Next : The critique

As the major development fund is always distributed through credit with certain amount of interest, doesn't that just categorize the whole business derivatives as usury(ous)?


How is 5% of interest being treated differently than how 5% of alcohol is being treated?


Wouldn't it be better if then a debitor willingly return the favor of a creditor whose money was lended to run the business? and then the creditor rejected it just to keep the situation clean of any possible usury.


There are blessings in every honestly earned fortune, but how much is destroyed when an usury is involved?


When the rich is richer through every penny deposited, who deserve the crisis when the debt is unaccredited?

First Step, The Dream.

If only... there's only one bank, that is owned by the people, administered by the elected government, operating by tax collected from the people, accessible directly to the commons, with an ease of electronic account card facilities for personal as well as corporate payments, funding the common-needs businesses through cooperatives, and within gold silver monetary system with non incremental value for minting facilities.

Lightly, a step at a time.

Somehow, this may not be it. but if it is, blame it on the lifestyle endorsed, consumed, and reproduced by the people that embodies the society, which was made possible with the presence of endless wealth producer, the prominent and pervasive, usury. Although this was once a forbidden practice for all, somehow along the time it had managed to transform itself into an accepted common courtesy, seeping into as many individuals, corporations, enterprises, and governments, in many countries. Later it materialises into some massive,  revered, and adorned structures, and to so many parts and bits of the daily needs of the people. Instead of being proud and all, we should all be cautious that this would eventually branch out to some chaotic endings, as it already did in previous age of civilisations. Somewhat usury perpetrate greeds, which then influence the pratice of daily lives of the people (the culture), and institutionalise into the laws, encompassing the whole nation. when this happens, it gradually would develop the people into the state of uncontrolled selves. and somewhat from here the chaos begins.

We could all be free from this, as some of our past generation had managed to free themselves from it. As for me, things should be gradually altered from as little usury as possible, to no usury at all.

any mother's advice

son, soon after you set your goal, reach it.
if it's about this world, do enough to reach just enough.

the signs

Some live as signs.
For those who knew, just let the time through. Even afterall, we're not here and knew as we want to.
The instinct to tell, to fix, to forbid are merely signs that we live well to our heart, that feels. But, beware of the line, as it is the true ordeal, drawn, that we would somehow find.

Hints

Somehow I'm beginning to see the prayers -- the taught ones, not the 'hopes-filled-with-desire' ones -- that we knew since we were kids, may contain immense hints to comprehend the true aspects on the things we do prior, after, or during the situation the prayers is needed to be performed.

Somehow they would also anticipate the situation in the future concerning the time of which the prayers will truly take effect, which we then would know through later experience.

Yet, somehow, for now, all we need to do is only to do it, with heed. Then, to be grateful when it eventually materialises. and not trying to guess, or second-guess, or feel upset.

- a message to self-

Once in a Blue Moon

"31 August 2012 was the night when the earth witnessed the blue moon, the second full moon in a month" Therefore within a month of the blue moon, there would be two occurences of full moon, more likely once in the beginning and another one at the end of the month.

Though the statement looks somewhat correct, the truth might be invalid. If we notice, the word moon and month are somewhat different, hence the rareness of the event. But, if we carefully look through deeply into this statement, we could infere that the counting of days in A MONTH (moon) was not actually defined by the moon's appearences, but rather by the counting of days to fit a year. That a year should be about 365-6 days , which then divided by twelve then distributed to each cluster, called month. Thus, a month consists of 28-31 days. But why 12? when it could be easily devided by any other number? We know that there was once in roman era, a year consisted only of  8 months. and then much later, the months were added.

Had we used Lunar Calendar, blue moon would highly be improbable, as a month is the completion of moon phases ; wanning and waxing. and crescent is the start and the end. and through counting, there's either only 29 or 30 days in a month. So, there would be only one occurence of full moon in a month.

Therefore, in solar calendar, a month does not immidiately define its meaning.
then the questions...

1. What was initially defined as 'a month' during the conception of solar calendar? What happened then?

2. As it also consist of 12 months, what is actually a year in lunar calendar?

3. What would matter to earth if a year is not about its revolution towards the sun? What actually repeats?