The story takes us on the adventure of young farm boy Eragon who finds a dragon egg from which hatches Saphira, a female dragon who chooses him as her rider. However, merciless king Galbatorix who is after the eggs is able to pinpoint its general location and sends the Ra’zac, his henchmen, after it. So, Saphira and Eragon escape, and the adventure, which spans over 4 books, begins.

While many people point out that there are many similarities between the Inheritance Cycle and Star Wars, Earthsea, and other stories, it is worth noting that Paolini was only fifteen years of age when he started working on Eragon. Moreover, despite the similarities, Eragon and the rest of the books in the cycle still contain excellent creativity, a thrilling storyline and very well developed characters.

In general, readers who enjoy stories blending different magical creatures and various storylines will definitely enjoy Eragon and the Inheritance Cycle. Again, while the movie was okay, though not excellent, it did the story more harm than good.

Originally posted on October 19, 2020 @ 11:39 am

Schools nowadays are full of anti-bullying campaigns and trying to teach kids to be nice to one another. While this may work sometimes, it fails miserably most of the time.

But why does it fail?

To answer this question, we should first try to understand the bully. In general, a bully is usually a person who is trying to hide and/or externalize personal perceived defects (such as issues at home or learning difficulties) by intimidating those around him, through threat of violence, to become more like him and less successful.

Schools nowadays teach students to see and understand the bully in this way: as a weak person trying to express himself in the only way he knows. However, when the victims do understand this ans try to approach it in the non-violent way by somehow bringing up this weakness to the bully, they end up getting beat up even worse. In such a case, even if the bully had never intended to actually use violence, he would be even more tempted to do so because his weakness is now threatened to be uncovered.

While it is important to teach bullying victims how to understand the bully, they should also be taught how to be tough. They need to be taught how to protect themselves if the need arises, and they also need to learn how to avoid putting themselves in vulnerable situations.

However, as things are now with schools trying to avoid violence, even in self defense, all they are doing is empowering the bully who may or may not be getting punished by the “authority” and weakening the victim who is forbidden from learning how to protect himself.

This is why we should not only teach our students restraint, but also self defense. Otherwise, they will grow up to be weak and broken adults. And we are seeing more and more of this in the new generation of young adults…

Originally posted on October 25, 2020 @ 8:49 am

The existence of angels in the world is very important, for they tackle community problems before they become world issues. However, these small world imbalances may not always be solved by the angels, or they may be too big for them. When elemental imbalances become too much to handle they evolve into catastrophic proportions of order versus chaos. In these instances, the solution is out of the angels’ hands and into the avatars’.

Avatars come in many shapes, sizes and configurations. While some religions believe that an avatar is one person who is the incarnation of a god, Allpatheism believes that an avatar isn’t always just one person. Sometimes, avatars are groups or coalitions of angels working together to restore balance to the world. Usually, only one of the angels in this group becomes famous; however, upon further studying the biography and works of this individual, it becomes clear that they wouldn’t have reached far on their own without the support of a select group of angels around them.

Most avatars that we know of such as Krishna, Rama, Buddha, Jesus, and many others never worked alone; they were always surrounded by disciples who believed in their teachings and worked for their cause. Without the support of the disciples (who are actually angels coming together), the perceived avatar wouldn’t have been able to get too far. Therefore, the avatar is actually the group and not the individual.

This would make more sense on a spiritual level since angels have higher balanced levels of energies from all four gods. Once they come together, these energies amplify beyond the sum total of each angel’s energy, and with enough of it concentrated in a single place, change happens.

No one knows when avatars come; moreover, the world as we know it now is becoming bigger on some fronts and smaller on others. Our consciousness is expanding beyond our solar system while our connection with those around us is becoming faster. Technology is reshaping our world and our very configuration, and archaic religions are becoming obsolete as they reflect the spiritual, physical and emotional needs of an age that is quickly vanishing. It is now evident that the next avatar will have a wider reach and a faster connection with people. With today’s technology, the avatar group of angels will be bigger and more powerful than ever before, and it will perform feats similar to the gods’ because of the concentration and the amplification of the energies of all these angels.

