow, outlining my goals and expectations:

• Find a 6month practice job which is required and furthermore is subsidized by the government which earns you  living of minimum wage plus the extra money my college gives. Also want to eventually finish with my degree, which mostly because of laziness has taken me so long to acquire. Because money is important, thus not the most important thing in life a permanent income from working may be the best way to come around.

• Evidently IT is my field of interest and study so someone would expect me to have an occupation in that field. I have mostly web service developemnt in mind, though i do not exclude any other IT field that my come around. It is hard to know what ill be invloved with before starting to work, because it really has to do which field will become promising.
• I cannot say that i was the most hardworking student there was around because i tend to leave things i do not like to do behind from scedule. Having finished my army duty, the next thing i should do is to finalize all the elements required in order to gradute. That invloves a 6month paid work as an learner in a certain field close to my field of studies. I also have to take on a διπλωματική which has to do with developing something.
• I tend to use opensource software and tend to think in the same philosophy generaly. Many web services and websites relly on the LAMP (Linux – Apache – MySQL – PHP) platform which has proven very successfull. The field of the appliaction that can stand on this platform are broad, so getting use to setting up and administrating it would be an advantage in the job market and would also be a very powerfull tool in case i want to develop any idea of my own.
• I never go anywhere far without my beloved laptop. Now i own a small netbook, the Asus eee pc. This time speaking it covers all my needs, although i do not have the ability on spending a lot of time with it because of the army. It is fully portable though it lacks to stand as a machine which could make me fully productive (small screen, low cpu speed). I have been using GNU Ubuntu Linux as my main OS platform. I am very happy with it, though it lack support from the multimedia software vendors (Video, Graphics, Sound). A MacBook would be a good choice for me, which will give me the ability to use the very powerfull MacOSX and take advantage the great support it has from multimedia software. Offcourse i will not forget to install Linux on it, in dual boot mode. The quality of its design combined with these two powerfull operating systems will be the first step on becoming involved on the IT fields i hope to make a living from. A laptop alone is just a tool as any other, so being productive invlolves a lot of hard work and imagination as well
• Evidently music is one of my passions and addiction in everyday life. I spend a lot of time listening to music, which on one thought could be considered as a waste of time, though i mostly percieve it as my main creative inspiration and favourite relaxing passtimes. I find it hard to read a book, write or me involved in any mental act done when being alone without listening to some tracks from my music collection. For me it is a good way to concetrate on what i am doing and sync my brain with what i am doing. Because i consider myself as a creative and expressfull person, being involved in music production may be a good challnge and passtime which i should stick to. The main music theme i have in mind is some form of electronic music which does not lack the imagination of bleing in natural sounds and instrumnts in it. Ofcourse everything show up when trying to produce something and may end up somehow different than originaly imagined. Trying offcourse never hurt anyone so it may the best piece of art i ought to be involved with
• Blogging is maybe a new hobby i have taken up, though i consider my style of writing rather general and not of any imediate practical use. I tend to express notions, ideas and thoughts which are not in a certain thematic category. That may prove that i like to be involved any various thematic categories, each time digining something else which has come to my notice. I dont think by any chance of stoping this blog but rather to make a more specialed programing one, which will have to do mainly with opensource, programming web services and applicable knowledge stublembled upon when working with something. Many time i have found random troubleshooting information when searching the web usefull so it would be usefull to and out anything that i may consider usefull. Ofcourse this knowledge will come progressively, through my job and projects which i hope to be involved with.
• Visuals and grahics always arouse my interest so why not learn the tools in order to produce something myself. Photoshop, gimp and 3Dmax may be some examples of these tools, which ofcourse demand skills, work and imagination in order to produce something pleasing and creative
• I tend to forget that although in life achieving goals, earning money and being more serious on somethings is important, having a good time and enjoying yourself is also utterly important in everyday life. Money is only a mean of having a pleasant life and we many times tend to percieve it as the most important thing. Partying, going out with friends, laying back and just enjoying the monent are something i dont want to miss out in  my everyday life. Life for me is just a bag of experiences that pile up, which are obtained throughout time, through my need of having a good time, travelling, meeting people and interacting with them and generaly experiencing the world to its full extent. Till now the numerous experinces i have lived have shaped my personality and helped me to percieve the world differently tha before. So another goald of mine is to pursue a life with all its chills and thrills there are but never forget that i should also work hard on achieving my goals so i eventually become a part and contribute in the best way to the global civilation

From the age of renaissance and after the rebirth of science and classical thinking, the mainstream religious authority of its time was consisted by the catholic  and Byzantine church which frequently used its power and influence in order to fight against new ideas and views of the physical world. Bold scientists and thinkers, contrary to the everyday perceptions dared to make the step ahead in order to introduce new ways of analysing and perceiving the physical world around us. In one hand mainstream Christianic religion lead by the catholic church based its cosmological model on the Judea-Christianic writings of the old testament and never let anyone question the common spread analysis of them.

