Seen from an Israeli point of view, the great question is; can we trust Iran? I do trust them, to a certain point. They are not evil or deceitful or unsympathetic, they are just fighting for their own point of view, as we do. Or rather our fight is only about survival, not about any ideological stance. Yes in many other areas, but not when it comes to Iran. They are an enemy, and nobody will want to make any deals with an enemy.

You can have peace by subduing an enemy, or you can do it by building up trust.

I believe, that together with Barack, I, and the rest of the American administration, has built up trust. But that does not apply to Israel, there is no trust between Israel and Iran.

So how do we actually make some trust? Well, it is all a matter of escalation or deescalation. Do we rearm or do we watch what the other part does, and in the end disarm.

Peace has a chance now, in a kind of a weird way. Because, right now, Israel seems to be satisfied with status quo, and Iran obviously does not want to make things even worse.

So, we have two more years before the second term of Mr. Barack Obamas second tenure, to build some trust.

This can probably happen in many ways, but I will do it, or rather try to support it, by focusing on the advent of spirit on earth. What comes first, the hen or the egg? If spirit is supposed to be realized in earth, we have to have peace, these two things are interconnected.

It is a bargain we all have done with spirit, to try and work on this. Nobody will want us to be naive or stupid, we just have to take aim for all our actions. The aim should be a realistic peace.

G-d bless the will to continue, despite the differences.

So the deadline we put to ourselves regarding the peace negotiations in Austria did again not reveal any progress, why?

Because the real negotiations is not between the European and American diplomats and Iran, it is between Israel and Iran. As long as there is not a direct coordination between the two, a peace settlement will not appear. It is not a critical stance towards the output so far, it is how things are aligned in terms of power and conflicts that has passed the last sixty years.

So how do we solve this conflict? First of all, all conflicts can be stopped by understanding. How do the warring factions look on the conflict? First of all, I am as neutral anyone can be in this scenario, not because I sought this position, but because this is how things have turned out, somehow. But seen from an Israeli perspective, the conflict reveals some traits in the Jewish psyche, that even Jews did not really know was there. Jews are the most combative people in the Middle East, and has always been the most combative, since the first Israel, over the conflicts with Egypt, the Elam, then Greece and Rome.
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We are closing in on the possible deal with Iran. First of all, it is not about power or personal gain. It is something on a complete other level. It is about the advent of spirit on earth.

Let us be honest about this. We are not totally sure what G-d may be, or how things are structured in the realm of G-d. We have theories, developed through millenia. In this understanding, G-d is intelligence that is inbetween matter.

We are not totally sure if this is the right theory, but with all the intelligence and thought we smallish men here on earth can muster. This is the way things are.

For a long time, we have been cast into darkness and materialism has ruled the political as well as the economical sphere. This must change, and this is really what the peace meeting is all about. It is not only a matter of bringing peace to people and man, it is more, and that is the point, much more about the absurd possibility of actually making a stand in our time, where we will put up an example for future generations to come.

At one point in history, this stroke of luck, this absolutely impossible alignment of political, physical, developmental things are occuring.

If we did not take this opportunity, would be a crime to religion itself.

The peace with Iran will last as long as this process of rebirth of religion will continue, because they are interested in the same thing as we are!

So instead of looking at our own needs, we should see the process in its historic context, and see it for what is it; the rebirth of spirit.

G-d bless the will to keep on track.

Dear Joe Biden

Happy birthday! I hope you have a good day, with friends coming over, slicing your birthday cake and sharing a good time. This is what all wish for for their friends.

One thing I really noticed with you, is the fact, that you are a good friend. I always hear a lot of negative comments on the internet about you, and I always have the feeling, that people do not really know you.

They do not know how you fought from behind for Barack, how you supported him all the way. How you always remained loyal. I did, because I really appreciate this human trait. It is the foundation of politics, you need to be able to trust those you work with and from.

I will remain your friend as well, through the next two years, at the election, after that, and perhaps we will even meet one day, face to face, and you can cut that birthday cake, and hand me a slice.

Happy birthday mr. Vice president, may you live another good year, and may we all prosper by the grace of spirit.

G-d bless you 🙂

Working, night and day for peace, and seeing it destroyed by people with no ethical limits to their behaviour is disgusting. Like preying on the poor Yazidis. I wholeheartedly condemn the disgusting attack on the hapless people praying in the temple in Jerusalem. This is without any respect for simple decency or humanity.

Why? Why is this the actions of the Palestinians? Why is this the endgame of the socalled persecuted.

I have no words for the atrocity done, and I do condemn them with all my heart.

G-d bless Israel.

We have been discussing the ideas of the family from different angles; philosophical, metaphysical, ethical. But there is one angle that I have been trying to wrap my head around, and have been failing to do.

Monotheism is often traced back to the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten. The life of the sun, as his name means. He, singlehandedly got rid of all the many gods of Egypt, and made his religion a religion of one G-d. I must admit, at some point, I was a little disappointed. I could not find any reference to the metaphysical discussion that Anaxagoras is the origin of, but who knows perhaps he had a deep metaphysical philosophy. We only have fragments, his tomb and his city to tell us anything about his whereabouts.

There is, however, two things that are very obvious from the engravings of his tomb. One thing is the prominence of the sun, the other thing is the very peaceful nature of his life. There is no warfare depicted, no smiting of enemies, no heraldrics, just Akhenaten and his family. There is even an engraving where he looses his daughter, and he is obviously shattered by that happening.

When we make a fast forward to Moses, who is the other great Egyptian/Jew who had a lot to say about the family. It is really the same. Moses had other projects than just the family, he was at war with polytheism as well. But he stood very firm on the principles of the family. You can read the ten commandments, and you will find many important principles there. Like you shall honor your mother and father, you shall not covet your neighbors wife, you shall not commit adultery.

In other words, the family as an idea, and an institution is at the very heart of all the monotheistic religions. It is what we can deduce from Akhenaten, from Moses. And it is a peaceful thing. Family is not about guts and glory, it is about love and caring. About helping each other out, about loss, when that happens. But it is a vehicle for peace. Because if we are satisfied, we are less prone to take up the sword.

G-d bless the family as an ancient institution.

There is a violent storm brewing up in the horizon, and it is only if we really stay focused, that we will avoid shedding too much blood. In Ukraine, Poreshenko is threatening with the total disengagement of the two rebel republics of Lugansk and Donetsk. As I understand it, this includes cutting electricity and power. This will, in effect, leave the two republics in a very difficult situation.

It is a bait. It is all about baiting Russia into confrontation. A confrontation Russia has not wanted. But now it comes, and honestly, there is no reason why Ukraine plays hard ball. It is a frozen conflict, yes, but this escalation will lead to deeper resentment, between two peoples who are so much alike. It will be written in the history books as something terrible, and wounds are hard to heal.

In Europe, we should embrace for the impact. Be prepared. We should ask ourselves the question? How do we truly help in a very sad and devastating conflict? Where two cousins are very angry at each other. We should not, and this I think is extremely important, pour more gasoline on the pyre.

We should help, contribute with medicine, peace brokering efforts, try to see the conflict as it is.

It is not about the East and the West. It is about two very close cousins, who are afraid to release control over territory, because of the future implications of the conflicts. We should also stop seeing Putin as the big evil wolf. He is a conservative, he tries to protect his people, as he should.

It is time to help, and mediate, not confront or fan the flames.

G-d bless the will to be honest and humble in the face of this terrible conflict.

There is a lot of discussion concerning the recognition of the so called Palestinian State. So far, I have not chipped in on the discussion, because, as I see it, the discussion ended after the fall of the Oslo peace accord. I mean, if you get handed a piece of land, and you promise to make peace, because you get that piece of land, and you do not make peace. Why should anyone think you would make peace if you get more rights over that piece of land?

Add to this the fact, that Gaza is, mostly, a proxy war, it does not make much sense to discuss with the Gazans. First you make peace with Egypt, then you make peace with Saudi-Arabia, then you make peace with Iran. Then you make peace with the Palestinians.

