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Recent Reviews for Tarek Ali Hassan
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A new dark age of dogma as a reaction to the challenges of the new science (Article) - 8/11/2008 6:42:33 PM
Incredibly poignant, Tarek, as always. So true that the 'new science' provides such an unprecedented era in mankind's history - to the point that it can be considered a collective epiphany - but also true that misuse of such an openly interpretive scientific revolution can be so easily perpetrated on the untrained, uneducated and unsuspecting 'sheep.' Well-wrought, dear friend. -- Jeff
On the betrayal of man as the greatest biological miracle (Article) - 7/12/2007 5:22:33 AM
Excellent article! I have been meaning to try to put this concept into words for a while, and you have done it very well. Thank you - Doug
On the betrayal of man as the greatest biological miracle (Article) - 7/10/2007 12:45:53 PM
Quite intensely profound ruminations. I have missed your depth and breadth of thought. -- Jeff
On the betrayal of man as the greatest biological miracle (Article) - 7/9/2007 7:52:58 PM
Very good article - well stated and argued. Godness is within us and is a function of the total universe - not a person in a specific place. It is time mankind outgrew its childish notions of deities. These outmoded ideas threaten civilization as we know it and secular humanists must begin to speak up for a secular, and humanistic view of the world.
Dear lovely friends from the USA and and all over the world, (Article) - 5/25/2007 1:04:39 AM
An Historic ethical failure (Article) - 8/27/2006 12:31:19 AM
Dear Jeff,
As usual you are quick with a preofound and perceptive review. I have reposted a corrected version as the first post had many typing errors.
I shall keep rminating your valuable comments. I also meant automated/computerised mass impersonal killing where you never see your adversaries. May there be more enlightened people like you.Thank you
An Historic ethical failure (Article) - 8/26/2006 8:20:43 PM
Tarek, how very timely and pertinent. It is so true that the "mechanized impersonal killing" gets past most moral and ethical boundaries. I think it was Anthony Quinn in either "Guns of Navarone" or "Force Ten from Navarone" who was the "knife killer," and he basically said words to the effect of: "Any man can kill with a gun; it's less personal; it's like the 'bullet' killed the person; I like killing with a knife, because it's much more personal." So... those words always rang true to me - and they still do, especially in light of more and more "impersonal mechanized killing."
If each and every arms bearer realizes that "when I pull the trigger, "[*I*] [[AM]] the gunpowder and the bullet that penetrates that human target at which I am aiming; "[*I*] [[AM]] the one who just took this person away from his wife and children - and "[*I*] [[AM]] the one who inexorably changed the course of the lives of an entire family...;" then, and only then, will conscience and morality begin to have the sobering effect that it should have. Another viewpoint is from a rather cheesy movie with some decent moral lessions: "With great power comes great responsibility." If we fail to take responsibility for our actions, we cease to retain the core of our humanity. -- Jeff
ruminations over the failures of peace (Article) - 8/2/2006 9:32:03 PM
Thank you for sharing your profound, informative, and insightful "ruminations" on the persistence of war in the worldwide human community. More than a few countries have taken wrong turns on the roads of history and mis-guided our global family until we ended up in this hell against which we are all now struggling. Every day, those of us who remain--as opposed to those whose lives are lost to the flames of ignorant violence--awake to choices and possibilities that do not have to include sanctioned murder. Options are yet a part of the world's reality. The challenge seems to be allowing ourselves to trust those other possibilities and dare to prepare as readily and eagerly for peace as we do for war.
Aberjhani
ruminations over the failures of peace (Article) - 8/1/2006 11:12:42 AM
I am pleased to know that more concerned human beings are standing to reveal the reality of the criminal cartels – under the skirt of the United Nations Organization, which has proved to be an AMORAL GODMOTHER – of “Benighted Nations,” and concubine of THE FIVE MANUFACTURERS OF WAR TOOLS... Yes, they are the FIVE PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL. The Masters of the industrilized TERRORISM.
This article, "ruminations over the failures of peace" is a lighted torch to warn and alert on the wrongdoing of those STATE organized criminals. Ah! Almost forgot to mention NATO, where the servants of INDUSTRIAL WARRIORS, read the book of allied DEFENSE:
“There must be a mistake in the DEFENSE regulation.
It seems that its WORDING reads – WARFARE for World Welfare.
Germ's War, Carnage and STARVATION for Health and Peace,
And human HALLUCINATION – for reason and HUMANITY!”