Through the book of genesis the 7 day process which the cosmos was created was literally perceived and preached by the church as the  plausible explaination of how the universe came to be. On the other hand Western scientific thinking which led back from Ionia and classical Greece was consisted by various theories of how the world came to be. Through logic, logos (Λόγος – Pure Though) many thinkers managed to introduced a new ways of how things came to be. Of course all this was done clearly through observation and analysis of nature and the phenomenology of the physical world around them they managed to lead to trustworthy conclusions. Technological means for experimenting were obsolete compared to today’s standards. Nevertheless it still stands astonishing the great leaps on just theorising about things. During the renaissance a systematic effort to revive this way of thinking was made by mathematicians, physicists, biologists and theoretics. Introduction and quantitative analysis of concepts such as gravity, matter and energy are some examples of the leaps some minds in that era made using mathematical and logical tools in order to come to trustworthy conclusions. A mechanistic model of the universe was steadily introduced where no greater power (otherwise god) was needed in order to make thinks work. That scientific concept was the main reason of the up to this time opposition of the church towards fundamental scientific theories.Originally the fight against these new ideas were widespread throughout Europe with the burning of books and handwritings. Today though, science is not treated like those days and is more likely to be controlled by various other economic and political factors. The church nevertheless still stands by its old views about the world and universe through its mistaken analysis of the symbolisms and parallelisms of the bible itself.

Till now through scientific method and reasoning, in order to explain some physical phenomenons there was no need for the God hypothesis. Each event could be systematically analysed and explained through logic. New advances in cosmological theory and observation introduce new challenges to our way of thinking. They consists on their own a new revolution. Astronomy, mathematics and modern physics blended together & evolved into what is called New Cosmology. Modern cosmological theories have come to a point where they can analyse and explain numerous metaphysical phenomena, where traditionally classical science just ruled out as non scientific. With the use of neurophysiology, biology and psychology ,some metaphysical phenomenons which have to do with humans and their interaction with their physical environment can be fully analysed and explained with the use of the above scientific methods. Phenomenons like telepathy, telekinesis, aura, healing powers, clairvoyance are some examples of phenomena that have been analysed, each time to a different extent, showing how new cosmology and  science have come so far in our days.

Traditional scientific areas like astronomy, mathematics, physics, psychology, biology, medicine and informatics which seemed to have little to do with each other, now collide and blend together into a new way of thinking and analysing the world. They manage to come to revolutionary results and conclusions which defy traditional views of the world and cosmos. Many of these conclusions strangely enough seem to be very similar to views of non-Christian religions like Hinduism and Buddhism. Originally a coherence with the Christianic church was made when the big bang theory was introduced , which was compatible with the book of Genesis. So in the middle of the 20th century the pope came to agree and approve this fundamental scientific discovery which explained to a great extent the formation of our cosmos. That to the church maybe meant the proof of god event through scientific method, though for scientists themselves it made no proof of anything more than the big bang theory itself. Research continued independently of whether god was agreed to exist or not, because science itself is not a philosophical research but rather a research using logical and analytical tools. It very frequently though comes down to very thoughtful philosophical inquiries through its findings and conclusions giving way to new discoveries and research. Theology itself is the evolution and wide spreading of a certain esoteric philosophy and way of viewing the world which during time became religion through the need of using a tool in order to control a big sum of people. When looking religion itself neglecting the way it was forced or misintreprited it stands as a very strong philosophical and ethical tool which if examined without preduces, can lead to very interesting results which in many cases come very close to new scientific discoveries.

During my stay in the army which is expanded through the article published just before this one, i had the chance to read some very mind-expanding books during my idle time. These books revolutionised to such big extent how i tended to perceive things that i have not fully indulged into my thought system. This new cosmology needs extensive examining and studying in order to come to a point to grab that enormous leap in our way of thinking. Some of the books were called: The Universe and cosmological evolution, New Science and the akasic field, Cosmic Consciousness, Chance and Chaos in addition to 2 sci-fi novels of Arthur Clarke (The city and the stars & Childhoods end). From all the above i read i have not come to any organized conclusion in order to form an article. I know though all this is just too fascinating in order to ignore. Time will regain my previous creative and explorational mindstate that i was in before the army. Ofcourse i did not have the tools and personal space i needed in order to use this revolutionary information during my stay in the army. All this though will be the driving force in order to compile some new articles, based on new cosmology, singularity and inter-consciousness.

The fascinating cosmological voyage has just begun!

My activity on my blog has been stalled because i had to join the Greek army. Of course in there i could not use a computer, have the suitable mind state and desired personal space in order to form any kind of article. Now in July ’09 when all this non sense came to an end, i decided to restart expressing my thoughts through what i lived and thought in the past 9 months, via this personal electronic journal.

