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I have some quick notes. I'm in a constant debate about how to live my life in relation to others. I never know when to engage in debate with someone, for example. I rarely say anything, that's just who I am--I mean, I rarely make declarative statements about my personal beliefs. But a lot of people do. And sometimes I'd like to talk to them. A trend with people I've noticed is they give themselves a five cent education on an impressive array of topics and are quick to pawn it off without considering for a long enough time the alternatives.
Completely unrelated, what if your parents raised you Jewish, Arab, Atheist, etc instead of whatever (insert this for that)?
Back to what I was saying. I remember coming to a decision about five years ago that I would stop personally attacking anyone and everyone for my own pleasure. I didn't realize that there was a thing called maturity, and it's such a hot commodity that very few can actually afford it, or so it seems. Not long after that I came to many conclusions about people and those who know me know I grew up a lot in a short period of time and since then I've stayed pretty much the same with some ups and downs. Point is, I respect people. I respect people so much that I talk to them a lot more than they're used to. I'm not very smart, this is certain. I mean, you know, I'm no slouch or anything. But as far as Quantum Physics, Mechanics, Electrical anything, Computer anything, Mathematical anything, I'm wholly inept. This being said, I prefer a conversation with someone in the know with all things mathematical than a person ready to recite the collective works of Ezra Pound, because I feel there is more to learn in that particular area. I chose Lit because it's easy for me, and I made the mistake of taking the easy way out. When I realized I was taking the easy way out, I took the fiscal way out and chose not to change my major. You know how it goes. No regrets, I like Lit. Anyway, and it's unfortunately made me absurdly verbose at times. It's something my friends gratefully deal with on a daily basis.
My point with this entry was to point out some basic facts. So, without further delay, here's my list of facts.
-There is no God
-There is no Love
-There is no Hope
-You're born dead
The above is void once you learn to respect, understand, and appreciate yourself and all that is around you. If, within the brief time it took to read the points, you were offended, you have a lot of work to do. We all have a lot of work to do. It frustrates me to no end seeing the overwhelming majority of my brothers and sisters rely on outside circumstances to determine their lives while billions of others around the world do all they can to prevent outside circumstances from continuing to control theirs. It bothers me to see many Christians know nothing about the Bible, and of those who do, the sickening amount who refuse to acknowledge a hefty percentage of literature that chronicles the same happenings through an "unaccepted and blasphemous" point of view. As a Christian, one is then declaring to worship the man who lived and is called Jesus Christ. Many Christians take what the Church gives and makes it law, refusing to question why dozens of literature was discarded and nearly lost completely. Gospel of Judas, Gospel of Mary; I'll settle there, but there's a lot more. More irritating is the idea that many people pray as though they're talking to the wizard of Oz or Jim Carrey instead of treating this time as a meditation, a time for reflection. There's a reason prayer is very formulaic. In mediation, you generally have an utterance of some kind, usually simple but representative as well, and through this, you are able to bring your breathing and your thinking together and this allows you to maintain enough focus on whatever you're systematically repeating to prevent your mind from drifting. You can then work out whatever you need to work out. It's not meant to be easy. Christianity really isn't meant to be easy either. No religion is.
This raises another issue with me, however. I don't understand how someone can be so devoted to a religion. They seem perfectly erudite to the point of realizing religion is a door and behind it is the truth. There are many doors but only the central truth. So to be ensconced in one particular religion is almost like staying in bed all day, comfortable. Religion serves a purpose today not unlike that of a summer camp. You know, you meet some good role models, you're taught some valuable lessons through people who claim to have "been there before, in your shoes" and you make some friends who are actually dealing with some of the serious internal struggles that you are. The problem is, most of these people settle on what seems to be making the person standing in front of them happy. And that's when this summer camp turns into a potentially dangerous cult.
Ugh, sorry, I'm getting off topic again. I think I'll just end it on this note from the Gospel of Judas.
One day he was with his disciples in Judea, and he found them gathered together and
seated in pious observance. When he [approached] his disciples, [34] gathered together
and seated and offering a prayer of thanksgiving over the bread, [he] laughed.
The disciples said to [him], “Master, why are you laughing at [our] prayer of
thanksgiving? We have done what is right.”
He answered and said to them, “I am not laughing at you. are not doing this
because of your own will but because it is through this that your god [will be] praised.”
They said, “Master, you are […] the son of our god.”
Jesus said to them, “How do you know me? Truly [I] say to you, no generation of the
people that are among you will know me.”
Wake up, go to work, come home, watch television, somewhere in there 30 minutes is spent on something that will make you feel good about the day, feel like you've done something productive with your time. But, really, why are you alive?