As of now, we are only one step away from making peace with the entire Middle East. That is making peace with Iran. I recognize the hazards in this, and I do know it is risky. But, as a Kabbalist, I believe that Israel is the tool of peace. This is why we are doing all the work we are doing.

Then it does not make much sense to me, that Europe is so adamant in using their small amount of international clout on the Palestinians. What about using it in some conflict where it is in the interest of Europe? Like the conflict in Libya or Ukraine.

I think it is because Europeans are clouded in their judgement of Israel. We do not, most of us, see it as it is; another little piece of Europe. The system is European, the history behind is European, it started because of the Holocaust, even the mindset is European in Israel. We have a Kibbutzsystem with socialist communal thinking, we have a booming IT sector, we have a secular army, we have a lot of discussion between a socialist and a conservative parliament. It is European!

Imagine if we transplanted Sweden and put it in the Middle East, what would Sweden end up in of problems? Exactly the same Israel is trying to cope with.

It is only if we see things as they are, that we are able to handle the conflicts we try to solve.

G-d bless Israel.

There is a huge debate concerning the responsability from the UK towards the EU. It has come to the extreme, that Britain considers redrawing from the European Union. What are the default lines of the discussion, and how may we elevate the discussion in a true philosophical understanding?

So far the paradigm of globalization has ruled the skies of sociological theory. Made by mr. Anthony Giddens in the nineties and not really challenged theoretically until now. In its essense it is a true Diogenetian philosophy, claiming that we are all global citizens. Citizens of the world, and hence not a citizen of a polis or a nation.

This tradition goes all the way back to one of the most profilent pupils of Socrates; Diogenes who was quite famed in his time, on par with Plato, who were the other famed pupil of Socrates.

In a sense, there is an included balance inbetween the two philosophers; Plato being the pupil who took the ethical part of Socrates philosophy, and Diogenes the pupil who took the liberal or freedom part of Socrates philosphy and making in into a philosophy of itself.

How does this reflect on the theory of Giddens and the no border, global citizen ideology that the European Union is a realization of. Well it points to the fact, that the freedom of the citizens have been maximixed. There are no borders, there are no limits, everybody can go whereever they want. The ethical part of personal conscience and loyalty towards the nation has been completely abandoned. In theory we are talking about free market and free movement of the workforce, but in theory it is all about freedom. Read more…

We are approaching the final draft of the Iranian deal. I have no insider information about the draft, so I cannot know anything about it. But, I know the story that has lead up to the deal, and a bit about the stakes that are invested.

It all started in the first part of the presidency of mr. Barack Obama. At that time, I was a bit more free to blog, and Barack and I worked together over a range of issues, to make a comeback for the US. The economy and the strenghtening of American identity is a part of that process. In foreign policy, we were in agreement about one thing; we did not like Ahmadinejad. Why? Because he obviously hated us. He was a vily and intelligent advesary, and he had a lot of things going his way, but through a mix of diplomacy and small time investment in military expeditions, among it what we know as the “Arab spring”, we did counter his movement, and gave a chance for peace to evolve in Iran.

What really happened was, that the Iranians realized, that with mr. Barack Obama there was a kind and gentle man at the helm of the US. Someone who wanted peace, and was ready to try to understand Iran on its own terms. Add to this a good military strategy, Iran opted for peace.

In the meantime, we have had the war between Israel and Hamas including Islamic Jihad (an Iranian proxy). IS has risen, and Russia have its own problems in Ukraine. All problems that are in direct hinderance of a peacedeal.

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The family as an institution under the realm and society where it resides, seems to have found a new more constructive in terms of realization of the rule of G-d on earth.

This is really what it is all about, as I see it. Metaphysics is usually a very abstract theoretical labour. Philosophers and theologicans discuss these principles of G-d, and usually it has very little to do with the day to day life of people who enter a religous house.

This has not always been so. The ancient Egyptian priests tried to emulate the realm of G-d, to be as close to G-d as possible. This is also the idea behind monastery and life in solitiude. To be one with G-d.

How do we apply this knowledge to the family as an institution? We do it by trying to understand how the realm of G-d exists, how it works.

G-d is intelligence, and the way we think it is combined is basically just based on theory. But we know, that it can have no conflicts. Because it is everywhere, and whereevere it seeps in, it is the same.

It is safe to assume, that the realm of G-d is a peaceful place. A place where love is the conceptualization of how all this intelligence interact with itself, in complete oneness.

It is a happy place, and a place where noone tries to put anyone else down, this is only when intelligence enters the material world, that the rule of the strong applies, not in the realm of G-d.

So, in the family, we need to emulate this way of doing things. By remaking a situation of complete oneness and love inbetween all who are members of the family.

This is however very difficult, because we do live in the material world. There are often conflicts, and we tend to think too much about ourselves and too little about our sisters or brothers.

The harmony we wish to make within the confinements of the family, is very difficult to make, especially if the family is under pressure. This is when we need to shed our own interests, and think about the good of the family instead. To put ourselves aside, and help and bring joy to our closests.

There will be times, when we feel threatened, afraid, alone or abandoned. But there will also be times when we are in one with the ones we loves. All the parties and traditions that surround the families; marriage, baptism, weekend holidays, birthdays are really tools to unite the family, and make, and remake the frame we all live in.

It is therefor important to understand that metaphysics is the understanding of why we need to make a happy family. Because through the understanding of G-ds realm will we able to understand what we are to remake here in the material world.

G-d bless the will to be free in the loving arms of our family.

The Middle East is again in turmoil, this time it is the sacred birthplace of the Jewish State that is at stake, and a holy site for Muslims as well. What is really happening?

To understand this you have to zoom in on the underlying parameters of the conflict.

There are many players and interests in the conflict; Israel, Jews at large, the US, Palestinians, Persia, Egypt, Saudiarabia, Quatar. Each player has its own agenda, and it is only if we bend those agendas towards a compromise, that peace will unfold. Because that is really the only goal we all share.

Let us have a look at it. First of all, we have America, specifically under the leadership of mr. Barack Obama. He, or rather the democratic leadership under him has the single agenda of making peace without too much military intervention. We believe in dimplomacy and justice as means of warfare. War is never an end in itself, only a means to use if nothing else can solve the crisis. We sincerely believe in dialogue and democracy.

Then there is the Persians. As the Americans we share the aim; peace, but for different reasons. The current ideology is not a secular order, but a religious order. In religion we believe in the advent of G-d. We believe that we have to work, tirelessly for the realization of G-ds rule in the material world. Since the realm of G-d is made in peace, this is off cause the end result. So, again, the aim is the same, but the reasons are a little different. There are some overlaying interests, since America is a very holy nation in the sense, that G-d also plays a founding role for the Americans, but it is still very secular in its ideas and manners.
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Europe is heading the wrong way. Economically it is surely going the wrong way, and culturally it is definitely going the wrong way. We have been some bravehearts who have seen this development for a long time, and often tried, sometimes in vain, sometimes with some sucess, to do something about it. Mind you, the dangers are considerable. You can get shot, stabbed, put on hold, persecuted with the Capone method. That is checked and rechecked comcerning anything the state might find that they can draw from your account.

But, lo and behold, with the sure feeling of respect for yourself, and healthy attitude towards danger, you can survive, even thrive to some extent.

The European Union is a dangerous animal to fight. It will use all methods appliable to dissidents to quell your tiny voice, at least this is my experience. Add to this the added insult of having to defend European interest while having to feel the sharp end of the state system, sometimes I feel a little scizophrenic.

I wonder why they persecute me at all, and do not ally themselves with me? I mean, they want the same as I; the comeback of Europe, and wish for a more comprehensive foreign policy. Why not cooperate at some level, after all, with all respect, being a European philosopher is a much more powerful position, than trying to control a plethora of different interest. I wish for Europe to prosper, be more democratic, have finer institutions. But I think I know why. Ever since the birth in Eridu, Middle East civilization has had its supporters, its attackers and its corrupters. The supporters try to use the traditions the best they can, as the French Rennaessance philosophers (and also me). The attackers does not know much about it, and consequently destroy it, like the Islamists, and the corrupters use it to control people. They do not care to enchance justice, or give people more freedom, they use law and democratic institutions to have their way.