The advent of the avatar is preceeded by many signs; however, the most important one of all is general unrest in the world. With agents of order and agents of chaos having reached high places in the world, the pendulum is quickly swinging between extreme order and extreme chaos every day. The angels are doing everything they can to restabilise the world, but it’s becoming more and more difficult. Eventually, they will come together as the next avatar.

Originally posted on October 17, 2020 @ 8:08 am

This is the question that has baffled – and keeps baffling – billions of people worldwide. Almost every adult, from whatever race, gender, religion or political affiliation has wondered about why we exist. However, in the end, almost all of us agree that we will never know 100%, and the purpose of life will remain a mystery. On the other hand, there always is a chance that it’s all just a random coincidence.

But that’s talking about life in general…

Your life is a different matter altogether. It is YOUR life for a reason; you make your choices and decisions…you also decide your purpose.

Many people live their lives without passion and without purpose, and that’s a very sad thing to see. Others live with a purpose which is not their own: they major in things they don’t like and marry people they don’t know simply because they have fully trusted another person to decide the purpose of their life, and this is even worse to behold.

What each one of us needs to do is to choose what to believe in and to decide what we want our life to mean for us and for the people around us. If it makes you happy to believe in a god, then by all means believe. If it makes you happy to believe there is a higher purpose, believe it. If it makes you happy to believe in reincarnation, go for it. In the end, the universe will keep moving whether or not you believe it is. In the grand scheme of things, you may either be an insignificant spec of dust floating around aimlessly in space, or you may be a driving force without which the universe will cease to exist.

But how can you know which one you are?

YOU decide.

Originally posted on October 12, 2020 @ 8:04 am

It is the story of Belgarath the sorcerer, a very smart young boy who makes the acquaintance of a god and becomes his disciple, thereby acquiring great power and immortality. The story is set in a world shaped by seven gods, one of which is Belgarath’s master Aldur who creates an orb that acquires life and power of its own. However, this orb was seized by Torak, another god who wanted its power. However, when he attempts to use it, the orb destroys part of Torak’s face. Later, the orb is retrieved by Belgarath and a group of his friends, one of whom is discovered to be able to wield the stone unharmed and becomes it protector.

The story develops on from there with a huge variety of story lines and includes a great collection of more and more interesting characters including Polgara, Belgarath’s daughter and many other ch aracters. One of the most beautiful things about the Belgariad and the Malloreon is how Eddings is able to connect events thousands of years and miles apart in addition to excellently developed characters and superbly described events.

In conclusion, the Belgariad and the Malloreon are more than just an epic fantasy series, they are more like a trip through time, space and a whole different universe in the shoes of a variety of people. It is full of interesting surprises and beautiful descriptions of people and places.

Originally posted on October 3, 2020 @ 9:10 am

Their memories of a deceased member

Some people pray to totally forget

Memories of disastrous regret

And yet there are others

Who ignored the good advice

Given by their brothers

And it came at a terrible price

However there are a few

Who realized what was true

And understood the work of their mind

In which there’s a huge treasure to find

If this treasure is misused

A dreadful curse it will incur

And the dreamer gets confused

About the life which becomes a blur

But if it’s righteously practiced

The dreamer will be blessed

With imaginations full of lovely bliss

And strange beauties you can’t miss

In a dream you cannot know

Whether you’re going to or fro

You cannot even comprehend

All the truths you get to blend

In that dream you may mistake

If you are fast asleep or wide awake

But if you’re awake by a chance

Then what you’re doing is create

Though in a daydreaming trance

In your thoughts a world is great

Planned to your taste in full detail

Perfect in every little way you see

Whatever you do you cannot fail

And what you love you get to be

This is your true dream land

Where none else may ever go

A kingdom fair, great and grand

In between sand and snow

Originally posted on April 16, 2020 @ 5:37 am