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Till now, after the formation of the modern Greek state, each young man has is legally obliged to spend a part of his life in the army. So decided after my college life was almost over, to continue with this chapter of my life and join the army. I found out that being employed in the IT field is really hard without having this done, because employers don’t want to see you go away for a year after you start learning to be productive in the field.

So in June i decided to end my army postponement so i could start serving my so called army duty , starting in November. I really did not know what to expect, although i had heard a lot about it, through friends and relatives. It is hard to realise that when joining the army for one year or less you have to report your absence every now and then. The army is thus another system of control over the lives of young Greeks like me. I soon realised that i could not have any long term plans for a year, no holidays, no uncontrolled travelling and nothing that really consisted free and unplanned movement. It is a controlled environment which an individual is not treated as a free citizen, rather than a soldier in training who is obliged to obey and follow orders.

Logic and reason is something that is not a virtue in the army, especially for the soldiers who are not paid in there and rather pay through tax and manual labour in order to serve the country. In every reasonable question, no reasonable answer corresponds. That is a paranoid statement, which may make someone frustrated on how the people in this environment tend to act and think. Eventually you have to live with that way of thinking and not ask or be worried by all the pointless time you have to spend for this part of your life. You have to live with the idea that contrary to the constitution and laws you are deliberately put in an environment that contradicts them. In the army environment democracy and rights no longer applie. Your personal freedom of actions, expression and way of life are confined in this pale hacki colour, making you a part of the place of eternal nothingness. I could go on days narrating the amount of pointlessness of this place, though eventually learned to ignore it, knowing that i could never belong in that place and i was just touring there for a small period of my life. Through all the frustration i sometimes felt  lucky because from a small age till now i learned to avoid locking down my thought system and felt just sorry for those people in the army who do so even in a personal level through the influence of how they choose to make their living in.

During the first months of my army duty, i found it somehow hard to adjust to this place, logic and everyday routine. Somehow though i strongly believe that everything has a reason to exist and moreover everything i happen to live has a reason as well. To be honest luck was by my side and i fortunately did not have to bare any hard training and living condition whatsoever. I spent one month in a recruit army field just 20 mins from my place, then spent one month in Giannena which resides in the Northwest part of Greece and eventually stayed till the end of my duty in a field just 5mins outside Alexandroupoli. I strongly felt that the army was something so not compatible with my state of mind and way of living, though i found out that i could use this serving time in order to en richen my experiences and knowledge. As most say that the army is a big school, in the aspect of having to live and coexist with people of different ages, places, educational background and personality. I found all that diversity rather intreeging and enjoyable because everyone was moreover different to every aspect to each other, thus treated by the same manner as plain soldiers.

Throughout my stay in the army i had the chance to meet some very interesting personalities from different backgrounds and share the same thirst for acting outside the permited lines of action and the everlasting need of self expression. The most important thing i gained from serving my army duty are the thoughts and experiences i shared with the people i met, who were just like me, struggling and trying not to forget who they were, what they loved and what they dreamed of. Through the process of projecting  ones mind into each other and sharing ideas i think my time spent did not go in vain after all. I had so much free time to speak, listen and think about almost everything you could imagine. Ofcourse my freedom of my psysical actions was limited and given the fact that certain creativity tools were not so easily accessible i could only use my memories and experiences in order to make something worthwhile.

As the days and months passed by i tended to ignore all the foolishness and pointlessness around me.  I just mechanically acted like i ought to do mostly in cases where it was impossible to avoid  doing so, which would end to my punishment through charging me with extra days to serve. Ofcourse wherever i could and was possible i did as least as i could. Generally i need to have a  motive when trying being active and productive, though in the army i deliberately avoided doing chores because in reality the army profits through manual labour, so found no reason whatsoever in doing anything more than i was strictly forced to. It is very clear that forcing every young personal to serve the army is clearly for saving money on manual labour and has almost nothing to do about training him for the event of a war.

In the end of May i decided to bring my small car with me in Alexandroupoli, as a great opportunity to explore and experience the more i could of the north-east part of Greece. In June i was sent for one month to serve in an army guard house half an hour north of Ksanthi, into the mountains towards Bulgaria. I had the chance there to experience a much different culture and religion than i was use to till now. It was a village of Pomakis, a slavish origin minority who happen to be Muslims. Contrary to popular belief they were very friendly and willing to help out. My stay there could be characterised as a month of chilling time and experiencing a place i would never stayed else wise. After that i returned to Alexanroupoli where i just waited to get my last days off. I risked of getting punished through my not so army like behaviour, though eventually i got 22 days off till the 10th of August.

Details, facts and names that have to do with army life are not of such importance after you finish all this eternal foolishness. The people though i met inside, who also served time like me, the experiences, places and thoughts we shared i think is something priceless and pays off the lost time spent in there. Luckuly i was able to use my mobile phone which takes rather nice shots. I’ve embed a small flickr slideshow with all the flavours, colours and places i had the chance to live in this small chapter of my everlasting voyage in life

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