From “WAKE UP CENTURY” strophe XCIV –
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewpoetry.asp?id=74506
How about the INTERNATIONAL COURT ON CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. That is another playball of the FIVE PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL, for only they can file suit against leaders of Nations that they call “Benighted”, when they say no to them.
PEACE:
”That was many scores of years ago, before Men were made Kings,
Before the creation of Peace Organizations, Human Rights,
Children rights, Freedom of Speech, animal rights and forums;
Forums of Nations, United for globalization of war;
Foster societies for degradation, slavery and starvation…
And the fierce Union of the Predatory Head of States,
Incorporated as the United Nations’ Security Council!”
FROM “THE KNIGHT-ERRANT OF BIG APPLE” – XIV
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewpoetry.asp?AuthorID=11853&id=144770
As long as those members of Nations known as “BENIGHTED” – any nation that is not one of the holders of the permanent seats of The United Nations Security Council – allow the FIVE LORDS MANUFACTURERS OF WEAPONS AND ENGINEERS OF INDUSTRILIZED WAR to play PING-PONG WAR-PEACE, there shall be no JUSTICE on Earth. IT IS UP TO THE PEOPLE TO DECIDE NOW, and stop allowing this AMORALITY, –SAYING “no” to ERIS, and “no” to ARES – before it is too late TO BUILD A SHIP TO RESCUE OUR CHILDREN FROM A DELUGE OF BLOOD.
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
ruminations over the failures of peace (Article) - 7/31/2006 8:30:15 PM
And we are so blind that we refuse to see that WE are the very power(s) who arm our very adversaries... or... do we do that intentionally? Tarek, you ALWAYS make insighful and thoughtful commentary, both poetically and politically. We may not agree on everything, but I believe that most of us agree that violence and hatred and bloodshed are traits of LOWER civilizations; and that to evolve to any TRUE higher state of being, we must become more like Jesus Christ and Mahatma Ghandi - that is to say that we should LOVE peace and we should BELIEVE IN peace. -- Jeff
ruminations over the failures of peace (Article) - 7/31/2006 10:57:07 AM
This is great food for thought. I might say that it will not be the Goddess Nemesis who prounces a curse upon us. We pronounce that upon ourself. I agree with you and I agree with Richard,"Until our leaders learn how to communicate with interactive dialogue, until they learn how to interface for the common good and not to appease their bloated egos and their bellies, there will never be peace." I go one step further. We cannot promote peace in the world as a selective situation or country. We would have other countries lay down their arms. Are we willing to do this? Bringing it home our constitution reads for the people, by the people of the people (I may not have that in the right order) These days it seems that is for the few by the few and of the few who have power. Someone once said democricy can only survive until somebody figures how to use it for his own selfish reasons. Are we headed for a horrible fate. The same fate that many other nations have gone? We need to take a closer look at our leaders but first we need to take a closer look at ourselves.
God Bless,
Lew
ruminations over the failures of peace (Article) - 7/31/2006 8:53:28 AM
Until our leaders learn how to communicate with interactive dialogue, until they learn how to interface for the common good and not to appease their bloated egos and their bellies, there will never be peace.
There never has been peace, not since the beginning, and if there was, it was always short-lived and superficial. Words, poetry, intellect, and persuasiveness, will never disarm the cartels, or the scornful intelligentsia, or the masks. They are here to stay until someone more powerful ends it.
Although these type discussions are good and certainly add to the ranks of those marching under the flag of justice and fairness, it still remains just dialogue and opinions. The blood flows hotter and we feel like there are others of like mind, and this always empowers us to continue.
Man's systems don't work, they never have. Men/women have always fought each other from the beginning and this has never changed. Our intelligence, our success, our imagination, has never made a dent in the reality, we seem to influence only the players of like mind.
Two will be coming in the near future to establish world peace. One who will be quite persuasive, and will arise from a confederation of 13 nations. He will immediately establish a covenant of peace with the nation of Israel for 7 years. For 3 1/2 years there will be world peace and a magnificent season of growth. The abomination that causes desolation will, in the middle of the seven years desecrate the holy temple and establish that he is god and will cause all great and small to take a mark in the forehead or the left hand and worship him.
All hell will erupt and descend on planet earth for those who comply.
The second Man will appear after this failure. He will come to establish true peace, for He will be the true Prince of Peace.
Richard Lloyd Cederberg
Author/Poet
ruminations over the failures of peace (Article) - 7/31/2006 8:15:40 AM
Good review.
