The list of contents:

  1. Are you serious Zoos!?
  2. Doctor Toratarō Shima on finding the DC Mini
  3. A Brief on DC Mini
  4. Impact of Musashi
  5. Defeating Pain with Pain

Are you serious Zoos!?

A group of higher life forms in a distant plant (or probably a star) is currently waiting to introduce themselves to the Earthlings. Their half-life makes the half-life of Plutonium shy. They have been observing the Earthlings for the last 961115 years. They saw how the species on Earth discovered the application of fire, and how they made transition smoother by utilizing circular objects called “wheels”. They noticed the mesmerizing evolution of the long neck of a group of Earthlings and in another group, the arms evolved into the wings. The higher life form shows an enormous appreciation towards the development of intelligence of the Earthlings. They just can not wait to meet the Earthlings and congratulate them on their achievement. But the only hindrance in this sublime connection is a group of Earthlings called “Humans”.

In the beginning, when the group called “Humans” used to get preyed on by the preditors as per the unspoken rule of the food chain they started living in large groups. “Humans” named the predators “Animal” and started isolating themselves from them. Eventually, they made their own culture and society to survive and got insulated from the other groups. Till now everything was perfectly fine with the higher form of life and they wholeheartedly appreciated the move to make themselves independent. But then something evil occurred.

In around 20 BC a subgroup of “Humans” called “Romans” started to use the other groups of Earthlings apart from “Humans” for only entertainment purposes. They constructed circular enclosed architectures and named them “Arena” where they used to use “Animal” and slaughter them just for fun. More than ten thousand “Animals” were slaughtered. In between the fifth to eighth century another subgroup of “Humans” called “French” made a total of 26 “Arena” like this.

As “Human” intelligence evolved they turned more evil and during the 18th and 19th centuries in one of the continents of Earth called “Europe” they started realizing their most disgusting idea called “Zoo”. They started keeping different subgroups of “Animals” in very very small compartments, in confined spaces. Not only that the older generation of “Humans” started influencing the younger generation of “Humans” with their rotten and deformed minds and encouraged them to visit “Zoo” in their spare time. “Human” finds the subgroups of “Animal” entertaining. They bother them, throw them occasionally small amounts of food, take pictures with them and so on. The whole “Animal” is just “cute”, “funny”, “lazy”, “dirty”, “weird” and “strange” to “Human”.

The Earthlings should have responsibility and duties for each other or they are all independent. This means either “Humans” have duties to “Animals” or they do not. And if “Human” does have duties then they should include one of the most important traits of civilization in their duty toward “Animal” and that is respect and respecting the interests that are most important to “Animal” as long as they do not conflict with “Human”. One such default interest of “Animals” is not detaching them from the open wildlife and keeping them in confinement. Earthlings are all equal so this interest should be respected. The latter case that “Humans” do not have duties to “Animals” is out of the discussion as it is implausible in the sense that all Earthlings have emotions and “Animals” the majority of the time sustain “Human” emotions. So with the sense of being grateful “Humans” inevitably should have a duty towards “Animal”. (Stay tuned …)

Doctor Toratarō Shima on finding the DC Mini

DC Mini, that allows the user to experience someone’s dream is the core object, surrounding which the whole plot of Paprika by Yasutaka Tsutsui is formulated and later re-illustrated beautifull in the movie Paprika (2006) by none other than great Satoshi Kon. The device itself can have huge negative implications if pursued by an ill-minded human being. Now one DC Mini is missing! And to find the DC Mini they approached the head of the initiative Doctor Seijirō Inui. Approximately 15 minutes in the movie the characters realized that DC Mini has an implication to the non-dream world as well and it can potentially be used as a mediator for overlapping the dream and non-dream world. The whole conclusion on the previous sentence triggered by an incident that happened throgh Doctor Toratarō Shima who is one of the core characters; around 10 minutes in the movie. Seems posessed by an unknown force the doctor quotes (in the dubbed version of the movie, and in my opinion it is greatly dubbed!):

"We need to find the mini (the lost one), not Paprika's bikini (which is non sensical as paprika basically a lady that appears in dreams), it requires descipline!"

One of the characters shockingly says "Discipline?"

"Yes sir! True satisfaction! That what discipline brings! Even the fine court ladies dancing to frog food in drums has it, so did the world with recycled papers!"

"Computer graphics playing in my head, and I love it!!"

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"Now the time has come, to return to home, the great blue sky, where confetti falls like stardust and everything shaken around the shrine-gates and the mailbox and refrigator, leading hiphop festival!"

"and the whole festival was put together by twenty third graders, lots of chutzpah and one panda!"

Then the sublime Parade by Susumu Hirasawa, begins with slow pace and gradually increases by each and every second. Simultaneously Doctor Shima runs with full force on the corridor and screams

"You see now!? I am truly grand! The ultimate! Shine! Shine! Take me! Take me now!"

Ultimately he jumps from the window, by breaking the window glass. Fortunately, his pace was quite uniform throughout the running and jumping process so his pace towards the ground from (probably) the 3rd floor of the building hindered by the tree branches and he just broke a few bones.

