BLOGPOST 2: Vampires

Vampires, what are they? Can I become one? Are they real? These are just some of the many questions that have surrounded the belief in vampires over the last 500 years. The aim of this essay is not to answer these questions but to look at the relation between the historical understanding of the vampire legend and the vampire literature of today.

Some people says that Vampires are cool! They can live for centuries without growing old, and they have many magical powers. Nasty, filthy, evil creatures. That's what vampires are. They only look beautiful on the outside, but their intentions are terribly dishonorable. They swoop down on us from the dark, they grasp us in their unbreakable grip, they suck out our blood. Sometimes they seduce us into having sex with them. Really great sex. Sometimes they even make us into one of them. Awful. No wonder we hate and fear and despise them.

I read an article entitled "Are Vampires Real? The Science Behind the Myth" by Jeremy Kaplan from the site foxnews, they turned the stories of vampires into science. Elements of the vampire legend are based around facts, combined into a scary whole. Vampires are mostly living and more comfortable on the dark. They're sensitive to sunlight. This is the case for people afflicted with porphyria. Porphyria is is extremely rare, of course, but not so its milder cousin, polymorphic light eruption. This is an allergic reaction and formed of  bumpy and itchy rashes on sun-exposed skin. It's an immune reaction. Vampires are the ones who can live long or immortal. 

They've researched about that case and it is just because of our "immortalized cells." The aging process is partly predicated on the lifespan of our cells, as long as they continue dividing, we remain young, and the structures in our cells are called telomeres.  There's an actual chemical in our cells that may hold the secret to eternal youth, and if so, it may explain how vampires can live forever. Vampires suck blood like mosquitoes bats and other creatures drink blood, but humans rarely do,  unless they have an anemia. The pattern of eating non-foods or even blood, can result from anemia. It explains one of the characteristics associated with the creatures of vampires. 

According to Jeremy Kaplan, "The logical proof that we just presented is of a type known as reduction ad absurd um, that is, reduction to the absurd." Vampires cannot exist, since their existence contradicts the existence of human beings. That may be hard science, but it's hardly as entertaining as the fiction. Vampires of various types have been around in fiction for a long time and in most cultures. I think it is not that bad to believe in vampires because it is just a fiction that they do really exist in our world we all know that vampires doesn’t exist, they do but in different ways .

I read another article written by Linda Geddes, "For the vampire buffs, here's an origin story" from the site of newscientist. Vampire legend might have emerged from the most common thing that happen to bodies as they decompose. First is the blood and other bodily fluids leak out of the mouth and nose. Second, bacterial activity causes the stomach and intestines to bloat. Third, Guttural sounds sometimes emanate from the corpse triggered by the release of gases. These have been described as groaning or sighing sounds. Lastly, the nails and beard appear to continue to grow after death. If you combined all these things, you may think that they're dead but they're not yet dead and before knowing it you would include that the corpses are bloated from gorging on the blood of the living. 

The possibility to think that comatose or unconscious patients may have been mistakenly buried alive, and you have the dead rising again. Some people in Rominia are afraid of vampires because there's this six family members who participated in this "vampire slaying" were eventually caught and jailed, greatly angering the local villagers, who believed that they had performed a great service. The leader of the gang told police that the corpse had blood around his mouth, and had moaned when they stabbed him and that was the reason why they're think vampires are true. The fiction and stories about vampires are just from the causes of death of humans.

According to Linda Geddes, "The appearance of bodies as they decompose might have been one source of inspiration." If you can see, there's just a lot of diseases that are associated to vampires. Vampires aren't true. Vampires are known mythological people who subsist by feeding on the life of living creatures, regardless of them being undead or a living person. The appearance of so many vampire-like monsters throughout history, as well as our continued fascination with vampires, demonstrates that this is a universal response to the human condition. It's simply human nature to cast our fears as monsters. Real vampires are different from the one describe in the myths and legends. To put it simply real vampires are living humans with certain abnormalities heightened psychic abilities. Vampirism considered as paranormal phenomena, is not genetic or influenced by heredity and actually acquired or developed based on my research it usually during the early stages of adulthood.