People who see the world in black and white rarely seem to take in information that could undermine their positions. People routinely discount information that threatens their preexisting beliefs, even when you show them overwhelming evidence of hypocrisy and inconsistencies.
The illusion and delusion is the word and concept of PEACE. As long as man inhabits the planet, there will NEVER be peace.
Elizabeth
Imhotep's last pilgrimage along the river Nile IV (Article) - 5/31/2006 11:07:40 AM
Beatifully musical and magical, as always, dear friend. I always look forward to reading your hypnotically entrancing works. -- Jeff
Imhotep's last pilgrimage along the river Nile IV (Article) - 5/29/2006 8:06:28 PM
An outstanding hierological historical work.
This article took me on a trip through my psychobiological memory.
A fine literary composition indeed.
Respectfully and gratefully.
Leonard Thomas Goslee, M.S., M.D.
Imhotep's last pilgrimage along the river Nile IV (Article) - 5/29/2006 7:55:26 PM
SALUTATIONS AND BENISONS TO Author-Poet Tarek Ali Hassan .
Many comparative references to the colonization of the Earth, the lost Commanders and the cloned Man. I will return for general comments on this masterpiece, "Imhotep's last pilgrimage along the river Nile IV".
Long Healthy Life Fellow of Asclepius.
In gratitude,
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
Imhotep's pilgrimage along the Nile III (Article) - 5/23/2006 6:23:35 AM
You tell some of the most beautiful stories. I hope you are doing well my friend. I wish you were on-line and posting more often - you have so much to give to the world. I, personally, have been quite enriched by coming to know you - even at a distance. That speaks volumes of the impact of your words and your thougths.
Please keep enriching the world with your presence and your wisdom.
-- Jeff
Osiris utters a warning to Imhotep in his dream (Article) - 3/1/2006 3:33:03 PM
The genetic experiments of times long before officially approved history have paved the way for the slow poisoning of matter and mind. Chemicals, circumstance and conditioning drive the slave race into each direction desired at each time planned before time. There is one little flaw in the design though, that allow the exact opposites to enter through the very same portals. It is the difference in achievement between realms of limit and paradox and those who know none of these.
RAge
from the forbidden passion drama of Osiris part II (Article) - 11/3/2005 9:34:14 PM
Absolutely splendid, as always my friend! Be well and PLEASE never stop writing. -- Jeff
Imhotep's last pilgrimage along the Nile valley part I (Article) - 10/9/2005 6:09:45 PM
interesting read
Dear lovely friends from the USA and and all over the world, (Article) - 6/29/2005 8:56:22 PM
prayers for your health
Dear lovely friends from the USA and and all over the world, (Article) - 8/29/2004 8:05:19 AM
Take care of your health Tarek...My prayers are with you...another wonderful write from you my dear friend...love n luck....am saving this....BHUWAN!!!!
Dear lovely friends from the USA and and all over the world, (Article) - 8/27/2004 1:34:17 PM
so sorry you have been ill, tarek. my prayers are most certainly with you; god be with you! thanks for the update; have wondered where y'all been...now we know, and for that we are eternally grateful. thank you for writing!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in america, karen lynn in texas. :(
Politically induced delusional systems (Article) - 4/25/2004 8:34:25 PM
Greetings in Peace,
As an AWAC veteran and former assistant squadron historian, I am familiar with the military terms "information warfare". IW is something our military and CIA do to us Americans 24/7. There are thousands of text books used in colleges and universities that are either CIA written or funded. How else can Amerika behave like Nazis whilst carrying out British Empire, and still believe they're free? Information warfare is a deliberate strategy employed by our government against its own citizens, as well as foreign enemies. As Patrick Henry was said - "War is the gambling table of governments, citizens the dupes of the game".
I suggest typing "information warfare" and "IW" into your search engine, especially google and metacrawler. Also visit www.VeteransForPeace.org and see what else us veterans can tell you about the rhetoric versus the reality.
Uncle Sam is providing the brawn to British Empire, installing dictators in third world countries and maintaining them.
Peace in our time,
Robert
Is the concept of cold war an expression of self-damaging Euro-American egocentrism? (Article) - 12/1/2003 11:28:04 PM
This article illuminates the pains, suffering, confusions, and questions of the victims of global state terrorism. Reading it has left me with a great sense of sadness. As an AWAC veteran, I've had Uncle Sam's number for over two decades and the tragedies he causes weigh heavily on my conscience.