Perhaps European politicians could once more become bannermen of civilization? Use their time to work for peace and tolerance, and not just subdue all of us who want freedom?

Hope has the color of springgreen as we say here in Denmark, may we live to prosper.

G-d bless the will to survive.

The Middle East is waiting for the negotiations between Mr. Obama, Mr. Putin, his highness Rouhani and the Iranian parliament to conclude. There is a huge turmoil in Israel right now, because of the land annexation in the West Bank and in Jerusalem. But there will be no conclusion on these conflicts before the negotiations are finished and we know how it will fall out.

I hope, it will be a conclusion that all can agree upon, it would really strengthen all of the war torn Middle East. Add to this a peaceful relationship between the East and the West.

As time moves on, the conflict between the Palestinian state or the attempts to make one, and Israel will stop. Because the world has moved on. There are no one who are interested in the rather insignificant conflict, when the Islamic State roams and is dangerous right besides it. It will be swallowed up by IS, and stop.

So in all probability, we need to wait a little to see what happens.

Hopefully it will be a move for peace.

G-d bless Israel.

Conservatives often refer to Mr. Winston Churchill a warrior of G-ds grace, and a very intelligent man. In the liberal press he is often not that positively mentioned, but everybody agrees that stopping the Nazi killing machine was a good thing.

So how are we to understand this dividing and yet prominent and positive figure.

Mr. Churchill had one thing I really liked about him; he held no illusions. You can wish the world was like that or that, and hope for at better day. But you should always plan on the reality of things. That was why he was so hated. He did not make any makebelieves, but understood things as they were. Hence his adamant defense of Britain, and his nononsence approach to the Nazis. He knew they were bad guys, and he fought them because of it. He saved Britain in that understanding and defense.

There is another side of Mr. Churchill I really like; he was, deep inside those layers of politics and fighting stance; also a soft man. Or rather, a gentleman. He fought for his country and his ideals. But he always remembered that the end result should be a positive one. As a Christian he probably held the belief, that there is a higher purpose to our being here on earth, and thus an order and civilization worth defending.

Basically this is why I believe the conservatives hold all the cards these days in Europe. Because we fight for a liberation of our countries, but we do not wish a tyrannical order to be installed after the liberation, but a good and prosperous society, where both weak and strong may find rest.

Today, there is only the rule of the strong to be present in Europe. Those who hold power, do it beacuse they can, and not because they wish for at better future for the little man, for the weak man. The weak man is not in his objective, only his own selfagrandissment. This is not a chivalric attitude. This is a selfimportant attitude, that is not in alignment with a serious conservative perspective. We fight to protect, not to subdue.

G-d bless the strong arm in protection of the weak mother or child.

When we look upon the three world religions; Judaism, Christianity and Islam. We see an image of war and conflict. For a long time it has been Christianity against Judaism, a conflict that is luckily almost over. Now it is Islam against Judaism and Christianity, a conflict I believe is difficult to solve, but at the same time a work we have to do to find a way out of.

We are all descendants of the great Jewish prophets of the late Israeli state. Daniel, Ezekiel, Elijah. So each of us dream of the realization of their dream, in each our way.

But in a strange way, right now, we actually have the possibility to realize it in a new way. By making a platform that will elevate all three religions to higher prominence and importance. To realize the advent of spirit.

When I begun my work, I put myself at the service of spirit. So in a sense, what we have done through the prayers and the inspiration that have come from my blog, have been a part of a spiritual development, that spirit wants us to do. Often the words that enter the paper seem strange even to me, and personally, I do, sometimes wonder of what actually was written.

I am not a particularly great person, in fact, I have as many idiosyncrasies and faults as everybody else. So people should not use my example, what they should do, is to listen to the words here at Rubicon, and use them to the use it was intented. Because the words that come, and enter into these pages are pure. Not contaminated by my own prejudices, not intented at least.
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There has been a long discussion regarding the institution of the family. As of now, this has been, largely a failure. Why? Because most of the issues that has been discussed are difficult to be in accordance with, because they happen too fast. One thing is to root out corruption, nobody has anything against this, and I suppose everybody knew that is was appropriate and necessary. The more focus on the family is also welcomed, but it has been difficult to weather the pace.

So what do we do? We focus on the positive perspectives of the discussion we have. The family is a very, very beautiful institution, and if the principles on which it is founded on works, it can and will bring joy to many.

So instead of looking at the external rules as who and how to marry, look at the internal things. How to found the family on serious values. Values that will serve all children, father, mother, grandparents, siblings, cousins.

When I was in Bangladesh, where my father comes from, I had an insight into some of the good and bad mechanics of a larger family. There is a lot of control in such a family. Social control, this can be a burden to the more free spirits. So perhaps giving room and accepting each other in a family is important. At the other hand, we really stuck together. One of my uncles had kidney decease, and he could not really function without his kidney. So one of his brothers donated his own kidney to his brother, knowing very well, that he would have trouble without that kidney. A true act of solidarity.

In other words, the values and the way a family works is really the true discussion that would potentially bring the discussion onto a new more constructive and positive track.

Tolstoy said, that all good families are the same, and all bad families are different. Good is order, bad is chaos. Finding those principles that will lead to good order are the principles that may elevate the discussion onto a higher and more working level. If you are a good carpenter, you make good furniture. When you do this, it is because you are working methodically and according to certain principles. It is the same with the family, it requires good principles to follow and hard work to realize.

G-d bless the willingness to comply with the principles that will ultimately lead us to G-d.

When we hear about fear, angst, tragedies, we know that someone are hurt, feel threatened and afraid. This is human, and if we do not accept human insecurtiy, it will often turn into war.

Right now, Palestinians are rioting, why? Because they are afraid. Why do they show rage or anger? Because they are afraid, that the developments of the world is going the wrong way, seen from their perspective. This is not to diminish the atrocities they are doing in the name of G-d or to excuse them in any way, but to make us understand what is really happening in their heads.

I have no illusions about the nature of radical Islam, Hamas, Islamic Jihad or even Iran. I know, that they have a virulent potential for violence. They are fighters, and often in a terrible way, that has no respect for life.

But, they also have families, they also have friends they miss, and if we are able to call out the good in them, this should be done.

The deal with Iran, holds one problem, seen from a Jewish perspective with respect to Israel. It needs to be waterproof. Israel cannot afford a solution that will leave them at the mercy of Iran. This is simply not possible for Netanyahu to accept. Both because of the threat to Israel, but also because of his own voterbase. He does not have the mandate to make risks. Add to this the fact that he sees it clearly as a potential threat, I must say, that he is right, seen from his perspective.

So what do we do? We find a solution that is controlable, we setup a series of checks and balances, and most important, we put up a plan to put into action, if some of the checks and balances are overruled.

In other words, it is a matter of making the plan that all will accept.

Not an easy task, but a task that is feasible, if it is done in the interest of peace.

G-d bless the peace we should and will find, in the interest of religion.

The relationship between mr. Barack Obama and mr. Binyamin Netanyahu is very bad. I understand, but I hope that we can see it as something else than personal disagreement, and see it for what it really is; politics.

Mr. Netanyahu needs to underpin the conservative part of his voterbase. Why? Because they got really angry at the fact, that he did not destroy Hamas when he could. Or rather, they thought he could. So they demand repercussion. We are nearing an election, and as all other elections, politicians are a little worried getting reelected.

On the other hand, this really makes mr. Obama angry, because he has his own problems with his constituents, because he is also nearing an election in the U.S.

In other words, this is not personal, it is all about politics. So, hopefully after the duo elections, we can start the path of reconciliation and friendship.

I believe, that Hamas and the rest of the Palestinian fighters won the right to survive, but I also believe that Israel won the right to have peace. How we find a solution to this problem we have to find out after the election. We also have to consider the fact, that IS is winning a lot of support in Gaza, so they are turning into an enemy. But we will have to see how this turns out.

G-d bless the will to find a way to peace in the face of a very, very difficult situation.

