The link above is a film of a spontaneous song created and sung by Jaya Kelana of Solo today for today, Indonesia’s National Broadcasting Day. The song is inspired by the thinking of Guilelmo Marconi, an Italian electrical engineer and inventor who won the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics in recognition of his contribution to the development of radio.

Nurcholish Majid (aka Cak Nur) was an Indonesian intellectual and social peace maker.

Cak was born on this day in March, 1939. The following video clip uses his famous thought on self worth.

The solution to the modern and ancient scourge of terrorism is in the thoughts of people like Cak Nur.

Geoff Fox, Solo, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia, 17th March, 2019

 

This is a meditation in a Javanese cave used by ancient and modern leaders to find wisdom. I start with a few words of prayer of my own then quote three statements of General Douglas MacArthur whom I consider a master of the English language.