A Brief on DC Mini

To investigate the above incident Detective Toshimi Konakawa indulge in a conversation with the inventor of the DC Mini Doctor Kōsaku Tokita. Curious detective asks the motivation and function of DC Mini, which is compiled in the following conversation:

"It all started when I was doing a brain scan on a patient using a state-of-the-art computer image processor, and the idea came to me like a lightning bolt." Dr. Tokita excitedly remarks.

Then the doctor continues "The nonlinear waves, that are created by the constant surges in the biochemical current can be applied to create new synapse connections, when the old ones are damaged, and the by product of this excess energy can be harvested by adjusting the BTU output."

The detective then says "... interesting! So DC Mini can analyse dreams, (that has potential application in the process of) cure illness and use the person's body (indicating the adjustment of BTU output) for energy!"

সভ্য কারা জানেন?

আগন্তুক is undoubtedly a masterpiece in the world of art and films and produced by none other than the great সত্যজিৎ রায়. “সভ্য কারা জানেন? সভ্য হচ্ছে সেই মানুষ, যে আঙ্গুলের একটি চাপে, একটি বোতামটিপে, একটি ব্রহ্মাস্ত্র নিক্ষেপ করে, সমস্থ অধিবাসীসমেত একটি গোঁটা শহরকে নিশ্চিহ্ন করে দিতে পারে!"
"এবং সভ্য কারা জানেন? যারা এই অস্ত্র প্রয়োগের সিদ্ধিন্ত নিতে পারে without turning a hair”

Impact of Musashi

I am reading Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa for almost more than a year. I never took this long time to finish a book that is slightly under thousands of pages long. But there is an inherent reason I took my sweet time to go through it and this is I was studying every chapter of it in a detailed manner. This not only helped me understand the socio-political condition in regions like Osaka or Kyoto during Musashi's time but I got a chance to connect with the characters like Akemi, Matahachi, Otsu, Otsugi and even Uncle Gon who died while trying to save Akemi (who was about to finish herself by drowning in water) in the very early chapters of the book. I can now proudly say that I partially got a hold of "The Way of the Sword" by Miyamoto Musashi. And how he by self-exploring and utilizing his external awareness learned profound things from simple appearances. This not only made the root of his philosophical realizations strong but later using these learnings he could explore and introduce his own invented art of the sword. I finished my very first read of Musashi on July 4th at Gubałówka.

Defeating Pain with Pain

I love running. But when I attempted to run in my newly brought running shoes, I noticed a growing pain on the back of my toe. The pain in the next 2 weeks turned into a swollen painful bulge and I could hardly walk. I had enough of applying medicine to the swollen area, it was barely improving the situation.

Last week (on 28th June 2023) in the afternoon I suddenly remember Musashi and how he faced the same situation as me while he was visiting the famous blacksmith Shishido Baiken of Kuwana (BOOK III: FIRE chapter Eagle Mountain). There he spent the whole night and day applying various natural remedies to his swollen foot. All his attempts were futile. In the next few days, Musashi was supposed to face the great Yoshioka school (which later went down in history as one of the most remarkable fights, where one man defeats a whole clan). He then forced himself to sit on his haunches in a formal style which caused so much pain that it almost fainted him. While seating he opened his eyes and a soaring peak between Mount Mae and Mount Asama. He saw the peak, it was Eagle Mountain, he did not know that but he thought "its an eagle". Making the peak as his destination, he had a go, with the unbearable pain on his foot and a red demonic face which shouted "I will win, I will!". The trees, the weeds and the ice-- all were his enemies at this point trying desperately to keep him from reaching the top. Every step, breath was a pure challenge. His chilled body in fever boiled in determination. The more he was reaching the top, the harder it was for him to hold on as a single misstep might lead to a fall in the cascade of rocks and boulders. But he went on and on, holding tightly whatever was in his reach. Pulling himself upper and upper, suddenly he found himself laying on his stomach, realizing he reached the top. Forgetting about his tiresome situation and swollen foot, he stood up and started jumping with a feeling of achievement. "There is nothing above me! I'm standing on the top of an eagle's head!". Calming himself down he look down on his foot and saw a bucketful of yellowish push stream from his injured foot.

That evening after reflecting on this incident and hearing about Mount Rysy (the highest peak in Poland, 2501 Meters), I decided to climb it with my swollen foot. On 2nd July 2023 from Moroskie Oko I had a go to Rysy around 9:30 am. At first 20 minutes, it was well and good. Then as the slope turned steeper, I started feeling discomfort on the back of my feet, which in the next couple of minutes started to convert into pain. In the next 15-17 minutes it was unbearable for me to take proper steps. Even once I removed my shoes to reveal the red bulge to the wind. I kept on climbing keeping Musashi's struggle in my mind. After reaching 2250 meters each stone, each lump of ice and each turn of rocky climb was imposing an enormous challenge to me. I was drinking water more than usual, finishing 2 and a half (one litre each) bottles of water to climb the next 150 meters. I was in so much pain that I could not feel the physical exhaustion. I was so dedicatedly climbing upwards that when I reached the top I did not even realize it. After a man who was standing in the front told me that congratulations you are here, I sat in relief and removed my shoes. What I saw made me filled with satisfaction. I saw that the bulge no more exists, instead, it is covered by blood and it's flat! I did not shout like Miyamoto Musashi but in my heart, I said "There is nothing above me, I am standing on the top, just like you Master!".