The East and the West is in confrontation, but the hand of peace is outstretched, and can be taken and shaken. As I understand the latest development. Mr. Putin is ready to recognize the Ukrainian independent state, including the elections that was predominantly won by pro western parties. This is an outstretched hand, and should be taken. He is also ready to find a solution in the debacle about Iran, which is also good for all of us.

What does he want? He wants the restrictions on the economy of Russia to be lifted, and he wants diplomatic channels opened again.

He ha a big stick as well, and he is just showing that to us, by sending out troops to confront Europe. So, in all simplicity he simply wants things to get back to normal. He is not the one to put up confrontation, he wants improved ties.

On the other hand, he is a strong man, so he will also not fall shy of using an overwhelming firepower.

So, my recommendation; go down the path of peace Putin has offered us, in the respect of all the lives and the prosperity of normal people, who are now suffering under the restrictions. Who will lose in the end, if we start fighting? It will be people who will lose familymembers, and poverty.

G-d bless the will to find a way to peace.

It has been a while since I thought about Sweden. But all of a sudden, Sweden is all over the news here in Denmark, and somehow we as Danes have a sort of helping role in the intellectual development of Sweden.

Please let me explain with a little story.

I have this amazing friend. He is an artist, but not just an artist, he is a G-d inspired provocateur. So much in all of our faces, that it is absolutely too much, and just inspiring.

A year ago I went with him on a trip to Copenhagen. He has this old beat up car, the cheapest you can get. The breaks does not work much, and it just looks like it should really be in the graveyard of cars, not on the road.

We went in the car, and he had this little upperclass artist tea party, he was invited to. Some really rich conservative art conneseur held a little get together for her rich friends. She was quite nice, and in a way it was a good party, perhaps because of the hilarity in the clash off cultures at the tea party. We being the poor artist, inviting some resistance hangarounds, the rich banker hosting the event. And in the middle my friend, who got all mixed up in it.

But, bohemians are like that, so nobody really had a bad feeling about it, in fact it all added to the bohemian vibe.

Here is the point. My friend was asked a lot of questions, about how he saw provocative art, how he saw his own things and so on. He said, in fact he was not that much of a politician, and he did not claim to hold any party membership. But there was one value he really held dear. The value of freedom.

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It has been a while since I have been in company with a Jew. Not that I do not follow things in Israel on the net, but just having friends who are jews, sharing time together, has been a long time.

I am not one of those too enthusiastic converts who wants to do everything better or more perfect than people who have been in a faith for a long time. For me it is different, it is because basically I do not have any family anymore. I have my own little family, but apart from that, I am totally alone.

When I am together with other Jews, I feel like coming home. I suppose it is the familiarity or the fact that I just fit in.

Many Jews have this feeling of not really fitting in, I have the same feeling. It is a feeling of being a little different than everybody else. It is not that people dislike me, or do not respect me. I am just not really, hundred percent one of them. You can just feel it.

Not with Jews, there I am accepted, and really appreciated.

I really, really miss that. My prison here in Aalborg is taking its toll, but I hope it will change, sooner or later.

G-d bless the will to remain just yourself in the face of rejection.

There has been another attack on allied ground on a central governmental institution. The war against IS has been domesticated, and the fatwa that the leader of IS gave has been heard and followed up upon. The war between the Phoenician and the Roman empire has taken yet another turn for the worse. As in the Punic wars the conflict over territory has become a conflict that brings up the warriors in the West as the warriors in the Middle East.

There is no peace at hand, only escalation. What we need to do is to keep our heads cool, and tackle the conflict with the most humane means possible. This will lead to annihilation of the Sunni radicals, one way or the other, but it will be costly in terms of manpower, killings, fear and lifes spilled.

I wish for the families of the fallen soldier in Canada, may his soul rest in peace, and may his family weather the wound. Some day they will be one again, but until that they will have to live with the loss, the grief, the hurt.

G-d bless the nation of Canada, may it whether its terrible wounds, and ultimately find peace.

When you lead someone, all actions are compromises. Compromises on the interests you represent. When you lead a place like Israel, this can be like a steering in the middle of a typhoon. You have to stay calm, be honest, strong and wise for all of those you represent.

This is, at best, very difficult, at worst almost impossible. But in the hours of danger, there was one who foresaw and represented his people in the best possible way. That was you Mr. Netanyahu. Strong, unbending and yet with that great heart of the Jews. Often people disregard or do not understand Jews. Well, it is not so difficult. Jews are just Liberals, most of them. There are conservatives, but this is not in a judgemental or stiff way. Usually just people who wish to defend and support Israel.

If people would just see Jews as we are, the world would be so much different.

This is your birthday, and often we use this day to meet with friends and share bread. This is your luck, you can do that. Because you live in an amazing culture, where people love each other, and feel a strong connection, be it small or large.

I have this weird role in all this, and I hope one day we could meet. Not just to meet, but to understand the task of Israel. This is it, this is zionism. To bring forth a world of hope and justice. To serve the interest of that idea and dream.

This is what we share, and I toast you. May you live to see your great grandchildren in Israel. See them happy with smiles on their faces. Protected by your strong arm, and your intelligence. Because this is all we live for; to bring a better world to our children, so that one day all of the Jews can have peace.

G-d bless the will to be strong and intelligent in the face of all the threats to Israel.

Due to a personal ruin, and too much stress on the family front, I have not really had the energy to support you Barack in this election. I would have wanted to do it, but when you have to rise 6 o clock in the morning just to get the most important written, it is hard to really tune in on the election in the US right now.

There is one idea however, that might give the Democrats a push; there is a lot of talk about IS, and how they spread their poisonous ideology over the internet and how they recruit suicide bombers in the US, in Canada, in the UK, in Denmark. In other words, they have gone from being an overseas threat to be a domestic threat.

This has to be dealt with, and I am sure, that it is a concern for many citizens who are worried about their own safety. They hear about it in the media all the time. So what do the security apparatus do?

In other words, make it a top priority to combat those would be terrorists who are looking for a way to bomb somewhere in the US.

But be careful, because you might stumble into the poisonous debate about IT security and the right to remain anonymous on the internet.

But a beefed up security system in the US, would probably win over a lot of votes. This strategy could be copied by the individual senators and mayors in the individual states. So that they could make it a local priority.

There are a number of things to do. But at the end of the day, it rests on the faith each politician has on the democratic system they are there to defend. Because faith in democracy is the most efficient antidote to islamism.

What do young people want? Democracy or sharia? We choose democracy.

G-d bless the United States of America.

When I walked on the Camino, a pilgrimage from north east Spain to the sea of the Atlantic I changed my course. As they say, those who have walked the Camino, your walk will not start before you get home.

At that time, I thought my walk would give me a place in the world of Danish academic, and I hoped for at tiny fleck of attention. Today my path has led me into the wilderness and beyond. With friends in high and low. With a lot of readers on my philosophical blog, a lot enemies in the world, and through so many sacrifices, I believe it strange that I even exist. It defies common logic, I should have been gone, like som many who have walked with me. But by the grace of G-d, my path still seems to fork out, new friends come, old friends are still here, and the Camino that led me to fight for light, has indeed given me a mystical and wondrous existence.

The internet age is different than normal ages. What will happen on the internet is so much faster paced, than what we are used to. So for now, I suppose I am a dinosaur to many new young readers.

I started as a script kiddie thirty years ago, and made my thesis about the internet, when the internet was still something people thought would not really matter to anyone. When it was called Gopher, and you could not find anything. Today, have a look around.

But, then again, in the light of the thinkers we surround ourselves with; Plato, Aristotle, Moses, Abraham. All these towering giants, we are all just still script kiddies.

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When we try to understand the problems we are in, we often reflect them in earlier times, and try to understand them in the light of the foregone.

A popular parallel between today and other historical events is Rome. Some see us as a corrupt and falling superpower. A power that has seen better times, and is ripe for conquest and annexation.

In some ways this is right, in other ways this is wrong. It is right in the sense, that we have become corrupted. It happens when you have no enemies. You begin to relax and believe the power you hold will last forever. This is a fallacy, what comes up must come down. As did the Romans, as did the Egyptians, as did the Phoenicians, as did England.