There's a reason it hurts so much when your relationships end. You've been completely indigent on their attention for so long. It's like watching an entire baseball season and they win a hundred games, but can't do anything in the playoffs. It will make you question why you did it in the first place, consider never doing it again, because what's the point if they're always going to let you down, right? But then they win the world series, and it's great. Unless you're watching the Cubs. That's when you need to consider a lifestyle change.
Completely unrelated, what if your parents raised you Jewish, Arab, Atheist, etc instead of whatever (insert this for that)?
Back to what I was saying. I remember coming to a decision about five years ago that I would stop personally attacking anyone and everyone for my own pleasure. I didn't realize that there was a thing called maturity, and it's such a hot commodity that very few can actually afford it, or so it seems. Not long after that I came to many conclusions about people and those who know me know I grew up a lot in a short period of time and since then I've stayed pretty much the same with some ups and downs. Point is, I respect people. I respect people so much that I talk to them a lot more than they're used to. I'm not very smart, this is certain. I mean, you know, I'm no slouch or anything. But as far as Quantum Physics, Mechanics, Electrical anything, Computer anything, Mathematical anything, I'm wholly inept. This being said, I prefer a conversation with someone in the know with all things mathematical than a person ready to recite the collective works of Ezra Pound, because I feel there is more to learn in that particular area. I chose Lit because it's easy for me, and I made the mistake of taking the easy way out. When I realized I was taking the easy way out, I took the fiscal way out and chose not to change my major. You know how it goes. No regrets, I like Lit. Anyway, and it's unfortunately made me absurdly verbose at times. It's something my friends gratefully deal with on a daily basis.
My point with this entry was to point out some basic facts. So, without further delay, here's my list of facts.
-There is no God
-There is no Love
-There is no Hope
-You're born dead
The above is void once you learn to respect, understand, and appreciate yourself and all that is around you. If, within the brief time it took to read the points, you were offended, you have a lot of work to do. We all have a lot of work to do. It frustrates me to no end seeing the overwhelming majority of my brothers and sisters rely on outside circumstances to determine their lives while billions of others around the world do all they can to prevent outside circumstances from continuing to control theirs. It bothers me to see many Christians know nothing about the Bible, and of those who do, the sickening amount who refuse to acknowledge a hefty percentage of literature that chronicles the same happenings through an "unaccepted and blasphemous" point of view. As a Christian, one is then declaring to worship the man who lived and is called Jesus Christ. Many Christians take what the Church gives and makes it law, refusing to question why dozens of literature was discarded and nearly lost completely. Gospel of Judas, Gospel of Mary; I'll settle there, but there's a lot more. More irritating is the idea that many people pray as though they're talking to the wizard of Oz or Jim Carrey instead of treating this time as a meditation, a time for reflection. There's a reason prayer is very formulaic. In mediation, you generally have an utterance of some kind, usually simple but representative as well, and through this, you are able to bring your breathing and your thinking together and this allows you to maintain enough focus on whatever you're systematically repeating to prevent your mind from drifting. You can then work out whatever you need to work out. It's not meant to be easy. Christianity really isn't meant to be easy either. No religion is.
This raises another issue with me, however. I don't understand how someone can be so devoted to a religion. They seem perfectly erudite to the point of realizing religion is a door and behind it is the truth. There are many doors but only the central truth. So to be ensconced in one particular religion is almost like staying in bed all day, comfortable. Religion serves a purpose today not unlike that of a summer camp. You know, you meet some good role models, you're taught some valuable lessons through people who claim to have "been there before, in your shoes" and you make some friends who are actually dealing with some of the serious internal struggles that you are. The problem is, most of these people settle on what seems to be making the person standing in front of them happy. And that's when this summer camp turns into a potentially dangerous cult.
Ugh, sorry, I'm getting off topic again. I think I'll just end it on this note from the Gospel of Judas.
One day he was with his disciples in Judea, and he found them gathered together and
seated in pious observance. When he [approached] his disciples, [34] gathered together
and seated and offering a prayer of thanksgiving over the bread, [he] laughed.
The disciples said to [him], “Master, why are you laughing at [our] prayer of
thanksgiving? We have done what is right.”
He answered and said to them, “I am not laughing at you. are not doing this
because of your own will but because it is through this that your god [will be] praised.”
They said, “Master, you are […] the son of our god.”
Jesus said to them, “How do you know me? Truly [I] say to you, no generation of the
people that are among you will know me.”
Wake up, go to work, come home, watch television, somewhere in there 30 minutes is spent on something that will make you feel good about the day, feel like you've done something productive with your time. But, really, why are you alive?
There's a reason it hurts so much when your relationships end. You've been completely indigent on their attention for so long. It's like watching an entire baseball season and they win a hundred games, but can't do anything in the playoffs. It will make you question why you did it in the first place, consider never doing it again, because what's the point if they're always going to let you down, right? But then they win the world series, and it's great. Unless you're watching the Cubs. That's when you need to consider a lifestyle change.