
A black and white photo of a cala lily from my garden from last spring.

“Technologies that may be realized in centuries or millennium include: warp drive, traveling faster than the speed of light, parallel universes; are there other parallel dimensions and parallel realities? Time travel that we mentioned and going to the stars.” – Michio Kaku
“Οι τεχνολογίες που μπορεί να πραγματοποιηθούν σε αιώνες ή χιλιετίες περιλαμβάνουν: οδήγηση στημόνι, ταξίδι ταχύτερα από την ταχύτητα του φωτός, παράλληλα σύμπαντα. Υπάρχουν άλλες παράλληλες διαστάσεις και παράλληλες πραγματικότητες; Ταξίδι στο χρόνο που αναφέραμε και μετάβαση στα αστέρια.”

What must have been in its hey-day a beautiful neo-classical building on a corner of a neighbourhood downtown, now lays abandoned. It’s in a prime location downtown near the Acropolis. One could bet that the heirs cannot agree on what to do with the property. It of course is not the only home like this, but this one really had some ‘good bones.’
“Our stars are not where we last admired them. Our homes crumble and we don’t know which place to long for.”-Anne Druyan
Αυτό που πρέπει να ήταν στην εποχή της ακμής του ένα όμορφο νεοκλασικό κτίριο σε μια γωνιά μιας γειτονιάς στο κέντρο της πόλης, τώρα βρίσκεται εγκαταλελειμμένο. Βρίσκεται σε προνομιακή τοποθεσία στο κέντρο της πόλης κοντά στην Ακρόπολη. Θα μπορούσε κανείς να στοιχηματίσει ότι οι κληρονόμοι δεν μπορούν να συμφωνήσουν για το τι να κάνουν με το ακίνητο. Φυσικά δεν είναι το μόνο σπίτι σαν αυτό, αλλά αυτό είχε πραγματικά κάποια «καλά κόκαλα».
“Τα αστέρια μας δεν είναι εκεί που τα θαυμάσαμε τελευταία φορά. Τα σπίτια μας καταρρέουν και δεν ξέρουμε ποιο μέρος να λαχταρήσουμε.” – Anne Druyan

The woman on the left of the mural reminds me of Cassandra from Greek mythology. Cassandra was the daughter of the Trojan King Priam and Queen Hecuba. The God Apollo gave her the gift of prophecy, but when she refused to sleep with him he cursed her. The curse was that no one would believe her prophecies.
Η γυναίκα στα αριστερά της τοιχογραφίας μου θυμίζει την Κασσάνδρα από την Ελληνική μυθολογία. Η Κασσάνδρα ήταν κόρη του Τρώα βασιλιά Πρίαμου και της βασίλισσας Εκάβης. Ο Θεός Απόλλωνας της έδωσε το δώρο της προφητείας, αλλά όταν αρνήθηκε να κοιμηθεί μαζί του την καταράστηκε. Η κατάρα ήταν ότι κανείς δεν θα πίστευε τις προφητείες της
The concept of the law of attraction is that like attracts like and that we create our reality through our thoughts.
The roots of this ‘law’ can be traced back to the Babylonians and Ancient Egyptians. It can be found in the teachings of Buddhism and Christianity.
It gained popularity in our modern era by the occultist Helena Blavatsky in her book ‘The Secret Doctrine‘ and then the even more modern, and successful book ‘The Secret’ by Rhonda Bryne, and then another famous book by Napoleon Hill called “Think and Grow Rich’ and many, many more books. Through the teachings in these book people were instructed to change their thoughts, ‘what you think you create’ as if people are born with magical powers. Also, we learned about vision boards and meditative techniques to attract what we want.
But, I have questions: do people really have the powers of manifestation or is everything simply in the cards, already pre-determined by fate?
Also, If the law of attraction is real than why do horrible things happen to happy, positive people?
One thing is for sure, the only people who truly prospered from the law of attraction were those who wrote books about it 😉
““Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”-Napoleon Hill
“7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you”.-Matthew 7:7-8 King James Bible
““If you want it and expect it, it will be yours very soon.”
– Esther Hicks
“All that we are is a result of what we have thought.”
– Buddha