Or what? What is the common fault of all these ancient powers that came and went. First of all, it looses its coherence. In the Phoenician wars, the Roman people were strong and united. There were politicians who put the commonwealth above themselves, and Rome ultimately won by taking the punches, and rallying resources again and again. But after the Phoenicians were conquered, Rome fell apart. The agrarian population of Rome was supplanted with huge estates driven by slaves, hereby removing the basis of the cohorts (the common soldiers of Rome were free peasants). The ruling elite ruled for themselves not the people, and so on. In other words; corruption. In Babylon it was the same, in England the same and so on.

So what is the medication? It is the philosopher, the one shining knight in intellectual armor, that will come and save the nation. At least, this is what Plato prescribed. Then who controls the philosophers? G-d does, that is the simple answer. The population should never listen to philosophers who do not believe in G-d and feels responsible for his connection to G-d in a crisis.

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A friend of mine was just to put to jail in Sweden. Ok I do not know him that well, but one of my close friends, is one his best friends. So we are, in a way closely connected. What was the crime of this friend? Was it to steal? No he has been living on the lowest possible income for a long time, but, according to my knowledge, has never stolen anything. Was it violence? No he has been beaten up by leftist extremist for a few times, but apart from that, nothing has been violent. He is extremely skinny, wears thick glasses and has long hair, so you would not exactly see him as the violent type. So what did he do to be put to jail in Sweden? He made little drawings so critical to the regime, that they thought it was best to try and shut him by putting him to jail. At least they did not kill him as they did Theo Van Gogh.

But why? What happened to that gorgeous country that gave us Volvo and Abba? How did they end up in a position that gave them incentive to put an artist in prison?

It is a long story, but bottom line, Sweden has reached a point of no return, as did holland with Theo Van Gogh and Denmark with the Mohammad cartoons. The artists who are supposed to test the limits of freedom reaches a limit that is set by the humanitarian elite, who believe in freedom, but not freedom for all, only freedom for those they like. Does this sound familiar? If you put any kind of tyranny behind this maxime, you will see, that it is all just a naked attempt on power grabbing and control, call it humanism, nazism, islamism, spartism, bullying or rather, as Plato lets the tyrant Critias call it; the rule of the strong.

This is it, democracy and freedom of speech, the first amendment in the American constitution, what Socrates died for is nullified because of someone grabbing the power to control.

It happens everywhere if those who defends freedom is put to sleep.

So in a way it is just another wakeup call. Freedom is under threat, the tyrants are here yet again to put the masses in chains. Let it be heard from coast to coast, from ship to ship, from Viking to Viking. That ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! We as citizens in a free and open society are fed up I having the right opinions shoved down our throaths, of being bound be the craven, evil, dark Tyrants who believe that as long as no one hears about it, they can do whatever they want. ENOUGH! Of half hearted measures and careerist travellng on the back on the warriors of light. ENOUGH! of the craven intellectuals looking for the next fix or contract. Enough of slavery and oppression. This is a call to arms, to all those who love freedom and are ready to stand by the warriors of light.

G-d bless the freedom we will lose if we are not awake in this hour of danger.

We hear a lot about the presumption, that there is no ultimate goal to the fight against the Islamic State. Well there is; to beat the Islamic State. The way to that goal is however extremely difficult, basically because it is a very complicated work we are doing, and have been doing for a long time. Remember, this started with the attack on Twin Towers many years ago, and has been a fight ever since.

The fight includes a fight both on an ideological level, as well as a physical level.

According to the classical greek historian Thycudides, war will run in two oppositions. In the Pelleponese wars it was Sparta facing Athens. Today it is democracy/humanism against a political version of Sunni Islam.

The longer we fight, the more we strenghten our values, so in a sense both the redemption as well as the destruction lies in the fight against IS.

The IS supporters are very difficult to track down, because our own system is so bad at doing it. Remember the airport that the bombers of 9/11 used as a starting point? They had relaxed their own security system, because they wanted to be fast and efficient. The same is the case in Europe right now, we have laid down the borders, to be modern and efficient. But this measure have made Europe too vulnerable to infiltration and the worse.

So we need to do as the airport industry have been forced to; put up more security measures in Europe. Otherwise we will be too vulnerable.

G-d bless the will to persevere in the face of the fear everybody feels.

When we look at the problems we face with IS fighters in Denmark, we need to realize that we are in a war with them. Not just in Iraq and Syria, but also in Denmark. We try to be delusional about it, but when the IS supporters believe that the war also encompasses Denmark, and includes muslims in Denmark, the muslims in Denmark that supports IS are enemies.

How do we then treat these IS supporters that, often openly, show their allegiance? First of all, we should not fall to the same depths as they do, that would be wrong and inhumane. We need to use the tools that is as humane as possible.

This is why I have suggested the expatria tool. If you support IS, you will be excempt from your allegiance to the democratic country you live in. You cannoth both support a caliphate and a democracy.

This will of cause be in contrast to human rights.

Since human rights are basically a version of Athenian democratic thought, a good starting point would then be to go back to the original thinkers, and hear about their opinion.

According to Aristotle, there are two prerequisites one has to fulfill to be a citizen in a democratic city (they had cities at that time, not nations). One is to be a part of the legislative process (obey the law). The other is to be a part of the democratic process (vote and take part in the discussions that lead to new laws). If not, you are not entitled to a passport.

Since the islamists fulfill neither, it makes sense to take away their citizenship. In fact you could say, that the defense of the democratic state needs to take this defense in regard to survive. Otherwise the Islamists could vote themself in, and change the constitution as the Nazis did in the last century.

So, we need the police to get started. It should not be so difficult, most islamist are quite open with their affiliation on both Facebook and Twitter, so they are easy to find.

G-d bless the will to survive as a democratic state.

We are entering a very difficult phase of the renewed discussion on family ethics in the Catholic church, the conclusions we draw, will be everlasting, or at least lasting for many, many years. So we have to be super serious about these discussion, base them on deep knowledge and established philosophical principles. Otherwise we risk putting believers on an unwise and ultimately destructive path.

Jesus Christ adviced a principle we can always fall back; love yourself as you love your neighbor. This idea is in fact Jewish in its origin, and rests on principles that may have their origin all the way back in Mesopotamia. At least I have recognized them in some of the Kabbalah material I have read.

So it is an ancient Jewish idea. What does it tell us? It tells us to be unselfish, to feel with our kin as much as we feel for ourself. It also tells us to be humble, not to put ourselves above people around us. Why? Because true love and connection between you and I is boundless, and self love makes boundaries between the I and the you.

In other words, we need to share. Not only our wealth with people who have very little, but also with people in our families. Sharing will give us less boundaries to put in between one another. It will give us less self love, and more love for those that is most close to us.

G-d bless the will to shed the shackles of egoism and be one with those around us.

The family as a unit and as a frame for our development as human beings, has had a bit of a comeback within the frame of Catholic thinking, in fact the synod that is currently under way has a lot of promise on this area. You have to stay in your A-game. Do what you are best at, we are best at this. The intimacy between family members are the foundation under any sound society, and the better we are at supporting this holy institution the better the world will be.

Off cause I have discussed this theoretic issue with myself a lot. In the beginning I must say it was mostly theoretical, but after I have made a smallish family of myself, It has been time to use all the theory in practice. Some of the theories I had were good, others did not work.

One of the truly interesting things about family, is the fact that it is a small nation in itself. All the theory of peacemaking and progress you usually apply to the well being of the nation is one to one applicable to the family. In my family we discuss too much. My wife is headstrong and idealistic, and I am as well. We truly love each other, but we seem, both of us, to have all the answers. So we fight for our version of the truth. This brings a lot of progress for both of us, but often it is too much, and the atmosphere is sometimes not too good. So as a principle we always make peace at sunday. We need one day to regain our strength for the next week to come, and have some time together and especially be together with Rakel. This may seem very simple, but at the end to the day, it is important to respect the holy days, so that we do get the rest we need.

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The order of the European Union is slowly falling apart. The southern Euro countries are suffering under a fiscal policy they cannot sustain. The open borders are wrecking havoc in the Northern countries. The antinational propaganda is creating generations of citizens without any relationship to their home country or anything at all.

