Greetings from Portugal

[phoenixinvictus]

Hi,
I'm from Portugal and I found this website purely by accident when I was doing some research on the "origin of life". I know it sounds corny, but lately I've begun questioning my purpose on earth and where are we all going after we die ... I'm just searching for answers by asking questions.
I'm seeking a perspective to life and my knowledge on the subject is limited to two years of high school philosophy (and I wasn't even good at it). I've written a few books but never published (only novels nothing too deep).

And that's it for now

[MJA]

The Teachings of Pythagoras

540-510 B.C.

Their is one bird which renews itself

Out of itself. The Assyrians call it the phoenix.

It does not live on seeds nor the green grasses,

But on the gum of frankincense and juices

Of cardamon. It lives five centuries,

As you may know, and then it builds itself

A nest in the highest branches of a palm-tree,

Using its talons and clean beak to cover

This nest with cassia and spikes of spikenard,

And cinnamon and yellow myrrh, and there

It dies among the fragrance, and from the body

A tiny phoenix springs to birth, whose years

Will be as long. The fledgling, gaining strength

To cary burdens, lifts the heavy nest,

His craddle and old one’s tomb, and bears it

Through the thin air to the city of the Sun

And lays it as offering at the doors

Of the Sun-god’s holy temple.

“Wonders, wonders!

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MJA

[phoenixinvictus]

Thanks I've always had an obsession for the Phoenix, even as a kid when my teacher read us a poem in class. It just kind of stuck with me and whenever I feel like giving up I always say Phoenix Invictus and it helps me feel better (dunno why). I think that it reflects human nature to me. A person can be destroyed but never conquered

[Profpat]

[quote=phoenixinvictus;38923]Thanks I've always had an obsession for the Phoenix, even as a kid when my teacher read us a poem in class. It just kind of stuck with me and whenever I feel like giving up I always say Phoenix Invictus and it helps me feel better (dunno why). I think that it reflects human nature to me. A person can be destroyed but never conquered[/quote

Hi Phoenix Invictus;

Welcome to the forum, I think you'll find a most enjoyable forum that Robert started.

I looked at your zoints and love the picture of the phoenix. You should use it as your avatar picture.

Well best to you and MJA,

Pat

[mkirkpatrick]

Hi,
I'm from Portugal and I found this website purely by accident when I was doing some research on the "origin of life". I know it sounds corny, but lately I've begun questioning my purpose on earth and where are we all going after we die ... I'm just searching for answers by asking questions.
I'm seeking a perspective to life and my knowledge on the subject is limited to two years of high school philosophy (and I wasn't even good at it). I've written a few books but never published (only novels nothing too deep).

And that's it for now

Welcome phoenixinvictus,greetingsfrom the UK to you in sunny Portugal,hope you
settle in quickly and start posting,look forward to your first thread.


warm regards michael.

[neutralino]

Welcome phoenix. What type of novels have you written?

[phoenixinvictus]

[QUOTE=Profpat;38927]

Thanks I've always had an obsession for the Phoenix, even as a kid when my teacher read us a poem in class. It just kind of stuck with me and whenever I feel like giving up I always say Phoenix Invictus and it helps me feel better (dunno why). I think that it reflects human nature to me. A person can be destroyed but never conquered[/quote

Hi Phoenix Invictus;

Welcome to the forum, I think you'll find a most enjoyable forum that Robert started.

I looked at your zoints and love the picture of the phoenix. You should use it as your avatar picture.

Well best to you and MJA,

Pat

Thank you Profpat. I believe I will enjoy my stay

[phoenixinvictus]

Welcome phoenixinvictus,greetingsfrom the UK to you in sunny Portugal,hope you
settle in quickly and start posting,look forward to your first thread.


warm regards michael.

England is Portugal's oldest friend and I'm we'll get along. I will try to post as often as I can, but I must admite that I'm still greatly ignorant in the Theory of Everything. I come here in humility to learn from the masters.

[phoenixinvictus]

Welcome phoenix. What type of novels have you written?

I've written a horror novel and now I'm writing an historical novel (none of which have ever been published). I write just to pass the time and it's what I enjoy doing

[neutralino]

I've written a horror novel and now I'm writing an historical novel (none of which have ever been published). I write just to pass the time and it's what I enjoy doing

Well, keep it up and one day you may get that publication! Still, though, if you enjoy writing then that's the most important thing.