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Nov 08 2024 
Negotiating? Raise the stakes!
By Nico Cost for GlobalSouth.co
There are signs that the West suddenly wants to negotiate a cease-fire in Ukraine. The first question one then asks is who is actually authorized to negotiate, after all the West is only a supplier and not a principal or executor, right? The only one who can negotiate is Ukraine itself.
Then… Continue reading
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Nov 07 2024 
Sensitivities
By Nico Cost for GlobalSouth.co
We tend to lump many things together and then think we understand each other. Communication is the main barrier between people. Not speaking each other’s language, literally and figuratively, means doubting the connection.
How can you explain to yourself a dream that has come to you in loose strangely knotted fragments? If… Continue reading
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Nov 03 2024
Spiritual lessons you learn differently
By Nico Cost for GlobalSouth.co
Spiritual lessons are like learning to ride a bicycle, not by thinking but by feeling. Learning to ride a bike has mostly to do with balance and you can’t explain that. As a novice cyclist, you will have to learn to feel and use balance. No one can teach… Continue reading
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Oct 30 2024
The question on everyone’s mind
By Nico Cost for GlobalSouth.co
We know the big questions of life. What is life like? Does God exist? What did man come to do on Earth? Is there life elsewhere in the Universe? But there are also more personal questions. Who am I? What have I come to do on Earth?
Ever since man learned to… Continue reading
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Oct 26 2024
The intent of the collective determines
My workday at the office is done and I look outside. The autumn days are getting shorter and it is raining. I put on my rain suit and get on my bike home. The first few miles I try to keep myself dry. I sit a little cramped and even saggy on the bike and… Continue reading
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Oct 15 2024 
The Sermon
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Chapter 9
The Sermon
Father Mapple rose, and in a mild voice of unassuming authority ordered the scattered people to condense. “Star board gangway, there! side away to larboard—larboard gangway to starboard! Midships! midships!”
There was a low rumbling of heavy sea-boots among the benches, and a still slighter shuffling of women’s shoes,… Continue reading
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Oct 10 2024
Third and final part predictions for 2025 and beyond
By Nico Cost for GlobalSouth.co
Before I get to this last part of predictions, I want to explain something about predictions. In part, I’ve already done that here before, but it can’t hurt to give another overview. Mind you, this is my perspective and the reader is completely free to take a different view.
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Oct 06 2024
More predictions for 2025 and beyond
By Nico Cost for GlobalSouth.co
First set of predictions: https://sovereignista.com/2024/10/03/predictions-for-the-year-2025-and-beyond-a-story-of-hope-and-faith/Last set of predictions: https://sovereignista.com/2024/10/10/third-and-final-part-predictions-for-2025-and-beyond/
A series of predictions always leads to questions and curiosity about possible events closer to people. These questions are always welcome, just as curiosity is a fine quality because it allows us to be open to whatever presents itself in our lives. In… Continue reading -
Sep 30 2024
Ways to deal with stress
By Nico Cost for GlobalSouth.co
There are books full of them, but let me just keep it practical. We all experience stress to some degree in our lives. We cause it ourselves and it is caused by what happens to us. Our own stress is partly conscious and partly unconscious. What happens to us is beyond… Continue reading
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Sep 27 2024 
The point of no return
By Nico Cost for GlobalSouth.co
Everyone knows it, that little white lie that grows into a huge conflict. Your friend asked where you were and you made up an excuse on the spot as to why you couldn’t be at his party. The following days became awkward, because in the group of friends some of them… Continue reading
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Sep 26 2024 
Burning Questions Put to Shaman Rufino of Venezuela
A small respite from wars posted first by Venezuela Analysis, although I don’t think I want to eat a tarantula.
The July 28 presidential elections in Venezuela have sparked especially heated disputes, with President Nicolás Maduro’s right-wing challenger, Edmundo González, and several countries refusing to recognize Maduro’s landslide victory. Even the international Left has shown some… Continue reading
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Sep 23 2024
What to believe?
By Nico Cost for GlobalSouth.co
Foreword
The following is a text I wrote on December 28, 2022 for people around me who had not yet realized that the Ukraine story from A to Z is a lie. I had hoped to open up the mindset in a structured way, so that people would become more critical of… Continue reading
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Sep 16 2024 
20 billion yuan ($2.82 billion) in mooncakes
This is China’s mid-autumn festival and the food to eat must be mooncakes! Many families still bake their mooncakes but nowadays most mooncakes come from professional bakers. Simply browsing the very beautiful little and large cakes, is like a stroll to smell the roses.
Fillings are plenty with regional fillings very popular. Nuts, fruit, bean paste,… Continue reading
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Sep 07 2024 
My journey through music
By Nico Cost for GlobalSouth.co
I like to share my experiences with others, including my musical experience with you. Please feel free to comment with your experiences and share what may connect nicely with what I write and share in terms of music.
Part 1: Personal life phases
In this first part, I walk through my life stages… Continue reading
