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Interesting Facts
Anyone read the book "Mr Know-It-All"? Its about the quthors real quest of reading the Encyclopedia of Britinacca from A to Z. Anyway, while reading it, i discovered a few nice, interesting and weird facts:
1) Do you know that after a be-heading, the head is lifted high up. This was because it is said that the head still remains conscious for 8 seconds and this was to allow the victim to see the crowd and his beheaded body.
2) There was mention of a Roman ceremony where a commander is honored if he killed 500 of the enemy soldiers (which my friend vehemently denied saying that after years of playing games, it was impossible for one to kill more than hundred soldiers unless a cheat was used :smilec: ). So, if he succeeds he will be honored with a ceremony. however, the interesting thing is, while he is led on a chariot through the crowd as they shower him with pride and all, there will be a slave stationed beside him to constantly whisper the words "Remember, you are still but a mere mortal" to remind him that he is only still a mortal like the rest of the crowd. Now, imagine that infused in our current lives.
1) Do you know that after a be-heading, the head is lifted high up. This was because it is said that the head still remains conscious for 8 seconds and this was to allow the victim to see the crowd and his beheaded body.
2) There was mention of a Roman ceremony where a commander is honored if he killed 500 of the enemy soldiers (which my friend vehemently denied saying that after years of playing games, it was impossible for one to kill more than hundred soldiers unless a cheat was used :smilec: ). So, if he succeeds he will be honored with a ceremony. however, the interesting thing is, while he is led on a chariot through the crowd as they shower him with pride and all, there will be a slave stationed beside him to constantly whisper the words "Remember, you are still but a mere mortal" to remind him that he is only still a mortal like the rest of the crowd. Now, imagine that infused in our current lives.
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At papal enthronements, it used to be part of the ritual (and may still be for all I know) that a barefoot frier presents himself, alone, in a tattered habit among all the splendour. He burned a piece of flax in front of the Holy Father, calling out, loudly, "Remember, man, that thou art dust and unto dust thou shalt return."
I have often thought that the loss of the head of state's confessor who constantly reminds the king/queen/president of their mortality.
It's called the Roman triumph - and actually the leader had to kill over 5,000 enemy soldiers (thought the standard may have changed over time). Of course, he didn't have to kill them personally. It was a huge deal since it was the only time a Roman could enter Rome with his war armor on.
For more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_triumph
Just as an aside, because this is a live thread, and it seemed a good place as any to put it - I have approached Brian with a view to changng/standardising our Home Page with the permanent feature of The Four, the Eight and the Five, with maybe a link or reference to the Kalama Sutra.
Someone suggested something of that ilk some time ago, and I thought I'd action it.
If anyone objects, or has better ideas, PM Brian....
Whaddya all think?
Schooot....
He's right, you know.....:wow: :hair: :crazy:
It does very interesting things to one of my real favourites:
BECAUSE I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality.
We slowly drove, he knew no haste,
And I had put away
My labor, and my leisure too,
For his civility.
We passed the school where children played
At wrestling in a ring;
We passed the fields of gazing grain,
We passed the setting sun.
We paused before a house that seemed
A swelling of the ground;
The roof was scarcely visible,
The cornice but a mound.
Since then ’t is centuries; but each
Feels shorter than the day
I first surmised the horses’ heads
Were toward eternity.