A Cause

hamizao

I found this amongst the little notes my hubby used to send me........

If the rest of your life was perfect and handled, to whom would you contribute? To your family?

The environment? The Community? Child abuse victims? Politics? What do you strongly believe in?

What do you love? What do you hate? How would you contribute? Donate money, time, brain

power? What legacy would you like to leave behind when you die?

Well, here is an opportunity to dream, thinkers..................

mbhcsf

since my life is still tumbling upside down , i guess i am not  entirely entiled to answer the thread ...but well i want to give a try

mankind - the ultimate aim - the ummah  especially the ummatun wasata...
i strongly believe in education. That is the sole way to enlighten the truly young, budding minds so that that these individuals would eventually capable of building up a strong nation with good foundation of  knowledge and  other values- practised by religion...

how would i contribute? thru research perhaps, may god willing to let me be into the field,  Insya ALLAH.

why knowledge - well it is as you strongly asociated with learning..and learning is a life long process and to engage other tol ove knowledge then would be the bestest dream ever and  this is also stemmed from the fact that  when you ' re 6 feet below,  the contribution , the knowledge that you're imparted that you'd hope to bring benefits to mankind will be always in use so u might gain the reward even if you're not converting oxygen to carbon diaoxide anymore ...
i truly believe that the future generation should be smarter , stronger and robust in their intention to learn and acquiring knowledge ...


then comes to think of the effect size, would it be best to start with the family in a minute scale first and the micro community ....the adults ( young adults etc etc)....

any idea as to why the US congress simply labeled the 21 st century as the century of the BRAIN?

any takes?

hamizao

I was afraid of no takers if most feel that their lives are still topsy turvy.

Nevertheless I must say this thing first.

Thinking of a cause or any cause for that matter is really a good thing for the mind. Correct the cause and you would oftain see wonders. That brings me to your question,

any idea as to why the US congress simply labeled the 21 st century as the century of the BRAIN?

I guess it's because of the advancement in studies relating to laws of the mind. Someone had written (don't remember who) that the laws of life are the laws of beliefs. Now belief is embedded in the mind. So I reckon the more discoveries we make of the truth in what we believe the better would be our understanding of life. Seriously, our brain has evolved to become the best this century as compared to centuries before. They say, the more you use it the better it becomes!

mbhcsf

then would u want to execute the cognitive part of your neurones now dearHami , by aah disclosing ur

so called "CAUSE"?

hamizao

Trully, my life ain't gonna be so perfect but that's alright. A little challenge shall remind me that am still alive, eh.

Perfect or not, I share your love for education vis-a-vie knowledge to impart to youths. Many of them no doubt do learn in school but I always wonder how many of them do bring home an education! Related to that, I always believe that the mind should always be filled with good and positive thoughts. A mind left blank is  dangerous as it invites negative thoughts.

I should also like to see single parents be taken seriously especially the women. Many of them are needy and  I think it is evil to abandon them to their own destiny. I think womenfolks by large have been taking a lot of stick. You know...like when they get raped they are blamed for their dressing. You know, if the men are so good, I should be safe even if I walk in my baby suit down the road.

Cukup tang ni dulu sebab kena buat masterplan and calculation sikit.............

[ Last edited by  hamizao at 6-4-2008 12:49 AM ]

dutchy

feeling humble to leave any kind of legacy behind....acknowledging the fact that live is a learning process

what ever that I'm today is largely due to the proper upbringing that I was blessed to be in, been brought up to think outside of the box, doing away with gender unequality that is still so apparent in today society

being taught that no mountain is high enough for me to climb, no river to deep for me to waddle thru...with this piece of advise from my parents, I walk thru this live with my head held high, that failure is not something to be ashamed of...but just one of the learning phase of live that we've to pass thru in order to know that I've tried my best, but sometimes maybe a miss calculation of the end results that is not always positive, and picking up the pieces to the next journey


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hamizao

Nice attitude.

Re-gender unequality ni, I thought it is more pronounced in conservative societies...those that hold the view that one gender is less important/capable than the other.

mbhcsf

well social inequities are pretty much   worse....

hamizao

Come to think of it, there shall always be social inequalities purely because of different abilities between members of society arising from various factors such as different experience/history, culture or even DNA and so on. Whilst there may be nothing much you could do about the DNA unless you resort to cloning or intermarry, there is a lot that could be done  about experience. Education is one that can assist in social engineering/. I am sure you can think of other ways too.

