Our Humans in Palestine

"Ich bin ein auslander"

by Pop Will Eat Itself

Listen to the victim, abused by the system

The basis is racist, you know that we must face this.

"It can't happen here". Oh yeah?

"Take a look around at the cities and the towns."

See them hunting, creeping, sneaking

Breeding fear and loathing with the lies they're speaking

The knife, the gun, broken bottle, petrol bomb

There is no future when the past soon come.

And when they come to ethnically cleanse me

Will you speak out? Will you defend me?

Or laugh through a glass eye as they rape our lives

Trampled underfoot by the right on the rise

"You owe us..."....Ich Bin Ein Auslander

("You owe us everything")... Ich Bin Ein Auslander

Welcome to a state where the politics of hate

Shout loud in the crowd "Watch them beat us all down"

There's a rising tide in the rivers of blood

But if the answer isn't violence, neither is your silence

If they come to ethnically cleanse meWill you speak out?

Will you defend me?

Freedom of expression doesn't make it alright!

Trampled underfoot by the rise of the right

Ich Bin Ein Auslander.

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Only when what is happening in Palestine happens to us

we will truly understand what it feels like to be raped,

murdered, humiliated & ethnically cleansed..

...while the whole world watches without lifting a finger.

For factual information and coverage, do NOT follow
the western media. For a very long time it has been
obvious that the media is custom molded for those
who assumed world power.

As humans we all are under duty to maintain humanity.
This inhumanity is war unto all that are human.

We need to stand up and defend the defenseless.



It is time.


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cosmos

I walked hungry, thirsty for knowledge
I ate and drank everything I could find.

I sat knowingly, yearning for wisdom
Then learnt to apply knowledge wisely.

Wisely, I knew that I was in need of faith
Then found the doorway and I believed.

Moving mountains & touching the moon
There remained a cold hollow emptiness..


..only after I felt, nurtured and gave Love
was I part of the enlightened universe.

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"Turning point" ~ Nina Simone

See the little brown girl

She's as old as me

She looks just like chocolate

Oh mummy can't you see

We are both in first grade

She sits next to me

I took care of her, mum

When she skinned her knee

She sang a song so pretty

On the Jungle Gym

When Jimmy tried to hurt her

I punched him in the chin

Mom, can she come over

To play dolls with me?

We could have such fun mum

Oh mum what'd you say?

Why not? oh why not?

Oh. . . I. . . see. . .

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We can live our lives with the blinkers

created by previous generations,

or we can be the ones that level the

blinker factory: ignorance.

..it starts in our own homes.

☺☻

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Tagged by: DaydreamSupercollider

DaydreamSupercollider
of

http://oldmotheremotard.blogspot.com/

tagged for 8 things about me:

1. My family comes from Norway,

but I was born in Namibia and grew

up in Cape Town, South Africa.

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2. I went to Art School, and then

continued my art studies in Fine Art.

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3. I use nature to keep myself rooted

and maintain balance.

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4. I love animation movies. I think it

keeps me in touch with the boy inside.

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5. I laugh and cry easily.

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6. I practice to make the wind blow

passed me. (lol - don't ask)

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7. I sing in the shower, and wherever

the urge grabs me.

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8. I have 3 brothers and one sister.

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The fellow earthlings I TAG follows:

Dew @ http://dews-views.blogspot.com/

Keshi @ http://keshigirl.blogspot.com/

sUmAiYa @ http://sumaiyaz.blogspot.com/

!Joe! @ http://lifemindlove.blogspot.com/

Zahera @ http://zahera.blogspot.com/

MJ @ http://concerningmjk.blogspot.com/

Sofi @ http://snowyheights.blogspot.com/

BB-Aisha @ http://bb-aisha.blogspot.com/

and introducing:

Breathe @ http://breathe-moyo.blogspot.com/

Sajid Azmi @ http://azmisajid.blogspot.com/

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pioneers

As a child, the first time I saw mushrooms, was in our front yard. I had absolutely no idea what they were. I looked at the little white smurfs with chef hats on and thought they walked there during the night. On my knees I slowly walked closer. I spoke to them and waved my hands toward them. When they did not respond, I got down flat on my stomach and crawled even closer. I did not let them out of my sight. Eventually I decided it is safe to touch them. They were soft. Friendly.

As time went by, I learnt how they just appeared there overnight. They are little pioneers. Completely on their own, surrounded by different kinds, they take root wherever the spores might grow. The little magical examples of standing alone remained with me through the years. I soon learnt that there will always be situations where one has to stand alone. Stand alone for what you know is right, surrounded by others who merely follow others.

Hanging on to that lesson and clear example of nature, played a big part in shaping my outlook on life. It makes one see how many follow the way others speak, reason and do things, simply because it is easier than standing alone. We see people follow peers, their community, their friends, their cultures and even their family - regardless of knowing that sometimes they are wrong.

There are those who follow because it is easier. Then there are those who stand their ground, stand for what they know is right. Those willing to take the lead in a new direction. A better direction. Unlike what many have been taught, life is not always black and white. People have different backgrounds and everyone has something to learn from someone else. So life is never about showing others that they are wrong, but showing others what is right.

