“Holy Mary Mother Of God, Pray For Us Sinners Now And At The Hour Of Our Death, Amen!”

Today, Dec 8, is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ, Mother of God – as we Roman Catholics believe. If you do not believe in the Virgin Mary, ergo you do not believe in the Roman Catholic Church!

I do. (image from pixabay.com)

What is my message to the world on this date, the birth of the Roman Catholics’ “Virgin Mary” who suffered much as mother of Jesus Christ, in turn whom we Catholics believe to be “Savior of the World”?

None!

Because she doesn’t need my help – I need hers!

What is her message to me then, as her son in love? Remember, I just turned 85 on 17 September 2025.

It is this: “Have A Faith.” (HAF) which means I ought to believe in her because she is the mother of my Savior, Jesus Christ. Mary, the Earthly Mother.

“As he grew up, Jesus had faith in me, his Earth Mother. He trusted me 100%, completely. He trusted me when my husband Joseph and I, whose due date was coming up, went to Jerusalem for the census. That’s how Jesus came to be born in Jerusalem.

“The events that happened when my son Jesus grew up were a bit weird, but I accepted them all, as I knew they were all God-declared. (Aside: When Jesus knew it was God-declared, he followed the law.”)

Me: As I was saying in the beginning when I interrupted myself…..

I am a stubborn, diehard etc believer in Jesus Christ as Son of Mary and of God.

“Pope at Angelus: Believe as Mary believed, say ‘yes’ to God” (08 Dec 2025, “Say Yes To God,” vaticannews.va). Isabella H de Carvalho writes:

On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Leo XIV prays the Angelus and invites the faithful to believe as Mary did, and to welcome Christ into their lives.

As the son of Mary, Jesus knew that he had inherited Mother Mary’s stubbornness in believing in God, the Father Almighty.

On Monday, December 8, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Leo XIV encouraged the faithful to believe in God as the Blessed Virgin Mary did and thus give “our generous assent to the mission to which the Lord calls us.”

He spoke to the crowds gathered in St Peter’s Square for the recitation of the Angelus prayer on this feast day, where the Church celebrates how Mary, at the moment of her conception, was preserved from original sin by a unique grace from God, given in view of the future merits of Christ’s redemption.

“The ‘yes’ of the Mother of the Lord is wonderful, but so also can ours be, renewed each day faithfully, with gratitude, humility and perseverance, in prayer and in concrete acts of love, from the most extraordinary gestures to the most mundane and ordinary efforts and acts of service,” the Pope emphasized.

I blog for goodness’ sake, therefore I am serving the son of Mary, the son of God.@517

 

Sipagsikan: The More The Merrier!

 

SIPAGSIKAN:

The More The Merrier!

If Bill Gates is rich in dollars, I creative thinker am as rich, if not richer, with my inspiring ideas of creative farming, which I now refer to as SIPAGSIKAN. From the Philippines, this I dedicate to the millions upon millions of farmers especially in the tropics.

We need a himagsikan (revolution) in sipag or productive industriousness – to bring about that SIPAGSIKAN, a revolution in modern agriculture.

Above, I am showing the image of Bill Gates because of his vast wealth; I am using him as a take-off point for coming out in the open (Internet)  with a worldwide revolution in farming. How do I know we need such? In fact, we need to redefine what is good up to excellent agriculture! Which is good for farmers, consumers of farm produce, and the country. Yes?

Our poor farmers are still poor no matter what they do; our candidate political leaders promise the sky by and by and then after elections, the promiser elected or not, the promise is forgotten.

That is why I have come up with a slogan: “Himagsikan sa Sakahan,” in short SIPAGSIKAN – because I know if there is little industriousness, there is also little progress in agriculture.

Not only World Hunger but Farmer Poverty – and Climate Change. The same solution to 3 problems? Yes. Pay attention now!

SIPAGSIKAN: I Filipino invented the word from “Sipag ng mga magsasaka sa pagpapayaman ng lupa ng sakahan nila, upang yumaman ang ani, sa ganon yayaman ang kita ng magsasaka.” Gets?

Literally, that translates to “industriousness spread among the farmers in enriching their soils and planting them in different and appropriate ways so that they yield their maximum without chemical fertilizers and/or peticides.

SIPAGSAKA – “himagsikan sa pagsasaka gamit ang sipag at unawa.” You have to protect the richness of the soil; you have to actively promote that richness – in order to promote the wealth of the farmer.

We have to enrich our farmers but not at the expense of our farms!

We have to protect our farms from those destroying the plants and animals that enrich the earth!

Hereby I am launching the revolutionary SIPAGSAKA:

1.   What it is – Sipagsaka is cultivating the soil without plowing and enriching the same without fertilizers. This is by way of building in it organic matter.

2.   What it protects – Sipagsaka protects soils from erosion. That is, by building in itself a protective layer of organic matter composed of soil & plant materials.

3.   What it does to the soil – As the organic matter slowly decomposes, so does the soil surely enriches itself.

4.   What kinds of produce – Sipagsaka produces crops with a variety of fruits and fleshes rich in natural nutrients healthy for humans and other animals.

