Ilya Shambat

Ilya Shambat
Location
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Birthday
November 21
Title
Partner
Company
Adda Enterprises
Bio
Born in Russia, family moved to America when I was 12. Got a degree from University of Virginia at 18. Worked for Oracle, translated four books of classical Russian poety, was part of San Francisco and Washington, DC poetry and music scene. Good friends with San Francisco's own Persephone's Bees and acquainted with Patch Adams. Currently married with children, residing in Australia and working on a clean energy technology implementation.

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MAY 28, 2012 5:32AM

Existents and Dualities


The universe, not having been built by human beings, is not based upon their conceptions of what is good or what is bad. Not being related to these conceptions, it is expected to have zero correlation with them. Statistically, this means that, in physical or natural existents as they impact on/… Read full post »

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MAY 27, 2012 3:08AM

Football, Character and Future

Five boys in a local football club, who looked like young teenagers, attacked four children, three of them girls, over a soccer ball.

One of the boys punched a four-year-old girl in the stomach, and another punched a 13-year-old girl on the cast over her broken arm.

The management… Read full post »
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MAY 26, 2012 4:22AM

Black Men and Misogyny

The following would be likely to get me accused of racism. My response is that I have never been racist; and as a Jewish person who lived in Russia for the first 12 years of my life I know enough about racism to refuse to extend it against anyone else.

The following… Read full post »
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MAY 25, 2012 9:21AM

Evenings In Moscow Countryside


In the garden you can't hear anything,
Everything till the morning subsides.
If you only knew how I treasure these
Evenings in Moscow countryside.

River moves along then moves not along,
All alit in moon's silver shine.
You can hear the song and not hear t… Read full post »
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MAY 24, 2012 11:40PM

These Eyes Across From Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9RWKriFiC4&feature=related

by Valeriy Obodzinsky

These eyes across from me - kaleidoscope of fire.
These eyes across from me - warmer and ever brighter.
These eyes across from me - the color of tea.
These eyes across from me - what? What it may be?

Maybe, maybe… Read full post »
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MAY 22, 2012 10:24AM

Natasha Koroleva - Yellow Tulip Flowers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwgf3WGP5Hw&feature=fvwrel
 
Fountains have dried out,
Suddenly ends summer, 
Yellow tulips flowers
You strangely to me give.
You know how is cruel
This clear reminder
Yellow tulip flowers,
Yellow tulip flowers.

Yellow tulip flowers,
Messengers of parting… Read full post »
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MAY 22, 2012 7:25AM

Aquarium - Northern Lights

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPefKco6syc

 

 

Veronica on the porch

In the house sleeps the beast, in the house waits the angel;

In the house it is far from dawn.

Veronica on the porch, on the other side of window

And I would open the door

If I knew, where it was.

 

The… Read full post »

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MAY 19, 2012 6:45AM

Texas Intellectuals and Texas Conmen

Yet another Texas politician, Rob Smith, is railing against "intellectuals."

I have a stupid question to ask. How many intellectuals are there in Texas?

I am reminded of Poland. There are maybe 800 Jewish people living in Poland; yet the whole country likes to howl about the Jews. How… Read full post »
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MAY 18, 2012 10:04AM

Generations, Rebellion and Self-Expression

Having had many interactions with young people who are into either the hippie idea or the "urban decay" type styles, I've come to the conclusion that most of them are not doing it as rebellion but rather as self-expression. I have known many of the type who are not angry; who… Read full post »
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MAY 16, 2012 2:29AM

Regionalism and Freedom to Roam

There are many people who believe in regionalism - the right of each part of the country to have its own character. Regionalism however is not complete in and of itself. Within each region there will be people born who do not fit into that region and would do better elsewhere.… Read full post »
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MAY 15, 2012 8:17AM

How "nice guys" and promiscuous women are alike

"Nice guys" and promiscuous women are a lot a like, and for a simple reason. They feel closer to the other gender than they do to their own. Out of this, they both start out wanting to fulfil the other gender - the "nice guys" by befriending and counseling women; the promiscuous w… Read full post »
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MAY 14, 2012 6:27AM

From Gender Wars to Gender Harmony

I've made, and I continue to make, the case that the gender wars are fought by the worst elements in each gender and teach each gender to be the worst thing that they can be. There is a reason for this stance.