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dutchy

Originally posted by hamizao at 11-4-2008 10:10 PM
Nice attitude.

Re-gender unequality ni, I thought it is more pronounced in conservative societies...those that hold the view that one gender is less important/capable than the other.

tq...

I don't think that only conservative societies are more prone to gender bias then the more progressive one though hami

I think it's more to do with the mindset of those that likes to hold on to gender unequality, maybe they are afraid to lose sight of things, if we are going to treat everyone the same, like in profession wise

sad to say, the world has evolved way beyond some people capability to understand the need to change things for the good of everyone, and denying people of equal chance to be part of this evolution

mbhcsf

my question regarding gender inequities ni, whatare they afraid of ? we are not a threat to anyone nor harmful to  everyone? have  we  ladies posed a threat to certain of their interests???

hamizao

I kind of think that man in essence love to dominate/control. In some community they 'indoctrinate' their women as being weak, illogical blah, blah such that they cannot venture out of their house alone....if they do they can be considered even play for any man, they cannot drive the car, hold a profession..........The sad thing is the women believe them!

In so-called progressive countries there are still laws which are gendercentric. I am not talking about those laws that give protection for women or married women. Recently, there was hu-ha about additional travel requirement for women of certain age. Good thing it was shot down...........or wasn't it?

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redsinner

well, here goes.... my life is not perfected yet. but so far i'll be a quarter of a century this year, this all i can conclude:

i truly wish that i would be let go of my conservative family background, but i know i cant and wont. so what i have become is a result of my wish and it turned out well in my side but not always good in other people's eyes. they see me rebellious, but in the name of liberty. they see me blasphemous but i dont wanna be a sheep. they see me childish, but their mentality is a sadness to me.

my dad wants me to follow his footstep but i said, let me carve my way. he said i'll stumble, i replied u did too. he said he wont have friends in my field, i said i do. he said come back to malaysia, i said the money is too good here dad.

and lately i thought, whatever we do/think is a domino effect in our society. my friends wont talk to me when they know i'm a muslim, but came back after they realized that i'm a moderate muslim. then suddenly like a surge, everybody start to acknowledge that the media is total BS. generalization is bad.

philosophy gave me solitude in thinking. i can think whatever i want and i know that some thinker have done the same thing before





p/s: panjangnye aku membebel....huhu emotional sunday

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hamizao

What a lovely story, red (teringat pulak Pamuk's My Name Is Red), from someone so young and wise. In case I'd miss your BD here's my :bd: for you, a child of the "revolution".

I totally agre with you, you cannot change your background. What has happened, has happened. Nokhtah. Nor can you you stop ppl from judging others. That was their background. I remembered an aunt who once judged me by the non-availability of  new clothes for Raya! How trivial I thought! It was my first Raya after I started working. There was no time for many things and I didn't know a good tailor after being o'sea for some time. But you know those days we had very good material and the baju I had looked as new as ever! "They " including my mum even thought that my attitude was too this and that . I guess it's the mindset that resulted in what we used to call the generation gap back then. But I was always polite with them and I'd explain to them. Even today there are still traces of the mindset difference.

my dad wants me to follow his footstep but i said, let me carve my way.....

I was just having this thought this morning.............the ppl who would want their children to follow their own footsteps would probably those influenced by the caste system. Now, don't get me wrong....That system had carved out a darn good service system during it's time. All in the family/tribe/village specialised in one service!

i can think whatever i want and i know that some thinker have done the same thing before

I wonder whether  there is anything left to think about for the first time, eh? I know I kena with the Language of Thoughts

[ Last edited by  hamizao at 21-5-2008 11:37 AM ]

thamrong

Mana Agul ni! May be gone to Petticoat Lane buying....

Agul

There will always be inequalities.

Gender, racial and what not.

Maybe someday it will change. I don't know.

Agul

whoa!

hamizao

Yes. However one should strive to obtain knowledge which would help to find alternatives, overcome whatever challenge or even obstacles if you wish to put it as such.

Agul, mind explaining what "w/a, w/c, w/s." mean?

Agul

w/a - wanting approval
w/c - wanting control
w/s - wanting security

something from release technique.

hamizao

Thanks, Agul. ......From Sedona?