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PREFACE We are in trouble because we are human. If there were the
slightest possibility, I would have suggested to Mr. Webster a long
time ago to prohibit the use of the epithet, flawless, on any human
being. A flawless diamond, possibly, but not a flawless member of
the human species. On this, history (not the versions usually and
placatingly put forth by chroniclers contemporary to the age)
stands as witness to the entertaining flaw in knighthood and
canonization, both approved, administered, and conferred by one
flawed human being upon another who, even in the most precise
application of probability, can not be flawless. Three scores and
ten have provided me with the observation that it is wiser to dwell
more on the imperfection of man than to heap accolades on the Who's
Who. The greats are commendably deserving of praise and respect,
but the urgency of the day is how to tip the scales from the
teemingly, apathetically, and unawarely overflawed in favor of the
less flawed. Alas The problem is: the flaws are inextricably
marrowed in our human nature and no human solution is possible for
correcting the Dilemmatic Inequilibrium between duty and desire as
these collide in human affairs. This monstrous phenomenon
encompasses every facet of every human activity....personal,
familial, communal, commercial, political, religious, national, or
global. The eternal demand, consciously or instinctively, is to
make a choice between duty and desire. The tragedy is: while having
both (in the purest sense of fulfillment) is an impossibility, the
choosing of one to the neglect of the other is the surest road to
conflict and strife....to turmoil and death, be it the death of
love, morality, friendship, peace or...the soul. Every human
activity is preceded by a choice between duty and desire. And,
whichever choice is made (to the neglect and sidetracking of the
other), a monkey wrench is thrown into the ensuing collision. No
one can please both simultaneously and that explains why human
beings are always in trouble and why peace (whether personal or
global) is freaked to remain an illusion. The Chinese pronunciation
of the word, peace, is ho ping. But, hoping alone can not bring us
the peace we so longingly want. For now, we can only search inward
or implore upward. We need to understand ourselves first and others
next. Then, make the difficult choice between duty and desire, so
naggingly and indelibly etched into our fleshly nature. This book
intends to show that, in every facet of humanity, the invisible tug
of war between duty and desire goes on unendingly and, in its
ruthlessly unresolving process, human beings are incapable of
becoming flawless, especially on their own. And therein resides the
origin of the human plight, when Adam and Eve bequeathed upon
humankind the fatal fruit of the First Choice. Are we really the
intelligent gods that we think we are? Or, should we lend an ear to
the instructional silence of the stars? Shall we insist on our own
capability and the unyielding pride of the human spirit? And, can
we not learn from the genius Jose Garcia Villa who wrote such
beautiful (but chillingly revealing) poetry when he proposes that
God, the Creator, should pose this query to man, the created, whose
name (despite his flaws) is Genius: "Murderest thou Me Who Am thy
Fountainhead?" Every incident in this novel (as it is also
similarly true with the incidents in the life of every person,
every family, every nation, and the community of nations) intends
to support my observation that the Dilemmatic Inequilibrium between
duty and desire is the universal culprit-accomplice of human
nature, responsible for the wars that we don't want and for the
peace that we don't have...yet. An armor is a man-made shield, a
protective device. The academic question still is: can any
perfection come out of the much-celebrated "human ingenuity" of the
imperfect man? (MORE INSIDE) By Mariano Ngan
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My Take 8
Tatay Jobo Elizes Pub; Rafael E Evangelista
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My Take 6
Tatay Jobo Elizes Pub; Rafael E Evangelista
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R300
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Don Daniel Maramba (Paperback)
Edith Perez De Tagle; Edited by Tatay Jobo Elizes Pub; Hilarion M Henares Jr
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R373
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Asbo (Paperback)
Tatay Jobo Elizes Pub; Bobby V Villagracia
bundle available
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R376
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Saudi Life (Paperback)
Tatay Jobo Elizes Pub, Adelle J. Esic
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R305
Discovery Miles 3 050
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Are We Poor (Paperback)
Tatay Jobo Elizes Pub, R. a. Gubalane
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R301
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Tambulislis (Paperback)
Tatay Jobo Elizes Pub; Bobby V Villagracia
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R365
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My Take 1
Tatay Jobo Elizes Pub; Rafael E Evangelista
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R304
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