At times it will be difficult to stand up and speak, reason and do things differently, but we do have a choice. After every choice me make, we become more like the kind of choice we made. We can live life with pats on the shoulder for being what is expected by others, or we can live life knowing we did what we can instinctively feel is right. We have a choice. We have 'the' choice.

Pioneers will always be ridiculed by their contemporaries, but by the time they realise what you have taught them, they will already be in the new door opened by you. We can become mere part of the world's motion, or we can become what sets the motion and it's direction.

To those who choose pioneering, remember that the reason nature has examples of pioneers, is because pioneering is part of nature. May we all enjoy new doors opened up by each other.

*We can be dragged along by change, or we can be the change.*

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seed

For as long as I can remember I have loved flowers and the lessons they teach the observer. Like little colourful gifts they open up every morning and invite the bees in. Supplying them, giving them the pollen they need, beautifying life with their sweet scent and magnificent colours and within balance, some serve as food for other life forms. Then in turn, as the bees spread the pollen to other flowers, they get pollinated and start growing seed, and the life that they give gets given back to them. A perfect example of getting back what you are giving.

So many times we have heard or read phrases implying and teaching that you give what you get; what you put in is what you get out etc. They are phrases that people know well and use often, but just how well and regularly do we apply this? Do we even begin to realise the phenomenally positive effect it can have on our lives?

Throughout history, scientists, philosophers and religious teachers have been emphasising the importance of this phenomenon, this modus operandi of life itself. Albert Einstein, a German scientist discovered and taught that "for every action there is a reaction". In the Quran, with it's very theme being to do good, help others and live in a dignified way, the prophets (peace be upon them) taught how we shape what we have. In the Bible, the prophets (peace be upon them) taught that we must do good to have good returned to us. In the teachings of Buddhism and Hinduism, the Sanskrit word: 'Karma', literally means 'action' and refers to the teaching on moral consequences of our actions - including thoughts, words and deeds.

All these teachings and discoveries are unanimous in the laws of cause and effect: that good or wholesome action, words and thoughts lead to happy states; bad or unwholesome action, words or thoughts lead to unhappy states.

Often we so easily give in to our human emotions like anger, despair or pride. It causes people to use vulgar language, say nasty things and even do nasty things. This has an enormously negative effect on our hearts and even surroundings. Whether we realise it or not, it shapes our perspective, our emotional and even physical state. Our words, thoughts and deeds are all seeds. This seed is the 'cause' and it's consequence is its 'effect'. The seed we plant will determine the action, response or state of what grows from it.

By no means do any of the teachings, philosophies or scientific findings presume that all will be perfect when this simple guideline is applied, but it will make an enormous difference to one's life, which ever way one looks at it. It applies to the way we speak, the music we listen to, the books we read, the things we write ourselves - yes, to everything. This is like a universal potion for shaping life.

I have found that when I am sad, I merely have to make someone else happy to have that happiness surround me as well. When ugly words are said to or about me, I let go of my ego and merely maintain the state of my own mind and heart, and the negativity does not enter me. Making sure that the intentions for 'what' we do, say and think as well as 'how' we do it are wholesome and dignified, will make what grows from it beneficial. It's incredible.

Life is beautiful and we can open ourselves to that beauty. May we remember that in all ways, we constantly plant seeds.

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“Be prompt in doing good deeds (before you are overtaken) by turbulence which would be like a part of the dark night."

— Muhammad, pbuh. Narrated by Abu Hurairah

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."

— Jesus, pbuh

“Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.”

— Buddha

“They who live have all things; they who withhold have nothing.”

— Hindu proverb

“Luck is a word devoid of sense. Nothing can exist without a cause.”

— Voltaire

"We are shaped and fashioned by what we love."

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”

— Albert Einstein

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being

There has always been something about trees and the way they grow that makes me think deeply about life. The way in which they, from being a seed, shoot up through the soil and into the daylight. How they then slowly start forming, drinking water and soaking up sun - constantly supplying oxygen.

It has always made me see them as submissive and loyal servants. Even after storms, in which many of them lost leaves or branches, they simply recover again - never failing to supply oxygen and provide shelter for creatures of the sky as well as earth. True loyalty, to always, some for hundreds of years, do exactly what they are here to do and never straying from their purpose or nature, is a thing of incredible beauty.

Today, so many of us humans on earth hardly even begin to understand, remember or embrace our purpose. It is like we are conditioned to 'search' for, to 'find' or to 'decide' on our purpose. People are unhappy, depressed and frustrated and try to find escapist ways of dealing with it. Even though all other species of life instinctively understand and almost feel their purpose, humans have lost touch with our nature. Surrounded by all the lessons nature provides, we still just cannot seem to hear the guiding voice inside. We have surrounded ourselves with things that mean nothing in life. It is blocking our vision and it occupies us with senseless things.

