In the views of Sylvester Monroe as Mandela turned 90 on the 18th of July, 2008, that ‘he is indeed a rich man, but his wealth is measured not just by his bank balance, but in the fullness of his extraordinary life’. When you look at the life of this unusual man, he was so poor sometime to the point that he could be considered a beggar by virtue of his experience, it may not be news to a greater percentage of the people that he was imprisoned for 27 years on the notorious prison island,

The push between Russia and America is taking on a new catastrophic spate on the surface as it is in that if something is not done quickly by the rest of the Super Powers, particularly the members of the Security Council, the situation will be unrepentantly gory that even the city of Gory will not be able to withstand the bashing that it may receive at the end of this bloodbath and killing. My fear is that Gori may end up becoming a shadow of itself in Georgia at the aftermath of this aggression.

This article speculates on why human beings seek to be permanent in a world where objective perception of reality tells them that they are transitory, ephemeral and impermanent.  It suggests that it may well be because they have a permanent side, spirit, that manifests in the impermanent world of space, time and matter and that permanent side wants to make their impermanent side, the human body and ego, permanent.