Well, this is all the consequence of idiocy in my eyes, if you want to create a superstate, you at least should create a proper state with a serious parliament and fair system of judges. What the machinators of the EU have focused on is the bureaucratic organizations of all the countries, making them more alike. Just because you share the same system of schools and legislation on diary products, you do not share the same values, history and dreams. The roots of the european countries are extremely deep, and you cannot change them at a whim.

Ultimately this will change, and I hope that we are ready for that change. My contribution has been to try and underpin the new change as a democratic, liberal, humanistic change plus a serious come back to the church. The next ten years will show if my plans were sound or made too late. Right now, as I can see, some countries will go through a long march of desolation and destruction to end up in a more free and fair society, based on law and on spirit. Others will cease to exist, will be carved up by the neighboring countries, or end up as IS enclaves.

Change brings both destruction and construction, hopefully this will not be too violent, but I seriously doubt it. It will be absolutely violent, old orders will be toppled and new will emerge. Like all the other revolutions we have had in Europe before.

G-d bless the will to stay humane in the face of all the slaughter and destruction.

Seen from a perspective of peace, the latest developments in the Middle East region has gone the wrong way. We did reach a solution in the Gaza/Israel war, that ended up in a situation where our kids can go to school, and the Gazans did not get totally destroyed, a winning scenario for both. But now the development gets to a new point, and the anti IS campaign is showing its first stage to be more difficult than we thought, we know it is difficult, but the ever changing alliances is difficult to track and stay on top off.

There are basically two difficulties right now; one is the conflict between Iran and Israel the other is the lagging support of Turkey against IS. The first is solveable, the second not. Why? Because the Persian government actually wants to make deal, but Turkey does not.

It is basically a matter of ethics. Iranians are honest basically, we have been enemies, but that was mostly due to the cold war conflict where we supported the sunnis against the shia. This opposition is not there anymore, it can flare up, and we can walk down that path, but the leaders of both the US and Russia are not really interested in the conflict, because we have another enemy, that of IS.

The world is always put in two camps. It has been communism against capitalism, but at least from the perspective of the ruling elite this is over. It is now Christian democratic/humanistic parties against the advent of an uncivilized and barbaric threat to humanity. Still there are some who have not realized this, and this is basically why the old coldwar rethorics is prevalent. But mr. Putin and mr. Barack Obama are still the best of friends, they just seem to be a little pressed on the homefront.
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Sometimes when you are ruling, you also become pretty isolated. You end up in that gilded tower, powerful but in want of some good friend to pup by and drink a glass of vodka or just have a friendly talk. I as one feel this often, being a blogger isolated, and having very few friend due to the radical impact this gives on the world, it can be a burden sometimes. But then I think about the good I do to the world, how my isolated life is serving the interests of the world, how my sacrifice will bring so much into the world that were before falling and corrupting. My sacrifice is good due to the effect it has. Perhaps this is what mr. Putin feels sometimes, how the isolation on the top of that great country is both a blessing and a curse.

Well you have one friend, mr. Putin, and though our projects are difficult, I believe we are in a better place now than before. The challenges we have met are extremely difficult, and it is not over. But, G-d willing, we will persevere and bring the world to a better place.

Often people discuss what is behind those actions that we have made, and if they would just listen, they would know, that it is a matter of bringing peace, and supporting our brothers when they are need, it is not a plot or something manipulative, we just wanted to make peace in Ukraine, and help the Russians there. We failed in some areas, and won in other, but now, hopefully, we will have peace.

I bless you mr. Putin, may your life and reign be of a nature that the bards will sing about and the minstrels applaud.

We are backing one horse, without backing of the other horse. In the antique metaphysics and physics was one, in fact metaphysics was the most challenging part of the natural sciences, so to say. Today metaphysics, the lore of G-d is almost extinct.

We believe this is a natural thing, and if we sometimes think about religion and G-d, it is usually not something we do discuss with many, but something we keep secret. In this way we are really in the dark times still.

When we came out of the last depression in terms of science and learning, we strove and tried to reach a stage of advanced metaphysics. But the books were, often, difficult to get by, and as a consequence we were stranded in a way, with half an Aristotelian understanding, and half a Platonic understanding. The real level of knowledge and complexity never was truly realized.

Then we had an industrial revolution and a political revolution, and in both areas we had a huge leap forward, but G-d was lost truly in the proces. It gave us a world, where our systems was professionalized and our material output was maximized to the extreme, we still live in this world with material/physical advancement of an extreme pace.

But we have lost something, we have lost the insight into nature, the feeling for nature, and the sensibility to one important thing; poetry.

The sense of trees waving in the wind, the connection to everything around us, the adventure that life and spirit in connection is. When we did lose that, as a result of he Newtonian revolution, we lost something really precious, and when we reach a state where life again will be open to the mysteries of our world, we will be enriched, again.

G-d bless the openness to the world in all it’s many ways.

So the fight against the IS has entered a new stage, the coalition is more or less in place. The western world has come together to meet this new threat to democracy and freedom. There is however just one problem, and that is the fact, that we have a huge part of the population in the European and overseas countries, who seem to disagree with the project.

In Denmark we have serious problems, our soldiers are afraid to walk around with their uniforms on in public in certain areas. There has just been a huge demonstration for IS in the capital, underreported and not responded to. The intellectuals and the political parties are all in high alert. As a kind of responce to the IS front some of my friends and I have published some pictures (I did not do it personally), that was banned in Sweden due to “racist” content, which is what the government do if they are afraid of the Muslims. We have around 500.000 muslims pro IS here in Denmark, that is of population of 5 million. On and on it goes.

So all in all it is all going hay wire, and the insecurity is basically beyond belief. My own security is absurd, I mean, I have based my critisism of Islam on democratic values from the beginning, which I would presume would be an accepted political perspective, and yet I am blacklisted, unprotected and in some kind of danger. The police seems to be paralyzed in face of the task, in fact they are, in some places, infiltrated and making all kinds of stupid supportive measures.

This will either end in total anihilation, all out war, mass rapings, public beheadings or something worse. We see how IS is faring in Iraq and Syria, what would stop them from doing the same in Europe and elsewhere where they are in control of large areas of the territory?

G-d bless the will to be honest about the problems we face.

When you pray, often you do it to make amends, look critically upon yourself, have a little chat with spirit, reach out for another person you may miss, or just feel the comfort of silence and rest. But a few times in your life, you really are in a deep crisis, it can be in your marriage, in conflict or in war. As politicians, who read this blog knows. The dangers are many, and the help is, in reality very scarce. The advisors your have are often more interested in their own career than in really giving you sound advice, and in the top there is often freezingly cold. But, as always, when you are in need, you still have spirit. G-d does not care whether you are rich or poor, he is always there for you if you chose to be there for him, or it.

I am lost. Basically, doing what I do is totally stupid, it does not make any sense, if you look at it from outside. Why would someone sacrifice his entire existence, the wellbeing of his family, the comfort of a steady job to help the world regain its footing? It defies logic in a way.

One of my favourite writers is the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun. He writes beautifully about love and the raptures he sings to his country is filled with all the colours of that proud and unbowing nation. He was defamed, rightully by his admission to Social Nationalism, but his writing is still superb, and I like it just for that.

When he was in the beginning of his career, he lived as a poor boheme in a derelict part of Oslo. He had a few jobs here and there, but his stomach growled louder than his thoughts sometimes. As all other artists, he tried and tried and tried for his breakthrough. At the end of the line, he sat there at his worn out desk, with only a small piece of pencil left, no money, no nothing, and the he realized, that the only way you can truly write, is by writing from where you stand yourself. You can only write with passion about what you yourself know about. So he wrote his breakthrough novel “Hunger”.

When I was once really, really sick. At the end of the line with my life, laying in my bed, looking up in the cealing, I prayed for an answer. Not just halfheartedly, but with all I had, with every ounce of my being for an answer to my predicament, I got one answer, and that was, if you fight for me, I will fight for you. This was when I was chosen as warrior of light.

I have very little, no mother, no father, no close relatives. In fact I do not even have a job. But I have one thing that other people lack; I have faith.

