User talk:Nova humus

When thoughts become too powerful and words too erudite to express simplistically, one must allow the analytical part of ourselves rest and permit the emotional to sing the melody of understanding we know all too well.

For too long we've walked in a cycle of mental and emotional confusion looking for a "home" of spiritual resonance. That state of "being" rather than "doing" that transforms our thinking from the cocoon stage to the butterfly stage that is the limitlessness of human conscience. How does one reach that state and pierce through the veil? How does one answer a far away calling they can't "physically" locate? In this state of mental confusion we are forced to once again ask the questions that make us human: who are we and where do we come from...

Born of a different name, Nova Humus adopted the name at age 18. The title, coming from Latin origins means "new ground" or "new road". Born into a highly corrupted political system the young anarchist chose to forge his own path early in life (represented in his name). The name however, originated from an ideal he came to love early in life. At age 9 after escaping from his land of birth young Nova first discovered the world of books as an escape from his reality. He became invested in what he later called "the heroes of the new world"; non-fictional historic characters which he believed displayed the values needed for a new society to flourish. His first heroe was Daniel Ellsberg for his courage in the face of the highest personal sacrifice. Daniel was willing to spend the rest of his life in jail as the punishment for leaking secret government documents which exposed lies about America's involvement in the Vietnam war starting with the false attacks in the Gulf of Tonkin. Daniel is quoted with saying: "it was a crime from the start, carried out by four presidents and now a fifth president was doing the same. I'm not going to be part of this system of lying anymore". Taking it upon himself to bring the truth to the people, he was charged with charges of espionage akin to those of a terrorist. Henry Kissinger said that Daniel was the most dangerous man in America and that he must be stopped; President Nixon was quoted with saying that the nation needs to "quit making National Heroes out of those who steal secrets and publish them in the newspaper". Young Nova knew that when those who expose the truth are treated as criminals, it is the government who must be run by the corrupt. For this reason Ellsberg became young Nova's first obssession; his rebellious superman. When asked if going to jail for life was worth it Daniel responded that if life in jail was the price to pay to stop an injust war, then he would gladly pay it.

Nova's new found love for the "rebellious" was strengthened when he read about Martin Luther King's life; an extremist in his own way (as he so addresses it himself in the Brimingham Letters). He admired King for his equally rebellious attitude against what he believed to be an injustice to the highest moral law of men. Standing against the whole world Dr King never once gave an inch of ground to those who so arduously oppressed the blacks and he ignited the movement to freedom through exemplary displays of non-violence and peaceful mantras of life. In the letter from Brimingham Jail King says "there are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that "an unjust law is no law at all." Peaceful rebellion Nova knew, was the best and most powerful type of rebellion; that which was grounded in reason and justice and specially that which is opposed and denied to others by greater powers. Nova found the power of the individual to be much more powerful than that of the group; the underdog who against all odds commits a personal sacrifice not for himself but for the greater good - a selfless hated-hero whose glory and fame is never appreciated until way beyond his time. The sacrifice of the selfless - not for glory but for rightiousness; the anarchist in a world of corruption. For that reason he cherished those who in the brink of war opened their atticks to Jews knowing full well they would face death for their actions if caught. Those few rebels who broke the law in order to save a family they never met before and were willing to die defending their right to live! the outlaw was the bravest of heroes; those who looked fate in the eye and defied all social constructs. It is far harder to break away than it is to follow; true heros are always those few exceptional enough to do just that.

At age 14 Nova met his 3rd hero; a prince by the name of Siddhartha Gautama who after being exposed to life outside his palace witnessed incredible poverty and death and despite his father's aspirations chose the path of enlightenment and became the Buddha in order to find the answers to the root of all human sufering. Shortly after he met his 4th and 5th heroes; Nikola Tesla and James Lovelock who showed him that the Earth is a beautiful home to many other life forms beside the human-species. James Locelock's work in "the Gaia Hypothesis" opened Nova's mind to the concept that life is part of a big functioning organism that interacts like clock-work and that all life no matter how small has an unparalleled roll to the cycle of life and thus taught him that all life in this planet is sacred. Tesla's commitment to earth-friendly energy resources gave young Nova hope for a world in which man no longer has to destroy the rainforest for its own comfort and give waste to a land which is home to countless species for the luxuries of a few. Nova's heroes paved his understanding of the new world and gave him a glimpse of hope to what he later adopted as his own mantra - "Novus Humanitas"

The small phrase was a powerful reminder he often repeated to himself; "Novus Humanitas" which means "the new humanity". However this phrase is a lot more powerful depending on your level of interpretation of the Latin words. Humanitas is a word which in the Latin dictionary can mean any and all of the following definitions:

humanity, kindness, human nature, courtesy, culture, civilization, consideration, graciousness, refinement, politeness, scholarship, breeding, enlightenment, learning, education, philanthropy, benevolence, amiability,

Nova actually derived his name (Nova Humus) from a disection of his mantra (Novus Humanitas). He wanted to be defined and known by the values his mantra represented. The name Nova Humus (as he is most commonly known) is actually a shorter version for Nova Sinta Humus (he who is or becomes the new road). "Sinta" is the Latin word of existence; the "being" or "existing" thus changing the name from Nova Humus (the new path) to Nova Sinta Humus (he who becomes the new path). What is more interesting however, is knowing that the name was created by rearranging all the letters in Novus Humanitas and using each letter only once. Nova Sinta Humus becomes the bringer of new roads towards the next new civilization or next new enlightenment of the new humanity. A cleverly hidden message made possible by a technique known as "anagram" which involves the scrambling and rearranging of letters in a word or phrase in order to turn them into a new one.