When I review the written histories on the Soviet Union and its relationship to the rest of Europe prior to and after the Second World War, I do so with George Orwells' 1984 in mind in which the wars between states are manufactured to further control of individuals.
In this regard, some interesting things come to light. For example, Lenin was put into Russia by her European neighbors. And later Hitler produced posters illustrating his belief that Russia and America were in cooperation against Germany. Stalin killed millions and millions of his own people. After WWII, the Soviet Union was blown all out of proportion to its actual capabilities by American military and media in order to justify the expansion of government and corporate welfare.
Today, American corporations have partnered with Russia and even Communist China for slave labor and an eye on Russia's oil reserves. Commie slave labor produces the WalMart made-in-China goods that undersell everybody. That should be illegal. Corporations should not be allowed to partner with Commies, Kings, and other dictatorships to exploit workers. If people want to buy Chinese, then buy from Free China (Taiwan) where people can say to their boss "take this job and shove it" without being imprisoned or killed.
I look forward to the day when I don't have to read how my government is rampaging around the world in defense of Kings, Commie governments, and other dictators.
A wound that refuses to heal (Poetry) - 7/30/2009 11:01:46 AM
AN EXCELLENT WRITE THAT LEADS ONE TO ... LOOK IN THE MIRROR AT OURSELVES...AT THE PROPHESIED STATE OF THE WORLD . THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WELL WRITTEN WORK. ENJOYED...BITTERSWEETLY. BLESSINGS. JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
Condemned (Poetry) - 7/25/2009 9:28:31 AM
You provide much substance for reflection with your words, Tarek. Thank you. Love and peace to you,
Regis
Condemned (Poetry) - 7/2/2009 4:01:08 PM
WELL WRITTEN WITH WORDS THAT SUPPORT YOUR THEME WELL. THANKS FOR SHARING AND GOD BLESS YOU. JOYCE
Oddities (Poetry) - 6/8/2009 9:45:46 AM
Tarek...Its so good to read your poem again...its an honour to read your poem and learn from you as usual...Please write more poems....Profound as ever my friend....I adore this brilliant write of yours....written with much depth and understanding...love n luck...BHUWAN!!
crushing pyramids (Poetry) - 9/11/2008 3:46:33 AM
The story of the people long gone forgotten ..I salute you inspirational writing
Oddities (Poetry) - 7/18/2008 9:38:56 PM
Tarek, it has been a long time since you have shared a poem here!
It's a pleasure to read you again, though this poem exposes the foolish nature of humanity that rejects wisdom. It is a fact that too many fear what they cannot understand,so they remain ignorant.
Keep writing,maybe some will learn;-)!....Eileen
Oddities (Poetry) - 7/18/2008 6:26:39 PM
Wise expressions in "Oddities" take one to identify what MARGINALIZED really means: WHENEVER ONE EXCEEDS THE AVERAGE BEST LEARNED MIND, THERE IS TIME TO MOVE TO ANOTHER ATMOSPHERE.
I have enjoyed the reading of "Oddities".
I salute You, Poet Son of Apollo, and brother of ASCLEPIUS.
In respect and admiration,
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
Asynchronicity in the journey of life (Poetry) - 7/11/2008 8:17:56 AM
Dear Tarek....Welcome Back my Friend...Welcome back...Am so happy to have to back with us here....what a write...gem of a write my friend....you and your unique writes will again shower the AD with knowledge and insight....welcome back yet again...love n luck....BHUWAN!!
Asynchronicity in the journey of life (Poetry) - 5/28/2008 11:28:18 AM
a unique poem by a unique poet and a very very unique doctor. u r irreplaceable. till this moment i know of no doctor to follow up with other than u.
Asynchronicity in the journey of life (Poetry) - 2/5/2008 8:50:38 AM
Opposites attract ... there is ALWAYS HOPE! Never give up ... if not each other you both will find another to love. It is better to have loved and LOST than never to have loved :)!
My dear friend, Hope is our friend,
Sandy
Asynchronicity in the journey of life (Poetry) - 9/15/2007 9:39:44 PM
Cycle of unfulfilled love. well written.
Ramadan Kareem.
Abdullahi
when your sweet music earns you punishment for mysterious crimes (Poetry) - 7/5/2007 6:03:11 AM
Dear Tarek;
The more times one reads this, the better it becomes. Very nice.
Doc
Asynchronicity in the journey of life (Poetry) - 6/3/2007 12:22:29 PM
brilliant work..as usual..I always leave your den feeling wiser..
