General Warning to the Man of Numbers

[Crapologist]

Prophecies from Mitar Tarabich, a fairly accurate prophet that made great prophecies in the 1800's about our times, gave this solemn warning:

"Those who will read and write different books with numbers will think that they know the most. These learned men will let their lives be led by their calculations, and they will do and live exactly how these numbers tell them. Among these learned men there will be good and evil men. The evil ones will do evil deeds. They will poison air and water and spread pestilence over the seas, rivers and earth, and people will start to die suddenly of various ailments. Those good and wise will see that all this effort and hard work is not worth a penny and that it leads to the destruction of the world, and instead of looking for wisdom in numbers they will start to seek it in meditation."

Good advice, especially to those who are members of this forum.

[theone]

"I hate myself. But, maybe, maybe I could love myself. Maybe, my life can have a greater value. That's right!. I am no more or less than myself. I am me! I want to be myself! I want to continue existing in this world! My life is worth living here!" Shinji Ikari

[Redbeck]

Given that Mitar Tarabich is described as an illiterate 19th century Serbian peasant, he appears to have been an extremely perspicacious and wise illiterate peasant. However, I’d be interested to know how much the local priest Zaharije Zaharich, who wrote Mitar’s verbal deliveries down “in a small notebook” contributed to the end prophecies, then given the fact that the notebook was apparently damaged by fire, what element of semantic interpretation and reconstruction was required? Presumably we’ll never be sure.
Nevertheless, Gospodin Tarabich made some uncannily accurate predictions.

And so onward and upward to the quote unearthed by crapologist.

"Those who will read and write different books with numbers will think that they know the most. These learned men will let their lives be led by their calculations, and they will do and live exactly how these numbers tell them. Among these learned men there will be good and evil men. The evil ones will do evil deeds. They will poison air and water and spread pestilence over the seas, rivers and earth, and people will start to die suddenly of various ailments. Those good and wise will see that all this effort and hard work is not worth a penny and that it leads to the destruction of the world, and instead of looking for wisdom in numbers they will start to seek it in meditation."

What does it allude to? Capitalist bankers and the global economic crisis, there were some pretty evil dealings that came to light over time during that particular episode with another one brewing, or the contribution to negative impact climate change made by earnings obsessed captains of industry keen to satisfy shareholders, politicians and of course the aforementioned bankers. I remain pretty much convinced that Mitar, who in that era would have been more or less a serf, is likely to have a possessed streak of the Tolpuddle Martyrs in his soul. The wealthy virtually feudal hierarchy in place at the time, would have inevitably encroached on his existence, probably much to his disgust, pesticides and chemical fertilisers polluting the land for profit is a canny forecast for a man whose ability to survive was utterly dependent on soil and weather conditions.

My own view, for what it’s worth, is that this prophecy does not relate to numbers in the context of scientific progress or indeed the telling serendipity of alphanumeric transposition, but numbers in the context of greed and excessive profit. A life debilitating factor, against which we should all collaborate to restrain with determination, for the good of humanity.

Naturally, I’d be interested to elicit other opinions on this for certain.