5.   What kind of farmer – Sipagsaka produces a rich farmer; that is, the lower the capital spent, the higher the profit per unit of produce.

The promise of riches from the soil – Is that good or bad news?

“Bill Gates Donated $51 Billion, Pledging 99% Of His Fortune By 2045, And Is Urging Fellow Biillionaires To Help Fight Hunger Nowl” (image from Facebook 29 Sept 2025)

I say:

Simplistic thinking! You cannot solve a problem by creating another problem!

Naïve! The poor in thinking would like you to think that!

Foolish! So much money not earned is so much money not valued!

Insane! You will simply be giving money to the poor – goodbye money!

Very bad farming is the problem now, not technology!

So, Good Farming is the solution.

Science points to good farming that is founded on natural plant growth.

How do you expect your techno-demo on natural rice growing will turn out?

(1)          Your costs vs returns will be at least 1 Cost : 11 Returns!

(2)          Your soil will be at least 2 times richer in natural elements: nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium etc.

(3)          Your field will be at least 2 times healthier than when you first planted it this time.

(4)          Your field will be alive with insects, but zero pest infestation.

(5)          Your field will be alive with microorganisms but zero disease infestation.

Above all:

Ø You will harvest much more than you have ever had.

Ø Your produce will be much healthier to consume.

Ø And you will be richer than you have ever been!

Imagine at least 10 farmers in your area being Good Farmers as I have described above!

Yes, those billions of dollars will certainly fight world hunger if singularly dedicated against it. But the way I see it, hunger is NOT No. 1 World’s Problem – No. 1 is POVERTY! Which is the farmer’s hunger for legitimate & bounteous earnings.

If Bill Gates thinks more millions of dollars from the banks will produce much wealth on the ground so that millions of poor farmers will rise from poverty to prosperity from Africa to Malaysia to Mexico to the Philippines to Zimbabwe, he is naïve! Why?

Higher yields in the fields do not necessarily translate to higher incomes in farmers’ homes! On the contrary, the expenses they require add to the burden of poverty of farmers!

The African, American and Asian poor farmers will have to solve their own poverty themselves – but we have to help them technically as well as financially! No, this is not being taught in any agricultural schools that I have heard of in the world.

In fact, as far as I know, modern agriculture has not added to not only to the quantity of income but also the quality of life of farmers!

There is something wrong in there. About farmer poverty, let us help them release themselves from the enslavement of high costs & low returns – far beyond what they can do today.

Bill, right on!@957

As An Author, Do You Accept Any Correction? Albert Einstein Was Corrected In Public – And He Accepted, Also In Public!

 Here is Michael Parsi’s report in LinkedIn ( linkedin. com):

In 1930, a 22-year-old physicist corrected Albert Einstein in front of a room full of scientists. What Einstein did next became legend.

… Lev Landau, a young Soviet physicist barely out of university, was traveling through Europe – the center of the scientific world. He was brilliant but unknown, just another ambitious student sitting among the giants. That year, he found himself in a room where Albert Einstein himself was presenting. Einstein – the man who had revolutionized physics, whose name was synonymous with genius – was working through a complex mathematical derivation.

As Einstein spoke, Landau noticed something. An error in the math. A flaw in the reasoning. Most people would have stayed silent. You don't contradict Einstein. You don't interrupt genius. You certainly don't challenge the most famous scientist in the world when you're (merely) 22 years old and nobody knows your name. But Landau wasn't most people. Calm and steady, he raised his hand and voiced his objection. The room went silent. All eyes turned to the young man who dared to say Einstein was wrong. Einstein paused. He considered. He worked through the math again. And then he acknowledged it: The young man was correct.

… The story has been told and retold over decades. Landau did travel to Europe in the early 1930s. He did meet Einstein. And knowing Landau's fearless personality and Einstein's intellectual humility, the story certainly could be true. … The story endures because of what it represents – two essential truths about how knowledge advances:

First: Truth doesn't care about your age, your credentials, or your reputation. If you're right, you're right. And having the courage to speak up, even when facing authority, is how progress happens.

Second: Real genius isn't about being infallible. It's about being willing to listen, to reconsider, to accept correction from anyone – even a 22-year-old nobody – because truth matters more than ego.

Lev Landau would go on to become one of the 20th century's greatest physicists. He won the Nobel Prize. He made groundbreaking contributions to quantum mechanics, condensed matter physics, and theoretical physics. His textbook series became the bible for physics students worldwide. But in that moment in 1930, he was just a young man brave enough to speak. And Einstein was a master wise enough to listen.

Whether (the above) exact scene unfolded or not, the lesson it teaches is timeless: The best ideas don't come from protecting egos. They come from creating spaces where truth can be spoken – and heard – (and corrected in public) – regardless of who speaks it.

So the next time you spot an error, even if it comes from someone far more famous or experienced than you, remember young Landau. Truth doesn't need permission to be spoken. … Genius isn't about being right all the time. It's about being willing to [admit you are] wrong when the evidence says so.

Genius, what can you say? This genius is asking you! – @517