October 1, 2014

Scientists proved life after death/Ilmuwan membuktikan kehidupan sesudah kematian

Posted in Uncategorized tagged , , , , , , at 11:58 pm by Eon Strife

ENGLISH VERSION

Recently, news about the scientifically proven life after death spread widely in social media and various websites:

http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/german-scientists-prove-there-is-life-after-death/

As far as I saw, the news was shared by mostly those (people or websites) who subscribe to the rebirth or reincarnation belief, as it could reinforce the validity of their own belief/faith. However, sadly to say, the news is untrue and the original news is from a satirical website, World News Daily Report. As quoted from the Disclaimer page of World News Daily Report  (http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/disclaimer/) site :

World News Daily Report is a news and political satire web publication, which may or may not use real names, often in semi-real or mostly fictitious ways. All news articles contained within worldnewsdailyreport.com are fiction, and presumably fake news. Any resemblance to the truth is purely coincidental, except for all references to politicians and/or celebrities, in which case they are based on real people, but still based almost entirely in fiction.”

I repeat : this news is untrue, a hoax, a joke.

As said in Buddha’s teaching in Kalama Sutta, “….Reports (such as historical accounts or news) are not to be followed simply because the source seems reliable….” (http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.065.than.html).

Note : I’m a follower of Buddhism teaching that has rebirth concept.

VERSI INDONESIA

Belakangan ini, berita mengenai pembuktian ilmiah tentang kehidupan setelah kematian beredar luas di media sosial dan berbagai situs internet :

http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/german-scientists-prove-there-is-life-after-death/

Sepanjang saya lihat, berita ini dibagi/disebarkan oleh orang-orang atau situs-situs yang menganut paham kelahiran kembali/reinkarnasi, karena berita ini bisa memperkuat validitas kepercayaan mereka. Akan tetapi, berita ini tidak benar dan berita ini asalnya dari situs satir, World News Daily Report. Kutipan dari halaman “Disclaimer” situs World News Daily Report (http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/disclaimer/)  :

World News Daily Report adalah sebuah publikasi internet yang bersifat satir mengenai berita dan politik, yang baik menggunakan ataupun tidak menggunakan nama-nama asli, yang biasanya dengan cara setengah nyata atau kebanyakan fiksi. Semua artikel berita di worldnewsdailyreport.com adalah fiksi, atau dianggap berita palsu. Kemiripan terhadap kebenaran adalah sepenuhnya kebetulan, kecuali untuk semua referensi ke para politikus atau selebriti, yang dalam hal ini berdasarkan pada orang-orang asli, tetapi hampir sepenuhnya berdasarkan pada fiksi”

Saya ulangi : berita ini tidak benar, adalah sebuah cerita bohong, adalah sebuah lelucon.

Seperti yang dikatakan di ajaran Buddha di Kalama Sutta, “….Cerita-cerita/laporan-laporan (seperti kesaksian sejarah atau berita) jangan dipercayai hanya karena sumbernya kelihatannya bisa dipercayai….” (http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.065.than.html).

Catatan : saya adalah pengikut ajaran agama Buddha yang memiliki konsep kelahiran kembali.

January 27, 2013

Helping in Making Sense of Cloud Atlas

Posted in New Age, Others tagged , , , , , , , at 10:21 am by Eon Strife

Uh oh..so you have watched Cloud Atlas movie (or read Cloud Atlas novel), and still cannot figure out what’s the main storyline, what’s that connection stuffs that are heavily advertised in the trailer ?  You are not alone, and it is not your fault. It’s just that the themes are presented subtly that demand multiple rewatching or re-reading in order to understand. Here are some internet links I gathered that can help us in understanding the story. Note that there are some differences between the movie and the novel that I divide the links into two categories : movie and novel. Since the movie is based on the novel, definitely some aspects discussed in the links below  are applicable to both the movie and the novel. Oh, btw : MASSSIVE SPOILER !

Movie :

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/board/thread/208696790

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/board/thread/208954913

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/board/thread/208985924

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/board/thread/211467401

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/board/thread/211467431

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/board/thread/211467460

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/10/27/cloud_atlas_meaning_what_does_the_wachowskis_movie_say_about_reincarnation.html

http://www.vulture.com/2012/10/guide-to-the-characters-and-connections-of-cloud-atlas-confused.html

Novel :

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/800107-reincarnation-and-plot-holes

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1067872-birth-marks