So Ive just come to a profound realisation that society sucks and how disapointing the world is. Its like, I already knew deep down inside that this place wasnt always rainbows and roses - but due to living a sheltered life thanks to my wonderful parents I never really knew. It was only when life took me out of my comfort zone that I realised, damn this place! Its sick and sad and you literally have to take the GOOD from it on order to exist peacefully. Taking the good aspects of it makes me the content and independant person that I am - ready to shine my light. So my thoughts are followed by the recent stabbing of a 16 year old boy around my area (a nice suburban, middle class area with a low crime rate). His dad was in some sort of Bikie gang - which is speculated to be the reason for this innocent kids death. I actually dont know what to say but that its really sad (. It really shows how impermenant life is and it can be snatched from you when you least expect it. It shows how evil people are and to prove a point, to make a statement, blood has to be shed! As easy as it doesnt sound, as impractical as it is, as far from it as we are..Why cant we all just co-exist peacefully and find some way or another to co-exist. I know, surreal thoughts right. One can only ponder.
Perhaps it isn't life that is impermanent, but in fact your view of life that is indeed impermanent...
Some people say that money is the root of all evil. I think that ego gone mad, and the desire for power over others, is the cause. I think that would exist even without money. I'm sorry this has happened in your area. It's difficult to realize that not everyone values and respects the life of others as they do their own.
I don't know if our thoughts can appear as anything other than permanent. A rainbow lasts a few minutes but stays in my head forever. And I've never been able to fully comprehend the fact I will someday die (and don't think I ever will).
I find that the death of a younger person always gives me cause for the feelings of how life can be so fleeting. It upsets what we view as the natural order of the life cycle and being able to deal with it all. We do not expect those younger than ourselves to die before their time. Sometimes there just is no logic and that makes acceptance difficult.
Its outrageous and cruel that the boy was murdered...learning of that act jarred you out of your comfort zone. We humans are a curious lot though, never do we post acts of love or kindness. Never do you read how someone quietly stepped into a childs life to support, love or mentor that child. That happens far more often than the stupid savagery that stole a 16 year old life. How would you respond to learn that someones life had be saved or drastically improved. Would it have moved you to post about it? I, as guilty as anyone, realize that we are drawn more by the tragic than the heroic. What a pity. Perhaps if we responded with more enthusiasm to good rather than ill such losses of life could be lessened. Who knows? As I age I find less value in reading the news because of the focus on misfortune rather than good. That said though, you should know that I'm a batshit crazy old hippy with silly ideas about many things. Do search for acts of kindness though...it will help balance your view.
I think you're right as far as people being less likely to post or make a big deal about something positive happening. But to some extent I also think that's how our minds process information. Anything tied to potential threats or negative connotations tends to stand out in our memories more just as a natural fact. For me as hard as it can be I've tried to ignore the media with its tendency to promote very negative stories as the main image of the world. It's a fact of existence that there is tragedy and pain in the world, but the truth is our response to it is what dictates the affect it has on the rest of us when we are not directly connected to the tragedy itself. I try to keep a positive outlook and maybe it's naïve, but sometimes I just choose not to focus on the negative information to begin with. My family sometimes will talk about a murder, crime or a car accident or something horrible that was in the news. I prefer to block out the gory details because just having the thoughts enter my mind leaves a negative trace that I'm better off without. I think you definitely have to choose what type of energy you take in.
Humanity is a small part of life itself. Just because some humans are bad doesn't mean all of existance is hopeless.
"love of money" ...not money itself of course some people say anything though (if going by the general Bible saying ..1 Timothy 6/10 )
I heard this from word of mouth and then later heard it on the radio. It made me really sad because it was so close to home. I think its fair for me to evaluate life and how its so impermenant. I think its fair for me to be upset from it because I dont hear about it often because I do tend to stay away from negative news/energy. It made me feel more protective of my little sister (who was in this class) and appreciate her 16 years of life more. It made me sad inside and I just expressed it and shared it. It made me realise, not that I already have how truly sad the world is. You really have to take the good and year for a cause.
I came to that conclusion YEARS AGO!! I now like being alone,i dont wanna see anyone.. Im quite happy in my room or laying down... Ill be honest,I THINK THE WORLD HAS BECOME A CHEAP/SPYING SCUMHOLE AND I REALLY DONT WANNA HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT!! Alone is GOOD!! (I didnt used to be like this but i am now!!)
greed, power lust, ego; these are all forms of aggressiveness, and i'm not completely innocent of the last myself. but i do refuse to deny that aggressiveness and evil are one and the same and that there is no other thing that evil is. also that there is no such thing as BEING good or evil, but only in doing and refraining from doing.
it gets worse later on ...first you start noticing all your friends parents are dying and then sooner than you think it will be your own friends and family one by one by one by one
Tune in Turn on and Drop out. Those were the words to live by from the 60's...at least to the extent that you could pull it off. Recently I have been moved to take some action regarding Bullying. In the fall of '10 there were several young people who committed suicide as a direct result of being bullied. I hoped the action by schools and support programs would make a difference but it has started again this fall. A beautiful 14 year old boy killed himself because he was tired of being bullied for being Gay. I've started attending workshops dealing with the topic. I'm looking for classes and whatever training I can get. I can't live with the cruel and pointless deaths of the young. The only options are to become engaged in trying to stop the violence or to drop out. Otherwise, like you, I will feel overwhelmed and helpless. At some point I will drop out, get out of this society and country and live a much less complicated life. I'll move to the rainforest. Certainly there is death there too but I can accept that snake bite, crocodiles and disease takes a toll. Of course its painful to hear about or experience That someone has died from snake bite but it is the law of the jungle. I get that. I can accept that a dumb animal acts according to its nature. I can never understand how some human shaped slime bag can take the life of anyone, especially that of a child. So while I live here I'll try to prevent such maddness. When it finally overwhelms me I'll retreat to the jungle where the life and death cycle are part of nature itself. What can you do? How can you prepare yourself for this kind of madness? You can't simply hide your head and hope it doesn't happen again cause it will happen. You can either try to be part of a solution or drop out and live away from it entirely... If ya wanna go to the jungle send me a PM. I know some great places just off the upper Amazon River in Peru.