This faith, is all you really need, or rather, faith is a salvation if you are lost. Because it will lead you onto a better and more beautiful path. Because G-d is what is good in this world, and if we stand together united in a true faith in G-d, we will be saved, all of us.

This is why G-d chose such a lost person as me to communicate some of his viewpoints and ideas, because only through the truly lost will he be heard. Because the truly lost is ready to dedicate his everything to a cause, because he has nothing more to lose.

Think about it when you see someone in need, or you have to face something you have to overcome; if you place yourself at the mercy of spirit, humble yet strong in the action you are told to do. You will be chosen as well. We can all be chosen, because G-d will chose all those who will follow him on his path. He is open and forgiving, but never simple or superficial. He is your best friend, and your last refuge. He is there, because he needs us as much as we need him. All of us, small, strong, weak, old and young.

This is the true knowledge of spirit.

G-d bless the will to remain faithfull in the face of neglect and danger.

There are many things that seem to change in this world; how we see the conflicts, the situation in and around Israel, global peacemaking, the role of religion. There is however one thing that seems to be put in stone. That the very philosopher who is, by now, leading, intellectually, the confrontation between the democratic world and the islamists, is prone for ridicule and suspicion.

After mr. Barack Obama has waved the flag of sanctions of Denmark and other coalition countries that does not get their own house in order. Well what has happened? That is easy to say; absolutely nothing. A few words here and there, but on the ground absolutely nothing has changed. The support to the IS soldiers are still in effect, my isolation and the closed doors for any kind of public appearance is in effect. So both the on ground supposedly actions to be taken has not come into action, and the vilification of the democratic intellectuals remain the same.

Do the officials understand absolutely nothing? Are they deaf? Do they just think that ignoring the problems will make it go away.

One of my acquaintances posted a story on Facebook about an unprovoked attack on a young man by some who looked like islamists in broad daylight. This is what IS has threatened with, and yet no reaction from the authorities.

Are they without any kind of remorse or empathy with the citizens they put in harms way by choosing not to act?

Beats me, but I think it is about time we move from playing around, and actually doing something about it.

G-d bless the will to remain faithfull in the face of absolute neglect.

I believe that there is a certain turmoil in the relationship between the Russians and the Americans. To me it seems as a conflict over turf. Syria is the turf of the Russian led Shia side, and Americans and Saudis bombing there seems to be an affront.

Well, to put things in perspective, we could draw a parallel to Ukraine. Here things are the same, just with different actors. Russia sees this as a home/domestic issue, and see Americans as making conflict. In Syria, the Americans need to defend their own interests in Iraq, and needs a bit of room for that.

As I mentioned earlier. This situation therefore holds a certain room for negotiation. As Mr. Barack Obama has already signalled. In other words, he is ready, as I understand it, to loosen up sanctions, and give Russia more room of maneurability in Ukraine, if Russia gives him the same in Syria.

This of cause does not leave either Syria or Iran with any relieve over the attacks in their home turf. But there is a possibility to make amends, and have a little more room in other negotiations.

But, into equation comes two other things. One is the relationship to Israel, the other is the upcoming election in the US. The US has to make sure Israel feels a part of the negotiation regarding the descalation of arms in Iran. Obama has to have something to show in the election in the US in november.

The only way this equation can be solved, is if everybody tries to put away their immidiate fears, and tunes in for a viable solution.

G-d bless the will to make peace.

In all the wars the US has officially participated in, and there have been many, seldom has the very core of the US been invested. In the second world war, Americans went over to Europe, got killed on the beaches, and, honestly, did not really know what was the cause of the conflict. In the end, when the Treblinkas and the Birkenaus were opened, and the atrocities and inhumanity of the third Reich was exposed, well I believe Americans realized that the evil that was rooted out, was worth all the sacrifices.

All the propaganda that the Soviet Union spread in Europe still lingers here im Denmark as a bad omen from times before. So as a dane, saying that I really love American values and the American system will make me suspicious. After all, they have a bad reputation, Guantanamo, George Bush and so on.

But they are wrong, because they do not know what they are truly talking about. They have no ideas about the humanistic virtues of America, the birth as a system inspired by french revolutionary thinkers, their faith in democracy, their belief in the individual, their trust in justice, their gruesome fight to the top of that shining hill. But I know, because I do read books, and though you may call me a nerd, and a bookworm, I still believe that knowledge is the basis of choices in your life. I care to disagree.

So after all these years of trouble, war after war, each one being conclusive, where are we? We are so much more alive than all our enemies; the Nazis, the Communists, now the new enemy – the Islamist. Why? Because the survival of a system rests on its quality. A system of low quality will soon fall, a good quality system will last. As the hellenic systems we still are inspired by. Plato said he was writing for eternity, and he did, because of the quality of his writing. Or Jesus Christ, or Moses or Mohammad. All did they have something of quality to present to the world. Otherwise it would have disappeared.

Knowing this might serve as a feeling of destiny. You are not just fighting for yourself in this conflict with the caliphatists, you are fighting as servicemen in a long line of fine and good men. Giving their lives for an ideal, for a better world. If you lose your live, it should be given to something good. If men have given their lives before, for this dream that America truly is, then why cant we?

G-d bless the faith in the constitution of the United States of America.

It fills my heart with joy, when I read about the kids going to school in the south of Israel. In my own school where I work, the atrocities and the fear is far away, so it is difficult to imagine living under constant threat and running for your life all the time.

Making plans and develop strategies to make peace is a lonely thing, you sit at your desk, and try to think up ways to help Israel, but it is a distant project in a way. But when young kids are going to school and the kibbutzes are teeming with life, in a way this seems real to me. Perhaps because schools are schools, wherever they are.

When you fight for peace, and not to subdue anyone, the victory you get is so much of a relief, because there is less soulsearching in regards to your motive. Fighting for peace is always an honourable task. This brings joy!

G-d bless Israel, and may it prosper beyond the ceasefire.

We are now entering another phase in the war, we have realized, that halfhearted allies are worse than enemies. A lot of the propaganda that is initiated and produced by the IS fighters bear a distinct European touch. It is professional, it is modern, and it could only be made with modern computer tools, not something you would traditionally understand jihadis to understand and even less use professionally. Yet they do.

The coalition cannot target IS fighters in another coalition country, because this would be absurd. It can only put pressure on the coalition country to make sure that the IS fighters are stopped and dealt with.

Obviously this is not the case in Denmark, we still hear about former IS fighters who run about given psychological help and all kinds of stupid support.

If you want to fight IS you need to target the fighters and the organization that supports them. A hundred fighters are equal to a lot of mosques, families, support organizations and so on. You have to target the entire system to stop the fighters from flowing to Iraq.

On top of this, it is not in the best interest of the coalition, that intellectuals who are prodemocratic and anticaliphatists are rutinely ridiculed and held under twenty four seven suspicion. On the contrary this approach will help IS.

Now, I believe we have made a coalition we can be proud of, thanks to the wise president mr. Barack Obama, and he will be a hero of ours, not only now, but also in the story books. You could say, with a peace agreement with Iran, he would have concluded his foreign campaign with skill. A mixed dimplomatic/agressive stance with new strategic ideas and processes. Thank you Barack.

G-d bless the wise and the strong.

In the current climate of opression when it comes to the truth of some of the atrocitites that is happening in Europe, one needs a strategy to try to counter the gag there is in effect on all who dare to critisize the problems of Rotherham and the like.

At the end of the day, it is about following your conscience in a very difficult environment of harrasment, ridicule and outright persecution by the society at large and the civilservices in particular. The persecution is often manical and ridiculous, otherwise sober and serious persons become like children and forfeit all manners and civility. Why is it so?

Plato has this explanation that I took to heart at the beginning of my career as a philosopher. In his famous allegory of the cave he explains the relationship between man and light (truth), like this.