Vesna
Asynchronicity in the journey of life (Poetry) - 4/26/2007 8:19:08 PM
ASYNCHRONICITY IN THE JOURNEY OF LIFE takes the reader inside that strange paradox of how we sometimes try so hard to connect with each other's humanity but at the same time manage to sabotage those same connections. Within this slender poem is enough wisdom to fill a library. Thank you for writing and sharing it.
Aberjhani
Asynchronicity in the journey of life (Poetry) - 3/2/2007 7:38:15 PM
how profoundly true - I always have been "out of synch" or too late in all things time-critical in my life. it is so annoying. sometimes, my friend, we must MAKE our own synchronicity. -- Jeff
mirror mirror on the wall (Poetry) - 12/27/2006 11:31:48 AM
A very powerful write my friend, for naked we came into this world and sin free by grace of our father, but it is the choices that one makes along this life that creates the monsters within, the opinionated and often sinful and cruel people that is the result. Your write is very thought provoking and allows almost forces the reader to take a long look at their own life as well as life around them to evaluate their level of human kindness and love for our fellowman. Great write my friend I enjoyed this much, so glad that I stopped by.
Blessings,
Joyce Bowling
Asynchronicity in the journey of life (Poetry) - 12/4/2006 9:54:33 AM
Profound offering!!
Love Tinka
Asynchronicity in the journey of life (Poetry) - 12/3/2006 5:21:52 PM
This composition is a deep dive into the see of mankind to bring to reason the Octopus of indifference.
"Asynchronicity in the journey of life" has paid its poetic dues to enrich the history of Poetry.
I salute You, Poet.
In gratitude and admiration,
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
mirror mirror on the wall (Poetry) - 10/1/2006 3:15:46 AM
stunned..truth at last!
vesna:)
mirror mirror on the wall (Poetry) - 8/9/2006 9:57:46 PM
Tarak you have given us much to ponder.Your poem shouts injustice, while pointing to what could be if we ever truly become civilized. It's been too long since you were here, your voice of wisdom has been missed!
Eileen
mirror mirror on the wall (Poetry) - 8/8/2006 10:21:00 PM
MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL aptly reflects how far humanity has wandered away from the initial divine purpose of human existence into the barbed maze of ignorance, fear, and violence. The light of who we truly are and what we truly should be to each other shines with loving brilliance through every line. Thank you for writing them.
Aberjhani
mirror mirror on the wall (Poetry) - 8/8/2006 2:42:17 PM
I would imagine that one of the banes of a pluralistic melting pot like the United States, that attracts cultures from all over the planet, is that we are more a nation divided now than a nation united.
This is not because of multi-culturalism, or its colorful characters, it is because of greed and what the drug cartels are pumping into the veins of this great country!
Sadly most of society has accepted the mental programming from the political masks and we have lost our sense of unity as one Nation indivisible!
Instead of helping one another, we compete against one another in an effort to be better than one another and lord it over one another. We have embraced every evil bird in the universe in the pursuit of mammon and have done it gratuitously.
I am afraid that all of us have developed feet of clay!
Richard Lloyd Cederberg
mirror mirror on the wall (Poetry) - 8/8/2006 11:43:28 AM
Three cheers! Stirring words toward having us reach the truth: the 'self-realization' - the owning up to the numbness to which we succumb when we simply become mindless, soul-less, conscience-free drones who let the "powers-that-be" do our thinking for us. There is tolerance; there is acceptance; and... there is stupidity; they are NOT equal; and we should NOT fall into the trap of treating them as synonymous. We tolerate the government and the corporate elite; we accept the majority of their decisions; BUT, we should not do it blindly; without forethought; and without the right of dissent. It's time we ALL looked in the mirror - no, not Americans; but humanity as a whole. Truth-be-told, we are less than one-half a breath from obliteration. -- Jeff
mirror mirror on the wall (Poetry) - 8/8/2006 7:22:40 AM
Very powerful........
interesting......the abusive of mankind, society.......we are all connected.....and should care......
amazing offering Tarek........pax A
mirror mirror on the wall (Poetry) - 8/8/2006 4:53:39 AM
As long as governments and religious leaders function in accordance with the daily prescribed rules of ERIS and ARES, PLUTO will be working full time, enjoy the smell of the holocaust of children.
Thank You for posting "mirror mirror on the wall".
In gratitude and reverent admiration.
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
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