If trees went against their nature and started growing under the sea, where they cannot supply oxygen or bear fruit, they would simply die. It would be a wasted seed. They are constantly loyal to their purpose and hence have an important role in life. In the Glorious Quran, Allah subhana wa ta’ala said: "And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me." ~Surah 51: 56

Our purpose in life is very clear, natural and beneficial to all life on earth including our own. Regardless of what so many people before us did, and so many around us do now, we must actually try to not get blinded by things man made and now occupying his life. Like trees, we will also stand through storms, lose leaves and branches, but will recover again if we stand firmly – fulfilling our purpose.

A verse from the Noble Quran, a beautiful reminder: “And unto God belongs the dominion over the heavens and the earth: and God has the power to will anything. Verily, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the succession of night and day, there are indeed messages for all who are endowed with insight, [ and] who remember God when they stand, and when they sit, and when they lie down to sleep, and [thus] reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth: “O our Sustainer! Thou hast not created [aught of] this without meaning and purpose.” ~Surah 3: 189

Like loyal trees we can also live a fulfilling and prosperous life. We merely have to remember that our purpose is merely ‘Ebadah’, which means to serve and worship. May Allah subhana wa ta’ala help us all stand firm amongst the man made illusions of a supposed purpose – ameen.


The shortest distance between a problem and a solution is the distance between your knees and the floor. The one who kneels to the Almighty (s.w.t.) can stand up to anything.

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say

Even though flowers faithfully know

that it is the rain that makes them grow

without the rain everyday to make them glow

the flowers will bend down dry and low

Even though clouds know very well

that it is the wind that will make them swell

without the wind to blow and build it's spell

rain could never leave the cloud's misty shell

Even though our loved ones know us in every way

those three prescious words we still have to say

without us watering the flowers every day

the sweet scent of it... might slip away

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"Tell your loved ones that you love them.. everyday."

brain-freeze

When bloggers and blog readers eat their staple food, ice cream, it has been noted that they do so fast and vigorously. This leads to what is referred to as 'Brain-freeze'.

Brain Freeze does not have to lessen one's glee when consuming such an iced delicacy. To reach the height of pleasure when licking, chewing or biting the frozen delight - one has to understand what causes Brain Freeze.

When the cold object touches the roof of your mouth, the blood vessels tighten up in response in an effort to prevent loss of body heat. As the coldness recedes, the blood vessels loosen up again, quickly increasing blood flow to the brain. This sudden release is what causes the intense headache sensation.

This has caused many a blogger and blog reader to spit the ice cream out, to frown with tearry eyes, to throw the ice cream on the ground or to swear and then throw the ice cream on the ground. Cows spend hours with udder in snow and do not appreciate the waste of ice cream.

It doesn't have to be that way! It can be prevented or easily be relieved!

Here are a few tips on how to prevent or relieve the Brain Freeze:

1. Let the bite or sip warm on your tongue before you let the substance touch the roof of your mouth.

2. Relieve brain freeze pain by quickly warming the roof of your mouth (also referred to as the palate) after it's already been cooled. If you do this soon enough, you may be able to ease the surge of bloodflow to your brain.

3. Touch your tongue to your palate. If you can roll your tongue in a ball, press the bottom of your tongue to the roof of your mouth. The underside of your tongue may be warmer than the top side which was probably cooled by the Slurpee you just chugged. (Some people find that firmly pressing your tongue against the roof of the mouth alleviates brain freeze, so try applying extra pressure!)

4. Drink a warm substance. Slowly sipping room temperature water also does the trick for some people.

5. Make a mask with your hands to cover your mouth and nose. Breathe quickly, raising the temperature inside your mouth. Press a warm thumb against your palate.

Wait it out. The brain freeze will usually pass on its own within 30-60 seconds. Sometimes the shock of the brain freeze makes it seem worse than it really is, but if you expect it and know that it'll come and go, it doesn't have to be a traumatizing experience.

Cows are not the enemy. Save milk - finish your ice cream :)

“You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream”

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remember

i remember being told that you're my brother

last words of my palestinian dying mother

"please ummah, help us", my father murmered

just after my loving mother was murdered

i remember when the ummah was helping you

sanctioned against apartheid until we turned blue

now you are free and your babies are playing

now i am in need and through tears i'm praying

i remember i was taught that we are family

i am in danger, will you go blind to live happily?

my older sister did not come home last night

her body on the news, falsely blamed for the fight

i remember, if i try, the sweet smelling flowers

i look at my burning life and count it in hours

surrounded by enemies i hold my hungry head high

almost home if home is still there, i must try

i remember we would stand up for each other

now the news replaced my situation with another

i have nothing left but tears, pleading is all i can do

will you remember me like my mother remembered you?

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May we all remember that our brothers and sisters are being murdered, starved and wiped out in Palestine. May we remember to continuously speak out, donate money, write articles and take part in any kind of event to support the liberation of Palestine. Day by day more and more women, children and men get murdered and unjustly jailed. The borders are being shrunk continuously while Israel gets away with the inhumane crime, cold blooded murder and.. stealing Palestine.

We all need to stand up. It is time.
Every single thing we do counts in large amounts.

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The Arabic word 'Ummah', is derived from 'Oemmie' which means mother, because we are family. Our Family is in desperate need of our help...

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