A good man will want to be good… Read full post »
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MAY 11, 2012 8:17AM

Nature and Civilization

One manifest duality of life is nature and civilization. On this, there are two major schools of thought as to what it is that life is. One – seen in both capitalism and socialism - is concerned with adding the most to human-made world of civilization. The other – environmentalism -… Read full post »

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MAY 10, 2012 6:00AM

Active and Passive Spiritual Experience

A claim frequently made in psychology is that real spiritual experiences lead to humility, whereas false (or psychotic) experiences lead to arrogance. Instead the difference that we see is the difference between what I call passive spiritual experiences and active spiritual experiences.

When one is… Read full post »
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MAY 7, 2012 8:32PM

Sliding scale for domestic violence

One thing that becomes very noticeable to someone who's not only traveled around but also had relationships with partners from different places is the vast difference in how domestic violence is treated across countries and across cultures within the same country.

If you live in rural Texas or in Qu… Read full post »
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MAY 5, 2012 10:06AM

Russian Songs - Originals and Translations

 Moments - Joseph Kobzon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTbPY4rNuLc

 

Don't view the seconds as something beneath

The time will come and you yourself will know this:

Like bullets by the temple they all whizz -

The moments, the moments, the moments.


Each moment has its reason and its aim,

I… Read full post »

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MAY 5, 2012 6:12AM

Intelligence and Success: False Causes, True Causes

Many ideas about the causes of intelligence and success are wrong. This is as much the case for those who have negative outlook as it is for those who believe that they are positive.

There have been times and places in which having a brain was equated with cynicism and skepticism; or/… Read full post »

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MAY 4, 2012 11:44AM

Moments - Joseph Kobzon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTbPY4rNuLc

Don't see the seconds as something beneath
The time will come and you yourself will know this:
Like bullets by the temple they all whizz -
The moments, the moments, the moments.

Each moment has its reason and its aim,
Its own ringing bells and its rea… Read full post »
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MAY 4, 2012 10:41AM

Raspberry - Valentina Legkostupova

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eok0sNbbnUo

You'd remember the fairy tale dream,
Will about you it ever forget,
Raspberry ringing flew through the field,
Shimmered brightly the raspberry light.

Raspberry the berry lured us to its lair,
Raspberry the berry in the summer called us,
How had sparkled… Read full post »

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MAY 2, 2012 11:48PM

Tell Me, Birds - Alla Pugacheva

 
Tell me, birds, what leads you into sky.
Over me so daringly you fly.
Maybe you fly with such easiness
For you aren't aspiring to success.
For you aren't tormented by the slights
From your flying past, your gorgeous past.

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MAY 1, 2012 9:02PM

Rational Understanding of Human Nature

There are people who believe human nature to be any number of things, ranging from economic self-interest to collective action for benefit of humanity to supporting life on earth. To have a rightful understanding of what it is that one serves one needs to have a full picture of what it… Read full post »

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MAY 1, 2012 6:07AM

Gender Totalitarians

We see men militating against women and we see women militating against men; but we do not see either side in the gender conflict recognizing differences among men and differences among women.

The problem with the gender wars of the last two and a half decades is that the wrong… Read full post »
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APRIL 29, 2012 10:44PM

Conscience and Consciousness

A very important, though not much discussed, factor in psychology is conscience. Apparently psychopaths (or sociopaths) are people lacking in conscience; but not much is said about the character of the conscience that people who do have conscience possess. In fact, different people's consciences cont… Read full post »
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APRIL 28, 2012 7:01PM

Metaphor and Humor

Metaphor and humor can both be useful in achieving a deeper understanding.

Metaphor is seeing similarities in different parts of reality. By seeing these similarities it then becomes possible to see the reality that underlies the parts. When Salvador Dali draws correspondences between the behind of… Read full post »
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APRIL 27, 2012 11:02PM

Parenting and Princesses

In academic and popular psychology there has been a lot of attack on the women that get termed as "princesses." This attack is wrong, and for a very good reason.

What is a princess? A princess is a woman - typically a young woman - whose parents loved her and… Read full post »
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