Man sits at the end of a cave, he are tied to the wall with strings, making sure, that they are only able to look into the end of the cavewall. Behind them is a small wall, and behind the wall is a small bonfire where machinators walk to and fro with cardboards of different shapes. The shapes casts shadows at the cavewall, so that man will see the light of the bonfire manipulated with the shapes of the machinators. Behind the bonfire and the machinators is a long tunnel, and at the end of the tunnel is an opening. Outside is the sun, and here roams the philosophers. The task of the philosopher is to bring the light into the tunnel, past the machinators, and show it to man. But, even though one would think that man would be happy for the light, after all, it is quite a work for the philosopher to get the light all the way down to man, strangely enough, man is not happy. As soon as man is projected to real truth and light, he will start trashing and try to hit the philosopher.

If we look at this allegory, we can perhaps understand what is happening in Europe right now. There are many machinators, propagandists, people who want to control man and keep man in place. Strangely enough man likes this, and is happily seduced by this and that figuremaker. Take the idea of islamophobia. This is a lie, there is no sickness in fearing Islam, in fact this is good to do, this will make you alert when it comes to understanding the dark side of Islam. But many machinators use this diagnosis on man, to make him shut up. Man is happy to remain tied to that lie, because it is an easy fix.

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The current situation in Europe, where right is wrong, and wrong is right is not something new, it is the sure signs of a civilization in decay. Take the ancient Sumerian civilization that hosted such cities as Babylon, Ur and Uruk. They had the same problem, and you can actually read about in in the bible.

There is a story about Sodom and Gommora. A situation where all in the city are wicked and evil. No one respects anyone, everybody are greedy and cares only about themselves. In biblical language G-d send his vengeful angels and destroyed the city. This is off cause mythology and stories, but there is grain of truth in it we can use to understand the problems we face today. In Rotherham where so many young girls were treated terribly, what was the cause of this? Angst, yes, everybody was afraid of being branded a racist and lose their jobs and so on. But really, in the knowledge of all the suffering the girls had, who wouldnt want to lose their jobs to right this wrong? Well the sad answer is; no one. No one wanted to give away anything, or very few, to save the girls. Everybody were busy tending their own careers, and would not want to risk anything, a moral collapse.

Or in the case of the Danish police who sees the jihadis as volunteers, knowing very well, that they are killing and maiming Christians in Syria. Why do they do this? Because it is the easiest thing to do. By acknowledging the inhumane act, they save their own skin.

See the pattern?

We are in and out, absolutely corrupted. Not all countries, and not all intellectuals, but the mainstream is.

This is why we need to understand, that there is a consequence to our actions, G-d do live, and there is a price to pay if you do not act humanely in this life, and that is the condemnation by spirit.

G-d bless the will to remain true and ethical in the face of evil.

When we trive for peace, we strive for utopia, because peace will only happen if we are so perfect in our ideas and organization, that all the best tools are put to use.

Is it possible to make utopia here on earth? To do that, you have to use ME. What is ME, ME is an ancient Mesopotamian idea. Basically it means civilization. That is a collection of rules and ideas that spur society onto a better path. Take the idea of the law. This idea was presented by the Babylonian king Nebuzhanezzar, and has been used ever since. It is just a part of civilization, but the Babylonians would call it a part of ME.

Then there is our form of governance, in Europe we prefer calling it democracy, but in other places and in other phases of history it was called other things. The point is, basically what we have been doing after the Babylonians and the Egyptians seized to function as progressive powers, is mixing the items of civilization around a little. In communism a Spartan priority was sought. A communal militaristic society without ownership and a strong state. But the law was still there, families still there, money, writing, science and so on. On the democratic side we have and still have ownership, a smaller state, freedom of speech, a strong focus on a positve use of science and so on. But basically all the different building blocks are the same.

Civilization remains more or less the same.

How do we then enact utopia? We do it by crafting a society where all the elements of ME are in a true balance. This is what I have been working on for some time. Making a good balance between state, religion, politics, media, law and science.

We are unbalanced. In some countries we have too much state, others a too corrupt state, some countries have too little law. But at the end of the day, it is basically all a matter of balance.

G-d bless the wisdom of the Babylonian.

I have had a dramatic increase in traffic on the blog, this is off cause good, but it has come to the point where the host is complaining about too much trafic. Today I was shut down for some time.

For now I have shut down some statistics tools and this increases the performance of the blog. But with the current rate of growth it will soon not be enough either.

So I urgently urge you to chip in and help rubicon.dk afloat. It is a non-profit blog, no one makes any money, in fact I pay the hosting myself.

To really host the blog on a secure and scalable server, the price will be much higher than what I pay now.

So please, chip in. All the money you pay to the blog, will be used at hosting, and to make it transparent, I will post how much people have payed to the blog.

Thank you very much for your help!

Asger

Another chapter in the never ending story of Danish crawing and sucking up to the Islamic State has just been revealed. Everybody else in the world are horrified by the brutality and the human callousness of the Islamic State. Even Muslims are appalled by the absurd conduct by the Islamists. So what do the Danish officials do about the problems, not mentioning the torture of my little girl to stop me criticizing their neo communist, pro Islamist stance?

They call the IS fighters, coming home form Syria, now brace yourself for the absurdity; volunteers!

As though a trip to Iraq killing yazidis, demolishing artifact that belong to humanity, raping young poor girls, slaughtering prisoners, is something positive!

Volunteering is going to places and helping other people, giving them relief, sharing your wealth and means, not hanging people by the rope!

So let us add all the acts of the Danish state up. First it was making a communist a minister, then it was inviting an Islamist preacher to Denmark at the 9/11, then it was torturing my little girl, now it is harbouring and supporting IS fighters. In Aarhus, where the openly IS mosque is situated, that is where they are calling IS fighters volunteers. Is that a coincidence?

I am just asking, and I am horrified that they get away with it, some partner indeed.

G-d bless the will to remain strong in fierce opposition and total moral collapse.

Sunni Muslims in general are extremely afraid of the rise of the Islamic State. It brings a lot of bad press to the Muslim community. And now it is not only the right wing, but also the left wing and centre that supports a forceful crackdown on all who are affilited with IS.

What will we do, us who are in knowing of a peaceful and humane Islam? I mean mr. al-Sisi the leader of Egypt is a kind man, he is also a sunni muslim, my uncle who builds bridges in Bangladesh and is a skilled engeneer is a muslim and a kind man, are they the same as Islamic State? Off cause not, and it will be a grave mistake to mix things up. We in the West should be able to discern between those who have gone all in on a jihadi revolutionary path, and those who accept and support a civilized and peaceful manner. In Egypt, there is a strong connection between the Copts, an ancient Christian denomination and the current president, in fact it is only due to Sisi that the Copts still exist in Egypt.

So there is another way, and we in the West should respect and support that.

G-d bless the will of spirit in its quest for humanity and peace.

Now the system and tool of loosing your citizenship if you are involved in islamist activity, has been accepted by mainstream politics. It works like this; if you are, in any way caught supporting IS, you are to loose the citizenship of that given country. If it is an organization, be it a charity ngo or mosque, all afillited with the organization should be expelled. If you are caught preparing jihad in Iraq or Syria after looking at an internetpage promoting that aim, you are to loose your citizenship immediately.

This will, if the forecasts are true, stop the activity and give the remaining muslims as well as other minorities room for a good and prosperous life within the frame of our democratic rights and possibilities.

There will be hardheaded islamist organizations in the country, who will refuse to follow the orders of the municipality, they will most probably start a guerilla fight to remain, or set up a caliphate. They should be met with the armed forces, who will fight down their caliphate, and let democratic rule descend upon the place again.

In this fight we can use our experience from the fight in Israel. The weakest spot of the islamists is their ledership. So we focus on the leaders, using hightech weaponry as drones and other mechanized arms. So again we need to wrap up R&D in small arms robotry.

War will pit the two sides against each other, so that the populace wil be divided into a democratic front as well as a caliphatist front. The war will continue for many years to come, and we will have to conduct it as humanely as possible. We therefor have to ensure, that all cases of prosecution should be done within the frame of our legal system. Islamists will have the right to defend themselves, and prove their innocence. If they lose their citizenship and have little material possensions, the states should help them economically with their new life in their old country. Again islamists who are not newcomers to the country cannot lose their citizenship, since they have, through their families, earned extra credit.

G-d bless the willingness to remain fair in a difficult situation.