BLOGPOST 1: How To Lead A More Meaningful Life?

   

When does life really begin? Is it when the first fluttering beats of the primitive heart of a fetus start, or when the child is pushed from the womb into the world? Does it all actually start at the moment of conception when the egg and sperm meet and mix their genetic code together to create a new being. Who can say really. No one knows because no one is sure of when life truly begins. Life is beautiful  but not always easy, it has problems, too, and the challenge lies in facing them with courage, letting the beauty of life act like a balm, which makes the pain bearable, during trying times, by providing hope.

             My life has been full of struggles. There have been a lot of good times in my life. I have made decisions I have regret and choices I have not regretted. In life we need to set goals, have good friends, and love your family. When my life was quickly falling out of my hands and reality wasn't within reach. I felt helpless. I needed to find a way out somehow, someone or something to influence me in a better by helping me out of the major hole I had dug myself into.

           I read the article of Dr. Wayne W. Dyer,  "How To Lead A More Meaningful Life" from the site healyourlife. No doubt, life is beautiful and every moment when you know you're on the right direction. Why does other people are on the wrong direction? Because of your ego?  Ego is the biggest trick you play on yourself. It can lead you to the wrong way if you insist to listen to your ego.                      
There are benefits of changing our life direction and making the return trip from Ambition to meaning. Ego's repetitious insistence to do and have more becomes less attractive. Taking another direction in life doesn't mean that we're no longer able to attract abundance and prosperity. And sometimes we always say that God can do it for me, but after all we can't even pressure ourselves to achieve our goals and accomplish more. We begin to do more than doing less. Meaning, we can able to do things more than of what we expect. There's a lot of ways to be better than good enough. A  belief in unity out belief in separation. We feel less competitive, humble, and controlling others life is no longer appealing. We just have to think of our own path in life because we are the one who's making our own stories, right? We can have a better life if we believe in ourselves and if we believe in God.


We begin realizing that we're connected in Spirit everything we perceive to be missing from our life. As we move on this direction we become contented and grateful on things that we have. We can no longer see ourselves away from God. When we have Him in our life, things will get better. If start to trust Him and know him more, we can abandon ego.

According to the Author Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, "The shift begins in the process of halting the momentum and self-importance of the ego."

             My comment on the whole article is that, I agree with everything. When you meet God it seems like everything was very easy because I know He's always there for us. A person who has not encountered difficulties in life can never achieve success. Life is beautiful just as roses but it has challenges which are like thorns and have to be faced and overcome by all. Those, who accept these, challenges and succeed, are the ones, who know how to live life in its true sense. Thus, enjoy life but also be prepared to bear the prick of pain.

Will your choices help you make it? From the article "Where do we go from here?" by Claire Colvin in the site powertochange. Before you step in a new direction, first, you have to know what you want in your life as a whole. Its hard to get what you want if you don't know what you want. It is how you see your life in the future? What do you value? What are your goals? Next is search for some information. You can find it anywhere. Knowing lot of things can make your life easier. It can help you to think things through.

           If you're having a hard time thinking on things you want, then think about the thing you don't want. Look for a friend has a life that turned you off. Life is full of options but you'll just encounter few of it. Go somewhere that is peaceful and you think it is a very good place where you can unwind yourself. Think on things that you ever wished and dreamed for. Also think about the things that makes you happy. Life is not about success, its about fulfillment. You're not alone, God is here for you. 

According to Claire Colvin, "Wherever you go, there you are." 

We should know our purpose in life. What we want for our future, what we want to be and what we want to have. Just keep in mind that in every situation you take, we have God by our side. He made us because He has a great plan for us. We must trust Him and He'll lead us to a better place and we'll be a better person one day.